auto-attack death and decay

[Chumeia]

Current observations are that Maurader seemsd to be gimped the most of all the jobs. Given that it has virtualy no ability to do any kind of intermediate strike that doesnt use something. Why is this diffrent because in the case of Thurmage, the spirit dart is still loaded as a default weapon. Then if you push even while its "cooling down" (or whatever you will call it) then the mage does a bludgion attack. It seems the mage actualky has two standard attacks, its teh spirit dart that is on auto attack, and yet unlike the Marauder the spirit dart is still shown.

What I don't understand is why the Marauders Attack icon was totally removed you cannot even see the timer. I might be mistaken but I though the whole reason for changing the bar was to include the timers.

I am also reasonably certain that all jobs not just the mages have a secondary attack, and it doesn't require adding a slot, its always there. Basically your to tires to cast or throw anything but hey, a blunt object is a blunt object! Thwack!

But hey, if they like to leave Marauder in this manor I am all for the name change some have proposed. Something to represent the wus woodsman he's become. How about "Fly Swatter"


For every one of you who say the update has not effected you. Yes I am listening. Some it seems are at to high a level to be effected much, to many supplementation's that mask the effect. For those who are enjoying all the updates. That's great. Please respect the rest of us, that we wouldn't be saying anything -if we didn't think something was in error.

[Lienn]

Current observations are that Maurader seemsd to be gimped the most of all the jobs. Given that it has virtualy no ability to do any kind of intermediate strike that doesnt use something. Why is this diffrent because in the case of Thurmage, the spirit dart is still loaded as a default weapon. Then if you push even while its "cooling down" (or whatever you will call it) then the mage does a bludgion attack. It seems the mage actualky has two standard attacks, its teh spirit dart that is on auto attack, and yet unlike the Marauder the spirit dart is still shown.

What I don't understand is why the Marauders Attack icon was totally removed you cannot even see the timer. I might be mistaken but I though the whole reason for changing the bar was to include the timers.

I am also reasonably certain that all jobs not just the mages have a secondary attack, and it doesn't require adding a slot, its always there. Basically your to tires to cast or throw anything but hey, a blunt object is a blunt object! Thwack!

But hey, if they like to leave Marauder in this manor I am all for the name change some have proposed. Something to represent the wus woodsman he's become. How about "Fly Swatter"


For every one of you who say the update has not effected you. Yes I am listening. Some it seems are at to high a level to be effected much, to many supplementation's that mask the effect. For those who are enjoying all the updates. That's great. Please respect the rest of us, that we wouldn't be saying anything -if we didn't think something was in error.

Totally agree. Actually, even for mages IMO the dart actions should follow the weapon delay. This are too risky now that they can't just spam cures to ask them to move into melee range to melee. Or thins might just leave mages like RDM was in FFXI...it "can" melee, but it won't because its not worth it anymore.

About MRD...i'm a bit relieved with last letter...i really have faith that they had these recasts as placeholders and that the next balancing will bring order to chaos, bringing MRD back to business. But right now i just call MRD "hippie"...because all he want is to stay at cities drinking beer and slapping whore's butts...its not a class worth moving past city gates anymore. If you want my example...now i use MRD only to deliver loval levequest in areas where i can face aggressive monsters since, even though his mind was crashed to a pile of pudding so now he cannot think well and fight, his body is still an wall of mythril, allowing us to run past aggressive monsters and still point and laugh from them when they return to territory.

[Chumeia]

Its sorry to see the role totally recast. I liked to think of Marauder as an alternative to the traditional warrior. A bit slower but in trade, the strikes are more powerful and he can take more damage. Really it fit into the idea of to each their own and that all may play as they like. To bring strong definitions into play recasts the mistakes made in FFXI which was the over balancing that eventually resulted in a game that was totally unplayable unless you had a perfect team. Mages were literally made 3rd class citizens, obedient to whomever had the biggest mouth and the longest sword. In reality the mages could have sent the loud mouth leaders to the heavens much like Harry Potter's floating Aunt!

FFXI Red was once a great job and one of the most powerful for a solo player. But after the balancing. Reds melee skills were sub par even with his gifts that were designed to "Enhance" his combat abilities. Groups only wanted Red's to be a slave to Refresh. "Thanks for the invite. Ohh you just need me to listen to you complain how I cannot cast refresh faster for you?? I'd have a more enjoyable time making T-shirts in a sweat shop." Ya getting bitched at -by a group of JP players is real fun cause they all have an insult and a demand for Refresh tied to Macro.