Racial HP/MP adjustmentsFollow

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/threads/39700-Here-s-my-money-change-my-race%21%21%21%21?p=491612#post491612

Great news for taru dds and galka mages!

Edited, Feb 4th 2014 2:25pm by Szabo

Hmmm, of all the things for them to change, that seems really odd. Even in those extreme situations (Taru melee and Galka healers), those differences weren't that tremendous. I guess I'm not in the majority in that regard.

Nah Im with you. Gear kind of closed up the gaps, and merits helped further. Seems like there could be a better place to focus attention. Unless of course SE plans to make engagements last longer...requiring more base HP and MP to carry through their idea of engagement extension,

As a Career Taru ive never really felt my HP that far behind...then again I generally took care of keeping my gear standards up pretty high and HP was my first capped merit (because I wanted dank 1300MP converts.)

Edited, Feb 4th 2014 4:01pm by rdmcandie

This could even be kept with RP by adding lore that we're these varied races, but when we extend ourselves can all reach the same potential (stat differences at level 1 as they are but converge to same stats at some arbitrary level)

Considering the damage you absolutely have to take a lot of the time as a melee(I'm looking at you, arrogance incarnate), taru melee truly are at a disadvantage. Consider that monks have HP as one of their big selling points for content, since there are a number of jobs that can roughly compete with them in straight damage, monk HP is what is keeping them well above everyone else.

Oh ok I understand now. what kind of craziness is that "Monster HP is based on the HP of the playable races".

Edited, Feb 25th 2014 4:32pm by TwilightSkye

Fomors/Shades(Shadows), your clones etc. Much like as monstrosity proven (for those who didn't already know), everything refers to the job table in some fashion, so this actually makes a ton of sense.

Also, early level Galka Mages (especially RDM!) is "bleh".

I remember seeing Galka RDMs in low level groups back in the day who go OOM after just a few Cures, sometimes before a single fight is done. I imagine that must really make a newbie think twice about their decision, especially when you don't have any sort of MP Regeneration or Convert at the lowbie levels.

Also, Taru HP. How many Taru Tanks have we seen fall flat on their face after being one-shot by a Screwdriver in Qufim, that another race might have survived (though barely) back when we used to fight IT mobs? Or how about Bat Triplets doing the same with that high damage attack of theirs?

Oh God.

Spiders. *bleck*

I used to HATE waiting 2+ hours for a group and then I get the dreaded tell...

Soandso>>: {Experience Points}{Party}{Quicksand Caves}40-45 5/6 {Do you need it?}

And I was like "Oh God No.........I don't want to but I've been waiting 2 freaking hours......"

I swear Spiders were the most Horrible mob ever devised to XP on. AoE Slow when only 1 job has access to Haste and Erase at that level? Check. Ridiculously powerful unavoidable (except for Utsusemi) attack that can one-shot Taru? Check.

Every time I got one of those groups I was thinking "I bet the tank is a Taru. I wonder how many times they're gonna get one-shot" or "I bet we don't even have a WHM there, or if we do they don't have Erase or they're Lv39" etc.

I think when I get Lv99 Imma take my 117 gear and go to Boy Tree and murder every stinking spider I see, just for Revenge sake.

Edited, Mar 19th 2014 1:02pm by Lyrailis