Real Patch Notes

[Murugan]

My main is LNC so by all means bring back Twisting Vice zergs beats ARC burns anyway in my books.

They both make for crappy strategies (gameplay/fun wise) as they negate important factors of the encounter: AoE damage/positioning in one, and mob TP skills in general in the other.

I like how they gave every melee a definable role outside of damage which will help for their viability, but I kind of wish Lancer's would be different as a 100% TP wipe is just cheap. On the other hand like I said if they make the worst mob attacks immune to such tactics (being triggered, or in a fast TP gaining rage mode) where you can't prevent all TP moves then I'm fine with it.

If anyone is curious what I am talking about there was an (extremely lame) strategy employed prior to 1.18 where you could pretty much kill any level mob fairly easily by using Twisting Vice spam to prevent it from doing any real damage. Granted most of these were regular high level mobs and likely not as scripted as boss fights are.

Glad the company leves distinguish between solo and party.

Same here maybe this means we can have some actual party guildleves and not just 5 star solo guildleves where everyone puts a DD on auto follow and tunes out.

I hope they continue to clearly seperate solo players and party players in the future. I'm fine with them developing content for both (you know long monotonous faction grinds for solo players and exciting and challenging group encounters for people who play in party); but keeping them separate keeps one of them (solo) from ruining the other. (only half serious)

Same reason I'm excited for the exclusively party focused Job System. Yoshi is a genius for bringing back a genuine focus on grouping, in my opinion that will be the saving grace/niche of FFXIV.

[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?

[Munba]

Majestic.

[Riv]

Sad that the extra inventory space will eventually be taken away. But hey, maybe they will allow personal chocobos to carry extra items for us. That would be awesome :O

Patch is still made of win.

[Picoman]

Sad that the extra inventory space will eventually be taken away. But hey, maybe they will allow personal chocobos to carry extra items for us. That would be awesome :O

Patch is still made of win.

I think that it is a good idea for the inventory boost to be temporary. Once they start charging you can buy like 7 retainers or something.

[Teknoman]

Players are now able to color-customize items in a single step by combining it with dye and a base ingredient.
Furthermore, universal dyes have been introduced that can be used across all material types (lumber, cloth, metal, and leather).

Does that mean you can dye whatever color you want now? Or are they still restricted by certain equipment only having certain color variations?

[Picoman]

Players are now able to color-customize items in a single step by combining it with dye and a base ingredient.
Furthermore, universal dyes have been introduced that can be used across all material types (lumber, cloth, metal, and leather).

Does that mean you can dye whatever color you want now? Or are they still restricted by certain equipment only having certain color variations?

I think its more that you don't specifically need 'red cloth dye' therefore simplifying it to 'red dye'.

[Misha]

PRAISE JESUS!

Yep, no more fatigue for gathering!!! Last I heard, Yoshi said before patch 1.18 wasn't any plans to change it for gathering. So glad I can fish, mine, and log now with no worries... do what I feel like without being restricted for however long I want too^^ Fishing is horrid with fatigue more than the other 2 >.<

One unclear thing I see though is, tier 3 nukes got a nerf... new stats should make em more powerful but if they still require that "charge" time to go off, they still won't be used by people xD Hopefully they got rid of the charge and just forgot to list that lol

Edit: Not to mention they STILL need a graphics overhaul... pretty sad effects atm for whats considered really powerful spells in FF games!