Ugh...attribute points are coming back....

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Originally Posted by Powercow

One minor thing confusing me is that the Bonus 1 and Bonus 2 thing seem... odd. Like for Pugilists -- with the Blindside buff, it actually seems like Int is more valuable than Strength is, unless Strength double-dips by upping both Attack Power AND the damage from DoW (-archer) Arms.

Oh well, time to punch intelligently next patch!

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Not to forget our fists of fire/earth leech MP, so INT is even more desirable...

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Originally Posted by Powercow

One minor thing confusing me is that the Bonus 1 and Bonus 2 thing seem... odd. Like for Pugilists -- with the Blindside buff, it actually seems like Int is more valuable than Strength is, unless Strength double-dips by upping both Attack Power AND the damage from DoW (-archer) Arms.

Oh well, time to punch intelligently next patch!

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I see what you did there

I know it's better if you can customize your character, but I must admit that at the moment the last thing I want to do is "worry" about them. Oh well, guess I'll have to check out different builds and so on.

Yep, thinking is hard!

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Originally Posted by AdvancedWind

I am very grateful to have the system back in a more balanced form and I cannot understand how anyone could be against this.

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I hear you, the new system looks great:

-Each point raised = 1 attribute point
-Visible (and rigid) bonus attribute cap (in the example the guy has 39 points to spend but max 23 per attribute)
-A clear indication of the effect of each stat, + a wide distribution of the benefits for the different attributes for each class
-All in all a fairly smaller, but significant amount of points to spend

Sounds like great balance to me, looking forward to be able to reallocate them in further patches so I can experiment different settings

you didn't forget the additional elemental damage from stances right ? that work with int too

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Originally Posted by Powercow

One minor thing confusing me is that the Bonus 1 and Bonus 2 thing seem... odd. Like for Pugilists -- with the Blindside buff, it actually seems like Int is more valuable than Strength is, unless Strength double-dips by upping both Attack Power AND the damage from DoW (-archer) Arms.

Oh well, time to punch intelligently next patch!

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Strength

Attack Power
Damage dealt by puglist, gladiator, marauder, and lancer arms

Intelligence

Attack Magic Potency
Damage dealt by puglist

Both are good for pgl it seems

I kinda see it like one free IV materia and a II~III materia. Except I can't unequip it for 1.5 mo for that class.

The real question is... will Strength help my melee attacks as a mage?

*faces against a flaming ogre in Mor Dhana while remaining party gets the tags the last gate *
me "You shall not pass!!!"
party "Fiosha! We didn't even need to aggro him, he..."
ogre "Ogre Smash!"
*ogre crushes Fiosha to death*

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Originally Posted by Fiosha_Maureiba

I kinda see it like one free IV materia and a II~III materia. Except I can't unequip it for 1.5 mo for that class.

The real question is... will Strength help my melee attacks as a mage?

*faces against a flaming ogre in Mor Dhana while remaining party gets the tags the last gate *
me "You shall not pass!!!"
party "Fiosha! We didn't even need to aggro him, he..."
ogre "Ogre Smash!"
*ogre crushes Fiosha to death*

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Amusing that may be, but the tables state that Mind and Piety will increase your autoattack damage for Con and Thaum.

i think you'll be able to save the points for each class so it wont be like before were get get nerfed if you play a different class.

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Originally Posted by Powercow

Amusing that may be, but the tables state that Mind and Piety will increase your autoattack damage for Con and Thaum.

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Drat~ will have to wait til' 1.21 to fix this.

Achievement: Mightiest mage alive :/

I wonder what happened to Spirit and Phantom Dart? Or if those types of actions are still present. We'll see.