4.5 Patch notes are live

[Zarkovitch]

LOOK THOSE MNK BUFF OH YEAH META BOYS

[SamsaraLotusx]

and this is the problem some fan boys don't want to see. why will most people WANT to join you for a 2.0 dungeon? out side the nice people that want to help, thing is far from all got this. and i fell bad if i need to drag FC / LS members / friends in to it.
people start say "it a mini game" . ok it nice and all but what you get from it? NOTHING AT ALL. some where in 5.x when it get more lvls they may be add some rewards to it.

[SamsaraLotusx]

that is what we all can hope. thing is we don't know it at all.
i be happy to get it 100% wrong but it was SE that did say they will never do 3/4 jobs is a row. they did say it after they did nin then the 3 jobs for 3.x
but now they will give 3 new jobs?
some may think blue is not a job/ a mini game /a whatever. SE call it LIMITED JOB. so SE do see it as a job, just a limited one.
this is not something we as players need to support at all. so for now it blue so some people that never was go to main it / play it say it ok. now think that the next LJ be dancer, how much people be happy then? after all it even more clear to be a LJ as it need to dance not kill monsters.

[ChaoticCrimson]

Things I like about this update:
- Looks like some nice new furnishings and housing tweaks are on the way. (Was that an actual loft item I saw??)
- FINALLY our horses can fly!
- Looks like a lot of Mog Shop mounts are changing their music themes, so that might be nice
-Alphascape lockouts are over (does this count for savage too?)

The only kind of sad thing is that SMN didn't back Ifrit's real Radiant Shield, but then I didn't actually expect they would bring that back anyway. Garuda will have to be our bud for a while yet.

[xxvaynxx]

Why does the new glam look almost like the 4.4 coat.
Went from a Winter coat to a rain coat and it looks like females got another skirt with stockings... hooray~....

They didn't even try on this one.

[CaptainLagbeard]

Blue Mage is a minigame...
You level it up, you learn the attacks, you then take it to The Masked Carnivale to earn Gil, Allied Seals and Tomestones of Poetics.


If you want to have your hopes up on it getting to be a real job you're going to have to wait until they have at least built it up to Shadowbringers, it's currently only ARR content. I do believe they have promised to make HW content for it, which'll mean new skills to learn and more leveling, and I would hope with HW content Centurio Seals to replace the Allied ones.
It'll probably be a good while after the release of Shadowbringers if it happens.


So just don't think of it as a "job", think of it what it is... A minigame.

[Iscah]

Why does the new glam almost like the 4.4 coat.
Went from a Winter coat to a rain coat and it looks like females got another skirt with stockings... hooray~....

They didn't even try on this one.

Actually I'm not sure they included pants/skirts at all - the Miqo'te seems to be wearing Wind Silk pants. It might just be the coat, detachable hood and boots.

[kikix12]

Not sure if the WHM changes where actually worth spending time on. They seem to be a list of near nothings unfortunately.

The increase in damage and reduction of cast in Assize for a full-out DPS without buffs and with 2.2 global cast time is 3% of total damage. It may not seem like a lot, but in reality, no skill is really going to come close to Stone IV no matter what. It's always going to be bulk of the damage. Just like for melee/physical ranged classes auto-attack is always a pretty nice chunk of their damage (though not majority).

And it's both AoE (with no drop in damage) and a healing tool as well. So yes, that skill received a significant buff in the grander scope of things. And that does not even take into consideration the increase of mana regeneration. 33% more mana regeneration from Assize over the course of the fight.

It's a temporary measure though. So it should be taken into consideration as such. It won't let White Mages reach Scholars or Astrologians level of damage, sure...but hey. It's both easier to play and is "safer" for the people that don't know the fight too well or aren't too skilled in general. That is its purpose, being the "rookie friendly" job.

i be happy to get it 100% wrong but it was SE that did say they will never do 3/4 jobs is a row. they did say it after they did nin then the 3 jobs for 3.x
but now they will give 3 new jobs?

They already said there will be multiple jobs in 5.0 not counting the Blue Mage, meaning that we WILL get two jobs. A third is doubtful. We would've gotten three in Stormblood if they intended for that to continue. But Blue Mage is NOT one of the "multiple jobs" they promised for Shadowbringer. In fact, it's not even Shadowbringer limited job. It's A Realm Reborn limited job.

[Violet_Galaxy]

I'm just happy my unicorn can fly now! Oh and the whole world crossing thing sounds interesting but worries me a little. I just hope the servers can handle all of it.

[Jojoya]

and this is the problem some fan boys don't want to see. why will most people WANT to join you for a 2.0 dungeon? out side the nice people that want to help, thing is far from all got this. and i fell bad if i need to drag FC / LS members / friends in to it.
people start say "it a mini game" . ok it nice and all but what you get from it? NOTHING AT ALL. some where in 5.x when it get more lvls they may be add some rewards to it.

Hopefully what you get out of it is fun. Isn't that why you choose to play a game in the first place? It's not like the rewards you currently earn can be removed from the game and used in real life.

If you're not having fun doing something in a game, then it's probably not worth doing in the first place.