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2019 - (07/08/2019) The July Version Update Has Landed!

≪July. 8, 2019 (JST) Version Update≫
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Experience a high-tier battlefield featuring Cait Sith, the monthly updates to Ambuscade, and job adjustments to ninja and white mages.

Event-related

• It is now possible to re-obtain items originally acquired during the Rhapsodies of Vana’diel scenario.
  Southern San d'Oria (L-6) / Port Bastok (K-7) / Windurst Woods (G-10)
• The monthly Records of Eminence objectives have been changed.
• A new designation has been added.

Battle-related

• A new high-tier battlefield has been added.
  • ★Champion of the Dawn
    
    • Joining the fray
      To enter the battlefield, players must possess a specific key item that can be purchased in exchange for merit points from one of the following NPCs.
      • Trisvain in Northern San d'Oria (J-7)
      • Raving Opossum in Port Bastok (J-11)
      • Mimble-Pimble in Port Windurst (L-5)
    • Required Key Item for ★Champion of the Dawn

Key Item	Merit Points Required
Champion phantom gem	10

* Players must have cleared the battlefield Champion of the Dawn to purchase Champion phantom gems.

• • • Entry Location, Boss, and Conditions for Entry

Location	Boss	Conditions
Selbina (H-7)	Cait Sith	No level restriction Thirty minute time limit Six-person party

• • • Leaving the Battlefield
      • Use the Veridical Conflux Shard Temporary item.
        • You are provided with this item upon entry into the battlefield.
      • Reach the time limit.
        • When Cait Sith has been vanquished, the time limit will be set to six minutes (Earth time).
• Ambuscade has undergone the following additions and adjustments.
  • The foes in Normal and Intense Ambuscades have been swapped out.
    * As such, the corresponding Records of Eminence objectives have changed.
    
  • Some rewards obtainable in exchange for hallmarks have been swapped out.
  • Some rewards obtainable for total hallmarks have been swapped out.
  • Some rewards obtainable in exchange for badges of gallantry have been swapped out.
• The following jobs have undergone adjustments.
  • Ninja
    
    • Certain merit point categories have been changed
      * Points placed in the old categories will automatically carry over to the new categories.

Pre-adjustment	→	Post-adjustments
Katon: San	→	Yonin Effect
Hyoton: San	→	Innin Effect
Huton: San	→	Ninjutsu Magic Accuracy
Doton: San	→	Ninjutsu Magic Attack Bonus

• • • The merit point categories Raiton: San and Suiton: San have been removed.
      • All points allocated to these categories before the version update will be lost.
    • Katon: San, Hyoton: San, Huton: San, Raiton: San, Doton: San, and Suiton: San are now learnable via scrolls.
      * Those who have placed points in the applicable merit point categories prior to this version update do not need to relearn them.
  • White Mage
    
    • The effects of the white magic spell Esuna have been changed.
      • As a result of this change, the functionality has been restored to the pre-May 2019 version.

Pre-adjustment	→	Post-adjustments
Removes all of the following effects from the target: Poison / Paralysis / Blind / Silence / Curse / Disease / Plague / Petrification In addition, under Afflatus Misery, Esuna also removes status ailments removable with Erase, as well as amnesia.	→	Removes one of the following effects from yourself and party members within area of effect. Poison / Paralysis / Blind / Flash In addition, under Afflatus Misery, the number of status ailments removed increases, and Esuna also removes status ailments removable with Erase.
Recast Time: 120s	→	Recast Time: 30s
Cost: 178 MP	→	Cost: 24 MP

• • • The effects of the white magic spell Sacrifice have been changed.
      • As a result of this change, the functionality has been restored to the pre-May 2019 version.

Pre-adjustment	→	Post-adjustments
Transfers one of the following status ailments from target party member to self at half duration. Poison / Paralysis / Blind / Flash / Silence / Petrification In addition, under Afflatus Misery, turns the transferred status ailment into resistance to that ailment.	→	Transfers one of the following status ailments from target party member to self. Poison / Paralysis / Blind / Flash In addition, under Afflatus Misery, the number of status ailments transferred increases, and also transfers status ailments removable with Erase.

• The alter ego Pieuje (UC) has undergone the following adjustments.
  • Pieuje will now use the weapon skill Starlight.
  • Pieuje will now use Esuna when he is suffering from a status ailment.

Item-related

• New items have been added.
  
• The following augments have been changed.

Pre-adjustment	→	Post-adjustments
Ninjutsu: San Damage	→	Yonin Effect Innin Effect
Ninjutsu: San Cast Time Reduction	→	Ninjutsu Magic Accuracy Ninjutsu Magic Attack Bonus

• The Cleric's Wand, Piety Wand, and Asclepius attribute “Affaltus Misery: Restores 2/3/4% HP per effect removed” has been changed to “Afflatus Misery: Number of ailments removed with Esuna +1/2/3”.
• Solby-Maholby in Norg (H-9) now sells the following scrolls.
  Katon: San / Hyoton: San / Huton: San / Doton: San / Raiton: San / Suiton: San
• The help text of the following scrolls has changed.
  Esuna / Sacrifice

System-related

• Time remaining will now be displayed in battlefields.
• The following entries have been added to the currency menu.
  Deeds / Crafter Points / Set Fire Crystals / Set Ice Crystals /
  Set Wind Crystals / Set Earth Crystals / Set Lightning Crystals /
  Set Water Crystals / Set Light Crystals / Set Dark Crystals /
  Set MC-I-SR01s / Set MC-I-SR02s / Set MC-I-SR03s /
  Set Liquefaction Spheres / Set Induration Spheres / Set Deonation Spheres /
  Set Scission Spheres / Set Impaction Spheres / Set Reverberation Spheres /
  Set Transfixion Spheres / Set Compression Spheres / Set Fusion Spheres /
  Set Distortion Spheres / Set Fragmentation Spheres / Set Gravitation Spheres /
  Set Light Spheres / Set Dark Spheres / Silver A.M.A.N. Vouchers / Mystical Canteens

Resolved Issues

• The issue with the following Magian Trials wherein the counter would not advance under certain conditions.
  No.2658／No.3091／No.3554
• The issue wherein the graphic for the Bozzetto Flowspear was incorrect under certain conditions.
• The issue with the avatar Titan’s Blood Pact Geo Crush wherein landing a magib burst would not appear in the log window under certain conditions.
• The issue wherein Calinomille would not move when an item was traded.
• The issue wherein Calinomille would not move when an item was traded.
• The issue wherein the icon for Emporox’s Gift was the incorrect size under certain conditions.

Known Issues

• In Omen, the log message indicating that Kin has absorbed a magic attack does not display under certain conditions.
• The following NPC dialog is incorrect under certain conditions.
  • Trisvain in Northern San d'Oria (J-7)
  • Raving Opossum in Port Bastok (J-11)
  • Mimble-Pimble in Port Windurst (L-5)

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