2016 - (05/10/2016) The May Version Update Has Arrived!

'''To format properly later. Busy datamining this:''' 2016 - (05/10/2016) The May Version Update Has Arrived!/Details

May 10, 2016 (JST) Version Update Event-related Battle-related Item-related System-related Resolved Issues Known Issues

Event-related New Records of Eminence objectives have been added. New designations have been added.

Battle-related New battle content known as Master Trials have been added. Name: 01.jpg Views: 1 Size: 58.0 KB Master Trials are incredibly challenging battle content against the most powerful notorious monsters seen to date intended for those who are able to stretch the limits of their jobs to their utmost. New types of battlefields will be added in subsequent version updates. Requirements for Participation. Be in possession of the Treatise on Monochromacy key item. Be of a main job level of 99 and have achieved job master status. Joining the Fray 1. Speak with Emporox in Reisenjima and exchange 500 potpourri for a copy of A Treatise on Monochromacy key item. 2. Trade the treatise to the Runic Seal in Alzadaal Undersea Ruins (I-9) to enter the battlefield. 3. Vanquish all the designated foes. ・Between three and six players may participate. ・The time limit is sixty minutes. 4. Receive Rewards Ambuscade has undergone the following additions and adjustments. A new currency known as Gallantry has been added. Badges of gallantry can be earned by clearing Ambuscades and Intense Ambuscades while in a party. Gorpa-Masorpa in Mhaura (G-9) will sell players various items in exchange for badges of gallantry. <> Difficulty	Content Level	Gallantry Earned (Party of 2)	Gallantry Earned (Party of 3)	Gallantry Earned (Party of 4)	Gallantry Earned (Party of 5)	Gallantry Earned (Party of 6) Very Difficult	??? 30	60	90	120	150 Difficult	124	20	40	60	80	100 Normal	119	10	20	30	40	50 Easy	114	5	10	15	20	25 Very Easy	109	1	2	3	4	5 <> Difficulty	Content Level	Gallantry Earned (Party of 2)	Gallantry Earned (Party of 3)	Gallantry Earned (Party of 4)	Gallantry Earned (Party of 5)	Gallantry Earned (Party of 6) Very Difficult	??? 100	200	300	400	500 Difficult	134	80	160	240	320	400 Normal	129	60	120	180	240	300 Easy	124	40	80	120	160	200 Very Easy	119	20	40	60	80	100 New items known as Abdhaljs needles have been added. These items can be used to augment equipment purchasable with hallmarks. Needles enable the player to switch between augments obtained via Abdhaljs thread, Abdhaljs dust, and Abdhaljs sap while maintain the ranks of said augmentation. Using Abdhaljs needles 1. Trade an Adhaljs needle together with the piece of equipment whose augment you would like to change to Gorpa-Masorpa in Mhaura (G-9). 2. Select your desired augment. The types of foes found in Ambuscades and Intense Ambuscades have changed. Name: 02.jpg Views: 2 Size: 46.3 KB Certain items purchasable with accumulated hallmarks have been changed. A system for applying to enter an Ambuscade has been added. When examining the ambuscade tome in Mhaura (G-9) and choosing to join an Ambuscade, players will now be placed on a waiting list rather than directly entering the ambuscade. Entering an Ambuscade 1. Examine the ambuscade tome and select the type of Ambuscade and difficulty level thereof. 2. You will automatically be registered if the system detects that there are no issues with the layer area or registering player character. 3. A message will display for the registrant when the combat zone is ready. 4. Examine the ambuscade tome within three minutes to join the fray. Registrant Restrictions Players will be unable to register if any of the following are true. One or more players are not in possession of an Amuscade Primer Volume One or Two. The number of registrants exceeds the maximum of fifty. One of your party members has already applied for entry. Canceling a reservation Players registration will be canceled if any of the following conditions are met. The player cancels their reservation from the ambuscade tome. Three minutes passes from the time the player is notified that their instance is ready. The registrant boards a boat. The registrant leaves Mhaura. Player HP and MP will be restored to full and any status ailments they are suffering from will be removed upon entry. The following jobs have undergone adjustments. Summoner The maximum effective summoning magic skill for the ability Elemental Siphon has been raised to 700. At a summoning magic skill of 700, the amount of MP restored will be 680. Alter egos may now be called forth in the following battlefields. Those Who Lurk in Shadows / Ode of Life Bestowing
 * Players joining the instance must be in possession of this key item.
 * Players must have achieved job master status in the job they desire to play in the content.
 * This requires completion of Rhapsodies of Vana’diel.
 * Players may remain in the area for three minutes after the battle has ended.
 * Players will exit the arena once the time limit is reached or upon use of the undersea ruins fireflies temporary item.
 * The gilded doors and gilded gateway in the hallway connecting the entrance with the combat zone may not be used after combat has commenced.
 * A system message will display if you are unable to obtain the rewards.
 * Gallantry will be reset with each version update.
 * If the piece of equipment you trade has no existing augmentations, you will be unable to do anything other than have the piece of equipment returned to you.
 * Players may check the current number of registrants by examining the ambuscade tome.
 * Registration will also be canceled if the player teleports to a waypoint in Mhaura via means such as the black magic spell Warp.
 * Registration will not be canceled if a non-registrant party member leaves Mhaura, but that player will be ineligible to participate.
 * Adding new party members after registration will not cancel the registration, but the party may only enter with the number of players it registered with.
 * A party may enter with fewer players than it registered with, but the number of alter egos that may be called forth will depend on the number of players initially registered.

Item-related New items have been added. Name: 03.jpg Views: 1 Size: 63.9 KB New furnishings have been added. New synthesis recipes have been added. Certain superior items may now be purchased via an NPC. Antonia in Upper Jeuno (H-8) now sells Superior 1 equipment. In line with this adjustment, the items sold by Coumuna in the same area have also been adjusted. <> Item (Pre-adjustment)	Price		Item (Post-adjustment)	Price Mythril Rod	6,256	Arasy Sainti	100,100 Oak Cudgel	11,232	Arasy Knife	100,100 Mythril Mace	18,048	Arasy Sword	100,100 Warhammer	6,558	Arasy Claymore	100,100 Oak Pole	37,440	Arasy Tabar	100,100 Halberd	44,550	Arasy Axe	100,100 Scythe	10,596	Arasy Scythe	100,100 Iron Arrow	8	Arasy Lance	100,100 Yoshikiri	100,100 Ashijiro Tachi	100,100 Arasy Rod	100,100 Arasy Staff	100,100 Arasy Bow	100,100 Arasy Gun	100,100 Animator Z	100,100 Arasy Sachet	100,100 <> Item (Pre-adjustment)	Price		Item (Post-adjustment)	Price Mythril Claw	29,760	Mythril Claw	29,760 Katars	15,488	Katars	15,488 Mythril Knife	14,560	Mythril Knife	14,560 Kris	12,096	Kris	12,096 Mythril Degen	31,000	Mythril Degen	31,000 Knight’s Sword	85,250	Knight’s Sword	85,250 Two-Handed Sword	13,926	Two-Handed Sword	13,926 Mythril Axe	48,600	Mythril Axe	48,600 Great Axe	4,550	Great Axe	4,550 Mythril Rod	6,256 Oak Cudgel	11,232 Mythril Mace	18,048 Warhammer	6,558 Oak Pole	37,440 Halberd	44,550 Scythe	10,596 Iron Arrow	8 The following items may now be delivered. Forgotten Thought / Forgotten Hope / Forgotten Touch / Forgotten Journey / Forgotten Step The following items may now be sold via the auction house in the Miscellaneous 3 category. Forgotten Thought / Forgotten Hope / Forgotten Touch / Forgotten Journey / Forgotten Step The effects of the following items have been added to their help text. Orange au Lait / Apple au Lait / Pear au Lait / Grilled Hate / Meat Jerky / Selbina Milk / Meat Mithkabob / Ginger Cookie / Fish Mithkabob / Rice Ball / Roast Mushroom / Apple Pie / Melon Pie / Orange Juice / Melon Juice / Pumpkin Pie / Boiled Crab / Spicy Cracker / Jack-O’-Lantern / Acorn Cookie / Roast Pipira / Icecap Rolanberry / Yagudo Drink / Crimson Jelly / Squid Sushi / Sole Sushi / Coeurl Sub / Tavnazian Taco / Bream Sushi / Dorado Sushi / Carbonara / Beef Stewpot / Rabbit Pie / Uleguerand Milk / Cream Puff / Crab Sushi / Zaru Soba / Pot-au-feu / Yellow Curry Bun / Black Curry Bun / Butter Crepe / Chocolate Crepe / Pear Crepe / Cherry Macaron / Coffee Macaron / Kitron Macaron / Saltena / Elshena / Montagna / Stuffed Pitaru / Poultry Pitaru / Seafood Pitaru / B.E.W. Pitaru / Kitron Juice / Dragonfruit au Lait / Fruit Parfait / Marinara Slice / Pepperoni Slice / Anchovy Slice / Shiromochi / Akamochi / Kusamochi / Rolanberry Daifuku / Bean Daifuku / Grape Daifuku Additional items are storable via the porter moogle. Storage slip 22 Akitu Shirt Storage Slip 23 Hizamaru Somen / Hizamaru Somen +1 / Hizamaru Haramaki / Hizamaru Haramaki +1 / Hizamaru Kote / Hizamaru Kote +1 / Hizamaru Hizayoroi / Hizamaru Hizayoroi +1 / Hizamaru Sune-Ate / Hizamaru Sune-Ate +1
 * Similar help text will be added for other items going forward.

System-related A new system for storing crystals has been added. An NPC located outside various guilds will store elemental crystals and clusters, with a total of 5,000 storable for each element. Storage NPCs Ephemeral moogles located in the following areas will store crystals for players. Southern San d’Oria (D-9) / Northern San d’Oria (E-3) / Northern San d’Oria (E-6) / Bastok Markets (H-8) / Bastok Mines (K-6) / Windurst Waters (E-9) / Windurst Woods (H-13) / Windurst Woods (G-12) Storing Crystals 1. Speak to the ephemeral moogle and hear what he has to say. 2. Trade crystals or clusters to the ephemeral moogle. Withdrawing Crystals 1. Speak with the ephemeral moogle and ask to have crystals returned. 2. The moogle will inquire as to which element you would like. Select the appropriate one. 3. Designate the number you would like to receive or instruct the moogle to return as many as you can hold. New currencies have been added to the Currencies menu. Fire crystals stored / Ice crystals stored / Wind crystals stored / Earth crystals stored / Lightning crystals stored / Water crystals stored / Light crystals stored / Dark crystals stored The following terms have been added to the auto-translate dictionary. Category	Term Game Terms 2	Ambuscade Game Terms 2	Mount
 * When trading multiple types of crystals or clusters, they will be accepted in the following order: fire, ice, wind, earth, lightning, water, light, dark.
 * Crystals count as one crystal, while clusters count as 12.
 * The trade will be canceled if it would put the total at more than 5,000.
 * Clusters will be given instead of 12 crystals whenever possible.
 * You will not receive crystals if the number you designate would put you over the limit of free space in your inventory.
 * Selecting as many as you can carry will provide the player with stacks of clusters to fill their inventory, with the remaining slot being filled with any odd number of crystals (11 or fewer).

Resolved Issues Various issues with incorrect NPC dialogue and help text. Various issues wherein mission and quest cutscenes were displaying improperly. The issue wherein Mapitoto in Upper Jeuno’s hand and foot equipment was displaying improperly. The issue with the battlefield ★The Moonlit Path wherein being knocked out by the black magic spell Impact cast by Fenrir Prime would erroneously cause debuffs to persist despite being knocked out. The issue wherein becoming able to reaccept the objective Ambuscade Primer Volume 1/2 (Daily) would cause their non-daily versions to vanish from the objective list. The issue wherein equipping items with a movement speed bonus would provide a different bonus value to that stated in the help text. The issue wherein setting animation play rate to the lowest value would cause mounted player characters to be displayed incorrectly. The issue wherein items would occasionally be improperly sorted in the inventory via the auto sort function.

Known Issues The alter ego Shantotto II will not perform magic bursts with scission or reverberation skillchains. Used temporary items may be returned to the player under certain conditions while in Escha areas. Text overflows in the Ambuscade Primer Volume 1 and 2 Records of Eminence objectives. The effects of weight and bind do not properly affect players while mounted. The order of attribute in certain food item help text is incorrect. Players may occasionally be unable to teleport when using a nexus cape under certain conditions.