{"id":2468,"date":"2021-09-20T16:47:28","date_gmt":"2021-09-20T07:47:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=2468"},"modified":"2022-05-13T18:09:06","modified_gmt":"2022-05-13T09:09:06","slug":"20210920-2468","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20210920-2468\/","title":{"rendered":"Final Fantasy XIV\u2019s new fleet-footed Scholar ability gets players buzzing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Publication date of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/articles\/newsjp\/20210919-176318\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">original Japanese article<\/a>: 2021-09-19 17:58 (JST)<br>Translated by. Nick Mosier<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>On September 18, the latest <em><strong>Final Fantasy XIV<\/strong> <\/em>news was broadcast in another<em> Letter from the Producer LIVE Part LXVI <\/em>livestream. Part of the broadcast outlined changes that are coming to jobs in the new Endwalker expansion that is launching on November 23. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While some jobs are getting flashy new moves and dramatic overhauls to mechanics, it was the update coming to the Scholar that got players buzzing. In a slide outlining the changes for Scholars, \u201cA unique job action which can enhance the party\u2019s movement speed even during combat will be added,\u201d was all that was written.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"FINAL FANTASY XIV Letter from the Producer LIVE Part LXVI\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WSGdMv72ghI?start=14979&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>*The Scholar&#8217;s section begins at 4:09:39~<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Scholars are barrier healers that apply barriers and damage reducing buffs before fights to help mitigate damage. In addition to giving instructions to the fairies they summon, they also have an assortment of skills they can use to support a party. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Scholar\u2019s new movement buff and its grand announcement caused a bit of a commotion among the community. The White Mage is getting \u201cA functionally and visually distinct restorative field,\u201d the Astrologian will see an assortment of mechanical changes, and the new Sage job was shown off with gameplay footage. The Scholar only had \u201cCan make party members move faster\u201d highlighted.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/20210919-176318-001.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2471\" width=\"1068\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/20210919-176318-001.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/20210919-176318-001-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/20210919-176318-001-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/20210919-176318-001-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/20210919-176318-001-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/20210919-176318-001-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/20210919-176318-001-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/20210919-176318-001-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/20210919-176318-001-747x420.jpg 747w\" \/><figcaption>Screenshot <em>from Letter from the Producer LIVE Part LXVI<\/em>  livestream<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>The Scholar actually had its speedy walking abilities shown off in the job action trailer at the top of the broadcast. At the end of the Scholar\u2019s scene, a marker for an enemy attack appears and the Scholar kicks it into high gear to somehow avoid the attack. That\u2019s a pretty normal way to dodge an attack so nobody really made much of it when the trailer played, but when <em>FFXIV<\/em> director Naoki Yoshida pointed it out, people started to notice how silly it was.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A VTuber that goes by Odin combined the new job actions from the trailer into a humorous little video and posted it to Twitter. A Dragoon launching a red and blue dragon, a Black Mage casting a combined fire and ice spell, a Knight swinging a shining blade, and a Scholar rounding out the video by\u2026 moving out the way of an AOE attack.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">THE NEW JOB ACTIONS IS SO COOL <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FFXIV?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FFXIV<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FFXIVmemes?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FFXIVmemes<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uhQgYXsqAm\">pic.twitter.com\/uhQgYXsqAm<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Odin (@OdinDuh) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OdinDuh\/status\/1439154862156099584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 18, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>There\u2019s also a thread on reddit titled, \u201cScholar Gap Closer Looks Fantastic!\u201d where one user commented, \u201cScholars are smart. After all, why expend energy &amp; close the gap quickly, when you can just&#8230;use your legs?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While Scholars are made to look like intellectuals, their quest line is full of brazen scenes and parodies of the movie <em>Full Metal Jacket<\/em>. Compared to the flower and star motifs of the other healers, the content for Scholars seems more befitting of a meathead. While highlighting \u201cmaking the party run faster\u201d may be bizarre for a healing class, for the Scholar, maybe it isn\u2019t that strange after all.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/20210919-176318-002.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2470\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/20210919-176318-002.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/20210919-176318-002-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/20210919-176318-002-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/20210919-176318-002-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/20210919-176318-002-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/20210919-176318-002-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/20210919-176318-002-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/20210919-176318-002-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/20210919-176318-002-747x420.jpg 747w\" \/><figcaption>Screenshot from the job action trailer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Content for the Scholar may be on the silly side, but how will this new job action fare on the functionality side of things? Since it wasn\u2019t mentioned on the slide, this job action may be mistaken for just a speed buff, but Yoshida explained that it\u2019s actually a damage reducing action that includes a speed buff. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So a barrier healer is getting a new damage reduction skill and that skill has an added movement speed increase. The extent of the damage reduction hasn\u2019t been revealed yet, but all damage reduction abilities in the game have been useful so far. If you\u2019re going into battle as a Scholar, it\u2019s probably an action that will pair well with what\u2019s in version 6.x of the game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The slide in the live stream highlighted how it\u2019s the only speed buff that can be used in combat, which makes it seem like a big deal, but it\u2019s hard to say if this buff will be linked to actually clearing content. Of course, it will make dodging attacks easier, and there may be gimmicks coming that will be easier with the extra speed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Patch 5.5 also added a speed buff called Lost Impetus that could only be used in certain areas, but it sometimes caused players to go too fast and accidentally throw themselves into even more dangerous spots. Lost Impetus makes players move faster than the new Scholar action will so the chance of accidents occurring is higher with it, but the Scholar action in Endwalker could pose a similar risk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new job action\u2019s speed buff effect is also the same as the \u201cSprint\u201d skill which every job has access to and it doesn\u2019t sound like the effects will stack. When you consider the history of combat in <em>FFXIV<\/em>, it\u2019s hard to think they will add content where a specific job is required. Even if there\u2019s a part that\u2019s difficult without the increased movement speed buff, it\u2019s likely that \u201cSprint\u201d will suffice if your party doesn\u2019t have a Scholar. While the new job action is highlighted as a speed buff that can be used in combat, it\u2019s unlikely there will be content you can\u2019t get through without it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>FFXIV\u2019s<\/em> Endwalker expansion will launch on November 23.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><br><br><br>\u00a9 2010 \u2013 2021 SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Final Fantasy XIV\u2019s new fleet-footed Scholar ability gets players buzzing. 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