The "Other" 1.21 Content

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Originally Posted by Fensfield

Two new dungeons? I guess that's good.. it's not that easy to be interested in instanced raids for my part. 'Prefer to take my time and explore, and being rushed through by a combination of a timer and an impatient party is just.. meh.

Still I'm certainly curious to see how Hamlet Defence is going to work.

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I'm more excited for the dungeons and what gear they will drop than anything, lol. My guess is that the dungeons will be where we get our Job Specific Gear, which should keep them relevant longer than Darkhold and Toto-Rak.

I'm also curious about Hamlet defense, most people naturally lean towards an idea similar to FFXI's Campaign system, but I hope it will be more engaging than that. I also think it will probably reward Company Seals, but the downside to that is that Twin Adder people won't be able to defend the golden bazaar if that's how it works. I guess we'll just have to see!

I'm actually very excited for the dungeons. Batraal was an absolute blast for the first few weeks, not to mention we'll be able to find some (hopefully) good gear that isn't just weapons.

I really really REALLY hope hamlet defense is as entertaining as defending ath urghan (or w/e it was called) and campaigns were.

After I reached level 75 on my BLU it was all I did and it kept me going for like 2 years xD just cuz I found it fun.... Also i was one of the few who enjoyed rescuing npcs...

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Originally Posted by nibelunc

I am excited to see a release date for this patch. But as silence the dev team is right now, I think we will have to wait one more month =(

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meh, they've talked jobs for months now. Whats a couple more weeks?

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Originally Posted by Drogyn

meh, they've talked jobs for months now. Whats a couple more weeks?

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Exactly, and it will probably be just before Saint Valentine's day because they'll do an event for it again this year obviously.
So, only a couple more weeks to wait! :D

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Originally Posted by Nakiamiie

Exactly, and it will probably be just before Saint Valentine's day because they'll do an event for it again this year obviously.
So, only a couple more weeks to wait! :D

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As someone else mentioned, the Valentine's Day items are already in the game, so they won't need to patch for the event.

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Originally Posted by Jennestia

I'm just confused by the "no info topic everyday = no content being produced" line of thinking I'm seeing from some >.> If anything is setback it'll be like the buying from search set back -- Set back due to a critical bug or held off for a lettered patch (which is still part of 1.x.)

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This seems to happen with every patch and yet SE usually comes through with maybe a slight delay for one or two things that are patched in a week or two later. And yet those comments still pop up every major patch

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Originally Posted by Merylstryfe

I'm also curious about Hamlet defense, most people naturally lean towards an idea similar to FFXI's Campaign system, but I hope it will be more engaging than that. I also think it will probably reward Company Seals, but the downside to that is that Twin Adder people won't be able to defend the golden bazaar if that's how it works. I guess we'll just have to see!

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Had an idea about this. If we are allowed to defend other city state hamlets, reward for GC seals could be set for all GCs and a special reward could be given to the GC that had the best stats. IE. most kills, best defense, # of GC members vs the other GC (in other words if more Twin Adder members showed, they showed be given a bonus reward or bonus stat).

The defense of the Hamlets in my thoughts would be global. While we are 3 separate city states we live on the same world so defense of that world should be main priority. I know in the political aspect it is not but all could "play" campaign in XI and even other MMOs that have a set up with multiple groups still allow all groups to participate in events like these.

there was also a dev post that stated LS management was planned for 1.21

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Originally Posted by syntaxlies

there was also a dev post that stated LS management was planned for 1.21

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Hahaha I wonder how many people would be happy JUST for this and nothing else?! LOL Exaggerated of course but it's been such a HUGE issue. *chuckle*

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Originally Posted by Yelta_Sumasu

I thought the list looked more like this:


Patch 1.21 (and subsequent hotfixes)
• Creation of Private Rooms (Inns, etc.)
• Hamlet defense PvE content
• The job system (7 jobs plus related quests and gear)
• Personal chocobo gear
• Two new instanced raids
• Grand Company promotion exams
• Reworking of crowd control
• Enhancement of HQ item attributes
• Changes to synthesis with all HQ ingredients
• Display of HQ yield rate during synthesis
• HQ yield rate adjustments for drops and gathering
• Abolition of slot cost
• Food recipe & effect reforms
• Medicine recipe & effect reforms
• Accessory recipe & effect reforms
• UI changes accompanying introduction of jobs

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Omg, I hope all of this makes it <3

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Originally Posted by Serdapi

Last patch was pushed back 2 weeks. That took time away from the next patch. Early March is a better guess.

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How is that? I highly doubt that they put the whole update team on the few bugs that delayed the patch.

That said, I still expect a 1-2 week delay as in almost every precedent patch, which doesn't mean that they are cumulative.

Today is the beginning of the weekend, which means nothing till monday.
The week of the 30th. NOW, Valentines day is Tuesday the 14th, and given the patch history if i am correct, Thursday is a good bet, which means to get it out before Valentines day would be the 9th, needing the final checks to begin on the 6th. That leaves ONLY this coming week for final work on 1.21
If they were only one week away, we'd know by now.

To release on the 16th would give them 2 weeks, but i am uneasy about this likely hood.
I certainly hope so, but i think that the best we can hope for is that they are THREE weeks of work away from completing the patch, which means a release of on or around February 23rd.

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Originally Posted by NefarioCall

but i am uneasy about this likely hood.

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As am I.

When: I'm guessing early feb until they tell us otherwise. (I try to let them know I'm hopeful)

What's in it: 100% jobs and logically ui adjustments for jobs, 1 dungeon at the very least, personal chocobo gear 99.9% because they advertised it. HQ changes probably, and in the same vein GC promotions because they're easy enough to do and I'm sure they have a lot of this stuff premade.
*percentages are chances I think they'll be in 1.21

What I need (personal obviously): all recipe adjustments, slot cost abolition - if these aren't in 1.21 its not game breaking for me, but I'll be disappointed.

Well I sure hope they've put the alchemy and culinarian adjustements in because those have been promised since forever and CUL is still by far the worst and most useless class in the game.

Edit: AAAAAAAAAND there's gonna be a 1.20c.

This is depressing.

Start saving up for 1.20f guys.

I want to level up culinarian to... Here's to hoping!

Theres a lot of negativity around will we actually get all this but remember this is not what they have made since the last patch. They have separate teams working on subsequent patch content, of course they have to link it all together but they have been talking about the two new dungeons for example for some time, before 1.2. They also pushed back new jobs from 1.2 to 1.21 from memory, i may be wrong but I don't think it unreasonable to expect all/most of these things quoted to arrive in 1.21. again yes, there could be something pushed back as it isnt ready but most of these things, we will get.

Regarding housing, I'm sure that for now it will just a be an inn, similar to rent-a-rooms in FFXI. Worst case scenario, it will just be a single, already furnished room where you can log off and get some rested exp when you log on and that's it.

From Reinhart's translation thread:
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...l=1#post531699

Apparently patch is being delayed.

Of course this is just a rumor from 2ch, but if it is true I would much appreciate more honesty and having the devs tell us this before it shows up on a magazine.

Hmmm 1.20c possibly next week. Didn't even occur to me that there would be another lettered patch. If we're lucky, we'll get some content as consolation for the already expected patch delay.:(

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Originally Posted by Mug

Hmmm 1.20c possibly next week. Didn't even occur to me that there would be another lettered patch. If we're lucky, we'll get some content as consolation for the already expected patch delay.:(

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Not a chance.

Shush you, I'm trying to be positive for a change :P

Lol I'd just like to say Early March just like I said. People need to understand how SE works.

1. Expect the latest date they give. Mid Feb around the 15th
2. Look at last patch delay. It was delayed 2 weeks.
3. Add 2 weeks to the 15th, then for good measure add 1week for QA.
4. ?????
5. Early to Mid March for the next patch.

Ultimately however, i don't think 2.0 itself can be delayed by a month or two...
i hope i'm wrong, because rushed dev teams = not good.
but i suspect that 1.0 is a lower priority over 2.0 and whatever 'stuff' isn't being seamlessly carried over to 2.0 could eventually be abandoned completely. We'll get whatever they can finish by summer.

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Originally Posted by Serdapi

Lol I'd just like to say Early March just like I said. People need to understand how SE works.

1. Expect the latest date they give. Mid Feb around the 15th
2. Look at last patch delay. It was delayed 2 weeks.
3. Add 2 weeks to the 15th, then for good measure add 1week for QA.
4. ?????
5. Early to Mid March for the next patch.

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QFT /10char

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Originally Posted by Serdapi

Last patch was pushed back 2 weeks. That took time away from the next patch. Early March is a better guess.

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QFT /10char

CUTSCENE REPLAYS > ALL

On a side note I hope they take their time and do it right. Much rather have a nice thick update, cooked to perfection with a nice side of creamy mashed potatoes than something that wasn't done right.

Even with 2.0, if they gotta delay an extra month or whatever, thats fine as long as they do it right.