3.01 Patch Notes

Not that I had a problem with how Machinist was before this, I am absolutely stoked for the damage increase from GB! Stand strong Machinists! FOREVER!

And no AST buff . Whyyy?? Why???? *crying blood*.

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Originally Posted by Vespar

So does Wanderer's Minuet still make our actions "casted"? It didn't specify in the notes.

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Yes anything else would be a buff over the top, flat perma 30% damage increase should come with a price.

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Originally Posted by Eidolon

This token system looks absolutely disgusting. For those uninformed:

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Will do the following;
-Keep people running it all week long, thus reducing the queue times for those who play late week.
-Guarantees loot over time. May not be every week, but you WILL get gear in time.
-CT style loot lock, meaning you simply run it again if you didn't get your Token. No problem.

If repeated dungeon/raid runs are not your thing .. You may be playing the wrong genre of video game.

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Originally Posted by Atreides

Yes anything else would be a buff over the top, flat perma 30% damage increase should come with a price.

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Interestingly, in removing the cast time for Minuet/Gauss, they left the door open for skilled players to take advantage of both the instants+AA and Cast+30% to really push numbers while also letting those who just turn it on and not turn it off do reasonable damage.

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Originally Posted by Cutie_McSnuggles

So many patches have past and still no option do default to 'commence' when using Duty Finder. Please SE, this needs to be a higher priority.

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I don't even know how that would be a priority. I'm sorry to diminish your opinion, but moving your mouse slightly to the left or pressing the left on the D-pad is hardly an inconvenience.

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Originally Posted by BannedatRegistration

Dark Knight: So no fixes for Darkside aura bug and MP ticking bug? Not even some "pity" adjustments sprinkled in? wow...uh ok, apparently the Job is working 100% as intended as MT and OT!

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I believe the intended adjustment involves switching back to WAR.

We'll see how this works out for the Bards and Machinists, at the very least it looks a bit more in line with what people were expecting.

As for Dark Knights: They pretty much are working fine as it is now, they can MT and OT well enough. They fixed the biggest bug it currently had, there have been varying different reports on the whole Darkside MP one so it probably requires more testing, and pretty sure the Darkside aura isn't a bug even if they do eventually change it. Plus more changes come as the game goes along anyways, can't expect everything in one patch.

Also for the token part: It actually works out very well since it'll keep people running em still, but with a good chance of being able to get all their gear anyways. Expect people to have full Alex gear before the week is up actually.

Also as far as Alex weapons: THat might be Savage version only, doubt they will have only Ravana weapons be the best you can get till 3.1

the only part that bother me is:

4 token for the body armor and leg armor, while you can only get 1 item per floor and alexander have only 3 floor.

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Originally Posted by Alexia89

Why the heck would they add that option? So more people can AFK queue? No thanks.

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I think you're confused about what I'm asking for. I'm asking to have the option to not have the cursor default to "wait" wen the duty pops so I have to press left and then X to enter instead of just pressing X like I used to be able to. It won't automatically take you into the duty when it pops.

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Originally Posted by zcrash970

I don't even know how that would be a priority. I'm sorry to diminish your opinion, but moving your mouse slightly to the left or pressing the left on the D-pad is hardly an inconvenience.

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I play with controller. And the difference between pressing 2 buttons instead of 1 is exactly the difference between a good UI and a bad one.

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Originally Posted by Rajeme

And no AST buff . Whyyy?? Why???? *crying blood*.

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Perhaps it's just me but sure it has lower potency heals and that's the trade off for you being able to buff your party members, so I don't really see the need for it to get buffs. Sure the card system is infuriating at times but it would be op if you could just outright pick your cards because then everyone would be picking balance over and over again.

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Originally Posted by Sylve

Interestingly, in removing the cast time for Minuet/Gauss, they left the door open for skilled players to take advantage of both the instants+AA and Cast+30% to really push numbers while also letting those who just turn it on and not turn it off do reasonable damage.

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Thats exactly why they increased the recast cooldowns for Minuet/Gauss, so you can't just stance dance.

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Originally Posted by Dualblade

We'll see how this works out for the Bards and Machinists, at the very least it looks a bit more in line with what people were expecting.

As for Dark Knights: They pretty much are working fine as it is now, they can MT and OT well enough. They fixed the biggest bug it currently had, there have been varying different reports on the whole Darkside MP one so it probably requires more testing, and pretty sure the Darkside aura isn't a bug even if they do eventually change it. Plus more changes come as the game goes along anyways, can't expect everything in one patch.

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Meet a group with 2 WHM that puts both regen and medica II on you, see your mp gone in mere seconds. MP is both mitigation and dps for a DRK. My siphon strike can hardly keep up with the mp drain, and the uptime for blood price is not enough for 4 regen buffs on me.

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Originally Posted by Sylve

Interestingly, in removing the cast time for Minuet/Gauss, they left the door open for skilled players to take advantage of both the instants+AA and Cast+30% to really push numbers while also letting those who just turn it on and not turn it off do reasonable damage.

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Not really gonna make a huge impact seeing as it has a 15s recast timer.

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Originally Posted by Eidolon

This token system looks absolutely disgusting. For those uninformed:



There are 4 turns, and each one you can obtain a token from weekly. So not only do you fight the RNG of getting the token you want to drop, but then you have to win the RNG-lottery four times a week.

Why SE? Why couldnt' we just get a token from each turn for a turn-in? Why did you make it so we have to spam the dungouns in the hopes of getting the drop, then in the hopes of winning the lot, and in the case of major pieces, having to do it four times?

I'm glad I'll have a static. But holy **** this is A Grind Reborn.

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Because 8 People getting Tokens out of every first kill per week is way too rewarding

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Originally Posted by zcrash970

I don't even know how that would be a priority. I'm sorry to diminish your opinion, but moving your mouse slightly to the left or pressing the left on the D-pad is hardly an inconvenience.

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Numpad 0, numpad 4, numpad 0.

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Originally Posted by Cutie_McSnuggles

I think you're confused about what I'm asking for. I'm asking to have the option to not have the cursor default to "wait" wen the duty pops so I have to press left and then X to enter instead of just pressing X like I used to be able to. It won't automatically take you into the duty when it pops.



I play with controller. And the difference between pressing 2 buttons instead of 1 is exactly the difference between a good UI and a bad one.

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No I know exactly what you meant, and my original statement stands.
You know why it doesn't default to that? It's friggen astonishingly easy to rig the X button on your control to repeatedly fire- same with the 0 button on numpad.
With the kind of system you want, people could queue and go afk without worry of copping a lockout. Yeah, they may get kicked from a dungeon once people realise they're afk- but up until that point they'll still get exp for monsters killed.

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Originally Posted by Eidolon

There are 4 turns, and each one you can obtain a token from weekly. So not only do you fight the RNG of getting the token you want to drop, but then you have to win the RNG-lottery four times a week.

Why SE? Why couldnt' we just get a token from each turn for a turn-in? Why did you make it so we have to spam the dungouns in the hopes of getting the drop, then in the hopes of winning the lot, and in the case of major pieces, having to do it four times?

I'm glad I'll have a static. But holy **** this is A Grind Reborn.

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we also don't know the stats for the said gear. For some classes getting 4 accessories first might be the way too go instead of getting the body or pants. That being said, the fact that you have to spam this dungeon might attribute to how difficult content actually is. Im just hoping it drops 2 (or more?) per chest similar to some of the coil turns where you got 2 iarmors/accessiores and 2 upgradable materials but I highly doubt that

I don't like the idea of instant cast guass/wanderer's. They should be separate playstyles rather than something you micromanage toggling on and off. And in the case of mch, they've already got their share of micromanaging to do.

so it says that you can only get one loot each week, does that mean that you can only get one token each week from each floor? so it is expected you play 8 times for each turn?

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Originally Posted by Ampheni

Meet a group with 2 WHM that puts both regen and medica II on you, see your mp gone in mere seconds. MP is both mitigation and dps for a DRK. My siphon strike can hardly keep up with the mp drain, and the uptime for blood price is not enough for 4 regen buffs on me.

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Like I said, there seem to been have varying reports on the issue as I have seen people have claimed that they have had no problems with it despite things like that. Could be they didn't try it with two WHMs doing that, I know I haven't yet and so far my DRK has been doing well when it comes to MP. Either way it may also be something more complicated then the bug with DA affecting multiple targets (it certainly sounds as such to me), which means it could take longer to fix it.

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Originally Posted by Alexia89

No I know exactly what you meant, and my original statement stands.
You know why it doesn't default to that? It's friggen astonishingly easy to rig the X button on your control to repeatedly fire- same with the 0 button on numpad.
With the kind of system you want, people could queue and go afk without worry of copping a lockout. Yeah, they may get kicked from a dungeon once people realise they're afk- but up until that point they'll still get exp for monsters killed.

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Because this was such a huge issue pre 2.5... right?

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Originally Posted by KefL0

so it says that you can only get one loot each week, does that mean that you can only get one token each week from each floor?

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Correct.

One per floor per week.

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Originally Posted by KefL0

so it says that you can only get one loot each week, does that mean that you can only get one token each week from each floor?

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1 from each floor each week, yes.

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Originally Posted by KefL0

so it says that you can only get one loot each week, does that mean that you can only get one token each week from each floor?

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Yes tokens only drop no gear.

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Originally Posted by KefL0

so it says that you can only get one loot each week, does that mean that you can only get one token each week from each floor?

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Probably is the same loot rules as when WOD and turn three was added.

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Originally Posted by Marxam

so no weapons in alexander normal? man, and they showed them off in the alexander trailer.

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I really hope this doesn't become a trend :T. AF 2 Cough..cough

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Originally Posted by RazeLandale

I don't like the idea of instant cast guass/wanderer's. They should be separate playstyles rather than something you micromanage toggling on and off. And in the case of mch, they've already got their share of micromanaging to do.

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15 sec recast timer. 15 sec is no micromanaging

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Originally Posted by SpookyGhost

Thinking on it, it could be that they drop from the last boss and they don't want to spoil something about it (the ilvl, the boss's name maybe being in the weapon name, etc.). Guess we'll just have to wait and see.

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Nah they would of at least posted the "weapons" on the item list. Since they took the time to show other things like materials to make new items that I would assume drop in Alexander. It would appear that they plan to have Alexander weapons be a sort of "trophy" for those who can complete the harder version.

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Originally Posted by Ampheni

Meet a group with 2 WHM that puts both regen and medica II on you, see your mp gone in mere seconds. MP is both mitigation and dps for a DRK. My siphon strike can hardly keep up with the mp drain, and the uptime for blood price is not enough for 4 regen buffs on me.

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Idunno, but personally I've only ran out of MP as a DRK when I actually use MP heavy skills over and over.

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Originally Posted by silentwindfr

the only part that bother me is:

4 token for the body armor and leg armor, while you can only get 1 item per floor and alexander have only 3 floor.

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It only has 3 map achievements.
T4 in BCoB didn't have a map achievement... Does that mean T4 didn't exist?

Alexander – The Fist of the Father
Alexander – The Cuff of the Father
Alexander – The Arm of the Father
Alexander – The Burden of the Father

Adds up to 4 floors...

...Crap. There's an i170 entry requirement for Alexander. Wonder how many players are going to get that rude awakening?

(spoiler: I'm one of them, because I've been trying to raise two classes to raid-ready level... and so neither of them are geared enough apparently)

Anyone going to buy Tataru or Alsaie on mog station?

i would rather have the old rule to get 1 item, instead of getting 1/2 or even 1/4 item each week per turn

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Originally Posted by silentwindfr

the only part that bother me is:

4 token for the body armor and leg armor, while you can only get 1 item per floor and alexander have only 3 floor.

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it has 4 i think.

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Originally Posted by Dualblade

As for Dark Knights: They pretty much are working fine as it is now, they can MT and OT well enough. They fixed the biggest bug it currently had, there have been varying different reports on the whole Darkside MP one so it probably requires more testing, and pretty sure the Darkside aura isn't a bug even if they do eventually change it. Plus more changes come as the game goes along anyways, can't expect everything in one patch.

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Well, there is a bug related to the aura. It's in the accepted bug forums for a reason.
Though that's probably has more to do with the black flames missing than that size of the aura (which will probably be adjusted as well).

Darkside MP bug is potentially worse than the one they fixed, but it might indeed need more testing. I don't think it always happens.

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Originally Posted by Ehr

Perhaps it's just me but sure it has lower potency heals and that's the trade off for you being able to buff your party members, so I don't really see the need for it to get buffs. Sure the card system is infuriating at times but it would be op if you could just outright pick your cards because then everyone would be picking balance over and over again.

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Of course I didn't mean making cards any less rng as I'm fine with them right now. But i do think the cards need a slight buff to make them more powerful to offset the rng factor. Also, I think we need another emergency cooldown in case things go wrong instead of having only essential dignity. Just those things and I would be happy panda.

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Originally Posted by Garlyle

...Crap. There's an i170 entry requirement for Alexander. Wonder how many players are going to get that rude awakening?

(spoiler: I'm one of them, because I've been trying to raise two classes to raid-ready level... and so neither of them are geared enough apparently)

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Seems like somebody didn't get their priorities straight XD

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Originally Posted by Cutie_McSnuggles

Because this was such a huge issue pre 2.5... right?

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Not a huge issue, but it happens.
Is you having to push 2 buttons instead of one such a huge issue? It's certainly less of a hassle than having to put up with AFK idiots.
I'm sure your thumb will survive the extra button presses, man.

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Originally Posted by Onikimaru

Seems like somebody didn't get their priorities straight XD

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Nah. I knew exactly where my priorities were. Monk's forever my main, but our raiding composition is fairly fluid and most of the time I need to play White Mage instead. The ending priority was that, functionally, I should do my best to have both of them ready because depending on who in the FC was around and interested at any given time I could be playing either.

So much for that.

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Originally Posted by Magnesium02

More Cash Shop Minions -_________________-

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far better than attaching them to Merch. Can't get any Merch in Aust ... I was gonna make a "think of the most bitter thing ever", but I'm the most bitter thing ever over this.

I hope SE drowns in my salt.