Patch Notes are up!

Umm, so yea, happy reading. ^^

wow the Zodiac quest actually has multiple quests in it. The previous ones were just.. one ot two quests then trying to get the weapon.

"Impulse Drive Weaponskill direction requirements have been abolished, allowing combo bonuses when attacking from any position."
"Heavy Thrust Weapon skill direction requirements for the additional effect have been abolished."

Them positional requirements.. finally gone. Finally free from the horrors of turning bosses! Still they should have just let Heavy Thrust be its own Fist of Fire or Viper/Wasp if they were going to do that with it. In my opinion anyway.

Woo, straight buffs!

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Impulse Drive:
・Weaponskill direction requirements have been abolished, allowing combo bonuses when attacking from any position.
・Potency has been set at 180.
・This skill can now only be used by lancer and dragoon.

Heavy Thrust:
Weapon skill direction requirements for the additional effect have been abolished.

Full Thrust:
Combo potency has been increased from 330 to 360.

Phlebotomize:
Potency of the damage over time effect has been increased from 25 to 30.

Chaos Thrust:
・Potency increased by 50 when attacking from behind.
・Potency of the damage over time effect has been increased from 30 to 35.

Life Surge:
Enhanced Life Surge now reduces the recast time to 50 seconds.

Blood for Blood:
Additional damage taken after acquiring Enhanced Blood for Blood trait has been reduced from 25% to 15%. The 30% increase to damage dealt remains unaffected.

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...and another Jump recast time improvement. :p

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Jump: Recast time has been reduced from 40 to 30 seconds.

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I wonder what the enhanced Shiva stuff is supposed to be?

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Each player will now receive a piece of diamond dust upon completion of Akh Afah Amphitheatre (Extreme).
Exchange diamond dust with Aelina in Mor Dhona at Revenant's Toll (X:22 Y:6) to enhance one of the following items:

True Ice Brand / True Ice Claws / True Ice Axe / True Ice Spear / True Ice Bow / True Ice Daggers / True Ice Cane / True Ice Rod / True Grimoire of Ice / True Codex of Ice / True Ice Shield

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EDIT: Ah, i115 Diamond stuff.

Those Dragoon buffs are pretty insane but then again compared to the dps output of other jobs it makes sense.

well dragoon have gone from easy to very easy to master now.... i dunno if it's all good, time will tell.
on other point, the ninja was hit badly by the nerf, the damage buff don't affect the ninjutsu anymore... meaning a net loose on any ninjutsu skill of 20% damage. that quite severe for skill that can only be used every 20 second and recquire the mudra (that are heavily affected by the lag)

Let the praise and complaining both begin!

I'm happy about:
The items required in exchange for goods from Talan in Mor Dhona at Revenant's Toll (X:21 Y:6) have been adjusted as follows:
So us newer crafters can catch up a little :)

These patch notes just make me sad :( wah...

Well I'm excited about buffs and new relics but I really have to work on my relic

Look at the new Relic(zodiac?) weapon names.

I guess in theory the cost of Master Demi and FC III's should be halved soon.

Wow, the requirements for the crafting stuff dropped like... to the ground. I like it.

New Shiva weps are 115, now with Glow™ I'm sure.

lol @ the "Schatzsuche" section

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An issue during the first boss battle in Snowcloak wherein the Frozen debuff would apply even when taking preventative measures during the action Snow Drift.

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Hah! So 2.41 didn't actually fix the issue.
Thank goodness...so it wasn't just us missing the point of the mechanic at all.

Stoneskin II! Rejoice, healers.

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Originally Posted by Exodus-E

Hah! So 2.41 didn't actually fix the issue.
Thank goodness...so it wasn't just us missing the point of the mechanic at all.

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This! I'm pretty happy they finally fixed it.

Jesus i115 Shiva weapons..

Ooooo i125 relics o:

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Originally Posted by Cyrus-Wallace

Wow, the requirements for the crafting stuff dropped like... to the ground. I like it.

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Yep, looks like BSM is the new GSM for desynth...

Uhm, I R stoopid.

Can has link? I can't seem to find them.

Optional Items
Item
Promise of Innocence (Standard)
Promise of Passion (Gold)
Promise of Devotion (Platinum)
Sweet Dream Attire
Reindeer Suit
Snowman Suit
Minion: Urianger
Pot of Metallic Red Dye
Pot of Metallic Green Dye
Pot of Metallic Blue Dye

New dyes gated by cash shop only?! WHY?!

the relic may actually have an even higher item level than that since the notes say they omitted some information (*holds breath*).

Wait wait so does this make Drg the new Ninja? No positioning at all required?

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Originally Posted by Squintina

Let the praise and complaining both begin!

I'm happy about:
The items required in exchange for goods from Talan in Mor Dhona at Revenant's Toll (X:21 Y:6) have been adjusted as follows:
So us newer crafters can catch up a little :)

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I cheered because I've been gathering mats to finally get the 7 artisan tools I haven't gotten yet to begin the process of getting those 7 classes up to 3-star level. This will make it so much less painful! And the fact that it will make it easier to get FCIII's/Master Demi's is a great bonus, too, on the road to getting the Supras!

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B4ZKGB8IMAAPE4X.jpg:large

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Originally Posted by Keisatsu

Wait wait so does this make Drg the new Ninja? No positioning at all required?

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Chaos Thrust from behind for a bonus.

"Item level sync has been removed from the following dungeons:
The Wanderer's Palace / Amdapor Keep / Pharos Sirius / Copperbell Mines (Hard) / Haukke Manor (Hard) / Brayflox's Longstop (Hard) / Halatali (Hard) / The Lost City of Amdapor / Hullbreaker Isle / 'The Tam-Tara Deepcroft (Hard) / The Stone Vigil (Hard)

* Item level sync is scheduled to be reinstated in patch 2.5. At this time, materia bonuses will be granted to gear whose item level is below the item level sync threshold in PvE encounters."

<_< Wait so was someone having an issue beating the content in i120 gear?

I understand removing the positional requirement for impulse drive because of bosses like the kraken, but the heavy thrust one wasn't really required.


Huh, was wondering what the WAR relic would be renamed too. They took one of the FFXI greatsword names for it, which means that leaves Caledbolg as the relic for DRK in the expansion. Was a toss up between it being called Ragnarok or Caledbolg, but WAR gets Ragnarok.

Time to be server first Ragnarok! Lol.... yeah right.


Lol at removing the item sync...

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Originally Posted by Keisatsu

Wait wait so does this make Drg the new Ninja? No positioning at all required?

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It'll be like monk, where you'll need to get positioning right for full damage output.

"* A number of newly-added items have been omitted from the patch notes to prevent in-game spoilers for the Zodiac Weapon quests. The patch notes will be updated with the names of these items after an upcoming Hot Fix.

Excalibur Gladiator's Arm Item Level: 125 / Equipment Level: 50"

Claims to be omitting names to prevent Zodiac Weapon spoilers, first item listed: EXCALIBUR

As a lazy peasant this thread has disappointed me...
Here is a link to the patch notes: http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...cf56b933b99601

No one linked it.. XD

Yay for detailed patch notes though


(Just in case someone edits it in after this is posted, I checked every post before saying the above! /safe lol)

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Originally Posted by Houston009

Look at the new Relic(zodiac?) weapon names.

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This...

Apocalypse (SMN?), Last Resort (SCH?) and Ragnarok (WAR).

I cannot accept Ragnarok as an axe! It should be DRK's since DRK will be using great swords. Apocalypse was also a DRK weapon... which means they won't be getting that again. Last Resort was a DRK ability as well so we know they won't be getting that again as well. =[

Ilvl sync was broken in the fact that it made all materia from crafted gear rendered null and void: useless. Pretty much punished players for wearing crafted gear of any kind. Also made i110 gear useless as well which was totally stupid considering the gear isn't useful for much content outside of final coil.

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Originally Posted by Airget

"Item level sync has been removed from the following dungeons:
The Wanderer's Palace / Amdapor Keep / Pharos Sirius / Copperbell Mines (Hard) / Haukke Manor (Hard) / Brayflox's Longstop (Hard) / Halatali (Hard) / The Lost City of Amdapor / Hullbreaker Isle / 'The Tam-Tara Deepcroft (Hard) / The Stone Vigil (Hard)

* Item level sync is scheduled to be reinstated in patch 2.5. At this time, materia bonuses will be granted to gear whose item level is below the item level sync threshold in PvE encounters."

<_< Wait so was someone having an issue beating the content in i120 gear?

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They were having issues with all their materia being deactivated in crafted gear if they had so much as i111, regardless of what gear was pushing them above i110.

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Originally Posted by Airget

"Item level sync has been removed from the following dungeons:
The Wanderer's Palace / Amdapor Keep / Pharos Sirius / Copperbell Mines (Hard) / Haukke Manor (Hard) / Brayflox's Longstop (Hard) / Halatali (Hard) / The Lost City of Amdapor / Hullbreaker Isle / 'The Tam-Tara Deepcroft (Hard) / The Stone Vigil (Hard)

* Item level sync is scheduled to be reinstated in patch 2.5. At this time, materia bonuses will be granted to gear whose item level is below the item level sync threshold in PvE encounters."


<_< Wait so was someone having an issue beating the content in i120 gear?

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they removed it because it wasn't working properly. Noticed it once while in an item synced dungeon that while it claimed it would sync the gear, if you opened the character screen you'd see it wasn't actually synced.

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Originally Posted by Kanzaki0

Wonder what these new aged and perfect items are for? Perhaps it the "spoiler" items?

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Relic. Wouldn't be surprised.

Wonder what these new aged and perfect items are for? Perhaps its the "spoiler" items?

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Originally Posted by KaedrianLiang

"* A number of newly-added items have been omitted from the patch notes to prevent in-game spoilers for the Zodiac Weapon quests. The patch notes will be updated with the names of these items after an upcoming Hot Fix.

Excalibur Gladiator's Arm Item Level: 125 / Equipment Level: 50"

Claims to be omitting names to prevent Zodiac Weapon spoilers, first item listed: EXCALIBUR

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I guess whatever they're hiding must be even MOAR epic.

I just got my GSM 70 mainhand like 3 days ago! lol
Spend all day mining gold ore and making the nuggets

Relic is still barely enticing for people who are just starting just now and while I understand an i125 weapon shouldn't be just handed out, considering the generous Shiva offer it's kinda odd.

Dese DRG changes.

Admittedly, I'll be sticking to NIN unless our local DRGs' output starts plowing through the roof over 70 net potency or so.

Big fan of the Shiva EX weapon upgrade. The i110 was worthless on arrival, and now we have an option for people who don't have access to T9 farm statics and the obscene relic grind.

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Originally Posted by Grey_Cain

They were having issues with all their materia being deactivated in crafted gear if they had so much as i111, regardless of what gear was pushing them above i110.

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Didn't even need to hit i111, my war alt who is just now @ 105 average lost all his materia from i90 accessories.

i'm the only one hoping for moar relic quest, if not the i125 is... low :x
especially when you count the number of hours for reach this point.