March 2019 Version Update

Did I read GK wrong, or is that weapon an iLv. kraken club for SAM?

It says convert... if that literally makes your STP 0 and converts it to multihit then I dunno if it would be that great. You'd have more hits but your X-hit build would be trash. Also doesn't say how many hits..

I know people love to get worked up from update notes before actually testing... but it's certainly possible that along with this update, SE may have also improved the drop rates of the pulse weapons. Maybe give it a couple days to see if there are reports of easier drop rates?

Even if not, there's some logic to using this as a way to recycle old content. Gives people something else to farm in hopes of a nice profit on pulse cells, and the content isn't that hard so it's accessible even to players who aren't top-end... I'm sure there are people out there willing to gamble on a rare drop that they can sell. And eventually, after the elite/gotta have it first crowd overpays for pulse stuff (to get weapons that largely won't beat the good RMEA for the people truly dedicated to a job), pulse prices will eventually drop again. In the meantime, the "newer players" can still have Kaja weapons as a solid option from obtained by just doing some Ambuscade.


I'm pretty sure S-E makes regular adjustments to SP dial/key drops to favor certain items in certain months. Lots of people noticed significantly higher Dynamis [D] shard/void armor item rate from dial for a while shortly after Divergence began. I certainly did, during one of the SP key months I was averaging a couple shard/void pieces per day on 18 characters (main + 15 mules, plus my alt & 1 mule), probably something in the neighborhood of a 5% rate. After a future update, that rate dried right up...

I've seen other months with noticeable themed items showing up with more regularity. Like one month I kept getting Sealed Container NM basket pop items, but that was the only month I've seen those happen with such frequency. Here's hoping this month has a higher chance of pulse stuff.

Any yeah, the shinies are also part of AMAN Trove loud thud pool. I've seen two Annealed Lances that way since Trove started.

Everyone's Grudge blockable by Migawari? Not going to reset my hate counter for ambu this month.

It's not like SE could have notified anyone of this in advance, as the same thing would have happened in preparation for the update. It's the nature of FFXI, they make changes and the economy adjusts.

There's many ways to get these weapons, so give it a few weeks and I'm sure everyone will have what they want. Don't go spending 25k merits though .. that's self torture. Other ways have been suggested.

A cheapest pulse weapon cost 250k to make before this update. Now its not possible to get them this cheap anymore.

25k merit may not be more of self torture than killing zitah T3 solo 100+ times(which will probably take 5+ mim per kill) if you manaburn+sell PL slots for profit.

Converts in the sense that its based on its value probably, but tbh it can be everything. Can be 50% of store tp as chance for OAT, which would be okish but nothing amazing, but can be 50% for following attack, which is much better, or 50% for DA% or it can be more than 1 additional hit. Really everything and since its not clear and some other weapons are great and we are limited to 3 per month probably, it might take a while before someone get it to tests.

Uh... yeah. New update comes out and uses existing items for brand new stuff, price of those existing items shoots up (and eventually settles back down). How is this surprising after all these years of the same pattern repeated again and again?

Would it somehow have been better if they added a NEW low drop rate item to farm/sell (or a lot of a higher drop rate item/currency)? That wouldn't have been an utterly shocking approach for a final stage quality weapon. I much prefer using existing low drop rate items, and throwing a bone to those who did keep their shiny weapons and are lucky enough to have their materials on day 1.

And come on, who tosses GLOWING WEAPONS (bad people who deserve disappointment, that's who!)


Dude, just buy the cells when they inevitably start becoming a hotter commodity that more people are farming/selling. I'm sure that with the time it would take you to do 25k merits, you could do something else that would generate gil far in excess of the amount needed to buy the AH-able cells.

And/or, test your luck on Zitah/VW, SP dial, NNI event, etc...

UNGH, I think I trashed an Annealed Lance a few weeks ago ><
I do have Chastisers and Coruscanti but I'm not sure I wanna give them away...

Sigh, what a *** move.

Its probably going to be very competitive if not better than Sari Off-Hand, that delay is great.

You sure it's exactely the same? Activates when you engage etc?
If that's so I guess I could trade the Coruscanti to receive the upgraded Kaja Knife...

Not sure what to make out of that knife yet, to be fair, but if it can be at least a lockstyle replacement for Coruscanti it's fine I suppose.