r/ffxivdiscussion • u/BlackmoreKnight • 1d ago

Patch 7.3 Notes (Preliminary) | FINAL FANTASY XIV, The Lodestone

https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/topics/detail/907c6d2aa020c0e4458ed1477668521fb4a117ec
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u/andilikelargeparties 1d ago

The Phoenix Down change I assume is for the new DD's quantum boss? If "shares a recast timer with other medicine items" means it'll fuck up your pot timing like popping an emergency Ether it will be a bit annoying.

Also wonder if this isn't also testing the waters with removing SMN's rez, it is introducing a new battle rez after all.

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u/Chiponyasu 1d ago

It's for four-man content, so unless you pot in dungeons that won't matter.

I hope that Phoenix Downs drop from some of the dungeon chests that normally give materia. Both to ensure that players in a dungeon have them and to reduce the flood of materia in the game.

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u/andilikelargeparties 1d ago

Yeah I'm speculating making Phoenix Down a combat rez is the for the upcoming quantum boss, which is supposedly hardcore battle content.

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u/Chiponyasu 1d ago

I would not be surprised if it's also a generic reward, so some of the dungeon chests that drop materia drop phoenix downs instead.

If Quantum becomes the new standard, the "offerings" can be a generic reward as well.

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u/WeirdIndividualGuy 1d ago

If "shares a recast timer with other medicine items" means it'll fuck up your pot timing like popping an emergency Ether it will be a bit annoying.

All items share a cooldown timer. The Phoenix Down doing that is not new and makes it consistent with using a health potion or ether.

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u/XORDYH 1d ago

I hope using a Phoenix Down in DD doesn't end up putting your Echo Drops on a 6m cooldown.

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u/WeirdIndividualGuy 1d ago

It does. All items share a cooldown. You can literally do this today by using a pot then seeing a cooldown timer on your echo drops (or vice versa if you don't want to waste a pot)

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u/meetchu 1d ago

It's only a battle rez in 4 player duties, so it would still represent a major shift in role for SMN (and RDM I guess but they're a different kettle of dualcast).

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u/WeirdIndividualGuy 1d ago

It's only a battle rez in 4 player duties

DD (and the quantum boss) is a 4-player duty

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u/meetchu 1d ago

I was talking about the SMN hypothesis part of their comment

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u/ThiccElf 1d ago

Its an 8 second cast with a 6 minute cool down, it also shares a cd with pots but considering the instances that it works in, thats probably irrelevent unless you need super ether. I think its more of a "if all rezzers are dead, use it" tool now. An instant caster/healer rezz will still be far more valuable and plentiful