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2021 - (11/10/2021) The November Version Update Has Landed!
Enjoy a new entry in The Voracious Resurgence, the monthly updates to Ambuscade, and the addition of Master Levels, a new player growth system.
Event-related
- A new chapter has been added to The Voracious Resurgence.
Players should speak with Reikuu in Reisenjima (K-8) after having completed the quest The Sea Sage to accept the latest quest. - The Quest Inside the Belly has undergone the following additions and adjustments.
- Additional fish are now valid turn-ins for the quest.
- Additional rewards have been added.
- The chance to receive an item will now increase when a bigger fish is traded.
- The quest Apocalypse Nigh now has a wait time of one Vana’diel day before the player is able to progress.
- The ability to start the process for reforging item level 119 relic equipment to +3 has been unlocked.
- Players will be able to begin the process by defeating a certain number of Squadron enemies in Dynamis – Divergence.
- The ability to start the process for reforging item level 119 artifacts to +3 has been unlocked.
- Players will be able to begin the process by defeating a certain number of Sweetwater or Transcended enemies in Omen.
- The Anniversary Event Mandragora Mania has been added.
- Players can enjoy the minigame by speaking with the Mandragora Assistant in the following areas.
- Southern San d'Oria (K-10) / Bastok Mines (I-9) / Windurst Walls (C-12)
- Ru'Lude Gardens (G-9) / Rabao (G-6) / Mhaura (G-9)
- Eastern Adoulin (H-10) / Chocobo Circuit (H-9) / Mog Garden
- Jingly and Rewards
- Players will earn a special currency known as jingly through the course of playing the game.
- Jingly will be reset every month.
- Players will be able to receive rewards by reaching certain jingly thresholds.
- Rewards may be reset once in the following month by paying 10,000 gil to the appropriate NPC.
- * Players will be able to enjoy the minigame even if they do not reset the rewards.
- Records of Eminence has undergone the following additions and adjustments
- The monthly objectives have been swapped out.
- A new designation has been added
Battle-related
- A new system, Master Levels, has been added.
- What are master levels?
Master levels are a new job advancement system for those jobs for which a player has achieved job master status.
Increasing one’s master level will increase both basic attributes and the maximum level of one’s support job. - Unlocking the Master Levels feature.
Players must speak with the Nomad Moogle in Ru'Lude Gardens (H-5) after meeting the following conditions in order to receive the Master Breaker key item.- Be level 99 in your current job.
- Have achieved job master status in your current job.
- Gaining master levels.
Players will earn exemplar point by defeating enemies while the following conditions are true.- Be in possession of the Master breaker key item.
- Be level 99 in your current job.
- Have achieved job master status in your current job.
- Defeat an enemies whose strength as displayed with /check is Easy Prey or higher.
- Increasing Your Master Level
Your master level starts at 0.
Your master level will increase when you accumulate a certain number of experience points, and you will receive the following benefits.- For every mastery level you earn, you and your pet’s basic attributes and combat/magic skill caps will be increased.
- For every five mastery levels your earn, your support job level cap will be increased by 1.
- Notes
- Enemy strength as displayed by /check only serves as a rough guide as to whether or not you will earn exemplar points for defeating a foe. Note that enemies who /check as “Took Weak” may still yield experience and limit points.
* The monsters to which the above applies will be marked as “Very Easy Prey” in the December 2021 version update. - “Style-change” abilities such as Composure remain unusable even if your support job is level 50 or higher.
- Exemplar point gains are unaffected by rings and other equipment earned from various campaigns that confer a bonus to experience point gains.
* Note that corsair roll effects are properly applied. - Players will lose a certain amount of exemplar points if they are defeated.
- Master level can decrease when knocked out if the amount of exemplar points lost would push them below the threshold of the previous level.
- A certain amount of lost exemplar points will be returns if a player is brought back from the brink by effects such as the white magic spells Raise and Reraise.
- Enemy strength as displayed by /check only serves as a rough guide as to whether or not you will earn exemplar points for defeating a foe. Note that enemies who /check as “Took Weak” may still yield experience and limit points.
- What are master levels?
- 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.
- Certain items obtainable in exchange for hallmarks have been swapped out.
- Certain items obtainable for total hallmarks have been swapped out.
- Certain items obtainable in exchange for badges of gallantry have been swapped out.
- The foes in Normal and Intense Ambuscades have been swapped out.
- Monster spawn locations have been adjusted in the following areas.
- Alter Egos have undergone the following adjustments.
- The shields equipped by the following alter egos will now have increased attributes if the person who called them forth has an item level of 100 or higher.
Trust: Kupipi / Trust: Curilla / Trust: Trion / Trust: Mihli Aliapoh / Trust: Valaineral / Trust: Mnejing / Trust: Lhu Mhakaracca / Trust: Rahal / Trust: August / Trust: Yoran-Oran (UC)
The shield equipped by Trust: AAEV now has increased attributes.
- The shields equipped by the following alter egos will now have increased attributes if the person who called them forth has an item level of 100 or higher.
Item-related
- New items have been added.
- Additional items are now storable via the Porter Moogle.
System-related
- A new function has been added to the Search feature.
- Players can now search by master level.
- Players are able to switch to Master Level view from the search results window.
- This feature can be activated by pressing the switch active window key/button to toggle between level and master level.
Players will be able to toggle to master level view on the search results screen if they meet the following prerequisites.- Be in possession of the Master Breaker key item.
- Be of main job level 99.
- Have achieved the job master status for their current job.
- This feature can be activated by pressing the switch active window key/button to toggle between level and master level.
- New Level Sync functionality has been added.
- A master level sync feature has been added.
Players will be able to set a master level sync in addition to the standard level sync if the following conditions are met.- Be in possession of the Master Breaker key item.
- Be of main job level 99.
- Have achieved the job master status for their current job.
- Notes
Exemplar points may or may not be gained if the level sync feature is activated while player(s) who have master levels unlocked are group with player(s) who do not have master levels unlocked. Refer to the following chart for details.
If the party has a player of master level 10, master level 5, and level 98:
- A master level sync feature has been added.
| Party Member | Level Sync Target | Level Sync Result | Exemplar Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| Master Level 10 | Master Level 10 | Master Level 10 | Obtainable |
| Master Level 5 | Master Level 5 | Obtainable | |
| Level 98 | Level 98 | Unobtainable | |
| Master Level 10 | Master Level 5 | Master Level 5 | Obtainable |
| Master Level 5 | Master Level 5 | Obtainable | |
| Level 98 | Level 98 | Unobtainable | |
| Master Level 10 | Level 98 | Level 98 | Unobtainable |
| Master Level 5 | Level 98 | Unobtainable | |
| Level 98 | Level 98 | Unobtainable |
- The master level menu will not display when a player is level synced to 98 or lower.
Resolved Issues
- The issue in which the value for Valaineral’s alter ego’s Refresh attribute was incorrect.
- The issue in which Valaineral's alter ego would continually spam Uriel Blade under certain conditions.
- The issue in which Coelestrox would return male dancer-specific gear if female dancer-specific gear was scheduled to be reforged but the reforging process was cancelled.
- The issue with the key items menu wherein the Sheet of Ancient Tunes key item did not display properly.
- The issue with the orchestrion music selection menu wherein the tunes obtained from the Sheet of Ancient Tunes did not display properly.
Known Issues
- The Porter Moogle’s storage slip 3 will not properly store items received from November’s update to The Voracious Resurgence even if traded.
- The visual effect for downleveling in master levels is incorrect.
- Certain graphics in Mandragora Mania will not display properly under certain conditions.
- There is a minor error in the Mandragora Mania minigame explanation text.
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