Class ImpressionsFollow

Just wondering what everyone did in beta and how they felt about their favorite classes and whatnot.

I started as PUG, rerolled another PUG and got it to 16, then grinded (ground?) GLA to 16 as well. After that I swapped to CON and got it to 11. So far I think that CON is my favorite of the three. I slapped the Crit ability from PUG on it and was blowing everything up while kiting like a champ. I didn't get a chance to do any Dungeons yet, but I figured that I would prepare my preferred classes for them so I could see what each is like. I have a feeling I will be maining CON and GLA though, PUG seemed underpowered, especially while soloing. GLA has nearly double the HP of PUG and never dies, while CON can kite anything to death... Except when you kite monster out of their leash range.

I can't wait to jump into Dungeons when I get back on! From what I've seen, healers are in short supply, just like I assumed.

Did anyone get a chance to play both Marauder and Gladiator? Was Marauder as tanky as it was before? DOes it have the hate tools it used to? Gladiator seemed to have plenty of them. I tanked a couple of FATES just by spamming Flash. It seems like GLA can hold threat just fine if they initiate or attack soon after.

I didn't get a chance to try THM, but the ones I saw were destroying everything...Well the ones that knew how to dodge abilities that is XD. Next weekend I'll probably slap on a staff and try THM out and see if it has any abilities that compliment CON.. I don't know if Clereic Stance is Cross Class or not, but it might be decent for THM at lower levels.

Cleric Stance is cross class and may be useful early on.

AS you progress though, stat stacking on INT for Magic Damage is going to be undone by the MND/INT switch that comes with Cleric Stance.

I played THM to 17 and CON to 8. Cure and Protect make THM much easier and save a lot of hassle with the level 15 class quests (but it means you do have to run from Uldah to Gridania if you start in Uldah as I did).

Thats good to know.

you have to go do a simple chat quest in the class's guild hall. after that they give you a weapon and you can change at any time.

you can wait until you get your airship pass at 15. that makes things a bit easier I suppose. I have a feeling I'm going to start CON when characters are wiped since it seemed to have the easiest time soloing. after i get it to 15 i can move on from there without much trouble.

Made a gargantuan female Roegadyn pugilist. Breezed through the 1st day getting to level 11 without trouble. 2nd day started smooth, but then the difficulty did pick up. Died a couple times to some of the FATE NMs, and also had to retry the level 15 main & class quests multiple times. Leveling pugilist with no abilities from other classes and wearing only quest rewards was rough for me on that tougher solo content. It certainly felt weak at times.

Some better gear and borrowing a few key abilities from other classes might've been helpful. Especially in the survivability department. Didn't really have the time for all that though.

I really enjoyed how they completely redesigned THM. I feel like it's kind of a throwback to FF1 where you start off as a black mage and then become a wizard later. Obviously, that's not exactly how it is, but it gives me that impression, and I like it!

I started playing MRD last night, but only got it to lvl 6. You get your first hate management tool at 5, and i pretty much murdered everything i fought while taking little dmg. I think MRD will probably be a solid tank option.
Also got CNJ to 15 and THM to 7. Will probably work on that a little more next weekend, but tbh, i'm liking my MRD so i might just see that class through.

Edited, Jun 16th 2013 9:33am by Teneleven

What you just said made me want to be a MRD, and drop my GLD. MRD don't use shields, do they? How does that work, do you take a lot of damage?

Did MRD as well it was a lot of fun 10+. I ran with my LS so I got to see everything up to Ifirt and even got to tank Ifirt. I think GLD use flash for threat ti 20 or 22 they did fine single target but multi was all MRD.

That's one thing I regret is that I didn't get to do any of the crafting or mining or fishing or any of the stuff outside of combat. Could you fish in this phase? There was just so little time, and I didn't get into the beta until 1:00 A.M. Sat morning. This is going to be the longest week ever, waiting to play this again next weekend.

So what was the Ifrit battle like for people that got to try it out?

i totally forgot about the cross class skill mechanic until i hit level 17 on my THM and someone invited to Tama Tara. i said "we have no healer.". and someone said, "you're the healer" and i was like, "lol? i'm a THM!?" well, we tried to go through the dungeon anyway for the story quest, but we couldn't kill the last boss, though it was very close to 10% hp left.

if i had known to level CNJ, the level 17 class and story quests (the ones where level 17 was limit and if you're above it would synch you under, i did them at 15) wouldn't have been such a pain. i had to think more about the mechanic of the fights and use the only tools i had to beat it. grant it it frustrated the hell out of me and i thought SE overdone the difficulty in response to people saying it was too easy at phase 2 (i didn't play any beta until now), but in retrospect i feel like i outsmarted the game. hehe. encounters like these were common in FFXI and if you didn't know any tricks, it's futile and you just either give up or get help from others. i like it that way.

after that, i went to Grinadia and leveled CNJ to 8, then went back to THM to test it out. very nice maybe too nice. i joined another TTD and Coppermine group as a healer and had no problems healing and dps'ing at the same time. this will make grinding, questing, and dungeon matching easier. do i want that? hmmm. i like hard. we'll see if it's still hard after level 20.


Edited, Jun 16th 2013 12:42pm by niquev71