Whm receives multiple nerfs , Sch gets buffed

[sharazisspecial]

Conjurer
Cure II The additional effect has been changed to a 15% chance that the next Cure III will cost half MP.
Cure III Casting time has been reduced from 2.5 to 2 seconds. Range of effect has been increased from 4y to 6y.
Medica II Potency of the regen effect has been reduced from 100 to 50, and the duration has been increased from 15 to 30 seconds.
White Mage
Holy Potency has been reduced from 240 to 200.

Arcanist
Virus When the effect of Virus expires, enemies will now be granted the effect Antibody, making them immune to the effects of Virus for 60 seconds.
Bane The range of effect has been increased from 5y to 8y. Also, when a target's Bio, Bio II, and Miasma are spread to nearby enemies, their durations will not be reset if longer than the original effect duration.
Sustain Will now consume MP sintead of HP

Scholar
Lustrate HP recovered has been increased from 20% to 25%
Eos no longer wastes Whispering Dawn

Thunder is no longer a cross class ability , only useable by THM and BLM. Instead blizzard 2 is the cross class abilty

What do you think about SE's changes?
Holy nerfed
Cure 3 still situational as ever.
Medica 2 regen nerf meaning lower hp ticks on the tank
Lustrate on full ilvl90 warrior is something i want to see.

Official Source

http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...7af43f3c43828a

[Wolf_Gang]

+5% more on Lustrate is nice, but that Virus nerf is rough.

We can no longer rotate them for every death sentence on Twintania :/

[sharazisspecial]

Btw bard rain of death got nerfed to . Instead of -10% damage its now -10% mob evasion.

[Ghishlain]

Medica II isn't nerfed per say, it lasts twice as long therefore the total healed from the Regen portion is still the same in total once the HoT expires. This is more of a playstyle change versus a nerf in my opinion.

Holy being Potency reduced surprises me a little, but at the same time not surprising given the anti-speed run sentiment SE has ATM.

The half MP cost of Cure III SHOULD make it more usable, but still finding a situation to actually use it will be difficult. (Still a buff though, in the technical sense of the word.....)

The Virus in general will make a lot of fights much more interesting. Bane in general is a nerf to SMN (since SCH has no way to increase the duration themselves). Lustrate healing more will make SCH / SCH more appealing too.

The fact that players can now cross class Blizzard II gives SCH an AoE to use in any sorta speedrun now that's decent. And before anyone says anything about this, no, you don't get Umbra Ice as that's a TRAIT from THM.

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Overall, SCH remains relatively untouched except for one buff.
WHM remains relatively untouched in my opinion, but I feel the Holy nerf was uncalled for

[sharazisspecial]

Medica 2 is a nerf for current content. I will feel it on twintania and titan tulmults. Where i want to get the party hp up asap , rather then in 30 seconds. medica 2 is a mp efficient way of doing it , but now less so.

Am i really going to leave a target not at max hp for 30 seconds?

[Ghishlain]

Like I said, it's more of a playstyle thing. Medica II will not be used to gradually get people topped off after heavy AoEs. If you REALLY need to top people off, Medica will prove to be more effective due to the higher potency it has per cast on the onset.

[EDIT] You can basically get away with keeping people not topped off after stomps on Titan. If they die to anything afterwards, it's on them due to the mechanics of the fight.

[sharazisspecial]

They have made medica2 is now more situational

Regen effect are lacking atm since they spend half their time overhealing. Medica 2 is now going to be ticking for half and spends longer overhealing /sigh.

[EDIT] You can basically get away with keeping people not topped off after stomps on Titan. If they die to anything afterwards, it's on them due to the mechanics of the fight.

If everyone was a perfect robot then the game would be easy yes and i could heal everything naked.

[wildgalax]

sigh

although curious how the new medica 2 will playout, and want to try new rotations for cure 3.

overall not happy, no buff to our mana. Guess i will still have to carry hundreds of ether mana potions to replenish mana

[Ghishlain]

I've always personally preferred Medica versus Medica II on stomps (though having Medica II ticking on the beginning helps greatly). The only times I've used Medica II is when I'm SRing (Divine Seal + Regen + Medica II ---> HOLY ALL THE THINGS), Titan Stomps, and Twintania fireballs. To me, Medica II has always been incredibly situational. That's the way I've played it, so yes, for my playstyle, I can work with the adjusted Medica II.

For others, this may not be the case. I'll leave it at that because I got the feeling we won't see eye to eye, so I will agree to disagree ^^

[Melithea]

Looks like I'll be removing Holy from my hotbar and replacing it with Cure III. Thanks for putting me in an even smaller box, Yoshi. I mean if you're going to make Holy suck, at least reduce the MP cost accordingly.

Let the reign of the Scholar begin. *bow*