Sub-Stats: Variety and Tuning

[Jollyy5]

So... What? If I crit with Disembowel I have to lose out on Chaos Thrust's rear bonus because the crit wants my next attack to land on the flank? Or did I misunderstand your meaning?

Also, let's NOT have Determination increase your damage at low health, I can already see all those people purposefully standing in AoEs to have lower health because "MUH DEEPS!"

Berserk? BLM would be virtually unaffected by the increased MP consumption, either finding a hardcap, sacrificing a single Fire IV cast in favor of the remaining Fire IV's becoming tactical nukes, and BRD/MCH would be an absolute must in any group, as if they weren't already.

While they are cute ideas, they just wouldn't work and would be impossible to implement at this point without remaking the game.

[Kabooa]

So... What? If I crit with Disembowel I have to lose out on Chaos Thrust's rear bonus because the crit wants my next attack to land on the flank? Or did I misunderstand your meaning?

Also, let's NOT have Determination increase your damage at low health, I can already see all those people purposefully standing in AoEs to have lower health because "MUH DEEPS!"

Berserk? BLM would be virtually unaffected by the increased MP consumption, either finding a hardcap, sacrificing a single Fire IV cast in favor of the remaining Fire IV's becoming tactical nukes, and BRD/MCH would be an absolute must in any group, as if they weren't already.

While they are cute ideas, they just wouldn't work and would be impossible to implement at this point without remaking the game.

Step on back a bit, homeskillet.

using Dragoon specifically, Precision proccing on Disembowel to go to the Side means you have 15 seconds to make an attack from that side; Not that your next attack -must- be from that side. In this case, you Chaos Thrust, Wheeling, and then move over for F/C to get that sweet precision bonus.

Also, 99% of the game is currently about as dangerous as slipping on wet, floofy grass. In harder content, a Determination build is to be coordinated with healers - much like it is now. Parties are left at lower HP for extended periods if no immediate healing is needed. The increased healing received also makes the bounceback quicker, though that's never been much of an issue.

Berserk requires tuning, and quite simply, the scaling would be sweet points all around. Black Mage can't just blindly stack it, but Black Mage is just one example. They might go for break points, Dragoon, being a slower class, could go more heavily into it. Should your team have plenty of team restores, Healers can go heavily into it, as well as more ability oriented jobs.