Apr 7, 2014 (FUCK JST) Version Update

[Yugl]

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/th...Version-Update

Event-related

A quest to acquire job-specific equipment has been added.

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Prerequisites
Players must have fulfilled one of the following prerequisites in order to undertake the quest.
Have defeated at least one of the following boss monsters appearing in Delve content in Cirdas Cavers [U].

Muyingwa / Dakuwaqa / Tojil

Have defeated at least one of the following boss monsters appearing in Delve content in Yorcia Weald [U].

Cailimh／Wopket／Utkux

Have defeated one of the mission battlefields requiring one of the items listed below on “Difficult” or “Very Difficult.”

Microcosmic Orb / Macrocosmic Orb

Have defeated a high-tier mission battlefield on “Normal” or above difficulty.
Notes
If the player has accepted a relic, mythic, or empyrean weapon repairing quest, they will be unable to accept the job-specific weapon quest while equipped with the weapon that started the repairing quest. Unequipping the weapon will solve this issue.
Accepting the Quest
Players will be able to receive the quest from Oboro in Port Jeuno (E-6).

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Required Items
Players can check which items are needed to create which weapons by checking with Oboro, who will then craft the requested weapon when the appropriate materials have been traded to him. Note that Oboro will not accept high quality items created through synthesis.

The following additions and adjustments have been made to Records of Eminence.
New objectives have been added.
The conditions for acquiring starfall tears needed for the quest “Panta Rhei” have been changed.
Players are now able to acquire starfall tears even if they are not currently on the quest “To Catch a Falling Star”
Following changes have been made to the schedule on the limited-time challenges.
Times
Pre-adjustment Post-adjustment
5:00 a.m. - 7:00 a.m. (JST) → 5:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. (JST)
12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. (JST) → 12:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. (JST)
8:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. (JST) → 8:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. (JST)
Additional weapons that are redeemable with sparks of eminence and intended for characters level 51 and higher has been introduced.

The following additions and adjustments have been made to the quest “The Forbidden Path.”
Players are now able to proceed with the quest even if they trade the Testimony for a job which is not their main job to Writhing Flame.
Players will now be able to receive the rewards for completing the quest from Velda-Galda even if their main job is Geomancer or Rune Fencer.

Battle-related

Racial HP and MP maximums have been adjusted.

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Maximum HP Adjustments
The hierarchy of racial HP levels remains unchanged.

Galka > Elvaan > Hume = Mithra > Tarutaru

Races Affected

Hume / Elvaan / Tarutaru / Mithra

Race Unaffected

Galka

Maximum MP Adjustments
The hierarchy of racial MP levels also remains unchanged.

Tarutaru > Hume = Mithra > Elvaan > Galka

Races Affected

Hume / Elvaan / Mithra / Galka

Race Unaffected

Tarutaru

New high-tier mission battlefields have been added.

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Foes Encountered in the Battlefields
★The Savage

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Engage in a heated struggle with the fearsome Ouryu!
★The Warrior's Path

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Test your mettle against the venerable Tenzen and the troublesome Tarutaru troupe of Makki-Chebukki, Kukki-Chebukki, and Cherukiki!
Joining The Fray
Certain key items are required to participate in these battlefields, which can be acquired from the following NPCs in exchange for merit points.
Trisvain in Northern San d’Oria (J-7)

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Raving Opossum in Port Bastok (J-11)

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Mimble-Pimble in Port Windurst (L-5)

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Required key items

Key Item Number of Merit Points Required
Savage’s Phantom Gem 20
Warrior’s Path Phantom Gem 20

* Players must be level 95 or greater and have cleared the original missions in order to purchase these items.

Regarding Difficulty Levels
Each mission battlefield is divided into five levels of difficulty. Boss strength, number and drop rate of spoils, and content level increase in line with difficulty.

Difficulty Content Level
Very Easy 113
Easy 116
Normal 119
Difficult Greater than 119
Very Difficult Greater than 119

* Any player may select a difficulty level, but the battlefield's level will be determined by the first person to enter.
* Players must have cleared the battlefield on "normal" to select either "difficult" or "very difficult."
* All party members must be in possession of the required key item to enter.

Mission battlefield, boss, and entry restrictions

Mission Name Required Key Item Point of Entry Bosses Entry Restrictions
★The Savage Savage’s Phantom Gem Monarch Lynn "Ouryu" All Levels
Thirty Minutes
Six-Person Party
★The Warrior’s Path Warrior’s Path Phantom Gem Sealion’s Den Tenzen
Makki-Chebukki
Kukki-Chebukki
Cherukiki All Levels
Thirty Minutes
Six-Person Party

Spoils
Spoils are rewarded both for vanquishing the boss and clearing the battlefield. In addition, each participant will receive a specific number of spoils for clearing each battlefield.

Included in the spoils are items needed for reforging artifact equipment to level 119 and for repairing relic, mythic, and empyrean weapons.
Items Required for Reforging/Repairing
★The Savage
Rewards for Vanquishing Ouryu
Artifact Equipment-related
If Ouryu is vanquished on any difficulty level, players will be eligible to receive pieces of Maliyakaleya coral (for headgear) and exalted logs (for leggear).
Relic, Mythic, and Empyrean Weapon-related
If Ouryu is vanquished on "normal" or above, players will be eligible to receive items necessary to repair one of the aforementioned weapon types.
Rewards for Clearing the Battlefield
Artifact Equipment-related
One type of item from the following list will be distributed to each participant.

Rem's Tale Ch.6 / Rem's Tale Ch.7 / Rem's Tale Ch.8 / Rem's Tale Ch.9 / Rem's Tale Ch.10

Difficulty Number Obtainable
Very Easy 1
Easy 1
Normal 2
Difficult 3
Very Difficult 4

Relic, Mythic, and Empyrean Weapon-related
One type of item from the following list will be distributed to each participant.

Pluton / Beitetsu / Riftborn Boulder

Difficulty Number Obtainable
Very Easy 0
Easy 1
Normal 1
Difficult 2
Very Difficult 2

★The Warrior's Path
Rewards for Vanquishing Tenzen
Artifact Equipment-related
If Tenzen is vanquished on any difficulty level, players will be eligible to receive chunks of hepatizon ore (for bodygear), chunks of beryllium ore (for handgear), or Sif's locks (for footgear).
Relic, Mythic, and Empyrean Weapon-related
If Tenzen is vanquished on "normal" or above, players will be eligible to receive items necessary to repair one of the aforementioned weapon types.
Rewards for Clearing the Battlefield
Artifact Equipment-related
One type of item from the following list will be distributed to each participant.

Rem's Tale Ch.6 / Rem's Tale Ch.7 / Rem's Tale Ch.8 / Rem's Tale Ch.9 / Rem's Tale Ch.10

Difficulty Number Obtainable
Very Easy 1
Easy 1
Normal 2
Difficult 3
Very Difficult 4

Relic, Mythic, and Empyrean Weapon-related
One type of item from the following list will be distributed to each participant.

Pluton / Beitetsu / Riftborn Boulder

Difficulty Number Obtainable
Very Easy 0
Easy 1
Normal 1
Difficult 2
Very Difficult 2

Battlefields have undergone the following adjustments.
Battlefields have undergone the following adjustments.
The content level of the below battlefields now displays for "very easy," "easy," and "normal" settings.

★Tails of Woe / ★The Worm's Turn / ★Steamed Sprouts / ★Dismemberment Brigade / ★Grimshell Shocktroopers / ★Divine Punishers / ★Amphibian Assault / ★Jungle Boogymen / ★Kindred Spirits / ★Legion XI Comitatensis / ★Demolition Squad / ★Brothers D'Aurphe / ★Ark Angels 1-5 / ★Pentacide Perpetrator / ★Return to Delkfutt's Tower / ★The Celestial Nexus / ★The Savage / ★The Warrior's Path

The avatar Cait Sith's abilities Eerie Eye and Mewing Lullaby are now listed under the Blood Pact: Ward command category instead of Blood Pact: Rage.
Players are now able to use the thief ability Despoil against enemies of the following families.

Raaz / Dullahan

Alter egos have undergone the following adjustments.
Tank alter egos now approach even closer to targets when engaged in battle.
Many alter ego-specific weapon skills, such as Prishe's Knuckle Sandwich, now possess skillchain elements.
Alter egos are now permitted to enter the following battlefields.
Spire of Vahzl

Desires of Emptiness

Mine Shaft #2716

A Century of Hardship

Boneyard Gully

Head Wind

Bearclaw Pinnacle

Flames for the Dead

Sealion's Den

One to Be Feared / The Warrior's Path

The Garden of Ru'Hmet

When Angels Fall

Empyreal Paradox

Dawn

Item-related

New synthesis recipes have been introduced.

New items have been added.

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The following items have had their item levels removed from the help text.

Forefront Flute / Filiae Bell / Tardus Grip / Zuuxowu Grip / Lentus Grip / Achaq Grip / Bloodrain Strap / Tzacab Grip / Mephitis Grip
* Only the item level descriptors have been deleted. The attributes of the item are unaffected.
* Going forward, all instruments, grips, and handbells will have their item level descriptors removed.

The following additions and adjustments have been made to bonanza kupons.
Ra’Kaznar Visages have been added to the list of items available for exchange from the following kupons.

Kupon I-S1 / Kupon I-S2 / Kupon I-S3 / Kupon I-S5

Yorcia Visages II have been added to the list of items available for exchange from Kupon I-S2.

The following synergy recipes have been added.
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

[Ligray]

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/threads/41117

lol Worm H2Hs

[Maurauc]

Worm hat and Worm H2H best equipment 2002-2014

[Kyte]

That worm hat is terrifying.

[Alistrianna]

Is that a button or a butthole on the top of the hat?

[Fwahm]

The hat should have had Enchantment: Gastric Bomb.

[Aldoras]

...

[Kohan]

Worm hat and Worm H2H best equipment 2002-2014

Agreed. Cannot wait. Just in time for my birthday, too. SE knows what I need.

[Hirronimus]

SE knows what I need.

Strap-on tentacles?

[Byrthnoth]

SE ninja-added this on April 8th, but song effects may now be overwritten (by themselves) regardless their remaining duration. This makes life on Bard so much easier.

[Kohan]

Strap-on tentacles?

Did I stutter?

[Sechs]

Why ninja added? It may not have been in the patch notes but they sure mentioned it on official forums some time ago, or am I dreaming about it?

[Shenrien]

SE ninja-added this on April 8th, but song effects may now be overwritten (by themselves) regardless their remaining duration. This makes life on Bard so much easier.

Seriously the best thing ever, no longer having to rotate through junk songs just to overwrite a song that got put on accident and is being stubborn to be taken off.

[Khajit]

SE ninja-added this on April 8th, but song effects may now be overwritten (by themselves) regardless their remaining duration. This makes life on Bard so much easier.

It was definitely mentioned somewhere because i was surprised you had to mention something i already read about before the patch.

[Fwahm]

As far as I can tell searching the archives, the only recent mention of the songs overwriting problem by the devs was a response two months ago saying that it'd be difficult for them to fix it. They hadn't said anything else, so to me this was a decent surprise.

[Khajit]

Prophetic visions?

[nivlakian]

The Bard song thing was mentioned in the details for the March update: http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/th...334#post497334

March
Song adjustment
Adjust system so that songs with 120 seconds or more remaining on their duration can be overwritten
A bug has developed due to this adjustment and it will be pushed back.

[dasva]

Why ninja added? It may not have been in the patch notes but they sure mentioned it on official forums some time ago, or am I dreaming about it?

Maybe cause they added it to the patch notes? Idk if it was before but it is in the patch notes now

[Sechs]

The Bard song thing was mentioned in the details for the March update: http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/th...334#post497334

March
Song adjustment
Adjust system so that songs with 120 seconds or more remaining on their duration can be overwritten
A bug has developed due to this adjustment and it will be pushed back.

Bull's eye! This is the thing I was talking about. Good job Niv, I wasn't 100% sure myself lol