Version Update (Oct. 7)

Derp

http://www.ffxiah.com/forum/topic/40808/augments-arent-lost/

WINDOW EFFECT OFF IS SO GOOD :OOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

I've always hated those slow *** menus

oh my god it only takes 4 seconds to do everything in ur mog house now!

Minus key on numpad for keyboards to scroll the info on auged gear.

Interesting and also marginally irritating, as...correct me if I'm wrong, but we have no access to anything higher I-level for mainhand than Aphotic Kukri. Corsair was not deemed worth of Izhiikoh.

Yet...after admitting the name is wrong (and almost impossible to use with feet in combination) in the last update, they STILL haven't fixed Cizin legs name in the following update (this one). Or have they? i haven't seen it in any notes yet.

Do you not read the update notes or previous comments and replies?

Halachuinic Sword is the same I-level as Aphotic Kukri. They're both non-boss Delve weapons.

They did. It's in there on the BG link if you read through the item text changes.

Which is also iLv113 :/

Not sure if this increase will work with Donderbuss as that's currently the only weapon COR can wear over iLv113, but it would almost be nonsensical for them to make it mainhand only. But it wouldn't surprise me for them to be like "o ya we forgot highest lv 'main' weapon COR can wear is 113 sry maybe next update"

Where are my relic updates...

Did you not read the update schedule?

Anyone crashing?

Huh. So, this means RDM doesn't have to worry about not getting atinian staff because we should mainhand Buramenk'ah when casting enfeebles now? I can live with that.

Should still get it for nukes

So what if the i-level is 113? Aphotic/Halachuinic were the best melee weapons a COR could use pre-update, and they're still the best today. This change is nothing but a buff to the job, there's zero downside.

If anything, it might encourage some CORs to be less gimp and get a decent melee weapon. COR/DNC can be a significant benefit in stuff like Ceizak/Foret Delve boss runs, but most of the crappy pickup CORs who just leveled the job to get invites will sit around and buff and twiddle their thumbs without contributing anything else.

RDM can't even equip Atinian. So, I guess we're stuck with Soothsayer for nukes - which makes sense.

The "so what" is that Corsair does not have a high item level main hand weapon compared to even red mage and bard now, who have multiple options.

It is a buff, yes, but it's something I'm guessing they didn't think through entirely.

It all becomes moot when/if corsair gets an updated quality main hand weapon. But at this time I'm fairly sure that corsair and ranger are the only "melee-friendly" jobs that do not have access to a Delve boss weapon or a crafted higher item-level weapon than the delve NQ weapons for main hand melee.

When the section is read in whole, i think some of us might be getting our hopes up with respect to COR. Hopefully there was an adjustment with respect to marksmanship skill levels.

Though that last line is going to require some testing.

This wouldn't really be an issue but Chatoyant staff is still used for cures. many people still require their COR to come /whm. will lead to lost tp and junk. yeah you can not use the staff anymore for anything but im sure some ppl will complain.
Either way its a buff like you said, and its not like ive had problems with resists before anyway

OMGz ty for login screen mute button!!!

That last line just means that the weapons themselves no longer give any MACC on their own. The only MACC they give now is from the natural bonus MACC you get from them being item level weapons, which is higher than what they had. So, for example, the MACC from a level 117 weapon is higher than the +180 that the Atinian Staff used to have in the text.

This update is suh-weet!

I can kill the login music
I get 80 more slots to put crap in!
I can send crap from my mog house!

/dance4

It really doesn't matter what the item level is. Any item level mainhand = increase in m.acc. Whether it's item level 113 or 119, it's still a significant buff, and a R15 plasm dagger/sword is still a "quality" main weapon.

I'm sure you're right that the thinking behind this change was more with mage jobs in mind, but COR getting some benefit is a nice side effect.


People aren't generally using COR/WHM for their cure potency, they're using it for support on -na/erase and haste. A small loss of cure potency is not a big deal, but less resists on dark shot dispel, occasional sleeps with light shot, and better damage by reducing partial resists on damage shots is likely way more useful.

If you weren't getting ANY partial resists on QD shots before today, I am guessing you aren't fighting high level stuff like Delve NMs/WKRs. Even with a pretty strong M.Acc set it's not uncommon for me to see at least a partial resist fairly regularly in Delve runs. And even if you had no resist issues before, this will allow you to swap out M.Acc/AGI pieces for MAB for damage.

Besides, you should already be using COR/DNC in Ceizak Delve and possibly Foret.