Any things you don't like in the 3.0 patch notes?

[Talia_Hailwind]

Have to agree with the guy above me, I went full PIE/SS on my WHM partly cause they were gonna buff it. Regens are gonna be interesting to watch next week.

[Niqote]

Have to agree with the guy above me, I went full PIE/SS on my WHM partly cause they were gonna buff it. Regens are gonna be interesting to watch next week.

What can I say, I am a SMN and a WHM and the amount of changes make me... skeptical.
My faith has been shaken on too many issues in FFXIV over the years, but like I said - I am reserving true judgement until I get in there and get real perspective ^_^

What exactly are you unhappy about with regards to this? It makes little to no difference to most jobs, and only makes life easier for SMN, SCH & WHM. Yoshi has already gone into depth explaining what the actual changes are on that one.

I would be most grateful if you could link the info for me, I've been too busy lately and fell out of the loop.

My concerns primarily stem from all the healers being mainstreamed (losing their identity and personal strengths) and the re balance of the stats (det, ss etc) makes me wonder if picking ans choosing your gear will become less important (only ONE set of gear will be unquestionably BIS regardless of your personal preferences)

But again, need to actually get my paws on it to know for real ^^

[Alberel]

What can I say, I am a SMN and a WHM and the amount of changes make me... skeptical.
My faith has been shaken on too many issues in FFXIV over the years, but like I said - I am reserving true judgement until I get in there and get real perspective ^_^


I would be most grateful if you could link the info for me, I've been too busy lately and fell out of the loop.

My concerns primarily stem from all the healers being mainstreamed (losing their identity and personal strengths) and the re balance of the stats (det, ss etc) makes me wonder if picking ans choosing your gear will become less important (only ONE set of gear will be unquestionably BIS regardless of your personal preferences)

But again, need to actually get my paws on it to know for real ^^

I can't find the exact quote from Yoshi as I don't have the time to dig around for it at the moment but I can summarise the changes:

Skillspeed and Spellspeed will not actually increase the tick speed of DoT or HoT effects but rather it will increase the potency of each tick. The result will be that the speed stats act as a second DET boost to DoTs and HoTs in addition to their previous effects in reducing cast times and GCDs. In addition to that they will also be increasing the DET of pets now, so Spellspeed on a SMN or SCH will translate to an additional DET boost for their pets. I presume Skillspeed will have the same effect on MCH pets too.

It's a rather unintuitive fix due to the ticks being based on the server clock which is why they can't speed them up. Nevertheless I actually think it's a really nice fix. The value of it will, of course, depend on the numbers but that's a simple thing to adjust if it's either too weak or too strong. At the end of the day though it is nothing but a net gain for everyone. The only potential point of contention will be if it's enough to bring SMNs up to par with BLMs.