[dev1135] New Special Job Abilities

Alright , so i just did a quick test to get a general idea on increases breath for the drg 2 hour. I went as 99 drg/sam. Wearing absolutally no gear at all except for my 85 Rhong, this is what I found:

Restoring Breath(Pet command that triggers healing breath)

w/o Rouse Wyvern(The drg 2 hour ability name): 376 hp healed

with Rouse Wyvern active:

1st - 664 hp healed This is a 76.6 % increase
2nd - 650 hp healed This is a 72.2% increase


Now for breath attacks.

Frost Breath

w/o Rouse Wyvern: 275 damage
w Rouse Wyvern: 520 damage This is a 89% increase

Now obviously extensive testing will be needed, but I'll leave that up to the pros that know what there doing. This was just for a general idea. It seems "Rouse Wyvern" increase breath healing/damage from anywhere between 72-90%. Neither of the Healing breaths took me up to full hp, so capping didnt effect the amount healed. Also, the Frost breath was used on the same exact mob.
It seems it's a pretty nice increase though, and i'm sure it is factored in after gear/deep breathing, but that will also need to be tested. Although, its a nice increase, it's still useless as healing for 72-90% more for 30 seconds(thats how long 2 hour seemed to last) every 2 hours is almost never going to help you. It also doesnt come close to touching drgs old 2 hour. I hope the devs completely change this 2 hour and give us something differnt. At this point, no matter the situation, I would never chose new over old.

09-04-2012 02:10 PM [source]
Camate Community Rep		Greetings! During this week’s Test Server update we will be adding monk’s new 2-hour ability, so be sure to try it out and let us know your feedback. I’d just like to reiterate that we will be spending a good amount of time working on these new 2-hour abilities before we actually implement them. We would like to make sure that they are useful in battle, so we will not be rushing to get these onto the live servers right away. The Development Team is continuing to look into possibilities based on all the feedback we are receiving and they will actually be holding a meeting soon to discuss this. We’d like to respond with the results of their discussion and talk about the direction they are heading after this takes place. Until then, please continue to test out the new abilities and provide your feedback!
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So basically dont expect these anytime soon, right?

I'm guessing November

Of next year?

This is a high priority for them, so I'm sure it won't last more than 2-3 months.

This other thread I'm about to make though will be well into next year >.>;

I would say November only if they roll out half of the jobs on the test server by the end of this month. If we get to october and they have only added like 5, I'm saying next year.

So for Paladin, we are getting an upgraded Reprisal on a 2hour recast?

That's not horrific, considering Reprisal is a damn good spell, but unless the reflected damage is actually really good (and light or non-elemental), then it's really just not a good pick over Invincible.

Also, it's a poor 2hr considering the rising number of Ochains that are entering the game. An Ochain wielder gets only minimal bonuses from shield abilities. Palisade would only help with enmity reduction, Reprisal would only reflect a little bit of damage, and now this 2hr is in the same boat as Reprisal.

By no means am I suggesting that everyone has an Ochain or an Aegis (Myself still working on souls), but looking at it long term, the appeal of this ability over Invincible rests not with the block rate, but with the strength of the reflected damage.

EDIT:

http://www.ffxiah.com/forum/topic/33024/producer-matsui-reveals-changes-to-sp-abilities/

While most of that is good news, they are nerfing embrava? lol

zubissss noooo D: i made a topic for it :(

Haha, beat you by one minute :p

Edited anyway.

yea i saw lol

I was going over the formatting to make sure I got everything right for like 10 min. I was too slow I guess :x

it's the oats!

Camate's post

has anybody been on the test server or has any idea what the level requirement is? 75? sorry if this has been posted somewhere in this thread already

Bwuhhhhhhhhh. Can't call them two hours anymore? I likey.

Haha, Slycer's version is more informative.

Anyway, they should probably adjust the new Dancer ability to be Death Samba, where you get a 50% Endeath proc rate when you melee a monster. Sounds good to me!

Has the THF 2hour Even been added to the Test Server yet? I thought we were still waiting on its information.

I know right...

I was talking to him and he had the very complaint as well. I'm thinking about having both together just in case the NA team decides to be lazy like this.

1-hour ability has a weird sound to it.

SE don't know wtf they`re doing with it so they can't put it up for testing.

Sweet, I'm sure now the new BLU 2hr will add something potent, like a staggering +10 defense while casting UL spells

The equivalent abilities in ff14 are still called 2hrs even though they're on 15 min timers. I'll never change!

They don't say how the abilities are being adjusted?

Yeh even people who didn't play XI seem to have picked up on that... Saying use your 15min over your 2hr would just sound lame anyways.

I'll probably slip and call them 2hrs for the rest of my life but when I think about it, will just say "SP" as saying SP abilities, is too damn long and you might as well just say the name of the ability at that point.

Edit:
Nah, they are waiting for tomorrow to tell us... I bet they will gimp them all in the name of barance.

anyone else about die laughing when they read se saying, "we have been hard at work." when anything they decide to do can be made from just reading forums, and probably get better results.

10-25-2012 12:55 PM [source]
Camate Community Rep		We are in the process of organizing the specific adjustment information for all jobs and plan on sharing it with you all tomorrow.
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Actually no, not imho. but they need to work harder though.