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  1. #1
    Player
    Flay_wind's Avatar
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    Lily D'kryl
    World
    Shiva
    Main Class
    Dark Knight Lv 97
    So, after a few days of the new BLU.
    I like it a lot. All 3 roles got really interesting and powerful tools.
    Heal BLUs, the fact that we got off-brand Medica and Medica 2 (on a 2 minute cooldown) and it improved our healing potential by a lot is a hilarious feeling i can't quite shake off. But joking aside, healing on a BLU now feels pretty great.
    Tank BLUs, combined with the previous Devour and Mighty Guard changes, now also got proper tank mitigation skills and both are pretty good. 20% mitigation with retaliation nuke attached, and flat 40% mitigation is both great.
    And DPS got so many interesting and powerful tools, to the point where compared to level 60, that rotation is completely different and it's amazing.

    Special mentions.
    Basic Instinct. I went solo to Swallow Compass just to see if i could, and while it was somewhat slow it's definitely possible to actually solo the dungeons now. Not quite possible outside of heal mimic, but even when my Pom Cures were hitting for like 30k when my hp is 43k. So that's the only healing spell you need. You have permanent damge reduction thanks to MG and overall it's just plain fun.
    In the same world where Night Bloom exists Both Ends is just... why? Compare 400 + 1500 potency DoT OGCD to flat 600 potency OGCD. Nightblom becomes better if DoT ticks just 3 times.
    Ultravibration is a really great tool for dungeons. It's a better Level 5 Death that works pretty much on all dungeon trash and has a shorter cooldown as well.
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    SpiralMask's Avatar
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    Character
    Aubrenard Sondraix
    World
    Balmung
    Main Class
    Warrior Lv 90
    Quote Originally Posted by Flay_wind View Post
    So, after a few days of the new BLU.
    I like it a lot. All 3 roles got really interesting and powerful tools.
    Heal BLUs, the fact that we got off-brand Medica and Medica 2 (on a 2 minute cooldown) and it improved our healing potential by a lot is a hilarious feeling i can't quite shake off. But joking aside, healing on a BLU now feels pretty great.
    Tank BLUs, combined with the previous Devour and Mighty Guard changes, now also got proper tank mitigation skills and both are pretty good. 20% mitigation with retaliation nuke attached, and flat 40% mitigation is both great.
    And DPS got so many interesting and powerful tools, to the point where compared to level 60, that rotation is completely different and it's amazing.

    Special mentions.
    Basic Instinct. I went solo to Swallow Compass just to see if i could, and while it was somewhat slow it's definitely possible to actually solo the dungeons now. Not quite possible outside of heal mimic, but even when my Pom Cures were hitting for like 30k when my hp is 43k. So that's the only healing spell you need. You have permanent damge reduction thanks to MG and overall it's just plain fun.
    In the same world where Night Bloom exists Both Ends is just... why? Compare 400 + 1500 potency DoT OGCD to flat 600 potency OGCD. Nightblom becomes better if DoT ticks just 3 times.
    Ultravibration is a really great tool for dungeons. It's a better Level 5 Death that works pretty much on all dungeon trash and has a shorter cooldown as well.
    ultravibration's great outside of the last leg of temple of the fist (but Lv5 death doesn't work on those guys either, so it's sort of moot).
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    Leidolf's Avatar
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    Leidolf Kvasir
    World
    Diabolos
    Main Class
    Paladin Lv 90
    Quote Originally Posted by SpiralMask View Post
    ultravibration's great outside of the last leg of temple of the fist (but Lv5 death doesn't work on those guys either, so it's sort of moot).
    They're undead. Saintly Beam has 500 potency against them. Sanctify them.
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    SpiralMask's Avatar
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    Aubrenard Sondraix
    World
    Balmung
    Main Class
    Warrior Lv 90
    i didnt have it at the time (that IS tons of fun on them since i'm STILL farming for the arhat fending chest+minion there), but my post there wasnt a complaint that it doesnt work, just noting that they're not affected by it (same with the couerl's not being affected by deep freeze and therefore ultra). it's fine/cool that some mobs arent affected by certain spells (this case them being undead as you noted), and its a great spell outside of that specific scenario.
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