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[dev1007] Voidwatch Emerges!



What Is Voidwatch?
In Voidwatch, bands of six to eighteen members will square off against “Voidwalkers,” savage entities that have breached planar bounds to invade multiple landscapes spanning past and present. By slaying these manifestations of terror, you and your stalwart comrades will gradually come to discover the true nature of the threat that has all of Vana’diel up in arms.

The May 9, 2011 version update introduces the first installment of this new challenge, and readies eighteen fields whereupon you will duel the dreaded Voidwalkers. The battle will expand to yet more areas in ensuing releases.
*Accessing this content requires the purchase and registration of the “Wings of the Goddess” expansion.
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Participation Requirements

Level 75 or above.
Possession of the following key items:
Adventurer’s Certificate / Stratum Abyssite / Voidstone
Affiliation with the Allied Forces of Altana.



Progressing Through the Ops
Voidwatch Ops are broken down into three distinct jurisdictions as follows:

Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Stage 4
San d’Oria East Ronfaure Ordelle’s Caves Jugner Forest King Ranperre’s Tomb
East Ronfaure [S] Jugner Forest [S]
Bastok North Gustaberg Gusgen Mines Pashhow Marshlands Dangruf Wadi
North Gustaberg [S] Pashhow Marshlands [S]
Windurst West Sarutabaruta Maze of Shakhrami Meriphataud Mountains Outer Horutoto Ruins
West Sarutabaruta [S] Meriphataud Mountains [S]



[1] Acquiring the Key Items
The “stratum abyssite” and “voidstone” key items can be acquired by speaking to one of the Voidwatch officers posted at the following locations:

Southern San d’Oria [S] (L-9) / Bastok Markets [S] (G-5) / Windurst Waters [S] (G-5) / Southern San d’Oria (F-9) / Bastok Markets (D-11) / Windurst Waters (G-5)

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Stratum Abyssite
Stratum abyssite are permanent key items and need only be obtained once. There exist three types, each corresponding to a jurisdiction as follows:

San d’Oria: Crimson Stratum Abyssite
Bastok: Indigo Stratum Abyssite
Windurst: Jade Stratum Abyssite

Voidstones
These magicked stones find use across all jurisdictions. Information regarding voidstone stock and issuance can be confirmed by speaking with a Voidwatch Officer NPC.


[2] Undertaking Voidwatch Ops
Voidwatch Officer NPCs will assign you an operation based on your current progress, after which you must make your way to the designated operation site. Players may choose to utilize the teleportation service offered by the nearby Atmacite Refiner NPC in exchange for cruor (the same substance as that found in Abyssea).
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[3] Battling Voidwalkers
Each Voidwatch operation takes place at one of three predetermined “planar rifts,” weak points in the fabric of space. Enemy strength and spoils obtainable will not be affected by the choice of rift.
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To spawn a Voidwalker and initiate battle, simply examine a planar rift while in possession of the requisite key items. Combatants have thirty minutes to dispatch their foe, after which time the Voidwalker will disappear and the operation will be deemed a failure.
*A single voidstone will be expended for all who possess one, and not only the character who initiated battle. While those without a voidstone can still participate, their reward will be limited to experience points and cruor.
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The “Voidwatcher” status will be bestowed upon players for the duration of a Voidwatch operation.
*Players will be unable to benefit from the effects of Signet and Sigil during this time.
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[4] Obtaining Spoils
At the successful completion of battle, a mysterious “riftworn pyxis” will manifest from the planar rift and remain for three minutes. All combatants may examine the pyxis, the contents of which will differ for each person. Players can improve both the quantity and quality of their spoils as well as obtain rare atmacite and periapt key items by manipulating “spectral alignment” values as outlined below.
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Spectral Alignment
There exist five lights in the existential spectrum. Their alignment values can be enhanced to produce the following benefits:

Blue: Increases reward quantity.
Red: Increases reward quality.
Yellow: Increases experience yield.
Green: Increases cruor yield.
White: Increases chances of atmacite and periapt obtainment.

The alignment values for the above can be enhanced via the two methods below.

(1) Trading “ascent items” to a planar rift ahead of battle. Doing so will enhance alignment values for that player only.

Ascent items can be obtained in the following ways:

Purchased with cruor from a Voidwatch Officer.
Purchased with Conquest Points from a Conquest Guard.
Purchased with Imperial Standings from an Imperial Guard.
Purchased with Allied Notes from an Allied officer.
Found in a treasure casket.

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(2) Striking Voidwalker weaknesses.
Doing so will enhance alignment values for all combatants.
*Alignment values increased via ascent items are reset when the player opens a riftworn pyxis.
*Alignment values increased by striking enemy weaknesses are reflected in pyxis content and reset at the end of battle.
*Enhanced values will not benefit combatants who did not expend a voidstone at the commencement of battle. In this case, the portion of alignment enhanced via ascent items will be carried over.
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Atmacite and Periapt

Atmacite
By infusing yourself with atmacite using a specific key item, it is possible to enhance your fighting prowess during Voidwatch Ops. Furthermore, atmacite can be upgraded in stages by enriching it with cruor. Detailed information on the infusion, purging, and enrichment of atmacite can be obtained via Atmacite Refiner NPCs and planar rifts.
Periapt
These talisman-like objects bestow myriad benefits upon their bearers, such as reducing waiting time for voidstone issuance and enhancing the bonuses granted by ascent items.

edit: http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/threads/4925


Edited, May 2nd 2011 1:30pm by Mohit

Digging the huge pink mandy.

So pretty much Voidwatch is a Abyssea style version of WoE/BCNM. With weaknesses and all. Interesting.

I saw at the bottom where they mentioned increase your power via atmacite. I wonder can you use the atmas you already have or not? Either way depending on how they do it some jobs that where not needed/wanted (like sch due to not being able to proc all elemental magics) May or may not have some use again.

Atleast if they didn't let you use atmas from abyssea you'd start from scratch....but since you get cruor from doing them which is Abyssea's currency so to speak....wouldn't see why you couldnt use atmas....

What I hope they do is branch the weakness out. Particularly for Yellow proc (if remained magic) Like add a few spells to that list that only certain mages have. (Like helix spells for sch and Tier II(merit) enfeebling spells for rdm) Atleast then would make the other mage jobs just as useful as blm and sch.

And honestly I think it would be nice if they wouldnt allow you to use atmas from abyssea (well atleast at first) have to work your way up to use them.

I think this looks really fun/cool.

It sounds like they have definitely been considering player feedbak and found a clever way to include positive aspects of campaign, vnm's, abyssea, WoE together. I think they may have hit the balance right on this one.

I can't wait to explore it :P.

I bet there will be some time limit on it. It will mean 1 groups cannot monopolize an NM AND w/ a 30 min limit to fighting them, no one will hold it forever either.

very clever. weakness targeting... atmacite.. no info if they are derived from atma or just similar to atma yet. I'm confident thefunction in much the same way as atma.. but being able to expend cruor to enhance the effect is a neat twist.

very very clever. I can't wait!

Please add the link to your OP. It isn't very obvious on the official forums where they put these notices and some might not realize that the thread was updated since it was originally posted 04/08/2011. Not to mention the fact that images don't show here.

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/threads/4925-dev1007-Voidwatch-Emerges!

Edited, May 2nd 2011 5:00am by Paskil

I was slow to the punch. I was re-reading the details, but I didn't focus on the pic.

From other comments and the dev ticket regarding removing blue spell procs, I expected them to have completely different procs for weakness targeting on the Voidwatch fights.

I'm really hoping for BST ready move triggers. I'll be happily surprised if they are included, but I think there's a slim chance.

They've stated they want this to balance out in variety of jobs.

They mentioned they wasn't removing BLU spells from the light of procs. They just said they'll remove a few of them.

I think the only possible lingering concern will be if contribution then somehow converts like Campaign or WoE does where being a specific job would then carry over to higher rewards by virtue of what the job can do.

Hmmm. Well that makes it likely that QD shows up as a proc. Although if Job Abilities only proc yellow (experience gain), it's not going to be as necessary as the Blue, Red and White weaknesses.

Maybe I'm just more prone to be KO'd more than most, but with all the dirt I end up eating, I'm not sure how anyone arrives at the phrase "god mode". Outside of primeval brew, I'm not seeing it.

I'm sleep deprived, so that might have something to do with it, but I just spilled coffee over my keyboard laughing.

I award thee two internets.

edit: Honestly, funny business aside, I think some of the non-combat stuff is due for an overhaul.

Edited, May 4th 2011 5:31am by Findanniin

All atma and crour buffs did was change strategy. Mages no longer had to rest but had to cure harder to keep up with the new favorite tanks. Yeah maybe tanks got it a little easier but at the end of the day the only "Skill" that was lost was conserving mp but mages had to be much more on their toes to support the new strategy in turn. So I really don't see the huge skill difference.

When we are outside of abyssea it will just be a different skill set for the jobs that will feel the change. Not that one has more skill then the other becuase quite frankly I rather go back to the days of resting instead of having tanks that do not wear any defensive gear unless it just happens to be on some good tp gear.