Today marks the arrival of the October version update for Final Fantasy XI. This update sees a series of revisions and adjustments to the Voidwatch battle system, the implementation of high level battlefields for the Promyvion areas, as well as other assorted adjustments to various aspects of the game.

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From the official Final Fantasy XI forums:

Event-related

• Voidwatch has undergone the following revisions:
  • The planar rift on the second floor of Delkfutt's Tower is now located at F-5 instead of J-5.
  • It is now possible for players to fulfill victory conditions even if they find themselves disconnected when the enemy is defeated. This can be accomplished by examining the accompanying riftworn pyxis upon reconnecting.

Battle-related
[dev1030] New Battlefields
New Burning Circle Notorious Monster (BCNM) battlefields have been added.

Locations, entry requirements, and other conditions for the new battlefields will be as follows:

    Orb Type    Price    Location    Battlefield Name    Restrictions

    Phobos Orb    30 Kindred’s Crests   

    Spire of Holla    Empty Hopes    Level: Any    Time: 15 min.    Participants: 6

    Spire of Dem    Empty Dreams    Level: Any    Time: 15 min.    Participants: 6

    Spire of Mea    Empty Desires    Level: Any    Time: 15 min.    Participants: 6

    Deimos Orb    50 Kindred’s Crests

    Spire of Vahzl    Empty Aspirations    Level: Any    Time: 15 min.    Participants: 6

* Players victorious in the battlefields at the Spires of Holla, Dem, Mea, and Vahzl will receive items that may, in turn, be traded to the NPC Shami to claim rewards.
Resolved Issues

• The following issues have been rectified:
  • The issue in which players were occasionally unable to warp back to their home nation from outposts after changing their nation of allegiance.
  • The issue in which the VNM Aello would stop attacking under certain circumstances.
  • The issue in which the VNM Akvan would erroneously drop Moon Amulets on occasion.
  • The issue in which armoury crates for the BCNM battlefield Taurassic Park would occasionally fail to spawn.
  • The issue in which the Abyssea - Grauberg NM Amphitrite would unintentionally switch from absorbing physical damage to absorbing magic damage.
  • The issue in which incorrect item names were displayed during conversations with certain Voidwatch NPCs.
  • The issue in which Japanese text was displayed alongside the English during part of a conversation with the Voidwatch Officer NPCs.
  • The issue in which the help text for Scroll of Break did not include "DRK Lv.95".
  • The issue in which the item Habaneros could not be put up for auction.

Known Issues (English-language version only)

• A line of Japanese text will occasionally appear at the conclusion of new battlefields containing the Anamnestic Vault enemy.