Dragoon Manifesto thoughts

[Byxfluzba]

Just nitpicking. 90Wyverns have 1216HP... Assuming they gain the exact same 10hp per level they've been gaining since 75 (at least), 1226HP at 95...

Meh.. read http://ffxi.allakhazam.com/forum.htm...2911426&p=1#10

[Thonuwan]

Just nitpicking. 90Wyverns have 1216HP... Assuming they gain the exact same 10hp per level they've been gaining since 75 (at least), 1226HP at 95...

Meh.. read http://ffxi.allakhazam.com/forum.htm...2911426&p=1#10

Wouldn't the wyvern have 1266 HP then since it would gain 50 HP from 90 to 95?

[Kensagaku]

Some pretty nice effects. I imagine the JA is like a stoneskin as people have mentioned over a phalanx, and depending on the recast of this it is nice for keeping your pet alive while preventing it from becoming an overpowered tank. Sure your wyvern could solo an NM with atmas (think PDT/MDT is capped at 87.5% for ALL pets now... does the trait tie into this as well?) between the new trait and this JA but it would take ages, a big waste of abyssea time.

One thing I wonder now that I've brought up PDT/MDT - first off, is the trait a constant PDT- or DT-? The wording makes it sound like the latter, but I wouldn't be surprised if they decided to make it just as nuke-squishy. Typical SE nerf etc etc. I am looking forward to seeing this trait though, and then tossing on the Stoneskin JA to keep my wyvern even more durable. It'll give me a chance to pull my DRG out of storage once in a while. :3

[Ophannus]

Lest you all forget, the Wyvern gains +25% HP from 1,000 EXP bonus.

[Ultima]

This is great news for DRG. Drgs rejoice.

Also, Ophannus, it's
Konzen> Kasha > light > Fudo > Double Light.

Konzen> Fudo > light > Fudo > nothing.

It really is fun too lol

[Kiroko]

What happened to the idea of making our Wyverns bigger?

[Kensagaku]

Why are we so obsessed with that again? They're fine at their size. They're PETS. And I lag enough in certain areas without needing an extra-sized sprite following me and blocking my camera. But this is beside the point, we're talking about the new JA/JT. Let's not derail this please.

I wonder if the EXP bonus to Wyverns works too? For example, if they have 1216 (I'm assuming this is before 25% HP boost) and then go up to 1520 HP, does that boost the JA's effect from 243 (assuming they round down) to 304 HP? Or will it be based on original HP? Will wyvern HP+ gear affect it, such as equipping wyvern HP+ gear then using the JA before switching gear? Because that could be useful, macro in all that gear like for Healing Breath, and get 394 damage reduction when you switch back? (I calculate 1973 HP with every piece of Wyvern HP+ gear including +1 AF legs, aside from the Perch) Something to consider.

[Reiterpallasch]

That's actually a really good question. Not only would swapping in gear to raise their max HP add to the base stoneskin, but you could also get the missing HP on top of it.

So 394 for having a max HP of 1973, and jumping up from 1520 w/o gear would give you another 453 (assuming you get the full missing HP added to the SS and not just 20% of that)

That said, too bad gearswaps are the devil and require 3rd party tools. I can see the hordes of DRG/DNC crying about how weak the new JA is already.

[Byxfluzba]

What's a drg/dnc?

[Limecat]

What's a drg/dnc?

A miserable little pile of sambas.