April 2019 Version Update

You can't really "spam" a 5min JA...

SE really dropped the ball on this update, I am quitting. There were no DISHONEST SLIMES added.

Naw, man. They DID add that, but it's Vol. 2 Ambuscade that people just don't do. Another example of the devs not really getting the player base. You should know since you edited the guide on DISHONEST SLIMES, but I'll take it to PMs to argue with you like a true gentleman.

.... and the April 2019 topic devolves into madness. At least we're in the month-appropriate topic now though!


And you KNOW we're getting Pankration next month. And Monstrosity after that. FFXI Worst Hits World Tour 2019! Look forward to it!

The racc update is clearly for old school rngs who stood in melee range while shooting and getting some melee hits in!

Kc slugwinder was so much fun. Back in the longlongago before every aoe would floor you.

Got to do it in ceizak delve too with oat weapons and jr. Much fun. Much woah. Much damage.

EES is a 5.20x multiplier shot but I don't think it has any other AGI or STR modifiers than a regular shot. Maybe they could have buffed it by adding an AGI modifier to it, or increasing its potency every 10 levels. Though, you could argue it's already pretty OP for leveling/mid-core content (one shots most trash mobs, and does serious damage in level capped fights), it's just that by endgame RNG do as much damage with barrage/WS/AM procs, that EES loses effectiveness. Maybe they could add a scaling DMG modifier that deals more damage the higher level the target is, to adjust its damage for endgame content? Or maybe make it Zantestuken/Ruinous Omen-ish in that part of its damage is based on the Max HP/Current of the target?

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Also why didn't they add goldfish scooping as a ROE...catch 100 goldfish to get points. Make it happen !

Come at me bro ! I'm right here !

Is it slimeist if I say that pic makes you look fat?

I'm going to go Scavenge on ranger see if I can find some arrows. Going to be great.

With a 60 second cooldown you can maybe scavenge for better ranger updates.

Out of curiosity, since I haven't had the opportunity to play with a highly geared RNG so far: how much damage do AM3 Double Shot crits actually hit for per shot (with buffs)? 20k?

A R1 Gandiva RNG I know hit a 27k AM3 Auto on Kyou just a few days ago. Pretty sure he put like one stone into it to get the pouch and thats about it.

Not bad, sounds like a pretty fun setup. I assume Gandiva > Armageddon for that kind of auto-shooting build since the DEX+ helps with your crit rate.

Actually it's agi that works for ranged crit

Topic of why Blade:Hi and Jishnu's Radiance are assbackwards

Huh, TIL. Not sure how I missed that all these years.

What makes Gandiva the better choice then? I'm guessing the Delay or Jishnu's (though I figured LS would be better)? Or is Armageddon better after all and the example above was the person just messing around with a weaker weapon?

I'm not entirely sure but its probably because Jishnu's is more favorable than Wildfire, especially with the buffs you are getting when you are going for AM damage.

Oh. hey. so. Seeing as though we didn't get the free glows I (we?) were hoping for... (before August)

...How about a lua that puts merits on the Goblin, pretttttttttttttttttttttty please.

I'm secretly reading this thread at work and I just burst out laughing. NSFW post.

Can someone explain to me the DIA changes? It may be my low sleep, but even re-reading it, I'm not catching on.

Dia, Diaga, Dia II, and Dia III all got a 5% buff to their defense down.

Light Shot's enhancement of Dia (all versions) was nerfed to only one upgrade being possible regardless of what tier Dia, and is now only a 3% increase.

There are 5 jobs and the rest of the situational garbage we made over the years. RUN, COR, BRD, GEO, and WHM. They succeeded in making us play buffers by making them unbalanced in usefulness compared to the other 16 DDs. Honorable mention goes to SMN for 'it's my loot and i want it now' play style.

Solve this glaring flaw with ambuscade gimmicks.

Nerf geomancy in dyna d. You still use 3 of them.

Is that you TANAKAAAAAAAA!?

We are getting little nudges for the next 2-3(?) years because they don't have to fix this problem to make the game playable. It's still a good mmo. Dollar dollar bill$ y'all.

You need to Jishnu or Wildfire once per 3 minutes. Making decision based on which of those two WSs is better would be totally illogical.

I always choose wildfire over jish. All Jishnu sets lack ranged acc pretty severely. High end content and you'll miss a lot. Rather the magic buffs and never miss with wildfire. I never was one to go for AM3 on ranger. I don't feel white dmage is where they succeed at. So no point in going for it. If anything I buff everyone else's white damage with abrasion bolts. But I get it. If you're using wild you're getting magic buffs, which aren't buffing your am3. Jish you'll have physical buffs and it will help am3.

I don't get it at all. If you go for AM3 you use wildfire once, then you use Last Stand for next 3 minutes or don't use WS at all. Only huge white damage with Decoy shot and never pull hate.

Also RNG am3 white damage is probably one of highest in game. RNG ra crits without any equip do 91% more damage then non crits and non crits have 3.8 pdif on gun. It can do MASSIVE hate free (or rather hate transffering to ideally tank) damage and if you can stand in sweet spot for guns, then it gets really brutal.

Everyone going crazy over long Ambu lines and jobs....I'm just like hey...no new login campaign?!?

They start the 11th.

2 things on this idea.

1. Tanks move unless you yell at them not to. Ask any THF. AND mobs have knockback just in case you have a tank that cares about what is going on. So just be a smart tank and sit there sounds great but in practicality they can just complain that you could just use any other strat that's easier for them and just as effective and they wouldn't be wrong. Tanks can keep up with hate generally well enough to make hate transfers unimportant in this game, plus Arise takes the punishment for not holding hate significantly less. There isn't enough incentive in most cases to care about adding an extra layer for a tank unless it directly benefits them.

2. The sweet spot for guns in under 10 yalms and the sweet spot for bows is right outside of 10. RNGs are not renowned for their defense or magic defense. You will die in your midshot set at some point during a fight that you sit that close to any real content. Dead dps = bad dps. No AM3 on an AM3 build = bad build.

My Gandiva glows, but it's future is not bright until at least Empy sets. The sweet spot for ranged should probably be farther back on at least bows to make them more attractive and closer for guns to allow you to spam last stand in melee at max efficiency. Crossbows idc about since I'll be using Trueflight anyways and either using an obi or an orpheus sash to decide where I'm standing for max damage depending on the content.

The math of Gandiva and Armageddon is interesting and points to an obvious winning solution. The reality of enemy moves, poor gearing support, and lack of a problem that needs to be solved by it's unique setup is it's biggest hurdles. If you get past those hurdles, it murders ***dead... Just like a lot of less complicated strats.

If only there was some move called Cover that the worse of the 2 serious tanks possessed that actually helped with this type situation and made that tank more useful. We can always hope that PLD won't get RNGed in the job adjustment department, but I'm not holding my breath because Cover has so many problems that makes it ineffective, just like PLD itself. If nothing else, it would have to cross party since PLD isn't going to use the same buffs as an AM3 built RNG or COR.