Preliminary patch notes are up

[Lexia]

I never use those skills after 3.0 and still my TP burn faster than DRG or BRD. This isn't helping me at all! Also with less mudra lag making me burn x1.5 faster than before! Need Aeolian Edge back to 50 TP!

nope, it makes my dps slower and lower, coz tp burn too fast as well so not worth for dots
https://youtu.be/gxWZPnMHE20

Well I think you alone in that then, the tp reduction is thought out with the overall players in mind not the few with higher pings. Not knocking your playstyle just seems from your earlier comment that you are saying the change is pointless cause it don't affect you directly.

[Iz_Lemon]

nope, it makes my dps slower and lower, coz tp burn too fast as well so not worth for dots
https://youtu.be/gxWZPnMHE20

I'm sorry but that's not a particularly good opener. 1.4k dps over 30 seconds of burst damage is not great. I hope no one's actually looking at your clip for advice. My mudras come out slower than yours do in the video and I burst way higher (why don't you use kassatsu during trick attack?!). Mutilate has a total potency of 360, shadow fang 440. They are the highest potency GCD skills ninja has if you don't clip them.

With the TP reductions shadow fang will have the same tp cost as aeolian edge, but with 120 higher total potency. It's a no brainer that you should be using your dots.

[Nadirah]

Finally! So sick of 2 weeks straight not getting any of the Pure White Dye and Retainer bringing back materials crap. I hope the Dye will be easy to craft or not ridiculously expensive.

Tradeable version replaces what your retainer brings back. And they'll still likely be expensive.

[Phireblast]

...Going by the recent conversation in this thread and another thread, I REALLY wish they would hurry up with that training center. However, I don't think it'll do much good in the end unfortunately even though it's SOMETHING to hope for.

[KarstenS]

Anybody else noticed the minimum iLvl of 175 for Ravana?

A little bit high for a minimum?

As far I remember, nobody of my group was doing hunts on early days. So the highest iLvl of some members was i170 as we killed it first and started to farm. The lowes iLvl had my co healer (SCH: i153) and me (WHM: i156).

[Colorful]

Anybody else noticed the minimum iLvl of 175 for Ravana?

A little bit high for a minimum?

As far I remember, nobody of my group was doing hunts on early days. So the highest iLvl of some members was i170 as we killed it first and started to farm. The lowes iLvl had my co healer (SCH: i153) and me (WHM: i156).

This is the Duty Finder we're talking about, I'm surprised it isn't set to ilvl 185. People in PF can't put out enough DPS for Bismarck in i180 and DF is usually much worse, any lower and everyone would be in for a very unpleasant experience (and I know they'll have 20% echo).

[KarstenS]

The bad thing is: even in a full party you will need that iLvl to enter then.

Also:

Since Heavensward, we have a special option in DF to get synced to the minimum iLvl for a special challange.

Where is that challange, when the minimum iLvl is set far to high?

Ravana Ex is 160, maybe 165. But not 175.

[RyuSaarva]

The bad thing is: even in a full party you will need that iLvl to enter then.

Also:

Since Heavensward, we have a special option in DF to get synced to the minimum iLvl for a special challange.

Where is that challange, when the minimum iLvl is set far to high?

Ravana Ex is 160, maybe 165. But not 175.

players with skill level as high as you are very rare, many parties which use their main class which have level 200 weapon and other pieces cannot pass whale extreme dps checks, also most tanks fail tank swap in that fight.

[Alahra]

The bad thing is: even in a full party you will need that iLvl to enter then.

Item level requirements are usually relatively high for content that goes from pre-form only to Duty Finder, generally ranging from about 15 to 20 item levels below the rewards offered by the content.

The time for an EX to be a challenge is when it's released, and it seems that you got that challenge. Now, the content and its rewards are dated, so it is made more accessible to the general playerbase. The item levels are set higher because you can't guarantee party compositions or player skill to any degree in the DF, which creates for a better experience when groups are randomly matched. The content is no longer *for* the people that could clear it at i160--it's for the people that *couldn't* do that.

Those looking for challenge now have Thordan EX.

[Noxifer]

Item level requirements are usually relatively high for content that goes from pre-form only to Duty Finder, generally ranging from about 15 to 20 item levels below the rewards offered by the content.

But... Aren't Bismarck weapons i185? Doesn't that mean it WOULD be reasonable to have a requirement of i165-170?

*goes look it up*

Wait. Bismarck weapons are i175. What's the point of having the same item level requirement as the drops? O.o That's like requiring i90 for first Coil.

Edit: Nvm. I misread and thought bismarck was requiring i175 xD not Ravana. That makes more sense then, even if Bismarck is still only 10 ilvls below the drop ^^;