Lord of the Whorl - Primal Battle Preview (02/28/2014)

[Burkewitz]

It is WHM, you can tell by the stance, but if you think you can tank with a buckler, it gives me the idea you have no idea how shields work. Which if you're trying to tank with a WHM in the first place...

Well based on his signature and this little gem I think it's fair to say that tanking with a whm is his sole identifying characteristic.

[Felis]

Echo buff will probably be a thing. If not, Titan EX isn't much harder than Titan HM (if not easier at parts) - just get some friends together and bang your head against it til you crash through to Ifrit EX.

I doubt that they put the echo buff also to the old ex fights. But with higher ilevel gear Titan ex should be a little easier.

Leviathan should drop the new top level weapons, this game doesn't need another King Moogle.

The new top level weapons would be already the new Coil weapons. ilevel 90 for Leviathan and ilevel 95 for Ramuh (if he come with 2.3) is possible.

Just needs to be large gap again like with il50 il70->il95 where devs can add hardest content and keep it worth while until next 2 patches

i fixed it a bit. If you have the money you can start with ilevel 70 gear the moment your first character reach level 50.



Yoshida, can we have a Leviathan trailer, like we got a trailer to every primal fights during 1.0? ^^
Example Garuda trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KC7qcJcmzfQ

And also a trailer for the weapons ^^
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAH5cXS-vcE

[Nekodar]

I don't want this to be a Primal in Demon Wall form (can't hit from behind) so hopefully they give me a reason to use my Monk for this fight at the next Live Letter.

Already confirmed that we will be able to hit from behind.

[Nekodar]

That's what Leviathan normal mode is for.

Leviathan EX will most likely requires you to beat the first 3 EX just like to attempt Titan, you had to beat Garuda, etc.

The nomenclature is such that we get Hard and Extreme only.
Hard for normal story, and Extreme for the people that wants a challenge.
Just like Thornmarch...

[whoopeeragon]

They show scepter AND shield, so they drop in pair or so ?

It's WAND and shield. Pose is that of the Conjurer discipline, which leads to my pet peeve....

Omg no! Shield and scepter ? I HATE shield and scepter, the pose is so retarded ! Even if it'll be BiS I will not equip it, no wait I will not even loot that stuff ! As a WHM I absolutely can not stand to walk around without a staff!

Sorry to be so buggy, but you have the weapon types entirely wrong.

Conjurers use WANDS (one handed) and CANES, RADICALS & CROOKS (two handed).

Thaumaturges use SCEPTERS, BRANDS & CUDGELS (one handed) and STAFFS (two handed).

You can say they're close enough, but they're not. It's just a pet peeve of mine when people don't get it right. Especially since the whole armoury system is based off these differing weapon types.

Now excuse my rant while I go sulk in my corner.

[Nero]

Here is the Shield btw..



I guess i also saw the Book somewhere...

[Radxen]

Not sure if this has already been addressed but am I to understand that there will be no normal mode for story expansion purposes (like Good King Mogglemog XII?)

[Nekodar]

Not sure if this has already been addressed but am I to understand that there will be no normal mode for story expansion purposes (like Good King Mogglemog XII?)

Leviathan Hard IS the story mode version...
Thornmarch was referred to as Hard before it was released too...

[madolyn]

No they were not.

Relics weapons were meant to complete your AF set and be the primary weap for Coil.

Post the dev statement saying relics will get more upgrades. Until then I'm going with relics aren't getting upgrades.

here you go. he also said something about being able to upgrade them multiple times when the quest was introduced in 1.0.

http://ffxiv.jeuxonline.info/article...the-japan-expo


JOL : About the relic weapons, we didn't hear about them for a while. Let's say, one day, you raise the level cap, and then weapons will become useless. Will they be upgradable?

Yoshida : [himself, in English] Yes. *laughs*

Especially because we ask players to go through such a huge challenge to get the weapons, so we don't want to introduce something new and make your efforts go away. We will definitely have an update, it really is a special item.

[Tupsi]

I doubt that they put the echo buff also to the old ex fights. But with higher ilevel gear Titan ex should be a little easier.

They said they're putting it on older content, but they won't put it on new content off the bat. Recent interview.