Job Adjustments And Additions: Part II (10/21/2009)

Part II of our job adjustments and additions preview invites to center stage beastmasters and summoners, Vana'diel's wielders of animalistic and avatarial might!

Summoner

A new ability will be added for summoners, and with it, a brand new way for these masters of forbidden magic to lend their powers to party battles.

Avatar's Favor (Lv.55 Recast Time: 5 minutes Duration: 2 hours)
Channels the avatar's power towards a beneficial status effect for party members within range. Reduces perpetuation cost while active.



By summoning an avatar while this ability is active, a corresponding beneficial effect from above table will be granted to all party members within range of the avatar. The effect's potency will gradually increase until the avatar is released, and at its peak, can be expected to reach levels equal to those granted by the corsair's lucky number roll.
While multiple favors of the same variety will not be stackable, a single party can benefit from as many types as there are summoners. Furthermore, enhancements received through this ability can be used in conjunction with those received via magic spells, songs, the Phantom Roll ability, and so forth.

Beastmaster

Adjustments and additions have been scheduled that will greatly enhance the effectiveness of pets called forth via the "Call Beast" ability.

- New Pet Command: "Ready"
When in control of a pet called forth via the "Call Beast" ability, the pet command "Sic" will be replaced with "Ready." By fulfilling the following conditions, "Ready" will allow you to select a specific ability for the pet to use from its arsenal.
* The pet's TP is at 100% or more.
* Sufficient charges have accumulated for the ability you wish to use.

- Charges
Regardless of the beastmaster's level, one charge will accumulate for every two minutes after a pet has been called, up to a maximum of three. The amount of charges required will vary depending on ability.

Example: Funguar Familiar



We will continue to observe the beastmaster job following the release of the November version update, and as necessary, make adjustments to special abilities and calling items for each pet.

The effect's potency will gradually increase until the avatar is released, and at its peak, can be expected to reach levels equal to those granted by the corsair's lucky number roll.

Cor roll can range from 1-5 lol

Highest is 5 with a smn :s hopefully this won't make smn's too loved lol.

If it's basic values it's still all good but really we don't need more refreshing jobs lol @@

Smn mp tic/4 cor mp/tic 5 rdm mp/tic 3
brd mp/tic 3>5

with all 3 that's a whole lot of refreshing and whole lot of happy mages lol.

Finally a better use for Jug Pets =^.^=

I'd imagine that jug pets like Cactuars will become a whole lot more popular now.

Smn have had buffing abilities for a long time <.<

Smn have had buffing abilities for a long time <.<

It's not a buffing job. We could sit here all day arguing semantics but it's not a buffing job in the BRD or COR sense.

You mean buffs that cost a shitload MP for a minor effect? Yep, you're right.

:/ Hastega for 128mp sounds ok to me...

Costs my Rdm 200mp to put it on only 5 people.

I agree that smn isn't a buffer in the Brd or Cor sense, but to deny that smn has unique buffing abilities that were obviously enhanced in this update is shortsighted. It's not like SE suddenly pulled the idea that smn should be a buffing job out of thin air.

but to deny that smn has unique buffing abilities that were obviously enhanced in this update is shortsighted. It's not like SE suddenly pulled the idea that smn should be a buffing job out of thin air.

The biggest problem with it is you cannot rest while an avatar is out. That means in 99% of the time it is entirely unfeasible and undesirable to have an avatar out for longer than 5 min+, because you'll likely be out of mp and unable to do anything except provide a 4-5 mp/tick refresh.

The SMN bonus can be ok in certain situations, but it's not great nor does it come close to brd or cor. The biggest problem with it is you cannot rest while an avatar is out. That means in 99% of the time it is entirely unfeasible and undesirable to have an avatar out for longer than 5 min+, because you'll likely be out of mp and unable to do anything except provide a 4-5 mp/tick refresh. While a 4-5/tick refresh is good, it still won't beat a smn resting + bp/cast in usefulness.

It seems like SE's intent with this is:
- party pulls mob
- party fights, smn summons
- smn keeps summon throughout the whole fight, using bp(s) + maintaining buff
- end of fight release and rest

But as any player with even a remote working knowledge of mp management knows, this doesn't work. With the rate of pulls on Aht Urghan pts, even with refresh you can't maintain MP w/o resting during fights.

Finally, it doesn't have accuracy or haste bonuses, the two most useful stat boost for any remotely difficult monster. Magic accuracy is ok, but it's no elemental seal. And I don't care how much MAB it adds it's not gonna make it worthwhile over Nether Blast every 45-50 seconds. Even with 1 brd/cor + 4 blm + 1 smn. I would rather just have a 5th BLM than some smn standing there doing nothing except provide a moderate MAB bonus.

Bottom line is, unless I'm mistaken, seems like a very very small situtaional bonus to summoners. I.E. when you summon diabolos for 5 seconds for that Nether Blast or garuda for 5 seconds for predator claws, your party gets a slight boost to refresh or evasion or w/e.

The beastmaster update is really good though.