[dev1010] Job Adjustments - VIT Adjustment and THF

[Denabond]

Why is this fine?

While Abyssea is currently the post popular content, the vast majority of the game's zones, content, and (likely) future content are outside of Abyssea's 9 main zones.

Since the 2007 update to 2-handed weapons, 1-handed DDs like THF, DNC, NIN, and so on have been forcibly shoved aside in favor of jobs like SAM and WAR. Abyssea allowed the 1-handed DDs a chance to shine in Abyssea, and apparently it's big problem for such jobs to leave town and have a chance to shine, prove useful, and have fun.

No, instead we're likely to see a nerf. And this nerf applies everywhere. It's now possible that jobs like THF, NIN, and DNC will leave Abyssea weaker than ever before.

Chance to shine is one thing, but beating out the 2handed weapon users on both DOT (cause we attack faster) + having our WSs beat thier WS damage isn't just outshining them, its trampling all over them. Does it make sense for a Dnc (who is a hybrid dd/healer) to out DD a Drk(who is a full on DD)? Should a nin (who is considered before as a tank by the playerbase) out DD a Sam? I will say however the only real job that can really complain would be thfs, due to their reliance on crit damage (well maybe Drgs too due to Drakesbane being a crit WS too).

[Karbuncle]

Chance to shine is one thing, but beating out the 2handed weapon users on both DOT (cause we attack faster) + having our WSs beat thier WS damage isn't just outshining them, its trampling all over them. Does it make sense for a Dnc (who is a hybrid dd/healer) to out DD a Drk(who is a full on DD)? Should a nin (who is considered before as a tank by the playerbase) out DD a Sam? I will say however the only real job that can really complain would be thfs, due to their reliance on crit damage (well maybe Drgs too due to Drakesbane being a crit WS too).

Yeah, Your point aside, The option is never ever to Nerf something hard-core everywhere.

If this does apply both ways, THF just became more useless outside Abyssea. cause now SA and TA will likely see severe damage nerfs, so THF's, who already did rather mediocre damage outside abyssea without the help of a Relic/Emp, Will now do even worse numbers on anything meaningful.

You remember back in the day when it was "Touch the mob, go sit in corner?" its cause THF's damage was terrible, Nerfing their biggest DD aspect (SA-WS, TA-WS) is probably an un-thought-out side effect of SE's "Cure the disease by killing the patience" mentality when it comes to small things like this.




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However, If it doesn't effect Mobs, Or the effect is really small, My entire rant doesn't hold water. So i'll wait til the update rolls around to see just how badly it effects us all. For all we know every ~10vit could gain 1%PDT on Critical hits... Then what... yah D:

[Denabond]

Yeah, Your point aside, The option is never ever to Nerf something hard-core everywhere.

If this does apply both ways, THF just became more useless outside Abyssea. cause now SA and TA will likely see severe damage nerfs, so THF's, who already did rather mediocre damage outside abyssea without the help of a Relic/Emp, Will now do even worse numbers on anything meaningful.

You remember back in the day when it was "Touch the mob, go sit in corner?" its cause THF's damage was terrible, Nerfing their biggest DD aspect (SA-WS, TA-WS) is probably an un-thought-out side effect of SE's "Cure the disease by killing the patience" mentality when it comes to small things like this.




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However, If it doesn't effect Mobs, Or the effect is really small, My entire rant doesn't hold water. So i'll wait til the update rolls around to see just how badly it effects us all. For all we know every ~10vit could gain 1%PDT on Critical hits... Then what... yah D:

Or they can make it so SA and TA ignores the vit deal. Though I'm not counting on SE to do that.

[Karbuncle]

Or they can make it so SA and TA ignores the vit deal. Though I'm not counting on SE to do that.

Neither am i. When they nerf, They nerf hard.

of course this could not be a nerf. I'm just guessing. Now I have something look forward too with this update, and something to... be fearful of.

[Catsby]

Neither am i. When they nerf, They nerf hard.

yup. still finding penalties in RNG that were probably put there during the nerf years ago and were never undone. Probably because merits/gear/atmas never existed so it was impossible for people to find them.