Job Adjustments for the Next Version Update

[Quetzacoatl]

It is....it is so beautiful...

I'm preparing to be disappointed, I'm still skeptical of SE's ability to make GEO and RUN relevant for endgame of course.

With all of my love for GEO, if we can't expand our enhancing Geomancy beyond two spells as well as a single party, i'm not sure where else it would even be useful other than a mage party buffer and as an occasional debuffer. We're not really seeing a trend in All-Mage Parties anytime soon, and all the complaining about the Sphere animations already giving GEO enough scorn.

RUN is kind of a lost cause for stuff like Delve, since just about all the NMs deal mostly physical damage with tons of TP moves to go on. Maybe defense against debuffs, but that's kind of a stretch to allow them a spot at all. They would need a stance like Issekigan that parries like crazy, or an Empyrean Great Sword on par with Ochain's block rate to make RUN sufficient. Which is why I fear the only way RUN would be useful at all is if they have to build their Mythic Weapon to even qualify for endgame. I thought those days were over :\

For Geomancer I'd like to post a thread on suggestions to improve GEO for endgame use, but I also want to be able to translate it into Japanese for the JP forums so that it reaches out further.

[Prothscar]

Are there any plans to address the fact that blue magic is so anemic that it now has the same or less base damage than a Dagger while simultaneously not being able to go above 1.0 ratio on most targets?

Not even going to mention magical ones, those are just a joke from the Dev Team I feel.

[Zuidar]

Are there any plans to address the fact that blue magic is so anemic that it now has the same or less base damage than a Dagger while simultaneously not being able to go above 1.0 ratio on most targets?

Not even going to mention magical ones, those are just a joke from the Dev Team I feel.

I've also wanted to ask in addition that for the Dev team regarding if will we be learning any new blue magic spells soon?

[HimuraKenshyn]

Are there any plans to address the fact that blue magic is so anemic that it now has the same or less base damage than a Dagger while simultaneously not being able to go above 1.0 ratio on most targets?

Not even going to mention magical ones, those are just a joke from the Dev Team I feel.

If they keep adding these sick 1 hnd weapons any spell casting is just a huge dps loss at this rate. Welcome to the drks world....

[Trisscar]

If they keep adding these sick 1 hnd weapons any spell casting is just a huge dps loss at this rate. Welcome to the drks world....

There is no comparison between Blue Mage and Dark Knight in my honest opinion. Most of a Dark Knight's DPS is melee and their spells merely expose a temporary weakness. And while a Blue Mage's sword skill is nothing to sneer at, most of their damage are from the spells. Without a significant revamp of Blue Magic (both magical and physical) there is no reason to take a Blue Mage to any event, they would just be taking up space better used by a garden variety DD.

[saevel]

There is no comparison between Blue Mage and Dark Knight in my honest opinion. Most of a Dark Knight's DPS is melee and their spells merely expose a temporary weakness. And while a Blue Mage's sword skill is nothing to sneer at, most of their damage are from the spells. Without a significant revamp of Blue Magic (both magical and physical) there is no reason to take a Blue Mage to any event, they would just be taking up space better used by a garden variety DD.

People saying sh!t like this is why people don't invite BLUs.

[Merton9999]

Geomancer and rune fencer adjustments
Addition of artifact equipment, merit points, and limit break quests.

Excellent, thanks! This is what I hoping for the most.

[Emitremmus]

I think polearms for buffing/enhancing the wyvern is alright, but I have a better suggestion.

Suppose there is a way to create "Collars" for wyverns that can be equipped in the DRG ammo or ranged slots. These collars could have different effects to use on the wyvern, while keeping DRG from having to give up DPS in the weapon slot.

...or depending on difficulty implementing it...how about making the Wyvern function similar to an Automaton so that you can equip items to him much like attachments? Say up to 3-4 "attachments" for the wyvern would grant the boost to wyvern power that DRG has always requested.

I've always felt the lack of interactivity with your wyvern is a drawback. It doesn't have to be gamebreaking stuff to enhance them, but maybe just cure potency + items or items to make Haste Breath? I dunno. Anything other than require polearms.

[Sargent]

Summoner
Addition of grips that have stats to increase the parameters of avatars.

Will it compare to this? If not, go back to the drawing board.

Seriously, Equipment is not the thing holding Summoner back. They are, in a nutshell;

• Global Blood Pact timer that caps at 45 seconds
• Pathetic melee damage, which we can hardly enhance (only though Pet:Haste and Pet:Critical hit gear)

I hardly see the grips they mention having Blood Pact delay that bypasses the cap.

[Absinthe]

I definitely appreciate the attention that PUPs are getting... but I'm curious as to what the devs have planned for animators in general. I don't really want to get the new Alternator if it's just going to become junk within a month ^^;

• Puppetmaster

Addition of animators that have stats to increase the parameters of automatons.

(Also... please improve the User Interface for attachments...)