[dev1296] Aeonic Weapons

Nothing there states that this wil be the final adjustment to the JP Categories, just that at the 2100JP mark you become a 'master' at the job.

I think we will know for certain if their is a CP+ gift 5 points at 2095. Due to being able to store so many JP's (at this stage /500,) perhap's show's me that their has to be a lasting use for a job's Job Point's otherwise what is SE's purpose in allowing us to store so many?

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I wonder if they'll set up the Iroha trust so that if available to you she'll open/close Tier 4 SCs.

I don't know where you're getting 2195. Even 'if', and its a big if, this isn't the last JP update (I'm pretty sure it was said this is last somewhere), 2100 will be the limit this round, at 210 JP's to cap a category lv20. And if, as some people are speculating, there is a JP requirement to these new weapons beyond the job title, then even having a CP+ gift at the end isn't necessarily a sign of more JP's to come.

I'm going to overthink this. Allowing us to store 500 might be in order to let you keep your CP party running longer? Anyone remember when you had 10 merit points capped and had to basically hit the pause button on your xp mommentum to dump points? Right now if you have a solid group that 350 mark can be hit pretty easy....

I think he meant 2095 like we've seen before with capacity bonuses. 5 points below the cap is usually a new one.

One thought to them keep JPs alive, but not expanding the categories would be to have JPs spendable on items for your job's Aeonic weapon. So.. You master the job, then need certain items to make your Aeonic - you can get them by fighting a certain NM or by farming JPs and using them to spend on items for Aeonic. Just a thought.

Was that not an obvious typo to you? In anycase I have correct'd it.

The funny thing is that if they put a CP bonus at 2095, it wouldn't even help you. You wouldn't be able to unlock until 2100, and before that point you would be stuck at 2080. Made sense with the last one, this time... eh.

So what if they add you need hmp's riftdross or cinder. Or god forbid it is a rem update, but you need the afterglow to upgrade weapon?

From the JP dev tracker on BG. Do with that info what you will.

Afterglow was designed around the old addage of XI players slaving away to increase a single person's power, while also serving as a way to circulate gil out of certain players.

Given Matsui and pals have yet to address Empyrean 90-99 issues, I really doubt they will throw that kind of requirement, unless the end result is that you need upgrade items in small quantities of every past super weapon to craft these new ones, and they act as Mythic / JSE style and take the mastery title that others have mentioned.

Given the massive push to allow players to solo, and with only speculation for what the new skillchains can be capable of, these seem like a send off weapon, which will likely be utilized to bypass some of the more recent design choices. Won't always have your pals around to magic burst or skill chain setup some of the recent nastier mobs, you know?

Unless they're going for Tanaka-tier design for grinding, pretty sure the current team is well aware of the fact that the population is going to just dwindle away starting next month, and hopefully be wise enough to not repeat the Delve / Vagary mistakes of "group content in a solo focus XI", making these more of a personal achievement to obtain, instead of throwing one last slab of cannibalistic content out there for the remaining people to fight over, and ultimately not even achieve. Would be great design to get people to rage quit, but not the kind of move that would win them over to the Nexon version in the next year or so.

I agree with you 100%. There's got to be a "hybrid tax". Otherwise the heavy DD's are pointless, like they are right now.


Nukers were garbage for half a decade, and summoner has been niche or garbage forever. So it's ok that they are strong now; I mean even beastmaster had its time to shine, right? And PUP is getting there too. The problem is that melees, and it's really all melees for the hardest stuff, are crippled by the same old BS mechanics that S-E has relied on for the longest time. It's crappy game balance in light of the fact that nukers can do very heavy damage from complete safety.

Id much rather Aeonic weapons be a 'content tour' of everything thats been a thing in XI rather than yet another currency grind granted the market will die off without NPC sources.

The system is already there with RoE so essentially complete all the records, master a job via JP and complete everything from Expeditionary Force to Sinister Reign then you get what amounts to a Tournesol to enjoy the 'end'game with. Subsequently, players also get a trip down nostalgia lane doing all the ye olde content.

That there is a CP gift 5 below is just a coincidence. And yes there will be one at 2095. How do I know? Because there is a pattern:

CP gifts at level --- difference from last
205
275 --- 70
355 --- 80
445 --- 90
545 --- 100
655 --- 110
775 --- 120
905 --- 130
1045 --- 140
1195 --- 150
1355 --- 160
1525 --- 170
1705 --- 180
1895 --- 190
2095 --- 200

It's a new grind. You know it, I know it, we all know it.

I hope this doesn't mean I need to make a Twashtar now.

Sooo.... Augementing REM?

I would guess either you need them to unlock Aeonic weapons, or you get some sort of benefit without equipping them.

I hope it's something like:

Trade A and R to npc, get WS boost augment
Trade A and E to npc, get stat boost augment
Trade A and M to npc, get JA boost augment

Maybe a KI that allows use of Aftermath without using the weaponskill. Or at least access to Relic WSs like we have already had for Mythic and Empyrean for years.

New mob triggers only trigger-able by specific weapons!

More access to weaponskills won't hurt. I know a bunch of nins that would love to be able to use Metsu. Also hoping that Aeonic weaponskills have good skillchain attributes, like t4, a t3, and a t2.

I really hope SE considers adjusting the aftermath activation for mage weapons. Keeping up aftermath on SMN, or BLM or SCH (or any non-melee job) against a high level mob where the aftermath is needed the most, is a pain in the butt.

Great Katana ARME path should include a 50% WSD augment.

DRK was the flavor of the month for a long time. So, I guess you missed that boat

Aeonic weapons? Time to find time to play+resub!
Sign me up for grinding another another dancer dagger and corsair gun!

ADL days!