Patch 1.18 Notes (07/21/2011)

[Niiro]

3 hour maint to remake the combat system, implement 3 new lines of missions and 2 dungeons, add a bunch of new encampments, and a medley of decorative jazz all over every city.

7 hours to add swimsuits.

Sounds like SE to me.

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Yes I know we have no idea what it's actually for, it's a joke.

[Katlan]

Do you still have to select between AoE/Single target for every cast?

[Vuitton]

Do you still have to select between AoE/Single target for every cast?

For some spells you can. Drain / Aspir / Drain TP / Cure / Sacrifice you can't. They introduced an AoE line of cures for Conjurer. Curaga I and II.

[Jamison]

So is 1.19 the patch most ppl are waiting on? I logged in today for the first time in like 4 months just to run around town, not sure how the game has come from where it used to be (aka unplayable).

If I'm not mistaken 1.19 will overhaul stats and abilities, and 1.20 will introduce jobs. Along with 1.18 that rounds out the "overhaul" of the game. It's not in a terrible state to check out now, but things are still in flux. If having as fresh of an experience as possible is important, it'd be worth waiting another couple of months for that to be complete.

[Corrderio]

No info on the forums about what's happening. Am crossing fingers they do something to make the R50 dungeon more melee friendly for the boss.

[Reapz]

Been doing a bunch of quests now that they offer SP rewards, they are pretty fun. Admiral Merlwyb makes a brief appearance in a cutscene in one of the new quests 'Shot Through the Heart' also, nice to see some cutscenes appearing in sidequests finally.

[Hyan]

1.19 will do something about the animations... Yessss.

I see no mention of a maint anywhere, in-game message?

[Gokulo]

I actually heard they said on the forum that for example the passive/active mode while moving will be changed in the next patch not specifying it's going to be 1.19, dunno if other animations too - so it might be a little earlier.

[miokomioko]

1.19 will do something about the animations... Yessss.

I see no mention of a maint anywhere, in-game message?

Yeah, for some reason it's only mentioned in-game. 7.5 hrs is pretty long to not post it on the Lodestone yet.

[Corrderio]

I actually heard they said on the forum that for example the passive/active mode while moving will be changed in the next patch not specifying it's going to be 1.19, dunno if other animations too - so it might be a little earlier.

Think it might be, either way one less annoyance out of the way. Hopefully they get rid of the movement lockout for weaponskill/spell/ability animations as well.

[Lordender]

No info on the forums about what's happening. Am crossing fingers they do something to make the R50 dungeon more melee friendly for the boss.

Why does this sound so familar? Oh, right, it happened at the beginning of XI too where it was rng + blms or gtfo. I guess thats what you get when the challenge of the game still revolves around mobs spamming tp abilities.

[miokomioko]

The best ability was Bai Wing. Massive AoE and the further away you were, more damage you took.

[Grey Jorildyn]

Yeah it's pretty ghetto gathering up archers just for this. Not everyone's got archer leveled y'know! It is poor battle design overall imo and is very reminiscent of old XI.

[Hyan]

Seems like the remnants of the old mechanics to me. Unfortunate, but not worth delaying the content further imo.

The maintenance is a system maint.

Lodestone, forum login, game itself, all unavailable.

[jwang]

Right now XIV feels like WoW when Cataclysm hit, what with healers going OOM and people crying about loss of damage. Once you get used to it, it isn't so bad though. Moving in the right direction, but some of these changes could have been moved to a later date in my opinion. Hopefully everything will come together into a nice neat package once 1.19 and 1.20 finishes making a mess of the whole combat system.

[Grey Jorildyn]

Seems like the remnants of the old mechanics to me.

But unlike legacy content of XI, it can be done without a full party of archers, just at a mildly steeper learning curve. Chances are they will nerf shit over time like every other mmo

[Charismatic]

But unlike legacy content of XI, it can be done without a full party of archers, just at a mildly steeper learning curve. Chances are they will nerf shit over time like every other mmo

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Old content could be done without Rangers in XI as well, it's the exact same shit

[Vuitton]

then who the fuck cares. fuck your archers/rangers. if you're bitching about fucking skill and "challenging" content then fuck stacking the most over powered classes when you know, you fucking know, they're fucking unbalanced and over powered. and then bitch like a fucking bitch about shit being easy or mildly challenging (and then fucking douching out your vaginas when you read about those classes being nerfed).

shit is gonna be harder for some more than others. get the fuck over it.

[Arximiro]

then who the fuck cares. fuck your archers/rangers. if you're bitching about fucking skill and "challenging" content then fuck stacking the most over powered classes when you know, you fucking know, they're fucking unbalanced and over powered. and then bitch like a fucking bitch about shit being easy or mildly challenging (and then fucking douching out your vaginas when you read about those classes being nerfed).

shit is gonna be harder for some more than others. get the fuck over it.

Shit and fucking motherfuck shit while there is some bitch shitty bullshit fuck it shit YEAH!

[Grey Jorildyn]

Wow that was an overreaction lol