Nov. 2013 Version Update Information
Hello,
Below is a message from Producer Akihiko Matsui regarding the November version update.
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Matsui here.
I’d like to inform you all about the content for the early November version update. For this update we will be adding new Adoulin missions and areas, new Naakuals, Monstrosity PvP, new special abilities, relic/mythic/empyrean weapon upgrades, and much more. I’ve made a table below outlining all of the things that will be implemented, so please take a look.
Following the November version update, we will also be having a version update in December. Once we’ve finalized the content for this update, I will be sure to let you all know what’s to come.
Also, this will be somewhat of a change in our version update plan, but after the December version update we’ve decided to hold updates in much shorter intervals than we’ve had up until now. Originally we were having version updates every three months, but it was taking too long to address all of the feedback we were receiving. With that said, we will be increasing the frequency of version updates so that we can quickly address your feedback. We plan to hold version updates in one month intervals.
We’ve been making you all wait quite some time for the implementation of the new special abilities, but including geomancer and rune fencer’s abilities we will be implementing them for all 22 jobs in the November version update. I’d like to make a comment on this separately as we’ve been receiving a lot of feedback about this. Currently the development team is making their final checks, so please hang in there just a little while longer.
Next, the higher tier versions of seal battlefields will be implemented in November as scheduled; however, unfortunately we will be pushing the higher tier mission battlefields back to December. The reason for this is that there will be a massive amount of items that are implemented in the November version update, and we had to give consideration for the work and checks for all of them.
I realize that everyone was really looking forward to this content, and I’m deeply sorry about this, but please give us a bit more time so that we can make this content something really great.
In the event major issues arise from checks and such, there is a possibility that we push the timing of the November version update back, and we appreciate your understanding.
Thank you for your continued support and please look forward to the version update!
Missions and Quests
<table width="650" border="0"> <tr> <td width="5.0%" align="center" bgcolor="#a8d0d7">Implementation</td> <td width="15.0%" align="center" bgcolor="#a8d0d7">Update Overview</td> <td width="15.0%" align="center" bgcolor="#a8d0d7">Task</td> <td width="15.0%" align="center" bgcolor="#a8d0d7">Notes</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" bgcolor="#c6e9ef">November</td> <td align="left" bgcolor="#f5fafb">Seekers of Adoulin missions</td> <td align="left" bgcolor="#f5fafb">Addition of chapter 3<br>Ease mission offering requirements</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="#f5fafb">-</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" bgcolor="#c6e9ef">November</td> <td align="left" bgcolor="#f5fafb">Seekers of Adoulin quests</td> <td align="left" bgcolor="#f5fafb">Addition of quests given in Adoulin<br>Addition of quests given in new areas</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="#f5fafb">-</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" bgcolor="#c6e9ef">November</td> <td align="left" bgcolor="#f5fafb">Survival skill quest</td> <td align="left" bgcolor="#f5fafb">Addition of new survival skill quest<br>Addition of new survival skill</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="#f5fafb">-</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" bgcolor="#c6e9ef">November</td> <td align="left" bgcolor="#f5fafb">Coalition assignments</td> <td align="left" bgcolor="#f5fafb">Addition of coalition assignments for new areas</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="#f5fafb">-</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" bgcolor="#c6e9ef">November</td> <td align="left" bgcolor="#f5fafb">Mog Garden quests</td> <td align="left" bgcolor="#f5fafb">Addition of Mog Garden quests</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="#f5fafb">-</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" bgcolor="#c6e9ef">November</td> <td align="left" bgcolor="#f5fafb">Seasonal event</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="#f5fafb">-</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="#f5fafb">-</td> </tr><tr> <td align="center" bgcolor="#c6e9ef">November</td> <td align="left" bgcolor="#f5fafb">Repeat Login Campaign</td> <td align="left" bgcolor="#f5fafb">Addition of a system to indicate the number of rewards you wish to exchange</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="#f5fafb">-</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" bgcolor="#c6e9ef">November</td> <td align="left" bgcolor="#f5fafb">Adjustment to gobbiebag expansion quest</td> <td align="left" bgcolor="#f5fafb">Ease the requirements for the quest offering</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="#f5fafb">-</td> </tr><tr> <td align="center" bgcolor="#c6e9ef">November</td> <td align="left" bgcolor="#f5fafb">Adjustment to quest for obtaining magical maps</td> <td align="left" bgcolor="#f5fafb">Revamp rewards<br>Make it so NPCs sell magical maps</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="#f5fafb">-</td> </tr></table>
Areas and Monsters
<table width="650" border="0"> <tr> <td width="5.0%" align="center" bgcolor="#a8d0d7">Implementation</td> <td width="15.0%" align="center" bgcolor="#a8d0d7">Update Overview</td> <td width="15.0%" align="center" bgcolor="#a8d0d7">Task</td> <td width="15.0%" align="center" bgcolor="#a8d0d7">Notes</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" bgcolor="#c6e9ef">November</td> <td align="left" bgcolor="#eaf2f3">Addition of new areas</td> <td align="left" bgcolor="#eaf2f3">Addition of new areas<br>Distribution of monsters and NPCs in new areas<br>Addition of new ergon loci in new areas<br>Gathering and fishing in new areas</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="#eaf2f3">-</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" bgcolor="#c6e9ef">November</td> <td align="left" bgcolor="#eaf2f3">Addition of Naakuals</td> <td align="left" bgcolor="#eaf2f3">Addition of new monsters for wildskeeper reives</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="#eaf2f3">-</td> </tr><tr> <td align="center" bgcolor="#c6e9ef">November</td> <td align="left" bgcolor="#eaf2f3">Creation of new monsters</td> <td align="left" bgcolor="#eaf2f3">Addition of new monsters in new areas</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="#eaf2f3">-</td><tr> <td align="center" bgcolor="#c6e9ef">November</td> <td align="left" bgcolor="#eaf2f3">Adjustments to certain notorious monsters</td> <td align="left" bgcolor="#eaf2f3">Shortening of spawn interval<br>Increase in drop rates for items</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="#eaf2f3">-</td> </tr> </tr></table>
Content and Systems
<table width="650" border="0"> <tr> <td width="5.0%" align="center" bgcolor="#a8d0d7">Implementation</td> <td width="15.0%" align="center" bgcolor="#a8d0d7">Update Overview</td> <td width="15.0%" align="center" bgcolor="#a8d0d7">Task</td> <td width="15.0%" align="center" bgcolor="#a8d0d7">Notes</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" bgcolor="#c6e9ef">November</td> <td align="left" bgcolor="#f5fafb">High-tier versions of battlefields that use seals</td> <td align="left" bgcolor="#f5fafb">Addition of battles with difficulty levels for level 99<br>Addition of rewards</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="#f5fafb">-</td> </tr><tr> <td align="center" bgcolor="#c6e9ef">November</td> <td align="left" bgcolor="#f5fafb">Treasure Casket adjustments</td> <td align="left" bgcolor="#f5fafb">Increase appearance rate of brown Treasure Caskets<br>Change the number of tries to open Treasure Caskets to 5-6 times for all areas<br>Add body equipment rewards for successful unlocking</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="#f5fafb">-</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" bgcolor="#c6e9ef">November</td> <td align="left" bgcolor="#f5fafb">Adjustments to Celennia Memorial Library</td> <td align="left" bgcolor="#f5fafb">Addition of achievements</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="#f5fafb">-</td> </tr><tr> <td align="center" bgcolor="#c6e9ef">November</td> <td align="left" bgcolor="#f5fafb">Addition of reive features</td> <td align="left" bgcolor="#f5fafb">Addition of a system that displayed content levels</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="#f5fafb">-</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" bgcolor="#c6e9ef">November</td> <td align="left" bgcolor="#f5fafb">Addition of skirmish features/adjustments</td> <td align="left" bgcolor="#f5fafb">Addition of system that displays content levels<br>Change the time granted after the use of Fenestral Keys to 6 minutes</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="#f5fafb">-</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" bgcolor="#c6e9ef">November</td> <td align="left" bgcolor="#f5fafb">Addition of delve features</td> <td align="left" bgcolor="#f5fafb">Addition of system that displays content levels</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="#f5fafb">-</td> </tr><tr> <td align="center" bgcolor="#c6e9ef">November</td> <td align="left" bgcolor="#f5fafb">Addition of outpost features</td> <td align="left" bgcolor="#f5fafb">Addition of a system for warping between outposts</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="#f5fafb">-</td> </tr></table>
Reives
<table width="650" border="0"> <tr> <td width="5.0%" align="center" bgcolor="#a8d0d7">Implementation</td> <td width="15.0%" align="center" bgcolor="#a8d0d7">Update Overview</td> <td width="15.0%" align="center" bgcolor="#a8d0d7">Task</td> <td width="15.0%" align="center" bgcolor="#a8d0d7">Notes</td> </tr><tr> <td align="center" bgcolor="#c6e9ef">November</td> <td align="left" bgcolor="#eaf2f3">Addition of wildskeeper reives</td> <td align="left" bgcolor="#eaf2f3">Addition of wildskeeper reives to new areas<br>Addition of new equipment</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="#eaf2f3">-</td> </tr>
<tr> <td align="center" bgcolor="#c6e9ef">November</td> <td align="left" bgcolor="#eaf2f3">Wildskeeper reives adjustments</td> <td align="left" bgcolor="#eaf2f3">Content level adjustments<br>Ease requirements for participation<br>Add/change reward items<br>Adjustments to the weakening of Naakuals through colonization rate</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="#eaf2f3">-</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" bgcolor="#c6e9ef">November</td> <td align="left" bgcolor="#eaf2f3">Addition of colonization/lair reives</td> <td align="left" bgcolor="#eaf2f3">Addition of colonization/lair reives in new areas</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="#eaf2f3">-</td> </tr> </table>
Monstrosity
<table width="650" border="0"> <tr> <td width="5.0%" align="center" bgcolor="#a8d0d7">Implementation</td> <td width="15.0%" align="center" bgcolor="#a8d0d7">Update Overview</td> <td width="15.0%" align="center" bgcolor="#a8d0d7">Task</td> <td width="15.0%" align="center" bgcolor="#a8d0d7">Notes</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" bgcolor="#c6e9ef">November</td> <td align="left" bgcolor="#f5fafb">PvP system</td> <td align="left" bgcolor="#f5fafb">Addition of monipulators vs. adventurers system<br>Addition of rewards for monipulators vs. adventurers<br>Adjustments to battle balance</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="#f5fafb">-</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" bgcolor="#c6e9ef">November</td> <td align="left" bgcolor="#f5fafb">Unlocking of new sub-species</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="#f5fafb">-</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="#f5fafb">-</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" bgcolor="#c6e9ef">November</td> <td align="left" bgcolor="#f5fafb">Adjustments to instincts</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="#f5fafb">-</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="#f5fafb">-</td> </tr><tr> <td align="center" bgcolor="#c6e9ef">November</td> <td align="left" bgcolor="#f5fafb">Monster skill adjustments</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="#f5fafb">-</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="#f5fafb">-</td> </tr><tr> <td align="center" bgcolor="#c6e9ef">November</td> <td align="left" bgcolor="#f5fafb">Elemental resistance adjustments</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="#f5fafb">-</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="#f5fafb">-</td> </tr><tr> <td align="center" bgcolor="#c6e9ef">November</td> <td align="left" bgcolor="#f5fafb">Status adjustments</td> <td align="left" bgcolor="#f5fafb">Adjustments so that certain monsters receive status effects from moon phases</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="#f5fafb">-</td> </tr></table>
Mog Gardens
<table width="650" border="0"> <tr> <td width="5.0%" align="center" bgcolor="#a8d0d7">Implementation</td> <td width="15.0%" align="center" bgcolor="#a8d0d7">Update Overview</td> <td width="15.0%" align="center" bgcolor="#a8d0d7">Task</td> <td width="15.0%" align="center" bgcolor="#a8d0d7">Notes</td> </tr><tr> <td align="center" bgcolor="#c6e9ef">November</td> <td align="left" bgcolor="#eaf2f3">Addition of features</td> <td align="left" bgcolor="#eaf2f3">Addition of a "Porter Moogle"<br>Addition of system where you can invite party members to your Mog Garden</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="#eaf2f3">-</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" bgcolor="#c6e9ef">November</td> <td align="left" bgcolor="#eaf2f3">Addition of seeds</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="#eaf2f3">-</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="#eaf2f3">-</td> </tr><tr> <td align="center" bgcolor="#c6e9ef">November</td> <td align="left" bgcolor="#eaf2f3">UI adjustments</td> <td align="left" bgcolor="#eaf2f3">Change so that when speaking to the entrance NPC the cursor defaults to “Go to Mog Gardens.”</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="#eaf2f3">-</td> </tr> </table>
Battle System
<table width="650" border="0"> <tr> <td width="5.0%" align="center" bgcolor="#a8d0d7">Implementation</td> <td width="15.0%" align="center" bgcolor="#a8d0d7">Update Overview</td> <td width="15.0%" align="center" bgcolor="#a8d0d7">Task</td> <td width="15.0%" align="center" bgcolor="#a8d0d7">Notes</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" bgcolor="#c6e9ef">November</td> <td align="left" bgcolor="#f5fafb">Addition of new special abilities</td> <td align="left" bgcolor="#f5fafb">Addition of new special abilities for all 22 jobs</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="#f5fafb">-</td> </tr><tr> <td align="center" bgcolor="#c6e9ef">November</td> <td align="left" bgcolor="#f5fafb">Unlocking of weapon skills from empyrean weapons and Walk of Echoes weapons</td> <td align="left" bgcolor="#f5fafb">Set unlocking requirements</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="#f5fafb">-</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" bgcolor="#c6e9ef">November</td> <td align="left" bgcolor="#f5fafb">Blue mage adjustments</td> <td align="left" bgcolor="#f5fafb">Addition of new blue magic spells</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="#f5fafb">-</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" bgcolor="#c6e9ef">November</td> <td align="left" bgcolor="#f5fafb">Adjustments to the black magic spell “Tractor”</td> <td align="left" bgcolor="#f5fafb">Change the way “Tractor” functions so while in reives it does not cause an area change</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="#f5fafb">-</td> </tr></table>
Items
<table width="650" border="0"> <tr> <td width="5.0%" align="center" bgcolor="#a8d0d7">Implementation</td> <td width="15.0%" align="center" bgcolor="#a8d0d7">Update Overview</td> <td width="15.0%" align="center" bgcolor="#a8d0d7">Task</td> <td width="15.0%" align="center" bgcolor="#a8d0d7">Notes</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" bgcolor="#c6e9ef">November</td> <td align="left" bgcolor="#eaf2f3">AF revamps</td> <td align="left" bgcolor="#eaf2f3">Set stats<br>Add methods for revamping</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="#eaf2f3">-</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" bgcolor="#c6e9ef">November</td> <td align="left" bgcolor="#eaf2f3">Relic, mythic, and empyrean weapons revamps</td> <td align="left" bgcolor="#eaf2f3">Set stats<br>Add methods for revamping</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="#eaf2f3">-</td> </tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#c6e9ef">November</td> <td align="left" bgcolor="#eaf2f3">Ease requirements for creating Walk of Echoes weapons</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="#eaf2f3">-</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="#eaf2f3">-</td> </tr><tr> <td align="center" bgcolor="#c6e9ef">November</td> <td align="left" bgcolor="#eaf2f3">Addition of Bayld items</td> <td align="left" bgcolor="#eaf2f3">Addition of equipment with item levels between 106-113</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="#eaf2f3">-</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" bgcolor="#c6e9ef">November</td> <td align="left" bgcolor="#eaf2f3">Addition of items that can be stored with Porter Moogles</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="#eaf2f3">-</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="#eaf2f3">-</td> </tr><tr> <td align="center" bgcolor="#c6e9ef">November</td> <td align="left" bgcolor="#eaf2f3">Addition of new seals</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="#eaf2f3">-</td> <td align="left" bgcolor="#eaf2f3">Addition of items required to participate in high-level seal battlefields</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" bgcolor="#c6e9ef">November</td> <td align="left" bgcolor="#eaf2f3">Seal drop adjustments</td> <td align="left" bgcolor="#eaf2f3">Make adjustments so that obtain seals becomes easier depending on the number of party members</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="#eaf2f3">-</td> </tr></table>
UI
<table width="650" border="0"> <tr> <td width="5.0%" align="center" bgcolor="#a8d0d7">Implementation</td> <td width="15.0%" align="center" bgcolor="#a8d0d7">Update Overview</td> <td width="15.0%" align="center" bgcolor="#a8d0d7">Task</td> <td width="15.0%" align="center" bgcolor="#a8d0d7">Notes</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" bgcolor="#c6e9ef">November</td> <td align="left" bgcolor="#f5fafb">Adjustments to item help text</td> <td align="left" bgcolor="#f5fafb">Addition of “magic accuracy skill +”</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="#f5fafb">-</td> </tr></table>