[Dev] Delve Updates, Holding Times & Bosses

Has this effected plasm farming from inside the fractures? Originally I thought they were locking the walls between the different NM groups but now it's sounding like only the mega boss will be locked behind a wall. Do we still have access to the monsters around the Tier IV/V NM areas?

They won't be able to hold hate the entire time but they'll be able to do it enough

So glad that I'm 6/6 on KI's already, even if a couple of those fights took long. I can't imagine what 20-minute tier IV/V kills would look like under the current paradigm. Even multiple Wild Cards and Zantetsukens aren't going to get you there.

My only concerns with this update are that either A.) they screw around with the NMs in Fracture and make it so that you have to use Yggzi Beads each run to avoid dealing with NMs, instead of just allowing a Twilight Paladin to zombie and hold them, or B.) that all those mobs in the Boss Room aren't moved outside of the room in order to give us more stuff to kill. Repops would start to become a problem, otherwise.

It seems to me this update is going to negatively affect the players who are least well equipped to deal with these new monsters and events

It seems to me this update is going to negatively affect the players who are least well equipped to deal with these new monsters and events most and i for one think its a huge pity that we cant just keep it the way it was, ive had so much fun over the past few days doing the T5 nm's in pickup groups its been great old school strategys with a new twist lots of people working together (regardless of gear) such a pity se has decided to do this and it seems its the players who dont realise how affected they will be are the ones to be affected most.

I don't know how the hell 20mins timer will make sense. Did Kurma last night and it was a pain to time the god damn nukes within tp animation duration. The fight took well over 2hrs with well equiped players.

I missed the part of the update where they nerfed BRD and COR

I missed the part of the update where that sweater makes your *** look fat.

try a party of sch using imminence on Kurma and see how that works.

Can someone summarize all this into something easier to understand? Cause read everything through and I'm still confused as ***.

I don't know how the hell 20mins timer will make sense. Did Kurma last night and it was a pain to time the god damn nukes within tp animation duration. The fight took well over 2hrs with well equiped players.

Don't wear your sweater on your *** and you're good to go

So with 20min rage I saw lots of players employing various strategies to clear the T4-5 NMs. In pick up groups I saw:

-PLDs actually tanking and holding the boss in position for long periods of time.
-I saw DDs /THF building TP on local mobs to blast 100% acc WS.
-I saw skill chains being coordinated.
-I saw magic bursts(!).
-I even saw some mages talking about what compass position to stand (assuming some kinda geo factor).
-I saw a RDM casting debuffs.

Now, a lot of these tactics are non-optimal and arguably wastes of time compared to zerging. But, for the first time in years fighting reminded me of the old ffxi days against sky gods and ground kings. I didn't care if there was a "better" strategy because it was fun to just jump in and fight it out.

This was possible because there were TWO viable methods to best these NMs:

1) Have baddass gearz and Zerg it down in less than 20 mins.
2) Just don't give up

This update (20min depop) deletes option (2). It deletes the leeway for various strategy (ranging from efficient to wildly inefficient). It deletes the leniency on current gear and job selection. It deletes the leeway to let friends or newer players in because pt spot opportunity cost is higher.

Welcome back to ffxi-6brd-6cor-outside-ally-mule-rotation-mash-WS-macro-zerg-or-gtfo.

Just finished my Ryunohige99 and I can't WAIT to be told ((thanks for the offer, but I'll have to pass.))

COR rotations aren't bad with 5/5 Winning Streak, that Relic+2 thing, reduced Phantom Roll recast, and a Random Deal. The only thing is that you'll have to switch up the rolls for at least one party in order for the "same roll activated" crap to not show up unless you want to Fold a proper roll.

Obviously it makes you a lot more careful about how you roll, especially on 6's when you don't have Snake Eye up.

Just be sure people understand that COR needs to start rolls long before BRDs do their rotations.