FFXIV Sneak peek inside Job Weapon skills

I see alot of oppertunity for more animation lock in what I see. Don't get me wrong, they look cool, but the animation lock I get now is plenty. My main reason my personal stance of a dislike of flashy moves is the lag issues from it.

I hope I am wrong, but I forsee a strong posibility for more WS lag issues and animation locks.

Again, I hope I am wrong.

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Originally Posted by Camate

Howdy!

Before I leave the office for the day, figured I would give you all something to oogle and drool over for the night :)

This is a new sneak peak video of the weapon skills for the jobs coming in patch 1.21!

The weapon skills we showed off prior for some jobs have been tweaked a bit as well.
Hope you enjoy!

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that is sexy!

WHM looks awesome :)

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Originally Posted by Firon

Can you target ifrit when he readies hellfire? Jump would be nice for that, I beat him so many times i can't remember <.<

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No, you lose target when he jumps to the center and you can't target him again until after Hellfire goes off. :/

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Originally Posted by miyakai

No, you lose target when he jumps to the center and you can't target him again until after Hellfire goes off. :/

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You can use attacks on him while he is in the air. You can't attack him while he is doing jump/dash, but you can during hellfire.

Looks awesome!

It's just a little anticlimactic that none of the creatures die after these abilities...would have given the video much more impact :/

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Originally Posted by Coglin

I see alot of oppertunity for more animation lock in what I see. Don't get me wrong, they look cool, but the animation lock I get now is plenty. My main reason my personal stance of a dislike of flashy moves is the lag issues from it.

I hope I am wrong, but I forsee a strong posibility for more WS lag issues and animation locks.

Again, I hope I am wrong.

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Lets just make an easy button for everyone. God dang, people really don't want any form of challange. If you were doing those in real life you wouldn't be able to do it and move! It's part of the game deal with it

I knew those animations would look better with the effects.
Really fantastic work from the team, 素晴らしい仕事!

Hope I did that right...

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Originally Posted by Murugan

You can use attacks on him while he is in the air. You can't attack him while he is doing jump/dash, but you can during hellfire.

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You actually can attack him while he's in the middle of doing jumps/dashes, but only with AoE attacks that don't require a target (Blizzara/Aura Pulse/Leg Sweep/etc.). Just get close enough to the center and you'll hit him since his hitbox defaults in the center during the times in which he is un-targetable.

I do it all the time to get a free combo during dashes: Hit True Strike right when he jumps as you run to safety. His hitbox will default in center facing towards whoever has hate, thus he will be behind you, lined up for a frontal hit. Right as he makes his 2nd dash, run out to the center, hit Leg Sweep to hit him again and run back to safety. Use a few buffs and get set up behind him for when he lands and use Doom Spike. Fun.

Still, you cannot target him when he jumps to center until after the server has registered Hellfire. You lose target when he does so, just like any other time he jumps. Thus, you can't hit him with any target-required ability/attack after he jumps unless you did right when he jumped and you're simply riding the server lag.

On topic, none of the current skill descriptions say the player is immune to anything while in mid-air. Elusive Jump implies it, kinda', but we don't know which this is. Doesn't necessarily look like it was triggered by an attack here.

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Originally Posted by Coglin

I see alot of oppertunity for more animation lock in what I see. Don't get me wrong, they look cool, but the animation lock I get now is plenty. My main reason my personal stance of a dislike of flashy moves is the lag issues from it.

I hope I am wrong, but I forsee a strong posibility for more WS lag issues and animation locks.

Again, I hope I am wrong.

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You're one of those people who takes more than 1000 dmg as THM in an Ifrit fight huh... /comfort. Keep practicing, one day you'll learn how to deal with animation lock and avoid every single ability every single fight like me. ^_^

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Originally Posted by EdenT

Looks awesome!

It's just a little anticlimactic that none of the creatures die after these abilities...would have given the video much more impact :/

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I found it more anticlimactic that it was the same old same old mobs :/

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Originally Posted by miyakai

You actually can attack him while he's in the middle of doing jumps/dashes, but only with AoE attacks that don't require a target (Blizzara/Aura Pulse/Leg Sweep/etc.). Just get close enough to the center and you'll hit him since his hitbox defaults in the center during the times in which he is un-targetable.

I do it all the time to get a free combo during dashes: Hit True Strike right when he jumps as you run to safety. His hitbox will default in center facing towards whoever has hate, thus he will be behind you, lined up for a frontal hit. Right as he makes his 2nd dash, run out to the center, hit Leg Sweep to hit him again and run back to safety. Use a few buffs and get set up behind him for when he lands and use Doom Spike. Fun.

Still, you cannot target him when he jumps to center until after the server has registered Hellfire. You lose target when he does so, just like any other time he jumps. Thus, you can't hit him with any target-required ability/attack after he jumps unless you did right when he jumped and you're simply riding the server lag.

On topic, none of the current skill descriptions say the player is immune to anything while in mid-air. Elusive Jump implies it, kinda', but we don't know which this is. Doesn't necessarily look like it was triggered by an attack here.

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Yes you can, I did it tonight so I don't know what you mean. I usually debuff him with riot blade when he first lands in the middle, and then run up and pull off the combo while he is in the air.

Not going to continue the debate any longer in an inappropriate thread, but I am always standing right next to him when he's in the center, charging Hellfire. I mash F8 (target nearest NPC) and it never successfully targets actually him until as soon as Hellfire damage registers.

It sounds like you're simply using the lag to your advantage and hitting Riot Blade right after he jumps while your client still thinks he's right in front of you... like I mentioned. Your target on Ifrit is lost when he jumps to center. So, you either use lag to get a hit in right when he jumps, or you wait until after Hellfire goes off. That is all.

Keeping the same casting animations for Black Mage seems lame here, where you have this reddish glow for awhile feeding into a spectacular Freeze spell. That doesn't make sense to me. If you're too lazy to change the animation, at least change the color? Either to suit the spell, or.. If you want something uniform, how about darker, more ambiguous colors?

I really liked the animation itself, along with WHM's, but unfortunately this sticks out like a sore thumb.

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Originally Posted by Coyohma

Keeping the same casting animations for Black Mage seems lame here, where you have this reddish glow for awhile feeding into a spectacular Freeze spell. That doesn't make sense to me. If you're too lazy to change the animation, at least change the color? Either to suit the spell, or.. If you want something uniform, how about darker, more ambiguous colors?

I really liked the animation itself, along with WHM's, but unfortunately this sticks out like a sore thumb.

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Wrong place for this, but I'd kind of hoped BLM casting animation would look more darkness-based, and WHM casting would be holy-looking... I guess it'll just be like XI, with two categories. I can live with that, guess. ^^;

Dont like DRG because, well its just jump, so the whole animation is you not seeing your char for a few sections then a small little flashy when he lands. But I can deal with that.

Love BLM/WHM

My fave is Bard, and Pug i think looks silly.

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Originally Posted by viion

Dont like DRG because, well its just jump, so the whole animation is you not seeing your char for a few sections then a small little flashy when he lands. But I can deal with that.

Love BLM/WHM

My fave is Bard, and Pug i think looks silly.

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well, thats the beauty of Jump!!

but i hope little more explosion when he lands :p

It's only Jump, not a weapon skill...

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Originally Posted by Aion

well, thats the beauty of Jump!!

but i hope little more explosion when he lands :p

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you mean like this?
How high can you jump, Kain?

It would be cool if you could see the DRG all the way up in his "Jump" if you were watching from a distance!

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Originally Posted by Buddhsie

It's only Jump, not a weapon skill...

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Video title FINAL FANTASY XIV Job Weaponskills, says it video as a intro piccie too XD so what is it? :P

Jump is not a weaponskill, just an ability/action. Holy is not a weaponskill either. Nor is Freeze.

Spirits Within, Steel Cyclone, Dragon Kick, and Blunt Shot are the only "weaponskills" in that video.

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Originally Posted by miyakai

Jump is not a weaponskill, just an ability/action. Holy is not a weaponskill either. Nor is Freeze.

Spirits Within, Steel Cyclone, Dragon Kick, and Blunt Shot are the only "weaponskills" in that video.

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The reason you can't see your character all the way through Jump is there's no real way to make the camera follow a character that high into the air or zoom out without being annoying/looking silly. Think about it.

probably they think a dragoon is more prone to see it's iconic move instead a weapon skill. Well, ring of thorns will be a surprise :P

That, another weapon skill, the other Jump and the Fire Breath attack will all be nice to look forward to! :D

Galka MRDs look beastly. I like all the animations, I was most pleased with BLM's spell animation.

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Originally Posted by Antanias

What is with the antannae growing out of the mnk's head? Talk about buggin' out >_>

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I don't like it much either but I like the rest of the AF. I guess this is what /display head off is for.. SE isn't going back on it now.. it's a shame..

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Originally Posted by Buddhsie

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The reason you can't see your character all the way through Jump is there's no real way to make the camera follow a character that high into the air or zoom out without being annoying/looking silly. Think about it.

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They can with the 2.0 engine if it is what everyone thinks it is UT3.. They can also give us archer kill-shot cams. lol

Also.. Diggin the final product for the WHM AF.. but is Holy actually a spell? Where is the first part of the cast animation? Not sure how I feel about it if it's not a real spell...

All i get is 'Active Content Removed' anyone got a link?



Edit: Nvm i found it ^^

Maybe they had used Chainspell beforehand, that's also a WHM ability :p

Edit: Also Holy appears to be an "oh shit" kind of ability.. Who says it's not instant like Blizzara?

They said Holy will be instant cast with added effect Bind. Uses all MP.

Seem Dragoons are keeping the low-accuracy rate of the Lancer's doings. He missed the WS and the normal attack afterwards. D:

But <3ing the animations. Dragoon, White Mage, Black Mage, Archer....

http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly...0lmro1_500.png

The Mnks headpiece really bothers me. I feel like its angler fish...

I actually really like the headpiece, quite a nostalgic piece.

http://i380.photobucket.com/albums/o...WukongGoku.jpg

:D seeing the white mage hood down gave me a happy.

*happy sigh* Can't wait to be a White Mage again. <3

Yayz @ Freeze II! ^^
Archer skill looks cool too :)

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Originally Posted by Rowyne

*happy sigh* Can't wait to be a White Mage again. <3

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/poke me thinks you need to go level it

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Originally Posted by ckb

Almost all recycled from from FFXI with flashier effects.

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As for playing XI for 7 years never seen any of those ws <.<.

I don't like the weaponskills or Freeze (If that's what that supposed to be).

Only thing that stood out to me was Holy, and the monk weaponskill.

Everything else is extremely bland looking.

To be honest...

I don't really care. Having jobs just means I'm going to have to relearn how to play the game for like the 5th time. I'm not very interest on battle animation awesomeness. I just want a patch so I can start playing again without losing my sanity out of boredom.