Preliminary patch notes are up

[Tsukino]

And wow are they long this time.

http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...c97104f8e7308e

[Elvin]

Shield Swipe Is now an ability and does not trigger global cooldown.
Recast time has been adjusted to 15 seconds.
Potency has been reduced from 210 to 150.


This is a buff or a nerf?

[Isius]

Shield Swipe Is now an ability and does not trigger global cooldown.
Recast time has been adjusted to 15 seconds.
Potency has been reduced from 210 to 150.


This is a buff or a nerf?

It's a Pld mt dps increase, which Pld needed extremely badly compared to the other two tanks, and a mt enmity increase by being ogcd. Before Shield Swipe was a dead skill on Pld, but yeah anything that is ogcd is a dps increase for a class. So it's a buff

Atleast SE changed something on Pld.

[Elvin]

It's a Pld mt dps increase, which Pld needed extremely badly compared to the other two tanks, and a mt enmity increase by being ogcd. Before Shield Swipe was a dead skill on Pld, but yeah anything that is ogcd is a dps increase for a class. So it's a buff

Atleast SE changed sometime on Pld.

Thanks!

If it was a dead skill and wasn't being used AT ALL (I don't know it) shoud be a 150 potency increase /15 seconds, so... 10 potency/second, so.... around 70 dps more? That woud be something xD

[Jican]

Shield Swipe Is now an ability and does not trigger global cooldown.
Recast time has been adjusted to 15 seconds.
Potency has been reduced from 210 to 150.


This is a buff or a nerf?

I am on the fence, to me it's neither a buff or a nerf. I used it as a way to get more tp, but rarely had any actual utility, and it was normally gone before I had time to finish my rotation.

On another note, still being stiffed on dps....

[Phafi]

Shield Swipe Is now an ability and does not trigger global cooldown.
Recast time has been adjusted to 15 seconds.
Potency has been reduced from 210 to 150.


This is a buff or a nerf?

it's a nerf.

[Shurrikhan]

Shield Swipe Is now an ability and does not trigger global cooldown.
Recast time has been adjusted to 15 seconds.
Potency has been reduced from 210 to 150.


This is a buff or a nerf?

Iit should be a buff even at that low potency. That said, this change just looks... so damn makeshift. It doesn't help dps in the the larger position of concern, MT, and if anything reduces some of our versatility and uniqueness in dungeons (since we can no longer spam pacify). It would at least make more sense for them to copy Low Blow's CD-reset mechanic...

I'm not sure why the decided to use GB, specifically, as their way to reduce average TP costs, either.

[Phireblast]

"Ahriman / Bomb Palanquin / Logistics System / Kirin / Magitek Armor / Gilded Magitek Armor / Draught Chocobo / Ceremony Chocobo / Amber Draught Chocobo"

someday my other primal ponies will be rele-

"[2.0] It is now possible to ride mounts other than the personal chocobo while your companion is summoned.
* Riding a mount will not dismiss your companion."

HOLY SHIT

[hagare]

"Ahriman / Bomb Palanquin / Logistics System / Kirin / Magitek Armor / Gilded Magitek Armor / Draught Chocobo / Ceremony Chocobo / Amber Draught Chocobo"

someday my other primal ponies will be rele-

"[2.0] It is now possible to ride mounts other than the personal chocobo while your companion is summoned.
* Riding a mount will not dismiss your companion."

HOLY SHIT

BEST! PATCH! EVEEEEEEEEEEER!!!!!!!!
*fangirl squeal*

Expert Roulette has only ever been 2-3 dungeons with the old list getting shunted down to High. I'm not sure where people are getting this notion that this is an exception. As for the Primal weapons... price isn't changing if not getting higher anytime soon as this adjustment will mean less people farming them because you can't do Undersized pony farming anymore.

wait what?
it's actually gonna be the other way around. Because now you can actually get those mats when unsynced farming.

[Colorful]

[2.0] Items that dropped directly from boss enemies will now drop from treasure boxes in the following duties:
The Bowl of Embers (Extreme) / The Howling Eye (Extreme) / The Navel (Extreme) / Thornmarch (Extreme) / The Whorleater (Extreme) / The Striking Tree (Extreme) / Akh Afah Amphitheatre (Extreme)

Maybe the primal weapons won't be so expensive now?

[2.0] The tradable version of the following dyes has been added:
Pure White Dye / Jet Black Dye / Metallic Silver Dye / Metallic Gold Dye / Pastel Pink Dye / Pastel Green Dye / Pastel Blue Dye / Pastel Purple Dye / Metallic Red Dye / Metallic Green Dye / Metallic Blue Dye
* The new, tradable version will have a different name.

=O