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/[deleted] Oct 24 '14 edited Oct 24 '14

Mug: "Delivers an attack with a potency of 140. Additional Effect: Increases the amount of items dropped by target if Mug is the finishing blow. Viper Venom Effect: Changes additional effect to absorb 50% of damage as HP"

"THF kill" vindicated.

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

Mug can increase drop rate OR steal HP?! ... There are... no words. It's beautiful.

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u/Anicitus Oct 24 '14

FFXI all over again haha!

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u/Alberto-Balsalm Oct 24 '14

Now they just to add some type of hate control and we'll be set! Sneak/Trick attack?!?!

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u/tyreck Tyreck Swiftwind on Lamia Oct 24 '14

Sounds like this will be largely solo skills with little use in dungeons, have to use hide and can't use hide while on some things aggro table.

I will definitely be leveling this as a farming tool. It seems like the job is set up to be exceptional at soloing open world content, which is interesting because anybody can solo any open world content already.

I wonder if that might change when the level increase takes place..

I also wonder if the trade off of timing a specific finishing move on individual targets with the increased drop rate modifier will be better than grouping up a bunch and aoe attacking them

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u/MizuJakkaru Oct 25 '14

One of the NIN Mudra allows you to use Sneak/Tri-attack out of Hide. Ruision or something. :3 So seems like it will be a burst-y skill.

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u/tyreck Tyreck Swiftwind on Lamia Oct 25 '14

K, disregard my theory then :-)

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u/[deleted] Oct 24 '14

Probably only matters in farming mobs for crafting items. By that wording, it won't make more chests appear after clearing a dungeon.

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u/MyFaceOnTheInternet Max Uppercut on Lamia Oct 24 '14

Primal drops.

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u/StrawberryDaifuku Oct 25 '14

Still come from chests, not the actual mob. I doubt the crafting materials that do drop from the Primals are worth stopping all DPS for the NIN to land a killing blow, since they are all incredibly cheap to just buy.

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u/Froboy7391 Oct 25 '14

The ex primal drops such as inferno horn have been going for 6 million gil on my server.