Current game issues 12/11 (Updated)

[Sonomaa]

Chocobos spontaneously getting sex changes.

== Being addressed

In sky, farming waters.
A pot popped in the ??? room, stared at us for 5 sec, and just depopped.
I guess mobs can call in sick now.

I mentioned this in the other thread, and I dunno how universal this is, but my fiancee was having problems getting into some CoP zones with walls just appearing as if the expansion hadn't be released yet. She has all expansions installed, and all that was needed was to log her in from a separate computer. One she was actually in the zone, she could run around freely.

== addressed via user

Yea my girlfriend was able to cast cure on me while killing things for mission items while invisable and it didnt drop her invis o.o she did it numerous time it droped every time she cast regen on my but she could cure me and never appear

Enlightement (new sch ja) is bugged it allows u to cast appendix spell but doesn't lower mp/cast time and doesn't allow use of stratagems.

Field Manuals do not load at some OPs. After obtaining Regimen, the Signet NPC disappears. (Not sure if this part is normal)

== addressed?

Having never expd on them I don't know if this is normal or not......

But in nyzul last night myself (ninja) and one of our monks were consistently hitting the crawler type mobs for 0 over and over again while our 2nd monk was hitting for normal damage.

Jacked up marksmanship delay( tested guns and xbows, havent tried bows yet)

== addressed

Yes this is a rant and I'm frustrated.
Ballista is an already dying sport to FFXI with only a handful of servers doing it. But now thanks to this new glitch the treasure caskets have caused even less people are playing.
For those of you who don't know what I'm talking about here's how it works. You kill mobs until you get a casket. Open it and keep the items found inside. Wait until the ballista match starts and voila! You can spam whatever you found inside. I've had people spamming hi pots, d.wings, elixers, you name it.
I've been having to discharge from every match I go to due to so many players wanting to cheat instead of play fairly where it can be fun for everyone.
I've called a GM twice and they simply say they're going to investigate the issue and to look on the playonline website for updates.
I'm afraid since most of the players have no interest in ballista that SE will just let this one slide which will most likely finish off ballista on all servers.
Now I feel much better and my rant didn't come off as emo as I expected. Great!
I've seen this glitch in action myself, what the OP is trying to say is
Quote:
Unless you're doing low-level ballista, does it really make THAT much difference? Those temp. items can only be used once,
THIS is where the glitch lies. When you carry the temp item from the casket over to the beginning of the match it does NOT disappear even AFTER you use it. Once the ballista match starts it becomes an infinite item cheat.
Can infinite TP and infinite healing items break a ballista match? I'll let you decide.

Alot of my linkshell last night had a problem with trading hourglass to get into Dyna - Valkrum last night
seemed to be a
"You are unable to trade with ." message (i recieved it a few times also) Took about 10 mins to get us all in.

=== Being addressed

auto-target function does not work in quest BC "Fire in the hole"

The Merry Map Marker's map points have not been updated to reflect the Windurst outpost teleport NPC's new location (I have not checked other nation's NPCs). Re-obtaining new marks from the NPC did correct the location.

This has happened to me in salvage twice in a row now, and someone else reported it in the old thread.

Randomly when you engage mobs you will not attack. Your character will be in range, as close as they can get, and won't swing once. Disengage/engage fixes it, but it's still broken.

Today in Nyzul, the Hydra would use Pyric Bulwark and the Polar animation would fire and vice versa.

Maybe its just me but that was wierd.

Don't think it has been posted but my JP friend got both gothic pieces today and the set added 0 attack lol. Unless you need another piece to activate it?

== addressed

Probably related to the delay bug, but last night was unfortunately the night I decided to unlock my Gun of Trials.
Over the course of 2 hours fighting crabs, we were only able to do 6 skill chains that were sword > gun.
To make sure I'm not a n00b and remembered how to SC, we did sword > sword and got 4 in a row perfectly executed. But no matter what I tried, 1 seconds, 2 seconds, 3 seconds even 5-6 seconds we couldn't consistently do a skillchain that ended with Slug Shot.

[Sonomaa]

post here if you have a game related issue.

[Korremar]

Not a game-related issue per se, but the thing about the crawler mobs may well be related to Energetic Eruca, who is immune to slashing. The MNK who was hitting for 0 may well have been using Vampiric Claws, which is slashing damage. Not saying that's absolutely what happened, but it's possible.

[Devolver]

Alot of my linkshell last night had a problem with trading hourglass to get into Dyna - Valkrum last night

seemed to be a

"You are unable to trade with ." message (i recieved it a few times also) Took about 10 mins to get us all in.

[Suteru]

Alot of my linkshell last night had a problem with trading hourglass to get into Dyna - Valkrum last night

seemed to be a

"You are unable to trade with ." message (i recieved it a few times also) Took about 10 mins to get us all in.

Known Issue from the update:

Players who attempt to trade with another who is already doing so will be shown an unnatural system message.

[Alistaire]

More design flaw than bug, but when using <stpt> and <stal> on keyboard cycling through the names makes your character look up or down, which they really should disable while the stpt/stal arrow is in use.

[The Blackrose]

I noticed myself getting stuck with the opposite Art strategems a lot more while jumping back and forth last night (it was a pretty rare occurrence before this patch). This was especially noticeable in Dynamis. Every 3rd or 4th Light to Dark Arts shift was sticking me with the Light Strategems, and I could not use the /ja command to use the Dark Strategems. The ability would activate, the buff would be in the bar and the ability would be on cooldown.

[Hakamaru]

I was having trouble double-ballading myself last night while PL'ing a lowbie character.

I would join party, Minuet -> Madrigal -> Disband -> Ballad II -> Ballad I

I ended up with Ballad I and Madrigal every time until I realized what was going on.

[Tarage]

What about my broken heart? That isn't an issue?

[Thistle]

I was having trouble double-ballading myself last night while PL'ing a lowbie character.

I would join party, Minuet -> Madrigal -> Disband -> Ballad II -> Ballad I

I ended up with Ballad I and Madrigal every time until I realized what was going on.

Isn't that a known issue (not really an issue)? Something related to... um... instruments? I posted that same issue here a couple years ago when I was leveling BRD and someone explained it to me.

[Callisto]

I was having trouble double-ballading myself last night while PL'ing a lowbie character.

I would join party, Minuet -> Madrigal -> Disband -> Ballad II -> Ballad I

I ended up with Ballad I and Madrigal every time until I realized what was going on.

Uhhh I don't think this is anything wrong with the game unless I'm wooshing something here, unless you're using a G.Horn Madrigal will have a greater duration than Ballad since you'll have a Madrigal+2 instrument and no Ballad+ instrument, casting Ballad II right after you cast Madrigal won't overwrite it since songs only overwrite if they have a longer duration than the song that's currently on.

[Hakamaru]

Ah ok. Disregard then. Guess I just noticed last night.

[Tradition]

Have we always been able to cast spells like Sneak and Invis on NPCs? I was targeting mine while casting Sneak/Invis on myself, and I guess I targetted her instead of me :s

[Cesaria]

Reraise is staying on when you enter a capped zone... doing some BCNM60s at the moment and I'm not losing RR when I cap into the BC - sure it used to wear (not that I'm complaining about this one!)

[InspectorGadget]

Muu Ouzi the Swiftblade's name in Campaign is misspelled.

[Drex]

Reraise is staying on when you enter a capped zone... doing some BCNM60s at the moment and I'm not losing RR when I cap into the BC - sure it used to wear (not that I'm complaining about this one!)

If it's from item, it's been like that since previous update.

Also, in OP, if the post about the manuals not appearing is talking about the starter zones (Ronf, Saruta, Gusta), those manuals are near the city gates, not the OPs.

[Cesaria]

Muu Ouzi the Swiftblade's name in Campaign is misspelled.

That guy's been missing his E since WOTG came out.

[Demosthenes11]

ls member's tav ring reads 35 hours on it <.<;

[The Stig]

ls member's tav ring reads 35 hours on it <.<;

24 on mine.

[SamanosukeShiva]

auto-target function does not work in quest BC "Fire in the hole"