Thread: Patch 1.23 Notes up

Hi All,

While it seems a bit underwhelming on the surface, there are enough potentially interesting things here that I'm curious about.

• 6 New Side Quests - If these are of the quality of the previous "Full Cinematic" Side Quests (like the ones with Chief Admiral Merlwyb, Elder Seedseer Kan-E-Senna and her Little Sister, and Flame General Raubahn), then I'll be happy!
  
  (for those that have never done them, those Side Quests (not Grand Company Quests) released in previous patches are well worth seeking out. Great cinematic cameras, interesting plot / insight to develop the Final Fantasy XIV Eorzea world / characters! (for example, "Disorganized Crime" Quest)

• New Grand Company Quest - This is probably the Finale (w/ cool, challenging Boss Fight) to our Seventh Umbral Era and sets us up for the remaking of the entire world for 2.0! Can't wait.

• New Max Level Content / "Boss" Battles - Skirmish. We'll see how this turns out, but it could be fun, and it's a new Instanced "Boss Battle" with New Weapons as rewards.

• Chocobo Caravan Updates - Safety measures are being put in place to help limit the trolls / freeloaders (who abused Chocobo Caravans). This is a great tweak / update for this aspect that we players were complaining about.

• Crafter Specific Gear - It's nice that they're giving Crafters something special to go after, after the rounds of Class-Only and Job-Specific Gear for DoW and DoM.

• Allowing Materia to be melded onto the previous Unique / Unmeldable Templar's / Buccaneer's / Harlequin's Armor Sets (from Faction Leves). This is a nice change, that should make some of the pieces more useful for those that have them but don't have access to other equipment.
  
  But it would be nice for Square to make a more Consistent change: If they're allowing these Unique armor to be Materia Meldable, why not open it up and be consistent and allow ALL Unique Equipment to be Meldable? Right now it feels very arbitrary.

• Rivenroad - As others have said, I'm very curious where Rivenroad is. Maybe it's for the Final Grand Company Quest, maybe it's for something else?

• And we still have "1.23a, b, and c" patches for more content opportunities.

With 2.0 (and literally a whole New World / Lands / Quests / Storylines / Content / End Game / UI / Crafting and Gathering Reform, etc.) coming, I'm not surprised that our last Pre-2.0 Patch isn't as gigantic as previous patches. (Because much of it could be throwaway work after 2.0.)

But there's enough here that it sounds like it could be quite entertaining if done right. I'm hoping we get treated to some more fantastic Cinematography / Story / Missions / Quests that we've seen glimpses of so far to conclude the 7th Umbral Era and brings us into 2.0.

Can't wait!