1.20a Patch Notes (12/27/2011)

[miokomioko]

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/34137

Event

Unmarked keystones, for use on the “A Feast of Fools” quest, now drop from the following enemies:
Anole / Scout Vulture / Black Wolf / Gigantoad / Spindiggle / Queen Gougou / Capricious Cassie / Buata / Great Oak / Spiteful

After progressing to just before the Good King Moggle Mog XII battle, players can acquire any keystones they are missing by trading unmarked keystones to the NPC Pukwa Pika in the West Shroud (17,41). Each missing keystone (bloom, bud, bough, leaf, and trunk) will require two unmarked keystones.

Exchanges can only be made for all missing keystones. Individual keystones cannot obtained separately in this manner.
Ex.)
A player with a Keystone of the Bloom, but who is missing the other four keystones would be required to trade eight unmarked keystones at once.

* Keystones can only be exchanged by players who have completed the quest “A Feast of Fools.”


Battle
The distribution of enemies, including guardians of the grove, has been adjusted in the Turning Leaf area of the West Shroud.

The following enemies no longer link:
Spindiggle / Spiteful


Item
Repair requests can now be made for equipped gear.

≪Making a Repair Request≫

Open the main menu and select Gear » Repair Gear. To place your request, select the gear you wish to repair (main hand and off hand, armor).

Placing a repair request requires both gil and dark matter. The amount of gil and grade of dark matter needed are determined by the repair level of the item, and are as follows:

• Level 1–10: 100 gil and grade 1 dark matter
• Level 11–20: 200 gil and grade 2 dark matter
• Level 21–30: 300 gil and grade 3 dark matter
• Level 31–40: 400 gil and grade 4 dark matter
• Level 41–50: 500 gil and grade 5 dark matter

A repair request icon will appear next to the display names of players with open requests.

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To cancel a repair request, open the main menu and select Gear » Cancel Request . Requests will not be closed automatically, even if all gear is repaired.

≪Accepting a Repair Request≫

1. Target a player with an open repair request, and select Repair from the interaction menu, or simply click on the repair icon that appears in the micro menu.

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1. To repair an item, your current class must match its repair class. Choose an individual item, or use the Repair All option to select all items you are capable of repairing.
* All dark matter used in the repair process is provided by the player making the request.

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3. After repairs are complete, you will receive both gil and experience points. The amounts are determined by the level of the item(s) repaired.
* Both players must remain within a certain distance of one another for repairs to be possible.


System
Direct purchases from the item search interface can now be made within market areas.

Selecting achievements now displays a progression gauge.

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The following changes have been made to the player search feature.

• Online statuses shown in player search results now display only current statuses.
• When multiple search conditions are chosen, they will be abbreviated as needed with ellipses.
• The Accept button has been removed from the Your Settings interface.
* Settings are now saved automatically when Close is selected.
• An orange frame has been added to Preferred Class icons displayed in player search results.

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Moving the mouse while popup help text is displayed now causes that text to disappear.

Only KO’d party members can now be targeted when casting a raise spell.


Bug Fixes
The following bugs have been addressed:

• A bug wherein the party member targeting feature also targeted KO’d party members.

• A bug wherein after a player joined a party via the Seeking Party feature, leaving the party or having it disbanded would cause that player’s online status to revert to what it was before Seeking Party settings were made.

• A bug wherein spells whose areas of effect center on the target would affect the caster even when not in range.

• A bug wherein casting graphics would continue to be displayed for enemies whose casts were interrupted by sustaining damage or suffering a status ailment.

• A bug wherein no motion was displayed when using Berserk.

• A bug wherein the Aegis Boon effect would not fade when 0 damage was sustained from an attack as a result of Stoneskin.

• A bug wherein no battle log message was displayed when the Decoy was used to evade the moogle ability Break.

• A bug wherein status effects preventing casting could be dispelled.

• A bug wherein no message indicating a significant level disparity was displayed when undertaking a behest at ten or more levels above the recommended level.

• A bug wherein enmity being reset in the Good King Moggle Mog XII battle would result in the enemy ceasing to act.

• A bug wherein opening the treasure chest following the Good King Moggle Mog XII battle with little time remaining would not result in a time extension.

• A bug wherein Moogle-Go-Round, Mognesia, and Pom Flare would take effect even when no targets were in range in the Good King Moggle Mog XII battle.
* This does not apply to Pukla Puki the Pomburner’s Pom Flare.

• A bug wherein moogles receiving healing at the point of death would regain HP and continue fighting rather than dying.

• A bug wherein moogles executing weaponskills at the point of death would complete those actions before dying.

• A bug wherein the reduction of enmity by half associated with Shroud of Saints was not being granted.

• A bug wherein the repair class for the following items was incorrect:
Ranger's Hat / Ranger's Hat (Red) / Rainmaker's Hat / Rainmaker's Hat (Blue)

• A bug wherein the physical defense of the following items was incorrect:
Felt Trousers (Green) / Felt Trousers (Blue) / Felt Trousers (Brown)

• A bug wherein the graphics for the following items were displayed incorrectly:
Woolen Shirt (Red) / Woolen Shirt (Grey) / Woolen Shirt of Invoking (Red) / Woolen Shirt of Invoking (Grey)

• A bug wherein the class explanations offered at all Disciple of War guilds contained inaccurate information.

[Seravi Edalborez]

Spindiggles not linking makes them really pointless, but ok SE. I'd guess they moved some treants out of boar's arena for sure.
Keystone = pseudo-taper, that's not too bad. I'd probably kill Queenmonkey and Spiteful, then blow 6 keystones to not mess with the other 3.
Repairing equipped gear is great.

"A bug wherein spells whose areas of effect center on the target would affect the caster even when not in range."
I wish this was kept :/

[miokomioko]

Spindiggles are incredibly weak, it's going to be pretty easy to farm keystones now.

Also, yay for achievement progress bars. Now I can see how utterly hopeless my ___ of the luminary progress looks.

[Datonare]

Not being in a position to do moogle, "Selecting achievements now displays a progression gauge" is my favorite part lol

[Kurokikaze]

Yeah for real. Like that addition.

[miokomioko]

server up

[Celeras]

The "not an exploit" exploit patched, guess that settles that. Hope they nerfed the fuck out of those damn treants.

[sceptre]

easy drops and a really fast rate , We just farmed raptors in a PT of 6 and after 20 mins or so i had over 40.

[miokomioko]

Now all I need regarding achievements is to be able to drag a specific one or two progress bars out from the menu to place on the UI as a widget. Digging through the achievement menu and scrolling to the correct class on the list is kinda' a pain in the ass (especially for synthesis/gathering).

Oh yeah, and it might have been nice if the synthesis and gathering achievement counts were constantly tallied instead of only when you get up off your knee or stop gathering. I have to keep occasionally putting away my fishing rod or canceling crafting just to see if I hit the quota because you won't actually get the achievement until then.

[Manako]

I find it annoying that i have 5/7 for La Noeseca NMs, but no idea which ones I have defeated, not sure if I am missing if that is specifically tracked somewhere.

[Corrderio]

I find it annoying that i have 5/7 for La Noeseca NMs, but no idea which ones I have defeated, not sure if I am missing if that is specifically tracked somewhere.

Link your character to www.xivpads.com. Once that's done there will be a tab at the top that says tracker. This will give you details on what gates you've visited, what NMs you've killed, etc.

[Raldo]

Alternatively, you can go into your lodestone history and there are checkboxes on the right you can use to filter certain things. Once you get it down to NMs only, it should be easy to figure out on your own.

[Grey Jorildyn]

Yes.. let's keep having to use third-party websites to track in-game achievements. This is one of those things that really needs to be addressed.

[miokomioko]

It kinda' is addressed like the post above you mentioned. Your lodestone profile history can be filtered to show you exactly what NM kills you have logged.

[Manako]

thanks for the info!