Test Server Findings

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C:\Program Files\PlayOnline\SquareEnix\FINAL FANTASY XI Test Client\ToolsUS

[Ophannus]

Many of the adjustments SE promised won't be in this patch but probably in a December update which will probably have the Wyvern Breaths/Enhanced Oldjumps/Chakra-Boost enhancement etc...

[Kimiko]

Targetable on others, or self-only?

[Juxtaposition]

Any info on that NIN Parry JA?

[Weakness]

<.<; Any tests on the new RNG TA thingie yet?

Recast/Duration, and late how much enmity would be wonderful... I'm too lazy to download and test it myself >:3

And yeah yeah lolRNG, I'm probably the only person who actually plays the job any more ._.;

[elison]

Did they mention how long this is going to last or is this a forever type thing?

[Thalandor46]

There was mention of LQ Empyrean weapons being available through the Test Porter. Which slip are they on?

[Kaisha]

Did they mention how long this is going to last or is this a forever type thing?

Forever type thing I presume. Cheaper for the playerbase to test the content for them, even if it comes at the cost of spoiling most of the update's contents a month or two ahead of time.

[darkepyon]

They're not on any "slip". You just pick "Choose category" and you'll see a list of weapons.

Also I was kinda bummed I couldn't get an ochain to mess around with. :< Oh well.

[Xanthe]

Wvyern breaths don't seem notably enhanced. 3x breaths against Sallow Seymour resulted in 2 half resists and a 3/4 resist.

Should they be? I don't recall any changes regarding breath potency calculations. Base max wyvern HP has only gone up about 75 points with the new level cap so you shouldn't notice a huge difference.

[Francisco]

Just got in - do I have access to any AF3+2 I don't already have?

[Kaisha]

Have the poor beetle's had their foot surgically fixed yet?

[cdgreg]

Just got in - do I have access to any AF3+2 I don't already have?

From what I've read you have access to everything a porter moogle would hold, so I assume all eaf+2 sets

[MaachaQ]

Just got in - do I have access to any AF3+2 I don't already have?

Trade your Moogle storage slips to the GM Moogle, he'll add to it everything that isn't already on it. If you don't own a particular slip, he'll give you one.

[Foldypaws]

Should they be? I don't recall any changes regarding breath potency calculations. Base max wyvern HP has only gone up about 75 points with the new level cap so you shouldn't notice a huge difference.

There was talk about adjusting wyvern breath accuracy. It wasn't mentioned for this patch specifically, but I figured it was worth testing anyway.

Either wasn't worth anything, or wasn't done.

[Rocl]

idk if anyone cared to check but i find it amusing that Campaign is disabled, but annoying that the Tally message keeps appearing

Conquest is disabled too! but not Besieged

[Foldypaws]

WAR gets Attack Bonus II @ 91.

Small sample size is small, but it's looking like MNK got KA3 for 15% total. (22/100 rounds with 5 KA merits.)

DRG gets Attack Bonus II @91 as well.

DRK has Attack Bonus VI @ 91 (72 total attack).

In an unsurprising display of symmetry, PLD has Defense Bonus VI @ 91. (72 defense.)

[Alkar]

Any info on that NIN Parry JA?

5 min recast, 30 seconds duration. Doesn't seem to improve parry that much. Need more time to test though.

[Atomic Skull]

Relic WS are unchanged, they still suck compared to emps.

They finally fixed the centering on the on-screen battle messages. Previously the centering was dependent on the rendering buffer resolution (i.e. "Background). The higher the resolution, the more off center they would get. Seems they finally noticed this once they made the supersampling trick officially supported by FFXI's config tool (you wouldn't notice this unless you edited the resolution in the registry to be higher than what was officially supported until last update)

[Atomic Skull]

Have the poor beetle's had their foot surgically fixed yet?

Sadly they're probably never going to fix that, or Fenrir's eye, or the broken toe on cockatrices, or the screwed up teeth on Orobons, or the countless other rigging mistakes on the models in this game.