Predictions on how whm will change.Follow

Well the update is right around the corner, and I have been toying ideas for ways my role in endgame will change.

We all know that afflatus misery will not be getting much usage in endgame. However there are a few scenarios which I think have the potential to save parties.

The first and most obvious, is activating misery on ninja mobs in dynamis followed up by cura. Depending on hate levels/ how much hp this cures, this can be a really effective move to use.

Then of course using misery with esuna, that just makes sense really. I can see this getting alot of use in dynamis xarcabard seeing as all demons have aoe moves that cause enfeebling effects. Most notably is the pretty weak one that causes blind.

Devotion and martyr are obvious ones too. Devotion to charge up a cure spell, and martyr to boost itself on the damage you take. That is if the instant damage and cure effects are calculated.

For auspice, I wonder if you need to take damage for the additional effects of the spell, or just have misery in effect? If it is the latter, then many people will have macros that look like /ja "Afflatus Misery" <me> /wait 1 /ma, "Auspice" <me>, with the former many people will just use it as the spell is.

Afflatus solace gets the most usage for the obvious reason of raising our epeen cures and for the stoneskin effect from it. The spell sacrifice...I do not see much use for this unless you need an enfeebling effect on you for esuna to work.

Any thoughts?

Pretty sure the "last damage taken" modifier in Misery only augments Cura and Banish. Auspice I think works in it's full form just by being in Misery stance. But yeah, it will be interesting to see how it all plays out. Perdu Wand got better with the low delay since we have Enlight now.

There is reason to be in either stance honestly. They both offer some unique things, so it will be an interesting trade-off. Your idea on NIN mobs in Dynamis is also one I thought of, but it just seems like it's still a bit of a sacrifice. Most times only 1 or 2 NINs will actually get Mijin off, all the rest of the times when they don't, switching to Misery just erased your Solace HP cured bonus. So, it will all depend on how long it takes to build up that bonus at 75. Hopefully it's not too bad as I'm assuming you lose it anytime you zone, or when 2 hours pass at maximum. Also, it all depends on how good the Stoneskin bonus is and how long it takes to rebuild it to maximum effect.

Also, Solace has the Barspell bonus, so you can't exactly say it's always better to switch to Misery when encountering heavy AoE. Probaby casting Barspells, then switching to Misery will be likely. It's also not really clear if Barspells increase gradually based on the HP cured bonus or if they are just better by being in Solace alone, so that will effect how much you could switch back and forth effectively. It basically all depends on how good Cura is. It may be mainly intended as a light cost cure to help take the pressure off when you melee. If it's cheap enough, could probably use it to wake up a slept party cheaper than Curaga 1, regardless of what stance you are in.

I'm also wondering how Sacrifice will end up working, as it's the only new spell at full capacity in Solace. I'm hoping it's more than just a way to steal sleep from someone and make everyone laugh. I Posted this awhile ago about Sacrifice. It says that being in Solace lets it remove more than one effect at a time, so that seems to be the main bonus besides it's usage to help Esuna. Here is a list of all the main TP moves I found that stack on multiple effects that we might not mind absorbing.


Edited, Apr 6th 2009 6:07pm by JingWoo