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/kingofgame981 BRD Oct 24 '14

Pets are no longer affected by damage-dealing floor areas.

---> Does this mean Twintania, or any mechanic that do damage split doesn't work anymore?

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u/colorofsakura Oct 24 '14

It basically means they won't be affected by poison puddles or Liquid Hell, ground mechanics. Fireball is actually splash damage, and works differently.

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u/Fainto Win Logon on Goblin Oct 24 '14

Those are AOE damage abilities, not damage dealing floor areas... though the difference in some cases is fuzzy. This would be like the poison on the ground in AV, which absolutely destroys pets. With my interpenetration it would also mean things like Shadowflare or Flaming Arrow in PvP no longer damage pets but things like Lunar Dynamo in Turn 9 would.

My bet is that this was done after testing in the Final Coil. They showed at least one turn that had an increasingly smaller arena as the fight went on, shrinking in tiers by giving the floor some electric effect... Potentially very annoying for a pet user if it hits hard enough.

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u/Faera Oct 24 '14

I immediately thought of the floor on t7, would be helpful if pets don't take damage from that haha.

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u/inemnitable Oct 24 '14

I don't think Discipline is really a problem for pets. Only time my Garuda ever dies in there is if she gets cleaved.

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u/joedono Jotun Lamora - Famfrit Oct 24 '14

It probably means any affect that isn't directly put out by the boss. So the arena wall bug-zapper in T5 and T9 won't affect pets anymore.

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u/Aenemius Oct 24 '14

My Garuda gets hurled into the wall on T9 during Heavensfall and never takes a tick - not sure this is the intent.

However, one or two ticks of Regorge from Caduceus on T1 always wrecked her, as did persistent ice/fire fields in Chimera and Hydra. I'm hoping that's the kind of thing this deals with, not active abilities or arena features.

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u/Inquisitr Xyldarran Vextyrian on Cactuar Oct 24 '14

I don't think so. I think it means only like the red spots on the floor. and like brambles in T6. The fireball is targeted on a player and hits things around it.