Thread: Patch 2.56 comming April 21

10% Echo and 3rd Shadow doesn't spawn if you push into phase 3.

Neat.

Originally Posted by Tiggy

This is honestly one of the biggest problems with the game. No medium difficulty. Ex Primals kind of fit that niche but very poorly since it was only 1 fight every 3 months. The lack of an Ex in 2.5 was a really big blow to the middle game. It's a shame the Crystal Tower series was so poor at fitting this niche. We really need more ways for people to realize their weaknesses, and more content for them to practice those skills against. Expecting people to go from face roll straight to coil with a learning curve that looks more like a cliff was a mistake.

Yeah, the gap between CT and Coil is rather enormous, and people are getting stuck on old content because of this. The EX primals were a good way to get people to learn, but now it's keeping people from playing new content because they're stuck on old primal fights that nobody's doing any more, or T5/T9. We're not helping with our us vs. them attitude though - I always do my best to explain fights and tell people where they're going wrong so they can clear a fight, but I'm as annoyed as anyone by the sheer amount of people making simple mistakes or plain playing their jobs wrong. 'Tis a shame.

Patch notes are up, as noted.

Basically just Final Coil nerfs. Expect the salt in 3... 2... 1...

No help for the RMT spam, no help for the hopeless on Steps.

So no mechanic nerfs? Just Echo, and fixing the phase transitions in Turn 13? I am actually completely ok with this.

In other news, they buffed the drop rate for the Extreme Primal mounts again. Odd that they did this as every 10 or so runs, I see a pony drop.

...really? That is all? Not even sure this justifies a .01 increment, tbh, this is pretty much just a hotfix for everyone not doing Coil - with a few number of resolved issues. Final Coil in DF, but we can still not turn Soldiery gear in for GC seals... yeah, thanks for that logic. Guess I'm gonna end up having to discard them. :/

Also primal mount drop rate increase again?? Haven't they just done this not long ago, when that extra reward mount was added for the special collectors to feel even more special? @.@

Only 10% echo no nerfs except for the add no longer coming out during gigaflare which really isn't a nerf more of a bug fix.

Originally Posted by BreathlessTao

...really? That is all? Not even sure this justifies a .01 increment, tbh, this is pretty much just a hotfix for everyone not doing Coil - with a few number of resolved issues. Final Coil in DF, but we can still not turn Soldiery gear in for GC seals... yeah, thanks for that logic. Guess I'm gonna end up having to discard them. :/

Also primal mount drop rate increase again?? Haven't they just done this not long ago, when that extra reward mount was added for the special collectors to feel even more special? @.@

I already got my Kirin too so this pretty much does nothing for me. But good luck to those still trying for it.

Well, at least I can click the Echo off. Still not pleased that they did it, though. I don't see why they couldn't just wait until Heavensward, as FCoB is still technically current content rather than old content. It would give more people a chance to catch up on it, especially those who only started playing recently.