New 2-hour Abilities

[Camate]

Anyone down for some new 2-hour information on this fine Tuesday?

We introduced two of them during VanaFest, but we just got a hold of the full list!

Currently, we are making adjustments to the effects and running tests on all of these new abilities, and we are planning to implement them in the upcoming test server update. However, as the Development Team is still working on getting all the kinks out, some will not be available right away. They will be doing their best to get as many new 2-hour abilities onto the test server as possible in the next update.

*The name and help text messages for each ability will be tentative when implemented to the test server. Also the effects and their values may be adjusted.

Job	Effects
WAR	Regular attacks will become non-elemental and grants a drastic increase in accuracy.
MNK	Grants a 100% counter-rate against regular attacks from enemies. Also, the amount of enmity gained by this will increase drastically.
WHM	Grants party members protection from status ailments.
BLM	Grants a drastic decrease in enmity generated by magic attacks.
RDM	Grants an increase to the effect of enhancing magic.
THF	Major damage is dealt to the enemy and all enmity will be transferred to the player standing in front of them.
PLD	Grants an increase to the chance of blocking with a shield and reflects the blocked damage to the attacker.
DRK	Steals an enemy's TP through regular attacks while the effect is active.
BST	Absorbs the pet and recovers both HP and removes status ailments. Also, the player will receive a Reraise effect.
BRD	Drastically reduces the magic defense, magic evasion, and INT/MND of the target.
RNG	The range modifier will become the optimal distance no matter the range to the target. Also, ammunition will not be consumed.
SAM	All damage caused by physical special abilities will be evaded. Additionally, weapon skill damage will increase as more special abilities are evaded.
NIN	Grants a drastic increase in parry rate. Additionally, Ninjutsu recast times will be reduced by 50% and ninja tools will not be consumed.
DRG	Wyvern’s HP is completely restored and all status ailments are cured. Additionally, the wyvern’s stats will increase.
SMN	The recast time of both summoning magic and Blood Pacts will become 0 while under the effect of the ability.
BLU	While the ability is in effect, blue magic from Unbridled Learning can be used continuously.
COR	Grants the ability to use up to 3 Phantom Roll effects.
PUP	Automaton will use special abilities. Special ability usage will depend on the automaton head. Harlequin Head: Mighty Strikes Valoredge Head: Invincible Sharpshot Head: Eagle Eye Shot Stormwaker Head: Chainspell Soulsoother Head: Benediction (Will apply to the party members and automaton itself) Spiritreaver Head: Manafont
DNC	Grants maximum amount of Finishing Moves and the recast time of all Flourishes will be reset. Additionally, while the ability is in effect, Finishing Moves will not be consumed.
SCH	Will direct enmity of all party members to an indicated player.

[Prothscar]

Are the Devs going to fix BLU's broken spells to coincide with this amazing new 2hr?

[cidbahamut]

Some of these are truly awful. Take them back to the drawing board and try again.

[Alistaire]

Some of these are truly awful. Take them back to the drawing board and try again.

Most of these are truly awful. The designers should really play this game sometime; despite how horribly they manage it, it's a pretty cool game.

[Kyte]

Just to clarify again, is the plan still to have these share the same timer 2 hour timer as the current abilities? Because that would be the determinate between these being useful-ish or almost completely useless.

[Ragni]

Oh new job? SUM? :O

[Zagen]

Some of these look very promising or very meh

[Byrth]

Dancer's looks better than Trance. It's not going to be super useful, but it's something.

Climactic -> Evisceration -> NFR -> Reverse -> Rudra's -> New 2-hour -> Reverse -> Rudra's

[Kari]

Dancer's looks better than Trance. It's not going to be super useful, but it's something.

Climactic -> Evisceration -> NFR -> Reverse -> Rudra's -> New 2-hour -> Reverse -> Rudra's

Does Striking Flourish overwrite Climactic?
I suppose I could test by talking to an NPC to stop my timers and try it, but too lazy atm.

If it doesn't, I suppose you could stack that on to the last WS too.
When I first read it, I thought it said that Flourishes would be set to 0 Recast...
I imagined spamming Reverse for the duration. /drool

[Byrth]

Does Striking Flourish overwrite Climactic?
I suppose I could test by talking to an NPC to stop my timers and try it, but too lazy atm.

If it doesn't, I suppose you could stack that on to the last WS too.
When I first read it, I thought it said that Flourishes would be set to 0 Recast...
I imagined spamming Reverse for the duration. /drool

Nope. None of the Tier 3 Flourishes stack. Random trivia, but they also share the same buff spot as Sneak Attack, so they don't stack with that either.

I wish it did give Flourishes 0 recast and make them cost no FMs. Then we could really have some fun. That is what I originally thought it did from the JP version and I got excited. When the NA version was posted, that was downgraded to "At least it's still better than Trance." Realistically, though, I'm not going to be using this except in the rare situations when I know I won't be playing a job with a more useful 2-hour any time soon. I can use it for another 6000-7000 damage once per Limbus farming run or Assault spam (the only things I seem to do on DNC anymore) assuming I switch Twashtar to the main hand.

Really, unless they make it the way I thought it was I'm not sure this 2-hour has much potential.