Beat the Heat with the July Version Update! Follow

Put your swimsuits on and get ready to take the plunge, for next version update is scheduled for early July!

Enjoy showering beasties with tender loving care and receiving rewards for your efforts, testing your might in high-tier mission battlefields featuring the return of the Shadow Lord and other well-known entities, and experiencing a bevy of additional content.

Job adjustments will also make a splash, including an ******* of new spells for red mages, such as Haste II; increased buffing capabilities for geomancers with Indi-haste and Geo-haste spells; and a plethora of new blue magic spells for you to learn and drown your foes with!

What's more, the synthesis UI is scheduled to be upgraded with a new feature that displays a list of previously undertaken syntheses, expanding your crafting horizons far across the open sea!

All this and more, floating down the river in just a few short weeks!

Holy Ding-Dangs... Go Red Mage!!!

Still no monstrosity stuff. That's a shame they killed off an event that a lot of potential.

The issue with Monstrosity wherein performing certain operations would allow players to equip instincts that were not intended to be equipped.

The issue with Monstrosity wherein players would occasionally be unable to change instincts properly.

Job adjustments will also make a splash, including an ******* of new spells for red mages, such as Haste II

Still no monstrosity stuff. That's a shame they killed off an event that a lot of potential.

Coming from the group that brought us Stymie, there will be a catch. There has to be.

[dev1217] Job Adjustments

• Red Mage

• The following spells will be added.

• Haste II (Lv. 96, Recast time: 20 sec.)

Increases target's attack speed.

• Distract (Lv. 35, Recast time: 10 sec.)

Reduces target's physical evasion.

• Distract II (Lv. 85, Recast time: 10 sec.)

Reduces target's physical evasion.

• Frazzle (Lv. 42, Recast time: 10 sec.)

Reduces target's magic evasion.

• Frazzle II (Lv.92, Recast time: 10 sec.)

Reduces target's magic evasion.

• Flurry (Lv. 48, Recast time: 10 sec.)

Increases target's ranged attack speed.

• Flurry II (Lv. 96, Recast time: 10 sec.)

Increases target's ranged attack speed.

• Blue Mage

• Blue mages will be capable of learning the following spells.

• Erratic Flutter (Lv. 99, Recast time: 45 sec.)

Increases attack speed.

• Thrashing Assault (Lv. 99, Recast time: 60 sec.)

Delivers a fourfold attack.

• Subduction (Lv. 99, Recast time: 5 sec.)

Deals wind damage to enemies within range. Additional effect: Weight.

• Corsair

• The phantom roll "Corsair's Roll" will affect capacity point gains.

• Puppetmaster

• Automatons equipped with the stormwaker head will be able to use Haste II.

• Geomancer

• The following spells will be added.

• Indi-Haste (Lv. 93, Recast time: 12 sec.)

Increases attack speed for party members within range.

• Geo-haste (Lv. 97, Recast time: 12 sec.)

Increases attack speed for party members within area of effect.

Gee, I better get my rdm in better shape, those look like nice buffs. I hope the spells don't cost a small fortune.

You had better get REDy.

[dev1218] New High-Tier Mission Battlefields Will Be Added

• New High-Tier Mission Battlefields

• ★The Shadow Lord Battle

Show the angst-ridden Shadow Lord that white is the new black once more!

• ★Head Wind

Teach Shikaree X, Y, and Z that there's more than one way to skin a cat!

• Joining the Fray

The key items required to participate in these battlefields can be acquired from the following NPCs in exchange for merit points.

• Trisvain in Northern San d’Oria (J-7)
• Raving Opossum in Port Bastok (J-11)
• Mimble-Pimble in Port Windurst (L-5)

• Required key items

 
Key Item	Number of Merit Points Required 
Shadow Lord phantom gem	20 
Head Wind phantom gem	20

* Players must be level 95 or greater and have cleared the original missions in order to receive these items.

• Regarding Difficulty Levels

Each mission battlefield is divided into five levels of difficulty. Boss strength, number and drop rate of spoils, and content level increase in line with difficulty.

 
Difficulty	Content Level 
Very Easy	113 
Easy	        116 
Normal	        119 
Difficult       Greater than 119 
Very Difficult	Greater than 119

* Any player may select a difficulty level, but the battlefield's level will be determined by the first person to enter.
* Players must have cleared the battlefield on normal to select either difficult or very difficult.
* All party members must be in possession of the required key item to enter.

• Mission battlefield, boss, and entry restrictions

 
Mission Name	Required Key Item	Point of Entry	Boss	Entry Restrictions 
★The Shadow Lord Battle	  
             Shadow Lord phantom gem	Throne Room	Shadow Lord	All Levels 
                                                                        Thirty Minutes 
                                                                       Six-Person Party 
★Head Wind	Head Wind phantom gem Boneyard Gully	Shikaree X 
                                                        Shikaree Y  
                                                        Shikaree Z	All Levels 
                                                                        30 Minutes 
                                                                        Six-Person Party

• Spoils

Spoils are rewarded both for vanquishing the boss and clearing the battlefield, and include items needed for reforging artifact and relic armor in addition to equipment unique to each battlefield.