Feb. 14, 2012 (JST) Version Update

[vagus]

Nothing surprises us now because of the test server and the SE official forums.

[Churchill]

I think it's safe to say this game is going to suck and nearly die out before FFXIV fails again, at which point HMP will be reduced to 150/per, Alex will be 1000 and ADL/PW will be killshots. VW will have a retroactive points system for number of stones used and Legion will be modified for 6 man parties. A new expansion will be released where you go fight orcs in the north and we'll be waiting for FFXIV V3.0

[Lyramion]

From the JP talk here about the update:

JP Forum

 伊藤：改めて、弱体という手法を採らざるを得なかったこと、そして対応までに時間を要したことにお詫び申し上げます。

Ito: We apologize that it took a long time to respond and that again that we were forced to resort to nerfing.

藤戸：実は、これらの項目以外にもうひとつだけ、「ＴＴシクラス+2」のインピタス性能アップを見直すべきかどうかを検討しています。

Fujito: We are considering whether we should review the impetus bonus of "Tantra cyclas +2" in addition to these items.

[Fiendishone]

1,879 files, Check Version up, downloading nowz.

[Chamaan]

Monk, you no punching right. Impetus will now be Mantra for MP and you will sub /whm for Chi Blasting like we meant you to do.

[Kaisha]

Nothing surprises us now because of the test server and the SE official forums.

We can still be surprised at the lack of the test server content they bring to public servers each patch!


Anyone here bored enough to scamper the update notes on the bgwiki and compile what we've been receiving on a bi-monthly basis? Outside of Voidwatch Ch1-3, Dynamis revamp, more grind trials, and a few more useless WoE flux I can't think of anything content-wise they added that isn't FoV/GoV.


I really hope they doubling'ish the PS2 FFXI partition means they plan to release a full-fledged expansion sometime 2012, cause it's a bit overkill otherwise when updates are only upwards of 60mb'ish for that platform.

[Mahoro]

Disappointed by lack of Legion but not surprised since NA test run was a few days ago.

[Damane]

so all we really got was new nyzul Isle? thats it? This blows

[Draylo]

Wow er... very shallow patch ;x

[Slycer]

To be fair it's only been 2 months since the last patch and they made us wait as long as four months between patches last year. As long as Legion and maybe some more VW comes in the next update (assuming 1~2 months from now), it'll be pretty much equivalent to past updates. I'm not saying that's a good thing, but they're on basically the same pace they have been with the updates.

[Byrthnoth]

WTF, you guys aren't excited about the patch? I went through and updated the JA changes and stuff on bgwiki, these are what I noticed while reading over it:

* They switched Puppet and Drachen Roll's lucky and unlucky numbers when they switched the rest of their properties. Who wants to bet that they forgot to change the description text? They also called it "Puppet's Roll" instead of "Puppet Roll"

* They changed Beast Roll from what it originally was proposed, I think. I can't really tell if this was a buff or a nerf, but I think it was maybe a buff? The highest before was +105 Attack, and now the highest is +41% Attack. Pets definitely have over 250 attack, so that makes it a buff.

* Choral Roll got a little nerfed from one of their earlier proposals.

* Ukko's went down to 20%, and before I had it at 25% at 100TP. I think they announced this change on the JP forums a while ago though.

* Reduced Cursna recast is really pretty cool.

They did not mention:
* Increasing Zeni per plate

I need someone to test:
* The duration of Holy Circle, Arcane Circle, etc. with their AF feet on and tell me if it is +30 seconds still or +50% duration. We couldn't tell the difference before.

[Sho]

Que?

They talked about adding special pets to Guttler at one time. And probably making relic/mythic/emp staff only spells.

[Alvein]

They mentioned the zeni per plate
Event related,

The amount of zeni receivable from the NPC Sanraku after trading him soul plates has been increased.

[lesiu]

any chance for a patch .rar uploaded somewhere...?

[Robertfb]

No healing magic giving cure potency a bonus this update makes me a sad panda.

[Isiolia]

A graphical issue wherein the icons for the +1 and +2 versions of the Duelist's Chapeau did not display properly.

D: Are they fixing that stray pixel? Epic.


Underwhelming update is underwhelming (unless you're a DRG or COR). Even moreso if they haven't addressed the Nyzul cooldown thing.

[Khajit]

Phalanx could glitch glaviod? why wasn't i informed of this in order to abuse phalanx for laughs?

[Chamaan]

Mouse support is broken (I have no idea why anyone was trying to move with the mouse). Can't move or scroll to change camera zoom with mouse. Can still select menus though.

[Greatguardian]

D: Are they fixing that stray pixel? Epic.


Underwhelming update is underwhelming (unless you're a DRG or COR). Even moreso if they haven't addressed the Nyzul cooldown thing.

Don't worry. To coincide with this extremely lackluster buff to rolls that Corsair never uses anyways, they'll be nerfing our single best DD roll next update so it all balances out in the end.

[Taint]

So we evaded the SaveTP nerf this update?