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[Chamaan]

I'd like to see a battlefield with all those bullshit OP moves but a zone buff that drops weakness to 30 seconds. That way it's not so devastating when your entire front line gets oneshotted and there's still a penalty, along with new MP issues from constant curing after fast unweakening.

[SargentRemora]

Mostly old news, but:

[dev1056] Einherjar renewal
A new version of the Odin's Chamber battle for level 99 adventurers has been added to the Hazhalm Testing Grounds.
Entry Procedure: Trade a Smouldering Lamp to the Entry Gate after having aquired the designation "Elite Einherjar" and the valkyrie feather key items from each of the three Wings.
*The Odin's Chamber and Odin's Chamber (Lv.99) battle occupy the same area. If one battlefield is already reserved by a party, a different party may not reserve either.
The procedure for entering Odin's Chamber has been revised.
Trade a Smouldering Lamp to the Entry Gate while in possession of the valkyrie feather key items from each of the three Wings.
The following items may now be purchased from the Nashmau NPC Kilusha in exchange for ampoules of therion ichor:
Valkyrie's Tear / Valkyrie's Wing / Valkyrie's Soul

*The above items will only be available for purchase if the player possesses the "Mark of the Einherjar" key item.
Players may trade a Valkyrie's Tear, Valkyrie's Wing, or Valkyrie's Soul to the "???" target in Hazhalm Testing Grounds to obtain one of three possible key items:

Item	               Key Item
Valkyrie's Tear	       Rossweisse's Feather
Grimgerde's Feather
Siegrune's Feather
Valkyrie's Wing	       Helmwige's Feather
Schwertleite's Feather
Waltraute's Feather
Valkyrie's Soul	       Ortlinde's Feather
Gerhilde's Feather
Brunhilde's Feather

This bit seemed new:

The procedure for entering Odin's Chamber has been revised.
Trade a Smouldering Lamp to the Entry Gate while in possession of the valkyrie feather key items from each of the three Wings.

If I'm reading that right, goodbye feather mules?

[Michelob]

If I'm reading that right, goodbye feather mules?

The way it's worded could be taken either way. I'm assuming they mean only one feather from each wing is needed but it doesn't explicitly say that. It just says "Trade a Smouldering Lamp to the Entry Gate while in possession of the valkyrie feather key items from each of the three Wings" which is precisely what is done now to enter (meaning the only thing that has changed is that you can buy feathers?).

It's probably just a poor translation and they didn't mention that only one feather from each tier is needed, but no one can be certain from the way it is written.

[Deader2818]

camate's post with what you're looking for is like 4 or 5 posts above yours.

It was more of a "so, this is all we are getting huh?"

[6souls]

Head equipment display toggle

Greetings!

I have some good news for all of you!

The development team has been working on a text command based toggle head gear ON/OFF feature and we are planning to implement this in the June version update.

There were a lot of requests for a configuration based setting and we looked into this, but since this involved UI alteration we will only be adding the text command version.

By toggling your head gear display ON/OFF, the visual display will be reflected for both yourself and others who see your character. (There will be no visual changes for tunics and other similar gear that restrict you from equipping head armor.)

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/th...610#post323610

Avatar Behavior Issues and Requests

Hey everyone!

We’ve received a couple reports of issues and requests about avatar behavior and I would like to pass on some comments regarding this.

The recast timer is activated when an enemy dies right before a Blood Pact is executed
We will look into whether we can make it so the recast timer does not activate similar to how it would when a target moves out of range after executing a Blood Pact.

Ramuh and Titan Blood Pact animations are not displayed
When performing another action or regular attack just before finishing the Blood Pact animation it is possible that the animation is not properly displayed. This is difficult to address because the way animations are displayed can be different depending on the client and the animation may be interrupted at different timings.

Enhancing effects that were dispelled with Lunar Roar are not displayed
We definitely understand that it would be beneficial to display this so that you could check whether you removed the effects you were aiming for or not, however, work-load wise this will be a bit difficult to address right away due to the need to create two separate log messages for each type of enhancing effect in each of our supported languages.

After summoning an avatar there is a short period of time where actions cannot be performed
This isn’t just limited to avatars and can be seen with other pets as well, but the system was set so that actions cannot be performed for a period of time directly after summoning an avatar to prevent erroneous actions for taking place.

There are times when alliance members can be targeted for Healing Ruby
As a result of our investigation, we have determined that this phenomenon will occur under certain circumstances and are currently working to resolve the issue. Out of all Blood Pacts and pet commands, this phenomenon only occurs with Healing Ruby.

There are a lot of items which are difficult to address and require some confirming, but we will continue to look into the above and update you as we make progress.

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/th...185#post323185

Neo Nyzul Isle

I’d like to put the two different Nyzul challenges into perspective a bit.

The original Nyzul was a lot easier to clear, but the drop rates were not very high. On top of the drop rate, you would only get one piece of equipment as well, which could possibly be something different than what you were after.

The new Nyzul might be a bit more difficult to reach floor 100, but if you are able to successfully get there and defeat the boss, each party member has a 100% guaranteed item, and what’s even better is that you can select the item of your choice.

Based on the above, though it might be more challenging to reach the higher floors, when you get there you will definitely be rewarded.

On a separate note, it seems like some players are finding the lamp floors to be the most troublesome. I would be happy to submit any suggestions you have for improving this aspect of Nyzul, so please list them out and I will talk to the development team about them.

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/th...170#post323170

[Septimus]

Mostly old news, but:


This bit seemed new:

If I'm reading that right, goodbye feather mules?

The way it's worded could be taken either way. I'm assuming they mean only one feather from each wing is needed but it doesn't explicitly say that. It just says "Trade a Smouldering Lamp to the Entry Gate while in possession of the valkyrie feather key items from each of the three Wings" which is precisely what is done now to enter (meaning the only thing that has changed is that you can buy feathers?).

It's probably just a poor translation and they didn't mention that only one feather from each tier is needed, but no one can be certain from the way it is written.

Actually, could someone with official forum access be a dear and ask for some clarification, because that is frighteningly worded. Especially the part about trading one of the items for a feather, it sounds like you get a random feather- the word "possible" just makes me really nervous like it is possible that you will get a feather that you already have.

[Genosync]

It was more of a "so, this is all we are getting huh?"

takes sooooooooo much time to barance one fight, you know

[bercus]

Mostly old news, but:


This bit seemed new:

If I'm reading that right, goodbye feather mules?

Yes it exactly says that in the german version:
"Um Odins Kammer betreten zu können, müssen Spieler von nun an nur noch mindestens je eine Walkürenfeder (Schlüssel-Item) der Flügel I bis III besitzen und das Item „Räucherlampe“ am Eingangstor (Entry Gate) handeln."
To enter Odin as first person (trading lamp at gate and selecting Odins Chamber) you now only need one feather from I to III and the Lamp. Bit late for the 75's ;_;

[6souls]

At the following time, we will be performing maintenance on the PlayOnline servers.
During this time, various services will be unavailable. Please see below for a list of unavailable services and its time frames.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and thank you for your understanding.

[Date & Time]
From Jun. 13, 2012 14:00 to Jun. 14, 2012 00:30 (PDT)
* Maintenance completion time may be subject to change.

From 14:00 to 23:15 (PDT)
- PlayOnline will be unavailable.
- The following services, normally accessible from the official PlayOnline homepage (http://www.playonline.com/), will be unavailable.
* Friend List Plus
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From 14:00 to 00:30 (PDT)
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* The World Transfer Service will also be suspended from 13:30 (PDT)

From 15:00 to 23:15 (PDT)
- Players will be unable to log into the FINAL FANTASY XI Forum.

[Affected Service]
- PlayOnline

http://www.playonline.com/ff11us/pol...ews21500.shtml

We will be performing a version update on FINAL FANTASY XI in conjunction with the PlayOnline server maintenance that will be conducted from Jun. 13, 2012 14:00 to Jun. 14, 2012 00:30 (PDT).

* The details of the version update will be announced separately on Jun. 13, 2012.

* Clients will update automatically upon launch after release of the patch.
After maintenance is complete, the update will automatically begin after you press the "Play" button. After that, please follow the instructions on the screen.

http://www.playonline.com/ff11us/pol...ews21502.shtml

[Kirin]

10 and a half hours?

For headgear toggle, two BC fights, and some moogle storage slips?

[gairaiden]

its headgear toggle, new armor (fuck you restated old armor being new armor), 4 limbus areas (2 each for apollyon and tem with 1 of each being new bcnm's), odin mk2, buyable wings for ein. fair bit of stuff there but not so much to warrant a update that damn long. only reason it's that long is cause playonline has maintenance too.

[Michelob]

its headgear toggle, new armor (fuck you restated old armor being new armor), 4 limbus areas (2 each for apollyon and tem with 1 of each being new bcnm's), odin mk2, buyable wings for ein. fair bit of stuff there but not so much to warrant a update that damn long. only reason it's that long is cause playonline has maintenance too.

I was under the impression that only 2 limbus zones were getting added.

[pancakesandsex]

I was under the impression that only 2 limbus zones were getting added.

You're not counting the boss zones.

[Michelob]

You're not counting the boss zones.

I actually thought it was only boss zones. I must have misread the information.

[pancakesandsex]

I actually thought it was only boss zones. I must have misread the information.

Einherjar is just Odin V2. Limbus is 1x apollyon 1x temenos Omega V2 and Ultima V2.

[Byrthnoth]

Read and despair: http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/th...tima-new-fight

I hope he's wrong or they change it, but opening the chest from clearing one set of monsters on the test server didn't get me the KI that he got (I assume he went with a group), so I can't verify it.

[Trigun]

They gotta be adding some hidden stuff to go live after Vanafest though.

Ready the dat miners!

[detlef]

They should also be adding the VW improvements, namely tickets, buyable weakening items, and auto-capped lights.

[Toth]

Well, looks like they were spoiling a new battle event, not the system they were talking about....

I guess it's about time to spill the beans (I promise not to troll this time).

Entering the Runic Gate I was transported to Heroine's Tower (tentative EN name), the new battlefield we will be debuting at VanaFest 2012. (Never fear, we have some plans on making this special event available outside of the event, too!)

Upon further exploration I found myself before an intimidating foe that I think you should all be familiar with:

http://fast1.onesite.com/na.square-e...e.jpg?v=216000

P.S.: I turned into a female.

[pancakesandsex]

Dev's answered my question about einhejar in the best possible way. You'll only need 3 feathers to receive the mark now.

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/th...l=1#post323835