1.18b patch notes are up..

lol.. so i'm confused it takes them 2 hours to do this? I was kind of hoping for targetmode D myself.

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...454#post284454

EPIC PATCH.

Its also maintenance day so no...its not because of the patch...

LOLPATCH 1.18b

Yeah. I went there.

We all knew it wasn't going to be anything big, and all the event stuff is in anyway. Not surprised, glad to see them do a few changes at least so quickly.

Well I wasn't expecting much but.. Those could have been added to the 1.19 patch.

then dark matter level 1 is useless? this is kinda crazy lol unless u wear low level gear past level 10.

... waste of the effort to even have a download

Awesome! Gear dmg at under R20 was absolutely crushing my immersion and fun! Now I can die repeatedly at those difficult ranks without consequence.

This patch better be 450mb or I will be angry.

Yeah, it's only a small change, but the whole game's gotta be recompiled, plus all the servers gotta be rebooted.

Kinda makes me wonder why they decided to release another patch so soon if this is all that's in it, unless there's more happening here than we're being told about...mystereeeeeeeEEEeeeEEEe~

I wish what they would address is the stutter lag going on in uldah.. It's the only place i get a stutter lag issue.. everywhere else is 50-60 fps.. in Uldah it's 45-60 but even when it's at 50-60 there's still a major lag issue and it's Uldah only.

I thought the dura update was coming in 1.19. Good to see it being thrown in today.

We were told that 1.18 would have been splitted in more parts.
We were told that 1.18a would bring some mild changes to the game.
We weren't told of ANY content that the 1.18b would bring in.

What did you expect, Swiss Army Knives for all? Enjoy your swimsuits and shut up!

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Originally Posted by Eekiki

Yeah, it's only a small change, but the whole game's gotta be recompiled, plus all the servers gotta be rebooted.

Kinda makes me wonder why they decided to release another patch so soon if this is all that's in it, unless there's more happening here than we're being told about...mystereeeeeeeEEEeeeEEEe~

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They are trying to get 1.18a/b outta the way for 1.19 by early September!(this is me just being all psychic) @_@

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Originally Posted by Keith_Dragoon

I thought the dura update was coming in 1.19. Good to see it being thrown in today.

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Hell yes, my man. Now you can rank a lowbie job to 10 without worrying about dura for those crucial 8 leves it takes! How awesome is that?

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then dark matter level 1 is useless? this is kinda crazy lol unless u wear low level gear past level 10.

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Your gear's coindition go low when you get attacked. This only changes the penalty you suffer when you die. Dark Matter level 1 is still useful. (I guess)

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Originally Posted by Keith_Dragoon

I thought the dura update was coming in 1.19. Good to see it being thrown in today.

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Yeah, even though the patch is pretty small, the turnaround time for this change was pretty quick. It was only a few days ago that they even mentioned deciding to do this.

thepatchisnotrequiredtostarttheevent!!!!

anditdoesntsayitsstartingtheeventeither!!!!

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They are trying to get 1.18a/b outta the way for 1.19 by early September!(this is me just being all psychic) @_@

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I thought 1.19 was coming in August, while 1.20 was to before before the end of September?

i would much rather have a patch every other day or once a week then to wait months

Know what would have been better than the patch today? A producer's letter ^^

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Originally Posted by Renshi

We were told that 1.18 would have been splitted in more parts.
We were told that 1.18a would bring some mild changes to the game.
We weren't told of ANY content that the 1.18b would bring in.

What did you expect, Swiss Army Knives for all? Enjoy your swimsuits and shut up!

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It's not a matter of expecting anything... It's a matter of we just had mait a short while ago and again they are doing another 2 hour mait over this. They could have added this in the last one or 1.19. It's not that big of a deal.

I didn't expect anything in 1.18b and I was hoping for nothing.

All I care for right now is information and scheduled plans for 1.19.

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Originally Posted by Coildry

Your gear's coindition go low when you get attacked. This only changes the penalty you suffer when you die. Dark Matter level 1 is still useful. (I guess)

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ahhh i see makes complete sense.
thanks

i don't get much lag in uldah only if there are a lot of people logged on but mostly its smooth as glass and i have all but two graphics settings set to the highest lvl (Ambient Occlusion unchecked and general drawing quality on standard)

Luckily it's 0:18 here, just gonna wait until patch is downloadable, get some zzz, try to get early home tomorrow, and then it's event time o/

Of course the day I'm off work, I get to stare at the forums for 2 hours instead of playing. Great timing! Why can't it be 4am Central time when I'm not on :/

Next Letter from the Producer soon? /please

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Know what would have been better than the patch today? A producer's letter ^^

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Then again, we could get one tomorrow. For some reason, I feel Tuesday and Thursday are the days to look forward to most times for this game. Maybe it is just me.

i just cant wait for chocobos

Download is up. Took me 5 seconds flat to DL. Didn't even bother checking the size. I guess they fixed the issue where it downloaded all the previous patches as well?

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I thought 1.19 was coming in August, while 1.20 was to before before the end of September?

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I was trying to give them extra time, 1 month to crank out all what is rumored and confirmed in 1.19 is kinda short. Early Sept sounds bout right, ofcourse if it does release b4 end of this month i'll be the one shaking my SE issued pom-poms hard as I can! :P

What a joke of a "patch" and yet no Producer's Letter.

Patch is 8.17mb

This patch didn't deserve to be lettered :(.

So my question is what determines the rank that this is based on ... the rank of the character at the time of death, or the recommended rank of the equipment?

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This patch didn't deserve to be lettered :(.

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I was just thinking the same thing. I am only complaining because it was a lettered patch, had my hopes up for a bit more.. evil stupid hopes, you got the best of me again!!

what a useless patch..I mean really...this could have waited...

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I was just thinking the same thing. I am only complaining because it was a lettered patch, had my hopes up for a bit more.. evil stupid hopes, you got the best of me again!!

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Every B lettered patch prior to this was a bunch of bug fixes and MAYBE the addition of targeting mode A-Z. Getting overhyped off that track record is just plain weird, I did not expect what we did get since I figured patch notes would be "fixed a assorted collection of bugs, good day! ~SE".

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I was trying to give them extra time, 1 month to crank out all what is rumored and confirmed in 1.19 is kinda short. Early Sept sounds bout right, ofcourse if it does release b4 end of this month i'll be the one shaking my SE issued pom-poms hard as I can! :P

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Would be a safe bet that previous time tables are out the window due to the extra time the balancing of either toto-rak or darkhold took.

Septemberish sounds about right for .19 though

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This patch didn't deserve to be lettered :(.

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I was just thinking the same thing. I am only complaining because it was a lettered patch, had my hopes up for a bit more.. evil stupid hopes, you got the best of me again!!

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Originally Posted by Dubont

what a useless patch..I mean really...this could have waited...

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I respectfully disagree.

Major functionality changes and additional content are in numbered patches. Minor functionality changes are still functionality changes (something that didn't happen now does happen) and get a lettered patch. Bug fixes are put into non-numbered, non-lettered updates.

I don't see how functionality change is a waste of a patch. Especially when that functionality change affects the frequency of repairs, and thus the amount of gil a player has to spend on upkeep of their equipment ... no matter how minor that may be.