[dev1010] Job Adjustments (4/22/2011)Follow

If you're not piling up CE just from nukes you need to hit harder. Even if you are relying on curecheats, it just means it will take longer to cap, since CE doesn't decay over time and is the entire reason for curecheating anyway.

...Wut?

Really depends on if SE allows the trait to be used from sub. No way to know for sure until either SE says something or players report in after the update of course. But if this is a move to boost DRK specifically, i'm leaning towards it prolly won't be available from sub.

Wow!

Much needed updates!

Drk is going to be crazy fun now.

Maybe, still think it will end up being a major nerf on anything that matters for the crit ***** jobs though. Sad really they were fun, they always nerf the overly fun DD jobs though.

Don't they sometimes release a Job Adjusments 2 closer to the update day or is that my imagination.

I'm not sure cause I didn't pay attention before, but did we notice a decrease in TP gained when hit by a mob after the AGI updage? If not we can assume this VIT update won't effect monsters either.

The + is just a list marker, it has nothing to do with the actual announcement.

Ok. Thanks. Just saw the quoted part and assumed it was +VIT.

Even if the VIT change affects crit rates, the change between Abyssea and non-Abyssean content would have devalued the power of many a weaponskill used today. NIN, DNC and THF were going to see a decline and things were going to level off anyway.

Just use a crit-based WS outside Abyssea and see how much the numbers drop. It really is irrelevant since most of the Empyrean weaponskills are still the best options for the jobs that got crit modded toys. Jishnu's Radiance still wipes the floor with Sidewinder, Chant du Cygne still eats Vorpal Blade for breakfast.

All this means at the worst is that mobs with jobs like PLD or MNK might take less damage from crits and jobs like BLM and SMN will take more damage from crits.

Oh and if you VIT stack on PLD, you're still an idiot.

Edited, Apr 22nd 2011 2:43pm by SparthosofLakshmi

Sometimes. Maybe.

You're insane or not paying attention if you think PUP needed it. Since the 2010 updates, PUP has been a monster. Some oblivious people don't seem to realize it, but PUP is a total beast these days. I also play MNK, one of the trendy choices for current "best DD", and for pure DD my PUP can beat my MNK (though MNK is a lot better at tanking). Being able to dish out stronger tier V nukes than a BLM with no hate (Deactivate to shed hate) sure has its uses too.

If they wanted to fix jobs that "needed it", my COR is feeling very left out in the cold. ESPECIALLY since RNG is getting some buffs, and one of them (the newly buffed Bounty Shot) just feels like it would have been much better suited for COR as a gambler/pirate in the first place.

At any rate, these changes aren't really very impressive for PUP. Not that the job needed big buffs to continue to be a surprisingly underrated powerhouse.

For attachments:
- One good attachment (counter)
- One wait-and-see attachment (barrage, but at a steep cost of wind maneuvers used for automaton haste/r.acc and more difficulty managing enmity spikes. we'll see what kind of timer it has to see how often it's useable too.)
- One useless attachment (MP cost)
- One horrible attachment (TP, at a cost of completely ******** up your maneuvers and likely on a timer).

For WS:
The new 2 hit crit WS will be nice, but may be annoying to manage with 5 different WS on Valoredge all having different trigger maneuvers. So it's harder to use Cannibal Blade (very useful for automaton tanking with the 10tp/tic automaton regain weapon), and to pump up other useful attachments with appropriate maneuvers. Still, for pure DD focus with Valoredge, definitely a win.

We'll see what the 4 hit ranger frame weapon does. I'd suspect it will be a bit inconsistent in damage if it's a 4 hit WS, but the added effect of defense down might be pretty useful for parties to weaken the mob for everyone. Might still not beat Armor Piercer for pure damage though.