SMN adjustments....seriously?

[Karbuncle]

Got to play around with Shattersoul in Abyssea a bit, lolabyssea, But it was fun. They were leveled to DC. I also got a fun new Toy Staff. A Kirin's Pole with DMG:87 Attack+3 (Same INT+10 as Gerra's, So a net gain of 12 Damage and 3 attack!)

Also Finally got 5/5 on it. That one that almost Did 5k Was pretty nice, I mean, A 5k WS On Summoner, even if its Abyssea... My Average was ~3k. 4k~5k Peaks.

Atma's were VV/RR/MM. 5k on a Non-Crit WS in Abyssea, I'm still like "Wow". Especially for SMN , my WS gear is still less than optimal as well, and It'd probably broke 5k or more if i had just Rubeus Slacks, Let alone a Hvergl95~99.

[Babekeke]

Fun:

CRYSTAL STAFF rare/ex
DMG:98 Delay:360 HP+100 MP+100 INT+20 Accuracy+15 Attack+15 Haste+3%
LV99 WAR MNK WHM BLM RDM BST BRD SMN SCH

For all you SMN melee enthusiasts. This thing looks badass. INT+20 is a Shattersoul mod... Acc/atk, and 3% Haste which allows Summoner to cap Haste without the need for Ninirta's Sash or Nashira Gloves, Leaving Nashira gloves open to a better Melee Hand.

Also, new WS Belt:

VOIDWATCH BELT (15) rare/ex
DEF:9 STR+8 DEX+8 VIT-5 AGI-5 INT+8 MND-5
LV99 All Jobs

Nice to see that that weapon has WAR on it too... would be interesting to see what sort of WS numbers you can hit with it on WAR, since you can hit 5k in abyssea on SMN. Especially on mobs weak to blunt, though SE did say WAR was going to get an ability to swap weapon damage type.

But yes, it will open up a whole new playstyle for melee SMN, making it easier to cap Haste and acc so they can concentrate on better stats.

Not to mention it's a great macro piece for casting buffs on lots of people.

[Tannlore]

Someone mentioned earlier not seeing any Shattersoul numbers, Well, I got 4/5 Shattersoul merits, Went out on SMN, and gathered a few hits:

Make me sad, I posted a whole set of figures back when this came out with 5/5 merits and builds and atmas and such. Sure it's still around here somewhere.

[Karbuncle]

Make me sad, I posted a whole set of figures back when this came out with 5/5 merits and builds and atmas and such. Sure it's still around here somewhere.

What were your numbers like ? I'm liking it so far, As shown above, about 5k Damage in Abyssea. I know its Abyssea, but 5k WS on a Non-crit WS on SMN of all things is impressive in my book.

[Babekeke]

Is it MAB based Karb? I'm just thinking that RR was doing nothing for your WS (unless you were /THF forcing crit with SA) so an MAB or another STR/ATT atma would produce even bigger numbers.

[Karbuncle]

Is it MAB based Karb? I'm just thinking that RR was doing nothing for your WS (unless you were /THF forcing crit with SA) so an MAB or another STR/ATT atma would produce even bigger numbers.

RR Was more for general Melee DPS. I was helping a friend with Fenrir Trials So i wasn't even trying to get huge Epeen numbers :O Its not MAB Based either, Its just a Physical WS. So Something like Stout Arm probably would have been better, but yah, as i said, used RR For Melee DPS, So the numbers could go higher.

Still, Outside Abyssea I've almost hit 3k, And that was back when i was only 4/5 Merits, and was using Gerra's, As said above, i'm now 5/5, and Have a nice Kirin's Pole...This WS has a lot of Potential, even for a SMN, the Int Mod helps it a lot more than one would think because of the overwhelming amount of INT Gear SMN Can use.

I'm kinda rambling, anyway, You're right

[Camate]

Greetings!

In the upcoming March version update we will be making the aforementioned summoner adjustments which can be found here: [dev1091] Job Adjustments: Summoner.

In regards to higher tier magic spells for elementals, unfortunately since it is taking time to set monster behavior properly as well as the fact that working on Meteor took quite a bit of time, this portion will not make it in time for the March version update.

We will do our best after the version update to get it ready for implementation.

[Malamasala]

Wish you wrote more detailed posts.

What do you mean with "proper" monster behavior? I'd like to believe the poor testers tore their hair out in frustration of testing Tier-V nukes when the spirits only cast choke -> choke -> choke -> choke -> choke. And that because of that, they decided to improve the behavior to actually toss some tier-V nukes at higher priority.

I also hope they realized that assault resets timers and they had to wait ages due to the bug, and they got the developers to fix it.

Then again, perhaps all spirit testers get cheat spirits that they can not only tell what to cast, but also when. Or just get 999 smn skill and have them cast at super high speeds.

[Luvbunny]

Why is it so hard to apply similar AI code from puppet master automaton to the spirit... when spirit cast less spells.

[Moink]

Because it isn't similar AI for one and it has already been discussed that ffxi team has been working as a skeleton crew... Like he said, be patient and wait for it to come... not like it wasn't left ignored and have no response from the staff...