Topic: Let's Play Final Fantasy XI (Read 34544 times)

Norondor · « **Reply #240 on:** March 10, 2009, 02:51:28 PM »

if you get to ten things take off pretty darn quick let me tell you

Norondor · « **Reply #241 on:** March 11, 2009, 04:23:24 AM »

IT'S CHOCOBO TIME MOTHERFUCKERS

Norondor · « **Reply #242 on:** March 12, 2009, 02:20:44 AM »

Niku in case you were planning to ever log in again i found someone selling scrolls of somewhat pricey RDM spells up to about level 10 very cheap and mailed them to you, including Barsleep which is pretty fucking handy if your group wants to fight sheep

Pacobird · « **Reply #243 on:** March 12, 2009, 06:00:52 AM »

Yet another price drop.

Superface · « **Reply #244 on:** March 12, 2009, 02:23:07 PM »

Quote from: Mr. Pacobird's Second Grade Class on March 12, 2009, 06:00:52 AM

Yet another price drop.

Huh, that's weird. Did that many people really buy PS2 hard drives?

The PS2 Vana'diel Collection is the only one that's Currently Not Available Online, and hasn't undergone the price drop. Mebbe they're really just trying to clear out inventory?

OH GOD IS THIS GAME DYING OH FUCK

EDIT: If so, Square, here's an idea: License PlayOnline to some other MMO maker so we can do something with it besides cursing it while trying to play FFXI. Aeria Games? Nexon? Surely you can find someone...

Envy · « **Reply #245 on:** March 13, 2009, 12:18:05 PM »

Hmm picked up a copy of the vanadiel collection today. Still installing and waiting.

Pacobird · « **Reply #246 on:** March 13, 2009, 01:14:10 PM »

Quote from: Superface on March 12, 2009, 02:23:07 PM

Quote from: Mr. Pacobird's Second Grade Class on March 12, 2009, 06:00:52 AM
Yet another price drop.

Huh, that's weird. Did that many people really buy PS2 hard drives?

The PS2 Vana'diel Collection is the only one that's Currently Not Available Online, and hasn't undergone the price drop. Mebbe they're really just trying to clear out inventory?

OH GOD IS THIS GAME DYING OH FUCK

EDIT: If so, Square, here's an idea: License PlayOnline to some other MMO maker so we can do something with it besides cursing it while trying to play FFXI. Aeria Games? Nexon? Surely you can find someone...

Reason why no PS2 price drop: the NA PS2 disc has been out of print for years.

Reason why SE will not abandon POL: the largest group of FFXI players is, somewhat paradoxically, the PS2 crowd. The majority of Japanese players play on the PS2 and the disc hasn't been discontinued over there, to the best of my knowledge.

Norondor · « **Reply #247 on:** March 13, 2009, 02:46:48 PM »

worst valkurm dunes group ever :(

OTOH, PLD17 \o/

Pacobird · « **Reply #248 on:** March 17, 2009, 10:40:36 AM »

April update to introduce something like WoW Jewelcrafting/Enchanting, which could either prove completely useless or totally gamebreaking depending on how it's implemented.

Cthulhu-chan · « **Reply #249 on:** March 17, 2009, 11:19:58 AM »

I would expect underwhelming, given most gear bonuses.

Pacobird · « **Reply #250 on:** March 17, 2009, 11:53:14 AM »

The issue is that a few points of a given stat can make a huge difference in this game. 1 accuracy translates into .5%, and stat modifiers on weaponskills coupled with how freely you can swap gear in and out could make a huge difference. For instance, the final Samurai weaponskills get huge modifiers from STR, to the point that one point of STR equals about 20 damage.

Envy · « **Reply #251 on:** March 17, 2009, 11:51:17 PM »

Also monks in late game that spam chi blast can have a even higher mnd stat. Paco already stated that but if say there were haste enchants, one of the smallest percents came be pretty big.

Envy · « **Reply #252 on:** March 25, 2009, 12:50:14 PM »

Happy day, went 1/1 VE and 1/1 Leaping Lizzy. O.kotes your next.

Pacobird · « **Reply #253 on:** March 26, 2009, 05:51:29 AM »

White Mage to become god mode.

Auspice in particular is fucking incredible. Monsters (including boss monsters) use their special abilities based on the amount of TP they have, and their primary means of gaining TP is from players hitting them. A spell that reduces the amount of TP everyone feeds monsters is potentially game-breaking. This is to say nothing of CURE SPELLS APPLYING STONESKIN WHAT THE FUCK.

Red Mage and Black Mage updates still to come. Buffing the back line buffs everyone. The April update is shaping up to be a WoW 2.0 or 3.0 sea change.

Norondor · « **Reply #254 on:** March 26, 2009, 06:38:02 AM »

Holy FUCKIN' shit

So much for Scholars as the end-all, be-all casters, eh?

Pacobird · « **Reply #255 on:** March 26, 2009, 06:45:57 AM »

Interestingly, there's nothing here about increasing WHM MP efficiency, which was the primary source of penis envy when looking at RDM and SCH. So I think for overall efficiency, RDM and SCH will still be superior, but WHM is totally the go-to healer for overall fight control now with the ridiculous status removal abilities and TP control. That's a solid niche, because it finally allows RDMs, SCHs, and WHMs to all compliment one another in a major fight: RDMs as the mana battery, WHMs for keeping melee up and moving, and SCHs as a midway point between the two.

Again, RDM is in line for a buff, and smart speculation says some sort of late-game super-enelement spells because there really is not much else to give them.

Norondor · « **Reply #256 on:** March 26, 2009, 06:51:53 AM »

Giving the entire party Subtle Blow seems like a good way to improve mana efficiency to me!

Pacobird · « **Reply #257 on:** March 26, 2009, 06:54:28 AM »

Well, yeah, anything that reduces damage intake is by definition a MP efficiency buff, but it's nothing compared to Refresh and Convert.

Waiting for one of the RDM "buffs" to be "Convert now available at level 35".

Jkid · « **Reply #258 on:** March 26, 2009, 06:19:30 PM »

I got the 2008 collection last week for the PC, even though I use the PS2 one. I haven't installed it yet. I need to clear my Hard Drive off some things.

Envy · « **Reply #259 on:** March 31, 2009, 01:10:51 AM »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhQg7PC3CDY&feature=channel_page

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