Patch 1.17a has been announced but...

From what i heard is that the first patch was only 10% of content and the rest will be out when we get the last 30%. but from what i found on the Japanese forums.

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Originally Posted by wolfen

From what i heard is that the first patch was only 10% of content and the rest will be out when we get the last 30%. but from what i found on the Japanese forums.

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You mean 70% and 30%. Percentages usually sum up to 100%.

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Originally Posted by JayvirDeforte

Oh yeah, on Besaid the Prince has been under the ground for quite some time

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Not only on Besaid, It happened to us, Cornelians too D: and He's still there for the last 4-5(I forgot) days

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Originally Posted by Anima

Not only on Besaid, It happened to us, Cornelians too D: and He's still there for the last 4-5(I forgot) days

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Wonder who is willingly waiting for the re-pop. lol

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Originally Posted by Kirith

You mean 70% and 30%. Percentages usually sum up to 100%.

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well the 70% portion wasn't all content.... it was a lot of UI and system stuff too

Pretty sure, they Split it 30% (Easter content, NMs, nothing else really) into 1.17, they other 70% im pretty sure, is coming in 1.17a, and most likely, 1.17b is going to be fixes fixes fixes.

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Originally Posted by Aeru

Pretty sure, they Split it 30% (Easter content, NMs, nothing else really) into 1.17, they other 70% im pretty sure, is coming in 1.17a, and most likely, 1.17b is going to be fixes fixes fixes.

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This is all speculation but i tend to agree that we saw 70% in 1.17, and we will see 30% in 1.17a.

The only weird thing about this is the lack of usage for the testing in progress forum. They're either a) still setting things up and dealing with problems on that front (communication or whatever), or b) they've given up on that idea. Or c) it'll be used in the future when the test server opens.

It was nice to see the contents of 1.16a a bit beforehand, even if it was a small patch.

Surely they can release some details at this point? The patch is two days away..

Heya!

I've sent my trusted companion to seek the informations about the patch 1.17a. He'll return the 25th, after he'll have hijacked the Maintenance post writing what he has found, so everyone can know about it.

Look forward to it!

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Originally Posted by Renshi

Heya!

I've sent my trusted companion to seek the informations about the patch 1.17a. He'll return the 25th, after he'll have hijacked the Maintenance post writing what he has found, so everyone can know about it.

Look forward to it!

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That's quite disturbing. lol

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Originally Posted by Nuru

That's quite disturbing. lol

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Yeah, he's always like that, charming, funny and disturbing =D

I remember back in the day, maybe like 2 months ago, they had some kind of notes on a patch before the day it comes out.... I figure they are working diligently on it until the day of its arrival, so they cant really post what is changing since it could change on patch day.

It's really telling that people acknowledge the first patches as the BIG patch and need to call the latter small. To me the patches are so small these lettered ones might as well be called nano-edits. =(

It doesn't even make sense to call them BIG patches. They aren't BIG, for neither players nor the developers. I guess there's just nothing to compare it to yet, not before SE is ready.

letter 7
One last thing. A portion of the changes in patches 1.17 and 1.17a are preparations for the mid- and high-rank PvE content planned for later release. As soon as we hammer out the basics of the new dungeon and raid environments, we’ll be throwing out some screenshots and introducing them to you.

so that told, don't expect anything great in 1.17a

i agree seems like 1.18 will bring out content.

They're gonna tell us tomorrow. Knowing it today or tomorrow makes absolutely no difference.

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Originally Posted by Verecund

As I remember correctly, 30% of AWESOME is still AWESOME.

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Awesome? w/e u are on i'd like some, next patch wont be much of anything, they added nice nm's maybe they will add lot cast that would be too perfect though soooo probably wont happen.
Waiting for 1.18 patch hoping that will be the battle changes and if that is more of the same nonsense i'm signing the divorce papers!

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Originally Posted by Abriael

They're gonna tell us tomorrow. Knowing it today or tomorrow makes absolutely no difference.

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Some consistency on pre-patch notes would be appreciated.

They should add marriage to patch 1.17a. LOL kind of a joke, but down the rode marriage would be nice. Tomorrow we'll all update and find out it was to correct a spelling error in a guildleve yay.

I'll get married to a lalafell...

There's some new info on the Japanese boards. From what I gathered using Google translator it looks like they're resizing the HP/MP-bars again. Thrilling, I know lol.

Link to unstranslated dev post

C'mon kids... Keep your hopes high.

Patch 1.17 = 100%
Patch 1.17a = another 100%

Due to circumstances, 30% of 1.17 had to be held off. So...

Patch 1.17 = 70%
Patch 1.17a = 130%

Yay!

....Probably not.

I bet it's only bug fig and some minor adjustment like resizing hp bar lol

I think the most we can expect, in regards to content, is 2-3 more NMs (maybe high level ones) and more sidequests. its possible the additional sidequests will be company related.

I wouldn't expect anything too grand, but the update wont be worthless either.

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Originally Posted by Sigmakan

I think the most we can expect, in regards to content, is 2-3 more NMs (maybe high level ones) and more sidequests. its possible the additional sidequests will be company related.

I wouldn't expect anything too grand, but the update wont be worthless either.

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I pretty much expected 1.17a to be system changes and bugfixes. This is how their patches have always been.
1st patch = content
followup patch = tweaks

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Originally Posted by Mug

There's some new info on the Japanese boards. From what I gathered using Google translator it looks like they're resizing the HP/MP-bars again. Thrilling, I know lol.

Link to unstranslated dev post

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*Sigh* Seriously I didn't notice the resizing to begin with and now they're changing it by a couple of pixels. Why do they even bother with this crap.

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Originally Posted by Balbanes

I pretty much expected 1.17a to be system changes and bugfixes. This is how their patches have always been.
1st patch = content
followup patch = tweaks

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Well thats how it was going to be originally, but in one of the letters its mentioned that some of the content from 1.17 was pushed into 1.17a

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Originally Posted by Seif

*Sigh* Seriously I didn't notice the resizing to begin with and now they're changing it by a couple of pixels. Why do they even bother with this crap.

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I know right? Why bother fixing the game.

Ironically most of this stuff is generally done prior to release, now that the game got rushed out we have to deal with it and it's all for the bigger picture.

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Originally Posted by Seif

*Sigh* Seriously I didn't notice the resizing to begin with and now they're changing it by a couple of pixels. Why do they even bother with this crap.

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Mostly so people can moan and complain, I figure.

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Originally Posted by Sigmakan

Well thats how it was going to be originally, but in one of the letters its mentioned that some of the content from 1.17 was pushed into 1.17a

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True. I just am personally banking on that other 30% being mostly tweaks/system changes :p

Maybe the last 30% includes the some R50 NM''s they didn't put in >.> who knows.

There is most likely a few reasons no notes yet

1. Translators dont work weekends.
2. Along with above ^ its Easter + Easter Monday
3. Its just a small update with patches, nothing big. (i dont know this just assuming, p1 had 53 changes, this by % should have 15)

They extended the the maintenance by another hour which makes me wonder did they get some more stuff into 1.17a? There's probably another reason(technical issues?) behind the extension but It just seems odd to extend it for a 30% patch.
I wonder if we will get something like Auto Attack in 1.17a. However, I still have about 3hrs before I know for sure.

Well they didnt change the start time, just the duration, so it is either they have more in or, or just want to give themselves more time to test the changes as they are applied.

Perhaps the delay is related to some NMs glitching.

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Originally Posted by Akumu

They extended the the maintenance by another hour which makes me wonder did they get some more stuff into 1.17a? There's probably another reason(technical issues?) behind the extension but It just seems odd to extend it for a 30% patch.
I wonder if we will get something like Auto Attack in 1.17a. However, I still have about 3hrs before I know for sure.

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I doubt something as big as Auto-Attack would be in 1.17a

Auto-attack is def not in 1.17a :P. it will be either 1.18 or 1.19

So as stated in Letter VII - the original Patch 1.17 was broken into two chunks, 1.17(70% of original plan) and 1.17a (remaining 30% of plan).

Quite possible that everything coming in 1.17a is already covered by the broad 1.17 outline that was shared earlier:

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◆ Patch Outline
[dev1002] [dev1003] The implementation of new sidequests
[dev1011] The balancing of guildleve rewards
[dev1020] Adjustments and additions to the party system
Maximum party size has been reduced to 8 members.
Parties with 4 to 7 members are now called "light parties."
Parties with 8 members are called "full parties."
Special status enhancements will be granted to light and full parties. (Changes to party member display UI still under consideration.)
[dev1021] Adjustments to battle content in conjunction with the new party system
Adjustments to behest difficulty and bonuses to accommodate new full party size of 8 members.
Adjustments to the behest schedule.
[dev1029] Adjustments to environment collision detection
[dev1030] Adjustments to enemy distribution
[dev1031] The addition of new notorious monsters
[dev1038] The implementation of new equipment and items
[dev1039] The reduction of randomness affecting the approach phase in gathering
[dev1040] Adjustments and additions to active icons

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This is plenty broad to cover all sorts of content and fixes....and I expect our 30% to fall inside this type of scope.

And we will see the full details in a lil over an hour when the system goes down for maintenance.