Letter from the Producer LIVE Part XVIII Q&A Updates

[Unnamed Mercenary]

Oh, tears of joy!! :')

 

Finally!! Use of the limit break for me!! :bouncy: (Sad bard who just stared at the limit break action and went meh... :dodgy:  One day, one day I will conquer you and make you of some use! Thank you, Patch 2.45!!))

 

But there're been so many times a BRD has done the healer LB3 to save the party. (I'm not even kidding here. It was kinda sad, but also kinda amazing).

 

I am totally looking forwards to seeing new LB and new LB3s for jobs though.

[Kage]

If I don't get that wedding dress I may actually kill someone.

 

The Coil news about being able to help friends but not rolling on loot? Best news in a LONG time.

I want all the wedding things. I proposed to my Highlander raid member after being rejected. "Hey, ____, marry you Big Hulking DRG <3! I'll pay for the wedding."

 

I think I was still rejected.

 

I can't wait to take advantage of being able to help friends get accustomed to coil without having to deal with lockouts. But then it's still FCOB. People will still need to clear T9 to get there. Or T5 and T9.

 

Did you ever end up setting up that ls? It'll be quite useful the more people clear T9. No more need to stick with just your team every week.

 

Ughhh yes I have. I have been unlucky to either not be searching at the right times or... not searching at the rugh times. Let me know when I can throw a pearl and I'll make sure to be available to do so if I can!

 

I know a variety of T9 strats now. And some I know don't work very well that people try suggesting

[Reshie]

I still need to find someone to marry ; ;

 

http://imgur.com/a/QG5dL

 

THAT CHOCOBO.

 

Kage, I don't know you but your posts made me laugh and forget about my sorrow for the lack of Ishgardian housing. I think I like you!

[Kage]

I still need to find someone to marry ; ;

 

http://imgur.com/a/QG5dL

 

THAT CHOCOBO.

 

Kage, I don't know you but your posts made me laugh and forget about my sorrow for the lack of Ishgardian housing. I think I like you!

I hope that is a good thing. But maybe in times later they will see we want it.

[Warren Castille]

I'm looking forward to tank LB being reworked. The level 1 is all-but useless (healer LB would more than make up for the damage resisted, but then again so does medica/medica 2/ basically anything) and the level 2 isn't enough to warrant use over a damage version.

 

Aside from using it to help nudge progression on specific phases and (arguably still, given gear inflation) Ultima HM there's no reason for a tank to ever LB unless they're the last one standing.

[Berrod Armstrong]

I'm looking forward to tank LB being reworked. The level 1 is all-but useless (healer LB would more than make up for the damage resisted, but then again so does medica/medica 2/ basically anything) and the level 2 isn't enough to warrant use over a damage version.

 

Aside from using it to help nudge progression on specific phases and (arguably still, given gear inflation) Ultima HM there's no reason for a tank to ever LB unless they're the last one standing.

Only places I've seen Tank LB used are...

 

1) Ultima HM

2) Titan Hard/EX ...and with the echoness it isn't even done anymore.

3) Central Decks (SCoB Turn 3 /Turn 8) when someone gets hit with 4k or less damage while afflicted with Allagan field (it saves parties, but gosh the healers have stress afterward MANTRA MANTRA MANTRA)

4) When the team is going to win something anyway and the tank uses it because it looks cool

 

 

...it really does look cool

 

But meh, there aren't many situations where it would SAVE a party. Damage and healing level threes are so valuable in its place.

[Kellach Woods]

Y: Something about tomato ketchup… (spicy tomato relish?) We’ll be making it easier for crafters who are behind to somewhat catch up.

Ye shrewd motherfuckers you kept this from me.

 

Mah tears, they are of joy.

 

(now watch it be something like "easy access i70 jewelry", when jewelry was the first thing I ended up melding )

[Erik Mynhier]

Q10: In a previous interview, you mentioned that we will able to tackle instanced dungeons by ourselves. Are there still plans to implement this feature?

 

A10: Yes, there are still plans to implement this feature. While there isn’t too much we can reveal at this time, just to give you a preview, we are currently discussing a new type of content where you will control your own unit for your grand company, add NPCs in your unit, and take them to dungeons to level them up.

 

O_O All of the yes! CAPTAIN MIRKE IS GONNA BE A THANG! AN IN GAME THANG! /grabby hands

 

This was my favorite thing in this letter, I love military stuff, and leading a unit in a dungeon sounds like a blast.

[Kage]

Fin all Fantasy XIV Starcraft

[Melkire]

I'm looking forward to tank LB being reworked. The level 1 is all-but useless (healer LB would more than make up for the damage resisted, but then again so does medica/medica 2/ basically anything) and the level 2 isn't enough to warrant use over a damage version.

 

Aside from using it to help nudge progression on specific phases and (arguably still, given gear inflation) Ultima HM there's no reason for a tank to ever LB unless they're the last one standing.

Only places I've seen Tank LB used are...

 

1) Ultima HM

2) Titan Hard/EX ...and with the echoness it isn't even done anymore.

3) Central Decks (SCoB Turn 3 /Turn 8) when someone gets hit with 4k or less damage while afflicted with Allagan field (it saves parties, but gosh the healers have stress afterward MANTRA MANTRA MANTRA)

4) When the team is going to win something anyway and the tank uses it because it looks cool

 

 

...it really does look cool

 

But meh, there aren't many situations where it would SAVE a party. Damage and healing level threes are so valuable in its place.

 

Collision from Gilgamesh apparently used Tank LB on Turn 13's Teraflare and nabbed a World Second. It has its uses.

[Warren Castille]

Collision from Gilgamesh apparently used Tank LB on Turn 13's Teraflare and nabbed a World Second. It has its uses.

 

Aside from using it to help nudge progression on specific phases

 

I actually included that bit specifically because I knew folks were using it in Final Coil. Prior to this patch, there hasn't been a "need" for tank LB since Ultima, an i80 fight. Lower, given the gear rewards.

 

Edit: This sounds snappier and jerkier than intended by a mile, but can't think of how else to explain it. I come in peace!

[Kage]

So according to a reply Yoshi-P made in the JP section of the official forums...

 

The nerfs for Ninja...

 

Aeolian Edge: 50TP -> 60 TP

 

Shadow Fang: 60 TP -> 70 TP

 

Kiss of the Wasp: increase damage -> increase physical damage

 

Kiss of the Viper: increase damage -> increase physical damage

[Melkire]

Oh, understood, Warren. I'm just saying, it sounds a little odd to go "well, tank LB isn't useful... except in all these cases where it is!" I was all "...wat."

 

So according to a reply Yoshi-P made in the JP section of the official forums...

 

The nerfs for Ninja...

 

Aeolian Edge: 50TP -> 60 TP

 

Shadow Fang: 60 TP -> 70 TP

 

Kiss of the Wasp: increase damage -> increase physical damage

 

Kiss of the Viper: increase damage -> increase physical damage

 

One day I will understand why Shadow Fang doesn't cost the 80 TP that is standard for most DoW DoTs, especially seeing as how it gets a combo potency of 200. One day....

 

 

EDIT: Figures that my 1000th post would be about ninjas instead of monks or warriors. *facedesks*

[Kage]

because Ninjas be ninjas.

 

TWO DAYS AFTER MY BIRTHDAY AHHHHHHHH

 

I hopefully will be working on T10 then and not still trying to get the rest of my static through T9. @)@

[Warren Castille]

Oh, understood, Warren. I'm just saying, it sounds a little odd to go "well, tank LB isn't useful... except in all these cases where it is!" I was all "...wat."

 

Yeah, that explanation makes sense. I was just thinking of the comparison where Healer LB is technically useful in any fight anywhere if people are wiping (which can be any single fight in the game, in any dungeon, on any boss) and DPS limits are useful in any fight where the goal is to deplete the enemy's HP (aka every single fight in the game, in every dungeon, on every boss).

 

Tank LB's got maybe half a dozen useful applications in a couple hundred instances.

 

RARGH TANK SE GIVE MY CLASS MORE STUFF

 

Ninja TP costs baffle me.

[Kage]

Personally, the tank lb would be -much- more useful if the % was higher for all levels.

 

Sometimes that o-shit moment isn't enough when you hit it. (Remember when people hit Tank LB during Garuda? lol)

[Aldotsk]

Why is there never an answer about more level 1 vanity glamour gears? I've asked this question like every Q&A thread and had plenty of likes by players, but it is never answered at all. I wish Yoshi-P would at least give more hint for us that there would be more in the future. Like be dyeable and only be used for outfits. 

 

Sigh... :C

[Gegenji]

I'm all for more low-level glamour gear. I needs ta dress up my duders.

[Aldotsk]

 

Awaiting for Chachan to wear this.

[Gegenji]

 

Awaiting for Chachan to wear this.

 

He'd do it, too. I already have him wearing the bunny helmet for his combat gear.

[Kellach Woods]

Kiss of the Wasp: increase damage -> increase physical damage

 

Kiss of the Viper: increase damage -> increase physical damage

Makes a lot more sense now - I was wondering how putting poison on your blades helped you do more damage with your ninjutsu mudras.

[Aldotsk]

Kiss of the Wasp: increase damage -> increase physical damage

 

Kiss of the Viper: increase damage -> increase physical damage

Makes a lot more sense now - I was wondering how putting poison on your blades helped you do more damage with your ninjutsu mudras.

 

Still doesn't really bother me about TP cost increase and the buff changes.

[Kage]

The only thing the ninja thing changes is that it lowers the DPS potential of the top tier ninjas.

[Aldotsk]

I'm all for more low-level glamour gear. I needs ta dress up my duders.

 

Also Chachan, I agree with you 100%.

 

Honestly, I love Fistfighters and Hussar's Jackcoat set but only different dyes I've seen are Skywatchers.

 

And most of these gears dont drop a lot except bunch of cokes and pot-ashes. ;-; (and people barely do these dungeons to farm the gears)

[Kellach Woods]

And most of these gears dont drop a lot except bunch of cokes and pot-ashes. ;-; (and people barely do these dungeons to farm the gears)

I'll take all your cokes and potashes and farm them with you. Whatever you don't want is likely to be armorer/blacksmith/goldsmiths and those are my desynths because I like hating myself apparently. ^^