New Job Trait : Omg...another Joke By SE!

- White Mage: Shield Def. Bonus

So i resume : 2 years ago when Taou came out SE introduce : Templar mace !
Cool u can finally send the lol ROC staff to ***and switch to club...
This month SE introduce a new STAFF explodin the templar mace and give...shield bonus...

Thats must be some kind of humour, but its hard for me swallow...

I think, only think, that SE is trying to promote whm/mage soloing of some sort. I've known whms who never melee, except at low levels.. Not many whms now-a-days have /nin set for 'dd' and even have up to hexa-strike unlocked. It makes me sad :'(

But, The shield thing will be crappy for 90% of whms game, since in a party or endgame, you likely will have a staff on(trial staff if your high enough) and in solo.. well its debatable. Earth staff for spirit taker, or mace+mace, or mace+shield.

@OP

Just because a new job trait/spell/ability isn't beneficial to your game play, doesn't mean it isn't for others.

whm/mage using a club and shield on any serious solo is a joke... idk what SE is getting at here.

that being said, it would be nice if we get the enmity control spells :) but I doubt it'll happen

This. I almost never use Killer effects but I still have them. Same thing.

inb4 cure potency shield is added

Idk. I like it, because I soloed ALOT as whm/sch at 75 with templar mace+holy shield(no genbu shield ;x). Notable things I solo'd were some harder Af3's, to Em mobs, to a few nms(I forget most of there names, or even what, so please don't ask..)

I think it'll be a mace with cure potency instead. Maybe, just maybe, one that matches the staffs 17%(or if they upgrade it to 85 cap, higher)


Edit #2: I'd also like to point out that no matter -how- much cure potency they add, it always caps at 50%. So once you reach 50%, then you can slowly sway out peices for more other stats like mp, mnd or -enm. If they add a +cure % shield or mace, then we can forsee using less staff again and more mace+shield, hence making this update 'ok'

I'm wondering if any WAR uses the new JA we got last time. Haven't seen one yet.

its useful for when u can build tp b4 a zerg like on DL or something like that..personally never been in that situation but it's there!

whm/dnc ftw!!

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u know guys, shield help reduce dmgs you take when fightin HNMS...
And anyway, i hate staff-look for whm.

Watch them make a +20 Cure Potency Club in the next update XD

Seriously LOL at shield def bonus, especially when staffs are 2 handed.

On top of the whole "when are you ever gonna idle with a shield"
You gotta block a damn attack to benefit from the trait at all.

Reduces damage taken when blocking an attack with a shield.

PDT club/Genbu shield + full shield skill gear on WHM idle!

naw they'll just make a new magian...kill x2000 carbi on light day with banish only or somethin easy like that..

owleyes Nuff said.

Oh wow I've totally forgot about that baby...
But still, the fact that you gotta block an attack to gain anything from the trait still stands and is very lulzy =p

this is an insult to melee whms everywhere, and whm soloists... there are magian clubs that approach the relic in terms of damage, and wonderful OAT/OA3 clubs for offhand. for melee whm club is 100% the way to go; using a staff for damage is a joke.


seriously? unless they come out with a club that's at least pdt-10%, there will be NO benefit to using a shield over a terra's. and there certainly isn't a benefit to it right now... owleyes + genbu's is an option I guess.

i thought that last bit was a joke, but it's kind of hard to tell.

I acually want to say, I agree 100% on this. So many people underestimate whm dd, When they can acually do a good bit of damage while still healing. K.club, hell no, not even k.club offhand, a 75 meripho bird parties, a whm with mystic boon could dd and heal at once, and keep full mp without any issues. I melee in parties from time to time to use it for boredom supression, as well as small amounts of mp back.(no mystic boon since I'm only 60 on this new character ;x)

I reccomend every whm to get hexa strike and up, cap your club even, and you can enjoy fighting with everyone else, while also healing.

PS: I do NOT reccomend meleeing when there are alot of AoE things you should be avoiding. I think it should be obvious, but someones going to laugh about it, or try and say 'oh not on this nm'