Patch Notes are up!

[Tsukotaku]

You've also had a lot of time to make a lot of gil back on crafts that lesser-geared crafters didn't have a chance at.

Tell it to spiritbonders.

[BlaiseArath]

Oh man, some awesome stuff... as someone who mains NIN I'm not exactly raining with blessing heres this update, but nothing about it is crushing. New relic upgrades... Shiva weapon upgrades... Helping people in Coil being a thing now... all really nice QoL changes.

Of the negatives, super-super sad, NOT ANGRY, the Metallic dyes are cash shop. Guess I should expect like, 90% of the best cosmetic items to end up there now though. Still, Metallic Red would look so cool on some of the armor :Q.

Maybe they'll be obtained through ventures or something too...

[Squintina]

Which is ridicolous for those like me who spent a lot of time and gils to gear up their crafting jobs. So, why don't we put Mastercraft Demimateria and High Allagan gear directly available at a NPC vendor for a bunch of gils next?

This is beyond stupidity.

I'm sorry you feel that way, but it's important for a game to provide ways for newer people to catch up. Them being able to get it easier won't change that there's still going to be new hard content, nor will it change that you were able to accomplish back when this was considered the hard content.


And guess what, the people who benefit from this will end up going for the new hard content, work hard for it, and see it get nerfed somewhere in the future for the next-next generation of new people so they can catch up too (and some of them will feel the same way you do, while others won't care because thanks to price fluctuations and people moving on, it'll be difficult for those newer people to catch up if the game didn't get any nerfs to help them).

It's no different than when new token systems are added while older token systems get eased, or when older dungeons/raids get nerfed. New people want to be able to play too; it doesn't change what the older players accomplished.

[KuraiKiserogeru]

Relic: Question is, will it shine!

[KaedrianLiang]

Which is ridicolous for those like me who spent a lot of time and gils to gear up their crafting jobs. So, why don't we put Mastercraft Demimateria and High Allagan gear directly available at a NPC vendor for a bunch of gils next?

This is beyond stupidity.

Don't worry early adopters have made their millions upon millions of gil which make up for any gil spent. Time spent is a different story.

While late adopters will no doubt be able to craft what they want and get the demimateria they need, they will never make the millions upon millions early adopters have already made.

As for players that got their grind done in the last week. There is nothing i can say that will mitigate your frustration.

On an additional note all higher tier mats will see a slight increase in price as demand by able crafters will multiply in the coming weeks. So prices may stay the same if not increase, depends how out of control the undercutting will go.

[DragonSlayer45]

Does this mean that the diamond dust for weapons will always drop? For every member on the party each clear?

Pretty much. I imagine multiple Diamond Dust's might be required to upgrade a weapon but we'll have to wait and see for a couple more hours.

[Keisatsu]

Relic: Question is, will it shine!

Hoping for pictures of new relics, I wanna know ahead of time whether I'll like them or not. D:

[Cyfer]

Relic: Question is, will it shine!

From the previous blog post on PLD Excalibur, I assume that it won't shine >.<

[Kanzaki0]

Relic: Question is, will it shine!

[KuraiKiserogeru]

Hoping for pictures of new relics, I wanna know ahead of time whether I'll like them or not. D:

Yep, I'm not 100% into the look of Excalibur and who knows what the Aegis Shield looks like.