All Worlds Maintenance (Sep. 16)

[eticket109]

Re: All Worlds Maintenance (Sep. 16)

Sep. 16, 2008 12:00 [PDT] From: FINAL FANTASY XI
FINAL FANTASY XI Update (Sep. 16)

At the following time, we performed a version update of FINAL FANTASY XI.

[Affected Period]
Sep. 16, 2008 at 12:00 (PDT)

[Affected Services]
FINAL FANTASY XI

[Important Update Details]
- Adjusted the damage resistance of "Absolute Virtue."

The following issues have been addressed:

- An issue where the damage reduction from shields had increased.

- An issue where the damage for the weapon skill "Atonement" was incorrect when wearing certain equipment.

- An issue where white magic like "Erase" was unable to remove the effects of the Ranger job ability "Shadowbind."

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[Balfree]

Re: All Worlds Maintenance (Sep. 16)

kekekeke.

[Aksannyi]

Re: All Worlds Maintenance (Sep. 16)

We all knew it was coming.

On one hand, I'm angry, because we were finally able to just kill the god damn mob, and on the other hand, I'm glad, because it seemed like there was more of a trick than just zerg.

/sigh.

[Ayrlie]

Re: All Worlds Maintenance (Sep. 16)

watch them adjust other mobs that had an history of KC DRK zerging in future updates

[eticket109]

Re: All Worlds Maintenance (Sep. 16)

It's confirmed. SE damage on Av got boned.

[Lunaryn]

Re: All Worlds Maintenance (Sep. 16)

I'm hoping that this was adjusting the SE damage disparity rather than a straight buff, anyway. In the discussions of the zerg strategy it seemed fairly clear that no melee without the aid of souleater could even come into the general vicinity where you could talk about contributing. You did need a certain number of KCs to pull up the damage average enough to pull off an actual kill, but the dividing line between melee who could contribute to the effort at all and melee who did such paltry damage they might as well not bother was pretty clearly the ability to use souleater. Several times people tried to bring up strategies for bringing more varied melee into the picture, and they were continually shot down by way of the huge damage reduction penalties involved...

[Omgwtfbbqkitten]

Re: All Worlds Maintenance (Sep. 16)

I'm hoping that this was adjusting the SE damage disparity rather than a straight buff, anyway. In the discussions of the zerg strategy it seemed fairly clear that no melee without the aid of souleater could even come into the general vicinity where you could talk about contributing. You did need a certain number of KCs to pull up the damage average enough to pull off an actual kill, but the dividing line between melee who could contribute to the effort at all and melee who did such paltry damage they might as well not bother was pretty clearly the ability to use souleater. Several times people tried to bring up strategies for bringing more varied melee into the picture, and they were continually shot down by way of the huge damage reduction penalties involved...

A melee strategy that shuts out all other melee isn't what I'd call a real strategy anyway.

[Gobo]

Re: All Worlds Maintenance (Sep. 16)

damn it breaks talbes

Ooooooooold pic, but it still has its magic

[TheGrandMom]

Re: All Worlds Maintenance (Sep. 16)

Pimped out BloodWeapon/SoulEater Kraken drks doing 20 dmg.....they nerfed that shit HAAAAAAAARD!

[Vyuru]

Re: All Worlds Maintenance (Sep. 16)

What foxgirls?

Well, if it doesn't have at least catgirls it better have foxgirls.

I like the ears >.>

[Yellow Mage]

Re: All Worlds Maintenance (Sep. 16)

- An issue where white magic like "Erase" was unable to remove the effects of the Ranger job ability "Shadowbind."

Am I the only one slightly disturbed by this? Aside from Bene, what on Van'diel would act *like* Erase in the case of Shadowbind? Perhaps AV has some sort of Auto-Erase Trait?

/tinhat

[Omgwtfbbqkitten]

Re: All Worlds Maintenance (Sep. 16)

Shadowbind is supposed to be regarded as an unresisted Bind spell, but its not like any RNG mob ever uses it. Or that PvP counts for anything in this game.

[Yellow Mage]

Re: All Worlds Maintenance (Sep. 16)

I'm just saying, either way, there's no Bindna. SE is clearly referring to something else!

/paranoid

[Omgwtfbbqkitten]

Re: All Worlds Maintenance (Sep. 16)

Erase fixs Bind, always has.

Erase fixes the stuff that isn't covered by the -na spell line

[Armando]

Re: All Worlds Maintenance (Sep. 16)

I think the point is the wording "White Magic like Erase." Although there are other Erase-equivalents, Erase is the only one that falls strictly within "White Magic" unless you also consider Benediction.

Of course we all know how flawlessly patch notes get translated so I wouldn't read too much into it YM =P