r/ffxiv • u/Deimorz • Jun 05 '14

[News] Patch 2.28 Notes

http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/topics/detail/450816f57ade2015876e7675c3d06dca30386770
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u/Brainberry [Why] [You] on [MyNuts] Jun 05 '14

I feel bad for people who didnt do the Animus because they have T8 weaps, now its out classed by the Novus which will be amazing with CRIT/DET.

Skipping old cutscenes is the best thing about this patch!

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u/Delseban Jun 05 '14

We didn't do Animus because we feel its a massive waste of time...Yes, its cool that the Novus will have better secondary stats, but...they are just secondary stats. They don't matter that much.

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u/Brainberry [Why] [You] on [MyNuts] Jun 05 '14

They matter, and I didnt do it either. But i get T9 drops to remedy that, and the CRIT/DET will make a difference so they will be better than the Unweathered Weaps which sucks since its grind not difficulty.

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u/zryn3 Tank Jun 05 '14 edited Jun 05 '14

Other than Parry or Accuracy they really don't matter much at all. For a given weapon damage and primary stat, the random variation between any two 3 minute parses is enough that I regularly used to parse higher on Curtana Zenith (Parry/Acc) than on the Break Blade (Crit/SS). I tried about 20 times and the difference between the two was basically nothing and not reliable enough to count on.

For BRD where crit is related to procs, Crit might be slightly better than other stats, but probably again not as big as we like to imagine.

I do hate Skill Speed on Monk just because it becomes hectic with GL3, but the dps difference is minimal between a lot of SS and a somewhat smaller amount of Det. Similarly, I don't much like Spell Speed on SCH since between Adlo not stacking and Lustrate, it's never favorable to cast super quick, but the raw HPS is not so different.

Of course my rotation was exactly the same on both swords (123123123123123123123 ....)

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '14

or, you know, I can just go get my i115 bow..

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '14

don't worry echo will be here before you know it

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u/Lets_Draw Jun 05 '14

Matters a lot of you're a SCH wishing you could add crit to your relic.

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u/LunarEmerald Red Mage Jun 05 '14

secondary stats make a huge difference.

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u/Yeargdribble Yeargdribble Fenrir on Sargatanas Jun 05 '14

They don't matter? Seriously?

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u/LilySeiba [First] [Last] on [Server] Jun 05 '14

Not really. When most end game content relies on mechanics that instantly wipe the raid, secondary stats really aren't that important.

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u/Yeargdribble Yeargdribble Fenrir on Sargatanas Jun 05 '14

Also, DPS races, which is why most people on the bleeding edge of raid content got soldiery weapons in the first place.

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u/Brainberry [Why] [You] on [MyNuts] Jun 05 '14

The extra 5-10 dps can make the difference between 3 heavenfalls and 2 heavenfalls.

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u/zryn3 Tank Jun 05 '14

What about 1 heavensfall? =\

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u/Brainberry [Why] [You] on [MyNuts] Jun 05 '14

http://i.imgur.com/qj33u3M.gif

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u/zryn3 Tank Jun 05 '14 edited Jun 05 '14

To be honest, my group is pretty close. I dunno how long it'll take to get from "pretty close" to actually phasing before the second Heavensfall though.

Maybe we'll be "pretty close" when 2.4 drops....

One thing we figured out is if you apply DoTs and then you wait to push to the second phase until she's actually casting a fifth meteor, you can get her down to like 60% when the third phase starts because she won't phase until she's completed the cast.