2/17/14 Update Discussion

Details Here:

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/threads/40059

NEW ITEMS THANKS TO BG-WIKI:

http://bg-wiki.com/bg/February_2014_Version_Update_Changes

Direct Link to update
Will update OP with further notes when games go live like what mats needed for relic upgrades/how many.


Upgraded Relic Gear: Thanks Prothescar/Kincard/Urat(from BG) for this info:
Plasm Item:
All Boss Crafting Mats are 300k Plasm.

Outer Ra'Kaznar
Buy map at Scout's Coalition 2000 Bayld

Entrance F-8 in Kamihr Drifts. Warp #4 and go southwest.

There are no bivouacs in the zone. This is a dungeon zone kind of like the caverns. However you can warp via the augural conveyor for skirmish.

Map 1:

Map 2:


Labeled maps best I could from what I did. You can't access all the Colonization Reives or other areas of the map because of walls. I've tried multiple ways but some areas are impossible to access as of now.

I didn't draw where the walls were because rumor is that Colonization % affects which walls are down

The vines are drops only, but The Elevator you can take up or down.

Lerene is the NPC when you zone. She asks for 2 ancestral cloths for her quest.

They are found off 'shunned' mobs throughout the zone. They're fomors but they have access to new weaponskills.

When you trade her the 2 cloths she gives you a cutscene which mentions a silvery plate. And gives you the "Pulverizing" Key item. You need the Key Item to destroy the Colonization Reive walls.

I drew my path to the silvery plate. And then drew as far as I could get into the zone. I assume the Dead End lead to a zone in a future update (Inner Ra'Kaznar if I had to guess).

If anyone has any critical information please let me know so I can try to update it.

Skirmish Info thanks to pchan:
GEO RELIC QUEST: Thanks to Kensagaku over at BG for info.

rev up that new gear list plox!

i like how u can buy the synthesis material now from delve nms

Best part of the update: every class can equip bronze bullets.

Nothing to shoot them, but still great to be able to wield stats-less bullets!

and considering augmented is going to be the cheapest... nb4 everyone floods dynamis...

The "status change" thing on Delve and WKR bossses interests me, is this an indicator for stuff that already happens or is it some sort of stagger feature they are adding?

Judging by the wording it is some sort of stagger, because it says it shows up when players successfully manage to change its battle mode (i.e. its pro-active, not reactive). Now I guess it could just be when the auras get cleared, but... I guess we'll see.

Oh my God, they fixed Gungnir to not *** up Angon!

I wonder what this means:

DEF:100 HP+60 STR+25 DEX+19 VIT+12 AGI+31 INT+15 MND+15 CHR+16 Ranged Attack+25 Evasion+44 Magic Evasion+53 "Magic Def. Bonus"+2 Haste+8% "Phantom Roll" effects +50

where u get those stats?

probably 50 secends added? but that dosn't seem any more than the NQ

also. i remember when haste was something you used to bust balls getting... seems like SE is throwing it on EVERYTHING these days.

BG has the new items

bgwiki is starting to update them:
http://wiki.bluegartr.com/bg/February_2014_Version_Update_Changes

updated OP

Time to make a new thread for every item or change this version!

Plunderer's Armlets
Rare-Ex 99 Hands DEF:64 HP+11 STR+5 DEX+20 VIT+18 AGI+1 INT+6 MND+17 CHR+18 Accuracy+12 Evasion+23 Magic Evasion+25 "Magic Def. Bonus"+1 Haste+4% Enmity+5 "Treasure Hunter"+2 THF


Plunderer's Armlets +1
Rare-Ex 99 Hands DEF:90 HP+25 STR+9 DEX+33 VIT+30 AGI+3 INT+10 MND+28 CHR+24 Accuracy+15 Evasion+39 Magic Evasion+37 "Magic Def. Bonus"+2 Haste+5% Enmity+6 "Treasure Hunter"+2 THF


aaaand no new levels of tresure hunter... *price is right fail sound*

looks like they aren't keeping the AF2+2 augments on them.. :(

Extremely disappointed with this. Now I'll have to re-get all my relic gear for these upgrades if I want to keep the extremely useful augments on my current Relic +2s. As well as spend more to upgrade them since they'll just the base Relics.

Was also expecting +3 TH but on the positive note those are pretty solid TP hands (lots of accuracy for AAs etc.), probably only beat by new Iuitl+1 with the augments (even if the augments would remain double attack +2), and maybe 119 artifact hands. So at least you can TP in TH5 without being gimp so higher chance at raising TH level at least while not wearing old gimpy gear.

The augment text usually doesn't appear in the description when they post it like that. I think it doesn't go lost.

nothing really jumped out at me to make me go zomg, gear seems like there will be slight boosts in some slots per job

Just looking over the list of items for stuff relevant to me- SAM body is going to be a beast when it's 119. WHM 119 relic feet may change some sets, since they have 10% cure potency- probably drop Bokwus Gloves and go with healing skill hands instead. MNK 119 feet look pretty nice for stuff you can counter, but since you lose the Mantra augment most monks will have to consider whether or not that tradeoff is worth it. That's true of a lot of this stuff. It seems like certain pieces that were great for the augments you are going to have to keep, and just make the same piece to 119 for those bonuses.

SAM hands have 6 less seconds on Meditate than the +2 version? <.<

its not the leaps and bounds we had with AF armor. relic was kinda good to start with.
changes made:
. give haste on EVERYTHING
. throw on some base stats and ILVL
. slightly increase attributes like attack/acc
. make some of the "increase job ability/trait slightly better
. Ignored previous augments to make people suffer.
so its still a huge welcome. just not the leaps and bounds we are used to with the relic reforge.

the *** is critical parry

I am glad they kept all the augments on the relic armor. Worked hard for all my sets to get those. Would be a shame to lose. And most the 199 armor is not any better than Af 119 armor. Mst the armor looks disappointing.

Cipher Of Lehko's Alter Ego

Next Trust NPC is male mithra - very cool

Looks like Lehko Habhoka is coming as a trust NPC. In case you forgot who that was:



The Michael Jackson mithra.


EDIT: Beaten by like 10 seconds lol.

i am devastated that koga stuff lost its elemental ninjutsu cast time reduction and mijin gakure damage boost

You parried so hard that it ended up being a critical hit to your face with your own weapon!

Yeah lots of sidegrades but nothing amazing really. my biggest question is what will happen with aug. If you lose it with the upgrade, dynamis is going to be packed for a while. If you dont lose it with the upgrade...dynamis will be packed for a while.