November Version Update Has Arrived!

 It's been a long time coming, but the November version update of Final Fantasy XI has arrived! Center stage among the various adjustments and additions includes the final installment of the Seekers of Adoulin missions, wrapping up a storyline that landed with the expansion over a year ago! Other additions include job adjustments for Beastmaster and Summoner, the addition of the new Linkshell Concierge and Unity Concord systems, addition of new zones and Notorious Monsters, and more!

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From the official Final Fantasy XI forums:

Event-related

The final chapter in the Seekers of Adoulin mission has been added.


Players completing the scenario will be rewarded with three special items.

  • The councilor’s garb chestpiece
  • The councilor’s cuffs handwear
  • One of twelve different rings

 

  • Councilor’s Garb

    * The actual defense of the item is 1, not 51 as displayed in the screenshot.
  • Councilor’s Cuffs

Choice of one of the twelve different rings given below.

* Players misplacing their rewards should speak with Ploh Trishbahk in Eastern Adoulin (K-9) to receive new ones.
* Players wishing to exchange their ring for one of a different type need only speak to Ploh Trishbahk and pay a fee of 300,000 bayld.
* The help text for the Vocane ring erroneously reads “Damage taken II -3%” instead of “Damage taken -7%.”

 

  • A new area, Ra'Kaznar Turris, has been added.
  • New sections of existing areas have been added.
    These areas can be accessed by possessing a particular key item.
    Area Required Key Item
    Sih Gates Aged Matriarch Naakual Crest
    Moh Gates Aged Firebrand Naakual Crest
    Woh Gates Aged Booming Naakual Crest
    Dho Gates Aged Riptide Naakual Crest
    Cirdas Caverns Aged Ligneous Naakual Crest
  • A new entrance to Outer Ra'Kaznar from Woh Gates has been discovered.
    This entrance may only be used by those in possession of the aged flashfrost naakual crest key item.
  • A new system known as “Unity Concord” has been added.
    Read on for details.
  • Mog Gades have undergone the following additions and adjustments.
    • New fertilizer has been added for purchase from the Green Thumb Moogle.
    • The effects of the active fertilizer will now display when selecting a gathering point.
    • When gathering multiple times from an arboreal grove or mineral vein, the gathering attempts will stop partway if the effects of the fertilizer disappear.
    • Monster Rearing has undergone the following additions and adjustments.
      • A second rank is now available for monster rearing.
        Players must purchase a copy of the Sakura and the Magic Spoonkey item from one of the following NPCs to increase their monster rearing rank.
        Skipper Moogles in Port Sand d'Oria (I-8), Port Bastok (K-11), or Port Windurst (C-8) / Zennica in Western Adoulin (E-9)
      • New monsters are available for monster rearing.
        * Players must increase their Monster Rearing skill to rank two in order to raise these monsters.
      • The following items may now be fed to monsters.
        Cockatrice Meat / Quus / Coral Butterfly / Noble Lady
  • Fishing nodes have been added to Sih Gates.
  • The following NPCs directing players to local quests have been added.
    Ombelotte in Tavnazian Safehold (H-7) / Esteban in Selbina (I-8) / Marilionne in Mhaura (H-7)
  • Information on Records of Eminence and the Trust initiative can now be obtained from the following NPCs.
    Ailevia in Southern San d'Oria (I-9) / Matildie in Northern San d'Oria (J-8) / Teilsa in Port San d'Oria (F-9) / Arva in Bastok Mines (H-7) / Reet in Bastok Markets (G-8) / Dulsie in Port Bastok (J-8) / Jack of Hearts in Windurst Waters (G-9) / Jack of Diamonds in Windurst Walls (C-13) / Jack of Clubs in Port Windurst (E-6) / Jack of Spades in Windurst Woods (H-11)
  • Chocobo Racing has undergone the following adjustments.
    • It is now possible to skip the cutscenes accompanying completed official races and free runs.
    • The maximum cost for participating in free runs has been increased.
      * The cost will continue to reset to midnight (JST) as previously.
    • Prizes will no longer be awarded for novices races I-III if those races have already been completed previously.
      * Players will continue to receive rewards for their first clear.

Battle-related

The following jobs have undergone adjustments.Beastmaster
New familiars summonable with the Call Beast ability have been added.
Redolent Candi Blackbeard Randy

Threestar Lynn Headsmasher Ken
  • A new job ability, Bestial Loyalty, has been added.
    Bestial Loyalty (BST Lv.23, recast time: twenty minutes)
    Summons a familiar without consuming the content of its jug.
  • The job ability Read will now enable the familiar to use special attacks even at less than 1000 TP as long as the charge requirements are met.
    * Special attacks whose strength varies with TP will continue to do so even after this adjustment.
  • Summoner
    • Skillchain attributes have been added to the following Blood Pacts: Rage
      Ecliptic Bite / Flaming Crush / Mountain Buster / Spinning Dive / Predator Claws / Rush / Chaotic Strike
    • The job ability Avatar's Favor has undergone the following adjustments.
      • The effects of Avator's Favor have been increased.
      • The effects of Avatar's Favor will increase based on the amount of MP consumed when using a Blood Pact: Rage or Blood Pact: Ward
  • Notorious monsters have been added to the following areas.
    Sih Gates / Moh Gates / Cirdas Caverns / Dho Gates / Woh Dates
  • The strength and effects of weapon skills used by alter egos has been increased.
  • The duration of the charm effect of the monster ability Soothing Aroma has been decreased.
  • The drop rate of plans in the following Salvage remnants has been doubled.
    Zhaylom Remnants II / Arrapago Remnants II / Bhaflau Remnants II / Silver Sea Remnants II
  • The attack of the following monsters residing in Eastern Ulbuka has been decreased.
    Riverwashed Toad / SpoutdrenchedToad / Rustwater Toad / Cliffclinger Toad / Toad
  • Clots residing in Eastern Ulbuka now have a chance to drop clot plasma.
  • High-tier mission battlefields have undergone the following adjustments.
    The merit point requirements for receiving phantom gems have been eased.
    • 20 → 10
      Shadow Lord phantom gem / Head Wind phantom gem

Item-related

  • New synthesis recipes have been added.
  • New items have been added.
  • The rare attribute has been removed from the following items and are now stackable in groups of twelve.
    Gold Mog Pell / Red Mog Pell / Green Mog Pell
  • The help text for the following items have changed.
    Chocobo Shirt / Craftkeeper's Ring
    Pre-adjustment: Reduces rate of synthesis failures
    Post-adjustment: Likelihood of synthesis material loss-1%
  • The following items are now sotrable with the Porter Moogle.
    • Sotrage Slip 19
      Mandragora Masque / Mandragora Masque +1 / Mandragora Suit / Mandragora Suit +1 / Lycopodium Masque / Lycopodium Masque +1 / Sprotling Board / Forestdweller Board / Princess Board / Empress Board / Duelist Board / Crystal Board / Dancer Board / Wizardress Board / Fighter Board / Guardian Board / Stoic Board
  • Theraisie in Upper Jeuno (G-6) now sells the following items.
    Meaty Broth / Muddy Broth / Blackwater Broth
A new synergy recipe has been added.
Rank: Adept
Item Required Synthesis Skill Materials
Electrified Broth Cooking Snapweed Secretion, Gnat Wing, Ladybug Wing, Panopt Tear

System-related

  • New NPCs known as Linkshell Concierges will be added.
    • Linkshell Concierges
      Linkshell concierges are NPCs that match linkshells looking for players with players looking for linkshells. Any player with a linkshell or pearlsack may give linkpearls to the concierge to hand out. Players looking for a linkshell may then elect to receive one such linkpearl of their choosing.
    • Linkshell Concierge Locations and Functions
      Linkshell concierge locations and the style of linkshell they are in charge of are as follows.
      Location Style
      Western Adoulin (H-12) Casual battle content
      Western Adoulin (H-12) Assisting each other
      Eastern Adoulin (G-10) Hard-core battle content
      Eastern Adoulin (G-10) Everything
      Ru’Lude Gardens (G-9) Hard-core battle content
      Ru’Lude Gardens (G-9) Assisting each other
      Ru’Lude Gardens (G-9) Synthesis and trading
      Aht Urhgan Whitegate (H-9) Vanquishing HNMs
      Southern San d’Oria (G-10) Everything
      Southern San d’Oria (G-10) Meet new players
      Bastok Markets (F-9) Everything
      Bastok Markets (F-9) Meet new players
      Windurst Woods (H-10) Everything
      Windurst Woods (H-10) Meet new players
      * New styles and NPCs may be added after the November version update as needed.
    • Distributing Linkpearls
      Speak to a linkshell concierge while equipped with a linkpearl or pearlsack and select “I’d like to handout linkpearls.” Answer a brief questionnaire with the following information and pay a 500 gil fee to have the concierge distribute linkpearls for you.
      • Language (JP, EN, other)
      • Number of applicants desired (1-10)
      • Main days of activity (Weekdays, weekends, specific days, every day)
      • Time zone (JST, PST/PDT, GMT, no setting)
      • Main time of activity (morning, afternoon, evening, night, wee hours of the morning)

      Additionally, equipping a linkpearl and pearl sack, selecting “show me recruiting linkshells,” and picking the corresponding linkshell from the list will cancel that particular registration.

      * A linkshell may only be registered once per concierge.
      * A particular concierge can only register up to sixteen linkshells at a time. New registrations will push existing ones off the list in order of oldest to newest.
      * Maintenance and area restarts will delete all registrations from the corresponding concierges.
    • Receiving a Linkpearl
      Speak to a linkshell concierge and select “Show me recruiting linkshells” to display a list available linkshells. Check the list of parameters the registrant has set and choose your desired linkshell.

      * Players may only receive one linkpearl per Vana’diel day.
  • Icons indicating the following NPC will now appear on the map.
    Icon NPC
    Rolandienne in Southern San d'Oria (G-10)
    Isakoth in Bastok Markets (E-11)
    Fhelm Jobeizat in Windurst Woods (J-10)
    Eternal Flame in Western Adoulin (H-11)
  • A new text command, /unity (/u) has been added.
    This command enables players participating in unity chat to speak with others of the same unity regardless of distance or area.
  • An entry for Unity (Unity name) has been added to the /search and /sea text commands.
    The command enables players to search for characters by unity name.
  • A new Unity chat channel has been added, resulting in the layout to be changed as shown below.
  • A new entry to search by Unity has been added to the Search section of the main menu.
  • A new currency, Unity accolades, has been added to the currency menu.
  • The layout of the elemental attribute values displayed in automatons' equipment screens has been modified.
    Pre-adjustment:


    Post-adjustment:

Resolved Issues

  • The issue with the Seekers of Adoulin mission "To the Victor..." wherein certain NPCs did not display.
  • The issue with the Chains of Promathia mission "The Enduring Tumult of War" weren the screen would occasionally fame to black and freeze during cutscenes.
  • The issue with the Chains of Promathia mission "Calm Before the Storm" wherein players were occasionally unable to progress.
  • The issue with the quest "A Forbidden Reunion" wherein background music did not play when entering the battlefield.
  • The issue wherein certain sound effects playing when viewing the cutscene that occurs upon entering Celennia Memorial Library after completing the quest "A Thirst for Eternity" were incorrect.
  • The issue wherein the conditions for progressing with the quest "Blue Ribbon Blues" were incorrect.
  • The issue with the Windurst quest search NPC wherein the information regarding the NPC offering the quest "Let Sleeping Dogs Lie" was incorrect.
  • The issue with Mog Gardens wherein certain sound effects for monsters being raised were incorrect.
  • The issue wherein the Mog Gardens NPC Skipper Moogle would display incorrect dialogue.
  • The issue wherein player footstep sound effects would not play in certain areas of Ra'Kaznar Inner Court.
  • The issue wherein texture would occasionally fail to display properly in Ra'Kaznar Inner Court.
  • The issue wherein the area name would not display in map help text.
  • The issue wherein it was not possible to view a map of the entirety of Windurst.
  • The issue with Shami in Port Jeuno (H-8) wherein the abbreviated dialogue would not changing after cleaing a seal-requiring battlefield.
  • Various issues with incorrect item and job ability help text.
  • Various issues with typos for certain NPC dialogue.
  • The issue with the alter egos of Nashmeira and Karaha-Baruha wherein they would not cast Esuna on party members who were under the effect of petrification as their sole status ailment.
  • The issue wherein Cherukiki's alter ego would not cast haste while in combat with a foe having excessively high fire resistance.
  • The issue wherein some of Vokker's alter ego's animations were incorrect.
  • The issue wherein suspended sculptures in Ra'Kaznar Inner Court had incorrect resistance to status ailments.
  • The issue in Ra'Kaznar Inner Court where the map could not be displayed in some locations.
  • The issue with the avatar Diabolos wherein activating the following blood pacts would consume his TP.
    Camisado / Nightmare / Ultimate Terror / Noctoshield / Dream Shroud / Pavor Nocturnus
  • The issue with the avatar Atomos wherein using his blood pact would cause status ailments he was suffering from to be applied to party members.
  • The issue with the job ability Apogee wherein players would occasionally be able to use a blood pact even if the MP consumed would be greater than their current MP when under its effects.
  • The issue with the job ability Apogee enmity would not be generated when using a blood pact under the effect of Apogee until the blood pact took effect on the target monster.
  • The issue with the job ability Apogee wherein a blood pact would remain in white in the menu even if the cost of using said blood pact was higher than the player's remaining MP.
  • The issue in ★Trial by Lightning wherein the visual and sound effects of the special ability Thunderstorm were incorrect.
  • The issue wherein Fjalar and Mistmaw Leraje did not display proper animations after being slain on the Windows and Xbox 360 versions.
  • The issue wherein the icon graphics for the item Arciela's Grace +1 were incorrect.
  • The issue in Dho Gates and Woh Gates wherein certain actions were incorrect even if the colonization rate increased.
  • The issue wherein the "Pet:" effects ofaugments would not apply to luopans.
  • The issue wherein teleporting via survival guides would occasionally cost gil while the Super Kupower Thrifty Transint was active.
  • The issue with trading items wherein it was occasionally impossible to remove items from the trade window.
  • The issue with Monstrosity wherein the effects of the job abilities Berserk and Defender would not activate properly.

Known Issues

  • The screen will occasionally freeze when pressing 4 or 6 on the numpad to match up with the arrow that appears while fishing.
  • In chocobo racing, the screen will occasionally freeze after fading to black during cutscenes.
  • While undertaking the Records of Eminence objective "Magic Bursts (UC)," magic bursts activated via enfeebling magic or familiar special abilities does not count.
  • In the Seekers of Adoulin mission "Adbomination," camera locations and NPC movements in certain cutscenes are unnaturial.
  • In the Seekers of Adoulin mission "Blood for Blood," there are locations where NPC names do not display alongside their dialogues.
  • When the ninja job trait Daken activates while battling with unwavering ironclads in skirmishes taking place in Outer Ra'Kaznar [U], special abilities other than Turbine Cyclone are activated.
  • While equipped with a councilor's garb and opening the item section of the action command menu, councilor's garb is displayed in the item list.
  • Councilor's garbs erroneously display a defense value of 51 instead of the actual value of 1.
  • Using the beastmaster ability Call Beast after first using Unleash will cause the familiar summoned to display that it has zero TP.
    * This is a display bug only. The familiar will actually be summoned with 3,000 TP.
  • The Ex attribute is erroneously assigned to the charitoni sling.
  • The help text for the Vocane ring erroneously reads "Damage taken II -3%" instead of "Damage taken -7%."
  • The help text for the weapon Magesmasher erroneously reads "DMG:165" instead of "DMG:174."
  • The help text for the weapon Magesmasher +1 erroneously reads "DMG:166" instead of "DMG:175."
  • The stoneskin casting time attribute of the item Pukulatmuj +1 is lower than the display value in the help text.
  • In the "Tell" chat channel, when selecting someone to send a message to, holding down the right arrow key will not return to the first person.

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