DISCUSSION: 07/08/2013 Version Update, SAM wins mantle contest

[Outlaw]

Armor from Peacekeepers costs between 10-16k now.

[Shenrien]

There is one JP person in any new area, and they told me to go away English when I asked where the zone line is.

Wonderful.

[Yeager]

I just completed GEO Limit Break quest. It's pretty simple.

Found out the hard way (it's not a major issue) any Indi/Geo spells you have up when you spawn the NM will disappear. With that said....

The NM is a Fire Elemental. Your sub is taken away, and the level is capped at 99. The Fire Elemental NM will not melee you, it will only spam Fire 2, Fire 3, Firaga, and Firaga 2.

Quickly put up Indi-Regen, and Geo-Fend (MDB buff) along with any MDB gear you have. The nukes aren't painful at all with the buffs and gear up, and Indi-Regen will quickly replace any lost HP. I simply spammed Watera, Watera II, Water IV, and Water III, took down the NM is around 1:30. MP shouldn't be an issue, but GEO now has access to Aspir and Aspir II, so that takes care of any MP issues that may arise.

Overall a very easy fight.

[Seha]

Always thought the orders of Adoulin to be a reference to the Knights of Round summon.

[Fwahm]

There is one JP person in any new area, and they told me to go away English when I asked where the zone line is.

Wonderful.

Yorcia is from the center of Cirdas; requires vine climbing skill.

The other one is almost definitely from the tunnel on the NW island in Foret.

[Ophannus]

Any word on the new capes? Since they didn't add roaming NMs, either these are new armors unlocked to buy when you edify some coalition or it's a quest reward.

Also goddamn, Yggdrasil looks like the fucking Mana Tree.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cDrZqgNuIp...s1600/art5.png

http://199.101.98.242/media/shots/37...na_(ccd)-1.jpg

[Seha]

I imagine next rank for PK coalition.

[Kanachan]

Some of the new KI are pretty nice, along with a ton of KI that look related to mog gardens.

"Climbing"

A survival skill that grants the
ability to climb vines and cliffs
that dot the landscape of Eastern Ulbuka.

ivory wing talisman

A charm crafted in the shape of
ivory wings, the symbol of the
Goddess Altana. Reduces the amount
of experience lost when
knocked out during reives.

bronze mattock cordon

Embroidered with a gleaming
bronze mattock, this badge is given
only to pioneers who have gone above
and beyond the call of duty in
advancing the colonization
initiative. Increases the maximum
amount of coalition imprimaturs able
to be held at one time.

bronze shovel cordons

Embroidered with a gleaming
bronze shovel, this badge is given
only to pioneers who have gone
above and beyond the call of duty
in advancing the colonization
initiative. Reduces the
waiting period for new
coalition imprimaturs.

[Maurauc]

Okay, so I can start the quest "FAILure is not an option. NPC down the stairs on the right when you come out of Western Adoulin Mog House/Gardens. Is that the one quest? I see there's more in the dats, but the NPCs I'm talking to aren't giving me any prompts.

[Gwynplaine]

There is one JP person in any new area, and they told me to go away English when I asked where the zone line is.

Wonderful.

Zone to enter Dho Gates is from Foret D-10/E-10 nearest to Biv#4. There is likely also another zone into there on Forets north island where the fracture is but can't tell until people take down that reive.

Edit: Spira any idea if there could be other maps for Dho Gates? The one you found doesn't quite appear to coordinate with the zone. You zone in at K-10 but it's not really on that map.

Actually no I think it is right, it's just the tunnel goes a bit off the shown map but that's typical anyways.

[EjinCaitsith]

That being said, I hope they are immune to stun. I wish the previous 3 bosses were too tbh.

As long as they are immune to ranged damage, too.

[R3G1STRY]

Sorta skimmed the thread, but do we know what "Magic Damage +" is? I would have thought it was just a different wording for MAB, but both of them are on a few different pieces.

[Tardevil]

It took 27 imps to rank up from Inventor Contributor to Inventor Partner. Went 3 imps at a time since I thought it was gonna take until 30 exactly but I checked anyways just in case. Leads me to believe that it's probably 25 so I'll try and verify that on Peacekeepers in a few if I still have enough.

[Maurauc]

Zone to enter Dho Gates is from Foret D-10/E-10 nearest to Biv#4. There is likely also another zone into there on Forets north island where the fracture is but can't tell until people take down that reive.

Can confirm the tunnel at E-6/7 is accessible now. Takes you to Dho Gates at L-6. Dho Gates zoneline at L-5 takes you to E-14 Cirdas.

[Tymon]

Yorcia is from the center of Cirdas; requires vine climbing skill.

The other one is almost definitely from the tunnel on the NW island in Foret.

No to Hennetiel. There's a guy in there, alone, a PLD. No way he soloed the reive.

[fantasticdan]

Any word on the new capes? Since they didn't add roaming NMs, either these are new armors unlocked to buy when you edify some coalition or it's a quest reward.

The japanese version updates say something about them and wildskeeper reives. http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/threads/35232

From google translate:

In addition, in the rave of all of the area you have added this time,
You may back of each equipment for the job available.
In (Wild keeper Rave is,
I am now available at lottery other than the seven 支公 equipment. )

The best I can make from that is that they can drop from any reive (in the new areas?) (for the job your currently on only?), including wildskeepers, where it will be an extra drop slot (not overwriting naakul equipment.)

[dasva]

If you have cleared shark, 5NM+Tojil should be a walk in the park and you're looking at 2+ stacks of ammo for 45 minutes of input.


I suppose if you were really crunched you could TP in the T4/5 ammo and WS in the shark ammo

Depends how you beat it lol. Would be more correct to say if you are currently in a group that can consistently kill shark. That's still kinda crazy amount of constant plasm exchange for a rather small upgrade. Especially compared to the weapons

[Maurauc]

Thought I'd let people know!
Don't go through Dho Gates from the NW island in Foret. You'll just come across a Reive in Dho at H/I-7 that blocks your path. Velkk and Tarichuk. Obviously, if you can get past that, then you're good, but solo is a no go.

[blasphemy]

No to Hennetiel. There's a guy in there, alone, a PLD. No way he soloed the reive.

If I am not mistaken reives can be soloed now? and PLD is probably one of the best jobs to do it.

Depends how you beat it lol. Would be more correct to say if you are currently in a group that can consistently kill shark. That's still kinda crazy amount of constant plasm exchange for a rather small upgrade. Especially compared to the weapons

This is just a guess but I am thinking the new delve might give more plasma per mob.

[Jem]

As long as they are immune to ranged damage, too.

I think there's a slight difference between the two tbh but sure, I'd still be happy with that.

I'm predominantly a melee, I'm just tired of the best tactic being to melee zerg it into the ground before it can do anything. I don't particularly care for RNG, I just thought it was a nice change of pace.

I mean my RNG is gimp as hell. Find another RNG that has 99 Anni but is that apathetic about the job that they can't even be bothered to get AF3+2 body (or any AF3+2 for that matter)