Preliminary patch notes are up

[Waeksyn]

The interface for joining an Exploratory voyage couldn't be designed any more clunky from the description.

* All participating players must be inside the free company workshop when undertaking exploratory missions.

Really? So, before you embark, everyone must gather in the workshop. If you are using PF, you must guide all the folks to your plot and into your workshop.

What purpose does any of this serve? What is wrong with just having a DF type of interface? Full party, off you go.

Looks like a tremendous amount of development effort has gone into the minion battles. Here's guessing that content will be popular for about a week or two after release and then be done only by a tiny portion of players (chocobo racing anyone?).

[kuma_aus]

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Considering that you can get 210 gear in it but it will have random stats, plus the fact it gives minions and mounts and materia, I highly doubt that the content will be only popular for a week or two. Chocobo Racing didn't have any great reward to it, it was just something to do for itself. If you wanted MGP for mounts/minions/glamour, you always had other methods. If this gives Grade 5 materia, then that alone will be enough reason to pour months of time into this.

[Noxifer]

Considering that you can get 210 gear in it but it will have random stats, plus the fact it gives minions and mounts and materia

You're misunderstanding Waeksyn's post. That last bit is talking about the Lords of VerMinion -- the Gold Saucer minion battles. Not Exploratory Voyages ^^;




;_; What about furniture that's expected to survive?
(No humour; didn't read version: It's amusing that the patchnote text spells "dyeing" correctly, but the screenshot has the incorrect "dying".)

[Kaela]

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Same reason that everyone has to gather in the Hitherlands for savage or in the zone of the raid (with the coils before it was in duty finder) This isn't in duty finder. So we got to go to the zone of entry to get in. In this instance it is your FC's workshop. Not hard to piece together that.

Also I am looking forward to exploring my fc. I think this will be pretty big for awhile. Due to all that can be done.

[Waeksyn]

Same reason that everyone has to gather in the Hitherlands for savage or in the zone of the raid (with the coils before it was in duty finder) This isn't in duty finder. So we got to go to the zone of entry to get in. In this instance it is your FC's workshop. Not hard to piece together that.

Just because other activities have been designed with a bad access interface is no excuse to continue that design element with new content.

[Kaela]

Just because other activities have been designed with a bad access interface is no excuse to continue that design element with new content.

So you want everything to instantly take you to the instance/dungeon? Whatever happened to traveling to the dungeon you were wanting to complete?

[Kuzonoha]

With the nerf to the dungeons and trials, I feel as if they're now going to be to the point where no one is going to give a hoot about boss mechanics because everything is going to be lolfaceroll.

Not only that, but newer players that DF for a dungeon that is considered more "challenging" or "difficult" Will wind up being those people that squeal about how hard the game is when there's nothing that forces players to think about what their class can do or encourage cooperation to get through content.

This is my biggest gripe about the patch.

[kuma_aus]

We don't know if it's a nerf or buff or just something slight like more reasons to go to the side rooms in these dungeons. I think just wait for the offical patch before people start going crazy over what it might be.

[Lexia]

[2.0] The PlayStation®4 DUALSHOCK®4 controller can now be used on the Windows version.

Ok that mean no third party software or editing a file is needed anymore? That good but it could always been used already. Still won't be able to use the touchpad so guess the third party software still needed?

[Recaldy]

Treasure Coffers
Players may sometimes find gear inside treasure coffers after defeating enemies. This gear is unique in that its appearance and parameters are assigned at random.

Kecks for my WHM please.
Heavy armor for my WHM please.
Robes for my DRK please.
DRG armor for my DRK please.
MNK and BRD stuff for my DRK please.

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