Thank you SE for changing Feint SE

[Atomic_Skull]

Now that feint starts at 2 minutes with additional merits only increasing TH proc rate I can dump those extra 4 merits and put them into something actually useful while keeping the good part of Feint. It's Win/Win. Thank you very much SE this was a great change.

[Savlyn]

/sarcasm off

Assassin's Charge merits: +5% for quadruple attack <~ pure win

Am I reading that correctly? lol

[Neisan_Quetz]

Implying Thf had useful merits.

[Tagrineth]

Now that feint starts at 2 minutes with additional merits only increasing TH proc rate I can dump those extra 4 merits and put them into something actually useful while keeping the good part of Feint. It's Win/Win. Thank you very much SE this was a great change.

Wait, you're actually planning on NOT keeping Feint as a 100% chance to proc a TH bonus?

[Atomic_Skull]

Wait, you're actually planning on NOT keeping Feint as a 100% chance to proc a TH bonus?

The effect of TH levels beyond 3 are so slight that it is not visible in the statistical noise. I already start off with TH7 so further merits in Feint are essentially useless. Better to put them into Aura Steal where they will at least do something.

[Tagrineth]

The effect of TH levels beyond 3 are so slight that it is not visible in the statistical noise. I already start off with TH7 so further merits in Feint are essentially useless. Better to put them into Aura Steal where they will at least do something.

Then do you wear TH gear at all? Because if you do, you're already contradicting yourself.

[Atomic_Skull]

Then do you wear TH gear at all? Because if you do, you're already contradicting yourself.

Most of the time I don't even bother to be honest.

[Lafaiel]

Wait, you're actually planning on NOT keeping Feint as a 100% chance to proc a TH bonus?

I have and have had feint 5/5 since before I took a 2 year break, when I read the changes I kept it thinking "great, 100% TH proc!" ..... it does not seem to work that way, TH seems just as random with or without merits in fient so it seems pointless to keep feint merits. I may try a little more, but its either bugged or working as intended, and if its working as intended I intend to drop extra feint merits.

[Tagrineth]

I have and have had feint 5/5 since before I took a 2 year break, when I read the changes I kept it thinking "great, 100% TH proc!" ..... it does not seem to work that way, TH seems just as random with or without merits in fient so it seems pointless to keep feint merits. I may try a little more, but its either bugged or working as intended, and if its working as intended I intend to drop extra feint merits.

Well I was informed it's actually a 100% bonus to your chance to raise TH. But, there is one thing... stacking Feint with SA/TA gives a VERY high chance to proc.

[Babekeke]

stacking Feint with SA/TA gives a VERY high chance to proc.

Define Stacking... Any SA or TA performed while Feint is on the mob are increased? Or popping feint then SA or TA then hitting the mob while you have both buff icons? After an evening on THF yesterday, I completely forgot about the new change until the end and only tried it once. Land feint on the mob, then SA and hit it. No TH upgrade from that. If it's not 100% upgrade I think I'll bin the merits. Normally the only time I hit feint is when a NIN is trying to proc earth crusher on a NM in abyssea or something.