[dev1206] The effects of Protect and Shell have been made mutually exclusive

[Lucifer]

They should have simply made these spells reactionary. In other words, if a large AOE spell is going to be cast, the support would have to cast Shell.
It would be even more awesome if shell had a visible range so people could get inside the spell; just like the limsa intro.

[Bowen]

They should have simply made these spells reactionary. In other words, if a large AOE spell is going to be cast, the support would have to cast Shell.
It would be even more awesome if shell had a visible range so people could get inside the spell; just like the limsa intro.

OMG, when I saw the first trailer with the spell I prayed we could actually use it.
Months later after actually signing up for the game. /SupahSaydFayce

If we could actually get that spell, well, I would be one happy boy.

[Rutelor]

Or or or... they are setting something up for the future WHM. To prove it's the ultimate cure/support machine!

This would make sense. Good conjecture.

R

[AdvancedWind]

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...558#post479558


Told you so, 10 pages ago.

[Fiosha_Maureiba]

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...558#post479558


Told you so, 10 pages ago.

We tried to tell 'em ^_^ And that's what matters.

*gets the Red Sauce on Pasta speech before being booted into a well*

[Felis]

Good point. How can it override shell if shell does not exist? Can we get a dev response please?

It still exist
Ironwill Unguent
This foul-smelling salve increases magic defense.

[LillithaFenimore]

Some ppl need to actually read the notes instead of skimming them. However seems protect will work more like barrier which to me is good. Honestly how often did mages cast only shell and no protect? So now that Enhanced protect works for magic (old Shell) why all the tears? You only lost the name not the effect. Also it makes Protect mean something. Protect me from physical and magic is good i dont care what you called it.

Nah big wall of text is big. I prefer just skimming and speculating to get people agitated :P Seriously though I will read it later, no t ime now...must agitate people...and take care of my kid. What I did read I am pleased with. However, like one poster has posted, I hope they eventually add "light party" content. Like some others, I do prefer small managable groups.

[Kiote]

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...558#post479558


Told you so, 10 pages ago.

That is a horrible design decision that only makes this issue worse.

There is no reason for Protect and Shell, fundamental spells in the FF series, to be bastardized like this. There is especially no reason for making a Medicine overwrite a Buff. That is stupid beyond belief.

I don't know what games Yoshida played when he thought he was playing Final Fantasy, but his claim of trying to give this game more of a Final Fantasy feel is being blatantly thrown out the window. This joke is just one more proof of that.

Spell names and effects are one of the few things in the series that have always been constant. Yes, sometimes There was no protect and shell. Sometime there was Wall and Barrier. But they were not the same spells. They had different effects.

You can not make a game feel like a Final Fantasy by doing everything the exact opposite way a Final Fantasy Game would.

[Kiote]

They should have simply made these spells reactionary. In other words, if a large AOE spell is going to be cast, the support would have to cast Shell.
It would be even more awesome if shell had a visible range so people could get inside the spell; just like the limsa intro.

That would be one of the coolest things I have ever seen done in an MMO. I highly doubt it's gonna happen.. But it would be cool.

[Rowyne]

It would be even more awesome if shell had a visible range so people could get inside the spell; just like the limsa intro.

Yeah, when I saw the Lalafell in the opening movie and Y'shtola in the Limsa Lominsa intro both perform spells like this, I was sure we'd be getting them in game.

Boy was I sad when we didn't.

That would be one of the coolest things I have ever seen done in an MMO. I highly doubt it's gonna happen.. But it would be cool.

Well, it's honestly not difficult. Cause...well, Blizzard figured it out (I know, I'm going to get flogged for another WoW reference).

Unholy Death Knights in WoW get an Anti-Magic Zone ability just like this. They cast a dome-like bubble, your party/raid members have to run inside. Reduces spell damage by 75%. Discipline Priests get something similar with Power Word: Barrier. It summons a holy barrier on a target location that reduces all damage done to friendly targets by 25% (they don't even have to be in your party). While inside, spellcasting will not be interrupted by damage.

Just sayin'.

And, yes, it would be cool.