Thread: 4.06 patch notes up

I am one of the few that really doesn't care to get Ixion. Still will try for it, but not a priority. I am more excited to be getting Fenrir soon.

As for the SMN changes it is a little to late. Waiting till Oct for changes that should have been in already is a joke. Being a ex-SMN main I am not holding my breath on 4.1 making any difference.

Originally Posted by NorthernLadMSP

First off. I have to say it. Ixion is the ugliest, most ridiculous looking mount in the entire game, so everyone up in arms over it's rarity, LOLZ. It is disproportionate and looks like a retarded pig when it runs..

Totally this ! I call it a Thunder Cow-Zebra

Originally Posted by Jybril

-Looks at AST that took an entire expansion to fix them looks back to you and blinks-

A thousand times this. They can't even balance well as it is, I don't get why people think any changes are going to be grounded in reality.

Originally Posted by Jybril

-Looks at AST that took an entire expansion to fix them looks back to you and blinks-

I forgot about this lol like six patches and one expansion later and now AST is good haha

Originally Posted by RaizeGraymalkin

Man if I were at SE reading this thread it would just frustrate me.

These...are...band aid...fixes. These were never going to be huge overhauls. They said bigger changes would be coming in 4.1 repeatedly, but people simply don't pay attention and want to bitch and moan. I get that some jobs, like SMN, are frustrated but these fixes were never intended to be the be all end all for your job. Your day in the sun will come. Relax.

Sorry but this excuse doesn't fly. Scholars got Miasma II back in the previous minor patch. There's no reason they couldn't have at least given Summoners back Sustain in this one.

The potency changes themselves are entirely tone deaf to the actual problems Summoner currently faces as well. The job doesn't have any potency issues (barring maybe Akh Morn). The simplest bandaid fix numbers-wise would have been to ease up on the damage falloff on Bane, Deathflare and Akh Morn.

The devs seem to be entirely clueless about what the problems with the job are. These changes are just depressing.

Originally Posted by Alberel

Sorry but this excuse doesn't fly. Scholars got Miasma II back in the previous minor patch. There's no reason they couldn't have at least given Summoners back Sustain in this one.

the reason is obviously because they don't want to.

Originally Posted by SendohJin

the reason is obviously because they don't want to.

Which is precisely the point. The devs don't have a clue what they're doing with the job any more. They believed Sustain to be a useless skill and removed it, and yet believed Tri-Bind to be useful enough to be kept. There's no logic in that choice. All of the changes to SMN from 4.0 on have clearly had little to no thought put into them.