Announcing the June Version Update!Follow

The next version update is scheduled to land in late June.

This update will not only see the climactic conclusions to some of Adoulin's questlines, but also the addition of new high-tier avatar battlefields.

In addition, plenty of job and ability adjustment in store, along with rank 5 monster rearing, style lock enabled for ranged weapons, and a plethora of other additions and adjustments.

Keep a look out for more details as the June version update approaches!

[dev1268] New High-Tier Battlefields

• The following high-tier battlefields will be added.

★The Moonlit Path / ★Waking the Beast / ★Waking Dreams

• 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 Opposum in Port Bastok (J-11)
Mimble-Pimble in Port Windurst (L-5)

• Required Key Items

 
Battlefield	Key Item	Number of Merit Points Required

 
★The Moonlit Path	Moonlit Path phantom gem	15 
★Waking the Beast	Waking the Beast phantom gem 
★Waking Dreams	        Waking Dreams phantom gem

• Regarding Difficulty Levels

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

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

• Battlefield, Boss, and Entry Restrictions

 
Battlefield Name	Point of Entry	Boss	Entry Restrictions

 
★The Moonlight Path	Full Moon Fountain	Fenrir Prime	All Levels 
                                                             Thirty Minutes 
                                                             Six-Person Party 
★Waking the Beast	Full Moon Fountain	Carbuncle Prime 
★Waking Dreams	        The Shrouded Maw	Diabolos

• 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.

[dev1269] Mog Garden Adjustments

• Monster rearing will undergo the following changes.

• Rank 5 monster rearing will be made available.

• Two new kinds of rearable creatures will be added.

Bugard / Adamantoise

• New Chacharoon cheers will be added.
• It will be possible to raise up to three creatures simultaneously.
• New items will be made available as creature feed.

[dev1271] Quest Adjustments

• New quests will be added.

• The following quests will have their difficulty adjusted.

Eco-Warrior (San d'Oria) / Eco-Warrior (Bastok) / Eco-Warrior (Windurst) /
The Gustaberg Tour / The Kuftal Tour / Promotion: Superior Private /
Promotion: Corporal

[dev1272] Job Adjustments

• Jobs will undergo the following adjustments.

• Monk

• The Footwork job ability will undergo the following adjustments.

• Footwork will no longer make kicks the primary mode of attack. Instead, autoattacks will also have a chance of kicking while Footwork is in effect.
• Effect duration will be decreased from 300 seconds to 60 seconds.

*The effect footwork has on particular weaponskills will remain unchanged.

• Beastmaster

• Six new familiars will be able to be called forth with the "Call Beast" ability.

• Ranger

• The following job abilities will undergo adjustments.

• Flashy Shot

The ability will no longer ignore level difference penalties. Instead, a bonus to ranged accuracy and damage will instead be granted based on the level difference between the target and the player.

• Eagle Eye Shot

This ability will now ignore the following effects granted by spells and job abilities.
Blink / Shadow Images
*These changes will only apply to eagle eye shot when used by player characters.

• Archery and Marksmanship skills will be increased.

• Dragoon

• The activation time for the following breaths abilities will be increased from 1 to 1.25 seconds in order to resolve the issue wherein changing equipment via the equip set function would occasionally not be reflected properly.

Healing Breath / Healing Breath II / Healing Breath III / Healing Breath IV /
Flame Breath / Frost Breath / Gust Breath / Sand Breath /
Lightning Breath / Hydro Breath

• Blue Mage

• The following blue magic spells will be added.

Searing Tempest / Blinding Fulgor / Spectral Floe / Scouring Spate /
Anvil Lightning / Silent Storm / Entomb / Tenebral Crush / Saurian Slide /
Palling Salvo

• Puppetmaster

• Automaton HP will be increased.

• In line with this change, the amount of HP recovered from the Auto-Repair Kit attachment will be slightly increased.
• The recast delay of Repair will be reduced by 50% and the effects of automaton oils will be adjusted according to the table below.

 
Item	                 Amount Healed	        Effect Duration 
Automaton Oil	        10 / 3 s → 20 / 3 s	30 s → 15 s 
Automaton Oil +1	20 / 3 s → 40 / 3 s	60 s → 30 s 
Automaton Oil +2	30 / 3 s → 60 / 3 s	90 s → 45 s 
Automaton Oil +3	40 / 3 s → 80 / 3 s	120 s → 60 s

June Version Update Announcement

Greetings, adventurers.
Matsui here.

The June version update is right around the corner, but I would like to share an early overview of what will be implemented.

Starting off, we’ll be adding high-tier battlefields for three avatars: Fenrir, Carbuncle, and Diabolos, so look forward to challenging enhanced versions of these familiar creatures once more.

New notorious monsters will be added to Wanted. With new and bigger foes to vanquish, now's a great time to get involved with Unity!

Several Seekers of Adoulin quests will also reach their conclusions this patch, and players will be able to enjoy a bevy of lore, battles, and rewards.

Furthermore, we’ll be implementing new aspects to fishing that are geared towards veteran anglers that possess the Ebisu Fishing Rod and Lu Shang’s Fishing Rod.
A duo of quests provide upgrades to these two special rods, complete with all-new visual effects. Take on the challenges and reap your just rewards!

Mog Gardens will also undergo changes as we unlock rank 5 for monster rearing, which will add new monsters and also increase the number of monsters you can simultaneously rear.

We’ll also be making job adjustments, adding new alter egos, implementing an emote for sitting on chairs, setting an NPC that will allow you to check what you’ve fished up, addressing the ranged weapon slot for the lockstyle feature, and much more!

I hope you are all looking forward to the June version update, which goes live on Thursday, June 25.

Below is a detailed list of features planned for the version update. Keep in mind that this list is still provisional, and any balancing or bug issues we discover during testing may require us to remove an item from the update.

Mission/Quest related

• Seekers of Adoulin quests

Text creation
Cutscene creation
Battle balance adjustment
Mog Garden Quest Text creation
Cutscene creation

• Alter ego acquirement quest

Text creation
Cutscene creation

• Lu Shang's Fishing Rod enhancement quest

Text creation
Cutscene creation
Ebisu Fishing Rod enhancement quest Text creation
Cutscene creation

• Adjustments to the quest "Fisherman's Heart"

Addition of a feature that allows players to check fish that they've caught before.
Change coordinates of NPC positions.

• Missions

Key items necessary to progress in some missions will be added to the Curio Vender Moogles' merchandise lists.

• Adjustments to existing quests

Adjusting difficulty of "The Gustaberg Tour"
Adjusting difficulty of "The Kuftal Tour"
Adjusting difficulty of "Eco-Warrior"
Addition of hints for "Wrath of the Opo-opos"
Addition of hints for "Wandering Souls"


Area/Monster related

• Escha - Zi'Tah

Creation of new additional monsters.
Adjustment of additional monster locations.
Making adjustments so experience points can be obtained from enemies called forth by certain notorious monsters.
Creation of a system that makes it easier to obtain experience points when in a party.
Implementation of a function that adjusts the time it takes for monsters to respawn depending on the situation in the area.
Increace the maximum amount of Escha Silt/Escha Beads that can be carried.


Content/System related

• High-tier battlefields

Creation of High-tier avatar battlefields.
Adjustments to battle balance.

• Geas Fete

Adding mechanic that allows for random notorious monster spawning after vanquishing one.
Adjustments to rise in cost of tribulenses.

• Mog Garden

Creation of Monster Rearing Rank 5.
Cutscene creation.
Increase number of monsters that can be reared at the same time.
Additon of new monsters that can be reared.
Addtion of new Chacharoon's Cheers.

• Unity Concord

Creation of an animation for when the unity leader participates in chat. -

• Unity: Wanted Battles

Creation of new notorious monsters.
Addition of new warps.

• Records of Eminence

Addition of Unity: Wanted Battle related objectives.
Addition of fishing related objectives.

• Trust

Support for new High-Tier Avatar Battlefields.
Support for Delve.
Support for Incursion.
Support for the quest "Eco-Warrior".

• Titles

Creation of new titles.

• Home Point

Addition of new Home Points.


Battle System related

• Monk

Adjustments to Footwork.

• Beastmaster

Creation of new pets.

• Ranger

Adjustments to Flashy Shot.
Adjustments to Eagle Eye Shot.

• Dragoon

Adjustments to activation time for wyvern breaths.

• Blue Mage

Creation of new blue magic.
Adjustments to added traits of certain blue magic spells.

• Puppetmaster

Adjustments to HP of Automatons.
Adjustments to the effects of certain attachments.

• Alter egos

Creation of new Alter Egos.
Adjustment to the way status effect recovery works for healer type Alter Egos.

• Adventuring fellows

Adjustments to the capabilities of Signal Pearls.
Adjustments to the capabilities of Tactics Pearls.


Item related

• Celestial Nights

Creation of rewards

• Sunbreeze Festival

Creation of rewards

• Seekers of Adoulin quests

Creation of rewards

• Lu Shang's Fishing Rod enhancement quest

Creation of rewards

• Ebisu Fishing Rod enhancement quest

Creation of rewards

• High-tier battlefields

Creation of rewards

• Alluvion Skirmishes

Addition of items that can be traded for Mellidopt Wings

• Unity: Wanted Battles

Creation of rewards
Creation of a system for enhancing rewarded equipment.

• Mog Garden

Creation of acquired item table for new monsters that can be reared.

• Fishing

Addition of new seafood.
Adjustment to skill gain rate.
Adjustment to odds of getting a bite.

• Beastmaster

Addition of NPCs that sell items for the ability "Reward."

• Puppetmaster

Addition of NPCs that sell attachments.

• Emotes

Creation of items for emotes.

• Moogle Storage Slips

Addition of items that can be stored.

• Mog Bonanza

Creation of new items.


UI related

• Emotes

Creation of emote for sitting in a chair.

• Mog House

Adjustments to the order in which the selection for doorways are displayed.

• Lockstyle

Support for ranged weapon slots

• Text Commands

Creation of text commands for "Ready."
Addtion of a command to turn the Name Plate magnification feature on and off during area of effect displays.

• Auto-translate function

Addition and removal of categories.

I'm liking that. Maybe I just never found it, but is there a way to turn this feature off entirely? I'm not sure why they felt it was needed, but to me at least, it is nothing but annoyance.

System-related

When selecting a subtarget, the subtarget will flash and its nameplate will appear larger. (* Added on May 20, 2015.)

If they had said "adding a new source of PUP attachments" I would be able to understand that fear, but the way they worded it sounds more like they're just altering what the attachments actually do for BALANCE reasons.

• Puppetmaster

Addition of NPCs that sell attachments.