Thread: 1.18 Patch Notes

http://blog.jp.square-enix.com/music.../ffxiv118.html

SE's music blog about 1.18, Raid dungeon music will change seamlessly

...interesting

^^ I'm glad to here this.. Hopefully they change most of BGM music to more...um... excitable.
especially ul'dah and thanalan

Originally Posted by DAOWAce

No.. I'm talking about playing solo. I use Sacrifice and Cure 2 (at my level) to keep myself alive while playing all of my combat classes. 75 MP when I only have 250 is ridiculous, beyond ridiculous. 3 heals and out of mana. There is no battle that has lasted for as few as 3 heals unless the enemy is my level or below.

Ever thought that a warrior class shouldn't be good at healing?
Or that playing solo in an MMORPG shouldn't be very efficient?
Or that a healing spell for a warrior class is a exception, a bonus and not a necessity.

Boy, this game made ppl really soft with it's easiness...

Also people complained about a lack of class-uniqueness, but there you have a counter measurement.
Warrior-classes getting less allround-like and get weaknesses where they should get them.
And they get benefits where they should by lowering the recast time of Bloodbath and Second Wind.

As an addition to that.
Solo players have leves, where they get their MP refreshed after every leve.
Grinding was never meant to be done solo, but at least duo.
And now their is a better reason to team up, if you want to grind.

Well i did a quick once over on the patch notes and it all looks good. I`ll get the download going and head off to bed. Work in morning, bah work sucks.

For some reason, I thought rental chocobos were coming in 1.18. I must have misread something I take it?

I'm impressed...by the patch notes. Much more than just auto attack and two dungeons. Even tho i'm a mage and I'm bummed at the spell nerfs, the changes encourage strategic play like ffxi. So SE has earned another chance to save ffxiv. I'll keep waiting.