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Patch 3.26 Notes
Patch 3.26 includes a number of refinements to PvP and marks the beginning of Season One for the Feast! [3.0]: These additions and adjustments require the purchase and registration of FINAL FANTASY XIV: Heavensward.
[2.0]: These additions and adjustments do not require the purchase of FINAL FANTASY XIV: Heavensward.
[2.0][3.0]: These additions and adjustments contain elements that may require the purchase and registration of FINAL FANTASY XIV: Heavensward.
Battle System
[2.0][3.0] Actions have been adjusted as follows:
| Class/Job | Action/Status | Adjustment |
| Dark Knight | Dark Arts | Recast time has been reduced from 5 to 3 seconds |
| Arcanist Summoner Scholar | Aetherflow | Can no longer be dispelled by enemy attacks. |
| Astrologian | Collective Unconscious | Can now be canceled by actions that render one unable to act such as stun. |
[2.0] The animation lock following the healer limit break Healing Wind and the adrenaline rush ability Empyrean Rain has been reduced.
[2.0][3.0] The following adjustments have been made to all PvP encounters:
The damage required to interrupt casting will now be determined by the caster's item level.
Following this adjustment, the caster's maximum HP will no longer influence the amount of damage required to interrupt casting.
Rogue and ninja can now use the PvP action Fetter Ward.
The following actions have been adjusted for PvP encounters:
| Class/Job | Action/Status | Adjustment |
| Marauder Warrior | Storm's Eye | The reduction of HP recovery via healing magic has been removed. |
| Lancer Dragoon | Feint | The duration has been reduced from 10 to 6 seconds. The duration of Enhanced Feint has been reduced from 20 to 10 seconds. |
| Rogue Ninja | Dancing Edge | The reduction of HP recovery via healing magic has been removed. |
| Thaumaturge Black Mage | Sleep | The duration has been reduced from 15 to 12 seconds. |
| Conjurer White Mage | Repose | The duration has been reduced from 15 to 8 seconds. |
The following PvP actions have been adjusted:
| Class/Job | Action/Status | Adjustment |
| Dark Knight | Tar Pit | Recast time has been reduced from 150 to 120 seconds. Enhanced Tar Pit recast time reduction has been changed from 120 to 90 seconds. Potency has been increased from 200 to 250. Enhanced Tar Pit II increased potency has been changed from 240 to 300. HP absorption has been increased from 20% to 150%. Enhanced Tar Pit III HP absorption has been increased from 40% to 200%. |
| Carnal Chill | Recast time has been reduced from 120 to 90 seconds. Enhanced Carnal Chill recast time reduction has been changed from 90 to 60 seconds. Target damage penalty has been increased from 10% to 40%. Enhanced Carnal Chill III target damage penalty has been increased from 20% to 60%. Duration of the target damage penalty has been reduced from 20 to 6 seconds. | |
| Lancer Dragoon | Skewer | Duration of the target INT reduction has been reduced from 10 to 6 seconds. Enhanced Skewer II extended duration has been reduced from 15 to 10 seconds. |
| Machinist | Between the Eyes | Potency has been reduced from 150 to 120. Enhanced Between the Eyes II increased potency has been changed from 180 to 150. |
| Thaumaturge Black Mage | Night Wing | Duration has been reduced from 10 to 8 seconds. Enhanced Night Wing II extended duration has been reduced from 15 to 12 seconds. |
[3.0] The following additions and adjustments have been made to the Feast:
Season One of the Feast begins.
Season One of the Feast will start after the maintenance for patch 3.26, and is scheduled to end with the maintenance for patch 3.35. When the season has ended, the top combatants for solo rankings and party rankings will receive special rewards such as furnishings and gear. Players will also receive special accessories based on their tier: bronze, silver, gold, platinum, or diamond.
* The number of rewards distributed may differ between data centers in the event players or parties have the same ranking.
Rankings for the Feast have been implemented.
A rankings page for the Feast has been added to the Lodestone(http://sqex.to/cE5). A button and QR code linking to the rankings page can also be found in the PvP profile window under Character in the main menu.
* Rankings will be available for viewing the day following the start of Season One.
* The button linking to the Lodestone is only available for the Windows and Mac versions
Matching algorithms have been adjusted to ensure players are matched with others of the same or an adjacent tier.
To increase promotions from lower to higher tiers, the decrease in PvP rating upon losing a match has been reduced for bronze and silver.
The number of medals held before being afflicted by the Heavy Medal status, and the potency of the accompanying Vulnerability Up effect have been adjusted.
- Before
- After
| Medals Posessed | Penalties Incurred | Vunerability Up |
| 150 Medals | 1 | 15％ |
| 170 Medals | 2 | 30％ |
| 190 Medals | 3 | 45％ |
| 200 Medals | 4 | 60％ |
| 210 Medals | 5 | 75％ |
| 220 Medals | 6 | 90％ |
| 230 Medals | 7 | 105％ |
| 240 Medals | 8 | 120％ |
| 250 Medals | 9 | 135％ |
- After
| Medals Posessed | Penalties Incurred | Vunerability Up |
| 150 Medals | 1 | 12％ |
| 170 Medals | 2 | 24％ |
| 190 Medals | 3 | 36％ |
| 200 Medals | 4 | 48％ |
| 210 Medals | 5 | 60％ |
| 220 Medals | 6 | 72％ |
| 225 Medals | 7 | 84％ |
| 230 Medals | 8 | 96％ |
| 240 Medals | 9 | 108％ |
| 250 Medals | 10 | 120％ |
To improve the pace of combat, the rate at which the adrenaline gauge fills has been increased.
[2.0][3.0] In the following PvP encounters, the adrenaline gauge will continue to fill even after being incapacitated:
The Feast / The Borderland Ruins (Slaughter) / Seal Rock (Seize)
[3.0] The accuracy required to hit enemies in the following dungeons has been reduced:
The Antitower / The Lost City of Amdapor (Hard)
[3.0] The following adjustments have been made to ease the difficulty of Alexander - The Cuff of the Son (Savage):
- Blaster
- Brawler
- Swindler
- Vortexer
The number of mines deployed by Hidden Minefield has been reduced.
Damage dealt by Blaster Mirage's Supercharge has been reduced.
- Brawler
Damage dealt by Power Plasma Beta's Ultra Power Plasma has been reduced.
- Swindler
Midan Gunner's HP has been reduced.
- Vortexer
Vortexer's HP has been reduced.
Damage dealt by Crashing Thunder and Crashing Wave has been reduced.
[2.0] The orchestrion roll materials obtained from the following raid dungeons will now always appear in the treasure chest that appears after the boss:
The Labyrinth of the Ancients / Syrcus Tower / The World of Darkness
System
[2.0] Client stability when launching the Mac client has been improved.
Resolved Issues
The following issues have been addressed.
An issue wherein players would be incapacitated by the kraken tentacle's Seize in the instanced dungeon Hullbreaker Isle.
An issue in Alexander - The Arm of the Son (Savage) wherein the sturm doll detonates immediately after appearing.
An issue in Alexander - The Arm of the Son (Savage) wherein too many engine oils spawned under certain conditions.
An issue wherein the help text for the PvP action Fetter Ward was incorrect.
* No change has been made to the action's effect.
* No change has been made to the action's effect.
An issue wherein gamepad controls did not function properly when navigating the Log Filters setting in the Character Configuration interface.
An issue wherein you could not use the cancel command when assigning buttons in the Keybind interface.
Other miscellaneous bugs were also addressed.
