May 2011 - Additional Version Updates

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.