Real Patch Notes

[Darkshade]

This concerns me because right now, like it or not, everyone is in Ul'dah ul'dah ul'dah.
Anyone with levels or aspirations to fight this guy will know that parties will be formed with this in mind and feel forced to join U'dah. What other way can there be if you want to significantly increase your odds?

Maybe people won't care after all, and i hope not, but it worries me.

As someone who chose Ul'Dah on US CE launch day and wishes to join Ul'Dah simply for reasons other than popularity, I feel bad for you guys. Maybe with the airship thing more Limsian and Gridanian adventurers well go back home.

[Murugan]

As someone who chose Ul'Dah on US CE launch day and wishes to join Ul'Dah simply for reasons other than popularity, I feel bad for you guys. Maybe with the airship thing more Limsian and Gridanian adventurers well go back home.

I don't know why everyone assumes people are going to join ul'dah.

There is no longer any prohibitive cost to travel between cities, and Ul'dah and Limsa both have extremely dorky company salutes. Add onto that the fact that Gridania's story line so far is easily the most interesting of the three, and I think Ul'dah's days of dominating the Grand Companies are over before they even started.

Everyone will still hang out in Ul'dah though, because you have to unless you are some weird loner/nonconformist.

I also chose Ul'dah because I like the theme (desert), but I think I might have to relent and join the Twin Adders in order to be in the same company as my LS (depending on how exactly this works with "rewards").

[Rizon]

I don't know why everyone assumes people are going to join ul'dah.

There is no longer any prohibitive cost to travel between cities, and Ul'dah and Limsa both have extremely dorky company salutes. Add onto that the fact that Gridania's story line so far is easily the most interesting of the three, and I think Ul'dah's days of dominating the Grand Companies are over before they even started.

Everyone will still hang out in Ul'dah though, because you have to unless you are some weird loner/nonconformist.

I also chose Ul'dah because I like the theme (desert), but I think I might have to relent and join the Twin Adders in order to be in the same company as my LS (depending on how exactly this works with "rewards").

Wierd loner/nonconformist. hmmm.....do we know each other

[Murugan]

Wierd loner/nonconformist. hmmm.....do we know each other

That wasn't meant to be a personal attack on you. I'm just saying that people hang out in Ul'dah because people hang out in Ul'dah. Square Enix not only can't stop that, but they shouldn't try to mess with it. It builds community for people to have a central place to congregate.

[Rizon]

That wasn't meant to be a personal attack on you. I'm just saying that people hang out in Ul'dah because people hang out in Ul'dah. Square Enix not only can't stop that, but they shouldn't try to mess with it. It builds community for people to have a central place to congregate.

Didn't take it as an attack. Was having a little fun. In all actuallity I am wierd and a non-conformist

[NefarioCall]

[dev1162] The condition whereby gathering for extended periods of time reduces the rate of item yield has been alleviated.

PRAISE JESUS!

[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!

[leomike35]

PRAISE JESUS!

This. A thousand times this!!! Awesome patch gonna be some busy ppl now.