Thread: Any things you don't like in the 3.0 patch notes?

My personal disappointment is that the current level 50 dungeons aren't giving EXP, unless they're run in Roulette. Which, I mean, sure, I'll happily do Roulette for EXP, and I know it helps out new players who haven't cleared those dungeons yet! Which is fantastic. But, it's going to sting when I party up for friends to help them clear those dungeons, or even for those doing those dungeons for the first time.

Originally Posted by repoe

I beleive the "theory" was dex for parry, and Str of course for block. Im assuming this is a direct result from changes made to abilities like sheild swipe

There are legit tanks who swap on Dexterity accessories because it supposedly helps them Parry.

I think you can sort of understand where this is going. It's just very awkward.

Originally Posted by Burningskull

Biggest disappointment. Probably no new ways to get materia. Still just spiritbinding nonsense. Lowering the exp on normal mobs in a dungeon cause everyone's always trying to skip them anyway. Now they'll try even harder.

The airship crafting system brings back Materia in the example screenshot. And while FC crafting is a thing that is, ultimately, FC-based... there's supposed to be personal airships in the future.

* Players are normally limited to two retainers per character. To hire additional retainers, please use the optional retainer service

Also no additions to armory space.

Originally Posted by Onikimaru

* Players are normally limited to two retainers per character. To hire additional retainers, please use the optional retainer service

Also no additions to armory space.

I agree 100% on this. No new space for so many more jobs and specializations.

On a side note, how they deal with Free company crafting and the ability to get grade 5 materia through the Materia NPC (( forget the bugger's name )) reminds me a touch of Warfame and their Dojo and mods system.

Mostly the armoury thing... for everyone who has all jobs leveled (or even unlocked) that leaves you with zero spare slots, lol. Awful.

The finite gathering nodes system. I'm not thrilled with the possibility of waiting ages for a node to pop only to have a team from a FC/LS or whatever appear and mine it dry before I get a chance.

The ridiculous fact that unless run in roulette, you get no exp from the bazillion lvl 50 dungeons we have. Even then, they didn't mention HOW you'll get your exp. Maybe they'll make it a once a day type thing like roulette is, and the only chance you'll get exp is after the dungeon is over and you'll get the daily bonus. Either way, I feel like that was a bad move. I enjoy a slow grind, but not a crappy slow grind.

Originally Posted by repoe

The change in Determination. Lowering the effect it has on damage and their Mention of changes in stats that affect. parry/block.sounds like a kick in the balls to those of us who invested time going full Det on relic

To be fair, it's only affecting auto-attack damage, which means it will probably fall more in line with where crit is now. Of course, crit is getting a boost, and SS is getting boosted up to be more in line with crit, so. . .hopefully this means everything will be closer to balanced? Still not looking forward to having to retest all the stats at 60, but what can you do?

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Originally Posted by Culfinrandir

The finite gathering nodes system. I'm not thrilled with the possibility of waiting ages for a node to pop only to have a team from a FC/LS or whatever appear and mine it dry before I get a chance.

You mean this?

Like unspoiled gathering points, these points will only appear at certain times of the day even if they appear in your gathering log. However, so long as they are active, they will not dissipate until they have been depleted.

Because I take that to mean that if you accidentally cancel a gather the node doesn't disappear. Not that other people can deplete your nodes.