In the June version update of Final Fantasy XI, several changes will be implemented to various battle content to streamline and ease difficulty! Changes include reducing the minimum number of participants for Skirmish, adjustments to spoil drop rates, boon adjustments, exchange rate of lebondopt to pulchridopt wings, and more. High tier battles will see a reduction of merit points needed to buy entry items as well as changes to overall drop pools, and Delve will see an adjustment to yggzi bead drop rates.

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From the official Final Fantasy XI forums:

[dev1214] Battle Content Adjustments

The following pieces of content are scheduled to receive adjustments as outlined below with the implementation of the June version update.

• Skirmishes
  • The number of participants required for skirmishes will be reduced from three to one.
    
  • Skirmishes in the following two areas will undergo the adjustments outlined below.
    • Ra'Kaznar [U]
      • Most- to Least-common Spoils
        • Pre-adjustment
          Ghastly Stones > Verdigris Stones > Wailing Stones > Pulchridopt Wings
          
        • Post-adjustment
          Pulchridopt Wings > Ghastly Stones > Verdigris Stones > Wailing Stones
      • The likelihood that players will receive the key item "vial of transmelange" will be raised.
        
      • Noetic Ascension Boon Adjustment
        Fenestral Fragments+- → Fenestral Fragments+
        Fenestral fragments will no longer be lost when receiving this boon.
    • Yorcia Weald [U]
      • Noetic Ascension Boon Addition

        Decreased Defending Time

        * This option may not be selected once three minutes has elapsed since the start of a skirmish.
        * Enemy respawn times and progression toward cantonments will quicken when this option is selected.
        * Selecting this option will not affect rewards in any way.
  • Lola in Eastern Adoulin will offer the following more generous exchange rate on lebondopt wings.
    • Pre-adjustment
      30 Lebondopt Wings for 1 Pulchridopt Wing
      
    • Post-adjustment
      5 Lebondopt Wings for 1 Pulchridopt Wing
  • The statue segment combination players assemble will now display upon entering the world of skirmishes.
• Delve
  • Notorious monsters fought on the surface will always drop yggzi beads.
• High-tier Mission Battlefields
  • The merit point requirements for receiving phantom gems have been eased.
    • 15→10
      Stellar Fulcrum phantom gem / Celestial Nexus phantom gem
      
    • 20→10
      Savage's phantom gem / Warrior's Path phantom gem / Puppet In Peril phantom gem / Legacy phantom gem
  • The following chapters of Rem's Tale will only drop in certain battlefields, as outlined below.

    Chapter 6

    ★Return to Delkfutt's Tower / ★Legacy of the Lost

    Chapter 7

    ★Celestial Nexus

    Chapter 8

    ★The Savage

    Chapter 9

    ★The Warrior's Path

    Chapter 10

    ★Puppet in Peril

  • The following spoils will be added to the battlefields below.
    • Battlefield
      ★Return to Delkfutt's Tower / ★Celestial Nexus / ★The Savage / ★The Warrior's Path / ★Puppet in Peril / ★Legacy of the Lost
  • Spoils

    Seraphicaller / Divinator

    * The drop rates for existing spoils will remain unaffected by the introduction of these items.