Cactuars

[Bayohne]

We'll be making some adjustments to balance these issues in 1.19.
(Introducing cactuar's new 833 Needles ability! Just kiddin' )

[Jynx]

(Introducing cactuar's new 833 Needles ability! Just kiddin' )

Hah~ Epic.

[Mudd]

Be a Pugilist and dodge it ;D

[Razor]

Be a Pugilist and dodge it ;D

I was about to post this but was reading to see if anyone already had. Personally I don't understand how you are going to dodge ALL 1000 needles. This is not the matrix, and I don't see my character in slow-mo dodging all the needles in bullet-time lmao. I'd like it more if a dodge constituted a second player.

For example
Cactuar uses 1000 needles on a PUG. They take 1000
Cactuar uses 1000 needles on a PUG who dodges. They take 500
Cactuar uses 1000 needles on a party of 4. They each take 250
Cactuar uses 1000 needles on a party of 4 who's pugilist dodges. They each take 200.

As much as I love panicking sh*tless when I have 800~ HP and they ready 1000 needles. It also bothers me that I completely evaded that attack, because that's just not possible. It never was, even in XI with utsu up you would take 996~999 if I remember correctly.

[Lienn]

We'll be making some adjustments to balance these issues in 1.19.
(Introducing cactuar's new 833 Needles ability! Just kiddin' )

Good news! ^^

[Alexis_Arteme]

Do something with the level 999 sabotenders walking around out there. it's just odd.

[Griss]

To be quite honest, the best counter to 1k needles at that rank is to bring friend's. when that is not an option and i see that leve pop up i generally just don't take it.

[Xenor]

Best way to do it is to make 1000 Needles a rank 40 ability or something. I mean would they give a player an ability that was 1000 damage guaranteed at the ranks these cactuars have it?

[Frein]

They could just make it avoidable or disruptable. Right now it isn't really possible as the ability fires instantly and most classes don't have a reliable way to stop it even if it didn't. I'd imagine that will be changing post 1.19.