imported>Septimus at 17:46, 13 May 2011

2011-05-13T17:46:09Z

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== Battle-related ==

* The method that certain monsters use to detect players in the following areas will be changed.
: [[Bostaunieux Oubliette]] / [[Toraimarai Canal]] / [[King Ranperre's Tomb]] / [[Dangruf Wadi]] / [[Ordelle's Caves]] / [[Outer Horutoto Ruins]] / [[Gusgen Mines]] / [[Crawlers' Nest]] / [[Maze of Shakhrami]] / [[Garlaige Citadel]] / [[Fei'Yin]]
: * The following zones were removed: [[Ranguemont Pass]], [[Zeruhn Mines]], [[Inner Horutoto Ruins]], and [[Eldieme Necropolis]] (changes made on May 12, 2011)

* The following adjustment will be made to [[Grounds of Valor]].
:* Placement of target monsters for certain regimes that take place in [[The Eldieme Necropolis]] will be adjusted.

* The following adjustments will be made to the puppetmaster job.
:* Automaton attachments will be adjusted as follows:
::* [[Power Cooler]]
::: It will reduce the MP cost even if there are no Ice Maneuvers in effect.
::* [[Galvanizer]]
::: It will increase the chance of countering even if there are no Thunder Maneuvers in effect.
:* The following adjustments will be made to the new weapon skills that were added. In addition, we will address an issue wherein weapon skill damage was not calculated properly.
::* String Shredder
::: Damage will be increased and status bonuses added.
::* Armor Shatterer
::: Damage will be increased and status bonuses added.
::: Skillchain element will be changed from [[Fragmentation]] / [[Scission]] to [[Fusion]] / [[Impaction]].

* Empyrean upgrade items will be made obtainable from certain notorious monsters.
:* Empyrean upgrade items can now be obtained from certain notorious monsters.

== Item-related ==
* More new [[linkshell]]s will be made available for purchase.

== Miscellaneous Fixes ==
* An issue wherein the skillchain effect of the [[Inhibitor]] attachment did not work properly with the String Shredder and Armor Shatterer weapon skills, causing the automaton to go into standby mode, will be addressed.
* An issue wherein the damage of the blood pacts [[Crescent Fang]], [[Mountain Buster]], and [[Tail Whip]] was higher than intended will be addressed.
* An issue wherein aptants and pigments could be used in synergy with aperture-etched equipment, causing the apertures to be erased, will be addressed.

*The planned change to stop the "Heat Capacitor" attachment from erasing all Fire Maneuver effects will be postponed to a future update. 
*The Automaton weapon skill "Armor Shatterer" will also increase accuracy along with damage and status bonus. 
*The planned measures to reduce congestion in [[Port Jeuno]] will require a client-side update, and thus will be implemented in next week's update. We apologize to all players for this inconvenience, and ask for your patience and understanding.
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[[Category:Update History]]

Version Update Supplemental (05/09/2011) - Revision history

imported>Septimus at 17:46, 13 May 2011