Live Letter LXXXVI 86 Discussion Thread

[Exmo]

Let me tell you, Frontline is about to get 100x worse. I don't know what they are thinking, adding a skill like Comet to casters, but Frontline is already suffering from Salted Earth / Bahamut spam. Can you imagine Comet on top of all of that?

That's a fair point. One consolation is summoners won't be able to pop bahamut and comet at the same time, so comet might just function the same as summoning bahamut (ie. we're no worse off than we are now). Without knowing what other role actions are available, for the time being I'll just have to hope you're wrong.

[DiaDeem]

I'm tired...

I don't have the energy to hate on a video game, and though I still love the game, I'd honestly rather go find fake Scions that are actually sylphs than deal with whatever's going on with fake Sphene. Relics take too long to arrive, Variant dungeons are nowhere to be seen, and I honestly wish patches would arrive two weeks earlier as they once did, and I'm someone who's spammed all kinds of content in the game.

[SkankyRoe]

Well, I think it's an entirely different method. While it will involve an item for priority, sure, you actually need those items to make an attempt on Fork Tower. I think it'll be more similar to how they've been making the CEs now with no limit on how many can participate.

That's my point tho; it's back to the BA style where entry isn't guaranteed even if you're one of the people putting in the work required to even open up entry. It creates a sort of FOMO that pits players against each other, and in Eureka this has resulted in discord groups making claim to an instance and demanding nobody outside of their pre-arranged groups "steal" their portals, while single players who want to do the content but don't wish to be forced into these groups end up having to either "portal snipe" or be left out. This issue was mitigated considerably with CLL and Dalriada, and I really don't understand why they went back from that.

Deleveling on the other hand is more Eureka-like, but isn't a bad thing since you can get revived. Also to note, above Lv 5 is where you can lose EXP if you decide to release after you die. Back in Stormblood, people shouted the same way they did in Eureka for Healers to give them a revive.

It being avoidable if someone comes and resurrects you doesn't change that it's an outdated mechanic that does absolutely nothing but detract from content, which is prolly why it was removed from Bozja. There was absolutely no reason to bring deleveling back.

[TaleraRistain]

The tome gear looks to be FFIX-inspired, to varying degrees, though WHM gets very classic WHM robes and I don't recall any of the characters having those. Sadly it seems to have been used as the base for casters as well and just recoloured to kinda-sorta Vivi instead of actually giving us a Vivi outfit.


(will update with pictures in a moment) ...never mind, looks like Discord has stopped making the URLs findable.

Fending is Steiner. Maiming is kind of following the same Steineresque pattern which is a little odd since they used Freya for aiming instead of maiming. Striking is Amarant. Scouting is like Zidane but not exact. Healing and Casting are both like Garnet's first disguise at the beginning of the game and also invoke a little Quina. A dash of Quina is nice because Quina hasn't been getting a lot of love. Only glam missing is Eiko but probably because she already features elsewhere.

BLM did already get the Vivi outfit which is probably why they had to go this route. Same with the real Zidane outfit we already got as a veteran reward. It is nice to see VPR get the mage mashers, though.

[Zakuyia]

After dawntrail story and content im not impress until i actually try it.

[TaleraRistain]

Deleveling on the other hand is more Eureka-like, but isn't a bad thing since you can get revived. Also to note, above Lv 5 is where you can lose EXP if you decide to release after you die. Back in Stormblood, people shouted the same way they did in Eureka for Healers to give them a revive.

I did Pagos back when it was current and even with the zone filled with people, sometimes someone couldn't get a raise when trying to do the quest spot near the griffons because no one would risk going up there and also getting killed. Deleveling is a really outdated MMO concept and I can't believe after the backlash and not having it in Bozja they actually brought it back.

[mallleable]

Other than no mention of glamor changes (additional plates, role restrictions removed), and phys ranged continuing to be a neglected role, the patch looks good!

[SkankyRoe]

I did Pagos back when it was current and even with the zone filled with people, sometimes someone couldn't get a raise when trying to do the quest spot near the griffons because no one would risk going up there and also getting killed. Deleveling is a really outdated MMO concept and I can't believe after the backlash and not having it in Bozja they actually brought it back.

It likely got brought back due to their usual habit of misinterpreting player suggestions in the most baffling ways.

[Wired-Lain]

The tome gear looks to be FFIX-inspired, to varying degrees, though WHM gets very classic WHM robes and I don't recall any of the characters having those. Sadly it seems to have been used as the base for casters as well and just recoloured to kinda-sorta Vivi instead of actually giving us a Vivi outfit.


(will update with pictures in a moment) ...never mind, looks like Discord has stopped making the URLs findable.

I've been hoping for a real Vivi outfit for years
so seeing the FF9 themed sets give us another basic white mage outfit to recolor for casters has left a really sour taste in my mouth lol. The closest you can get is the shadowbringers dwarf hat, but that has a big goofy beard attached you cant turn off. I just want my jawa eyes man. Its supposed to be Garnets white mage disguise I guess, but it lacks a hood. Probably to make it more fitting for casters. I don't know. Baffling that aiming gets Freyas outfit instead of Maiming though.

[arstoka]

I feel similar sentiments to those already expressed. There isn't really anything in the Live Letter that has excited me. The new Bozja/Eureka content looks interesting I suppose but it's still a ways off.

None of the glam showcased is really interesting to me. I'm not excited for the story; I really just want it to be over and done with at this point as I am very much in the crowd of people who did not like Dawntrail's story as a whole.

Perhaps its because of the slow patch cycles or Dawntrail's story as a whole just dissolved most of my excitement for the game.