Thoughts on the FFXI Job Adjustment Manifesto

[HimuraKenshyn]

Austin, Texas for Game Developers Conference Online. The BBQ was out of this world! lol

Bayohne was calling me saying he missed me too! Couldn't handle the FFXI forum pressure I guess...

Small world hope you enjoyed my little town lucky the heat broke lol.....

[Babekeke]

Small world hope you enjoyed my little town lucky the heat broke lol.....

Wiki says Austin, Texas has a population of 797,390... if it were in the UK that would make it the 3rd most populated city (after London, then Birmingham, unless I missed one). Just shows how perspectives differ, eh?

[Agetos]

i love living in austin, not too many people, and not too few. plus there's always a chance you'll run in to something strange. Those of you who have been here might have heard of leslie the hobo lol.

[Zhronne]

So, was anybody expecting the SCH fix (the one currently on the test server) to be released live with tuesday's patch?
I wonder when we'll see it. Compared to the past, this time they're taking more time to release content on live severs from the first time it appeared on test servers.

[Raksha]

Yeah I figured they'd toss it in there but they didnt. Guess we'll have to wait a while longer.

[Merton9999]

I thought so too, and now there's a post apologizing for the delay of items planned for October, and it doesn't even list the SCH changes. Oh well, I have mixed feelings about them anyway.

[Zhronne]

That post apologizes for the delay in the release of new content on the TEST SERVER, it's not about live servers at all.
But still yeah, the fixes to those 3 jobs have been on the test server for quite some time, it was definitely expected for them to include them in tuesday's patch.

[Zhronne]

Unless there's a typo it seems the new Test Server patch finalized the Helix changes and tweaked a bit more our Regen:
1) Potency furtherly increased (o.O wow?)
2) Lenght shortened (Q____Q)

Number 2 was totally un-necessary... hope it won't be a huge difference.
Helix changes are kinda meh, people using /SCH will get 60 seconds Helixes.
I think this applies only to /SCH and to SCHs not using Dark Arts.
Because a level 95 SCH using Dark Arts should see an even longer lasting time than 90 seconds, right?


Edit:
Yes, according to THIS post I'm right.

[Sasaraixx]

I'm losing faith . . .

Scholar

The potency of Regen while Light Arts is in effect has been increased, and its duration shortened.

The effect duration of Helix spells will now be based on the caster's level.
Level Duration
20 — 39 30 seconds
40 — 59 60 seconds
60 and up 90 seconds

Unless the boost to Regen is substantial this isn't helpful at all. Having the duration last a long time was important given the casting time of the spell.

I really have no idea what they are doing with Helices. Where is the boost SCH main is supposed to get from Dark Arts? It sounds to me like some jobs can still cast these spells more effectively than the main job it was intended for.

[Sasaraixx]

Helix changes are kinda meh, people using /SCH will get 60 seconds Helixes.
I think this applies only to /SCH and to SCHs not using Dark Arts.

Edit:
Yes, according to THIS post I'm right.

Are you sure? The post only mentions job level. That could just mean your main job level and not SCH job level.