[dev1049] New weapon skills

[Seiowan]

Ooo... those weaponskills look pretty. I'm sure we'll see skills for the other weapons as well (hint, hint). Since I'm levelling Thief and Dancer, the dagger skill is of particular interest. Can't wait to get my hands on it!

[autobot]

Could this be the new WS for DNC to make ternary flourish useful?

[Urteil]

New animation + worse WS?

Empyrean/Relic WS + old tired crap animation?


. . .Seems like something should be switched.


I hope these WS's blow relic and empyrean out of the water, and I have both.

[Zhronne]

I hope these WS's blow relic and empyrean out of the water, and I have both.

I dunno, as I explained before I think it's a bit of a blind alley.
If they make them too weak/useless, then what's the point? Nobody (almost) would care, and it would feel like a waste honestly.
If they make them too strong it might make some relics/mythics/empys feel like a waste, we would be back to the old level 75 situation of many of those weapons, where wielders were using WS to pop aftermath, and then spamming another "normal" WS.

They need to make these WS strong but not too much. That's that they need to do, probably, but it won't be an easy task, and it will make the gap between "relic/mythic/empy" and "normal weapons" more narrow than it is now. This will make some of us happy... and then some other unhappy.

What leads you to this conclusion? Just because we'll hit the new "permanent" cap doesn't mean they can't continue to give us new spells, JA, and WS as time goes on.

They are called "final WS" in the jp text, and they were called this way even when presented long time ago.
Of course, the fact that they are making them with "final" in mind now, doesn't mean they'll change their thoughts in, say, 5 months. Nobody can tell of course
But as of now, as far as we know, they are planning those with the concept "final" in mind. D:

[Camiie]

They are called "final WS" in the jp text, and they were called this way even when presented long time ago.Of course, the fact that they are making them with "final" in mind now, doesn't mean they'll change their thoughts in, say, 5 months. Nobody can tell of course
But as of now, as far as we know, they are planning those with the concept "final" in mind. D:

Ah I didn't realize that. Seems like a bad idea to name them as such though. I say leave the door open for something later. Of course these may be so ridiculously hard to obtain, they'll either be the last WS we'll ever want to unlock or the last straw that makes most of us give up for good. lol

[FrankReynolds]

Hopefully it just requires making the final stage of any path of magian weapons and doing a number of WS points on it. Hopefully it doesn't require you to use the weapon anymore once its unlocked. WS tied to a specific weapon are sorta .....lame.

[Urteil]

I dunno, as I explained before I think it's a bit of a blind alley.
If they make them too weak/useless, then what's the point? Nobody (almost) would care, and it would feel like a waste honestly.
If they make them too strong it might make some relics/mythics/empys feel like a waste, we would be back to the old level 75 situation of many of those weapons, where wielders were using WS to pop aftermath, and then spamming another "normal" WS.

They need to make these WS strong but not too much. That's that they need to do, probably, but it won't be an easy task, and it will make the gap between "relic/mythic/empy" and "normal weapons" more narrow than it is now. This will make some of us happy... and then some other unhappy.



They are called "final WS" in the jp text, and they were called this way even when presented long time ago.
Of course, the fact that they are making them with "final" in mind now, doesn't mean they'll change their thoughts in, say, 5 months. Nobody can tell of course
But as of now, as far as we know, they are planning those with the concept "final" in mind. D:

I want them to make them have a better use/effect. Would be nice if they were totally new things (wishful thinking.)

Then they can learn making a weapon tied to a WS is dumb.

[Leonlionheart]

GK looks like a 1hit (OR 8 hit with 3 higher ftp hits?! Doubt. Probably just a new Gekko.)
Archery looks like a 4hit (or 4x dmg like sidewinder)
Scythe looks like a 1hit (entropy? attack or defense down. Hopefully something more interesting like increased damage dealt on the target by all physical damage!)
Dagger looks like a 1hit

Ofcourse these could just be the 'ftp hit' and could have follow up hits or hits before this animation.

I've always thought that FFXI had the best animations for their abilities, particularly WS's. Glad to see these meet expectations! Let's just hope damage isn't silly or useless.

[Elexia]

So what 1500 items will I need to collect to unlock these WS?

@Halycon.
*slaps* are you awake yet? No?

[SpankWustler]

I love the over-the-top animations. How good the weaponskills will be is anyone's guess, but at least they'll look pretty either way.