January 2020 Version Update

-Beat event >500x, no longer need anything from it.
-SE adds new drops to event, forcing me to redo it.
-SE makes event worse in the process. Not harder, worse.

Gee, I wonder why people were/are upset.

HP raise could be nice for beads or could be a pain in the *** if it's a sharp enough increase and everyone still plans to leech it.
Spawn timer is what was really needed though, so hopefully it's significant.

Would you prefer I called you overscrupulous?


And they're not complaining about how it was since the event has been reimagined with a new daily limit and rotating dragon timers instead of how it was before the update...?

Oh, and because nobody mentioned, you have to use "Call Beast" instead of "Beastial Loyalty" to get the buffs. You have to burn a jug to get them. Who wants to burn a HQ jug?!

This is a good update for bst.

The ready ja timers are kinda subtle, but a very nice boost nonetheless.

They skipped/forgot 2x self-buffing ready moves: Rhino Guard and Fantod.

We will want to do a bit of testing, but its likely the best physical melee dd setup for bst will be to pop Sheep (duration up to 9 min), get 3k tp on pet, and use rage. swap pet for pig, and get zealous snort up for alot of nice buffs.

That is assuming the potency and duration of all the ready moves is unchanged for master. Its a very nice boost to DPS. Bst is very attack starved.. and def down from a 60% berserk effect won't be very bad if you tp in Malignance set and snarl off all enmity.

Also Fencer builds just became perfectly viable for bst. We skillchain and burst monsters now. It just became MUCH more viable to solo those combos.

I'm not sure how enmity could work, but we just got a 10s recast stoneskin for maybe 500+ HP each time. That would do wonders for Enmity Retention and tanking. NOT to mention our own person cocoon (def +100%) which should have longer duration as well.

if we can work out the hate management. Bst can totally tank.

Eh? you making stuff up now?

I don't think he is. Read the update notes again. Only "Call Beast" is mentioned. Nothing about "Bestial Loyalty".

Nope


And


And the final kick in the nuts...

foot doctor right?

Already did. lol

This part is neat. Can't tell you how many times I got interrupted/distracted while doing these DI and couldn't recall if I was on the 3rd or 4th run and ended up doing an extra one for no reason.

well.. lets test and see.

perhaps they keep mentioning call beast because it doesn't apply to charmed pets?


I being hopeful here, I know.

if its call beast onry, then stacking rage and zealous snort is kinda tedious.
Still doable, but you'll either wait 5 min to swap, or have random deal standing by.... and yes, it would be horrible for hq pet jugs.

Would mean using NQ's more often, OR spending ALOT of gil. go go cooking skills!

need to test to make sure.

It's SE. Check your optimism at the door. lol

...
Eiryl?

Is that you?


However, it would synergize with Unleash really well.

You could burn thru a bunch of jugs during unleash to buff up master alot :D

I"ll have to make a macro for this.

Call beast > Rage
Leave
Unleash
Call Beast > bubble curtain, Scissor Guard, Metallic Body
leave
Call Beast > Zealous Snort


might be fun to mess around with.

ESPECIALLY when it comes to BST.

hmm I'm hoping the shorter ready casting time means fewer stuns on ready moves.



hmm any other job? I really don't know, but my bst has some pretty good damage already.

didnt fix the issue that you have to mostly choose between buffing between pet OR master. It became a little bit easier and slightly more well rounded now. I think this is basically just an unleashed buff. i kinda wish they would have a reverse version of snarl now.

Maybe i am wrong, i hope I am. But i do not think bst is back. They can basically just SMN burn things inside distance now. Now that recast time is similar to BP you have to lock into that set for best results. SO you cant even use malignance to protect yourself next to a dangerous mob.


with a reverse snarl and /war you could probably be a pretty durable tank with crab pet. sad day.

Still possible they forgot to mention Bestial Loyalty. SE really wouldn't do something this shitty to us again. Or would they?

Hahahaha! You're funny Q. :-P

what makes you assume it doesn't work for both? relic hands say call beast.

I would assume it's intended to work with loyalty. But again as I so clearly pointed out in the beast thread, it's literally pointless. You're stuck with only one worthwhile pet, for everything and forever.

All those pet buffs don't do diddly ***.

And Vickie broths are super easy/cheap, so even if it doesn't work with loyalty it's really not a big deal. (after the initial burst of idiot tax)

Items and changes are up:

https://www.bg-wiki.com/bg/January_2020_Version_Update_Changes

Synergy furnace seems useful, surprisingly.

Wow an (anything!) that improves the hot garbage that is synergy, christ is that overdue, holy ***.

Moglification: Synergy Skill Gains
Moglification: Synergy Furnace Duration

yeah, where was this duration during the rush of fotia/skill torques?

Active Effects
Moglification: Synergy Skill Gains
Moglification: Synergy Furnace Duration

Placing the new furnace in your Moghouse is most likely what gives the moglification. I am happy about this!

Yes but which one does it give? Remember only one moghancement per item and only 1 up at a time

Move the *** on loser lmao