Freshly Picked Vana'diel 19 Digest

Greetings,

To coincide with the June 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. The following is a digest of what was discussed.

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Originally Posted by Akihiko_Matsui

Hello, everyone.
Matsui here.

Thanks for tuning into Freshly Picked Vana’diel 19.
For those of you who were unable to watch the stream, I’ve created this digest of what was discussed.

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Table of Contents

• Adoulin Quests
• Alter Ego Quests
• Difficulty Adjustments for Existing Quests
• High-tier Avatar Battles
• Escha – Zi'tah Adjustments
• Geas Fete Adjustments
• Unity Wanted
• Unity Concord
• Alter Egos and Adventuring Fellows
• Job Adjustments
• Item-related
• Fishing Adjustments
• Lu Shang’s Rod and Ebisu Rod Enhancement Quests
• /Sitchair Emote
• Mog Gardens
• Quality-of-life Improvements
• Ongoing Events
• Conclusion

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Adoulin Quests

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Originally Posted by Akihiko_Matsui

(1:27～)

We added the quests “The Weatherspoon War” and “A Thirst Before Time” which are the final portions of the quest lines that began with “Thorn in the Side” and “A Thirst for the Ages.”

Each quest have a special event battle and special equipment rewards available, so please check them out if you have yet to do so.

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Alter Ego Quests

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Originally Posted by Akihiko_Matsui

(4:36～)

We added a quest to obtain an alter ego of one of the famous Mithran trackers, Shikaree Z. We hope you venture out to obtain this alter ego as we’ve prepared a special cutscene for this.

Shikaree Z is a dragoon-type alter ego that continues to use Jump while wielding a polearm. In addition to skill chaining with players, she will also give party support in the form of cures and haste.

While we do not have any plans at the moment for the other two Mithran trackers, if the demand is large enough, I can talk to the lead again.

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Difficulty Adjustments for Existing Quests

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Originally Posted by Akihiko_Matsui

(6:05～)

• The Gustaberg/Kuftal Tour
  These quests were initially created uniquely for an MMO, but since there are many that cannot clear these due to not meeting the job level requirements, we increased the level needed to participate and lowered the required number of party members.

• Eco-Warrior Rewards
  When we originally implemented these quests they were quite challenging, and since you weren’t able to cancel them, there are many who have these in their quest log.
  
  We made adjustments that increased the level cap to level 25, and you can also call forth alter egos, so it’s become easier to clear this content with smaller groups. Please use this opportunity to take on this content.

• Wrath of the Opo-opos/Wandering Souls
  These are quests that have an extremely low amount of hints, so we changed the quest log entries to add more information.

• Promotion: Superior Private/Promotion: Corporal
  We made adjustments so that you can now search for and find the “Warhorse Footprint” needed for these quests with a smaller amount of people.
  
  Along with adding an effect to make it more noticeable, it also now appears on wide scan and radar.

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High-tier Avatar Battlefields

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(10:30～)

We added new high-tier avatar battlefields where you can challenge stronger versions of Fenrir, Carbuncle, and Diabolos.

We’ve eliminated some of the mechanics from Carbuncle and Diabolos, and made adjustments to make this a simple, straightforward battle.

We were thinking about the cost of Phantom Gems for quite a bit, but as we expect congestion since this is just being implemented, we set the cost at 15 merit points. We’ll be keeping an eye on this and we plan to make adjustments to the cost in the future similar to the other high-tier avatar battlefields.

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Escha – Zi’tah

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Originally Posted by Akihiko_Matsui

(13:18～)

We made various adjustments so that you could earn experience points and Escha silts more easily.

We added more monsters geared towards level 99 and above players, and we also added a system that shortens the respawn time of monsters down to 1 minute based on the rate in which they are eliminated. This has made it so the area will not be empty of monsters.

Additionally, *we eased the modifiers on experience point gains while battling as a party in this zone, and when you fight against monsters as a party you will earn more experience points and Escha silt.

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Geas Fete Adjustments

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Originally Posted by Akihiko_Matsui

(15:25～)

In order to make it easier to challenge Geas Fete, we made adjustments to the cost of Tribulens. When purchasing these key items continuously in a short amount of time, the price will not increase for the first three you buy, and the range in which it increases afterwards has been decreased.

Additionally, we added a system that will spawn an additional notorious monster at a set rate when you successfully defeating high-tier notorious monsters.

Furthermore, we increased the amount of Escha beads you can obtain from notorious monsters and also make it possible to obtain experience points from the monsters the notorious monster “Muut” summons. These adjustments have made it easier to earn the various points that are available in this content.

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Unity Wanted

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Originally Posted by Akihiko_Matsui

(18:25～)

The drops of the new Wanted targets have their stats fashioned after the original equipment that dropped from the original notorious monsters, so please try and hunt them down.

As a side note, we originally planned on adding a new notorious monster similar to the once popular Unstable Cluster that dropped the Soboro Sukehiro; however, there was some incompatibility between the structure of Riverne and the Wanted system, and we found that it would be difficult to implement.

Since there have been many requests in the past for an upgraded version of the Soboro Sukehiro, we will be looking into a way to introduce this.

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Unity Concord

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Originally Posted by Akihiko_Matsui

(20:52～)

We implemented a system where the Unity leaders will occasionally pop into Unity chat to say something. Each NPC has their very own unique dialogue, so please keep an eye out for it.

This feature has been turned off during certain content and battles, however, as it would be kind of odd if Maat started talking in Unity chat while you are fighting him for the limit break battle.

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Alter Egos/Adventuring Fellow

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Originally Posted by Akihiko_Matsui

(22:27～)

We expanded the content that allows alter egos to be called forth. It’s now possible to use alter egos in the newly added high-tier avatar battles, Delve, Incursion, and Eco-warrior.

We made adjustments to the use delay, reuse delay, and max charges for both the Signal Pearl and Tactics Pearl making it easier to summon adventuring fellows.

We’re aware of all of the various requests for adventuring fellows that have been posted, but we wanted to first make adjustments so that they could be utilized more easily.

We’ll be looking into adjustments for other facets of adventuring fellows for the future.

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