Thread: 4.5 Patch notes are live

Originally Posted by Teraluna

Not sure if the WHM changes where actually worth spending time on. They seem to be a list of near nothings unfortunately.

The increase in damage and reduction of cast in Assize for a full-out DPS without buffs and with 2.2 global cast time is 3% of total damage. It may not seem like a lot, but in reality, no skill is really going to come close to Stone IV no matter what. It's always going to be bulk of the damage. Just like for melee/physical ranged classes auto-attack is always a pretty nice chunk of their damage (though not majority).

And it's both AoE (with no drop in damage) and a healing tool as well. So yes, that skill received a significant buff in the grander scope of things. And that does not even take into consideration the increase of mana regeneration. 33% more mana regeneration from Assize over the course of the fight.

It's a temporary measure though. So it should be taken into consideration as such. It won't let White Mages reach Scholars or Astrologians level of damage, sure...but hey. It's both easier to play and is "safer" for the people that don't know the fight too well or aren't too skilled in general. That is its purpose, being the "rookie friendly" job.

Originally Posted by SamsaraLotusx

i be happy to get it 100% wrong but it was SE that did say they will never do 3/4 jobs is a row. they did say it after they did nin then the 3 jobs for 3.x
but now they will give 3 new jobs?

They already said there will be multiple jobs in 5.0 not counting the Blue Mage, meaning that we WILL get two jobs. A third is doubtful. We would've gotten three in Stormblood if they intended for that to continue. But Blue Mage is NOT one of the "multiple jobs" they promised for Shadowbringer. In fact, it's not even Shadowbringer limited job. It's A Realm Reborn limited job.