Real Patch Notes

[Coombah]

I can't wait till the 30th to see if anything else is added 0o

[Reinheart]

read it once in english... now reading it again in Japanese.... good patch notes

[Anima]

1.19 FTW! It's pure win! It reeks of awesomesauce! It's almost a whole different game with all these changes lol, an awesome one!
I can't wait for Oct. 4 now, I bet It'll take me a whole day just downloading the Patch :P

[Lizam]

Took me so long to read.. But it was worth it!

[Teknoman]

Glad the company leves distinguish between solo and party.

[MattyWS]

My head just exploded. o_O

[Cycloptichorn]

I'm absolutely blown away by the enormous size of the changes in this patch. It really will be like a whole new game in a lot of ways!

[Picoman]

My brain has turned to mush.
I may have to read them again but need moar coffee!

GATHERING FATIGUE GONE!
EXP CHAINS!
ARROW KEY CAMERA CONTROL!!!!!!

I wonder what the Active/Passive mode animation will look like. (Im predicting it to be still a bit off, but hey! at least they are working hard to fix the power sliding)

A new person starting the game is going to have a much better chance of understanding with the new tutorials, much needed addition, good for the health of the game.

To me, imo, 1.18+1.19 has truly been 'Golden'

[Nakiamiie]

My favourite changes so far:

[dev1026] The system of claiming enemies has been overhauled.

No more complaints from party members when I killed other targets by accident, hahaha!

[dev1032] The following actions are now executable while in passive mode:
All magic spells
Actions which can be used on self or other party members

Now, that just really hyped me! Casting spells in passive mode? Totally awesome!!!

[dev1017] The Materia System has been implemented.

I can't wait to try that! New use for old equipment!

Inventory UI enhancements (equipped icon, spiritbond icon, etc.)

I wanted to say my thanks to the devs who thought of that, really useful.

[dev1176] The text command /battletarget (/bt) has been added which allows you to target the nearest enemy among those you are incurring enmity from.

Much easier to target and less targeting confusion while in party, yay!

The change I am not happy with:

HP and MP will automatically recover only while the player is stationary, regardless of whether or not he/she is engaged in battle. The amount of HP and MP recovered will increase based on the amount of time a player remains stationary.

Seriously, why????
This is really lame, really!

The things I will definitely miss and remain nostalgic of:

[dev1073] Physical level [...] has been abolished.

Other, unrelated to the above:

* Patch 1.20 will see accessories made repairable by NPCs.

Weren't accessories becoming like underwear, unbreakable?