[NA] FINAL FANTASY XIV Lodestone Updated (Oct. 3)

At the time and date listed below, the FINAL FANTASY XIV Lodestone was updated.

[Date & Time]
Oct. 3, 2011 12:00 a.m. (PDT)

[Update Details]
The contents of a blog entry or post made in the linkshell forums can now be partially hidden using the [hb] tag which has been added in the Decorative Text options.
For more details, please visit the following link:
http://sqex.to/JFd

The following changes have been made to the Recent Activity list:
- Players can now view their linkshell members’ recent activities.
- Players can now view their friends’ recent activities.
- The list will now be displayed in pull-down form with the number of items shown fixed at 30.
* We are planning to implement a feature at a later date to allow the list to remain displayed.

An icon will now be displayed to indicate that a new blog entry contains images.
Placing the mouse cursor over the icon will pop up a thumbnail of the image.

Following the abolition of physical levels in patch 1.19, the pages below will no longer display physical levels.
- Profile
- Character information
- Members list in the linkshell page
In addition, the following terms will be replaced:
- “Skill points” are now “experience points”
- “Rank” is now “level”

In conjunction with the above change, new records regarding physical level will no longer be recorded in a player’s history.
* This will not affect records that have already been recorded.

Information on a character’s Grand Company allegiance has been added in the Profile page.
- Once a character formally enlists in a Grand Company, their rank and rank insignia will be displayed.
- The background design of the status screen will now display the Grand Company that a character has pledged their allegiance to instead of their starting city.

The background design of the mini status for the following pages will now display the Grand Company that a character has pledged their allegiance to instead of their starting city.
- Blog
- Follow
- History

A search function has been added in the recipe pages. In addition, the majority of the new recipes can now be viewed for reference.
* The recipes will be updated in conjunction with patch 1.19.

The official Grand Companies of Eorzea page has been redesigned in accordance with the ability to pledge your allegiance to a single Grand Company in patch 1.19.
The page will now display characters with high contribution levels.
- The list of characters will be updated every day at 8:00 a.m. (PDT) and every Monday at 8:00 a.m. (PDT) after the information is tallied.
- We will begin displaying the results from October, 5, 2011.
- Characters that appear on the page will be issued a special Lodestone history entry.
* Once a character is chosen to appear on the page, they will not be selected for a certain period of time.