Are we getting any new content in 1.22a other than Garuda fix?

Are we getting any new content in 1.22a other than Garuda fix?

By the schedule, it should be AF weapons quests and more Hamlet Defends camp.
However, I wonder if the schedule is changed due to Garuda blm burn method to be fixed?

Why do you feel that fixing the Garuda issue would result in all other planned content being dropped?

Because they may think of Garuda issue as an emergency, so fix this first, and then go for other content after. The reason why it fix so slow may caused by golden week.

maybe AF weapons? I don't know

1.22a shoul be af weapons, hamlet and/or castrum novos. Patch have garuda fix, it's not been delayed

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Originally Posted by Alise

Because they may think of Garuda issue as an emergency, so fix this first, and then go for other content after. The reason why it fix so slow may caused by golden week.

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I am 100% sure that they have enough people to fix this and continue to deliver content.

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Originally Posted by Alise

Because they may think of Garuda issue as an emergency, so fix this first, and then go for other content after. The reason why it fix so slow may caused by golden week.

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Noo if it was emergency it would have been done right away regardless of the week, and it was such a strict off work week it would have been done Monday night, they know the fix, its a simple HP Check.

The 10th of May for 1.22a was always in planned, even before Garuda. They wouldnt replace that by something so tiny.

I really really hope AF weapons make it in... I'm just dieing for a bow harp!

That is cool then, because I wanna compare AF weapon status to Garuda weapon badly.
I don't know which Garuda weapon should I exchange due to the fact that some AF weapon might do better job.

I really hope it includes the rest of the class exclusive crafts. I want that Astrolabe and Vanya gear more than the AF weapons :x

If all we get is the other hamlets I will be severely dissappointed... I'm liking patch 1.22 so far but let's be honest it doesn't have half the content we'd been originally promised for it (including the imperial stronghold and AF weapons which are arguably the biggest additions content-wise).

This is what we are getting:

• Job-exclusive Weapons: Implementation of content for acquiring and upgrading job-exclusive weapons.
• Imperial stronghold: Construction of an imperial stronghold related to Meteor
• New imperial weaponry: Implementation of new imperial weaponry
• Job balance adjustments: Ongoing adjustments to job balance (This time: WAR, PLD and DRG for sure)
• Battle log revisions: Partial revisions to battle log spec

All taken from the Letter from the Producer, XXVI

Yeah...more weapons, there goes another 7 slots from my inventory.

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Originally Posted by Colino

If all we get is the other hamlets I will be severely dissappointed... I'm liking patch 1.22 so far but let's be honest it doesn't have half the content we'd been originally promised for it (including the imperial stronghold and AF weapons which are arguably the biggest additions content-wise).

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Imperial stronghold: Construction of an imperial stronghold related to Meteor

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"Construction" not the whole thing and whats in it. :P

lololol 1.22 the WEAPONS PATCH

Imperial
Company
Garuda
Artifact

=O

RIP 28 inventory slots.

I'm really hoping AF weapons will be worth using. DRG spear is one of the most awesome weapons I have seen in the Final Fantasy series. I do wonder what you will have to do to "upgrade" them.

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Originally Posted by Velhart

I'm really hoping AF weapons will be worth using. DRG spear is one of the most awesome weapons I have seen in the Final Fantasy series. I do wonder what you will have to do to "upgrade" them.

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I wonder what we have to go through to even get them.. lol Quest chain Incoming!

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Originally Posted by V0lg

Yeah...more weapons, there goes another 7 slots from my inventory.

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No one's forcing you to collect them and chances are you'll be able to store them in the Armoire. If it's so much of a pain then don't bother doing it. You really need to clear out some space if you're THAT pressed for it.

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Originally Posted by viion

lololol 1.22 the WEAPONS PATCH

Imperial
Company
Garuda
Artifact

=O

RIP 28 inventory slots.

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Nobody said you needed all of them. You can only use one at a time, and one axe for example is going to be better than another. Why not just keep the best of each? By my math that's 7 slots total for weapons, 14 if you want class specific and job specific weapons.

I keep all on me, maybe cause in XI I had a lot of elemental staffs on my blm. That and if I help with Ifrit I'll use Garuda for standing in town I'll use Moogle cause it goes with my Darklight. Then use Ifrit cause...... you don't so 300 runs for a weapon to throw in storage lol.

Let's just hope that the AF weapon isn't in a box by Ul'dah :-P

im hoping we get the higher ranks of hamlet in addition to the other 2 hamlets personaly

looks like its tomorrow ja? here

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Originally Posted by Camate

We will be fixing/adjusting the Garuda battle in patch 1.22a, which is scheduled to be released on May 10th.

The adjustments to the battle will be made such that there are no extreme effects to players who have been using regular strategies. Once Garuda’s HP falls to a certain percentage she will use Aerial Blast.

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Answer is still on the Dev Tracker lol.

Why are we getting AF weapons? Ifrit, moogle, garuda, class. Why so many weapon sets. I am not complaining, I hope the quests to get the weapons are good like the armor sets where.

I thought the imperial weps was for the npc's cuz they used normal weapons like us and not imperial gear.

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Originally Posted by Irishwars

Why are we getting AF weapons? Ifrit, moogle, garuda, class. Why so many weapon sets. I am not complaining, I hope the quests to get the weapons are good like the armor sets where.

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Hi Irishwars,

It's a good question. With the way SE has balanced / introduced Ifrit, Moogle and Garuda Weapons, and also Grand Company Class Weapons... I wonder what unique characteristic they'll have for Artifact / AF Weapons?

Will it be a purely horizontal-style upgrade (just another stat (Ifrit was Attack, Moogle was Accuracy, etc.)? Or will they be upgradeable?

And how will they balance that against Materia-Crafted Weapons (e.g., BLM Wands with Materia) etc.? We'll find out soon. :)

Imperial Stronghold and 2 more hamlets I think.

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Originally Posted by Kiara

Hi Irishwars,

It's a good question. With the way SE has balanced / introduced Ifrit, Moogle and Garuda Weapons, and also Grand Company Class Weapons... I wonder what unique characteristic they'll have for Artifact / AF Weapons?

Will it be a purely horizontal-style upgrade (just another stat (Ifrit was Attack, Moogle was Accuracy, etc.)? Or will they be upgradeable?

And how will they balance that against Materia-Crafted Weapons (e.g., BLM Wands with Materia) etc.? We'll find out soon. :)

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It's already been stated that they'll be upgradeable. Also since single-meld is what the game is balanced for, I imagine they'll consider that much. I'm betting the weapons will have bonuses you can't get with materia, like the AF armor.

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Originally Posted by Kiara

Hi Irishwars,

It's a good question. With the way SE has balanced / introduced Ifrit, Moogle and Garuda Weapons, and also Grand Company Class Weapons... I wonder what unique characteristic they'll have for Artifact / AF Weapons?

Will it be a purely horizontal-style upgrade (just another stat (Ifrit was Attack, Moogle was Accuracy, etc.)? Or will they be upgradeable?

And how will they balance that against Materia-Crafted Weapons (e.g., BLM Wands with Materia) etc.? We'll find out soon. :)

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More WHM weapons with actual healing stats would be nice for a change.

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Originally Posted by Irishwars

Why are we getting AF weapons? Ifrit, moogle, garuda, class. Why so many weapon sets. I am not complaining, I hope the quests to get the weapons are good like the armor sets where.

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Maybe because these will suffice for the less "hardcore" players that don't want to grind Primals multiple times for their weapons? They should also serve as good entry-level weapons before starting primals. People seem to forget sometimes that content is developed for new players too.

Also, I thought I remembered reading that AF weapons aren't coming till 1.22b. I guess we'll see. We should get the other two Hamlets and I think the Imperial Stronghold in this coming patch though.

I thought AF weapons were going to be super hard core and hard to obtain.

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Originally Posted by Irishwars

Why are we getting AF weapons? Ifrit, moogle, garuda, class. Why so many weapon sets. I am not complaining, I hope the quests to get the weapons are good like the armor sets where.

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It won't be, gotta please casual people. Also we're getting AF weapons because the AF set is basically straight from FFXI in concept, you get a weapon and armor. So what if we have primal weapons? Don't you think it's about time there's other good weapons? Especially considering the poor people who leveled their favorite job and can't do the fights because idiots think you can only win by throwing THM/BLM/ARC/BRD at shit? They need an alternative lol.

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Originally Posted by Zumi

I thought AF weapons were going to be super hard core and hard to obtain.

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You thought wrong, 'hardcore content' is outdated, based on what people say in this forum.

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Originally Posted by Zumi

I thought AF weapons were going to be super hard core and hard to obtain.

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I seriously doubt they're as bad to get as fighting Garuda 20 times to get what you want.

I remember a post from the devs saying they wouldn't be easy to get and they are balancing the difficulty.

Given how SE has been doing things it probably be like get 50 drops from AV or CC final bosses and you only get 1 per run goes to random person, but you can give it to someone if you wish.

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Originally Posted by Zumi

I remember a post from the devs saying they wouldn't be easy to get and they are balancing the difficulty.

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There's a disconnect sadly. They also said AF gear would be at least double-meld materia strong, only select pieces between all of the jobs are even close to double-meld standard.

I think the AF will be easy to get but hard to upgrade, something like easy mode Relics.

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Originally Posted by Jinko

I think the AF will be easy to get but hard to upgrade, something like easy mode Relics.

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If they were smart they'd do it the Empyrean WoE path way. Though there are still some NMs out there that doesn't serve a true purpose, so given the past history with releasing NMs to coincide with AF/Skills, good chance we have a lot of NM slaying in our future.

Though I still don't get why Audhumbla was in a tiny ass cave...I mean I get it name wise but...that thing is too damn big for a tiny cave :|

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Originally Posted by Jinko

I think the AF will be easy to get but hard to upgrade, something like easy mode Relics.

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I was hoping SE would make a system where weapon and AF are upgraded similar to Limbus and at the same time, have a tier like system that other MMO's use. So each upgrade can be like Drachen Mail (+1, 2, 3, and so on.). But we will see tomorrow what is going on with AF weapons.

If it has 3 upgrade parts I wouldn't put it past them to do this. Stage 1 get 50 Inferno Totems, Stage 2 get 50 Kupo Nuts, Stage 3 get 75 headdresses.

I think they are adding way too many pieces too fast; many are obsolete even before they realistically obtainable. Gimme some time to work on this stuff already!