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Ain't this like the 4th or 5th time we've fought and killed these guys?


SE after re-re-re-re-releasing old NMs

They are mannequins dressed as the Ark Angels they haven't even used the cool race models that the AA have.

tbf I think this is actually way funnier

fits with it being Proto-Omega/Ultima, it's AAs At Home

i am disappoint

Buukki put Prov Watcher in my head and nothing else could satisfy.

That's for later on when they release Neo Voidwatch

I didn't disappoint, they did. I mean come on man, it was right there. Crystal/White armor, bunch of fetters/underlings. Seemed like the next logical mega Mega boss (They did that with Bumba, everything purple >>>> Purple Dragon). Easiest play ever, so of course they DIDN'T do it twice.

The mannequin wearing Shadowlord cosplay is gonna be *chef's kiss*

Bonus points if its a taru

oh ***that will actually make up for it not being Provenance Watcher if it happens

That's why I'm glad they didn't use the same recolored model again here, too recent! Something they haven't reused quite as recently is better IMO, and they haven't gone back to the AAs since Escha - Ru'Aun (which is now more than a decade ago, August 2015). Seems OK to me.

Except they're in the master trial

Well then, never mind! Guess that's one way to help show I don't do master trials!

There's still Temenos. Don't give up hope!

Im hoping for the armored skeletons from voidwalk 11

I just got "Refresh +1" on a Colada from Magic -> Fern Stone. Is this normal or is it because there's a Dark Matter (x12) campaign on right now? ...I never really augmented weapons so if this is normal, please disregard.

https://www.bg-wiki.com/ffxi/Category:Escha_Rewards/Arcane_Glyptics_Inscription#Colada

I agree but but how about a chance per shadow up to block te AOE damaga

lets say 20% per shadows (individueal rolled)

You got 3 shadows up
Shadow 1 rolls above 20 So lost that shadows
shadow 2 rolls below 20 so it block the aor but is consumed
Shadow 3 is saved so you still have 1 shadows up

maybe tweak the numbers

It's been discussed aplenty. Utsusemi is a very cool mechanic that's very hard to correctly balance. As such SE stopped to even try many years ago, leaving it relevant just in a couple of extremely niche situations I suppose. Which is still... something?

It's not a damage reduction, it completely negates any sort of damage. Easy to see how it's hard to "balance" something like that, even more so with the amount of haste and fast cast we have acess to these days, and even more with San and the +1 shadows items.
Ironic that we get such incredible power ups to this mechanic, when the mechanic isn't particularly relevant anymore lol


Shadows can already absorb multihit single target moves (they take multiple shadows and not one) and I think some AoE TP moves follow the same criteria.
It's just not... all of them for some reason, and the same applies to aoe spells, which simply remove all shadows no matter what.
Having a thing that gives you a certain % for a Shadow to absorb incoming AoE damage is a neat feat. A lot of people (myself included) thought about that in the past but:

1) Would it make a big difference? Relying on % isn't exactly something that allows you to make specific strategies something you can trust.

2) It would create problems with the fact NIN has in theory the chance to cover multiple roles, DD and Tank. Giving such powerful defensive instruments to a job who can focus on DD would make it too... powerful/desirable as a DD in content where there's a lot of damage received

I think 2) in particular is their concern. They were in such a bottleneck with Utsusemi being "mandatory" for everyone for the longest time, that they're afraid to throw themselves into that corner again.
I think there's no possible way they could balance that unless they strictly enforced NIN to take one "role" or the other by completely revamping how Innin and Yonin work, and binding these powerful defensive new things to Yonin specifically, at the cost of a big DPS loss.

Keep in mind mobs cast shadows too, so any buff to utsusemi will apply to mobs.

The negative from mobs having access to it will likely outweigh any benefit to Nin.

Utsusemi is trash and making it block AOEs won't fix that. Having to constantly cast destroys your DPS. AOEs hit the rest of your party so the curaga is still needed anyway.

Unless you do something silly like making darkblade shadows high enough to make the whole party invincible, it just isn't good. Survivability is almost never the issue with recent content; gear inflation has gotten to the point that unless you're an absolute moron using escha abjs you're as sturdy as you need to be.

For utsusemi to make NIN a viable tank, it needs to replace enough of a healer's role to match Majesty. That requires blocking for party members, and it has to be very substantial. Not likely.

While this is true, I don't think it would be the cause for any concern.
First they don't have access to +1 shadows items, they rarely, if ever, have capped FC/Haste, and I don't think any mob has access to San?
Last but not least, if they bind these "special" Utsusemi powerups to Yonin, we're safe because no monster uses Yonin anyway.

Not sure theres a real way to utilize nins shadow niche, make them a viable tank for group encounters(can do "fine" on single, phys heavy ones already) and not buff shadows overly much to the point of being OP potentially

Been said to death on nin forum but id be fine with just some DTII based on shadows lost, least in that case if its the usual -aga4/ja or heavy magic aoe nin has some kind of additional mitigation beyond migawari. Could lock it to yonin and give innin a dmg variant of the same like they did for a couple katanas already

But its in the pile with the other 50 or so nin ideas

AMAN this saturday

Update notes: https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/threads/64317-June-10-2026-%28JST%29-Version-Update?p=675498#post675498

It's looks like SE is re-iterating what we know about transferring RP augments from NQ to HQ Limbus Armor...but doing so under the category of "new weapons".

After 25 years of playing this game, I don't expect SE to ever reassure us with the introduction of something new in the update notes. (i.e. this new crafting material? Maybe it is actually "Murky Material" or "Alabaster Material"?)



Edit: Also, damn, this update is ~1100+ files.

Here is a preview of the new Limbus weapons. There are NQ/HQ1/HQ2 similar to the armor. The dat mining cannot tell if there are augments or what they may be. Otherwise, they all seem to have very similar base stats, with just haste, pdl, dt. Here is the NQ/HQ1/HQ2 of the sword, but outside of Sword skill, they are basically all the same.

NQ:
Auge Saber
RDM, BLU, COR
DMG:155 Delay:240 Accuracy+30 Magic Accuracy+30 Magic Attack Bonus +50
Magic damage +248 Sword skill +255
Parrying skill +255 Magic Accuracy skill +255
Haste+3%
Physical damage limit +3%
Damage taken -3%

HQ1:
Daduchos Saber
RDM, BLU, COR
DMG:156 Delay:233 Accuracy+31 Magic Accuracy+31 Magic Attack Bonus +51
Magic damage +249 Sword skill +255
Parrying skill +255 Magic Accuracy skill +255
Haste+4%
Physical damage limit +4%
Damage taken -4%

HQ2:
Telopanos Saber
RDM, BLU, COR
DMG:157 Delay:233 Accuracy+32 Magic Accuracy+32 Magic Attack Bonus +52
Magic damage +250 Sword skill +255
Parrying skill +255 Magic Accuracy skill +255
Haste+5%
Physical damage limit +5%
Damage taken -5%

new leaden weapon.

They'll have ranks augs

RIP my Murgleis MAB. New Mythic augs when.

"Telephone Saber"

Here are all of the weapon +2s, including the shield and the grip. I could not find a instrument in the dats.

Telopanos Grip
Jobs All
Accuracy+31 Ranged Accuracy+31 Magic Accuracy+31 Haste+4%
Physical damage limit +9%
Damage taken -4%

Telopanos Knuckles
MNK, PUP
DMG:173 Delay:91 Accuracy+32 Magic Accuracy+32
Hand-to-Hand skill +255
Guard skill +255
Magic Accuracy skill +255 Haste+5%
Physical damage limit +10%
Damage taken -5%
Automaton: Accuracy+32 Ranged Accuracy+32 Magic Accuracy+32 Lv.+2

Telopanos Knife
RDM, THF, BRD, DNC
DMG:128 Delay:189 Accuracy+32 Ranged Accuracy+32 Magic Accuracy+32
Dagger skill +255 Parrying skill +255
Magic Accuracy skill +255 Haste+5%
Physical damage limit +10%
Damage taken -5%

Telopanos Axe
BST
DMG:181 Delay:268 Accuracy+32 Magic Accuracy+32
Axe skill +255 Parrying skill +255
Magic Accuracy skill +255 Haste+5%
Physical damage limit +10%
Damage taken -5%
Main hand:
Pet: Accuracy+32 Ranged Accuracy+32 Magic Accuracy+32 Lv.+2

Telopanos Chopper
WAR
DMG:330 Delay:489 Accuracy+32 Magic Accuracy+32
Great Axe skill +255 Parrying skill +255
Magic Accuracy skill +255 Haste+5%
Physical damage limit +10%
Damage taken -5%

Telopanos Scythe
DRK
DMG:345 Delay:513 Accuracy+32 Magic Accuracy+32
Scythe skill +255 Parrying skill +255
Magic Accuracy skill +255 Haste+5%
Physical damage limit +10%
Damage taken -5%

Telopanos Halberd
DRG
DMG:259 Delay:385 Accuracy+32 Magic Accuracy+32
Polearm skill +255 Parrying skill +255
Magic Accuracy skill +255 Haste+5%
Physical damage limit +10%
Damage taken -5%
Wyvern: Accuracy+32 Ranged Accuracy+32 Magic Accuracy+32 Lv.+2

Telopanos Shin.
NIN
DMG:149 Delay:222 Accuracy+32 Ranged Accuracy+32 Magic Accuracy+32
Katana skill +255 Parrying skill +255
Magic Accuracy skill +255 Haste+5%
Physical damage limit +10%
Damage taken -5%

Telopanos Katana
SAM
DMG:294 Delay:435 Accuracy+32 Ranged Accuracy+32 Magic Accuracy+32
Great Katana skill +255
Parrying skill +255
Magic Accuracy skill +255 Haste+5%
Physical damage limit +10%
Damage taken -5%

Telopanos Bow
RNG
DMG:316 Delay:582 Ranged Accuracy+32 Magic Accuracy+32
Archery skill +255 Snapshot +5
Physical damage limit +10%
Damage taken -5%

Telopanos Sword
WAR, PLD, DRK
DMG:173 Delay:258 Accuracy+32 Magic Accuracy+32
Sword skill +255 Parrying skill +255
Magic Accuracy skill +255 Haste+5%
Physical damage limit +10%
Damage taken -5%

Telopanos Saber
RDM, BLU, COR
DMG:157 Delay:233 Accuracy+32 Magic Accuracy+32 Magic Attack Bonus +52
Magic damage +250 Sword skill +255
Parrying skill +255 Magic Accuracy skill +255
Haste+5%
Physical damage limit +5%
Damage taken -5%

Telopanos Maul
WHM, GEO
DMG:223 Delay:334 Accuracy+32 Magic Accuracy+32 Magic Attack Bonus +52
Magic damage +250 Club skill +255
Parrying skill +255 Magic Accuracy skill +255
Haste+5%
Physical damage limit +5%
Damage taken -5%

Telopanos Staff
BLM, SMN, SCH
DMG:240 Delay:356 Accuracy+32 Magic Accuracy+32 Magic Attack Bonus +72
Magic damage +312 Staff skill +255
Parrying skill +255 Magic Accuracy skill +255
Haste+5%
Physical damage limit +5%
Damage taken -5%
Avatar: Accuracy+32 Ranged Accuracy+32 Magic Accuracy+32 Lv.+2

Telopanos Claymore
WAR, PLD, DRK, RUN
DMG:314 Delay:466 Accuracy+32 Magic Accuracy+32
Great Sword skill +255
Parrying skill +255
Magic Accuracy skill +255 Haste+5%
Physical damage limit +10%
Damage taken -5%

Telopanos Shield
PLD
DEF:152 Accuracy+32 Magic Accuracy+32
Shield skill +121 Haste+5% Damage taken II -5%