Beta Test Phase 4 Patch Notes

[Stanislaw]

Kinda alarmed about the whole materia melding request thingie since the person asking the request needs to be targeted and stuff. I was expecting, you know, the whole 'put request up, go afk in crowded location, come back and see it melded' pattern I was so used to in 1.0. Come to think of it, does this apply to fixing other people's gear in ARR too? I never fixed other people's gear in the Alpha/Beta tests so I have no clue about how it works now.

Oh, and Dark Matter not being gatherable anymore. NPC stores onry now? Guess they needed more gil sinks.

[Raldo]

Ew, I didn't notice that (the need to target someone for a materia request). That's... weird.

I don't know how repairing others' gear worked in beta either.

[Hyan]

I hope the buff after repeated failures is their answer to complaints regarding difficult encounters...

Would much prefer that over nerfing everything.

[Kaiyoko]

Those worried about no jobs on early release it does say this...

The level cap has been set to 20.
*All restrictions will be removed starting from early access.

That could mean just level cap removed but it's worded strangely.

[Gokulo]

I hope the buff after repeated failures is their answer to complaints regarding difficult encounters...

Would much prefer that over nerfing everything.

Yeah, I'd really like that solution. Although I can already see people going "I have to repeat the mission too many times before I'm able to beat it!"

[ArchDizzle]

Yeah, I'd really like that solution. Although I can already see people going "I have to repeat the mission too many times before I'm able to beat it!"

Ya, but fuck those people.

[solracht]

http://forum.square-enix.com/ARR-Tes...=1#post1211901

Yeah, that one is a mistranslation. The Japanese original states that need-lotting will only be possible for gear that was designed for the current class/job, not for everything that can be equipped (e.g., DPS gear for MRD and GLA).

[Deadgye]

http://forum.square-enix.com/ARR-Tes...=1#post1211901

And now it makes sense.

The moonspeak version indeed says that. I'd use "suitable" or "appropriate" instead of designed, but it's close enough to the same thing.

[Alkar]

Kinda alarmed about the whole materia melding request thingie since the person asking the request needs to be targeted and stuff. I was expecting, you know, the whole 'put request up, go afk in crowded location, come back and see it melded' pattern I was so used to in 1.0. Come to think of it, does this apply to fixing other people's gear in ARR too? I never fixed other people's gear in the Alpha/Beta tests so I have no clue about how it works now.

Oh, and Dark Matter not being gatherable anymore. NPC stores onry now? Guess they needed more gil sinks.

You get Dark Matter from raids and I believe from melding materia as well.

[Arelian]

Kind of wondering when/if the Free Company housing is going to be released. That was something I was really looking forward to being in at launch.

[miokomioko]

Free Company housing will be available in Limsa Lominsa (Mist) during Phase 4 for testing reasons. It's likely that the other two will be there at launch unless something goes horribly wrong during those couple days.

[Takiwaki]

* Housing areas and PvP content will be implemented in patch 2.1.

http://forum.square-enix.com/ARR-Tes...87#post1211687

[miokomioko]

Herp derp. Either way, it can be fiddled with for a few days in Limsa.

[Ratatapa]

So yeah housing will mostly be testing the Models that SE will implement you won'T be able to make some even in Beta

[Spider-Dan]

Not sure how the housing works exactly, but unless you can relocate your house from city to city, I'm damn sure not going to be wasting my carried-over-to-retail gil and materials buying/building a FC house in a city I'm not going to join.

[Takiwaki]

Stress Testing on the Housing Zones

"Mist," the housing area in Limsa Lominsa, will be available for players to explore. Housing samples will be placed in the area for players to take a look at, so please explore the area. The development team will be tracking the server load in the background so feedback will not be necessary.

Thats it, you cannot build anything during phase 4

[Kaelan?]

Conspicuous lack of any changes or additions to Grand Company mechanics, save for a brief mention that GC gear won't be useable. Notably missing any notification on whether seal rewards were removed from FATEs or not.

Chocobo mounts being available but not companions is weird, given that they were usable in phase 3. Disappointing for me, bird with healer stance is really helpful for farming stuff. With that and the level cap, I guess I'll have to put that off until early access.

Experience point bonus is nice, should help for leveling sub-classes

The number of gathering attempts for a single point have been reduced from six to four.

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[Cassalot]

Woooo quick synthesis! So nice. Been waiting for /sea foreva. FINALLY HERE!

[Madeline]

Woooo quick synthesis! So nice. Been waiting for /sea foreva. FINALLY HERE!

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[Edelweiss]

Conspicuous lack of any changes or additions to Grand Company mechanics, save for a brief mention that GC gear won't be useable. Notably missing any notification on whether seal rewards were removed from FATEs or not.

I really hope there's some additions to the Twin Adders in terms of GLD/PLD shields; the absence is really conspicuous, and it would mean having to jump GCs repeatedly right now. It's been a while, but everything else seemed pretty well-rounded between the three of them aside from that singular aspect.