Patch 1.17 Outline (04/12/2011)

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Originally Posted by Malakhim

Assuming Yoshi wasn't yanking our chain, looks like company info will be released tomorrow coinciding with the maintenance. Seems like they're trying to create a fully fledged page for it I'd think.

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Either tomorrow or when the maintanence starts. Thats usually when all the juicy info is usually released.

I like the look of the patch! New equipment and new NMs? Awesome. And a certain poster around here assured us all it would be nothing but the event. :P

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Originally Posted by DAOWAce

I feel like the only one disappointed about the party size reduction. They'll be almost half the size. Behests were fun with tons of people; now it'll feel slower and more monotonous without lots of different people around, adding their personality to everything.

I admit I don't like to party, but those behests were rather enjoyable. Once it slims down, I'll probably not enjoy them as much.

I really should stop playing until all the changes have gone through so I don't get so attached to some things and feel distraught at the changes, but gah, I can't.

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It's alright if they add Raid!

Patch sounds good to me but... I really have to... complain... about... 'Anti-european' maintenance time :D (right in the prime of the evening as was already in FFXI)

Please please please add a rank 50 Bow so all the Archers in my ls will stop pushing me for a Crab Bow +3 ; ;

I could see companies being in this patch. The reason it wasn't mentioned here could be that it's such a big addition that it deserves its own posting.

On the other hand, I don't think we'll see companies until we see the high-level dungeon. My understanding is that companies will be for end-game content, and right now the closest thing we have to that is world NMs.

Do you guys think new gear = new crafting recipes for average gear or could it be these AF-like gear they said they would release as soon as they are ready?

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Originally Posted by Eekiki

I could see companies being in this patch. The reason it wasn't mentioned here could be that it's such a big addition that it deserves its own posting.

On the other hand, I don't think we'll see companies until we see the high-level dungeon. My understanding is that companies will be for end-game content, and right now the closest thing we have to that is world NMs.

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I think they may start adding the QUESTS for companies in this patch, but the actual full release will probably be slated for later.

Oooh new NMs, Super excited :'D

It sucks a bit for me too, falls right when I finish work.

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Originally Posted by Benji

You all should be expecting companies THIS PATCH (1.17!). Look at the dev tags on the lodestone post. 1002 Storylines and world quests and 1003 Public company quests

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Uh...what should I be looking for here?

EDIT: Never mind, just noticed the tags in the dev post.

For some reason i think their will be a point system in Companies. Kinda like the Guild Leve system.

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Originally Posted by northernsky

Do you guys think new gear = new crafting recipes for average gear or could it be these AF-like gear they said they would release as soon as they are ready?

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I guess for the AF-like gear we have to wait for the update to the armory system :/ we still don't have defined roles so Af would be pointless.

But new crafting recipes are pretty nice too, the market is quite saturated right now :/ Ooooh I can't wait to try and find new recipes *-* crafting urge is coming back

Advance Wind. Those are the Dev tags so they will be in charge of Post regarding those events. So with logic, The content will be added in patch 1.17. Slao Yoshi said he will be giving INFO on Companies before patch 1.17 goes live.

I think it's far more likely that since 1.17 will be two patches, and this is the smaller of the two, that if companies were coming in this patch (and I'm not sure they are yet) it would be in 1.17b. I don't think that 1.17a is going to be considered patch 1.17 by itself. I wouldn't expect more info on companies until 1.17b. I don't know how any of you can let yourselves get excited expecting MORE than advertised by the dev team. I love the changes they're making, and I'm not complaining at all, but let's not forget who we're dealing with here.

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Originally Posted by Pablohoney

I think it's far more likely that since 1.17 will be two patches, and this is the smaller of the two, that if companies were coming in this patch (and I'm not sure they are yet) it would be in 1.17b. I don't think that 1.17a is going to be considered patch 1.17 by itself. I wouldn't expect more info on companies until 1.17b. I don't know how any of you can let yourselves get excited expecting MORE than advertised by the dev team. I love the changes they're making, and I'm not complaining at all, but let's not forget who we're dealing with here.

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I did believe in santa clause at one time.. Believing is fun. but i'm 50/50 if we'll actually see Company content in the patch. Easter is coming up so i'm not putting all my eggs in one basket.. Pardon the pun..lol

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Originally Posted by Pablohoney

I think it's far more likely that since 1.17 will be two patches, and this is the smaller of the two, that if companies were coming in this patch (and I'm not sure they are yet) it would be in 1.17b. I don't think that 1.17a is going to be considered patch 1.17 by itself. I wouldn't expect more info on companies until 1.17b. I don't know how any of you can let yourselves get excited expecting MORE than advertised by the dev team. I love the changes they're making, and I'm not complaining at all, but let's not forget who we're dealing with here.

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1.17 is 70% 1.17a is 30%

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Originally Posted by northernsky

Do you guys think new gear = new crafting recipes for average gear or could it be these AF-like gear they said they would release as soon as they are ready?

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Classes haven't been changed yet, so it's not the AF gear.

Ya i also think no AF yet. that will be part of endgame content. That wont come out till after the Class reconstruction.

Bring on the information!

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Originally Posted by Kilta_Firelotus

ima laugh at everyone here if AA gets added. remember its a "brief" description. and not even the full patch 1.17 is the rest of it.

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Me too especially if they decide to give the bland NPCs some personality and make Baderon lead those alcoholics anonymous sessions.

"Brief" has so far meant that those are the MAIN features and in the patch notes in addition to those are just many small bug fixes and minor tweaks like menu edits and stuff.

Meh, max 8 party size overall? Doesn't this worry anyone, basically half of our ls members can't come to NMs now...

This patch pleases me

Sidequests
New Items
Chance to do behest more often(i hope)

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Originally Posted by Cairdeas

1.17 is 70% 1.17a is 30%

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I guess I misunderstood. I thought this patch coming out Thursday was the smaller of the two patches, and that they basically just wanted to get the Easter stuff out and were going to tack a few other things on, but that the bulk of the 1.17 patch would be in the second installment.

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Originally Posted by Frebaut

For some reason i think their will be a point system in Companies. Kinda like the Guild Leve system.

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Any more content even remotely resembling the horrible leves is too much.

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Originally Posted by Pablohoney

I guess I misunderstood. I thought this patch coming out Thursday was the smaller of the two patches, and that they basically just wanted to get the Easter stuff out and were going to tack a few other things on, but that the bulk of the 1.17 patch would be in the second installment.

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So we’ve reduced the volume of patch 1.17 down to about 70% of its original size, and pushed the remaining 30% over to 1.17a.

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Source: http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...II-(04-01-2011)

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Originally Posted by Pablohoney

I guess I misunderstood. I thought this patch coming out Thursday was the smaller of the two patches, and that they basically just wanted to get the Easter stuff out and were going to tack a few other things on, but that the bulk of the 1.17 patch would be in the second installment.

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thats what certain negative players wanted you to believe, and thats why we dont listen to them

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Originally Posted by Pablohoney

I thought this patch coming out Thursday was the smaller of the two patches, and that they basically just wanted to get the Easter stuff out and were going to tack a few other things on, but that the bulk of the 1.17 patch would be in the second installment.

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1.17 is the larger one.

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Originally Posted by leomax

Meh, max 8 party size overall? Doesn't this worry anyone, basically half of our ls members can't come to NMs now...

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We usually had trouble getting more than 8 members for our nm raids, mostly because of time differences. look at it this way, you can split up nm groups and go after more than one at a time. Everybody wins!

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Originally Posted by TheVedis

Chance to do behest more often(i hope)

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Yeah because the game needs to be more easy to level. -___- Gimme a break

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Originally Posted by Valkyrie_Lenneth

We usually had trouble getting more than 8 members for our nm raids, mostly because of time differences. look at it this way, you can split up nm groups and go after more than one at a time. Everybody wins!

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I guess so, I just expected open world NM fights to be bigger not smaller member wise, I guess company's/raids etc might address this?

Kind of worrying to me!

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Originally Posted by leomax

I guess so, I just expected open world NM fights to be bigger not smaller member wise, I guess company's/raids etc might address this?

Kind of worrying to me!

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They've already stated that raids and dungeons are going to be the content you will need to have more members to deal with.

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Originally Posted by DurtiMonkeyToe

They've already stated that raids and dungeons are going to be the content you will need to have more members to deal with.

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Okay, can't wait to read full notes on company's!

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Originally Posted by leomax

Okay, can't wait to read full notes on company's!

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Companies will not be included in this patch. Company QUESTS maybe, to help them prepare to add the full Company gameplay in stages. Don't expect to see the whole thing just yet though.

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Originally Posted by Cairdeas

They will probably be 8 Man max now but start every 20 minutes, But if you already did one recently you have to wait the full hour to go again. Thats how I would do it.

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Agreed partially. If they reduce the time to just short enuf so that a party that went on the behest wont complete int in time for the next behest start, a new party could be going. Say it was 10 minutes. full Party signed up, and it starts in the normal 5 minutes. unless they complete it in 5 minutes, they wont be able to go on the next behest. Maybe 10 mins is too short, depending on how difficult that adjust it for a full party, just an example..

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Originally Posted by Evangela

In that case... it's a LOLPATCH 1.17

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No. It's a good patch. New NM's, new equipment and new sidequests. I don't mind about the new sidequests, but NM's and Equipment are good ones. Plus the party size to 8 people, it may be the first step, or the first change for the battle system rehaul.

And that things, are not ALL the things including in this patch. We still have Easter Egg event, that will give us someting different to do, plus I suppose there will be some other things.

I think is a complete patch, without taking into consideration that they have to redesign the whole game.
Is a good one for a game that is already working, but is not what we are waiting for. I prefer see it as a good patch, while they still work on the things the game needs.

With luck, in patch 1.18 we will have the battle system rehauled. Without luck, in 1.19 :P

For ppl saying that 8 players would mess up doing the NM. You could easy get the other 7 players and have them do other NM.

By the way. Where is the original post for what updates are coming out?

Dont say April fools >.>

New NMs with old combat system

New gears while stat bonus form gears still broken

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Originally Posted by Reika

By the way. Where is the original post for what updates are coming out?

Dont say April fools >.>

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