Thank you, ability/trait/spell reform [1206]

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Originally Posted by Holland

Aye, I wonder how that one will be called!. Hmmm...

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Doomspike II

Finally Pugilist/Monk will pwn! And will be able to kick some NM asses hahaha :p

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Originally Posted by Krausus

i bet I know what this one is XD

DRG Abl. 1
Performs a jumping attack on the target.

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Durr... Leap!

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Originally Posted by Alkoun

Durr... Leap!

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Hahahaha, that would be so much trolling on SE's part.

Exploring and playing with these "new" classes should be a lot of fun and keep us busy for a while.

I was thinking on waiting for 1.21 at least to start paying to play (I would prolly have paid to play now anyway, but still considered), but now I sure won't.

Thank you SE, looking forward to it.



<3 Tachi

Hi tachikoma,

Well said. :) I'm really looking forward to all the changes as well. This sums up my thoughts from the previous (now turned flame thread) on Class Reforms today -

THANK YOU! Yoshida-san and the Final Fantasy XIV Battle Team! :)

Now THIS is what I was hoping we'd see with Class Reforms and the debut of the Job System! (^_^)

All the classes / jobs sound *unique* now, and have interesting characteristics, especially with the Combo Potential of tacking on attack after attack.

Paladin sounds amazing! :) Especially these... Abl. 3 sounds like a mini-version of Invincible (but just vs. Melee).

• PLD Abl. 3 Grants imperviousness to melee attacks. Effect fades upon moving.
• PLD Mag. 1 Restores target's HP. When cast on another player, restores 50% of their HP in addition to a portion of your own.
• GLD WS 8 - Self AoE Increases enmity of all enemies within range. Can only be used immediately after blocking an attack.

Marauder / Warrior sounds like a beast! :) Especially this:

• WAR Abl. 4 Self AoE Increases the maximum HP and attack power of all party members within range, and removes any Sleep effects. Stuns all enemies within range.

Pugilist / Monk sounds like a really fun, directional / positional, combo character. :)

Lancer / Dragoon sounds like Critical Damage Incarnate. :) I really look forward to the insane Critical Damage it can do in those Combo Chains. They sound really impressive and... they can "breathe" Fire potentially. :)

Archer / Bard sounds really cool also. Support Songs from Bard, but also the ability to deal some good Ranged, Spike Damage (offense) via Archer WS. I can definitely see some potential and *teamwork* involved with using different classes, like having these Bard Songs running to help the low Accuracy of Dragoon:

• BRD Mag. 2 Gradually increases the TP of all party members within range.
• BRD Mag. 3 Increases the physical and magic accuracy of all party members within range.

Conjurer / White Mage sounds pretty fun also. This is the one I was most keenly watching. It sounds like we get a Mini-Benediction (2 Hour-like) ability!

• WHM Abl. 2 Instantly restores HP of all party members.

And I really like how they gave White Mage / Conjurer some offensive capabilities. This last Spell sounds *amazing* if done right. :)

• WHM Mag. 3 Consumes all MP to deal damage to all enemies within range. Chance to inflict Bind.

I wonder where Shell is though?

I think the only one I have some issue with is Thaumaturge / Black Mage. There are some redundancies here that I hope are a typo, or will be changed. For example:

• Why does Conjurer *and* Thaumaturge have Sleep Spell? It doesn't make sense, IMO. I guess it's to help solo mages in the field? But I'd like to see Sleep be on Conjurer only (but can be cross-mapped).
• As viion mentioned, it seems BLM is missing Water Element (even though the description says they're the master of all 6 Elements).

This Combo Chain sounds AMAZING though! :)

• THM Mag. 5 Deals fire damage to all enemies within range of the target.
• ∟THM Mag. 6 Deals fire damage to all enemies within range of the target.Combo: THM Magic 5, Bonus: Reduced cast time.
• 　∟THM Mag. 7 Deals fire damage to all enemies within range of the target.Combo: THM Magic 6, Bonus: Reduced cast time.

I can't wait to see what it looks like with Final Visual FX changes! Sounds like a Fire Storm of Destruction! :)

Overall, I haven't been so excited about Final Fantasy XIV since playing Dzemael for the first time (before figuring out the easy strategies).

There's so much potential here, and it sounds like a good foundation for what people will be doing day in and day out (core combat).

Now I hope the new Skillchain / Battle Regimen 2.0 Combo System (for all party members contributing) can tie this all together. :)

(And what's cool is that we don't even have the Traits List yet! So there should be more interesting additions there.)

Keep up the good work Yoshida-san! :)

hey the list is looking pretty good^^, the only thing that threw me off a bit was the spell distribution between the mages, i guess since my cnj is max already i will still be able to use most elements on my thm when i level it further so its ok. and im glad i chose mrd as my physical job, the new abillities sound sweet

CNJ gets Sublimation. I nearly shat my pants with joy. (Don't ask)

Yeah agree with OP, I am in love with the changes! Have so much faith in Yoshi-P team to make this game amazing :D

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Originally Posted by Kiara

Paladin sounds amazing! :) Especially these... Abl. 3 sounds like a mini-version of Invincible (but just vs. Melee).

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FYI, Invincible didn't protect against magical attacks in FF11 either, unless it was something they changed in WotG. (I didn't play it)