Patch 1.18 Notes (07/21/2011)

[Kaylia]

They already warned us about this particular issue a few week ago. Not that it makes it forgiveable, but we knew it already at least.


I remember reading in one letter that they were going to revamp the networks code, and fix all the "why can't they do this" issue. Keeping your leves and party, kicking people out of your ls when they arent next to you, and stuff like this are probably going to be fixed at the same time in 1.19 or 1.20.

[Amastacia]

Yeah, completely fucking ruins the R50 instance. It's almost impossible to win without 8, it seems, and there are so many things outside of players' control that can cause anyone to d/c or crash.

I'd be fine with it booting you out front so long as your party leader could re-invite you and you could re-enter. You log back in inside your instance, the server knows where you belong.

[Kurokikaze]

All of it would be solved if they made it so d/ced characters stayed in their parties for 10 minutes "OFFLINE" or until kicked. Won't even need to run back, you'll just log back in the same spot.

[kisada]

so did they never fix auto-targeting after you kill a monster? haven't played in months but shit still doesn't seem to work right and never grabs onto the next monster.

[Woozer]

Honestly at this point they could dedicate an entire patch to server and code issues and I think everyone would be happy with it. 1.21 - Mailbox and a not fuck retarded party system?

[miokomioko]

At first glance, it looks like you lose out on 10% of a quest's exp reward per rank you are below the recommended rank when you complete it. I was offered somewhere around 3600 exp for a Rank-37 quest, and when I completed it at Rank-34, I got something like 2500~2600 or so.

[Hyan]

And the answer is.... NO.

If you d/c during the raid you are kicked out of the raid and the group. The group leader is unable to reinvite so you are shit outta luck.

Nice job SE. Superb planning there, what more can I expect from people that still haven't found a solution to d/cing leves = failure.

They had to change it in the last minute to get the patch out of the door. Rep said it a few days ago.

The servers are still shit, so yah.

The network code/engine fix will be the largest improvement this game will ever have.... Sounds like it's painfully far away still though.

[miokomioko]

Coerthas' windmill animations are borked. Emergency maintenance!

[Jamison]

I noticed that when you touch the leve counter, you get a message for each failed leve that has been reset... (not that that's going to happen as often anymore).

If I'm not mistaken, all those text commands (like targetmode) that were from recent patches (and this one) are in the config UI now?

[Gokulo]

If I'm not mistaken, all those text commands (like targetmode) that were from recent patches (and this one) are in the config UI now?

Indeed - was really happy they did that because just remembering a fuckton of commands to change stuff would be annoying.

[solracht]

High level areas in Thanalan and the Mistbeard cove share the same song now. Sort of weird.

[Cichy]

/log off till 1.19 I guess, shit's still boring and uneventful.

[Arximiro]

/log off till 1.19 I guess, shit's still boring and uneventful.

And yet you have fucking 3 FFXIV related signatures. So proud of something you hate so much..

[Celeras]

I thought it was a pretty good patch. Dungeon is hard, can't think of a complaint tbh.

[Jamison]

So far, first impressions are pretty good. Targeting, etc, and the action bar work well. The autoattack is intuitive. I really like the new music. I've only done one of the company quests so far, but something about it really inspires me. There's a sense of adventure that gets me excited to do more. I don't know if that's the writing or something else, but there's a sense of polish that's been missing from the game thus far. Small things like the settlements add a nice touch.

I realize this is only the first step, the updates need to keep coming, but I really like the way things are going.

[miokomioko]

The story and the writing that it's told with is the strongest part of the game, I feel. It's definitely the most maturely-written Final Fantasy title. If you missed my screenshots a few pages back, the new Cid drops a word that will get a lot of people excited about what is to come. (It was after I completed the Arms Race company quest for Ul'dah)

[Lordender]

eh sounds like a pretty solid patch, not sure why some people expected this patch alone was going to turn the whole thing around.

[Hyan]

More of this, but faster. That's all I want.

Every 2 months would be great.

The promising thing is that they can't really be any slower if they want to keep the end of Summer deadline.

[Zettofaia]

I like the new HP bars! Size's just right now..shit's been bugging me forever.

[vadre]

The over-head markers are a nice touch, but does anyone else think they're a bit big? Something that can be sorted out at a later date, of course.