Final Fantasy 14 thread: Dawntrail

Polaritie · November 12

Those are nice buffs to DRK. Their magic-only mitigations were awkward, so it's nice to see them have reduced effect against physical now. The improved self-healing is also really welcome.

Holy shit, NIN no longer wastes TCJ if they don't release movement completely before tapping it.

Those look like significant buffs to MCH's damage output, which they sorely needed. I don't know if that Flamethrower buff even matters - I don't think that makes it competitive with other options still?

Kevin Crist · November 12

admanb wrote: »

BLM was buffed.

Enhanced Enochian IV Effect potency has been reduced from 33% to 32%.

The sky is falling, my friend.

admanb · November 12

Two charges of ley lines are gonna compensate for that.

Donnicton · November 12

Instant Despair is also very very nice.

Javen · November 12

admanb wrote: »

Two charges of ley lines are gonna compensate for that.

The leyline changes are so funny because it means exactly one extra leylines over the course of an entire fight

SCREECH OF THE FARG · November 12

bro these dragoon changes are so ass i hate casuals

Javen · November 12

Donnicton wrote: »

Instant Despair is also very very nice.

Yeah that and the flare change seem like the actual good things for BLM

SCREECH OF THE FARG · November 12

Jars wrote: »

probably memory hole wuk lamat. though I agree with you that the story is a week or two worth of content and raids and various other content that you spend much more time on is very good

i mean if your following the opinions of the literal dumbest people in the community

Polaritie · November 12

Javen wrote: »

admanb wrote: »

Two charges of ley lines are gonna compensate for that.

The leyline changes are so funny because it means exactly one extra leylines over the course of an entire fight

Lets you adjust the timing of leylines a bit during the fight too though (without losing uptime), doesn't it? A bit of QoL in that.

Crippl3 · November 12

Superbolide
No longer reduces HP to 1, and instead reduces HP to 50% of maximum.

Aw man, but that takes all the fun out of it

Arcane Circle
Circle of Sacrifice effect now also grants stacks of Immortal Sacrifice when you or party members successfully land an ability.

wait isn't that already what circle of sacrifice did? and what does that have to do with Arcane Circle?

The game logo and opening movie displayed when launching the game will now change according to player progression through the main scenario.
If multiple characters are present on the same service account, the setting will be determined by the character who has progressed furthest.
* When first logging in after the release of Patch 7.1, the game logo and opening movie of the most recent expansion you own will be displayed. The setting will take effect after logging in or out subsequently.

Players can also choose to display the game logo and opening movie from a specific expansion upon launch. This setting can be adjusted via "Title Screen Displayed on Launch" under the Other Settings tab of the System Configuration menu.
* You can only select from among expansions you own for the platform you are currently playing on.
* A set title screen is displayed on free trial accounts.

Holy shit that rules, too bad this wasn't around when I was doing MSQ lol

Jars · November 12

I would have rather just deleted life surge instead of dropping nastrond stacks. nastrond is cool, life surge sucks ass

also scholar buffs lol

Donnicton · November 12

Sage gets buffs to things they would rather not use and will not encourage them to use any more than they already are.

Machwing · November 12

Bollide nerfed. Nin can move during TCJ. Actual baby game for babies

Jars · November 12

well the double down change kinda messes up gnb 2 minute. I guess you go into burst phases with exactly 2 cartridges now?

Donnicton wrote: »

Sage gets buffs to things they would rather not use and will not encourage them to use any more than they already are.

it'll help all the mediocre sages I see in ex spamming prognosis..

Billiardball · November 12

Is there a way to use the new glamour dresser condensing thing without having to take most of the items out first?

Skeith · November 12

Voice lines during the final story trial got updated in English.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_zLOknonmo

Grey Ghost · November 12

Did this patch fix whatever was happening to Summoner? Something about their damage not being calculated right

Jars · November 12

man I wanted to farm some tomes to get the tank chest piece before the alliance raid, and I forgot I gotta do msq to do expert again

Neveron · November 12

Grey Ghost wrote: »

Did this patch fix whatever was happening to Summoner? Something about their damage not being calculated right

Sure has.

The combo requirement for Crimson Strike has been removed, and it will now require the status effect "Crimson Strike Ready" to execute.
As noted on the Lodestone, the actions Inferno, Earthen Fury, and Aerial Blast were incorrectly set to 750 potency, despite their descriptions stating a potency of 800. This issue has been resolved, and their values now match their descriptions.

An issue when playing as summoner or scholar wherein the effects of job traits did not apply to pet actions.

Jars · November 13

did the new dungeon, 3/4 had bis but it doesn't matter that much because a lot of stuff just kills you. I was the only person to not die on the final boss, which was good because I was the healer

Kana · November 13

I feel like my biggest obstacle with black mage is that the damn spell sfx are actually super quiet in combat, i can't hear when my spells finish so I have to keep looking down at the buttons so I don't screw up casting. Like I have muscle memory of my rotation pretty well down now but I regularly drop rotation as soon as I have to keep my eyes on a boss.

I think I might just go back to samurai. Or maybe take another run at monk.

Tcheldor · November 13

Kana wrote: »

I feel like my biggest obstacle with black mage is that the damn spell sfx are actually super quiet in combat, i can't hear when my spells finish so I have to keep looking down at the buttons so I don't screw up casting. Like I have muscle memory of my rotation pretty well down now but I regularly drop rotation as soon as I have to keep my eyes on a boss.

I think I might just go back to samurai. Or maybe take another run at monk.

Move the cast bar to screen center? Also since you can buffer skills early it's not too bad.

Can also set limited vfx and just tap the next button in the rotation until you see animation go off.

Kana · November 13

My eyes ain't great, if I focus on the cast bar it takes me a decent moment to like re-track to the action. And if I have a lot of stuff in the middle of the screen I might not lose track of the cast but I'll definitely not see the incoming aoe.

I just need a real obvious sound on spell completion, at least for busier content. Which a lot of classes do have, just not blm.

Fig-D · November 13

The new Alliance Raid made me strangely nostalgic for a game that I only played for a couple weeks. I never even made it to Jeuno (started in Bastok, got stuck in the dunes).

Sir Fabulous · November 13

It's now optimal to start fights in which you can't immediately melee with a Piercing Talon.

What a time for Dragoons to be alive.

AngelHedgie · November 14

Fig-D wrote: »

The new Alliance Raid made me strangely nostalgic for a game that I only played for a couple weeks. I never even made it to Jeuno (started in Bastok, got stuck in the dunes).

There's an NPC that talked about the Dunes drops. My wife was surprised at my vehement "fuck you" in response.

Lucid_Seraph · November 14

I hate these Dragoon changes what are these. They're taking all the Jump Good out of the Jump Good class.

BahamutZERO · November 14

Skeith wrote: »

Voice lines during the final story trial got updated in English.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_zLOknonmo

oh that sounds MUCH better, glad they fixed that

Jars · November 14

there's a free fantasia in old gridinia, limited to this patch

SCREECH OF THE FARG · November 14

i stole it

Fig-D · November 14

AngelHedgie wrote: »

Fig-D wrote: »

The new Alliance Raid made me strangely nostalgic for a game that I only played for a couple weeks. I never even made it to Jeuno (started in Bastok, got stuck in the dunes).

There's an NPC that talked about the Dunes drops. My wife was surprised at my vehement "fuck you" in response.

I'm doing the follow-up quest tonight and I just hit that. Spit out my own "Haha... fucker" at an NPC I'm probably being encouraged to like.

Skeith · November 14

Lucid_Seraph wrote: »

I hate these Dragoon changes what are these. They're taking all the Jump Good out of the Jump Good class.

I'm still trying to suss out if it's a nerf or not.

Neveron · November 14

Jars wrote: »

there's a free fantasia in old gridinia, limited to this patch

The achievement certificate NPC also has a few new items, including some framer kits for people who have done the SB world FATE bosses.

Sir Fabulous · November 16

Skeith wrote: »

Lucid_Seraph wrote: »

I hate these Dragoon changes what are these. They're taking all the Jump Good out of the Jump Good class.

I'm still trying to suss out if it's a nerf or not.

DPS-wise it's a buff at 100 and a nerf at lower levels (if you care because you happen to be in a min ilvl no echo old content static *cough cough*).

The potency buffs on your other abilities more than make up for losing two nastronds.

Seg · November 16

I unlocked the mount from the society that was added with 7.1 and am pleased that I hadn't spent any of the currency yet.

Jars · November 18

did the new raid, it's both mechanically more difficult but less punishing than a typical alliance raid so I only died on the second and third bosses. didn't get around to either extreme or unreal, but I'm not too worried. byakko is a wimp and I don't need any 725 weapons

Donnicton · November 18

The Viper weapon for EX3 is dual laser swords so that's pretty neat.

Zython · November 18

Jars wrote: »

did the new raid, it's both mechanically more difficult but less punishing than a typical alliance raid so I only died on the second and third bosses. didn't get around to either extreme or unreal, but I'm not too worried. byakko is a wimp and I don't need any 725 weapons

The new Unreal is probably the second easiest one they ever put out, only beating Ultimate Weapon.

Billiardball · November 18

Zython wrote: »

Jars wrote: »

did the new raid, it's both mechanically more difficult but less punishing than a typical alliance raid so I only died on the second and third bosses. didn't get around to either extreme or unreal, but I'm not too worried. byakko is a wimp and I don't need any 725 weapons

The new Unreal is probably the second easiest one they ever put out, only beating Ultimate Weapon.

Thanks for the reminder, Unreal had completely slipped my mind.

Just managed to squeeze in two clears now.

Jars · November 18

I got byakko ex in mentor once, without ever doing it synced, and one shot it without dying

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