ffxiv FFXIV - Yoshi-P Shared Details About Planned Updates and Changes!

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Naoki Yoshida, producer and director of Final Fantasy XIV, has shared a few statements regarding job changes, housing issues, and more! Here is everything you need to know!

Following the release of Dawntrail, players expressed several concerns about jobs, mechanics, housing, and console issues, which led Yoshi-P to issue a few statements explaining their plans for addressing them. So let's go over all you need to know about what has been said:

First of all, regarding player feedback about certain jobs, the following adjustments are planned to be made between patch 7.01 and patch 7.05:

• Monk 
  Certain actions have incorrect potencies, as well as an error with the requirements to apply stacks of Fury. They plan to address these issues in Patch 7.01. 
• Astrologian 
  Astrologian is having issues specifically with the damage burst phases, which they plan to address in Patch 7.01. Light Speed will have its recast time adjusted and will also be made into a charged action. They also plan to shorten the recast time of the two draw actions and adjust the potency of Macrocosmos.
• Viper 
  They plan on improving the Viper’s skill rotation, including the easing of directional requirements and changes to the effects of several actions. These changes are planned for Patch 7.05.
• Black Mage 
  Before learning the action Umbral Soul, black mage has difficulty recovering MP. They plan to address this in Patch 7.01 and make further adjustments to action potencies in Patch 7.05.
• Tank 
  To help with concerns about holding enmity in battle, they will add increased enmity effects to tank area-of-effect attacks as well as their movement abilities in Patch 7.01.
• Samurai and Red Mage 
  For samurai, the recast timers of Tendo Setsugekka and Tendo Kaeshi Setsugekka will be reduced. For red mage, the effect duration of Manafication will be extended.
• Pictomancer 
  There is an issue where players can manually disable the effects of Subtractive Palette, Aetherhues, and Aetherhues II. This will be addressed with Patch 7.01.

In addition to job adjustments, there have been reports of housing issues, and the Final Fantasy XIV team confirmed that they plan to upgrade the lighting effects in houses. Read more about it here: Issues with Housing Brightness Settings

Finally, after the issues Xbox players have been dealing with and also as a way to thank players for their patience and support, Yoshi-P has decided to reward us all with some free playtime:

Xbox Series X|S players

• You must have registered the full version of Final Fantasy XIV on Xbox Series X|S AND have an active subscription as of July 4, 2024, at 10:30 p.m. (PST).
• Game time granted: 8 days (for a total of 10 days when added to the game time below, which will be granted to all eligible players).
  * If players are using additional services, such as the hiring of additional retainers, a free usage period for those services will be granted simultaneously.
• Game time will be granted from July 10, 2024, at 10:30 p.m. (PST) onwards.
  * Due to the large number of service accounts involved, we expect the process to take 2-3 days to complete.

All other players, including those on PlayStation®5 / PlayStation®4

• Must have registered the full version of Final Fantasy XIV, regardless of platform AND have an active subscription as of July 4, 2024, at 10:30 p.m. (PST).
• Game time granted: 2 days
  * If players are using additional services, such as the hiring of additional retainers, a free usage period for those services will be granted simultaneously.
• Game time will be granted from July 10, 2024, at 10:30 p.m. (PST) onwards.
  * Due to the large number of service accounts involved, we expect the process to take 2-3 days to complete.