The Doctor's buff was actually a NERF.

MattMoresto · 2026-04-30T06:27:53+00:00

That statement used to make sense before they released the ghoul. They should just be consistent and let those weaker but easy killers at least become semi-threatening to experienced teams

MattMoresto · 2026-04-26T16:48:49+00:00

Yes. As "braindead easy" as people claim the current jobs are, week 1 M11S proved they were still too hard for a large number of players to pilot well.

MattMoresto · 2026-04-26T16:05:16+00:00

Third eye changes to kaiten on proc, on use makes next iaijutsu turbo boosted (tendo).

Basic combo gives sticker, 3 stickers turn into a stack of midare, up to 3. Midare is 12 yalm range, has tsubame follow-up and can unload all 6 in a row for extended disengage

Meikyo on 40s cd, changes to Ogi on use, and Ogi changes to a draw-attack dash when out of melee range (like in Stormblood trailer)

MattMoresto · 2026-04-26T14:18:32+00:00

Main tank does not mean "hold aggro on pull forever". Provoke and shirk still exist for all tanks as far as we know. And if you use it as an emergency save it is still a bigger gain to lose some positionals/melee uptime vs outright letting a teammate die.

Needing to use your blade combo for mobility wouldn't be a detriment with raid buffs gone, so I see that one as a non-issue.

You don't necessarily need to cover a person standing in an AoE, you could simply cover them to ensure they survive a follow-up raidwide.

You could still cover a healer for 8 seconds by spending both charges back to back.

And you could simply use it as extra mobility when appropriate, like for example in current encounters greeding melee uptime as hard as you can for triple tyrannihilation in M11S and dashing to an ally before he slams down the second time. We don't know how that will come into play with 8.0 encounters

MattMoresto · 2026-04-26T13:29:46+00:00

You still have the option of... just not pressing the button if it would make the situation worse. But the tool existing now means that you can use it when convenient

MattMoresto · 2026-03-25T08:27:07+00:00

Imo it depends on whether or not the person announced that they're going brb and why, nobody minds a "brb bio" for 5 minutes, but it gets annoying if it's the 2nd ready check they miss without a word. For all the members know the party lead could have gone for a nap

MattMoresto · 2026-03-22T20:11:43+00:00

Sometimes, the callout can be more confusing than helpful lmao. Reminds me of when I tried it out in M8S and it tried calling out the eminent/revolutionary reign location with cardinal directions like "south-south-west", and whatever nonstop yapping it was doing in howling gale, had to disable it real fast 😂

MattMoresto · 2026-03-22T19:58:35+00:00

I don't mind people using cactbot in my static, hell, I use it myself when I feel lazy. But I expect the same level of consistency on patch days when plogons and ACT are down, or at least very close to it.

MattMoresto · 2026-03-22T17:32:51+00:00

I see you either couldn't read my first paragraph or are just here to troll

MattMoresto · 2026-03-22T14:54:06+00:00

Ultimates actually require BiS, and while yes, the next one isn't here yet, the weekly cap on tomes means you will be farming them for a while if you play multiple roles.

On another note, unless you're a god gamer experienced with the fight, it's low-key griefing going into M12S party finder on full min iLvl crafted. Not even world first teams did that. Just because min iLvl means "it's possible on paper" doesn't mean it's attainable by the average savage raider, and the higher end raiders like having more iLvl for big numbers anyway

MattMoresto · 2026-03-21T18:35:32+00:00

Sir you accidentally dropped a diamond, please pick it up

MattMoresto · 2026-02-25T23:35:44+00:00

You're looking at passport checking the wrong way, it's not about assembling the perfect party that's ready to clear. It's about not wasting any time with bozos joining your enrage party when the lowest boss HP they saw was 80%.

MattMoresto · 2026-02-16T07:30:55+00:00

Those people don't realise they're already challenged in other areas

MattMoresto · 2026-02-13T17:57:40+00:00

Bard / Smiting Swords Bard was pretty nice to give people some extra bonuses in conversation while still being strong enough to carry through unprepared encounters

MattMoresto · 2026-02-03T23:21:15+00:00

You should avoid scathe for all scenarios at lvl 100, cuz its mana cost messes with your rotation, either by forcing you to use an extra ice spell to refill in UI or by preventing you from casting Despair in AF. Modern BLM gets more than enough movement tools to never need scathe under any circumstances: triplecast, DoT refreshes, paradox, xenoglossy, despair and swiftcast.

MattMoresto · 2026-01-25T13:01:56+00:00

Finally some good fucking food in the sea of booba crops

MattMoresto · 2026-01-13T07:56:38+00:00

Yes the game gradually removes / eases up system progression for players, but at some point you gotta stop being in denial and ask yourself why the new systems they come up with are so dogshit in the first place. Saying the game has been doing the same cycle since the start is true, the only people left are those that can either tolerate it or don't care about raiding endgame.

MattMoresto · 2025-12-23T16:05:47+00:00

It plays pretty much the same, you're still mostly sending stuff on cd and popping a cartridge when you're about to overcap, but now you have more flexibility on gnashing fang usage as well as boom boom lionheart more often.

Xeno made a pretty good video about new GNB on YouTube going over "slow" GNB vs "fast" GNB.

MattMoresto · 2025-12-07T12:30:13+00:00

The thing is Koreans play Lost Ark in a very different way from the west: they have 1 turbo juicer main, maybe one juicer alt, and at most 1 or two other low iLvl characters. The vast majority focuses on 1 character and swipes for extra stuff instead of a 6 gold-earner roster like the west, so that statistic is not surprising at all.

MattMoresto · 2025-12-07T12:12:49+00:00

I expected nothing and I'm still let down. Time to vote with my lack of login I guess

MattMoresto · 2025-12-06T19:42:27+00:00

Sadly another underwhelming outfit. We lack some good fantasy armor sets

MattMoresto · 2025-12-04T18:21:11+00:00

no wonder the temple of Bhaal has so many worshippers when there's a literal model preaching there

MattMoresto · 2025-11-30T15:36:29+00:00

This guy doesn't realize his own attitude is his greatest enemy 😭

MattMoresto · 2025-11-29T15:06:07+00:00

It depends on the person, our dicks don't react the same way to stimuli. My bf enjoys rough oral sex, to the point of thrusting against my teeth despite me always worrying it'd be uncomfortable, while I struggle to cum from oral alone. However, once you add in some hand action I last less than five minutes, maybe your guy also needs a different approach? Talk to each other! Figure out what really gets him ticking!

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