Thread: Patch 4.2 Notes (Preliminary)

Me: *levels SMN and learns rotation enough to beat O4S dummy with a few seconds to spare*
SE: So we'll be nerfing AoE for SMN soon
Me: Well, guess I'll have to do a bit of adjusting but I can live with it. Guess we'll see what they do with it.
SE, a week later: Oh hey, so we're nerfing pretty much ALL the good AoE moves. Also, we're nerfing Ruin III just because. Have fun with 40 total less potency to your overall single-target rotation alone! Please look forward to it!
Me: =')

I mean, SMN should still be pretty viable in raids and all, but man I'm really going to need to practice my rotations to make up for that kind of loss. In other news, I'm not surprised about Castrum/Praetorium, but man I feel bad for all the poor newbies. I might pitch in in PF if I see a group that wants to clear them and I have some free time, but yikes that's harsh. Granted, I stopped running MSQ roulette because of the other players that run it, not the cutscenes tbh.

Edit: I misread "Painflare" as "Deathflare" in the notes, so I guess that's more of a 20 potency loss to single-target overall. Still a bummer, but not as bad I guess. On the other hand, that hurts AoE even more than I initially thought...