[LilithAngel]

Originally Posted by Gobo

I'm guessing this is who was referenced when those two Shadow RDMs mentioned me- er, um, Lilith. Good chance this is Lilith. Good chance we'll face her in combat. Good chance she'll be able to lay down the law in w/e fight we face her in.

My cutscenes with her will be slightly confusing, however. Anything to do with her will be slightly confusing from my end...

"Hey, it's Lilith!" "Yeah, I'm right here..." "No, we're talking about the tall, red-haired succubus over there." "Oh..."

[Yellow Mage]

Originally Posted by Gobo

Helping out SMN with Amnesia

Okay, my interests have been piqued. Does this possibly mean Blood Pacts will be finally turned in to actual spells rather than the Pet Job Abilities they currently are?

ADD:



Is it just me, or do the Maze Runes/whatever look like Tetris pieces?

Still, either way, I am very much looking forward to MMM.

[Malacite]

Originally Posted by Yellow Mage

Okay, my interests have been piqued. Does this possibly mean Blood Pacts will be finally turned in to actual spells rather than the Pet Job Abilities they currently are?

And allow for haste to affect them? I dunno about that >. >


Amazing stuff omg (is that seriously Balrahn's Eyepatch?! That would RULE >.> if it wasn't already an Einherjar item...)


However I do have to nitpick here and I'm sure BBQ will agree with me;


While SCH Relic looks freaking awesome (Much nicer than the AF IMO) they dropped the ball big time on their group 2's.

Altruism and Focalization are just Divine Seal and Elemental Seal at the cost of 2 stratagems. Now, I kinda understand the reasoning behind this but I just don't see them getting very much use, especially Focalization.

For crowd control, I'd rather pop Alacrity + Manifestation so that I don't get screwed on timers. Also, parsimony goes a long way towards saving SCH a shitload of MP on tier 4's, and if you're nuking chances are you're already subing BLM so why bother?

Same goes for Tranquility and Equanimity. Tranquility might see some use for Accession to keep SCH's hate down, but then you're blowing 3 stratagems just to keep yourself safe. Way to go SE. You made a set of stratagems that would have been amazing (broken really) if they only used 1 charge, but near useless since they take up 2.

Enlightenment is actually quite interesting since it's like a mini tabula rasa.

Stormsurge, while cool will depend on how much of a stat boost each upgrade gives considering SCH generally has more useful buffs to dole out, especially with accession.


I was really hoping they'd add meritable spells this time since SCH is the one job where doing so actually makes sense.



Here's hoping they don't fuck up DNC.

[TheGrandMom]

Ok now THIS is information!! Ty SE! We'll be murmuring about this till maintenance day!

[ruffrydasean]

I like the Field Manual stuff... and the eyepatch

[Gobo]

First Shantotto Dissidia image

[Malacite]

I wonder then, who will be added as the villain for FFXI?

Either the Shadowlord or Promathia would be just pwn.


Also, check out the JPButton for more info. Elmer says SE will be unveiling more info (including DNC's group 2's) at Fan Fest.

[Raydeus]

More like there will be 2 villains from XI regardless on who else gets picked... <_<;

Ohohohohoho.


Also, the eye-patch wins yarr.


And the part where I'd be able to buy the new episodes directly from POL instead of waiting a couple of months for the import is a very very nice touch (given I actually go back to the game next year). And of course I'm hoping that's only the first step to finally be able to buy all the upcoming expansions via POL.

[Omgwtfbbqkitten]

Exciting news all around, especially that group 2 for SCH and DNC are ready so soon.

Go go full Focalization and Storm Surge merits, though the rest aren't all that desireable. Can't believe they actually wasted time with Enmity strategems.

Since my PC is dead and I'm borrowing this laptop on very limited time, I'll explain.

Focalization benefit all black magic enfeebles and nukes, which are impacted by Ebullience, Parsimony, and Manifestation. The light arts version isn't going to help you with anything short of casting Cure IV, which you shouldn't ever have to do anyway given that Accession and Rapture cover the spread anyway

The benefits of Storm Surge are very obvious. No need to go into the details other than it makes those sea obis all the more worthwhile.

[Electricity Gone Human]

HOLY SHIT. That is all I have to say.

Originally Posted by Gobo

A new WHM JA soon

Woot for yet another WHM buff!

... *looks at his Joyeuse and Enspells; sighs depressively*

Originally Posted by Malacite

While SCH Relic looks freaking awesome (Much nicer than the AF IMO) they dropped the ball big time on their group 2's.

Altruism and Focalization are just Divine Seal and Elemental Seal at the cost of 2 stratagems. Now, I kinda understand the reasoning behind this but I just don't see them getting very much use, especially Focalization.

For crowd control, I'd rather pop Alacrity + Manifestation so that I don't get screwed on timers. Also, parsimony goes a long way towards saving SCH a shitload of MP on tier 4's, and if you're nuking chances are you're already subing BLM so why bother?

Same goes for Tranquility and Equanimity. Tranquility might see some use for Accession to keep SCH's hate down, but then you're blowing 3 stratagems just to keep yourself safe. Way to go SE. You made a set of stratagems that would have been amazing (broken really) if they only used 1 charge, but near useless since they take up 2.

Just because they require two charges doesn't mean the SCH could adjust to the situation at hand for them to be of use.

Agreed, they would be screwed if for some god-damned reason they decided to use Accession+Cure4 on their party, especially in an Endgame event. It's more of an "OH SHIT" thing than anything.

also, NEEDZ MOAR ALDO FOR DISSIDIA

[Malacite]

The problem with using 2 charges is, while you could help guarantee that your tier 4 nuke lands, alternatively you could have used Parsimony twice and dropped two tier 4's and saved a tonne of MP.

And if MP isn't an issue, then that's what Ebullience/Alacrity is for... I just don't see the use for either "seal" stratagems unless you absolutely have to make the spell land and don't have divine/elemental seal handy. If they each used a single charge then they would be over powered so.... maybe I'm just not getting the bigger picture but I can't see much use for these. They seem like very niche abilities if you ask me.

And I'm reserving judgment on Stormsurge until we know just how much each additional merit increases the stat bonus. I imagine they'll each top out at around 7 or 8, which is nice if you're casting say firestorm on a Samurai but other than that I still say they failed hard on SCH's group 2. More unique magic would have been nice.

[Yellow Mage]

Originally Posted by Omgwtfbbqkitten

The benefits of Storm Surge are very obvious. No need to go into the details other than it makes those sea obis all the more worthwhile.

Hmm? All I got from "stats associated with the storm" was something like Voidstorm giving Max MP Bonus, Aurorastorm giving either +CHR or +HP, Sandstorm giving +VIT, and so on. Or maybe I missed something.

Originally Posted by Electricity Gone Human

Woot for yet another WHM buff!

... *looks at his Joyeuse and Enspells; sighs depressively*

Don't be depressed! This is woot indeed! The more White Mages take the healer position back from Red Mages, the more both sides are satisfied!

[little ninja]

"BST pets leveling up like DRG Wyvern" Hmmm hows that actually going to work.

[LilithAngel]

Regarding Dissidia: Whoever Chaos chooses from XI (Shadow Lord, Promathia, Kam'lanaut/Eald'narche, Razfahd, or some other person like Nag'molada), here's to hoping there's more secret characters in the form of members of the cast of XII and XIII/Versus showing up (a surprise cameo from Lightning would be the heat, although it'd be a bit of a sneak preview/spoiler of who she is and what she does, as well as her Chaos-picked rival).

I'm hoping for either Ashe, Balthier, or Fran from XII. Never really could get into the other three (not that Vaan, Penelo, or Basch were bad, per se, it's just it seems the former had more traction with the fan base). As for XII's Chaos side? Vayne. Need we say more?

Regarding the updates: I'm looking forward to the MMM dungeons, and the new Garrison-like system sound interesting, especially the promise of decent gear that would be good for Level Synch. The episodic DL content is a nice change of pace, and the previews of the storylines are nice and interesting (evil Moogles and Shantotto is scary enough, but what's this? A possible chance to go directly to Tavnazia proper? Please say it's so...).

[Malacite]

Balthier and Vayne would be really cool.


And I imagine they'll just do for BST the same thing as with DRG; you earn so much EXP with your pet out (might only apply to jug pets in this case) and they get powered up.