Get ready for Phalanx II

[arkaine23]

Phalanx II, new Red Mage merit spell... targetable on party members. Enjoy!

[Balfree]

Re: Get ready for Phalanx II

You sure its targetable on pt members? o.O zomg!

[LoneGamer]

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Yes, Phalanx II is castable on party members. I DAT mined here.

[Stiker]

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I can't wait to see this in action. I can only imagine how mobs will hit us like pansies with this spell on us.

[Kirsteena]

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Don't count on all your rdm having it though! It's not on my priority to merit...

[Hamlet]

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The only way you'll ever see this spell is if the rdm has strange priorities or if he's part of a 3 man rdm team in an HNMLS (he does phalanx and maybe dia2, the others cover the rest). The other way would be if further testing shows that fully meritting the teir 2 enfeebs shows little improvement.

[Raydeus]

Re: Get ready for Phalanx II

Ray's Merit priority list:

MP+80 (done) > Convert Recast (working on it) > Crit. rate > Sword and Dagger > Enf. skill > STR/DEX +2 > everything else I can think of -------------------------------------------------------------> Tier II enfs. or Phalanx II

[Stiker]

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Don't count on all your rdm having it though! It's not on my priority to merit...

I can still dream though right?

[arkaine23]

Re: Get ready for Phalanx II

You can always /RDM and rely on sleep/bind/blind spam and THF TA to secure hate.... Then Blink/Stoneskin/Phalanx/Aquaveil yourself before every fight.

BTW Phalanx II is about 15 dmg reduction per hit with one merit so long as the RDM macros some enhancing + skill items in for the cast...

Seems a lot of RDM won't merit it, but look at it this way, they probblay merited tier II enfeebles which are slowing/paralyzing the mob more and reducing damage to the tank in a different way.

[Tevabond]

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I can't wait to see this in action. I can only imagine how mobs will hit us like pansies with this spell on us.

If we get hit with Phalanx II things will hit us for less but is that really a good thing? theres a reason most pld switch to VIT > DEF later on

WE NEED TO BE HIT FOR DMG TO KEEP HATE something is hitting us for 0 a cure 2 or 3 could suck it off us.

Even if u find a RDM with it they will most likly cast on someone other then the PLD if they are smart.

[Lmnop]

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right that you need to take damage to garner hate, but you kinda have the wrong reason. The VIT > Defense switch comes when paladins notice that defender makes them get hit for 1-3 less damage/swing instead of the 20 less damage/swing that it used to. AKA defense capped out, look for a more linear means of reducing damage (though as people who really love "the formula" will point out, as Armando told me, I guess the Str<->Vit thing isn't linear either, but each point of Vit gives quite consistent damage reduction, so I say it's "more linear"-ish).

Also, damage taken= hate lost. if you actually get hit for 0 damage, you're simply not wearing enough attack gear.

[Rostum]

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Well I had this used in dynamis, and it didn't really improve anything. At least I didn't notice a difference.

[Sethe]

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Don't count on all your rdm having it though! It's not on my priority to merit...

I imagine if you were in a static with a PLD for merits or something similar it might come in use