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ohhhhh I really hope they don't charge us stupid amounts for the new spells, it was like 40k or something for repose right? i don't remember too well since it was so long since whm got something!

This is the first update in my 5 years of playing where I'm looking over the notes and thinking the game has become less playable due to the changes.

Take away tagless skill ups on Fortifications? Ok, I can live with that. But take away tagless skill ups on campaign mobs? There's actually risked involved there, and takes some work. Players have been complaining that skill ups should be easier to get, and SE decides to make it harder instead?

The expansion of FoV and Treasure Caskets into Zilart zones has me worried too. I've already seen FoV/Casket hunting mess up a beastmen pet camp in Beaucedine. Now, I have a feeling the same could happen in Zi'tah, Yhoator and Cape Teriggan.

You do that you're going to run into Ram issues with the PS2, I guarantee it. It has problems simply loading new lines of macros alone. I can't imagine trying to load equipment off a seperate set.

It was pretty much a given that 80 slots would be the max inventory SE could give us, this Sachet thing works exactly like I expected it to, and it still makes me very happy.

I don't need to carry all that gathering stuff in my active inventory, hogging equipment space and loot space. This also makes farming for crafting metierals or any sort of farming a HELL of a lot easier. (don't have to stop and make deposits if you're inventory is crowded, just toss it in the mog satchel!)

This is still an incredible update in my books, worth the delay on furthering campaign areas. I'm going to be too busy figuring out how to get the Augment system to work to my benefit and exploring the Field of Valor NM hunts to care about new areas for a while.



Whatever. Go hunt in Fields of Valor areas now, you'll get your skill ups, with Tabs and a whole other sooth of benefits. There's no loss for the player base, just a change in locale.

Edited, Apr 8th 2009 2:40pm by Hyrist

You don't even need 2 other people. just sub /dnc and find a DC-EM. the increased eva/def vs EM and lower w/ Signet was a fantastic change...plus you'll get Exp too!

Or if you're smarter still, you'll find something appropriate to skill up on, that also coincides with FoV, so you're getting exp, skillups, seals, Tabs and chunks of exp at the end ALSO.

Edited, Apr 8th 2009 1:40pm by renasci

The update didn't worsen things for summoners. Beforehand, if your avatar had Amnesia, you could still BP and you'd lose the MP and the timer. Now, you can't BP at all: it's better.

Also, it's good to remember that Leviathan is immune to amnesia. Spring Water and Spinning Dive to your heart's content!

why the hell should you have to spend hours upon hours skilling up because they put in level sync and it killed peoples combat skills.

why should you have another useless time sink, i have gone to skillup 2 hand weapons in boyada and get one skill level in 3 hours, how is that ok, it is not.

they agreed it was a problem with the skillups, and "they are looking into it" so thats what another year minimum before they address it, there is no reason skillups you come easy, it breaks nothing.

another simple fix ignored by SE

I don't see anything to be excited about. Well maybe the WHM buff and the new missions. The rest seems like just bug fixes which were way overdue anyway.

Mellowy wrote:

Mellowy, I think if someone made you have 100 orgasms in a row you'd still have the depressed/emo look on your face.

From reading your posts, I'd think you are the most suicidal person on earth. You have a negative look on the world. Please stop. You are depressing.

Edited, Apr 8th 2009 3:05pm by carlcarl

Actually, other than the gobbiebags, I don't think Mellowy is that far off.

What SMN got is less of an "update" and more like a "fixing".

DRK/NIN using a combo of Haste from Haste Belt/Atk Food/Utsusemi and Dread Spikes.

My issues was...he likes to resist stun. Or maybe I was fighting on Earthsday idk.

I bet if I had a healer I could rock that fight.

Except retrace, and the recall line.

So augmented items don't interest you in the least?

That's fine and dandy for a melee job skilling up a weapon. But what about a BLM skilling up elemental/dark/enfeebling, or a WHM or SCH skilling up Divine?

I know other options exist for getting skill ups. But why take away one of the existing ones? The only rationale I can see is, "We think getting skill ups is too easy, and we want to make it harder."