Patch 3.4 Notes (Preliminary)

**Airget** · 09-23-2016 08:23 PM

Originally Posted by Reynhart

Is it really the only way they can think of to fix PLD ?
I don't understand...PLD is supposed to be "the tank that mitigates" and WAR, "the tank that does damage", yet all they do to make PLD more desirable is to improve its raw DPS...

Tanks mitigating damage as their best asset isn't exactly part of the FFXIV meta. You seem to get more out of a heavy hitting Tank that needs more healing than a Tank that can take hits giving healers time to DD. So it's natural that they want to try and give PLD that DD potential since no matter how much you add to their dmg mitigation, it's worthless if their changes don't balance the dmg output of the party to put them on par with WAR/DRK.

**Reynhart** · 09-23-2016 08:24 PM

Originally Posted by Lisotte

Realised I'm probably not going to be able to go into Creator Savage day 1 what with the 245 ilvl requirement

You don't need to meet the item level if you queue as a full party, so just use party finder for the first few days.

Originally Posted by Airget

Tanks mitigating damage as their best asset isn't exactly part of the FFXIV meta. You seem to get more out of a heavy hitting Tank that needs more healing than a Tank that can take hits giving healers time to DD. So it's natural that they want to try and give PLD that DD potential since no matter how much you add to their dmg mitigation, it's worthless if their changes don't balance the dmg output of the party to put them on par with WAR/DRK.

You have other means to do it than just a flat out potency increase.
For example, they could have increased their mitigation kit to lessen the need for tank stance, thus increasing the personal DPS. But I admit it would have kept PLD as an "MT".
I wonder if it will be interesting to have a PLD as an OT and a WAR as MT now, since PLD's gap between ShO and SwO is widen again.

**Starkbeaumont** · 09-23-2016 08:26 PM

Originally Posted by The_Shang

Amazing patch, but as a returning player, I'd have loved to have seen the removal of the weekly Midan Gear restriction.

I want all my lvl60's to have a swagtastic Eikonic weapon goddamnit! >.<

already gone since the last minor patch

**PomPomFlare** · 09-23-2016 08:27 PM

Amazing patch, but as a returning player, I'd have loved to have seen the removal of the weekly Midan Gear restriction.

I want all my lvl60's to have a swagtastic Eikonic weapon goddamnit! >.<

It's already removed.

**Acantha** · 09-23-2016 08:39 PM

Haha so now when we need to un-target an enemy to turn around and not get "affeared" or whatever, we can cover our eyes too :P

Some good points on here, glad about the weakness debuff not being applied when heal LB3 is used, cause as others have said that kinda did make the LB seems a bit less awesome. Hopefully gonna be swimming in lore too so can get more classes up to at least ilvl230/240ish

Duty Roulette: Leveling

Before
Allagan tomestones of esoterics: 60
Allagan tomestones of lore: 5
After
Allagan tomestones of lore: 100
Allagan tomestones of scripture: 5

The Diadem update doesn't really make me think it'll make it any easier or quicker to get in there... probably have to PF it again which was a bit of a nightmare last time (people just ran off and gathered when we'd gone in to fight, there was another PF exclusively for gathering so why they didn't go into that one I don't know... just left us to deal with the fights...)

Loving the new Alex gear

& this lil guy #squeeee

Players can now freely choose any combination of Eorzea time, local time, and server time to be displayed at the same time.

I know my BF will be glad about this for his gathering at least

Only 2 new Hildy quests though

Not sure how I feel about platoons tbh but new rank finally at least.

Still kinda feeling reserved about the apartments... would much prefer a little house so... I might wait and see if in 45 days from patch some free up? I don't know... :/

The AST buffs are very interesting... might tempt me to try AST again at least.

THIS (if i'm understanding it right):

The Weeping City of Mhach has been adjusted as follows:

The weekly restrictions on rewards obtained from coffers has been removed.
The weekly restriction on obtaining Mhachi pennies has been removed.

While exploring the Palace of the Dead, players will, on occasion, discover hidden treasure known as the Accursed Hoard.

time to go back to PoTD to have a look at this too.

All in all - am looking forward to updates

**SpiritMuse** · 09-23-2016 08:43 PM

Originally Posted by Claire_Pendragon

I thought everyone got that emote from a quest or something, which is what spurred them to give highlanders a unique emote. (I may be wrong on this, as I barely remember what i once read on this subject long ago)

Yeah that was the reason. The Hildy emote is practically the same as the old highlander one, but available to others only through the quest, and so associated with Hildy more than regular highlanders. Now by giving it to everyone right off the bat the quest reward becomes just a slight variation on an emote you already have, which is kind of sad.

**FinaSel** · 09-23-2016 08:46 PM

The weekly entrance restriction on entering all areas of Alexander: Midas (Savage) has been removed.
The weekly restriction on rewards obtained from coffers has been removed.

That is nice. It will be easier to get gear I want for sub jobs.

Players may now proceed directly to any area of Alexander: Midas (Savage).
Players may now enter Alexander: Midas (Savage) via the Duty Finder.

Uh oh. I'm not sure how I feel about this.
It is already very hard to find a good group for "Duty Completion" even with Raid Finder. What I mean, it is easy to find a group. But it is hard to find a group that knows the mechanics.

By allowing it in Duty Finder AND allowing people to go to any stage they want, I think many groups will have a tough time clearing it. Does it mean anyone with sufficient Item Level can just queue up for A8, without even having tried A5? Even if they have never practiced before.

It is no longer required to adhere to the average item level requirement when registering as a full party.

Wait. So this means 7 people with IL 240+ and one person with IL whatever can enter any instance as a full party and help that IL-whatever person get a clear?

I wonder what the purpose was in making this adjustment??

The following additions and adjustments have been made to the Palace of the Dead.

Like them all.

Players can now specify the number of items to be exchanged at certain NPC shops.

NPC shops that require an exchange of tokens such as Allagan tomestones or beast tribe currency will now allow players to specify the number of items to be purchased.

Lovely QoL improvement!

The level cap for desynthesis has been increased.

The following items can now be sold, desynthesized, or submitted for expert delivery missions.

Yes!! I was looking forward to this!!

New items are available from the scrip exchange NPC in Idyllshire (X:5.7 Y:7.0).

Folklore books?

The materia melding window will now display the maximum parameters for an item in addition to the resulting parameters for the selected materia.

Wonderful!

New phrases have been added to the auto-translation dictionary.

But still missing a ton of other really important ones. Like "The Minstrel's Ballad: Thordan's Reign".

**Ar4093** · 09-23-2016 09:07 PM

Originally Posted by Ashewalker

This will be Wounderous Trails for everyone when it comes out, it's 9 stamps total.

From what it says in the patch notes, it's completely random what stamps you get, and since apparently they can only go in specific spots, that would mean it's up to RNG how many lines you get.

**NoctisXV** · 09-23-2016 09:25 PM

So in 3.4 there will be also more ways to farm in order to get the tank mounts unlocked with achievements for those interested :

**Genaxx** · 09-23-2016 09:27 PM

Originally Posted by Ar4093

From what it says in the patch notes, it's completely random what stamps you get, and since apparently they can only go in specific spots, that would mean it's up to RNG how many lines you get.

I feared that too, looking at the image

The duties on the right that have been completed (faded out) don't match up with the tiles on the right.

RNG at its finest.

Edit: Infact just read it.

Upon completing the objectives corresponding to the squares in the journal, you will receive up to nine seals at random that can be added to your journal.

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