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Warriors Are Not Afraid

The latest patch, 6.18 for Final Fantasy XIV, provides refinements and several additions to the game rather than new content. Although FFXIV account owners are more excited about patch 6.2, additions such as the Data Center Travel system and a new Japanese data center, Meteor, are equally as important for players to be aware of the changes.

 

Final Fantasy Battle System

 

Weekly restrictions have been removed for receiving Unsung Blades of Asphodelos from the Asphodelos: The Fourth Circle.

 

Adjustments made to Pandaemonium Asphodelos (Savage) are the following:

• The weekly restriction has been removed when receiving rewards from coffers, and two treasure coffers will always appear.

• There will no longer be weekly entrance restrictions on all areas in Pandaemonium: Asphodelos (Savage).

• All circles of Pandaemonium: Asphodelos (Savage) are accessible.

 

Aglaia Coin is required to enhance weapons purchased with Allagan tombstone of astronomy, Radiant Roboarant, which can be purchased from Nesvaaz of Radz-at-Han. After getting the Aglaia Coin to enhance your equipment by J'lakshai, Wilmetta, or Nesvaaz, you must speak with Khaldeen in Radz-at-Han and exchange the FFXIV items for an augmented gear of choice.

 

Player Versus Player

 

Adjustments have been made to the following PVP actions:

 

• Paladin (Holy Sheltron): 

  • Knight's Resolve effect has reduced damage by 20% to 15%.

 

• Marauder/ Warrior (Onslaught and Orogeny): 

  • Onslaughts base potency is increased to 500 while maximum potency is increased to 5,000.

 

• Orogeny base potency is increased to 1000 while maximum potency is increased to 10,000.

 

• Dark Knight (Bloodspiller and Eventide): 

  • Bloodspiller base potency is increased to 6,000 while maximum potency is increased to HP below 25%. 

  • Eventide base potency is increased to 10,000.

 

• Gunbreaker (Burst Strike and Hypervelocity): 

  • Burst Strike base potency is increased to 7,000. 

  • Hypervelocity base potency is increased to 3,000, while maximum potency is increased to 6,000. The Junction DPS bonus increased to 5,000, and cure potency has been increased to 4,000

 

• Ninja (Seiton Tenchu):

  • Unsealed Seiton Tenchu duration has been reduced to 8 seconds.

 

• Machinist (Blast Charge and Aether Mortar)

  • Blast Charge grants movement speed increase when Overheated.

  • Aether Mortar potency increased to 6,000, and barrier potency increased to 6,000.

 

• Dancer (Honing Dance, Reverse Cascade, Fountainfall, Saber Dance)

  • Honing Dance potency increased to 4,000.

  • Reverse Cascade potency increased to 6,000.

  • Fountainfall potency increased to 8,000.

  • Saber Dance damage bonus increased to 10%.

 

• Black Mage (Burst and Superflare)

  • Burst barrier potency was reduced to 12,000.

  • Superflare with enemies under the Umbral Freeze effect will have a status ailment when stacking. One stack Heavy, two stacks Bind, and three stacks Deep Freeze with a duration of 2 seconds.

 

• Summoner (Fester)

  • Fester potency increased to 4,000 while maximum potency increased to 8,000.

 

• Astrologian (Gravity II and Gravity II when activated after a double cast)

  • Gravity II will apply a Heavy effect on the first target.

  • Gravity II, after double cast, will apply a binding effect only to the first target.

 

FFXIV Crystalline Conflict

 

When Season 2 begins, the top 100 players from each data center will receive vouchers via the Moogle delivery service. Any player that finishes bronze tier and above can claim rewards from Seasonal Quartermaster at the Wolves’ Den Pier. Once Season 2 starts, players will be placed five risers below the placement in Season 1 with zero Rising Stars.

 

Frontline FFXIV

 

Based on the job, the combat rank bonus for the limit guard and damage modifiers has been adjusted.

 

FFXIV System

 

A meteor data center has been added to the Japanese region, while new worlds have been added to European data centers. The Data Center Travel system has been added to allow players to travel to different data centers and play with other players. Here are the restrictions when entering another data center:

 

• Disciples of the Lands

• Retainers

• Free Companies

• Linkshells

• Cross-world Linkshell

• Fellowships

• Housing

• Eternal Bonding

• Gold Saucer

• Deep Dungeons

• PvP

• Moogle Delivery service

• Teleport

• New and Preferred World Bonus

 

Final Fantasy XIV Resolved Issues

 

The issues addressed in this patch include the following:

• Dialogue when speaking to F’lhaminn and Jesse in their respective quests.

• Joining Frontline campaigns when under the effect of the white mage’s Miracle of Nature affecting PvP damage modifiers.

• Minor text issues.

 

Final Fantasy XIV Known Issues

 

• Numbering of cross-world linkshells reverting the order they were joined after using the Data Center Travel system, then returning to the Home Data Center.

 

FFX14 Data Centers

 

New data centers have been added to the Japanese region named Meteor, and the European data centers have four more worlds to enter where you can transfer your character or create a new one in these worlds. Players who do either will receive bonuses such as double EXP up to level 80 or 1 million FFXIV gil.

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