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A version update was performed on FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn at the following time.

* Clients will update automatically upon launch after the date and time below.

[Date & Time]
Sep. 11, 2013 around 7:15 p.m. (PDT)

[Affected Service]
FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn

[Update Details]
The following features have been implemented:

-An auto-logout feature has been introduced wherein characters that are inactive for 30 minutes will be automatically logged out of the game.

The following adjustments and countermeasures have been implemented:

-Changes have been made to the behavior and mechanics of the enemies found within the “The Wanderer’s Palace” and “Amdapor Keep” dungeons to counteract instances of players running through the dungeon without engaging enemies on the way to bosses.
As advancing through dungeons without defeating enemies is not an intended strategy, we plan to continue making further changes in the future to discourage this type of behavior.
-In instance dungeon “The Wanderer's Palace” and “Amdapor Keep”, we have increased the amount of AllaganCoins that can be obtained from a treasure chest.
-Reduced the amount of gil required for repair fees and materia removal as follows:

Equipment levels 1-10: 10 gil -> No Change
Equipment levels 11-20: 50 gil -> 30 gil
Equipment levels 21-30: 100 gil -> 60 gil
Equipment levels 31-40: 210 gil -> 120 gil
Equipment levels 41-40: 500 gil -> 200 gil

-Reduced the price of Dark Matter as follows:
Dark Matter G1: 5 gil -> 4 gil
Dark Matter G2: 30 gil -> 12 gil
Dark Matter G3: 70 gil -> 24 gil
Dark Matter G4: 150 gil -> 48 gil
Dark Matter G5: 350 gil -> 80 gil


A temporary countermeasure has been implemented for the following issue:

-For the issue wherein the “Manor Sentries” found within the Haukke Manor dungeon could become stuck and prevent players from progressing through the instanced dungeon, we have changed the original location of “Manor Sentries” to the second floor.


The following issues have been addressed:

-The server would crash under certain conditions during instanced dungeons.
-Characters would sometimes get stuck in the “Binding Coil of Bahamut” dungeon after the party was wiped out.
-Bomb Boulders would sometimes fail to appear in “The Navel (Hard)” battle.
-Certain monsters would sometimes get stuck in the “Amdapor Keep” dungeon.
-The option to return to Home Point would not display when completing a primal battle while being KO’d.
-The entry point for the “The Thousand Maws of Toto-Rak” dungeon was shown in the field in the “Stinging Back” guildhest.
-The “Steel Reign” FATE would sometimes fail to appear.
-Completing the “Behold Now Behemoth” FATE would sometimes cause the server to crash.
-If the player was disconnected during the “Lady of the Vortex” instanced battle, the Duty List, Journal, and Journal Map may display incorrectly.
-The “Notorious Biggs” quest could sometimes be progressed without completing the instanced battle.
-There were occasions where it was impossible to target the snowman in the “Speak Softly to Me” quest.
-The cutscene was canceled if the player was attacked during the “Lord of Crags” cutscene.
-If a player logged out while being bound by duty within an instance, and logged back in after conclusion of the instance, the free company chat would not work.
-Mog Letters were not sent properly in some instances.
-Certain conditions would sometimes cause the server to crash while interacting with the free company
“Company Chest”.
-The “Reach” gauge was sometimes not selectable when in a new, unknown gathering point.
-In some instances, the specified items to collect were incorrect in the “A Relic Reborn” quest.
-In some instances, the specified enemies to defeat were incorrect in the “A Relic Reborn” quest.

How is the level grind when compared to FFXI and/or WoW?

Depends.

There are 5 major sources of exp in the game:
Quests
FATES (world event quests that pop up a lot)
Your Hunting log (kill 3 of x mob for an exp bonus, big bonus for completing 10)
Levequests (repeatable Fate-esque quest events specific to you that you choose)
Dungeons/Guildheists (the latter being party-based levequests that probably aren't really worth it except as a teaching mechanism)

Each city territory has quest hubs through cap (or up until close to it, at least). Each city is probably good for getting one battle class up to 50 once combined with FATES, leves, periodic dungeons, and the hunting log.

There is a main story line, and that quest series is essentially worth another city. Doing that, plus the hunting log, FATES, levequests, and dungeons is essentially how I hit 30, without touching much of the other quests on my Cnj.

So that is 4 classes to cap without grinding.

After that, it's just the Fate events, repeatable leve quests, hunting log, and dungeons.

I should note that Fate parties (go from Fate to Fate in a group as they pop up in a zone) are easily the fastest way to level in game right now, and they're super active (you're generally always killing stuff or on the move).

So it's not so bad. Might be sort of boring if you intend to take EVERY class up, but just judging by how fast I hit 15 on my Arcanist versus my Cnj, the exp buff for the class level difference is DEFINITELY noticeable.

I'm guessing the game is primarily structured so that getting a class to level 36 or so (when you'd get the last of the cross-class abilities, more or less, from that class) is meant to be relatively easy, but the last 15 or so levels are longer to get through.

8pm until 6pm is almost as far away from primetime as you can get.

I'm 32 now. Perk of not commuting today, I get to spend that two hours playing FFXIV instead.

Ended up just mostly doing Fates, because I needed to ding to unlock the next story mission. Got my Freecure trait, and just two levels until Stoneskin (which means hitting full cross-class potential from Cnj).

Haven't decided where I'm going from here. Half of me is saying just continue on until 50 for the exp bonus. Half of me sees so many other pretty classes...

Either way, I'll probably take the story mission through Titan first.

When considering cross-class abilities for the White Mage, it's kind of rough. There's a really useful skill at Arc 34, and one at Thaum 26. Otherwise, the only really useful skills are Virus and Surecast (which I already have). Oh, and Thunder for soloing, but I have it already.


So I'm thinking the WISE path would be to take Whm all the way to 50, for the maximum exp bonus for everything else. It's not like I'll really miss those two cross-class abilities before endgame content.

But the other part of me sees all the other classes and they're SO PRETTY. Hmm...