Let's Talk Benchmark and Skills~

[Airget]

Part of me wonders if Cover is becoming a job skill, actually. It looks like we might be seeing some skill crossover between different jobs (I'm almost positive I saw RDM casting some form of Aero.

It might be a form of cover but not cover directly. Maybe something to the extent of giving a shield to another player which when attacked nulifies damage and gives the hate to the DRK. Since the full animation looked as if the shield broke after 1 strike, so it could be a form of enmity removal from a target that also blocks incoming damage.

Watch the gif again, for a "cover" it doesn't really seem to last long, DRK uses it on target, target is hit and the shield breaks.

[Duelle]

Flavor :3.

This. You can have tanks with equal results while still having:

a) different aesthetics (this includes weapons)
b) different gameplay
c) different forms of utility (within reason)

Given the shitshow we saw at the beginning of the expansion, I'm surprised to see people want performance discrepancies between the tanks instead of, say, try to avoid recreating that same shitshow.

[Remedi]

after rewatching the BLM spells again I too think that is some sort of gravity spell because I saw a gravity like effect underneat the violet spark not to mention that mrhappy vid pointed out an ozma like sphere in the scene afterward so it might indeed be something like that, which begs the question if we are going to pillage weeping city for the new spells

[Silkerin]

you know, the shield that drk gives, might just be something even simpler than what we think, it might or might not shield/cover/whatever the target for a bit, but i think the main use for it will be giving mp back to the drk, something like sheltron, but on other targets.

[AsahinaMyLove]

I reaaaaly hope monk gets an Aura so you can ignore those annoying postional locations on certain atks <,<
I realy dislike that(Not any other game I had in my 25years have this crap), also in PVE - single player you cant even change the postion to deal more damage because enemy als targets you lol

And I hope that Greasing Light(?) effeckt stay way longer than just 12 seconds. Or it should just remove 1 stack of that status instead of everything -> max.3 >_>;

and for skills: I dont hope we got TO many.. I mean I already use (on PS3/4) 2-3 Skill bars on every Magic/Warrior Class! Lol
Some of them(lv52-60 skills).. I tend to not use them because I simply forgot, I didput them in skillbar 3 pool, I barely use. :x

[Crushnight]

I'm wondering for the ast cards could the Lord and the Lady cards change what can be targeted by the cards and you choose which depending on situation. pure speculation based on it looked like used card against the mob.

heres what i think each card could do to an enemy (to party remains same cept spear maybe).

Bole vulnerability up
Balance dmg down
Ewer silence
Spire Pacification
Arrow longer cast times
Spear longer times between skills

This ofc probably WON'T happen due to the versatility that it'll bring but hey ho i always wanted to use cards on enemies that way 'dud' cards could've been a thing XD

[Pireco]

Extremely disapointed with smn, the artifact gear and skill , oc its only the benchmark, but yay ruin iv -.-'
Blm , cool new purple skill / smn , lalafell sized teraflare, i hope theres more when they reveal the new skills.
Btw, i dont know if its related, but the smn used the skill while in dreadwyrm trance.

[ErikMynhier]

Might be just a wild hair idea but I'm hopeful since PLD is likely losing Protect which I enjoy having as not all content is party content, that this skill is a Protect spell that only targets the PLD. In many games in FF its called Wall, Barrier, and such. Bonus points if it gives the Protect buff and the Stoneskin buff too.

[Ragnhar]

I don't really play summoner, is the skill this lala SMN using new?

[MOthe]

I don't really play summoner, is the skill this lala SMN using new?

no, it is bahamut stance.