Patch Notes 2.5 (Preliminary)Follow

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http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/topics/detail/a5a072656ab605ef70ac3612d91f30e41d038115

Bah, level caps are back in place... Well, that kills any low level dungeon outside of the last three for me then :/

yay lets hope the light increase is substantial, i hope the recipe books arent new... i still need to get the latest crafting gear and tools Id hate for recipe books to be added to that list. Im curious as to what the new trial is, it looks like its not gilgamesh which means while finally be getting a trial fight in main scenario?

i notice the notes says the next chapter in the crystal tower raid, umm shouldn't it say the FINAL chapter?


I play so rarely now its sad that story and new dungeon requirements are now up to il90 while Im barely il100 lol. they need to make getting the non weekly lockout tomes (i.e in this case soldier i believe) MUCH faster and easier to get for those of us whove reverted t casual play and dont plan on dealing with the weekly lockout stuff until lockouts have been removed,. i remember getting myth was a joke (and super fast) soldiery on the other hand requires a bit more work and effort than Id prefer to use/put in.

I also love the synthesis increase If my math is right it means we can now finally get THREE full classes to max in desynthesis.. YES!!!!

I hear the new trial is a fight with an Ascian. Also the new recipes will automatically be added if you have the master book for that job.


Edited, Jan 16th 2015 12:16pm by Valkayree

Well..they're the same race, just a different clan lol so it makes sense they share a lot of emotes. The pose matched a bit more with how they're more brawn and the midlanders are more the stereotypical prettyboy.

It'll probably come before 3.0 or else it would have been added to the prelim notes and I refuse to believe adding an additional sentence under WoD bout the seperate weekly lockout on upgrade items was too much work, which is what leads me to believe it's not part of 'Part 1'. Catalyst will be for new weapons which is why they're forcing us back into the older CT areas.

I dont think so because arent they well at least for the weapon and clothes carbon twine and a encrypted tome.
Carboncoat for jewelery.

Edited, Jan 16th 2015 2:42pm by Nashred

Jinx

We've given such a pounding to LotA that the entire structure of the building is crumbling and the bosses are desperately trying to clean it up, which is why they now have the items.

The Allegan catalyst could also be the item necessary to craft the new weapons they said would also be in this patch, I don't see other sources for that currently.

None of my searches have come up with something substantial so this is a 'wait and see'.

If it is Carbonwire and Carboncoat, it'll be a nice boost to those zones. Not so sure if it's just an item for crafting weapons.

It appears that there is a weekly lockout on World of Darkness that is limited to one item.

This "allagan catalyst" can be one of the following, I presume:

The Wootz Nugget, Allagan Silk, Allagan Leather that currently drop in T1-T4.
The Carboncoat, Carbontwine, and Encrypted Tomestone we all need to get us caught up with FCOBers
A new "allagan catalyst" required to craft the new weapons.

They will definitely not be the UAT, sands, and oils that already drop in ST. That is for certain.

What I'm hoping we will hear in the final patch notes is:

Trade in X bloodied hunt logs in your GC for carboncoat or carbontwine, etc
Trade in X UAT to Aurelia for an encrypted tomestone
Trade in X sands or oils to Aurelia for carboncoat or carbontwine

I've been saving up poetics (nearly at 2000) to drop on gear once I know how easy or hard it will be to obtain carboncoat and/or encrypted tomestones. I've got 4 tomestones, 4 sands, and 4 hunt logs. And two oils I believe. Nothing to use them on...

If I base an opinion starting with the knowledge that the patch releasing sands and oils into ST coupled them in with the armors on the weekly lockout, and remember that the developers clearly addressed the issue and said that the carboncoat etc would not be on the same weekly lockout as the armors like the patch before, then the answer seems obvious. Either make them drop in World of Darkness, or make them drop elsewhere. There really isn't a reason to withhold how we would get the items. I have to assume that they released the information in this way because knowing in advance would allow some sort of market shift.

Edited, Jan 16th 2015 2:38pm by Valkayree

There are technically four master books for each DoH class (three for CUL, since they don't dabble in glamours). The patch notes did not indicate to which master books the new recipes were added.

To use one class's example (BSM), the requirements were:
Master Blacksmith I: 5 HQ darksteel ingots - this book has been around since at least 2.2, IIRC.
Master Blacksmith Demimateria: 5 Battlecraft Demimateria I and 5 Fieldcraft Demimateria I - added when desynthesis was added (2.3?)
Master Blacksmith Glamours: bought from Tataroga (sp?) in Mor Dhona for 3000 gil.
Master Blacksmith II: 3 HQ balanced darksteel hooks - 2.4?

ok i have all master books for every class except the 2.4 books