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Mocchi
05-11-2011, 09:27 PM
Event-related


The following additions / adjustments will be made to Voidwatch.


A new item that will act as a substitute for the voidstone will be added.

Additional dialogue will be added for the Goblin NPCs that sell the key items to enter Dynamis. These new lines will assist players by explaining the new system in detail.
The location of the synergy furnace in Jeuno will be adjusted.


Battle-related


We will be making changes to how certain monsters in the following areas will detect a player character. In addition, the monster placement of certain notorious monsters will be adjusted.
Ranguemont Pass / Bostaunieux Oubliette / Toraimarai Canal / Zeruhn Mines / King Ranperre's Tomb / Dangruf Wadi / Inner Horutoto Ruins / Ordelle's Caves / Outer Horutoto Ruins / Eldieme Necropolis / Gusgen Mines / Crawlers' Nest / Maze of Shakhrami / Garlaige Citadel / Fei'Yin

The following additions / adjustments will be made to Grounds of Valor.


The amount of experience points earned upon completion of a regime will be adjusted.
Additional Grounds Tomes will be added to the designated areas.

The following adjustments will be made to the puppetmaster job.


Automaton attachments will be adjusted as follows:


Heat Capacitor
It will no longer erase all Fire Maneuver effects.
*Please note that the help message for the attachment will be adjusted at a later date.
Power Cooler
It will reduce the MP cost even if there are no Ice Maneuvers in effect.
Galvanizer
It will increase the chance of countering even if there are no Thunder Maneuvers in effect.

The following adjustments will be made to the new weapon skills that were added. In addition, we will address an issue wherein weapon skill damage was not calculated properly.


String Shredder
Damage will be increased and status bonuses added.
Armor Shatterer
Damage will be increased and status bonuses added.
Skillchain element will be changed from Fragmentation / Scission to Fusion / Impaction.


The following issue with the summoner job will be addressed.


An issue wherein the damage of the blood pacts Crescent Fang, Mountain Buster, and Tail Whip was higher than intended.

The following additions / adjustments will be made to Abyssea.


The game will remember the Atma that the player was last infused with.
Adjustments will be made to the new methods that were added to obtain empyrean upgrade items.
Additional "???" which can be used to spawn certain notorious monsters will be placed.
The location of the new Abyssea support NPCs that have been added to San d’Oria, Bastok, and Windurst will be adjusted.



Item-related


The number of new linkshells sold will be increased.


Miscellaneous


An issue wherein a previously etched aperture was removed from an item during synergy will be addressed.