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[cidbahamut]

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My dry run on Maat turned into me totally stomping all over his face without even trying. It was kind of sad actually, since I was really hoping for him to put up more of a challenge

[Truece]

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My dry run on Maat turned into me totally stomping all over his face without even trying. It was kind of sad actually, since I was really hoping for him to put up more of a challenge

You're the first RDM that I've seen in my 6 years playing this game that is complaining about beating Maat on the first try >.>

[Raydeus]

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Idk but I went from 112 -126 in about 6k exp on EP mobs. My Katana went from about 115 - the late 130's as well. I was even getting pretty good skillups on my 105 Throwing. Whatever they did or did not do (placebo or not) ... it seems better than it was.

They did say something on twitter about making skillups easier (larger at least, if not more frequent as well), beyond just the level of mobs you can skill up on. I have also noticed that skillups are not only more frequent but larger values. I was standing around doing string skills on my 90BRD, and I only had one skillup that wasn't a .4 or .5, and I was able to get 2 full skills in about 15 minutes. In the past I would normally only get .2-.3 in that amount of time, if I were lucky.

Ok, so this:

Q: The recent update supposedly made it easier to increase skills, but I'm not noticing much of a difference. What exactly has changed?

A: The minimum enemy rating for raising skills to their caps has been lowered from "even match" to "decent challenge," providing more frequent opportunities for skill increase and greater values accompanying each increase. However, as the calculations are adjusted based upon your current skill level and your target's strength, the difference will be more noticeable at lower skill levels.

We intend to monitor game balance with the new settings for the time being, but will consider future adjustments for skills such as parry and guard that are triggered less frequently.

...means they indeed increased the amount of skill gained even if gain rate will still be crappy at higher levels? ??

[cidbahamut]

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You're the first RDM that I've seen in my 6 years playing this game that is complaining about beating Maat on the first try >.>

He wasn't hard. Not even a little.

I was promised an opponent who was going to wipe the floor with me many times over. What I got was an invalid old man who could be bested by a kitten.

[ShadowIX]

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I got my subjob

[KingOfZeal]

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Ok, so this:



...means they indeed increased the amount of skill gained even if gain rate will still be crappy at higher levels? ??

Found what I'm looking for. It wasn't posted on Twitter, but in the actual release notes:

Combat and magic skill increase conditions have been reworked.
*This adjustment will also apply to automatons.

• Skills may now be increased to their caps by fighting foes rated "Decent Challenge" or stronger.
• Skills will rise more rapidly, and larger values will accompany each skill increase.

≪February 15, 2011 (JST) Version Update≫

I think it's just that it's adjusted so it's not nearly as fast in the upper levels as it is in the lower levels, but it's still faster than it has been before the update. I was PLing my mule earlier (currently 21 THF) and it's dagger and evasion skills were getting capped incredibly quick, within 2-3 kills of leveling up. So, don't expect skilling that quick, but don't be surprised if it still goes faster.

[ShadowIX]

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Well I've leveled two jobs to 20 so far and without trying I've capped pretty much every magic (except enhancing) and staff/club. Skill-ups happen ridiculously more often than they used to at low levels and it's usually by .3-.4 at a time.

[Romyro]

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I know evasion isn’t too tough to skill while guard is but…

My evasion skill sky-rocketed on pup while fighting birds in Aby-Mis. I was at about 300 and capped it (335 ish??) within an hour. Getting .3s - .5s VERY frequently. Once I capped it, I started getting guard skill ups. I didn’t get as many guard levels as evasion but I certainly got more Guarding points they pre-update.

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Popped Hadhayosh the other day. Even if it is just a reskinned Behemoth, it still looked friggen awesome since I’ve probably only see 2 in my FFXI career (1 in Nyzul and 1 in campaign). And yeah, I’m such a bad ass I tanked it with my Bst jug
/em flexes

So, over the weekend I got
Atma of the Lion (<- awesome for low man Bst-ing fights ^^)
Atma of the Lake Lurker (<- situational but also awesome for low man Bst-ing fights ^^)
Bst Body+1
Smn Hands +1
Brd Legs +1
2 Cards of Andor
Whm Merits finished

Along with a number of other things for various things for other LS members.

[KingOfZeal]

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So I guess it's time for me to go level guard... or at least attempt to, anyway... again...

[Yygdrasil]

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Got my Rajas Ring today. I finished CoP this past Saturday and I didn't really have the time to play until this morning. I got up early before work to rush around for all my CS and finally got my Rajas Ring. I couldn't be happier.

Also: Considering my elated mood, I decided to volunteer to help a buddy of mine with an NM... I can't remember the name... but it was the big-ass PUK in Abyssea - Vunkerl Inlet that you spawn with the Opaque Wing... S(omething). Either way, it didn't drop anything that was of any use to me, but I wanted a chance to tool around with my new ring... so I suited up in NIN gear and helped out. We must have killed it 10 or 12 times... I don't remember th exact count, but we fought until everyone had every seal they wanted. After each person got the ones they were after, I started to collect them. I wound up with 5/8 SCH, 2/8 RDM and 2/8 BST. Not bad for just helping a buddy out. Too bad I don't have any of those jobs past 49.

That being said... is it sad that I help other people more than I help myself? This isn't the first senario where it's happened. I have at least 9 pieces of AF3+1 gear for various jobs in my MH... none of whose jobs are high enough to equip them. The 2 jobs I do have at max level... only have 1 piece of AF3+1 beween the 2 of them. I have a lot of seals TOWARDS others... but only 1 completed. Sad... or helpful... judge me!

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/em flexes

"I pick sings up... and put zem down"

[Raydeus]

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If that's really the case and skill ups are better now I may be interested in going back in March, but it depends on whether or not today's DCUO patch makes things better or not. Since I don't have time to play 2 MMOGs right now. <_<;

[Elwynn]

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Finally finished The Gustaberg Tour!

I ended up with three from the LS, one pick-up, and one 2box mule from someone in the LS. But that was enough.

Now I can start playing around with jobs without having to worry that I won't be able to complete this quest.

[Yygdrasil]

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Finally finished The Gustaberg Tour!

I ended up with three from the LS, one pick-up, and one 2box mule from someone in the LS. But that was enough.

Now I can start playing around with jobs without having to worry that I won't be able to complete this quest.

HUH?

[Yygdrasil]

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Atma of the Winged Gloom.... got it!

Also: What the heck is it good for? Seems kinda crappy to always have a health drain of 30/tic until you're under 30% just to recieve a 30% Damage- after you're in the red. Can anyone shed some light on exactly what combination of Atma's and gear makes this functional and useful? That and in what wenario does it best fit?

I'm racking my brain thinking of ways to counteract the 30/tic drain so that the only active effect is the 30% reduction to damage. There are Atma's that give you regen... some for some big numbers... but that seems like an awful lot of work just to recieve one buff of 30% DR at 30% health.

For example... a combination of the Atma of the Winged Gloom, Atma of the Stronghold and Atma of Vicissitude would effectively cancel out the HP drain effect, leaving you with only the following buffs:

Defense 40
Defense 50
Magic Defense 10
Attack 40
and...
-30% Damage taken below 30% health

The 15/tic regen that each of the atma's gives you would cancel out the 30/tic drain of gloom. Don't get me wrong... it's nothing to scoff at. Those buffs you're left with are still really great despite the sacrifices you make in setting up the combination... but I can think of much more powerhouse setups that might work even more effectively. Or maybe I'm just wrong.

[Yygdrasil]

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It seems that nobody has posted since I did yesterday... so let me continue where I left off.

I managed to kill 2 more Mega Bosses today, U. Range and A. Desert and got their respective Atmas. That brings my total to 6/9 Mega Bosses and 1/7 Cataure. I only need 1 more Mega Boss to get myself that shiny 3rd Lunar Abyssite... I can't wait!

I also took in a few more strays to the LS today. Our current membership total is 13. I'm happy to welcome those of you who joined me this morning and hope that our adventures will be both bountiful and plentiful.

Tomorrow morning I'm going to be helping some friends out in the morning, but I'm hoping to get that 7th Mega Boss out of my to-do list and start equiping 3 Atmas. I also would like to get ToAU Mission 35 done. Ghesso and his clones just don't fight fair.