Thread: 2.2.5 Patch Notes Up

Originally Posted by Silvahn

it will only took what a few seconds to understand what a transmutation means...
in case it took you longer than that.. try google

yep, bring on the even dumber responses.

Googling transmutation will tell me 5 materias. Sureeee. Not 4? not 3? but 5? yea. Google power. Google reads SE's mind.

Originally Posted by chococo

Patch notes full of fail; materia transmutation was not explained at all.

If only there were some sort of quest you could access in a matter of hours that would explain the system...

But shucks I guess we'll just never know how it works and will just have to abandon all hope of ever using it.

Believe the materia thing is changing from one type to another.

Probably a chance to transform the useless elemental materia to more useful one, and possible higher tier.

It's weird that they changed so little in what we all knew would be a tiny patch!

Wait... no it's not.

Originally Posted by SpookyGhost

It's weird that they changed so little in what we all knew would be a tiny patch!

Wait... no it's not.

It was advertised as a "major PvP patch" though

Originally Posted by Felis

No official source?

Sorry; I got completely distracted and forgot.

A: We'll be implementing a system that makes it less likely for players with lower PvP ranks to get matched with people with higher PvP ranks. Also, because you can obtain all PvP-specific gear after reaching rank 30 and become extremely powerful very quickly, we'll be making adjustments to the timing of rewards to make the upgrade process more gradual. We are also planning for a large update to the Wolves' Den in patch 2.25, at which time we'll raise the maximum PvP rank to 40 and implement the new PvP-specific equipment that I've shown off previously. We're calling this the “Animal Series,” so if you are into PvP, be sure to get this equipment and try it out with glamours.

Quoted from the relevant Live Letter (XIII Q&A) on this forum.

You can argue that it seems to only explicitly state a change in maximum rank and addition of new equipment, but the wording implies that there will be a large update to the Wolves' Den, and the rank increase and equipment addition will happen IN ADDITION to it. That is what PvP players were desperately hoping for given how broken the current system is.

Actually its explained in the french version. Its combining 5 materia to get a higher one

Treasure maps and Trials of the Braves books can now be viewed while mounted.

Epic win. This was the bane of my current existence.