Quote from: oss on May 17, 2017, 02:02:08 PM

So i started leatherworking and fell in love. I imagine itll get grindy later down the line but ill love it for now. Everything feels so involved unlike the mundane nature of WoW type MMO's.

Classes seem to have personality to them, Lancer at least feels like its own thing, i cant really explain it

Crafting does get grindy later on, but so does every class that isn't your first, really.

Well its better than watching a bar fill up automatically for hours on end

Get CUL to 37 whenever you can, it'll help out tremendously with leveling other crafting classes.

Is that outside of Gridania? I dont think i saw it there.

New Letter From The Producer Live, fucking four hours long.

New Job Actions trailer:



Job Changes:
>Cross Class actions completely removed for Cross Role actions
>Certain abilities/actions completely removed from the game (Rampart & Bloodbath for example)
>Cross Role actions divided into: Tank/Healer/Melee DPS/Ranged DPS/Caster DPS
>Example of higher level Cross Role ability for tank is a multi-target Provoke
>Cleric Stance is staying but is no longer an actual :stance" instead just buff that increases magic damage dealt
>Each job gets a new HUD icon that helps display stacks/buffs/new abilities
>SMN summons a fucking Bahamut-Egi
>Removal of cast times for BRD/MCH

Notable examples (not limited to just these):

BLM: New abilities such as one that lets you teleport back to your Leylines; Enochian only available when under Astral Fire/Umbral Ice; Enochian recast shortened to 30s; will stay active so long as you remain in either Astral Fire/Umbral Ice; Using Blizzard IV gives you Umbral "Hearts", a stack of three lets you execute a new ability.

WAR: Stacks of Wrath/Abandoned removed, instead you get a gauge that fills up to 100 with actions giving you different amounts towards that gauge; Can use certain abilities that depletes certain amounts in the gauge, one example is Yoshi using Fell Cleave SEVEN times; Infuriate completely fills the gauge.

PLD: Similar to WAR, lets you fill a gauge for your Oath stances; new actions that let you shield party members behind you, taking 15% less damage.

Accuracy and Parry are removed. Replaced with new stats for increasing damage. Piety removed from attribute point allocation, Mind now affects healer damage dealt instead of Intelligence, hence why Cleric Stance was changed.

Other changes:

>Mount speed increased in ARR areas
>Can unlock a faster speed later by revisiting old areas
>Still no flying in ARR areas

PVP Changes:

No one cares about PVP

Jump Potions:

>Two different types of Jump Potions
>One for skipping the story and one for skipping leveling
>Available June 16th with Early Access
>One type per service account to record data, adjustments will be made in 4.1

>Story Potions split between two potions
>All duties required to be completed during the story will be marked as completed
>One will complete all ARR Story Quests up to 2.55 Before the Dawn
>$18
>One skips all Story Quests from ARR & Heavensward up to 3.56 The Far Edge Of Fate
>$25
>If you have not unlocked a Chocobo you will automatically be given one with a randomly generated name
>If you had not chosen a Grand Company you will be automatically enlisted to the one of your starting city state

>Leveling potions will be tied to one specific job
>Level immediately to 60 and have all job quests completed and all actions unlocked for job
>Certain side quests will be completed to access certain duties but the duty itself wont be marked completed for a new time bonus
>Story will not be skipped at all
>$25

>Next Live Letter will be at E3 right before Early Access
>Susanoo Trial available to E3 attendees

>Please look forward to more coverage

Images of the new gauges/HUD:


All Powerpoint Slides on the Jump Potions:

The Tour of The East trailer:



Ala Mhigo is real!!

So i hit 35 with Lancer, likely going to buy the base and Heavensward combo since its on sale for a measly 12 ebucks.
How does the sub work? Is it just a monthly payment or what, i looked into it but couldnt make sense of it.

I do the six month automatic renewal. Mainly because I know I'll be playing enough to justify buying six months at once and it saves me more money yearly.

It's monthly yeah. It's easier to just buy time cards, so like 30 days, 60 days, 90 days, etc. I don't know anyone who does the monthly renewal automatically.

I do have a character on Famfrit, but starting over some scratch is a royal pain in the ass.

Oh nice. If you were on Famfrit I'd play with you.

Quote from: oss on May 31, 2017, 04:08:45 PM

So i hit 35 with Lancer, likely going to buy the base and Heavensward combo since its on sale for a measly 12 ebucks.

Spoiler

How does the sub work? Is it just a monthly payment or what, i looked into it but couldnt make sense of it.

wut server?

Cactuar

Cool, what stats did you do?

Also I'm leveling a character on Famfrit while I wait for Stormblood.

Stats on the relic. Mine is full Crit/Determination with a little accuracy.

I kind of miss my characters old hair, but it hid the headband whereas this one shows it off better.

Stats? All 270 in terms of gear. I'm all maxed out and got the expensive mount I wanted. So I have everything done, really.