6.11a patch notes

[Ransu]

Hopefully RPR is next on the table for buffs because BLM is a threat while its LB is active now.

If BLM gets to have passive mitigation from their LB, I think RPR could also stand to get a little something like temporary CC immunity to give it more presence.

I actually think this is a great idea. The fear from the LB is good albeit extremely situational, but its still a combo LB that really isn't all that threatening. CC immunity for a few seconds would be great.

Crystal players being lumped in with diamond is interesting, I wonder why?

Its always been like that. Players in plat 1 could get into crystal matches as well because at plat1 the matchmaking considered you a diamond player. They simply raised the matchmaking to diamond 3. Personally I think crystal should be its own queue with maybe diamond 1's as an exception, but I'll take the current change over what it was before.

[AnotherPerson]

I've never tried PvP in this game, yet, so please forgive me for asking the following question. Why are people concerned about Black Mages?

A good Black Mage in PvP can decimate the enemy and create tons of openings for their party as long as they take full advantage of their toolkit. I've had enemy Black Mages literally just carry their team because they played very well in Diamond/Crystal tier and learned to kite while doing damage. Black mages are just that threatening that it's the main reason why they are heavily focused and prioritized from the beginning. Their low HP actually balances things out, but it's not as if Black Mages can't play around their weakness either. Black Mages have 2 charges of Aetherial manipulation on a low cooldown + gives swiftcast upon using it, making them highly mobile when used properly.

The change to reduce their cast time from 1.92 to 1.44 pretty much removes any weaving issue that Black mages could have - which is a nice change. The increased shield value is somewhat overkill since it very heavily bumps their survival and DPS up by a lot by making anyone who wants to hit them in close range take a 16k potency to the face.

But... Black Mages also gained an extra Paradox stack (increasing their instant burst potential & CC target for superflare), in addition to more CC (Nightwing also lowers enemies' movement speed before putting them to sleep, effectively becoming a 6 second CC) and lethality - 24k potency increase + a 20% mitigation on their LB, as well as the job with one of the fastest LB to generate... yeah they basically lost their "weakness" and became vastly overtuned.

These changes show a pretty huge bias to Black Mage. In the hands of a good Black mage, your team is most likely going to win even if everyone else has a similar skill level.

[Eraden]

A good Black Mage in PvP can decimate the enemy and create tons of openings for their party as long as they take full advantage of their toolkit. I've had enemy Black Mages literally just carry their team because they played very well in Diamond/Crystal tier and learned to kite while doing damage. Black mages are just that threatening that it's the main reason why they are heavily focused and prioritized from the beginning. Their low HP actually balances things out, but it's not as if Black Mages can't play around their weakness either. Black Mages have 2 charges of Aetherial manipulation on a low cooldown + gives swiftcast upon using it, making them highly mobile when used properly.

The change to reduce their cast time from 1.92 to 1.44 pretty much removes any weaving issue that Black mages could have - which is a nice change. The increased shield value is somewhat overkill since it very heavily bumps their survival and DPS up by a lot by making anyone who wants to hit them in close range take a 16k potency to the face.

But... Black Mages also gained an extra Paradox stack (increasing their instant burst potential & CC target for superflare), in addition to more CC (Nightwing also lowers enemies' movement speed before putting them to sleep, effectively becoming a 6 second CC) and lethality - 24k potency increase + a 20% mitigation on their LB, as well as the job with one of the fastest LB to generate... yeah they basically lost their "weakness" and became vastly overtuned.

These changes show a pretty huge bias to Black Mage. In the hands of a good Black mage, your team is most likely going to win even if everyone else has a similar skill level.

Whoa...that sounds like Black Mages play nothing like what they do in PvE. Thanks for that information. I have ever only known PvE and in that play, I'm sort of a mostly immobile turret. I can't even begin to imagine what it would be like to have all my big booms AND be mobile at the same time.

[Fourbestintoner]

I see Yoshi was mad about being stuck in Gold.
Those smn buffs are a good reminder to never queue for frontline again.

[Zer0ofTime]

"Other various issues have also been addressed."

So descriptive, Much detail!

[Aluja89]

So, I always thought Yoshida to be an incompetent biased hack who just copied WoW and I shared that thought with the class designers as well. I take the last part back. It was always Yoshida. The guy has a skeleton crew on the thing the players interact with 90% of the time like it's a dead MMO on its last legs.

Last time I checked, the producer is supposed to give each team the resources they need to get the job done so what exactly is he doing and how is this "sparing no expenses"?

But here we are, just overbuffing the shit he plays. All the cultists made me doubt my ability to judge someone's character but naw, I was unfortunately right.

[Ransu]

So, I always thought Yoshida to be an incompetent biased hack who just copied WoW and I shared that thought with the class designers as well. I take the last part back. It was always Yoshida. The guy has a skeleton crew on the thing the players interact with 90% of the time like it's a dead MMO on its last legs.

Last time I checked, the producer is supposed to give each team the resources they need to get the job done so what exactly is he doing and how is this "sparing no expenses"?

But here we are, just overbuffing the shit he plays. All the cultists made me doubt my ability to judge someone's character but naw, I was unfortunately right.

[Vahlnir]

So, I always thought Yoshida to be an incompetent biased hack who just copied WoW and I shared that thought with the class designers as well. I take the last part back. It was always Yoshida. The guy has a skeleton crew on the thing the players interact with 90% of the time like it's a dead MMO on its last legs.

Last time I checked, the producer is supposed to give each team the resources they need to get the job done so what exactly is he doing and how is this "sparing no expenses"?

But here we are, just overbuffing the shit he plays. All the cultists made me doubt my ability to judge someone's character but naw, I was unfortunately right.

Well...yes and no. I do think that his bias shows very clearly in regards to BLM and other things pretty often. At the same time, SE gives him the money to work with, and I think they've been forcing Yoshi P to deal with the cards he has been dealt. That doesn't excuse his decisions as far as where he does or doesn't put those resources to use though. I think he has done a terrible job of that lately, which is why I unsubbed. Actually surprised I can still post. lol

[NorthernLadMSP]

They absolutely ninja nerfed SMN LB in PVP. It charges about twice as slow as it did before.

[Aluja89]

Well...yes and no. I do think that his bias shows very clearly in regards to BLM and other things pretty often. At the same time, SE gives him the money to work with, and I think they've been forcing Yoshi P to deal with the cards he has been dealt. That doesn't excuse his decisions as far as where he does or doesn't put those resources to use though. I think he has done a terrible job of that lately, which is why I unsubbed. Actually surprised I can still post. lol

You mean like those dumb commercials with Holland? Or the other dumb commercials which I seriously doubt had any impact at all. Beyond terrible.