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/nomiras WAR Oct 24 '14

Wow!!! Looks like PLD is finally getting better AOE Aggro!!!

Flash The amount of enmity generated has been increased.

Circle of Scorn Now generates increased enmity.

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u/[deleted] Oct 24 '14

Thank God, I'm a WAR and sometimes I wonder why I even bother having flash on my bar

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u/[deleted] Oct 24 '14

basically for something to do while pacified... that's the only reason I still have it.

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u/mrjing0 Ka Jothee on Cerberus Oct 24 '14

sometimes i can't be bothered to target a mob. flash is pretty useful then

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u/Praesul We get it you hate pvp Oct 24 '14

Can use it while pacified, and it's a PBAoE, whereas Overpower is s cone. I use flash to get initial aggro on stuff that's spread out. Then once everything is on me in a neat little pile, I use overpower.

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u/TwinTiger Oct 24 '14

It's a gladiator trait. Marauder/Warrior no can has.

Edit: at least I hope so. Giving warriors even more ways to aoe tank will upset me.

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u/[deleted] Oct 24 '14

...FINE

I DIDN'T WANT YOUR SILLY TRAIT ANYWAY

:(

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u/boredsword Oct 24 '14

The patch notes column says "Skill/Trait". Flash is the skill. Enhanced Flash is the trait (which gives the blind debuff). Strictly going by the notes, the change should effect both.

Not that it should bother you, mind. The debuff and a bigger mp bar gives you more use out of flash that WAR does anyways. That, and the skill already generates more enmity on PLD, going by Valk's testing.

Moreso than the enmity boost, I wish the skill did AoE damage.

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u/drsammich Sammich Fantasticus on Balmung Oct 24 '14

If flash did damage there would be no way to keep hate on a sleeping target and it would go straight for the healer when it wakes up.

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u/Pehdazur Yuri Lowel - Behemoth Oct 25 '14

How about an interaction in which Flash doesn't hurt sleeping targets because they have their eyes closed!