Final Fantasy XI Test Server Update (09/07/2012)Follow

[dev1136] Super Kupower Adjustments

*These kupowers are still under development and are subject to change.

- Certain existing super kupowers will be replaced by new ones.

Kupowers to be Eliminated:
- Mystery Boxes: San d'Oria
- Mystery Boxes: Bastok
- Mystery Boxes: Windurst
- Mystery Boxes: Frontier Lands

The list of super kupowers that may activate, including new ones, is as follows:

Thrifty Transit - Outpost teleport sites will operate free of charge!

Martial Master - As an added Signet effect, battle skills will increase more rapidly!

Blood of the Vampyr - The effect of Signet will be boosted with the abilities of Regeneration and Refresh!

Treasure Hound - Signet will grant you the Gilfinder and Treasure Hunter abilities!

Artisan's Advantage - The chances of losing ingredients due to failed synthesis will be significantly lowered!

Swift Shoes - Adventurers who are fully rested and healed will temporarily be able to run with great speed!

Ease of Exploration - A teleport service connecting the towns of Mhaura and Selbina to the three nations will appear!

Myriad Mystery Boxes - Treasure Caskets will appear more frequently around the three nations!

Dilatory Digestion - Food effects will last twice as long!

Boundary Buster - The amount of Conquest Points received from defeating enemies will be doubled!

Bountiful Bazaar - All regional merchants in each of the three nations will be open for business!

[dev1135] New Special Job Abilities

- New special job abilities will be introduced.
*These special abilities will share the same recast time as previous ones.
*The abilities displayed with a gray background have not been included in the September 7 test server update.

 
Job	Ability Name	Effect

Warrior: Imminent Strikes - Auto-attacks will not be considered physical damage. Greatly increases accuracy.

Monk: Consummate Counter - Counters almost every enemy auto-attack and greatly increases enmity.

White Mage: Asylum - Prevents party members from receiving status ailments.

Black Mage: Subtle Sorcery - Greatly lowers the amount of enmity accrued from spells.

Red Mage: Encomium - Bolsters the effects of enhancing magic.

Thief: Bamboozle - Deals severe damage and transfers your enmity to the party member in front of you.

Paladin: Righteous Guard - Greatly increases chance of blocking with shield and damages target. Increases enmity.

Dark Knight: Soul Enslavement - Auto-attacks absorb target's TP.

Beastmaster: Feral Sacrifice - Sacrifice your pet to recover HP and remove status ailments.
Grants the effect of Stoneskin.

Bard: Malinconico - Greatly reduces target's magic defense, magic evasion, INT and MND.

Ranger: Instinctive Aim - Allows you to deliver optimally accurate and powerful ranged attacks from any distance.
Arrows are not expended during attacks.

Samurai: Yaegasumi - Evades all special attacks that deal physical or magic damage.
Enhances the potency of your next weapon skill every time you evade a special attack.

Ninja: Tengen - Greatly increases the chance of parrying.
Reduces ninjutsu casting times by half and eliminates the need for ninja tools.

Dragoon: Rouse Wyvern - Recovers wyvern's HP and removes status ailments. Enhances breath effects.

Summoner: Astral Conduit - Eliminates Blood Pact recast times.

Blue Mage: Unbridled Wisdom - Allows unlimited casting of blue magic spells that use Unbridled Learning.

Corsair: Three To One - Allows for up to three Phantom Rolls to be in effect simultaneously.

Puppetmaster: Heady Artifice - Allows automatons to use a special ability that varies by head.
Harlequin Head: Mighty Strikes
Valoredge Head: Invisible
Sharpshot Head: Eagle Eye Shot
Stormwaker Head: Chainspell
Soulsoother Head: Benediction (will only affect the automaton and members of its master's party)
Spiritreaver Head: Manafont

Dancer: Grand Pas - Gives five finishing moves, resets flourish recast timers, and eliminates the cost of finishing moves.
Effect ends either when its duration expires or is used three times.

Scholar: Caper Emissarius - Transfers the whole party's enmity to a party member of your choice.

*The names, help text, and effects that appear on the test server for these abilities are still under development and are subject to change.

To spend on what?

Bountiful Bazaar - All regional merchants in each of the three nations will be open for business![/b]

One word sums this up..... SCORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That sort of puts an end to any point of doing expeditionary force missions. (if there was any point in doing so after all of the changes in modes of transportation). The only point in doing them is for signet NPCs now and the CP it gets you (which is little to none).

Nah, what put an end to that was the update that made your unlocked outpost warps transferrable to all nations. If you wanted, say, the Ronfaure OP (and yes, I know you can't do EF for newbie regions, that's just an example) all you had to do was swap nations to Sandy to get it, and you can swap back if you like. You'd pay a little gil to swap, sure, but it beats the hell out of the total expense and/or effort needed to take over a region otherwise.