"Freshly Picked Vana’diel 7" Digest

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Greetings,

To coincide with the May version update, Producer Akihiko Matsui held another "Freshly Picked Vana'diel" to go over some of the new content and discuss other topics pertinent to adventuring. Below is a digest of what was discussed.



Hello,
Matsui here.

Thanks for tuning into Freshly Picked Vana’diel 7.

For those of you who were unable to watch the stream, I've created this digest of what was discussed during the stream.

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Table of Contents

New Seeker of Adoulin Missions (http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/threads/42089-Freshly-Picked-Vana%E2%80%99diel-7-Digest?p=508147&viewfull=1#post508147)
Trust Alter Egos and Adventuring Fellows (http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/threads/42089-Freshly-Picked-Vana%E2%80%99diel-7-Digest?p=508149&viewfull=1#post508149)
Job Points (http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/threads/42089-Freshly-Picked-Vana%E2%80%99diel-7-Digest?p=508150&viewfull=1#post508150)
Job Adjustments (http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/threads/42089-Freshly-Picked-Vana%E2%80%99diel-7-Digest?p=508151&viewfull=1#post508151)
Ergon Weapons (http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/threads/42089-Freshly-Picked-Vana%E2%80%99diel-7-Digest?p=508152&viewfull=1#post508152)
New High-tier Mission Battlefields (http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/threads/42089-Freshly-Picked-Vana%E2%80%99diel-7-Digest?p=508153&viewfull=1#post508153)
Coalition Rank 8 (http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/threads/42089-Freshly-Picked-Vana%E2%80%99diel-7-Digest?p=508157&viewfull=1#post508157)
Records of Eminence (http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/threads/42089-Freshly-Picked-Vana%E2%80%99diel-7-Digest?p=508159&viewfull=1#post508159)
Mog Wardrobe (http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/threads/42089-Freshly-Picked-Vana%E2%80%99diel-7-Digest?p=508160&viewfull=1#post508160)
Quality of Life Improvements (http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/threads/42089-Freshly-Picked-Vana%E2%80%99diel-7-Digest?p=508161&viewfull=1#post508161)
Adventurer Appreciation Campaign (http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/threads/42089-Freshly-Picked-Vana%E2%80%99diel-7-Digest?p=508164&viewfull=1#post508164)
Repeat Login Campaign No. 11 (http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/threads/42089-Freshly-Picked-Vana%E2%80%99diel-7-Digest?p=508166&viewfull=1#post508166)
June Version Update Preview (http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/threads/42089-Freshly-Picked-Vana%E2%80%99diel-7-Digest?p=508168&viewfull=1#post508168)
Conclusion (http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/threads/42089-Freshly-Picked-Vana%E2%80%99diel-7-Digest?p=508169&viewfull=1#post508169)

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New Seeker of Adoulin Missions



（05:35～ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Z3mhanvtmFc#t=5m35s))
*The video introduces character that appear in the missions as well as a summary of the Adoulin missions.


Adoulin Storyline Summary
Under directive of Ygnas S. Adoulin, the Sacred City of Adoulin ventures to colonize the region of Ulbuka once again after a long period of inactivity. Ygnas is a mysterious person who rarely shows his face to others, and the story begins in a period of turmoil as the city is divided into factions that both support and oppose this directive.

Shortly after, it becomes apparent that Ygnas has fallen victim to a curse. Unable to communicate normally and imparting the knowledge only to adventurers, Ygnas tells of a crisis that is approaching Ulbuka.

Along with Arciela, adventurers act to save Ygnas, but with Arciela assuming a neutral position for colonization she is met with anger by both the supporters and opposition.


Important Characters

Ygnas: Head of the Twelve Orders of Adoulin
The central figure of the Twelve Orders that govern Adoulin who ordered the continued colonization of Ulbuka. Two years ago he founded each of the coalitions that the adventurers are getting involved in.



Arciela: Ygnas's younger sister
Heroine of the Adoulin missions.
Possesses an uncanny power to communicate with the elementals of the forest.



Ingrid: A master exorcist
Commonly known as Ingrid the Merciless One. Was called upon to break the curse placed on Ygnas, and slowly begins to think Arciela is interfering with the colonization efforts.



Darrcuiln: A gold tiger
A gold tiger that lives in Ulbuka.
Saves Arciela and becomes her guardian.
The reason why Darrcuiln lends Arciela his power is one of the keys of the story.



Teodor: A mysterious aristocrat
Imparts knowledge to adventurers when they are lost, but the condition for this knowledge is to accept his challenge to games.



Melvien: Leader of the Order of Woltaris
A person with a lot of influence with the Twelve Orders.
A character that appears frequently in the “Excerpts from Adoulin” series.

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Trust Alter Egos and Adventuring Fellows



（12:40～ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Z3mhanvtmFc#t=12m40s))
*The video shows off in-game footage of Gessho, Maat, and D. Shantotto in action.



Wings of the Goddess Area Support
Trust alter egos can now be called forth in Wings of the Goddess areas. They can also be used in Campaign battles, so combine your powers and keep the beastmen army’s at bay.


New Alter Egos

Gessho
The first alter ego whose main job is ninja.
A tank-type alter ego that uses Utsusemi to absorb enemy attacks.


Maat
A monk-type alter ego.
A melee fighter who will use Perfect Counter if he pulls hate.


D. Shantotto
An alter ego that is a different character than Shantotto, and can be used at the same time as the original.
Different than the original Shantotto, D. Shantotto auto-attacks with a scythe.
Possess special weapon skills.
D. Shantotto will be introduced during the Repeat Login Campaign that takes place in June.



Waiting animations for alter egos that do not auto-attack
When fulfilling certain criteria, alter egos such as Shantotto and Sakura that do not perform auto-attacks will now display special wait animations.


Calling alter egos while partying with other players
As there is a lot to be tested for this we still cannot make any guarantees, but we are working towards implementing this feature in the June version update.


Adventuring fellow level cap increase
We’ve raised the level cap for adventuring fellows to level 99.
Similar to alter egos, a player’s item level will increase an adventuring fellow’s power.


Expansion of the areas in which adventuring fellows can be summoned
We are currently working towards expanding the areas in which adventuring fellows can be summoned for the next version update. To start off we plan on making it possible to summon them in Adoulin areas.

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Job Points



(23:00～ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Z3mhanvtmFc#t=23m00s))
*The video show a graph of the chain bonus.


Additional of new enhancement categories
We’ve added two new enhancement categories for each job.


Implementation of a chain bonus
Regardless of a player’s item level, you can earn a capacity point bonus by chaining the defeat of monsters over level 100 within a certain amount of time. The capacity points you earn will increase as you continue to defeat more and more monsters, and when defeating level 120 monsters, you can earn a maximum of a 1.6x bonus.


Records of Eminence support
We added objectives that will allow you to earn capacity points.



Implementation of party bonuses for certain content
Similar to Woh Gates and other dungeon areas, we’ve implemented party bonuses for Delve and Skirmish (excluding Yorcia Weald).

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Job Adjustments



(27:22～ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Z3mhanvtmFc#t=27m22s))

New food items that affect pets
Shiromochi increases accuracy and ranged accuracy, and Kusamochi increases attack and ranged attack.
The effect is stronger on pets than the player.


Job adjustments

Corsair
Increased the effect of Phantom Rolls geared toward back line jobs.


Blue mage
Certain job traits now become incrementally more potent.


Geomancer
The damage reduction of luopans has been increased from 30% to 50%.


Paladin
The amount of damage reflected back with Reprisal has been increased.

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Ergon Weapons



(32:20～ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Z3mhanvtmFc#t=32m20s))
*The video introduces the ergon weapons and their help text.

Addition of job-specific weapons for rune fencer and geomancer
These are weapons that are equivalents to the mythic weapons for the other jobs.


Ergon weapon specific weapon skills
In the future we will be adding a quest to unlock the specialized weapon skills just like we did previously for mythic weapons.

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New High-tier Mission Battlefields



(35:00～ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Z3mhanvtmFc#t=35m00s))

★Puppet in Peril (Lancelord Gaheel Ja)
The boss has very high defense.
There is an effective way to attack him, so we're looking forward to seeing you try out various strategies.


★Legacy of the Lost (Gessho)
Under certain conditions Gessho will spawn clones.
It’s possible to make it so he does not spawn clones via a special method...

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Coalition Rank 8



(38:40～ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Z3mhanvtmFc#t=38m40s))

Increased coalition rank
We’ve added new item level 117 equipment as well as other new services for each coalition.


Reive adjustments

High-purity bayld
When receiving a high evaluation for completing a reive, it’s now possible to earn high-purity bayld. High-purity bayld is an item needed to complete ergon weapons.


New reive momentum bonuses
We’ve added four new types of reive momentum bonuses.

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Records of Eminence



(40:08～ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Z3mhanvtmFc#t=40m08s))


Addition of new objectives
We’ve added new Abyssea-related objectives as well as new tutorial objectives.


Addition of new exchangeable items
We’ve added new level 99 accessories and equipment for level 50-98.

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Mog Wardrobe



(41:30～ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Z3mhanvtmFc#t=41m30s))
*In the video, Fujito explains how the Mog Wardrobe works.


Equipment changing with macros
We've confirmed a bug where it's not possible to change multiple pieces of equipment at the same time that is split between your Gobbiebag and Mog Wardrobe by using macros. We are currently looking into ways to address this and will be fixing it soon, but please give us a bit of time. You can avoid this bug by placing the equipment you want to use into either your Gobbiebag or the Mog Wardrobe, or by using the /wait command. We apologize for the inconvenience, but in the meantime we’d appreciate it if you could use one of these methods until the issue is fixed.


Macro to change all equipment at once
We are currently looking into adding a macro that will allow you to change multiple slots of equipment at once.

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Quality of Life Improvements



(55:10～ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Z3mhanvtmFc#t=55m10s))

Exchange certain weapons and armor for bayld
We’ve added an NPC that will give you bayld when you trade them older weapons and armor.


Addition of the categories “Alchemy 2” and “Misc.2” to the auction house
We’ve moved the locations of fireworks and trigger items into these two new categories.


Zeni Notorious Monster trigger item rate adjustments
The prices of trigger items that can be purchased with zeni have been changed from the highest value to the lowest value when the server is restarted due to maintenance or other reasons.


Title screen configuration options
It’s now possible to modify the aspect ratio of the title and character selection screen.

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Adventurer Appreciation Campaign



（58:10～ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Z3mhanvtmFc#t=58m10s))


Green Moogle Suit and Goblin Suit
By participating in the first ever “Grand Mooblin Battle” that is part of our 12th anniversary celebration, you can obtain these special items. When calling forth adventuring fellows while wearing these items, your adventuring fellows will also wear the same suits.


New alter egos: Moogle, Fablinix, and Aldo
Similar to the brand-new suits, by participating in the “Grand Mooblin Battle” you can obtain these new alter egos. The Moogle alter ego is a Sakura-type alter ego that does not participate in battle, but will give you an effect that will boost the rate in which your magic skills increase when called out.

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Repeat Login Campaign No. 11



(61:55～ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Z3mhanvtmFc#t=61m55s))

Repeat Login Campaign No. 11
In this round of the Repeat Login Campaign, you can obtain the new Najelith alter ego as well as the Worm Masque that allows you to change into a worm.


The future of the Repeat Login Campaign
While this all began as a special plan for the 11th anniversary, it’s received such good reception that we will be continuing to hold these moving forward.

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June Version Update Preview



(64:10～ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Z3mhanvtmFc#t=64m10s))

Weapon skill stat revamps
We’ll be revamping the stats for weapon skills as a whole as well as make them useable for skill chains and other situations.


Trust alter ego party support
We will be making it possible to summon alter egos into parties with other players.

We are planning for a lot of other adjustments and additions, so please look forward to future information!

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Conclusion



Thanks to everyone’s continued support we are able to welcome in the twelfth anniversary of FINAL FANTASY XI and I would like to say a big heart-felt thank you. We’ll continue to do our best to provide you all with a fun experience.

Thank you all very much!