DRK is going to be Nerfed in Stormblood

[LeoLupinos]

The nerf is Official now guys (At least from this data mining): https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme...m_mined_notes/
But let's wait for final patch notes, hopefully I'm wrong ...

Basically nothing changes from april nerf build
Souleater now only leeches 10% HP from total damage, what? it was just a typo, feels good.

[Kaedan]

The nerf is Official now guys (At least from this data mining): https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme...m_mined_notes/
But let's wait for final patch notes, hopefully I'm wrong ...

Basically nothing changes from april nerf build
Souleater now only leeches 10% HP from total damage, what?
(Not sure if it was just a typo)

Well, official patch notes say "A portion of" for both Souleater AND Abyssal, meaning the data mined % is likely correct.

So yeah, this wasn't just a little nerf. This was a hardcore stomp you in the ground nerf for DRK.

[Falar]

WOW, the 1 thing would have been ok about being stuck in grit. So much for massive pulls in dungeons.

So, we lost:

Scourge
Reprisal (new shared one sucks)
Low Blow (new shared one sucks)
Dark Dance (new shared one sucks---no DA enhancement)
DP nerfed hard
DA-DD combo for evade
DA-AD combo for sustain in huge pulls
The one piece of ok stustain we had in ST mode---Grit plus souleater

And gained nothing worthwhile ebcause we also took a huge DPS nerf. THis sucks.

[Recruiter]

Tested it on a dummy. So far HP restoration on Souleater and Abyssal Drain is 100% of damage dealt.

[LeoLupinos]

I'm getting 88mp from blood price, it's 5% of the DA mp. Was it that low before? I don't remember.
Blood weapon is giving 353 mp, it's 20% of the DA mp.
Syphom Strike gives 884 mp, it's 50% of DA mp. In grit it gives 1768 mp, it's 100% DA mp.

Now that we can DA SS maybe we can see some combos while in grit:
HS>SS = 200p/GCD = 50% of DA mp/GCD which is 70p = 200p+70p = 270p/GCD
HS>DASS = 270 p/GCD = 50% of DA mp/GCD which is 70p = 270p+70p = 340p/GCD

HS>SS>SE = 226,66p/GCD = 33,33% of DA mp/GCD which is 46,67p =226,66p+46,67p = 273,33p/GCD
HS>DASS>SE or HS>SS>DASE = 273,33 p/GCD = 33,33% of DA mp/GCD which is 46,67p =273,33p+46,67p = 320p/GCD
HS>DASS>DASE = 320 p/GCD = 33,33% of DA mp/GCD which is 46,67p = 320p+46,67p = 366,67p/GCD

So the best GCD combo for specific situations while in grit:
Burst = HS>DASS>DASE = 366,67p/GCD
Normal rotation with 1 DA = HS>DASS = 340p/GCD
Normal rotation without any DA = HS>SS>SE = 273,66/GCD

[Crater]

I'm getting 88mp from blood price, it's 5% of the DA mp. Was it that low before? I don't remember.

No, Blood Price should be restoring 353 MP at level 60.

I hope that one's just a bug. A 75% nerf to Blood Price is completely unwarranted and basically makes it weak enough that you can just take it off your hotbar and not really notice the difference. The patch notes/job guide don't say the MP recovery has been adjusted at all.

[DBelmont]

No, Blood Price should be restoring 353 MP at level 60.

I hope that one's just a bug. A 75% nerf to Blood Price is completely unwarranted and basically makes it weak enough that you can just take it off your hotbar and not really notice the difference. The patch notes/job guide don't say the MP recovery has been adjusted at all.

Hopefully a scaling bug and the 70lvl version feels okay.

[Khalithar]

Can confirm that blood price is only giving back 88mp.

Also, Dark Passenger costs WAY too much for a 100 potency attack, it's cost needs to be reduced considerably.

[Xenosan]

Yeah, from 7 oGCDs to 4, but really 3 - since Dark Passenger should not be used to on single target anymore unless you're at risk of topping off MP - feelsbad. Hate leaving DP sitting. Goes against 2 years of habit.

Even after they fix Blood Price's MP restore, they still should to buff the cooldown in additional ways. The added MP restore of Syphon starts to take away the edge of Bloodspiller. Additional improvements to Tank-stance MP restore needs to come from Price, not the rotation.

Almost 62, want to see how Price builds gauge natively, since it says 1 blood natively and 4 over time.

[Starkbeaumont]

i still don't know if Blood price is intentional atm. mp recovery is so low right now...