Here we are with 12 days to go till Stormblood Early Access. Which means its house cleaning time! One of the best tips i learnt when i was getting into my first mmo expansions was the sage wisdom of "empty your questlog, clear out your bags, organise your banks and sell what crafters need now before demand drops" and in cases of class changes "sort your hotbars out now rather than waste time on launch doing it".
With the Job changes coming in 4.0 i feel that one in particular rings the most true and important after the media tour info has come out. So heres a very brief note of what skills you can delete from your hotbar/crossbar to set it back up for the new 3-5 skills coming between 62-70 in Stormblood.
Ninja: Kiss of the Viper, Kiss of the Wasp, Mutilate, Sneak Attack and Dancing Edge.
Dark Knight: Scourge.
Astrologian: Disable, Combust 2.
White Mage: Stoneskin, Aero 2.
Scholar: Sustain, Miasma 2.
Bard: Swiftsong, Wide Volley.
Summoner: Miasma 2, Spur and Sustain.
Warrior: Bloodbath, Fracture and Mercy's Stroke
Machinist: Lead Shot, Grenado Shot.
Monk: Featherfoot, Haymaker and Touch of Death.
Dragoon: Feint, Keen Flurry, Phlebotomize, Power Surge and Ring of Thorns.
These skills are all gone completely, so cut em loose and forget em! BUT its not all that clear cut. Some existing skills are going into the updated cross class system to pick and choose and some you may want back and others you may want to replace so when updating your hotbar for the removed skills bare in mind the following is now cross class:
Ninja: Goad.
Dark Knight: Dark Dance, Shadow Skin, Low Blow, Reprisal and Delirium.
Scholar: Virus.
Summoner: Eye for an Eye, Virus.
Warrior: Brutal Swing, Foresight.
Monk: Second Wind.
Paladin: Provoke, Rampart and Convalescence.
Dragoon: Leg Sweep, Invigorate.
Lastly here is whats known right now about the new 60-70 abilties going on your hotbars instead and with a few 30-50 for a few select classes getting a minor rebalance like PLD.
Ninja: Hellfrog Medium, Bhavacakra and Ten-Chi-Jin.
Dark Knight: Delirium, Quietus, Bloodspiller and The Blackest Night
Astrologian: Earthly Star, Malefic III, Minor Arcana, Sleeve Draw, Lord of Crowns, Lady of Crowns and Undraw.
White Mage: Thin Air, Stone IV, Divine Beacon, Plenary Indulgence.
Scholar: Excogitation, Broil 2, Chain Stratagem, Aetherpact and Fey Union.
Bard: Perfect Pitch, Troubador, Caustic Bite, Stormbite, Natures Minne and Refulgent Arrow.
Black Mage: Between the Lines, Thunder IV, Triplecast and Foul.
Summoner: Ruin IV, Aetherpact, Bio III, Miasma III, Summon Bahamut, Enkindle Bahamut and Devotion.
Warrior: Onslaught, Upheaveal, Shake it Off and Inner Release.
Machinist: Cooldown, Barrel Stabilizer, Rook Overdrive, Flamethrower, Heated Spirit Shot, Heated Slug Shot, Heated Clean Shot, Rook Overload, Bishop Overload.
Monk: Riddle of Earth, Riddle of Fire, Brotherhood, Earth Tackle and Wind Tackle.
Paladin: Total Eclipse, Intervention, Holy Spirit, Requiescat and Passage of Arms.
Dragoon: Doom Spike, Sonic Thrust, Dragoon Sight, Mirage Dive and Nastrond.
So yeah quite a few new skills to take up those lost ones based on class huh? Folks are still trying to break down the rotations based on the not quite 1005 finalised tooltips but for now at least you can start getting all those hotbars ready for the new rotations and just fill in the blanks as you level. Get it done now and thats one less boring chore when the expansion drops week after next!
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