Following the announcement earlier this week of upcoming updates for Corsair, Square Enix has released details on planned adjustments for the dragon-slaying specialists of Final Fantasy XI, the Dragoon. In addition to new and expanded support breaths for wyverns, the two-hour effect Spirit Surge will be adjusted, the recast and effects of jump job abilities will be changed, and the job's attributes will be increased.

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From the official Final Fantasy XI forums:

[dev1070] Job Adjustments: Dragoon

• New Wyvern Breath Abilities
  • Healing Breath IV (Lv. 80)
  • Remove Breath will now cure additional status ailments at the following levels:
    • Curse, bane and doom (Lv. 60)
    • Disease and plague (Lv. 80)
      *In the event that a character is afflicted with multiple status ailments, Remove Breath will cure only one.
      The effect cured will be determined by learnable level, with higher-level cure effects being prioritized over lower-level ones.
      This ability is still under development, and adjustments to priority may be implemented in a future update.
      

• Ability adjustments
  • Spirit Surge
    • The "Haste" effect granted by Spirit Surge will be stackable with similar effects granted by spells and equipment.
  • Jump
    • Recast time shortened from 90 to 60 seconds.
  • High Jump
    • Recast time shortened from 180 to 120 seconds.
    • Expanded range.
    • Will also remove enmity from the nearest party member behind the dragoon.
  • Super Jump
    • Expanded range.
    • Will also remove enmity from the nearest party member behind the dragoon.
  • Spirit Jump
    • Recast time shortened from 90 to 60 seconds.
  • Soul Jump
    • Recast time shortened from 180 to 120 seconds.
  • Spirit Link
    • Recast time shortened from 180 to 90 seconds.
  
  To maintain balance in light of the above recast time reductions, dragoon group one merit point enhancements will be adjusted as follows:
  • Jump Recast: Shortens recast time by 2 seconds (previously 3 seconds).
  • High Jump Recast: Shortens recast time by 4 seconds (previously 6 seconds).
  • Spirit Link Recast : Shortens recast time by 3 seconds (previously 6 seconds).

• Attribute Ranking Adjustments :
  • HP will be raised from C to C+.
  • Evasion skill will be raised from C- to B.
  • Parrying skill will be raised from C to B-.