Job Adjustments (02/03/2012)Follow

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/threads/20413-dev1079-Job-Adjustments-Samurai


http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/threads/20418




http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/threads/20426


http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/threads/20430


http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/threads/20434


http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/threads/20439


http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/threads/20443

Edit: didn't see the multiple other threads created in job forums and links to other thread Vlor can lock/nuke if its neccessary.


Edited, Feb 3rd 2012 2:36pm by Szabo

Edited, Feb 6th 2012 1:59pm by Szabo

Ok I didn't see it, but its better to compile and create a topic in general for announcements to prevent accidents like this.

This is actually REALLY good for Valoredge.


Edited, Feb 3rd 2012 12:11pm by Tatham

I thought SA and TA only affected the first hit? Wouldn't the accuracy bonus be used up before the other two hits land?

Those bard changes are very exciting ^^

Aww, but then it'd be the MOST DRK ABILITY EVER!

But in actuality, it'd only take you to 20% of maximum HP, because only the four merits after the first are those increments of 20%.

Edited, Feb 3rd 2012 11:41am by Raelix

This brings back memories. There was a lot of confusion on this years ago. When sneak attack is stacked with a melee round and that round procs multi attacks (be it double or triple attacks) all swings will have 100% accuracy. This includes multi procs from both main and offhand. However this benefit does not carry over to weaponskills. I know because I used to think the accuracy bonus affected shark bite until I actually started paying attention to my tp returns when fighting gods. It turned out that even my sneak attacked *** charged shark bites were landing only 2 hits (the guarenteed first swing of main and offhand) when I was fighting gods if I didn't use some form of accuracy enhancement. It doesn't matter if it's multi hit or not. The 100% accuracy the extra swings get only applies to melee rounds, not weaponskill. Most thieves stack assassin's charge with weaponskills, so that 25% accuracy bonus is not wasted even if you're stacking with sa/ta. I'm not saying you should merit 5/5 of course, I'm just clarifying that SA and TA do NOT guarantee assassin's charged swings will land when you're weaponskilling.

Honestly I don't know where I stand on thf merits anymore (aside from still not liking ambush). 5 feint merits will guarantee a TH proc on the swing that lands feint, allowing for one sure fire TH increase every 2 minutes. Personal preference here, but dumping ONE merit into assassin's charge just got a lot more appealing even to those who didn't used to like it. I kinda like the idea of 5 feint 4 aura steal 1 *** charge myself, although 2 or 3 *** charge would be really nice for a pure damage stat based red curry rudra's/mercy build to use against HNM. As an aside, I used to go 5/5 feint 5/5 *** charge. I'd definitely merit aura steal with this in favor of a few *** charge merits even with the aforementioned accuracy stuff. Exact configuration aside, I definitely like the proposed thf merit tweaks.

Edited, Feb 3rd 2012 11:33pm by Melphina

You know I hadn't thought of it that way. Their wording here is ambiguous, but that would make sense too. I suppose we'll have to wait and see. "Additional merit points will no longer reduce recast time, but instead raise the chance of Treasure Hunter leveling up by 25% per point. " can be taken several different ways. They don't really tell you by 25% of what baseline, or even if it's a one time bonus or an effect that lasts the entire duration of feint's effect >..<. I like the concept though. Hopefully the implementation isn't screwed up.

Edited, Feb 4th 2012 12:14am by Melphina