The time is now -- Final Fantasy XIV's sweeping patch 1.21 is going live. That means players can experience the new Job system, do battle in two new instanced dungeons, and relax in their new private rooms. The patch notes make it clear that as with most of the game's patches, there's a lot going on even beyond the headlining features for the update, including intra-city teleportation services, new achievement categories to explore, and new ways for players to spend guild marks.
Patch 1.21 also brings along a revision to the food and medicine of the game, with food serving universally as a small long-term buff and medicines working as short effects or buffs with a big impact. The team has also revised accessories, doing away with the previous mechanic of slot costs. And that's not even touching upon new missions for provisioning from the Grand Companies, the introduction of chocobo barding, or any number of other smaller features added with the list. It's a lot of stuff to absorb, and it should keep adventurers happy for quite some time.
Reader Comments (7)
Posted: Mar 8th 2012 7:25PM TortoiseCan said
As a new player, there's only a couple of things here that impact me but it's nice to see that they're putting in a lot of work on making the game better
Posted: Mar 8th 2012 7:44PM (Unverified) said
T minus 10 min and counting!
Posted: Mar 8th 2012 7:58PM Syesta said
GET HYPE
Posted: Mar 9th 2012 2:58AM pcgneurotic said
Every time I see an update post here on Mass, I'm almost overwhelmed by the urge to play! If only I could but a digital download copy, I'd jump on it in an instant.
Posted: Mar 9th 2012 4:01AM dmcd said
@pcgneurotic
Strange, SE's store shows FFXIV as being available as a digital download
http://store.na.square-enix.com/store/sqenixus/DisplayHomePage
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Strange, SE's store shows FFXIV as being available as a digital download
http://store.na.square-enix.com/store/sqenixus/DisplayHomePage
Posted: Mar 9th 2012 4:07PM pcgneurotic said
@dmcd
Oh, cool! I didn't look at the NA site, and the Global store just links to the actual game site, or at least I couldn't find a way to purchase it in Europe. I'ma check that out, thanks!
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Oh, cool! I didn't look at the NA site, and the Global store just links to the actual game site, or at least I couldn't find a way to purchase it in Europe. I'ma check that out, thanks!
Posted: Mar 9th 2012 12:14PM Raika said
The artifact armor is what excites me the most. BLM is just too sexy for its own good.







