2.1 Patch Notes

[Dotsudoku]

LOSing still works on WP Slime boss. But yeah doesn't work on Haukke mega.

May have something to do with her stun/silence immunity buffs. She seems to be designed to make it impossible to avoid spells outside of dodging

[Prothescar]

She turns to face you while casting, so far she's the only mob in the game that does this

[Lucavi]

^

And its awesome. I was raging at first, swearing I was LOSing her until I finally watched her swap around and hit me. I enjoy the extra challenge, but it makes me wonder if they've always had the tech to allow for mobs to do that, (implying that they allowed us to LOS as "clever use of game mechanics) or if it was some new tech just perfected prior to 2.1.

[Vuitton]

^

And its awesome. I was raging at first, swearing I was LOSing her until I finally watched her swap around and hit me. I enjoy the extra challenge, but it makes me wonder if they've always had the tech to allow for mobs to do that, (implying that they allowed us to LOS as "clever use of game mechanics) or if it was some new tech just perfected prior to 2.1.

Pretty sure they've always had it. This is why when mobs charge a conal attack you're able to move out of it without them turning to face you.

[Lucavi]

Well no. I mean I'm wondering if the new "turn to face you regardless of LOS" mechanic is new because SE couldn't figure out how to program it initially, or if they simply wanted to hold it off as a "tougher" mechanic for later content.

[Kaslo]

She turns to face you while casting, so far she's the only mob in the game that does this

I thought the Flayer in AK did that too, but maybe I'm misremembering... or maybe that's just to Canker.

[Eanae]

I thought the Flayer in AK did that too, but maybe I'm misremembering... or maybe that's just to Canker.

Canker is aoe isn't it? So he doesn't need to see you. Could still always los his single targets.

[Lucavi]

Canker is aoe isn't it? So he doesn't need to see you. Could still always los his single targets.

Yeah canker he just turns around but you can LOS it if you're fast enough. Its pretty quick, though.

[Seravi Edalborez]

So uh, for all you out there who wanted to get super-technical with your macros but were thwarted by silly things like "healing when <t> is enemy will instead target self"...

Spoiler: show

Unchecking this might help? Or does this do something else? Waiting on an unspoiled node for a couple minutes so can't check right this moment.

Edit: Ok I have no idea what this does.

[Korialstrasz]

Ok I have no idea what this does.

Same. I thought it would be something actually helpful, like targeting the closest mob if you don't have a target, but... nope.

[Dotsudoku]

She turns to face you while casting, so far she's the only mob in the game that does this

Apparently the mages in the Level 30 gladiator quest were changed too. They all turned to face me.

[Rehn]

Looks like ilvl49 stuff can SB to tier IV materia. Just got a quickarm IV off an amber ring.

[RKI]

So uh, for all you out there who wanted to get super-technical with your macros but were thwarted by silly things like "healing when <t> is enemy will instead target self"...

Quick related question: I made the following macro for cure:

/ac cure <mo>
/ac cure <tt>
/ac cure <t>
/ac cure <me>

But in some cases, it still seems to cure me although one of the previous lines should have been a valid target. Anyone knows why? Or if the game will target me by default if it finds a non-valid target and cancels the macro?

[Seravi Edalborez]

If you're targeting a tank hitting an enemy with nothing moused over, you will cure yourself with that macro.

First line that is valid is <tt>, target's target is enemy so defaults to "cast on self".
It's a problem when trying to make macros like that.

[Scythiroth]

Looks like ilvl49 stuff can SB to tier IV materia. Just got a quickarm IV off an amber ring.

Yep, saw someone get one in town before. Materia prices should come down a bit because of that, which is good and bad, depending on if you spiritbonded for gil. >.>

[RKI]

If you're targeting a tank hitting an enemy with nothing moused over, you will cure yourself with that macro.

First line that is valid is <tt>, target's target is enemy so defaults to "cast on self".
It's a problem when trying to make macros like that.

That's what I feared. No way to change that behavior I guess, that's what you were mentioning in your post above, right?
So I'll keep only <mo> and <t>

Thanks

[Shadowhusky]

Where do you get the cores for the starlight event? Is it a FATE?

[Seravi Edalborez]

Yeah. Like the summer fate with the bombs. Near Horizon, Moraby Drydocks, and (can't remember where for Grid). Get hit by the treant's snowball attack to be able to damage imps. 2-3 Gold fates will get you all the holiday items; 30 ice per Gold fate. If you're like me and only had the reindeer suit, 2 Golds (60 ice total) is enough.

[Seravi Edalborez]

Something I overlooked at the bottom of the patch notes, long list if things they fixed. Putting in spoilers below, but some highlights

An issue wherein the Dreadknight enemy found in The Binding Coil of Bahamut - Turn 5 would occasionally behave incorrectly and their associated stun effect would not wear off.

An issue wherein ground-target attacks (Flaming Arrow, Shadow Flare, etc.) were always critical hits.

An issue wherein thaumaturges and black mages were able to castmultiple fire-based spellsunder the effect of "UmbralIce." (BLMs already know this one, I know)

An issue wherein the gladiator action "Awareness" was nullifying critical heals.

An issue wherein the lancer action "Life Surge" had an impact on the action "Second Wind."

An issue where the lancer action "Leg Sweep" occasionally did not the trigger the stun effect.

An issue wherein a player was occasionally able to register a character on the same account to their friend list.

Spoiler: show

An issue wherein a portion of dialogue from the "Cowering Coachman" in the FATE "Overlooking the Obvious" was incorrect.
An issue wherein the NPC "Miraudont the Madder" would occasionally freeze during the FATE "Training Day."
An issue wherein the FATE "Air Supply" occasionally became impossible to progress.
An issue wherein the "All-seeing Eye" in the instanced dungeon "Dzemael Darkhold" would occasionally behave incorrectly.
An issue wherein the Dreadguard enemy found in The Binding Coil of Bahamut - Turn 3 would occasionally cease to attack.
An issue wherein the Dreadknight enemy found in The Binding Coil of Bahamut - Turn 5 would occasionally behave incorrectly and their associated stun effect would not wear off.
An issue wherein the item listing within the Grand Company delivery mission's "Expert Delivery List" would occasionally not display the full list of items available.
An issue wherein players were only able to trade two of the provisioning item (fishing) for the "Grand Company Delivery Missions" even though it requires three.
An issue wherein players were required to turn in a"Blue Octopus" as a level 21 fisher for the “Grand Company Delivery Missions (Provisioning)” even though it cannot be caught by a fisher at that level.
* The "Blue Octopus" has been moved to the level 25 provisioning missions.
An issue wherein if a player assigned a function to the △ button via customization it would also cause the character to jump.
An issue wherein if a player used the right stick of a gamepad while in auto-run mode, they were unable to cancel out of the auto-run mode.
An issue wherein the client would occasionally crash if a player attempted to display a list of subcommands for certain features (subcommands for the party list, etc.)
An issue wherein when a player received an item or sent an item via mog letter, the item was occasionally lost.
An issue wherein the cursor within the player search window would not behave correctly when using a gamepad.
An issue wherein when a player attempted to meld a materia to an item, the item within the melding window was labeled as a normal quality item even if it was a high quality item.
An issue wherein if a free company’s name had changed, the new name was not reflected properly in the company profile.
An issue wherein the price of materia or melded equipment listed on the market board was different from the actual price.
An issue wherein the spawn location of the monster “Mildewed Goobbue” was listed incorrectly on the arcanist’s hunting log (entry #36).
An issue wherein the targeted object would occasionally behave incorrectly during certain battlecraft levequests.
An issue wherein if a player had a list open on one window and then clicks another window, the cursor occasionally returned to the top of the list.
An issue wherein the help text for certain items was incorrect.
An issue wherein a player marking a target using the text command ("/marking,""/marking attack,""/marking bind,""/marking stop,” etc.) reaches the last value for that marker, they were unable to use that marker until they changed areas or logged out.
An issue wherein a player performing a certain action while cancelling the "sit" emote would cause the upper half of the character model to freeze in place.
An issue wherein the reward bonus for turning in high quality items was incorrect for certain levequests.
An issue wherein if a player obtained a small amount of bonus experience points, the amount listed within the logs did not match the actual amount.
An issue wherein pets occasionally continued to remain engaged under certain circumstances.
An issue wherein ground-target attacks (Flaming Arrow, Shadow Flare, etc.) were always critical hits.
An issue wherein thaumaturges and black mages were able to castmultiple fire-based spellsunder the effect of "UmbralIce."
An issue wherein the gladiator action "Awareness" was nullifying critical heals.
An issue wherein the lancer action "Life Surge" had an impact on the action "Second Wind."
An issue where the lancer action "Leg Sweep" occasionally did not the trigger the stun effect.
An issue wherein players were able to instruct their pets in "Free Stance" to use their pet actions under certain circumstances.
An issue wherein the travel time of moving from "Camp Dragonhead" to "Fallgourd Float" via chocobo porter was incorrect.
An issue wherein the help text for certain achievements was incorrect.
An issue wherein the displayed level of certain recipes were incorrect.
An issue wherein if a player uses the Duty Finder immediately after creating a retainer, they were occasionally unable to join the duty.
An issue wherein a player using a chocobo porter would occasionally move outside of the mapped area while travelling.
An issue wherein a player was occasionally able to register a character on the same account to their friend list.
An issue wherein players would obtain two additional gear sets when unlocking the fisher class.

[Kelenae]

An issue wherein the Dreadknight enemy found in The Binding Coil of Bahamut - Turn 5 would occasionally behave incorrectly and their associated stun effect would not wear off.

Ya we ran into this alot of times. Glad they fixed that lol.