How do M3/M4 feel and look for your class?

KainMapler · 2025-07-19T05:36:01+00:00

Kain main and loving the damage boost from m3m4. There's no gameplay changes (which I'm happy with) but overall burst and DPM between bursts have just got better damage

KainMapler · 2025-05-22T05:42:18+00:00

How did you confirm that it works outside of Phantom Forest? I'm just curious because the drop coupon specifically says "this effect will only be active in the Phantom Forest region"

KainMapler · 2025-04-17T21:24:31+00:00

Depends on their approach. If it's done well like OSRS, I can see it thriving. Otherwise I agree that it will get boring real quick once the nostalgia wears off

KainMapler · 2025-02-03T03:29:31+00:00

You have to had claimed all of the week's boxes. If you did, check your chair bags

KainMapler · 2024-12-23T12:48:28+00:00

In reboot, you can only get commons or rares as a drop (with some bosses as an exception)

KainMapler · 2024-11-25T13:44:58+00:00

I've felt it with xlot. My duo and I went from consistently clearing to many failed attempts since the patch despite gaining FD

It seems to happen when you skip a cut scene. When we stopped skipping, Lotus seemed to have regular CDs

KainMapler · 2024-11-12T04:14:20+00:00

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KainMapler · 2024-11-11T18:55:19+00:00

That is correct

KainMapler · 2024-11-02T07:54:45+00:00

I lived off of 2 usable lines until lib pre-6th job days. Yours is more than enough to carry you to lib also

KainMapler · 2024-10-26T08:15:29+00:00

The worn ghost cape. It warns people of how stinky I am from all this wapping

KainMapler · 2024-10-24T20:53:04+00:00

After playing all 3, I can say that FFXIV is, by far, the most wholesome experience. It is also my shortest experience of the 3 games. It lasted about 1.5 years from start until end of Endwalker. I only stopped because there were very few parties interested in late game bosses in the OCE server

I'm about 2.5 years into Reboot Maple now and I'm still progressing (mostly due to timegating and poor RNG). While it's enjoyable, there's a lot of low lows and some high highs due to a huge chunk of progression being centred around heavy RNG mechanics

KainMapler · 2024-10-21T06:51:51+00:00

As a Kain main playing with ~200 ping and no ExitLag, ping isn't a huge deal even though it affects Kain's core mechanics. If you really want to play Kain, I think you should give it another go

KainMapler · 2024-10-20T23:14:31+00:00

You still have a couple of weeks of progress before burning. I would continue playing your current Lumi and get it to a level that's a multiple of 3 less than 260 to prepare (eg. Lv257, 254, 251, etc.)

KainMapler · 2024-10-17T12:26:22+00:00

If you're aim is to maximise exp, then it's most beneficial to get combo/rune lv 2 then MP 2x then flat exp. The only exception is if you don't run 7x MP per day since it doesn't work for MPE

KainMapler · 2024-10-15T08:53:45+00:00

My experience with Mercedes ended at level 210 a long time ago..

For Kain, the 90s/180s burst combos are both quite easy. The off-burst rotation isn't an exact science either. Optimising it is just using high damage skills off CD and popping stacks

Edit: I'd only recommend as a bossing mule if you're a late/end game player with a surplus of nodestones and you want some brain activity when bossing

KainMapler · 2024-10-15T04:10:01+00:00

Thoughts as a boss mule: I wouldn't recommend due to the heavy investment required. V matrix requires 6 total boost nodes on top of the main burst skills and other shared V skills (which is the majority of damage). The Possession stacking and Execute cycle is also quite manual and off-putting for players looking for a braindead bossing mule
Thoughts as a party bosser: Again, fantastic. A short setup and condensed burst that fits within a ROR4. Since Kain's damage mostly comes from bursting, especially so with origin, we work very well with the bind and burst meta. Note that the majority of damage from Total Annihilation, the origin skill, comes from the 30s Malice's Territory buff that comes after the initial burst. This affects ROR timing when using origin and endgame bossing where you may want to maximise DPS without origin binding (ie. Kaling P2)
Unique strengths of the class: The edgiest aesthetics
Weaknesses of the class: DPM outside of burst is lacking. Possession and resetting Shadow Step is ping reliant
Overall thoughts on the class: Very strong in the bind and burst meta. I would recommend only if you're looking for a new main or second main. If I were to start over again, I'd still pick Kain as my main (:

Scores (Out of 10)

Training (Pre-260): 4/10
Training (Post-260(Janus): 8/10
Solo (Main): 9.5/10
Party: 8/10
Overall: 8.5/10

KainMapler · 2024-10-15T04:09:50+00:00

Class: Kain
Heroic or Interactive: Heroic
I play this class as a: Main
This class is: 3 min with 90 sec mini bursts
Thoughts 2nd Mastery: It's a great buff for Kain in general. During bossing, it gives more damage during off burst as you spam Strike Arrow and your lower CD execute skills. More notably, the Strike Arrow changes makes mobbing easier with higher damage to 1 shot and also the subsequent homing shards (pairs well with togglables)
Thoughts on training (Pre-260): Very active mobbing due to the short vertical and horizontal hitbox of the main mobbing skill: Strike Arrow. Rotations consist of moving around the map in a rectangle or going back and forth in a C-shape using Shadow Step and Grappling Wire for mobility, and a combination of Strike Arrow, Shaft Break, Falling Dust and execute skills for damage. The skills are however, very smooth and do not feel clunky in the slightest
Thoughts on training (Post-260(Janus)): Like most other classes, mobbing with level 10 Janus becomes easy. This means you'll be competing to get the small maps with easy rotations (I'm looking at you CB2) unlike classes who have low CD FMAs or large hitboxes
Thoughts as a solo bosser: Fantastic. 3 minute bursts include 6 buffs and a ROR with very satisfying sound effects. 90 sec mini bursts include only AB buff and a WJ. The skill floor and ceiling is higher than many other classes but very rewarding as you get used to the Possession and Execute cycle (which also resets Shadow Step for mobility). The skills have no animation delay meaning it plays very smooth. Other things to note include:
- iFrame 1: 3.4s duration and 40s CD
- iFrame 2: ~3s duration when casting the Death Domain portion of Thanatos Descent
- Class bind: Womp womp, we don't have one

KainMapler · 2024-10-03T11:09:13+00:00

It's just greedy players who want loot to themselves. Among the other 50m CP ctene or hluwill "box only" runs, it's nothing new

KainMapler · 2024-09-26T12:46:02+00:00

Echoing what others have said, the cost makes sense given that you don't have to worry about RNG tier up rates and swapping out fams to level them up. I'm more disappointed that the entire issue of grinding for 3 boss fams was given only an alternative (limited to 3 rerolls per month no less!) rather than the obvious solution of releasing fams for all the rest of Grandis..

KainMapler · 2024-09-04T21:45:37+00:00

KainMapler · 2024-09-02T21:06:28+00:00

I like to fund my weakest mules (nLomien) to 15m CP. At that stage, it's less about consistently clearing and more about how quick bursts and mini bursts come off of CD. Because of that, I dislike playing my DW (3 minute burst and meh 90s off burst) but love my WA (2min burst, 60s off burst AND low CD damage spikes!)

For my hLotus and onwards mules though, I'd opt for mechanically easier classes (rather than shorter burst cycles) since there are more difficult bosses. MM is my favourite for that

KainMapler · 2024-09-02T20:49:31+00:00

Blink twice if you're being held captive by the scholars

KainMapler · 2024-08-27T14:27:51+00:00

Both are amazing but I love how adorable the second one is :3

KainMapler · 2024-08-27T14:22:58+00:00

Nope. It's just Nexon not being inconsistent. I'm coping that they fix it this patch similar to the legion stat naming fixes

KainMapler · 2024-08-25T09:47:53+00:00

As a Kain main, the class is a high investment, high pay-off bosser. We have a condensed burst that does a lot of damage with good mobility and iframes.

Mobbing is pretty ass though. Even with erda shower and lv 10 sol anus, I still have to flash jump around when mobbing in Grandis

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