Update Galore 12/18/2006
Posted: Mon Dec 18, 2006 6:35 pm
http://www.playonline.com/pcd/update/ff ... etail.html
Alas, the rewards obtainable by Salvage remain a secret.
I hope to find out more soon.
Changes to Besieged
Players can now earn limit points by participating in Besieged.
When players are transported out of Al Zahbi due to player number restrictions, all HP-draining status effects will be removed.
An issue where, under rare circumstances, players who were KO’d during a siege of Al Zahbi lost experience points has been addressed.
Mog Locker capacity has been increased to 70 items.
YAY!!!
Job related
The following paladin abilities/traits have been adjusted:
Sentinel
The effect of Sentinel will be changed from an increase in defense to straight damage mitigation.
Also, all actions taken while Sentinel is in effect will generate additional enmity, allowing the paladin to more easily gain and maintain an enemy’s attention.
Rampart
In addition to the defense bonus granted to party members within the area of effect, Rampart will now also provide a “Magic Shield” that will absorb a certain amount of magic damage in the same manner as the spell “Stoneskin.”
Shield Mastery
In addition to granting a TP bonus, the Shield Mastery job trait will also prevent interruption to spell casting when an enemy’s attack is blocked with a shield.
The casting time for all Absorb spells has been reduced from four seconds to two.
Blue Magic
Several new spells have been added, as well as the corresponding terms for the auto translate dictionary.
The following spells have been adjusted:
*The recast time for Filamented Hold and Chaotic Eye have been reduced
*The recast/casting time for Infrasonics has been reduced
*The recast time and MP required for casting Frightful Roar has been reduced.
Corsair Adjustments
A new job trait "Rapid Shot" has been added.
Quick Draw Accuracy
A corsair’s AGI will now affect the accuracy of Quick Draw. This will make it possible to improve the accuracy of Quick Draw by increasing the relevant attributes.
Quick Draw Recast Time
The recast time for Quick Draw will be reduced from 3 minutes to 1 minute.
In accordance with this change, the Group 1 merit point ability Quick Draw Recast will now reduce recast time by 2 seconds instead of 6 seconds.
Light Shot and Dark Shot
Light Shot and Dark Shot will be changed to have the following enfeebling effects instead of inflicting damage:
Light Shot: Sleep
Dark Shot: Dispel
*The Quick Draw additional effect of increasing the potency of enfeebling effects will remain unchanged.
image Puppetmaster Adjustments
New high-level automaton weapon skills have been added.
New automaton attachments have been introduced.
New automaton emote motions have been added. An automaton will use these automatically when its master does.
/blush /bow /cheer/clap /dance /goodbye /hurray /joy /panic /point /salute /surprised and /wave
[System-Related]
Fellows will no longer disappear when changing areas or logging back in. However, a fellow cannot follow a player into an area where he/she cannot be called.
A new text command [/ignorepet] will also be introduced that will allow you to ignore the pets of others, including automatons, avatars, and charmed monsters.
The text command can be used in the following way:
/ignorepet: Displays current status when no subcommand is specified
/ignorepet on: Ignore pet targets
/ignorepet off: Allow pet targets
*While using [/ignorepet on], you will be unable to target others’ pets.
*You will always be able to target monsters’ pets, player character’s pets in PvP, and Fellows regardless of the ignorepet command.
The text command [/blockaid] will no longer turn off in the event a player has fallen in battle. Also, players will now be able to adjust the [/blockaid] settings while they are KO’d.
image The following language buttons have been added to the Language feature under Party in the main menu:
French/German/Other
In addition to J and E, F/G/? will now appear in the search window when a player is seeking a party.
*As you now can select multiple buttons, the [Bilingual] button has been removed.
The following button under the main menu option “Friend List” has been changed:
Accept & Add -> Accept
In areas where use of a support job is limited, players will no longer be able to take advantage of certain support jobs’ wide scan abilities.
An issue concerning the font color of the auction house listing of woozyshrooms has been fixed.
Alas, the rewards obtainable by Salvage remain a secret.
I hope to find out more soon.
Changes to Besieged
Players can now earn limit points by participating in Besieged.
When players are transported out of Al Zahbi due to player number restrictions, all HP-draining status effects will be removed.
An issue where, under rare circumstances, players who were KO’d during a siege of Al Zahbi lost experience points has been addressed.
Mog Locker capacity has been increased to 70 items.
YAY!!!
Job related
The following paladin abilities/traits have been adjusted:
Sentinel
The effect of Sentinel will be changed from an increase in defense to straight damage mitigation.
Also, all actions taken while Sentinel is in effect will generate additional enmity, allowing the paladin to more easily gain and maintain an enemy’s attention.
Rampart
In addition to the defense bonus granted to party members within the area of effect, Rampart will now also provide a “Magic Shield” that will absorb a certain amount of magic damage in the same manner as the spell “Stoneskin.”
Shield Mastery
In addition to granting a TP bonus, the Shield Mastery job trait will also prevent interruption to spell casting when an enemy’s attack is blocked with a shield.
The casting time for all Absorb spells has been reduced from four seconds to two.
Blue Magic
Several new spells have been added, as well as the corresponding terms for the auto translate dictionary.
The following spells have been adjusted:
*The recast time for Filamented Hold and Chaotic Eye have been reduced
*The recast/casting time for Infrasonics has been reduced
*The recast time and MP required for casting Frightful Roar has been reduced.
Corsair Adjustments
A new job trait "Rapid Shot" has been added.
Quick Draw Accuracy
A corsair’s AGI will now affect the accuracy of Quick Draw. This will make it possible to improve the accuracy of Quick Draw by increasing the relevant attributes.
Quick Draw Recast Time
The recast time for Quick Draw will be reduced from 3 minutes to 1 minute.
In accordance with this change, the Group 1 merit point ability Quick Draw Recast will now reduce recast time by 2 seconds instead of 6 seconds.
Light Shot and Dark Shot
Light Shot and Dark Shot will be changed to have the following enfeebling effects instead of inflicting damage:
Light Shot: Sleep
Dark Shot: Dispel
*The Quick Draw additional effect of increasing the potency of enfeebling effects will remain unchanged.
image Puppetmaster Adjustments
New high-level automaton weapon skills have been added.
New automaton attachments have been introduced.
New automaton emote motions have been added. An automaton will use these automatically when its master does.
/blush /bow /cheer/clap /dance /goodbye /hurray /joy /panic /point /salute /surprised and /wave
[System-Related]
Fellows will no longer disappear when changing areas or logging back in. However, a fellow cannot follow a player into an area where he/she cannot be called.
A new text command [/ignorepet] will also be introduced that will allow you to ignore the pets of others, including automatons, avatars, and charmed monsters.
The text command can be used in the following way:
/ignorepet: Displays current status when no subcommand is specified
/ignorepet on: Ignore pet targets
/ignorepet off: Allow pet targets
*While using [/ignorepet on], you will be unable to target others’ pets.
*You will always be able to target monsters’ pets, player character’s pets in PvP, and Fellows regardless of the ignorepet command.
The text command [/blockaid] will no longer turn off in the event a player has fallen in battle. Also, players will now be able to adjust the [/blockaid] settings while they are KO’d.
image The following language buttons have been added to the Language feature under Party in the main menu:
French/German/Other
In addition to J and E, F/G/? will now appear in the search window when a player is seeking a party.
*As you now can select multiple buttons, the [Bilingual] button has been removed.
The following button under the main menu option “Friend List” has been changed:
Accept & Add -> Accept
In areas where use of a support job is limited, players will no longer be able to take advantage of certain support jobs’ wide scan abilities.
An issue concerning the font color of the auction house listing of woozyshrooms has been fixed.