Details on the Upcoming Version Update!

Matsui here.
I'd like to give you all a preview of the content slated for the May version update.

There are some big developments in store with the May version update regarding the "Seekers of Adoulin" missions. Certain mysteries that have previously shrouded Ulbuka and the Sacred City of Adoulin will be lifted, while others will spring up in their place. Stay tuned, as there is a considerable amount of material to savor, including the fleshing out of some more marginalized characters, and the introduction of new mission-related areas.

Also, in response to feedback from everyone on the job point system introduced in March, we've tinkered with what made obtaining capacity points too difficult. It will also be easier than before to earn capacity points by participating in skirmishes and Delve, so we sincerely hope you will enjoy them as non item-level growth elements.

In order to further support solo players, we will be raising the Fellow level cap to 99 and having their levels increase depending on item levels. We also plan to expand the Adoulin areas in which you can call forth your Fellow, so please look forward to that as well.

There's much more on the docket, such as the introduction of the Mog Wardrobe, the much-awaited addition of meals that increase pet accuracy by around 110 points, and the inclusion of mythic-equivalent weapons for geomancers and rune fencers.

The version update is scheduled to be implemented on Thursday, May 15, 2014.

Among the items scheduled for implementation with this version update, there are still some that are currently in testing. Please keep in mind that we may remove certain items from this implementation list in the event that bugs take an unintentionally long time to fix or balancing issues occur during the development process.

Missions and Quests
<table width="650" border="0"> <tr> <td width="10.0%" align="center" bgcolor="#a8d0d7">Implementation Timing</td> <td width="25.0%" align="center" bgcolor="#a8d0d7">Update Task and Overview</td> <td width="25.0%" align="center" bgcolor="#a8d0d7">Tasks Being Worked On</td> <td width="25.0%" align="center" bgcolor="#a8d0d7">Notes</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" bgcolor="#c6e9ef">May</td> <td bgcolor="#eaf2f3">Seekers of Adoulin missions</td> <td bgcolor="#eaf2f3">Text creation<br>Cutscene creation<br>Mission battle creation</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="#eaf2f3">-</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" bgcolor="#c6e9ef">May</td> <td bgcolor="#eaf2f3">Trust acquisition quests</td> <td bgcolor="#eaf2f3">Addition of Aht Urhgan Whitegate quest<br>Addition of Ru'Lude Garden quest</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="#eaf2f3">-</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" bgcolor="#c6e9ef">May</td> <td bgcolor="#eaf2f3">Survival skill acquisition quest</td> <td bgcolor="#eaf2f3">Addition of survival skill acquisition quest<br>Addition of new survival skill</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="#eaf2f3">-</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" bgcolor="#c6e9ef">May</td> <td bgcolor="#eaf2f3">Geomancer Ergon Weapon acquisition quest</td> <td bgcolor="#eaf2f3">Cutscene creation<br>Addition of related NPC<br>Creation of related items</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="#eaf2f3">-</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" bgcolor="#c6e9ef">May</td> <td bgcolor="#eaf2f3">Rune fencer Ergon Weapon acquisition quest</td> <td bgcolor="#eaf2f3">Cutscene creation<br>Addition of related NPC<br>Creation of related items</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="#eaf2f3">-</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" bgcolor="#c6e9ef">May</td> <td bgcolor="#eaf2f3">Adventurer Appreciation Campaign</td> <td bgcolor="#eaf2f3">Addition of quests<br>Creation of related items</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="#eaf2f3">-</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" bgcolor="#c6e9ef">May</td> <td bgcolor="#eaf2f3">Mog Tablet Quest</td> <td bgcolor="#eaf2f3">Changes to some of the items earned when discovering Mog Tablets</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="#eaf2f3">-</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" bgcolor="#c6e9ef">May</td> <td bgcolor="#eaf2f3">Repeat Login Campaign</td> <td bgcolor="#eaf2f3">Set items</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="#eaf2f3">-</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" bgcolor="#c6e9ef">May</td> <td bgcolor="#eaf2f3">Mog Bonanza</td> <td bgcolor="#eaf2f3">Set items</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="#eaf2f3">-</td> </tr></table>

Areas and Monsters
<table width="650" border="0"> <tr> <td width="10.0%" align="center" bgcolor="#a8d0d7">Implementation Timing</td> <td width="25.0%" align="center" bgcolor="#a8d0d7">Update Task and Overview</td> <td width="25.0%" align="center" bgcolor="#a8d0d7">Tasks Being Worked On</td> <td width="25.0%" align="center" bgcolor="#a8d0d7">Notes</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" bgcolor="#c6e9ef">May</td> <td bgcolor="#eaf2f3">New areas</td> <td bgcolor="#eaf2f3">Addition of new areas<br>Place NPCs<br>Set shops</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="#eaf2f3">-</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" bgcolor="#c6e9ef">May</td> <td bgcolor="#eaf2f3">Event-specific areas</td> <td bgcolor="#eaf2f3">Addition of event-specific areas</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="#eaf2f3">-</td> </tr></table>

Content and Systems
<table width="650" border="0"> <tr> <td width="10.0%" align="center" bgcolor="#a8d0d7">Implementation Timing</td> <td width="25.0%" align="center" bgcolor="#a8d0d7">Update Task and Overview</td> <td width="25.0%" align="center" bgcolor="#a8d0d7">Tasks Being Worked On</td> <td width="25.0%" align="center" bgcolor="#a8d0d7">Notes</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" bgcolor="#c6e9ef">May</td> <td bgcolor="#eaf2f3">High-tier mission battlefields</td> <td bgcolor="#eaf2f3">Add high-tier versions of battlefields for Aht Urhgan missions<br>Set monsters and NMs<br>Adjustments for each difficulty level<br>Addition of key items<br>Addition of reward items<br>Addition of home points near battlefields</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="#eaf2f3">-</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" bgcolor="#c6e9ef">May</td> <td bgcolor="#eaf2f3">Adventuring fellows</td> <td bgcolor="#eaf2f3">Increase the level cap of adventuring fellows to level 99<br>Add item level support to adventuring fellows<br>Eliminate acquired experience point penalty</td> <td bgcolor="#eaf2f3">Clearing the quest &quot;A Trial in Tandem Revisited&quot; will automatically increase the level cap.</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" bgcolor="#c6e9ef">May</td> <td bgcolor="#eaf2f3">Trust</td> <td bgcolor="#eaf2f3">Addition of new alter egos<br>Addition of areas where alter egos can be summoned<br>Campaign support<br>Stat adjustments<br>Behavior logic creation and adjustments<br>Addition of related items<br>Addition of related quests<br>Addition of idle animations for some alter egos<br>Adjustments to Zeid's behavior logic<br>Adjustments to Nanaa Mihgo's behavior logic</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="#eaf2f3">-</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" bgcolor="#c6e9ef">May</td> <td bgcolor="#eaf2f3">Records of Eminence</td> <td bgcolor="#eaf2f3">Addition of battle-related objectives<br>Addition of gathering-related objectives<br>Addition of tutorial-related objectives<br>Reduction of spawn timers for certain NMs<br>Addition of new exchangeable items<br>Addition of Ballista points to the list of currencies that can be obtained with Copper Vouchers</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="#eaf2f3">-</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" bgcolor="#c6e9ef">May</td> <td bgcolor="#eaf2f3">Coalition assignments</td> <td bgcolor="#eaf2f3">Unlock coalition rank 8<br>Unlock services supported by rank 8<br>Addition of new exchange equipment</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="#eaf2f3">-</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" bgcolor="#c6e9ef">May</td> <td bgcolor="#eaf2f3">Reives</td> <td bgcolor="#eaf2f3">Addition of new momentum bonus effects</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="#eaf2f3">-</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" bgcolor="#c6e9ef">May</td> <td bgcolor="#eaf2f3">Celennia Memorial Library</td> <td bgcolor="#eaf2f3">Addition of categories<br>Addition of rewards</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="#eaf2f3">-</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" bgcolor="#c6e9ef">May</td> <td bgcolor="#eaf2f3">Zeni Notorious Monsters</td> <td bgcolor="#eaf2f3">Easing of price fluctuations for trigger items</td> <td bgcolor="#eaf2f3">This adjustment ensures that the Zeni rate will no longer reset during server maintenance.</td> </tr></table>

Battle
<table width="650" border="0"> <tr> <td width="10.0%" align="center" bgcolor="#a8d0d7">Implementation Timing</td> <td width="25.0%" align="center" bgcolor="#a8d0d7">Update Task and Overview</td> <td width="25.0%" align="center" bgcolor="#a8d0d7">Tasks Being Worked On</td> <td width="25.0%" align="center" bgcolor="#a8d0d7">Notes</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" bgcolor="#c6e9ef">May</td> <td bgcolor="#eaf2f3">Job points</td> <td bgcolor="#eaf2f3">Addition of two new categories for each job<br>Adjustments to capacity points<br>Chain system creation<br>Make it possible to earn capacity points from certain content<br>Increase capacity point party bonuses for certain content<br>Add capacity points to the types of rewards obtained from Records of Eminence</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="#eaf2f3">-</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" bgcolor="#c6e9ef">May</td> <td bgcolor="#eaf2f3">Corsair</td> <td bgcolor="#eaf2f3">Increase the effect of certain rolls</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="#eaf2f3">-</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" bgcolor="#c6e9ef">May</td> <td bgcolor="#eaf2f3">Blue mage</td> <td bgcolor="#eaf2f3">Increase the stages of certain set traits<br>Addition of information related to set traits to the help text</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="#eaf2f3">-</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" bgcolor="#c6e9ef">May</td> <td bgcolor="#eaf2f3">Geomancer</td> <td bgcolor="#eaf2f3">Increase the damage reduction trait for luopans</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="#eaf2f3">-</td> </tr></table>

Items
<table width="650" border="0"> <tr> <td width="10.0%" align="center" bgcolor="#a8d0d7">Implementation Timing</td> <td width="25.0%" align="center" bgcolor="#a8d0d7">Update Task and Overview</td> <td width="25.0%" align="center" bgcolor="#a8d0d7">Tasks Being Worked On</td> <td width="25.0%" align="center" bgcolor="#a8d0d7">Notes</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" bgcolor="#c6e9ef">May</td> <td bgcolor="#eaf2f3">Mog Wardrobe</td> <td bgcolor="#eaf2f3">Addition of equipment-specific storage<br>Addition of related text commands<br>Interface adjustments</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="#eaf2f3">-</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" bgcolor="#c6e9ef">May</td> <td bgcolor="#eaf2f3">Geomancer's Ergon Weapon</td> <td bgcolor="#eaf2f3">Acquisition quest cutscene creation<br>Equipment data creation<br>Dedicated weapon skill creation</td> <td bgcolor="#eaf2f3">Ergon Weapons are set as equivalent to Mythic Weapons, and they also have a dedicated weapon skill.<br>It is possible to undertake their acquisition quests even while on a similar one for mythic weapons.</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" bgcolor="#c6e9ef">May</td> <td bgcolor="#eaf2f3">Rune fencer's Ergon Weapon</td> <td bgcolor="#eaf2f3">Acquisition cutscene creation<br>Equipment data creation<br>Dedicated weapon skill creation</td> <td bgcolor="#eaf2f3">Ergon Weapons are set as equivalent to Mythic Weapons, and they also have a dedicated weapon skill.<br>An acquisition quest is possible even while a Mythic Weapon Quest is in progress.</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" bgcolor="#c6e9ef">May</td> <td bgcolor="#eaf2f3">Food for pet jobs</td> <td bgcolor="#eaf2f3">Addition of food that affects both player and pet</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="#eaf2f3">-</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" bgcolor="#c6e9ef">May</td> <td bgcolor="#eaf2f3">Auction House</td> <td bgcolor="#eaf2f3">Addition of Auction House categories</td> <td bgcolor="#eaf2f3">New categories will be introduced due to the increased number of <br>alchemy materials and other goods.</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" bgcolor="#c6e9ef">May</td> <td bgcolor="#eaf2f3">Addition of Porter Moogle supported items</td> <td bgcolor="#eaf2f3">Add support for seasonal event reward items</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="#eaf2f3">-</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" bgcolor="#c6e9ef">May</td> <td bgcolor="#eaf2f3">Addition of event items</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="#eaf2f3">-</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="#eaf2f3">-</td> </tr></table>




UI
<table width="650" border="0"> <tr> <td width="10.0%" align="center" bgcolor="#a8d0d7">Implementation Timing</td> <td width="25.0%" align="center" bgcolor="#a8d0d7">Update Task and Overview</td> <td width="25.0%" align="center" bgcolor="#a8d0d7">Tasks Being Worked On</td> <td width="25.0%" align="center" bgcolor="#a8d0d7">Notes</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" bgcolor="#c6e9ef">May</td> <td bgcolor="#eaf2f3">Equipment change interface</td> <td bgcolor="#eaf2f3">Support for Mog Wardrobe</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="#eaf2f3">-</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" bgcolor="#c6e9ef">May</td> <td bgcolor="#eaf2f3">Chat filter</td> <td bgcolor="#eaf2f3">The message displayed when changing equipment will be set as System Lv1</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="#eaf2f3">-</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" bgcolor="#c6e9ef">May</td> <td bgcolor="#eaf2f3">Title screen</td> <td bgcolor="#eaf2f3">Addition of aspect ratio category to the config<br>Addition of a choice to go back to the character selection screen instead of the title screen when logging out</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="#eaf2f3">-</td> </tr></table>