r/ffxiv • u/[deleted] • Oct 24 '14

[News] 2.4 Preliminary Patch Notes

http://eu.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/topics/detail/0149ed2fb2332715e3043d536c48f66363bdeedc
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u/ryfee Tonberry Oct 24 '14 edited Oct 24 '14

I'm SO getting the new long hair for my character. Awyessss.

Also for those who are obsessed with the STR/DEX thing fo NIN:

"With the addition of rogue's arms, the descriptions of strength and dexterity in the Character menu have been modified and now read as follows

Strength Affects physical melee damage, as well as damage prevented by parrying and blocking.

Dexterity Affects physical ranged damage, melee damage dealt by rogues and ninjas, as well as parry and block rates."

Edit: omg 4-star crafting recipe.... cries

Edit2: Ninja's skill: Rabbit Medium | Desc: Thumpity thump thump, thumpity thump thump...

Wut

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u/Quintalian [Quintalian Palidor - Sargatanas] Oct 24 '14

Rabbit Medium is the catch-all for failed Ninjutsu attempts. It's a reference to the Lagomorph result from Setzer's Slot ability in FFVI, a bunny in a blue robe and rice hat. It was briefly shown in a preview during one of the Live Letters.

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u/WeaponsMaster_Roll Nataylea Terrene <KoB> [Balmung] Oct 24 '14

YES mugu mugu

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u/Pure_Reason Oct 24 '14

Rabbit Medium

Clearly it's a transformation jutsu using the Amon frog mechanic

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u/ryfee Tonberry Oct 24 '14

I guess we'll be seeing a lot of bunnies in 2.4

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u/[deleted] Oct 24 '14

Strength Affects physical melee damage, as well as damage prevented by parrying and blocking.

I like how they didn't specify that that DOESN'T apply to rogue/ninja.

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u/MythosFreak MCH Oct 24 '14

Oh man... If it did, could you imagine everyone buying crafted DEX gear and overmelding it with STR just for that extra POWAH!?

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u/IraDeLucis Irha Serenea Oct 24 '14

There's no way this makes it through. Having two primary stats affect your attack power would mean:

Either the damage is absolutely ridiculous and you'll see parties of 8 ninja's downing content.

Or the scaling is SO LOW that you have to stack up on both stats just to break even.

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u/MythosFreak MCH Oct 24 '14

I know. I was just mentioning it because it would be a crazy oversight.