[NA] Patch 1.23b Hotfixes (Sep. 20)

Details regarding bugs in FINAL FANTASY XIV that have been addressed will be posted in this thread.

• The following issue has been addressed

  • An issue wherein the shield equipped by a Miqo’te will appear to be flipped over when a spell is cast while the character has her weapon drawn.

• Countermeasures have been placed for the following issue:
• An issue wherein Cascadier NPCs and Bombards from the Firefall Faire cease to move.

• An issue wherein, under certain conditions, casting times would last indefinitely has been addressed.

• The following issue has been addressed.

  • An issue wherein players, whose highest level crafter is either an alchemist or culinarian, are unable to accept the quest “Waking of the Spirit” from NPC F’hobhas even when all conditions are met.

• The amounts of gil and types of items obtainable from treasure chests that appear in Shposhae have been adjusted.
• The obtainability of the following items in Shposhae has been adjusted.

  • Copper Shposhae Coffer Key
  • Brass Shposhae Coffer Key
  • Bronze Shposhae Coffer Key
  • Silver Shposhae Coffer Key
  • Mythril Shposhae Coffer Key
  • Steel Shposhae Coffer Key

• The following issue has been addressed.

  • An issue wherein it is possible to inflict certain monsters with status effects that they are normally immune against.

• The following issue has been addressed.

  • An issue wherein certain monsters may not appear in the beastman strongholds.

• A countermeasure has been implemented to address the issue wherein the server goes down when players log out or change areas in high population areas such as the markets of Ul’dah where the server load is at its highest.
  
  *In our previous announcement, we asked for players to refrain from using the markets of Ul’dah until we have finished implementing the countermeasure, but you will now be able to access these areas normally.
  We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused and thank you for your patience.

• The frequency of use of the 100 Needles enemy action has been adjusted.

• The following bugs have been addressed:

  • A bug wherein the client would crash when naming a personal chocobo.
  • A bug wherein items with no affixed materia would display incorrect materia icons and numbers.
  • A bug wherein opening the macro bar would cancel a player's target lock.
  • A bug wherein an additional message would be displayed when using Cure and certain other actions, stating that no effect took place.
  • A bug wherein the stats provided by gear would not diminish when that gear's durability fell to 0%.
  • A bug wherein enemies attacking other NPCs would sometimes result in the server crashing.

• Countermeasures have been placed for the following contents during which the server may sometimes go down.

  • Behests
  • Bowl of Embers
  • Bowl of Embers (Hard)

• The following bug has been addressed.

  • A bug wherein Path Companion levels were incorrect.

• The following bugs have been addressed:

  • A bug wherein forming a party of 3 or more players will prevent party members from targeting each other.