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Kobata posted:Numbers I saw most recently: is this accounting for brd's 2% crit buff and ast/scholar's crit buffs?
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Is there a point where I should be melding my gear? I've got almost full 320 stuff now and I'm not sure if I should just suck it up and start melding if I want to do savage
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Jul 18, 2017 17:51
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Minrad posted:is this accounting for brd's 2% crit buff and ast/scholar's crit buffs? Nope. Temporary buffs you're on your own, but just bard buff shifts it up a bit. Like 100 less crit to pass direct hit.
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Jul 18, 2017 17:56
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Minrad posted:is this accounting for brd's 2% crit buff and ast/scholar's crit buffs? I believe those are flat additions to the crit chance after including crit chance from stats. Also that's just chance and doesn't affect additional crit damage
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Jul 18, 2017 17:57
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VHGS posted:Nope. Temporary buffs you're on your own, but just bard buff shifts it up a bit. Like 100 less crit to pass direct hit. Don't forget Monk with internal release and how strong it is. Also the increased rate it lasts for.
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Jul 18, 2017 18:00
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SpaceDrake posted:O3S may have been cleared by one group, but I'm watching it right now and it is insane. It will be a hilarious meat grinder for most groups and may even be a static-killer for those who can't get their poo poo together. source your quotes
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Jul 18, 2017 18:00
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Xun posted:Is there a point where I should be melding my gear? I've got almost full 320 stuff now and I'm not sure if I should just suck it up and start melding if I want to do savage yes meld your 320
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Jul 18, 2017 18:00
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Cracked Clusters aren't hard to get if your server has an active hunt group and isn't filled with assholes that hoard hunt locations or pull instantly. Also you can run the expert dungeons for materia to fuse in Central Thanalan.
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Jul 18, 2017 18:03
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So looking at Excogitation's changes, is there any reason that Scholar's shouldn't just slap this down on the tank on cooldown?
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Jul 18, 2017 18:04
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Wait, you get more value out of crit the more crit you have? That seems backwards. I thought most of these stats had diminishing returns?
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Jul 18, 2017 18:04
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LITERALLY MY FETISH posted:I think they assumed making overcharge a ~1200 potency nuke during wildfires (hot shot 8% + overheat 10% + wildfire's 1.25x damage + gauss barrel 5% (I believe this stacks with overheat since the barrel doesn't fall off until after)) would make it usable, but it's still kinda not. It really needs to not have such a hefty cost attached to it, even if all they do is let you put out the other turret while the one you blew up is in recovery or w/e. The cooldown on it is way too long and it doesn't do enough to justify breaking it outside of wildfires, and even then it's not a huge buff. People are saying that overcharge does not actually add into wildfire damage. I guess I personally never looked and that should take me all of 2 minutes to test tonight, but yeeesh. Also, lol at having to add 400 potency to an attack just so maybe people will use it.
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Jul 18, 2017 18:07
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Glagha posted:Wait, you get more value out of crit the more crit you have? That seems backwards. I thought most of these stats had diminishing returns? Your Critical Hit stat also increases how much damage your crits do. The higher your chance to crit, the more it matters how hard those crits hit.
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Jul 18, 2017 18:08
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Yeah pretty much that's why. Eventually even without melds, crit materia will be better.
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Jul 18, 2017 18:13
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Balance nerf hurts, but I can understand it. But if they wanted cards to be around equal, why don't they lean on their substat system? Like, make Balance det, Spear crit, and Arrow sps/sks. As it stands, Balance is still far better than the rest and the other two are just consolation prizes. While I'm armchair dev'ing, I'd also make Ewer give back tp and mp, and make Spire reduce the cost of skills. I wish they'd give AST some QoL changes to make the nerf easier to swallow, though. I think it'd be awesome if Spread's cooldown was 15 seconds, or if the 68 trait was tied to basically any other cooldown than Lightspeed. Also it'd be awesome if the Draw cooldown started on Draw and not on use like it does in PvP, for some reason. I mean, we weren't allowed to complain because Balance was so strong, but now it's okay, right? Still not? Okay. Other news, glanced through healer 340 gear. As far as I can see, the only slots we can avoid Piety are one of the rings, gloves, hat and boots. I hope you like being pious healers!
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Jul 18, 2017 18:40
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VHGS posted:Nope. Temporary buffs you're on your own, but just bard buff shifts it up a bit. Like 100 less crit to pass direct hit. I already have 1600+ crit in 310/320 gear and a Bard in my static so I'm probably good to keep stacking crit forever unless my gear upgrade path causes me to lose a ton before I get it back again.
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Jul 18, 2017 18:47
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Saint Freak posted:People are saying that overcharge does not actually add into wildfire damage. I guess I personally never looked and that should take me all of 2 minutes to test tonight, but yeeesh. Also, lol at having to add 400 potency to an attack just so maybe people will use it. lmao turret damage isn't calculated into wildfires? and here I thought last night the overcharge buff would help MCH come out ahead, gently caress everything.
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Jul 18, 2017 18:47
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Lost Canals are real, and strong, and they're my friend.
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Jul 18, 2017 18:52
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Thundarr posted:I already have 1600+ crit in 310/320 gear and a Bard in my static so I'm probably good to keep stacking crit forever unless my gear upgrade path causes me to lose a ton before I get it back again. That's +1600 on your gear, so you'd need 1964 on your character sheet. (I really wish DET had the same base amount so we didn't have to compare them that way)
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Jul 18, 2017 18:56
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Mordiceius posted:Lost Canals are real, and strong, and they're my friend. How's the rewards? Can you tread water financially if you just buy the maps? I have a while yet before I get a gatherer to 70.
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Jul 18, 2017 18:59
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SettingSun posted:How's the rewards? Can you tread water financially if you just buy the maps? I have a while yet before I get a gatherer to 70. You can get maps at level 66, and if you can work out a group where everyone brings 2 maps there's probably no way you don't make your money back, depending on the raw cash payout per floor and getting lucky with the random drops. I haven't been on to see how much maps are selling for now, though. My guess is the price probably jumped some.
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Jul 18, 2017 19:05
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Maps were 130k last night, haven't checked today yet
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Jul 18, 2017 19:07
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What's this thing mean?
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Jul 18, 2017 19:09
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Countblanc posted:Maps were 130k last night, haven't checked today yet Maps are up to 250k a piece. So whether or not you make the money back will 100% depend on RNG. If you went with a full group of 8, that's 16 maps and you'll get into Lost Canals many times, but you're competing with 7 other people for loot and may walk away with nothing. Going with a minimum group of 4 would mean less maps, but higher loot changes, so if you make it deep into Lost Canals, you're going to make some nice profits. Personally, I like going with 4mans. Over the last few days, I saw people buying maps up 20 at a time. I'm wondering if they bought them so they could run a lot of Lost Canals or they bought them so they could resell them. Because if you're reselling maps right now, you're making insane profits just from that (and probably more reliable that Lost Canals). But this same spike happened with Aquapolis came out. In a week or two, maps will be back down to sub-100k prices.
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Jul 18, 2017 19:09
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VHGS posted:That's +1600 on your gear, so you'd need 1964 on your character sheet. Man what is it with MMO devs making their damage formulas so confusing. It's striking gear so I want to keep crit high anyway, just don't want to put up with people complaining that my melds are all wrong for samurai at the same time. Jay Rust posted:What's this thing mean? It means you are auto attacking that target.
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Jul 18, 2017 19:09
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Jay Rust posted:What's this thing mean? it means that you will auto-attack when in range to do so.
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Jul 18, 2017 19:11
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Thanks! When is that useful to know?
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Jul 18, 2017 19:13
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Jay Rust posted:Thanks! With some mechanics you want to not be autoattacking,
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Jul 18, 2017 19:17
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On rare occasions (Pyretic, etc.) you don't want to damage something or take any actions.
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Jul 18, 2017 19:18
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There are times when you don't want to be chopping at bads, such as when they reflect damage, or if you have a debuff on you that can penalize acting like Extreme Caution. It also serves as a good note when you DO want to be beating on a target.
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Jul 18, 2017 19:18
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I thought most / all of the "don't move" attacks by bosses ignored autoattacks now. I've never paused my auto attacks on Susan for example and don't get hit by the timer.
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Jul 18, 2017 19:22
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Really it's safer to just sheath your weapon for those mechanics or maybe it's because I'm a bard and play on a controller so it's easy to do.
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Jul 18, 2017 19:28
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Anyone who has done Lost Canals already, whats the materia rewards like?
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ChaseSP posted:Really it's safer to just sheath your weapon for those mechanics or maybe it's because I'm a bard and play on a controller so it's easy to do. I bind sheath/unsheath to the ` key so that it's always within reach but a key that I don't use too often.
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Jul 18, 2017 19:38
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Holyshoot posted:source your quotes Myself and I stand by the statement.  Savage Halicarnassus is going to require significant amounts of actual effort for most groups, even with a guide.I do want to revise my statement a little though, because on seeing Savage Exdeath... 
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Jul 18, 2017 19:43
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SpaceDrake posted:Myself and I stand by the statement. A3S took world first players(re: people who have multiple characters to min/max gear and comps) a week. O3S took them 4-5 hours. This will not break statics. If something dies in a few days to the world first crew it will not be a static breaker.
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Kalenn Istarion posted:I thought most / all of the "don't move" attacks by bosses ignored autoattacks now. I've never paused my auto attacks on Susan for example and don't get hit by the timer. "Don't move" mechanics are based on whether you are in an animation when the timer ends. So most of the time you are fine continuing to auto attack but sometimes you will get unlucky and the debuff ends while you are in the middle of the auto attack animation.
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Every time I think I have a handle of MCH they change poo poo up and confuse me all over again so gently caress this job forever. It's just not fun and there are so many fun choices to pick from it's not worth the time loving with one that's meh. If FFXIV were a traditional mmo where you're locked into one class per character I'd be sad. Just make it's PVP rotation work in PVE. It feels good and looks good and is fun, just someone figure out how to get flamethrower in there. Drop turrets forever. Or like someone else said earlier in the thread, make it full of gadgets like Edgar. Just create wacky horseshit that does random things. Bio Blaster, Drills, whatever. Right now you could remove the entire class from the game and nobody would notice, or probably care. Shame too. Its animations are some of my favorite. I feel guilty queuing into anything but PVP with it tho. Anyone else got a different take?
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Jul 18, 2017 19:51
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As much as I enjoy the changes to PVP, opening the floodgates to people who will openly not try to win or afk just to get quick exp is really infuriating.
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I just did 4 lost canals and got jack. I was the unluckiest of the group, but there were no major drops. We got to the fifth room once. I just got around 40k gil and shitload of clusters. The only thing that dropped for me that's worth anything significant is a craftmans comp V. One of our guys got 3 cracked clusters from two rooms.
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