The Summer of the Version Updates (06/28/2013)

[Cairthenn]

This most sweltering of seasons is the time of wishing upon stars, listening to the crooning of songstresses supreme, and—this year—two version updates descending upon Vana'diel in close succession; one on July 9 and the other in early August.

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The July version update with usher in another chapter in Seekers of Adoulin upon its light breezes, along with the Mog Garden system and access to the Celennia Memorial Library. Adventurers raring to mash their maces into fresh flesh and wave their wands at weighty foes can enjoy their encounters with two new Naakuals, and those who pine for frontiers of a more internal sort can undertake the geomancer and rune fencer limit break quests.

With the progress of the colonization movement, pioneers will also be able to venture further into the Ulbukan jungle than ever before and participate in new reives, which have undergone adjustments that support solo players and small parties. Elemental magic and job adjustments round out the major features of this update, but there's more as well!

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The dog days of August should heat up even further with a continuation of the Seekers of Adoulin saga. Should your main weapon hand start to itch in excitement, sate its thirst for blood by crossing into new extra-dimensional skirmishes!

Geomancers and rune fencers will also get the opportunity to embark upon quests in search of artifact equipment. Let us not forget the addition of Monstrosity, which will provide for all your shapeshifting needs. As a last burst of air from the bellows, the coalitions will be dispensing new outfits to particularly devoted pioneers...for a bit of bayld.

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[Slycer]

I love the PR spin. Turn delayed content that was all supposed to be in one update into "The Summer of the Version Updates!" Yeah, okay.

[wipers]

More like summer of disappointment.

[Damane]

More like summer of disappointment.

why? I am excited, no need to rush things

[Obsidian]

At least it doesn't look like they're taking the WotG approach to the story missions.

[Gwynplaine]

I'm excited, although a little frustrated the new Delve and R/E/M shit wont be over with until after August. But there still seems like a lot going on in the update as long as Reives suck less ass and the missions are not like just 5 more cutscenes.

[Draginhikari]

I always look forward to any addition. I usually find enough to do to occupy myself so I usually don't have extremely high demands for content updates.

[Khajit]

Wasn't SE trying to make Version updates monthly 6 months ago in the first place?

[Damane]

Wasn't SE trying to make Version updates monthly 6 months ago in the first place?

pritty much, they said they want rather monthly bi-monthly version updates that are smaller instead of one big version update every 3-4 month

[Toth]

They were actually doing that in the beginning too.

[Gwynplaine]

I'd rather have big substantive updates like these than the tiny tweaks they called updates during the last year and a half.

[Damane]

I'd rather have big substantive updates like these than the tiny tweaks they called updates during the last year and a half.

^

although since matsui is here the updates are more substantional tough and thats not only because of adoulin

[Spira]

i wouldnt mind the monthly/bi-monthly updates if they have content on the scale of the likes of Delve and so on, in every other update.. or some missions/quests here and there..
which is more likely than not since they've got material to work with from the new expansion whereas with the last year and a half they were basically taking old things and stuff that haven't been used and coming up with something new from there.

[Damane]

i wouldnt mind the monthly/bi-monthly updates if they have content on the scale of the likes of Delve and so on, in every other update.. or some missions/quests here and there..
which is more likely than not since they've got material to work with from the new expansion whereas with the last year and a half they were basically taking old things and stuff that haven't been used and coming up with something new from there.

dunno but beforehand we would get only 1 event per big update, now we are getting skirmish 2 on one update and wildskeeper reives in another + monstrosity and mog garden etc
looks pritty big to me if you ask me oO