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#1 Nov 22 2005 at 5:54 AM Rating: Decent
this is all over drg forums but i thought id share with shiva.

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In the next version update, major changes are scheduled for the dragoon two-hour ability.

The development team does not consider the dragoon to be particularly weak when compared to other jobs, but we are aware that a large part of a dragoon's strength depends on the presence of his or her wyvern. After taking into account the wyvern's tendency to be quickly defeated in heated battles, and the dragoon's lack of a powerful special ability for use in missions and other critical situations, it was decided that improvements were necessary.

Simply raising the wyvern's HP and defense to increase its survivability would cause balance issues in other parts of the game. However, it was judged that improving the dragoon's two-hour ability would have less of an impact on overall balance, and so the following changes have been planned for the upcoming version update:

-New two-hour ability
The dragoon will be imbued with the strength of his or her wyvern for a fixed length of time, increasing the dragoon's power and adding special effects to "Jump" abilities.

-Call Wyvern
The recast time for this ability will be reduced to twenty minutes. This ability will only be available when the main job is set to dragoon.

-Wyvern
Wyverns will now have the equivalent of the job trait "Subtle Blow," reducing the amount of TP gained by opponents from the wyvern's attacks.

More details will be announced at the time of the version update.


Source: http://www.playonline.com/ff11us/information/1122.html

Im not a drg but im smiling my face off im so happy :D

Edited, Tue Nov 22 05:54:51 2005 by Xellith
#2 Nov 22 2005 at 8:45 AM Rating: Decent
Cool, says they get imbued with their puny wyvern strength for a 2 hr =P

Still fun job IMO.
#3 Nov 22 2005 at 9:00 AM Rating: Good
I have not played Dragoon myself but I think this is a great update. Having to wait 2 hours to call your wyvern is just wrong, especially if you call it and for some reason get a nice AOE that kills it would really suck. Now you only have to wait 20 mins.

Going to be interesting to see how the 2 hour works.
#4 Nov 22 2005 at 12:00 PM Rating: Default
Yeah, I've been saying this forever. Good they finally helped DRG. I don't think this will make ppl switch to DRG, which is a good thing...I hate when EVERYONE wants to be a certain job because of an update, but it will really help out the existing ones.

Have you had your dose of DRG PRIDE today?
#5 Nov 22 2005 at 12:32 PM Rating: Decent
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It's going to make me try DRG.

I've always wanted to play one but when you look at their job forum and they call their own job gimp it makes you wonder. Guess it's time to try.
#6 Nov 22 2005 at 12:39 PM Rating: Decent
I think I might try it out after the update.
#7 Nov 22 2005 at 12:42 PM Rating: Decent
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A new 2 hour isn't going to make them god. 20 min Call Wyvern is MUCH better though. But DRG still lack some great gear aside from Heca and Baro. I think it will be more fun to play, but I don't know if that will help them with invite rates. People never look at the Wyvern DMG to begin with. But I think its great all the same. Grats to all Drags!!!^^
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