Comments from the Devs

[Corrderio]

Everyday he allows the repair system to exist is a disappointment!

No but seriously, he is doing fairly well imo. I too feel that it is more important that every class being useful in all/most events is more important than just throwing them into the game, making large-scale content, or whatever. It would be right up there, for me, with what I said earlier about the depth of the content. It is difficult to have intricate battles without greater job synergy. It's not that hard to conceptualize either and yet it is something that we seem to be moving farther from. The combo system is nice and all, but it's no battle regimen (where at least there was some sort of party communication happening). I feel like jobs should do what is done in other mmos and grant a unique raid-wide buff that isn't stackable if you bring more than one of a certain class. They could either fill in gaps to help other jobs or simply promote their own class uniqueness. For example WAR getting a raid-wide buff that gives all players +5% attack bonus (strength of the class), or one that reduces TP costs by 10% for the entire raid.

That's really the one thing I wanna see brought back--teamwork. It's one thing to use meta-game tools to make your group "better" (teamspeak, forums, strategy videos) and quite another to promote real in-game group synergy that makes us want to differentiate our party setups a bit. Old hat by now, I know, but I wanna see how Yoshi tackles that.

This is something I really hope to see soon. Good balance and giving each class a niche to make it about as different as possible from something else. Though with the TP system I wonder if that's even possible.

[Niiro]

I'd be cautious about the job specific party buffs, reminds me of COR rolls a bit too much (WHO WANTS PET MACC!?).

MRD would be +ATK, LNC would be store TP, PGL would be....+Evasion

(search your feelings, you know it to be true)

[Elcura]

Not really applicable. NQ's are going to be priced a good amount cheaper than materia'd and HQ gear. Makes sense if there are 20+ NQs at lower prices that you won't be able to view the HQ's and materia'd pieces.

Listen, all I'm saying is that I'll adapt and do what I need to do. It isn't an issue for me because I rarely sell stuff because I have pretty much everything I need.

[Spider-Dan]

Listen, all I'm saying is that I'll adapt and do what I need to do. It isn't an issue for me because I rarely sell stuff because I have pretty much everything I need.

For those of us who are trying to sell stuff, the inability to have HQ or melded versions of a popular item show up in search results unless we price it below a NQ is an issue of concern.

[miokomioko]

FFXII gambit system for NPC sounded so hot.

This. I got a lil' chubby.

[miokomioko]

Accessory Reforms
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/31781

Patch 1.21 will see major reforms carried out on accessories.

Currently, the equipping of accessories is regulated by slot cost, and players cannot equip items in the location of their choice. In order to improve usability and achieve balance with the battle reforms commenced in patch 1.18, slot cost will be removed from the game and new accessories with revised attributes will be added.

Once slot cost is phased out, players will be able to freely equip accessories, given that other equipping requirements are fulfilled. In order to preserve balance with the recently commenced battle reforms, however, the number of accessory slots will be reduced from nine to five.

Recipes and attributes for "dated" accessories will remain unchanged. Similar to the Recipe Revamp, old and new recipes will coexist for a time, with the former to be phased out at some time in the future.

New Items & Recipes

New items and recipes will be added, and their attributes and optimal equipping/synthesis levels will be implemented as follows:

Attribute Revisions
The new accessories being planned will not necessarily offer enhanced Physical Defense; however, among them will be those that grant benefits such as increased Enmity, Control, and Gathering.

Item Comparison

-old-
Dated Bone Armilla
Suits: All Classes
Bracelet
Optimal Level: 14
Defense: +2
MP: +16

-new-
Bone Armilla
Suits: All Classes
Bracelet
Required Level: 14
Defense: +1
Enmity: +4

-old-
Dated Pearl Ring
Suits: All Classes
Ring
Optimal Level: 32
Defense: +2
Magic Accuracy: +16

-new-
Pearl Ring
Suits: All Classes
Ring
Required Level: 39
Magic Accuracy: +7
Magic Crit Rate: +7


Disciple of the Hand/Land accessories:

Fang Earring
Suits: All Classes
Earring
Required Level: 15
Control: +2

Raptor Choker (new item)
Suits: All Classes
Necklace
Required Level: 45
Gathering: +5

Optimal Equipping/Synthesis Levels
The optimal equipping/synthesis levels of new recipes will reflect the difficulty in obtaining their materials.

New Slot Structure

Accessory slots will be consolidated as follows:

Right Ear + Left Ear = Ear
(With the exception of the moonlet, an equipped pair of earrings will appear on both ears.)

Neck = Unchanged

Right Wrist + Left Wrist = Wrist
(With the exception of the patriot's bracelet, an equipped pair of bracelets will appear on both wrists.)

Right Index Finger + Right Ring Finger = Right Hand Finger
Left Index Finger + Left Ring Finger = Left Hand Finger
(Rings will be worn on the index finger in patch 1.21. In the future, however, rings for the ring finger will also be added.)

[Kurokikaze]

I like it. No need for so many slots if we couldnt use them all.

[TacoTaru]

Sounds good. The only thing I'm a little confused on is will Patriot's bracelet allow you to equip two wrist pieces, or it only appears physically on one wrist?

[Elcura]

Sounds like it physically only appears as 1 wristlet. I like the changes, I had a feeling they would change it to something like this.

[TacoTaru]

Wished they would have showed what the stat rings are turning into, but oh well. The fact that they're adding crafting and gathering accessories has me the most excited.

[shidobu]

( rings for the ring finger will also be added.)

so you guys ready to get married!

[Niiro]

I was afraid we were going to have to carry around 9 accessories, this is much preferred.

Really wish they'd stop with the dated gear tho.

[Rocl]

Meteor's impact will be so strong that all dated gear is incinerated. Just dated gear though.

Because of magic.

[Elcura]

Meteor's impact will be so strong that all dated gear is incinerated. Just dated gear though.

Because of magic.

It's a magic meteor, duh.

[miokomioko]

I am all for these changes, but I just don't understand why they had to make an exception for Patriot's Bracelet at all. Just slap the model on both wrists and put an "s" at the end of the name. Moonlet perhaps but the same could have been done there as well.

[Seravi Edalborez]

Laziness. Or asymmetry is patriotic.

Downside: "Slower" spiritbonding on accessories (read: mythril wristlets x2) but ehh.

[Niiro]

Not sure what you mean about slower spiritbonding, the difference is only graphical.

[solracht]

Not sure what you mean about slower spiritbonding, the difference is only graphical.

He means that after the patch you'll only be able to get spiritbond on a single mythril wristlet at a time (instead of two) since there will only be one wrist slot.

[Niiro]

Ah, misunderstood.

[Aratharn]

Wished they would have showed what the stat rings are turning into, but oh well. The fact that they're adding crafting and gathering accessories has me the most excited.

First thing I thought was Inventory -