Meteor

[Camate]

It’s been quite some time since we first announced that we would be implementing Meteor, but we’re about ready to get this bad boy in for you all to use.

The specifications are nearly finalized and we are planning the below stats:

• Can only cast Meteor while under the effect of Elemental Seal
  *For testing purposes, you will be able to use Meteor without Elemental Seal active on the test server.
• Non-elemental damage
• In the case that multiple party members also cast the spell, damage will increase. The animation will also vary.

We needed a good amount of time to add new elements to the game such as behavior when multiple players cast the spell, but it seems like we are just about ready to have you all test it out on the test server this week!

[Arcon]

• Non-elemental damage

Oh lordie.

[Daniel_Hatcher]

It’s been quite some time since we first announced that we would be implementing Meteor, but we’re about ready to get this bad boy in for you all to use.

The specifications are nearly finalized and we are planning the below stats:

• Can only cast Meteor while under the effect of Elemental Seal
  *For testing purposes, you will be able to use Meteor without Elemental Seal active on the test server.
• Non-elemental damage
• In the case that multiple party members also cast the spell, damage will increase. The animation will also vary.

We needed a good amount of time to add new elements to the game such as behavior when multiple players cast the spell, but it seems like we are just about ready to have you all test it out on the test server this week!

Cool, so the MAB Staff will be the best for it?

[Ryx]

• Non-elemental damage

What it needs to be is dark-based for the staff purposes, but immune to dark resistances, thus giving it the illusion of non-elemental damage to the mob. In order to prevent the over-abuse of affinity damage, only the initial caster's affinity should be considered in the total damage of a join-cast Me-te-or. This would still give the INT/MAB staff some function for the supporting blms, without undermining the hard work of the primary black mages who go the length to make proper magian affinity damage staves.

• In the case that multiple party members also cast the spell, damage will increase. The animation will also vary.

Window for other players to join in on the cast should be within no more than 2 seconds, so black mages do have to coordinate their casting of such an epic spell, rewarding teamwork as opposed to random chance. I'm sure we're all looking forward to seeing tarutaru casting this spell like in the opening cutscene, and they were casting in unison.

Assuming an equal amount of MP is going to be consumed by the support black mages as the primary, it'd make sense to give Meteor a base damage boost per black mage, along with adding the total INT/MAB to the primary Blm's. Other bonuses tho, such as the Blm AF3+2 set bonus, elemental casting time-, fast cast, and as previously stated affinity damage, should not be combined.

We want this spell to be EPIC, but we don't want it to see a repeat of the modus veritas ordeal where enough scholars together could kill absolute virtue in a matter of seconds, and have it stripped from us into something we can't use (ever hear of what happens when "Sch JA proc" comes up in Voidwatch? You'll never get it to land). Perhaps a limit on the number of black mages that can cast at one time?

If you want to make it unaffected by staves, you have to make it inheriently powerful enough to stand up over the other nukes with the full magian staves in effect. If you do that, I could see a colossal gap between Meteor and the other spells for black mages who don't have the full magian staves, and would be comparing Meteor to Blizzaja when casted with an Aquilo's staff, for example. Basically, the magian staves are a fair chunk of work on the part of the dedicated black mage, and I want to see that protected in regard to the most powerful spell by tradition of Final Fantasy.

That's my two gil on the matter, mind you: I am not a black mage, just someone who believes in protecting the people who work hard to be good at their jobs.

[SpankWustler]

[*]Non-elemental damage

I foresee this bit working out really well for folks who enjoy bleak comedies and schadenfreude and really poorly for Black Mages who enjoy fully upgraded Magian staffs and things that aren't worse than Blizzard V.

[Septimus]

I foresee this bit working out really well for folks who enjoy bleak comedies and schadenfreude and really poorly for Black Mages who enjoy fully upgraded Magian staffs and things that aren't worse than Blizzard V.

Can Square add a poster Hall of Fame so we can immediately induct SpankWustler?