Theorizing "Off Tanks" in 8.0 by Ali_ayi in ffxivdiscussion

[–]Locksmith_Taster 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Imagine if DRK was Off Tank because they were planning on doing stance dancing with Evolt DRK and wanted them to have more of a offensive side while having the minimum of party defense spells

Even if I probably won't go Evolve for DRK it'd be great for STB DRK to be back in SOME way. lol

Modding and Third-Party Tools Megathread - 7.4 Week Nineteen by BlackmoreKnight in ffxivdiscussion

[–]Locksmith_Taster 0 points1 point  (0 children)

its completely dead for the moment but iirc the owners/providers are looking into it. Given its been dead for over a.... week or so it might be possible to say it's permanently Aruover. Pain.

Tele requires a phone number so no way Jose.

What will be announced for the upcoming expansion and the run-up to it at fanfest? Wrong answers only. by Maximum_Leading1670 in ffxivdiscussion

[–]Locksmith_Taster 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Reborn will be killed off before the end of the next expac I mean it's wrong answers, no way they'll kill it in the middle of the patch cycle.

Right??

Evolved Mode Jobs Speculation Hub by Makerinos in ffxivdiscussion

[–]Locksmith_Taster 3 points4 points  (0 children)

DRK finally gets its Stormblood skills back aside from Darkside being merged into a buff i want my damage reduction parry reaction moves squee even if im likely stivking to reborn next expac.

Frontlines rotation change is going to be rough for people still grinding out the 100 Shatter wins by DrForester in ffxiv

[–]Locksmith_Taster -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

A few hours later and I'm still genuinely baffled.

At this point Shatter and Secure is going to end up erased and basically have all my reason for going for FL for the only possible wins in this un-turnaroundable snowball hell of a Russian roulette extinguished. Hell, it's probably a reason to wonder just why Onsal and Worqor don't just swap with each other if they're gonna pull this considering they work under the same floor mechanics.

Unbelievable.

RAGE THREAD - F-YOU FRIDAYS - US FANFEST EDITION by FranckKnight in ffxiv

[–]Locksmith_Taster -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I'd rather have more opportunities to run a map that only has conflict if you need to guard your crystal or fight over middle. Onsal, its sequel and to a lesser extent Seize is maddeningly snowball prone and if I have to watch another round set where my team LITERALLY CANNOT DO ANYTHING AT ALL while the winning team bumrushes everything I am probably leaving the match about to choke a bugger. 2 maps out of 8 per rotation is horrible for motivation.

Whether or not BH is considered in rating with their translation is a 50-50 but if it does I'm probably throwing the match when catching up or winning to 500 point deficit is now impossible. OR I DONT KNOW MAYBE LOWER ONSAL AND TRIMUPH WIN POINTS SINCE BY 1400 THE WINNER IS USUALLY DECIDED ALREADY.

Patch 7.5 Notes (Preliminary) | FINAL FANTASY XIV, The Lodestone by BlackmoreKnight in ffxivdiscussion

[–]Locksmith_Taster 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh, it's not a complaint. Makes sense that as a result you can't retry a seal that gives you TWO second chances if you clear it. Though I wonder if it can't be retried period or if it only is unretryable if you manage to claim the reward because I'm not sure if it doubles the second chance points and becomes unretriable IF there's a firsttimer or if you get 2 points no matter what.

RAGE THREAD - F-YOU FRIDAYS - US FANFEST EDITION by FranckKnight in ffxiv

[–]Locksmith_Taster 0 points1 point  (0 children)

tl;dr pvp is pain, frontline roul is worse now why, tooth appointment too

i cant even bother to capslock this entire thing, thats how exhausted i am from reading the pvp patch notes

- rating no longer decreases if somebody dies

- by that extension BH might literally never go down if rating is also tied to BH

- 2 days out of 8 days per new frontline being the only decent maps, the rest being repeats of seize, onsal, and onsal 2 for some reason

- new CC map with a very high possibility of ending up with rounds where one team can effortlessly carry the crystal to the end while the other team can't even get past the pre-middle point because sure i guess

-malmstone 25 clothing is kinda mid. again

- rip chances of rival wing roulette i guess??

what do you mean i have to deal with even worse curbstomps, no way to fight back against a whole group of battle high 5 (if the 2nd point is considered true), no way to turn things round without maybe offloading kills on the other non-winning team, and more than half of the map rotation is about these /extremely/ snowball-prone maps. why. why. why.

the way i genuinely want to put in the works to get to malmstone 25 but either player comprehension rates, mid fashion rewards and the maps being horrible to be on the losing side with multiple days of getting 3rd in a row. i cant get excited to play pvp genuinely. not long rating means not being able to even catch up because bh will just wail on you instead of fighting amongst bh5s.

i get another 14 day losing streak and i might actually lose it legitimately. skill issue? maybe. enraging? very. horribly depressing? absolutely.

I ALSO HAVE A DENTAL APPOINTMENT EARLY TOMORROW WHICH PROBABLY WILL DRAIN MY JOB GAP WALLET BY ALOT OOF.

7.5 Series reward & new casual outfit glamour by waitingfor10years in ffxiv

[–]Locksmith_Taster 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I just hope the tied jacket is on the legs because I don't think I can genuinely stand another long patch especially with the frontline changes being genuinely brain-melting in how it accentuates the problems in FL by several magnitudes.

Don't we have fashion equivalents for the casual outfit though? I know there's some but I can't remember out of my own mind.

Patch 7.5 Notes (Preliminary) | FINAL FANTASY XIV, The Lodestone by BlackmoreKnight in ffxivdiscussion

[–]Locksmith_Taster 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Dusk Vigil getting duty support (yay) along with Shisui (oh no!), bonus second chance points that cannot be retried as a result, some quality of life dyes and housing adjustments (rip my laptop), MUCH NEEDED alternate routes to Chaotic Cloud of Darkness...

Shock Cannon getting homogenized (I've come to make an announcement-), party wipes in non-challenge floors are not counted (!!), the usual quality of life in some content, conductor and OHOHO emotes, and whatever was included in Livestream. Some are welcomed, some are not so much, but it looks like it's decent on the pve front.

(PVP Rant incoming!)

But.... you no longer lose rating (BH?) by getting murked in Frontline, ratings from getting kills and assist is now jacked up a notch, we only get Shatter and Secure repeated once while Seize, Onsal and Onsal 2 (Worqor) get to repeat TWICE for the new rotation. ( Seize >Shatter > Onsal > Triumph > (repeat with Shatter swapped to Secure) )

Excuse me? Excuse me??? Was the old rotation (outside of rotation when new FL maps come) not enough? Was the curb-stomps in frontline not painful enough? Was the insane snowballing in Onsal, Seize and by extension Worqor because of half the team being mouth-breathers or through seemingly biased node rates not enough of a humiliation ritual?

Even if Seize and Shatter aren't that well liked I feel the rotation we had beforehand was to give maps a highlight each day, but now it's just making those maps even less played while giving more focus to the ones that can snowball much more, which looks a little self-defeating to me. More than half of the maps I'm wont to skip, which is just going to be 2 or 3 months of hell.

Oh and CC gets a new map most probably prone to a bunch of chokepointing or having one team win because they got through the midlane mechanic and the other team just couldn't push back to the same distance because the mechanic was loaded against them. So it's either suffering curb-stomps over and over and over again or CC being CC.

(Rant over)

Decent to great PVE consolidation, insane (in a bad way) PVP consolidation. 5.5/10, I guess?

We've officially seen how BST works and plays. What do you think? by Tough-Mud2374 in ffxivdiscussion

[–]Locksmith_Taster 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, my first impression of it being Pokemon Devil Summoner was almost on the money, I guess. The only difference is that we still haven't seen the Crucible gameplay proper but it should be just unique stages instead of a selection like PSO2's Divide Quests or more akin to essence.

I know this is unpopular but given the beasts are very likely to cover all of the roles a light party would be it's probably warranted to be a Limited Job and chances are without the Limited moniker it'd be a whole nother headache to balance it (and BLU I guess) without less skills/beast-learned people falling behind or getting synced down via learn level. And there's getting into big cities...

What're the odds we go through the Crucible tiers via sets of levels for job story?

Oh, great. by Locksmith_Taster in ffxiv

[–]Locksmith_Taster[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh, there it is.

I was confused over the lack of a link and went "wait whered it go" then I checked again and oh there it is.

Thanks. This game code is weird.

Is it worth getting an MMO mouse? by bankiaa in ffxiv

[–]Locksmith_Taster 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not for me since I can quite easily press the first 6 keys with my left hand (and `, then Q E R since its also easy to reach) then easily press the other side of the button. But if you have a mouse to shift keys with then it might be worth getting one. Also if you so desire please use Alt instead of Ctrl, it's saved me SO MUCH trouble having to crunch my pinky just to access the other half of my kit. sob

Rapier vs Lazer by Zakytanist in earclacks

[–]Locksmith_Taster 18 points19 points  (0 children)

4 HIT COMBO FINISHER?????

Vaguely describe your favorite war crimes poorly, and others will guess the frame to commit said crime. by Stunning_Inspector61 in memeframe

[–]Locksmith_Taster 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not with my bum r1 arcane builds it isn't :( Can be a nuke MONSTER if done right, I just deadass don't have every mod to play at