1.19 - Awesome Changes!

[Bartel]

Yes, some of that stuff is great... but how can you completely neglect to mention the fact that they totally altered the way combat works, and completely nerfed the ability to rank up at low levels? My r8 lancer got 3 shotted by a level 11 marmot... and can't even finish a 1 star r10 leve now because I only have 180 hp. There is something seriously wrong here.

[djjdiss]

Yes, some of that stuff is great... but how can you completely neglect to mention the fact that they totally altered the way combat works, and completely nerfed the ability to rank up at low levels? My r8 lancer got 3 shotted by a level 11 marmot... and can't even finish a 1 star r10 leve now because I only have 180 hp. There is something seriously wrong here.

I want to second this. I love the chocos and the ships and not needing to enter active mode for certain skills now and even some of the new content

BUUUUUUUT

All of that means nothing to me anymore. They screwed combat SO BAD it's not even funny. It feels like a cruel joke to do any kind of grinding at lower levels and you can forget about soloing Behests. How nice of them to lower the timer to 30 mins only to find out you need to actively seek a group to do them...

Don't get me started on mages either

BROKEN!!!! Casting is retarded expensive and our physical attacks do jack SQUAT dmg so were forced to spam nukes and drain mp rapidly.

SE puts in exp chains, yet mobs take so long to kill now theres no way you're go to get them with anything less tan 2 to 3 ppl in a group.

This force to pt with ppl heavily turned me off from playing FFXI and is doing the same to me now with this patch.

SE should learn something from the most successful MMO ever WoW:

KEEP SOLO-ABILITY OR SCREW YOURSELF OVER.


I didn't think it was possible to dig past hitting rock bottom, but SE seems to have found a way to do so.

Just listen to the random outcries in shout and chat all over. If you're eyes aren't over-optimistic you just might see that ppl aren't digging this patch to well. Especially new players.

Talk about a bad start for PS3 players if they launch anytime soon lol.

Hopefully SE will address this seriously unbalanced combat QUICKLY.

[MrLion]

I want to second this. I love the chocos and the ships and not needing to enter active mode for certain skills now and even some of the new content

BUUUUUUUT

All of that means nothing to me anymore. They screwed combat SO BAD it's not even funny. It feels like a cruel joke to do any kind of grinding at lower levels and you can forget about soloing Behests. How nice of them to lower the timer to 30 mins only to find out you need to actively seek a group to do them...

Don't get me started on mages either

BROKEN!!!! Casting is retarded expensive and our physical attacks do jack SQUAT dmg so were forced to spam nukes and drain mp rapidly.

SE puts in exp chains, yet mobs take so long to kill now theres no way you're go to get them with anything less tan 2 to 3 ppl in a group.

This force to pt with ppl heavily turned me off from playing FFXI and is doing the same to me now with this patch.

SE should learn something from the most successful MMO ever WoW:

KEEP SOLO-ABILITY OR SCREW YOURSELF OVER.


I didn't think it was possible to dig past hitting rock bottom, but SE seems to have found a way to do so.

Just listen to the random outcries in shout and chat all over. If you're eyes aren't over-optimistic you just might see that ppl aren't digging this patch to well. Especially new players.

Talk about a bad start for PS3 players if they launch anytime soon lol.

Hopefully SE will address this seriously unbalanced combat QUICKLY.

Yeah...except none of what you mentioned is "broken" as you say it...

[djjdiss]

Yeah...except none of what you mentioned is "broken" as you say it...

Maybe in your eyes buddy, but I actually enjoyed the grind to 20 + pre 1.19.

It feels sluggish and riskier than ever now.

So you're saying that having less mana and a weaker heal for the same MP cost pre 1.19 isn't broken? Pull head out buttercup, clearly you aint seein the sun.

The new gear now has thrown the market for a spin while we wait or crafters to catch up and remake everything. What a joke.

You must be one of these "i love to party with my fifty closest LS buddies so this patch is good for me" kind of people like in grand leviathans rant post.

Solo content doesn't feel right especially for mages. Sacrifice as totally screwed over, now doing next to no real regen and cure is even more overpriced for the benefit it gives.

This game still heavily favors DD classes which is totally BS

And if you don't have a low level mage that you've recently ground with, then you have no room to speak.

I'd love to see someone hit level 20 in one day like you could pre 1.18 if you can then I stand corrected.

If you can't, then i'm right on the money.

[Altera]

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SE should learn something from the most successful MMO ever WoW:

KEEP SOLO-ABILITY OR SCREW YOURSELF OVER.


The game has Solo-ability, you just have to learn now you cant go all gung ho like you did pre patch. Even 3 rank higher mobs then yourself is gonna be hard.

And the thing that killed off WOW for me was how utter easy it had become. I as an Unholy DK could pull 10-20 equal lvl mobs onto me. Diseases up, pestilence diseases to all mobs, Death and Decay, blood boil boil. Empower rune weapon, BB BB BB BB, All mobs dead, I end fight with 80% + health left. That level of solo-ability was absolute rubbish.

I bloody embrace the level of difficulty here. I play Conjurer, and I love it. Sure its a bit different that I no longer can click on the next spell to cast. But that took me 15min to learn to adapt and move on. Ive leveled several other classes to have Mana regen abilities etc.

If WOW is so successful, then by all means, go play it. You can have my old account

Cant wait to see what comes with 1.19a,b and c. Who knows, maybe that will improve gameplay even more. People just gotta have patience.