DRK Updates: Merits

[tdh]

So we get two abilities, and two traits:

Job Ability: Dark Seal
Job Ability: Diabolic Eye
Job Trait: Muted Soul
Job Trait: Desperate Blows

My guess would be that Dark Seal would be like Elemental and Divine Seal just for Dark Magic. No clue about Diabolic Eye.

I'm hoping against hope that Desperate Blows is a Double Attack trait!! I've wanted that for quite some time to help build TP, I just wanted it well before I had to Merit for it!

Absorb-TP has also been released!! Making DRK the complete Vampire. I just hope it's not an insanely low drop rate from a NM, or an extremely annoying quest. Either way this will be an expensive scroll up at AH for a while!

[Tirrock]

I'm betting the first absorb-TP scroll goes for 5m. >_>a

[Khevn]

Can't wait too see how this speeds up that big hit Damage DrK's do, since there my Fav Melee's to group with as a PLD.

[Herrisa]

Diabolic Eye - Could that be for increased accuracy?

Anyway, I would have to say it looks like DRK made out like bandits on this update. Absorb-TP? Yummy!

{Congratulations!}

For the Negative Nancy's out there... And you thought being a stun-whore was bad...

[tdh]

Diabolic Eye - Could that be for increased accuracy?

{Holy} {Jump}'n {Galka}s! I Didn't even think about this! But Absorb-TP for 33 MP (At least I hope it stays at the 33MP mark) will RAWK!! After 3 or 4 hits, hit it with Absorb-TP, but it will probably stay on parr with the other spells. Absorb-STR I think returns 21 STR? (Been a while since I've had a real chance to use it honestly.) But 21% TP will help us keep up with those crazy WAR/NIN!

[Tirrock]

I hope it's more than 21% TP. That'd barely be a boost at all, considering you lose time swinging to cast the absorb-TP spell. Hopefully it'll be more like drain, where it does more and more based on your dark magic skill.

[Hustler_One]

I just saw the new added stuff


Diabolic Eye- Max HP Down, But Increased Accuracy

Dark Seal = Just like Divine and Elemental Seal

Muted Soul = Reduces Enmity created while using Souleater

Desperate Blows = Reduces Delay of two-handed weapons while using Last Resort.


Looks like Im meriting LR length of effect.

[tdh]

I hope it's more than 21% TP. That'd barely be a boost at all, considering you lose time swinging to cast the absorb-TP spell. Hopefully it'll be more like drain, where it does more and more based on your dark magic skill.

That would be nice, but I can snatch 150~220HP, and 50~80MP with Drain/Aspir during EXP. (Of course depending upon mob types.) So if we could then suck 50% TP out of a mob, that would be a little over powered. But 21% drain is almost 2 hits with a Scythe. Vassago' Scythe returns 13.5% TP a swing, so 21% absorbed Vs. 27% isn't bad really.

Then again... as I continue to mull this over in the back of my head, 50% TP stolen, saves the tank from taking a Sickle Slash or something else that 1-shots Taru PLDs, and a big boost to DRKs may not be so over powering. This may work out nicely actually, but we'll have to wait to see how S-E wants it to work.

Double Post Edited:
{Found it!} Check it out, got this info from TheOrderLS.

Dark Seal: I was right about this. Basically Elemental Seal for Dark Magic. Watch DRKs start MB Darkness with Absorb-TP! Let the good times roll!
Diabolic Eye: Reduces Max HP, Increases Acc. (Sounds a lot like Aggressor, just with HP down instead of Eva down.
Muted Soul: Reduces Enmity while using Souleater. But I like it when the PLD has to Cover me!
Desperate Blow: No Double Attack. Just lowers delay for a 2 handed weapon DURING Last Resort. So lowered delay for 30 seconds... Yip.... ~eeee?

I can dig that Diabolic Eye, just hope it's something along the lines of Aggressor, and isn't a 30 second thing and not really being too helpful. But I guess we'll see. I'm a long ways from these things, my DRK's only Lv.58.

[Aeni]

Investigating if this is dropped by a mob... or BC.

Double Post Edited:
Spell properties... >.>

[Jinjo]

Maybe we'll get lucky and it'll be from a merchant, possibly the two Tenshodo ones that sell all but dex/str... if it's not from merchant, maybe quest? maybe one of those new BCs? I just hope it's not an NM, all DRK will be crying and cutting themselves more than usual if it's an NM....

[tdh]

I mean Absorb-DEX is still 400~800k on my server. (Yes, the price can raise like that on Lakshmi.) This spell would be THROUGH the roof if it was a NM drop.

/emote does the Quest prayer!
Please S-E, make this a Quest like Warp, Warp II, and the Teleport Scrolls. Please, for the love off all the cold DRK hearts in Vana'diel!

[Aeni]

I checked Bastok quests and no new quests in this patch. I'll check each region and including the ToAU regions (But I have no idea why it should be there)

[Jinjo]

I've never used the data mining utilities so I don't know much about them, but can you check and see what merchants sell? If so, try checking the one in Port Bastok that sells the absorb scrolls and the one in norg that sells the absorb scrolls, if those two don't sell it and it's still from a merchant... maybe Rabao(They like giving that guy new spells), Whitegate or Nashmau....?

[Aeni]

If you look at the description, it says it's rare. Traditionally, rare items aren't ever sold by NPCs, but I could be wrong on this. This more than likely indicates:

(a) A reward from a quest/mission (Including Assault and ranking in Al Zhabi)
(b) Drop from a monster/NM/HNM
(c) Drop from a BC

[tdh]

If you look at the description, it says it's rare. Traditionally, rare items aren't ever sold by NPCs, but I could be wrong on this. This more than likely indicates:

(a) A reward from a quest/mission (Including Assault and ranking in Al Zhabi)
(b) Drop from a monster/NM/HNM
(c) Drop from a BC

/emote does the Quest dance!!!

PLE~EZ!! Odude is not too proud to beg I tell ya!