New 2-hour Abilities

[Demon6324236]

Hmm~... you just made me think of something they could give as a new 2-hour for BST, they could make it so when you use it, it gives your pet a Reraise effect, it would be a bit weird but nice, just make it like Aern's reraise, once the pet dies they come back to life moments later with Max HP. Dunno, just an idea, at least better than what we have now.

[Caketime]

I don't think they'd go for that because it would basically be a free pet every 2 hours and we would therefore use less biscuits/jugs, which is bad because RMT chefs would be making less or we would be forced to farm less. We can't have either one, because both equal more fun for players.

[Demon6324236]

Nah remember, 2-hours are being reduced to 30 minutes, then again, all the more reason to day no. ;;

[Caketime]

Well in that case definitely not, in fact I think I can see their logic with this as the ability being on a 30 minute timer would increase the frequency of pet jug usage. No matter that the ability itself is ghoulish, the point is to make us use jugs faster. They might have more success in that department by making the ability not trash, but they seem to just hate fun anymore. I don't think they'll go with the severed chocobo head stuffed in a sandwich roll and covered in delicious sauces for the ability icon either, because then we would at least get to enjoy some small aspect of this latest troll attempt from them.

[Karbuncle]

So my lack of paying attention aside, Has the THF Two Hour been introduced to test server yet so i can complain about how terrible and useless it is?

[Camate]

Greetings!

The development team has been hard at work revamping the new special abilities and I would like to give an update on their progress.

The below changes to current and new special abilities will be implemented with this week’s Test Server update.

• Recast timer will be reduced from 2 hours to 1 hour (both current and new special abilities)
• Recast timers will be separated

In addition to the above, the new special abilities for the below jobs will see their effects adjusted:

Warrior / white mage / black mage / samurai / summoner / blue mage

Also, as we will be making large scale changes to the below jobs' new special abilities, they will be temporarily removed from the Test Server. Once the adjustments and debugging has been completed for the new effects we will re-implement them to the Test Server.

Red mage / thief /paladin / beastmaster / bard / ranger / ninja / dragoon / corsair

*As these adjustments are currently in development, the number of them that we implement may change depending on if further adjustment is necessary or if bugs are discovered.

We are in the process of organizing the specific adjustment information for all jobs and plan on sharing it with you all tomorrow.

We would like to continue to make adjustments to this content based on feedback for the above changes, so please be sure to try everything out on the Test Server once they are implemented.

[Hashmalum]

Greetings!

The development team has been hard at work revamping the new special abilities and I would like to give an update on their progress.

The below changes to current and new special abilities will be implemented with this week’s Test Server update.

• Recast timer will be reduced from 2 hours to 1 hour (both current and new special abilities)
• Recast timers will be separated

In addition to the above, the new special abilities for the below jobs will see their effects adjusted:

Red mage / thief /paladin / beastmaster / bard / ranger / ninja / dragoon / corsair
*As these adjustments are currently in development, the number of them that we implement may change depending on if further adjustment is necessary or if bugs are discovered.

We are in the process of organizing the specific adjustment information for all jobs and plan on sharing it with you all tomorrow.

We would like to continue to make adjustments to this content based on feedback for the above changes, so please be sure to try everything out on the Test Server once they are implemented.

Good news, even if it wasn't the good news I was hoping for. So does the timer separation mean that the job ability recast timer shortage issue was addressed? Also, I am glad to see RDM, THF, and BST on that list, their abilities all needed changes. I'm also glad to see DRK and SMN off it, since they had decent abilities to start with and changes would probably be for the worse.

[Karbuncle]

Good news, even if it wasn't the good news I was hoping for. So does the timer separation mean that the job ability recast timer shortage issue was addressed? Also, I am glad to see RDM, THF, and BST on that list, their abilities all needed changes. I'm also glad to see DRK and SMN off it, since they had decent abilities to start with and changes would probably be for the worse.

This is assuming by Adjusting they don't mean "Weakening" or Shortening Duration.

[Aldersyde]

Also, as we will be making large scale changes to the below jobs' new special abilities, they will be temporarily removed from the Test Server. Once the adjustments and debugging has been completed for the new effects we will re-implement them to the Test Server.

Red mage / thief /paladin / beastmaster / bard / ranger / ninja / dragoon / corsair

When you say "large scale changes" I hope you mean the devs went back to the drawing board altogether and came up with something different, and useful, for bst.

[Kristal]

Also, as we will be making large scale changes to the below jobs' new special abilities, they will be temporarily removed from the Test Server. Once the adjustments and debugging has been completed for the new effects we will re-implement them to the Test Server.

Red mage / thief /paladin / beastmaster / bard / ranger / ninja / dragoon / corsair

No changes for puppetmaster?? I thought the playerbase was clear on it being a complete joke...