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Final Fantasy XI News - Dragoon Upgrade

Posted by Jon Wood on Nov 22, 2005  | 2 comments in our forums

The developers of the popular franchise game, Final Fantasy XI have announced that major changes will be taking place where the dragoons two-hour ability is concerned. Specifically, the developers have had a look at the job's wyvern pet, and plan to make some chages:

In the next version update, major changes are scheduled for the dragoon two-hour ability.

The development team does not consider the dragoon to be particularly weak when compared to other jobs, but we are aware that a large part of a dragoon's strength depends on the presence of his or her wyvern. After taking into account the wyvern's tendency to be quickly defeated in heated battles, and the dragoon's lack of a powerful special ability for use in missions and other critical situations, it was decided that improvements were necessary.

Simply raising the wyvern's HP and defense to increase its survivability would cause balance issues in other parts of the game. However, it was judged that improving the dragoon's two-hour ability would have less of an impact on overall balance, and so the following changes have been planned for the upcoming version update:

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