Preliminary patch notes up.

Here we go. Time to get reading.

http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...0a926fddc9eca8

Body.Can't.Handle.

2.0] Beast tribe daily quests have been adjusted as follows:
The maximum number of daily allowances has been increased from 6 to 12.
The Allagan tomestones rewarded upon completing beast tribe daily quests has been adjusted.
Quests that rewarded Allagan tomestones of soldiery will now reward Allagan tomestones of poetics.
Quests that previously rewarded Allagan tomestones of poetics will reward additional tomestones.



omg YES!!!!

[2.0] Due to adjustments to the graphics engine, the appearance of 2.0 areas at night has changed. [2.0] Emotes where female characters other than lalafells crouch have been adjusted. hmm what's this stuff about?:confused:

Oh neat the new job quests start right where they left off. Can pay Alberic a visit before walking off to ishgard.

[2.0] Pets have been adjusted as follows.
The base accuracy of pets has been raised. Furthermore, all pet attacks will now be treated as if attacking from the rear.
Pets will now receive the attribute bonuses of food items.
In order to receive the effects of the caster's spell speed attribute, all pet actions excluding auto-attacks have been changed to elemental damage.

[2.0] The armoury bonus when below level 50 has been increased to a 100% increase in experience points gained.

http://puu.sh/irHPY/73c427a445.png

I cried tears of joy for my retainers' inventory space.

Impressive.

Very nice! Soooo excited. Not that this was the most noticeable thing, but auto log out is back for anyone idle for more than 30 minutes!

You can hire 8 retainers. I'm guessing all have to be paid..

That's an underwhelming solution...

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[2.0] Players can no longer send friend requests when playing with a free trial account.

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Maybe it's finally worth the time to remove the 143 sellgills friend requests I've gotten since I got too annoyed with the hassle of having to decline multiple times to get rid of one request.

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[2.0] Players can now join an instanced duty in the following circumstances:
While watching certain cutscenes.
While playing a mini-game in the Gold Saucer.
While challenging a player or NPC to a Triple Triad match.

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Oh god yes °-°

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Originally Posted by Tyrn

Maybe it's finally worth the time to remove the 143 sellgills friend requests I've gotten since I got too annoyed with the hassle of having to decline multiple times to get rid of one request.

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I haven't gotten to that point yet, the notes are just too long, but that makes me tear up with joy..

yaaay! we can finally set loot rules!

also i saw balmung. i wanna know what that looks like /drool.

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[2.0] Players can now hire up to eight retainers.

* Players are normally limited to two retainers per character. To hire additional retainers, please use the optional retainer service (NA:*http://sqex.to/4Aq*/ EU:*http://sqex.to/nLj*) available on the FINAL FANTASY XIV: Mog Station.

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Nice cash grab there. Add three new jobs, tons of new crafts and materials, new levels and all the gear to go with them, then give us the ability to pay more to actually be able to hold it.

6 retainer at the price they are per month is clearly too much.... it increase a lot your sub per month... if they do this, they need to reduce the price or....
as legacy i pay 9.99 euro per month, with 6 retainer at 1 euro per month, it reach 15.99 euro per month... kinda bad :x

/playtime(/ptime)

YES!

[2.0] To reduce server congestion after the release of patch 3.0, players who are inactive for thirty minutes will be logged out automatically.
* We will continue to monitor server activity and remove this feature when server congestion is determined to no longer be an issue.


I guess this is really a thing now.

I havn't botherd with leve quest's in forever, literally been caped on those for over a year, guss some peaple still do those Oo

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Originally Posted by silentwindfr

6 retainer at the price they are per month is clearly too much.... it almost double your sub per month... if they do this, they need to reduce the price or....

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Give us a free one at least.

I like that free trial accounts can't friend request anymore. Yay time to remove blacklist.

Oooh, spell speed now affects healing over time. We knew damage, but healing! Awesome.

well now I know where to go right when I enter Ishgard to get my Machinist Job. :p

Still wanna know if machinist can use the BRD gear I have laying around or if I can just trade it in for GC seals :/

Lots of current skills have been adjusted but no details on what those adjustments are. Have to wait and log in to find out i guess.

Also love that it will show in chat log who has rolled on loot. So we will know who that one jerk who never rolls is.

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Originally Posted by Nep_Nep

Give us a free one at least.

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they said u get one extra for free

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Originally Posted by Slirith

Still wanna know if machinist can use the BRD gear I have laying around or if I can just trade it in for GC seals :/

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Hopefully since it has the +DEX Traits

Love the notes, love the specilizations for crafters on top of that.

But the retainer thing just scares me a bit... Isn`t a bit too much to handle 8 retainers? Not to mention that is 2 USD extra per each after 2, so is 12 USD on top of the 14... Almost 30 USD monthly for someone needing more inventory space... Adding retainers is not the solution to inventory problems... Seriusly. A proper armory to keep armor and weapons sets are a need.

[2.0] In accordance with the increased level cap, the difficult of the FATE "Steel Reign" has been adjusted.

So Odin can be level 70 now? And murder us all quicker? Yesssss

Lil bummed we cant use the "Undersized Party" to help our newbies level up and gear up with dungeon loot.
But I guess there's the 100% armoury bonus afterwards

http://img.finalfantasyxiv.com/t/e76...c9eca8_109.png


those mounts tho!

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Originally Posted by Vespar

Lil bummed we cant use the "Undersized Party" to help our newbies level up and gear up with dungeon loot.
But I guess there's the 100% armoury bonus afterwards

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Square probably doesn't want people to boost their friends with literal carries

Holy crap FSH is getting actions. I know it was rumoured but I'm so used to having my hopes dashed when it comes to Fisher. I'm even more hyped than I was before.

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Originally Posted by LlenCoram

Holy crap FSH is getting actions. I know it was rumoured but I'm so used to having my hopes dashed when it comes to Fisher. I'm even more hyped than I was before.

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Let's hope they also serve more purpose in crafting now too

I'm really confused. Weren't we supposed to get 3 free retainers now?

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Originally Posted by Ulathskullsplitter

Have to wait and log in to find out i guess.

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It's just the preliminary notes, the real notes will be posted after the servers go down so you won't have to wait quite that long.

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Originally Posted by Vespar

Lil bummed we cant use the "Undersized Party" to help our newbies level up and gear up with dungeon loot.
But I guess there's the 100% armoury bonus afterwards

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Pretty sure you still get boss chest items, it's only the stuff like diremite sinew, ochuu vines etc that won't drop. As for xp and helping out friends I think it's mostly meant as a way to help them get through required story dungeons and such.

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Players will still receive treasure rewards, first time completion bonuses, and experience points upon completion of duty when using this option. However, players will not receive experience points or items from enemies that appear prior to boss encounters. Spirit bond and soul resonance cannot be gained when using this option.

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Originally Posted by Fortified

I'm really confused. Weren't we supposed to get 3 free retainers now?

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I think they mean we can have up to 3 free ones, not that we were getting 3 more.

While I love all the new stuff coming out, I still have to ask. Why aren't we getting the new GC Ranks? I'm going to be stuck at 2nd lieutenant for the rest of my Lala life. You can even see the full list of ranks in the game currently, I don't understand why we wouldn't be able to advance them in this expansion possibly after you smooth things over during the Main Quest Line. Also leaves me to wonder if new gear will be added to the current GC Rank (aside from the obvious new job gear), such as for level 51-60.

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Players can now select Item Comparison, Try On, Search for Item, and Link when selecting quest rewards.

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It's not even anything important, but it makes me very happy :3
No more getting useless loot on the faint hope it might look good on me instead of some nice money xD

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Originally Posted by MilesSaintboroguh

I think they mean we can have up to 3 free ones, not that we were getting 3 more.

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That's what I meant. The patch notes make no mention of it.

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Originally Posted by NorthernLadMSP

Oooh, spell speed now affects healing over time. We knew damage, but healing! Awesome.

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It was kinda obvious