Battle system adjustment 8/14/07

[Aksannyi]

Re: Battle system adjustment 8/14/07

Bah, you know they will be right at first ... those greedy crafting bastards. :/

/em rushes to skill up on her crafting.

>.>;

[Vyuru]

Re: Battle system adjustment 8/14/07

/em rushes to skill up on her crafting.

Only to find out they are all made from Cooking recipes when she leveled Smithing/Leather

[Malacite]

Re: Battle system adjustment 8/14/07

Sounds like it'll be mostly leather and cloth if they're grips.

Oh god, relic/NM/BCNM etc grips...

[Sevv]

Re: Battle system adjustment 8/14/07

I prefer suspicious optimism. Just because we get an update doesn't mean it's any good.

I am happy about this, so I don't know if you were trying to say I wasn't. I was commenting on how people already want to fix what isn't in game yet.

Granted, but in this case, opening up an entirely new equipment slot can't bear much negative.

QFT, even if all the grips had was att+3 it would still be an upgrade.

Fine, been busy as shit though. Spent about 3 days straight leveling WHM from 43 to 50. New quote, huh? I'm not terribly creative right now so I'll have to get back to you Sev.

How about you make your hubby and ls migrate to kujata and you level your whm with my pld =D

Sounds like it'll be mostly leather and cloth if they're grips.
Oh god, relic/NM/BCNM etc grips...

Bcnm or Isnm grip source would be nice, alot more accessible then crafted, talking about the best grips, with maybe lower quality ones from normal nms and crafts.

[Yellow Mage]

Re: Battle system adjustment 8/14/07

I wonder if H2H can be used with these "grips" . . . at any rate, these are supposed to be minor boosts, and nothing game-breaking, anyways: the real boosts to 2-Handed weapons are going to be made to thier actual mechanics.

I wonder what's going to happen to DDs who use 1-Handed weapons without using /NIN, ispo ergo with a Shield. Are they destined to face the "/NIN or GTFO" mindset?



Also, Malacite, off-topic, but does your username have anything to do with the mineral "malachite?"

[Malacite]

Re: Battle system adjustment 8/14/07

I very much doubt it. Hand-to-Hand is more akin to dual-wield IMO.


I'm glad SE is doing more than just the grips though, because those alone would just be a gimmick fix.


EDIT: Yes and no. >. > my avatar is a picture of the Sailor Moon villain "Malachite" (I misspelled the name years ago when I made the character; sue me) who is also named after the mineral. I was at a loss for names and it's a cool/obscure reference so I took it and I don't regret it.

[Rain_Blade]

Re: Battle system adjustment 8/14/07

You're clearly talking about something else here.

A -%recast grip, I would think, would be a godsend to the two-hander wonderpuss WAR who can't live without utsusemi. It would also be great for mage jobs, BLM especially.

I just hope SE has some -% Delay Grips that stack to Ranged Weapons, that or STR. +MAB ones would also be nice.

Do you know what a grip is?

[LilithAngel]

Re: Battle system adjustment 8/14/07

Roffle and lol, Vy, roffle and lol.

I'd be happy if they just finally gave Penta Thrust at least a 1.00 TP mod at 100% (either that, or keep it at 0.75, and give it a crit mod or something). With nothing to back it up but pure damage (as it seems that that's all a Dragoon is about, besides some defense bypass, a role SE could focus on for us ), Polearm WSs are somewhat (lol @ that) lacking when it comes to competing against the likes of Spampage, Gillytine, Tachi: Geico, Should've Used Blade: Jin, and others (to include the anomaly that is Skewer, a Polearm WS that still surprises me, and has managed to earn a permanent spot on my macro set).

Perhaps tweaking the TP mods (in our favor) a bit could help, not quite sure. Polearm WSs aren't known for their wide array of special abilities and effects (other than Wheeling Thrust ignoring defense to a degree, and Skewer oddly doing more damage the more Accuracy you pile on, and that's NOT counting Accuracy used for connecting with each of the three hits; it's as if the actual Accuracy stat was a modifier in the same vein that STR, DEX, etc are for others WSs). Elemental WSs are crap no matter who you are; you're not gonna see too many melee bothering to macro INT gear in for them. Leg Sweep has saved many an ass in its time; that one is good as is. It's just that the majority of Polearm WS are just purely damage-focused, so they should be boosted in that regard.

Also, FYI, anything that has the word "Vorpal" in its name needs to have "Occasionally casts Death on target/hit". C'mon now.

[Omgwtfbbqkitten]

Re: Battle system adjustment 8/14/07

Do you know what a grip is?

Yes, my RNG has a Fire Staff on most of the time for the STR and Ranged attack for my Sidewinders and Slug Shots. I'm talking about the same slot everyone else is.

RNGs cannot be hasted, we can only get haste through meritting the Snap Shot at 75. What I meant was I'd like a grip that goes on the fire staff, but reduces ranged delay.

[Aksannyi]

Re: Battle system adjustment 8/14/07

Only to find out they are all made from Cooking recipes when she leveled Smithing/Leather

Most likely. At any rate, whatever craft I level, products of said craft will dramatically reduce in profit as soon as I reach the level to make said products. It's called Aksannyi's Law of Crafting.

[Mhurron]

Re: Battle system adjustment 8/14/07

Most likely. At any rate, whatever craft I level, products of said craft will dramatically reduce in profit as soon as I reach the level to make said products. It's called Aksannyi's Law of Crafting.

Ya thats really starting to piss me off.

[Sevv]

Re: Battle system adjustment 8/14/07

or it is because the economy is still falling. Level woodworking or cooking aks the reason being is they will cut our consumables cost down saving you gil, you may not become rich with the crafts tho you can, but you always have a steady cost rate for leveling, woodworking more for nin, rng, /nin. Not to mention hq staff! Cooking for ever other job lol.

[LyonheartLakshmi]

Re: Battle system adjustment 8/14/07

or it is because the economy is still falling.

Or is it because, even after 5 years, players still haven't learned to be patient and not flood the market, driving down their own profits? That's usually why I see prices for even consumables dropping down to not-worthwhile-profits.

[Sevv]

Re: Battle system adjustment 8/14/07

Or is it because, even after 5 years, players still haven't learned to be patient and not flood the market, driving down their own profits? That's usually why I see prices for even consumables dropping down to not-worthwhile-profits.

HEY SHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! Don't allow people to make wise decisions on consumables, i like my 5k sushi and my 20k/stack of toolbags of shihei so, no business advice. And on consumables with the amount of crafters, it is hard to not flood the market, if you don't others will.

[Mhurron]

Re: Battle system adjustment 8/14/07

20k/stack of toolbags of shihei

I liked it better when they and status bolts were expensive.