3.2 PvP: Feast Game Mode Discussion Thread.

[NorthernLadMSP]

Thank God for the new cast interruption change. It was absolutely, utter ridiculous that every single solitary attack interrupted casters 100% of the time. Yet, melee could just run around like mad (with no reduction to their TP) and make it impossible for a caster/healer to get anything off without Swiftcast.

[Spider-Dan]

One thing that would help healers/casters is if Surecast was consumed at the completion of a cast instead of the start.

That is to say, currently if you use Surecast and you get stunned/silenced during your cast, oh well, better luck in 30seconds. Instead, Surecast should prevent your casts from being interrupted until you complete a successful cast, at which point the Surecast buff is consumed. This is how most single-use buffs in this game already work.

[Kyani]

One thing that would help healers/casters is if Surecast was consumed at the completion of a cast instead of the start. This is how most single-use buffs in this game already work.

It's also how Emergency Tactics works. It's very strange to get an ET + Surecast heal interrupted, but only have one of the buffs removed.

[Mutemutt]

It's also how Emergency Tactics works. It's very strange to get an ET + Surecast heal interrupted, but only have one of the buffs removed.

Well it sorta makes sense to me. Surecast takes effect as soon as the cast starts hence why the buff is consumed then. You don't see emergency tactics really take effect until the actual heal is finished casting.

[Kyani]

Well it sorta makes sense to me. Surecast takes effect as soon as the cast starts hence why the buff is consumed then. You don't see emergency tactics really take effect until the actual heal is finished casting.

That's because Emergency Tactics is a hard worker. Surecast is this guy:

[RiceisNice]

Is this sarcasm?

This is hardy much of a buff for Astrologian. It actually makes scholars much better and White Mages fantastic...

Unless you have a resident Blackmage that can't and shouldn't be left alone to their dark deeds.

[Kyani]

Is this sarcasm?

This is hardy much of a buff for Astrologian. It actually makes scholars much better and White Mages fantastic...

Astrologian is a net beneficiary from these changes - Noct. Benefic making it easy for you to get a Benefic II means that you now have the best of both worlds when it comes to healing.

SCH is (IMO) the smallest beneficiary of the three: these changes will make fights go longer, and Scholar gets pretty drastically worse as fights drag out.

[Renoiria]

As a summoner, I am concerned about the changes you might make to summoners. Burst is pretty much the only killing tool we have, and it's on a 60 second cooldown. As a DPS, we must have something to make kills because that's our job. Nerfing our burst too much will put us in the same position as a bard or ninja.

I think you should reduce residual burst damage and increase cooldown on certain powerful skills. DoTs are only a minor nuisance in PvP as they can be easily removed or healed through.

-Change Deathflare into a single target attack for PvP
-Increase Tridisaster cooldown to 2 min instead of 1 for PvP, encouraging the use of our regular DoT skills.
-Increase the cooldown on Enkindle for PvP.

Summoners have high burst because they can use Enkindle, Fester, and Deathflare all within a second. Total potency is 950 which becomes even higher if the pet is buffed. Make it less easy to use all at once.

[Andriel]

Many players also voiced concerns regarding ranged physical DPS classes, like bard and machinist, which currently suffer damage penalties when attacking opponents at significant range.

So I've got the choice between being useless and dealing shit damage? Either get rid of that crap entirely or give it to all ranged classes.
And that healer buff is only going to result in unkillable astrologians that heal their team so good that those in turn will also be unkillable..

You had me so far that I was going to stay subscribed now and enjoy this (crappy) PvP while it lasts. Guess I'll have to reconsider.

[Tohu]

Unless you have a resident Blackmage that can't and shouldn't be left alone to their dark deeds.

Resident Black Mage?