Benchmark will go Live Monday in Japan.

[Vespar]

Thanks for your riveting and informative post.

As I stated, the OP states it is available in Japan on Monday, what about the rest of the world? Does it being available in Japan automatically equate to it being available in the US?

Edited my op for ease of understanding. The benchmark website will open at 4PM JST. Generally in the past the benchmark has contained all supported languages so it shouldn't matter where you get it from.

[Reokudo]

Thanks for your riveting and informative post.

As I stated, the OP states it is available in Japan on Monday, what about the rest of the world? Does it being available in Japan automatically equate to it being available in the US?

Which means Sunday for us in the US at late night.

[Kyomagi]

OP makes it seem like we will have it sunday morning. But it is actually early monday morning. Japan is 13h ahead of EST

[NorthernLadMSP]

Edited my op for ease of understanding. The benchmark website will open at 4PM JST. Generally in the past the benchmark has contained all supported languages so it shouldn't matter where you get it from.

Awesome, thank you! I wasn't around for the ARR benchmark, so I'm not really sure how it works. Will it be something we download from the Lodestone?

[Keydah]

OP makes it seem like we will have it sunday morning. But it is actually early monday morning. Japan is 13h ahead of EST

Yeah, true. It releases Monday at 12am/3am, not Sunday. It's Sunday night, but time-wise it's Monday.

Awesome, thank you! I wasn't around for the ARR benchmark, so I'm not really sure how it works. Will it be something we download from the Lodestone?

I assume it'll be here. They're releasing a DX9 and a DX11 one, so it's probably (definitely?) replacing the old one.

[AdamuKun322]

Here's the link the SE's official release of the Benchmark video. If it's a black screen and you see nothing, but here the BGM, just restart your computer or whatever you're watching it on.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGOIF_7vuLw

[Ethos]

At the end of the benchmark they show off a few new skills/lbs.

In order shown:

PLD- New ability combo after Riot Blade?
WAR- New wrath/combo attack?
DRG- New attack/combo attack?
SCH- New (AoE?) heal
BRD- New bow attack?
MNK- Chi blast looking attack/combo?
WHM- Stone 3
BLM- New buff, maybe Elemental Seal, followed by an enhanced flare cast?
SMN- New AoE attack?
PLD- LB?
DRG- New DRG LB3

[Vespar]

Here's the link the SE's official release of the Benchmark video. If it's a black screen and you see nothing, but here the BGM, just restart your computer or whatever you're watching it on.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGOIF_7vuLw

Thanks! Replaced old video w/ official one.

[LydallMomoda]

will the benchmark available for mac users?

[Selli]

PLD- New ability combo after Riot Blade?

Firstly, LOL at the brave soul who opens with Riot Blade. Secondly, this has been speculated for a while so I'm not surprised to see it.

SCH- New (AoE?) heal

I'm assuming SMN/SCH will be getting another Atherflow stack at level 60. So this may be an Atherflow skill, though I personally hope it's an actual AoE heal (with a potency better than Succor but less than a WHM's Medica).

BRD- New bow attack?

Judging by the animation and how similar it looks to Wind/Venomous Bites I assume it's another DoT.

WHM- Stone 3

I kind of hope not, as 2 Stone skills is enough. I was hoping for another water skill or even a fire skill.

BLM- New buff, maybe Elemental Seal, followed by an enhanced flare cast?

I think it might be a skill that prevents the caster from losing MP. Giving the ability for BLMs to quad-flare.

SMN- New AoE attack?

Tri-Disaster 2.0, LOL. I pointed it out to my static SMN and they nearly cried.

PLD- LB?

I do believe that's a new buff (like Sentinel).


I don't play the other classes well/enough to have knowledge of their existing skills to formulate what the new ones might be.

Just my 2 cents. I was gonna make my own post about the skills, but then I saw your post so I figured I'd build off what was already here.