Feb 2018 Ambuscade Vol 1

It's their loss, lol. More "work" usually means more gain despite ffxi is a video game it's still true....most of the time.

I would never bother with building a crit set and crit +10 ambu back on cor if last months ambuscade didnt exist. But I did it for last months ambu, and now I have gears that can be used for my amnesia up TP set even after it's over. Nvm all the gil from doing them.

I get very rusty if I don't play my jobs for more than 2 weeks and the diversity of ambu keep me engaged and think my *** out on developing new playstyles. I can't imagine how my ffxi life would be if I just sit in town and pretend ambu doesn't exist, it would be stagnant.

this is 1 second before he blew up, on N. shortly after the rage boils message, mewing did 181 damage.

anyone tried cure/debuffbombing him yet?

o_O How did mewing do damage? Doesn't it only put to sleep/reduce TP to 0? I'm confused. Bugged?

I rather suspect some "gotta soothe him down to manageable damage" mechanic

Don't have to remind me to respect the Tramp.

If you say "I used SMN" and then "It wasn't conduit burn" in the same sentence, you weren't using SMN in the current meta sense. You were just using another dps. apples and oranges.

SMNs on roids right now. There’s no justification, just needs to be fixed. It’s just gone on so long that it’s starting to kill the game

Time to bust out the hotshot strats.

Dullahan weak to fire, and ranged is the safe method. Tank kite.

Which is better, hot shot or wildfire?

Does Scholar Magic burst method work?

Well Hot Shot will scale with TP, whereas Wildfire doesn't. Both are inredibly low on enmity (with Hot Shot being almost negligible if we're picking hairs). Damage cap on Hot Shot "should" be higher than Wildfire.

Isn't SE counter SMN burn lately by adding mechanics that prevent it? At least for Ambuscade. Also isn't SMN burn the only issue with SMN? I don't think SMN is OP outside of AC?

Funny how most people whine about smns, most of the people wouldn’t have an aeonic without one, and I’m sure most of you bitching are the ones yelling in town for a smn for your party. Either don’t use a smn or do. Is it affecting you? I’d say no.

The VAST majority of players could give a rip if SMN is effective 4 out of 5 months of Ambuscade, its the ability to blast the current "hardest" content (read: HELM) in under 1 minute per fight with little to zero chance of failure. Yes, Master Trials is certainly more challenging and is "SMN-proof", but we're talking shinies here, like we always are.

I -really- get tired of the complete lack of understanding people have.

Everything, everyone does. DOES affect you. Whether you understand why, or not.

You do not play in a vacuum.

You can only chose HOW MUCH it bothers you, that it affects you.

I think "fixing" SMN could easily make that job useless (EDIT: in meta). They would need to fix only AC and probably invent some completely new 1h because depending on how much would you tweak AC, it would still be OP or it would become useless.

is the thread going to shift into whining about SE not fixing MNK yet? or do we want to stay on whining about SE and other players using smn for awhile more?


Or does anyone have new observations/input about the mechanics of the fight?

If you cut "fix mnk" and "nerf smn" from posts nothing else remains.

Yeah, but how it affects everyone can be widely contested. This is so politicized now.

For example, we might be affected because, as a result, more people have Aeonics. This has been argued to be a positive (More people have adequate weaponry and access to a better way of life) and a negative (Those lazy Aeoniceamers received their items too easy and don't know how to use them properly).
More people are clearing Ambuscade more easily. As a result the flood of items has lowered the prices and sellers are making less money--it isn't fair! Or, the flood of items has lowered the prices and now AG REMs are more accessible to everyone--welcome to the global economy (especially due to server transfers).

The problem with either perspective is that neither has results supported by research. It is a statement of fact followed by an opinion. But that doesn't make the conclusion a truth.

#BuffDRG

(back on topic prz u_u)

So tell me how does someone playing smn affect you? Butt hurt because people can’t merc herc/Val bodies for 20mil. And so what market prices come down ***was to expensive anywayz. And most smns out there who are worth a crap have easily put 300mil into that job if not more yet they are lazy. Kinda funny tbh.

Cherrywine already posted an almost accurate statement of how.

Everytime the lower tier players obtain something they shouldnt have the bar for the minimum is lifted. Leaving some players behind. They were affected by people they have never met.

Everytime someone at the top gets something new they move the top bar up too. Leaving players behind. again affected by someone theyve never seen.

The economy moves -everything- you're in the economy. you're affected by people you've never even seen.

This is not opinion, this is absolute fact.

You can chose to not care. This does not mean you were not affected by it, only that you don't care that it happened.

>Come here for Ambuscade strategies
> Get typicaly SMN Argument.

Does this ever get old for you guys?

It helps to have good Smn, got it down to a 9min fight, Full pdt- auto can withstand Boil move, but miasma is a KO

SMN invented slavery and worships the devil. Also, I'm pretty sure SMN is behind all these school shootings and the rise in the wealth gap. It's not automobiles, SMN is releasing pollution into the air and blaming cars. SMN has secretly been behind all the major wars and even the regional ones throughout history and now SMN is trying to ruin ffxi.

WHY WON'T THE LAMESTREAM MEDIA SAY SOMETHING?!?!?

Seriously, you guys are just embarrassing yourselves.

But if this was Pro Blue Mage nobody would complain - but since its not - hate SMNS

Typical

You forgot that Carbuncle is directly responsible for ADHD and Gluten Allergies in our children.

OUR CHILDREN!!!

(I'd get back on topic but its JUST TOO MUCH FUN.)

and this is different how? people have always sucked and got things they don’t know how to use. Ok going back on subject now back to ambu lol

There is likely a mechanic that removes or powers down those moves, just like last months 99999 situation.

This is what OP SMN does to the entire game and why it's so bad, people will just throw AC SMN at it without even trying to figure out the mechanic. Why even bother going through a maze when you can just smash down the walls instead.

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DungeonBypass



So every single person saying "using SMN isn't hurting anyone" is lying through their teeth.

I would absolutely still complain if it were pro blu. If it ends up immanence 3 blm nukes, I'll still complain.

I understand the impact of /actual/ imbalance. It's not complaining for the sake of complaining.