Prepare for some "stunning" news ladies and gentlemen, as the Paladin and Dark Knight jobs will see revisions made to their special "Bash" job abilities. Both Weapon Bash and Shield Bash will see an overall reduction in the recast time for the ability, and will see changes to the merit category for the recast value of these abilities to balance these revisions.

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From the official Final Fantasy XI forums:

[dev1071] Job Adjustments: Paladin

• Shield Bash recast time will be reduced from five minutes to three.
• To preserve balance in light of this change, the Shield Bash Recast merit point enhancement will be adjusted to reduce recast time by six seconds per level, instead of the previous ten.

From the official Final Fantasy XI forums:

[dev1072] Job Adjustments: Dark Knight

• Weapon Bash recast time will be reduced from five minutes to three.
• To preserve balance in light of this change, the Weapon Bash Recast merit point enhancement will be adjusted to reduce recast time by six seconds per level, instead of the previous ten.