25 Jan, 2022
0Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker gets several balance changes for players still progressing through the Pandaemonium Savage endgame raids. Most of these changes are overdue, with players noting lower-than-expected damage output from jobs like Paladin and Dancer since the launch of Endwalker in December 2021. Dragoon gets a big increase to the range on their Dragon Sight partner ability, while losing the animation effect of the red tether. All other jobs in the balance changes, Dragoon included, see increases in ability potencies across the board.
Patch 6.08 also brings with it the new Oceania data center, at last giving players living in the Australia and New Zealand region their own local servers. Players in this area of the world had to rely on Japanese servers since the launch of A Realm Reborn back in 2013, meaning they had to deal with high levels of ping while connecting to servers so far from their locations. They had spread out between the Tonberry and Kujata servers, turning Tonberry in particular into a melting pot of English and Japanese speakers. Tonberry also hosted other non-Japanese speaking players throughout places like Southeast Asia.
It’s unclear if everyone will make the move, as they will have to relocate their player housing and uproot their Free Companies and Linkshells to do so. But the option is finally available for players down under to experience Final Fantasy XIV with more acceptable levels of ping.
Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker Patch 6.08 Balance Changes
Paladin
| Action | Adjustment | |
|---|---|---|
| Spirits Within | Potency has been increased from 250 to 270. | |
| Expiacion | Potency has been increased from 300 to 340. | |
| Blade of Faith | Potency has been increased from 250 to 420. | |
| Blade of Truth | Potency has been increased from 350 to 500. | |
| Blade of Valor | Potency has been increased from 420 to 580. |
Marauder / Warrior
| Action | Adjustment | |
|---|---|---|
| Tomahawk | Potency has been increased from 100 to 150. |
Monk
| Action | Adjustment | |
|---|---|---|
| Phantom Rush | Potency has been increased from 1,000 to 1,150. |
Dragoon
| Action | Adjustment | |
|---|---|---|
| Dragon Sight | Range has been extended from 12y to 30y. Target party member is no longer required to remain within 12y in order to receive the effects of Left Eye. The channeling animation between the dragoon and their target has been removed. | |
| Raiden Thrust | Potency has been increased from 260 to 280. | |
| Stardiver | Potency has been increased from 500 to 620. | |
| Heavens’ Thrust | Combo potency has been increased from 430 to 480. | |
| Chaotic Spring | Combo potency has been increased from 240 to 260. Rear combo potency has been increased from 280 to 300. |
Rogue / Ninja
| Action | Adjustment | |
|---|---|---|
| Spinning Edge | Potency has been increased from 200 to 210. | |
| Gust Slash | Potency has been increased from 140 to 160. Combo potency has been increased from 300 to 320. | |
| Aeolian Edge | Potency has been increased from 120 to 140. Rear attack potency has been increased from 180 to 200. Combo potency has been increased from 340 to 360. Rear combo potency has been increased from 400 to 420. | |
| Armor Crush | Potency has been increased from 120 to 140. Flank attack potency has been increased from 180 to 200. Combo potency has been increased from 320 to 340. Flank combo potency has been increased from 380 to 400. | |
| Hyosho Ranryu | Potency has been increased from 1,200 to 1,300. |
Samurai
| Action | Adjustment | |
|---|---|---|
| Hakaze | Potency has been increased from 150 to 180. | |
| Jinpu | Combo potency has been increased from 250 to 280. | |
| Shifu | Combo potency has been increased from 250 to 280. | |
| Ogi Namikiri | Potency has been increased from 800 to 900. | |
| Kaeshi: Namikiri | Potency has been increased from 1,200 to 1,350. |
Machinist
| Action | Adjustment | |
|---|---|---|
| Drill | Potency has been increased from 550 to 570. | |
| Air Anchor | Potency has been increased from 550 to 570. | |
| Chain Saw | Potency has been increased from 550 to 570. |
Dancer
| Action | Adjustment | |
|---|---|---|
| Cascade | Potency has been increased from 180 to 220. | |
| Fountain | Combo potency has been increased from 240 to 280. | |
| Reverse Cascade | Potency has been increased from 240 to 280. | |
| Fountainfall | Potency has been increased from 300 to 340. | |
| Technical Finish | 4 Steps potency has been increased from 1,080 to 1,200. |
Thaumaturge / Black Mage
| Action | Adjustment | |
|---|---|---|
| Fire III | Potency has been increased from 240 to 260. | |
| Blizzard III | Potency has been increased from 240 to 260. | |
| Blizzard IV | Potency has been increased from 300 to 310. | |
| Fire IV | Potency has been increased from 300 to 310. | |
| Xenoglossy | Potency has been increased from 660 to 760. |
Summoner
| Action | Adjustment | |
|---|---|---|
| Astral Impulse | Potency has been increased from 430 to 440. | |
| Ruby Rite | Potency has been increased from 430 to 450. | |
| Fountain of Fire | Potency has been increased from 520 to 540. |
PvP actions have been adjusted as follows:
Dragoon
| Action | Adjustment | |
|---|---|---|
| Dragon Sight | Target party member is no longer required to remain within 15y in order to activate Left Eye. The channeling animation between the dragoon and their target has been removed. |
New Oceania Data Center for Australia and New Zealand
After famously struggling to acquire and add new servers to the game, Square-Enix has fulfilled their promise to create a new Oceania data center. The data center itself is called Materia, housing five new servers, or Worlds, to begin with: Bismarck, Ravana, Sephirot, Sophia, and Zurvan, the primals players fight in the Heavensward set of level 60 Warring Triad trials. Players may create new characters on the server immediately. However, using the Home World Transfer Service to move an existing character won’t be available until today, Tuesday, January 25, at 10:00pm PST.
When creating a new character on the Oceania data center, you’ll enjoy a double EXP bonus until reaching level 80, and a gift of ten silver chocobo feathers to exchange for items and gear. Reaching level 30 on a character during this bonus period will reward you with a gift of 1,000,000 gil, limited to one service account at a time, and fifteen free days of playtime, also limited to one account and one new character.
Using the Home World Transfer Service with an existing character will be free of charge when traveling to the Oceania servers. You’ll also get the double EXP bonus to level 80, for up to 90 days after you transfer, a gift of ten gold chocobo feathers, and a compensation of gil for anyone who already owns player housing on another server. You’ll want to remove all furnishings without relinquishing your land, and then initiate a server transfer to receive your gil compensation. Players will be able to purchase new houses and apartments starting with patch 6.1.
The devs have promised to add new servers to existing data centers across Japan, North America, and Europe as well. We’re also due for the new data center travel system, where players can visit servers in other data centers in their region of the world. Check out Director and Producer Naoki Yoshida’s announcement here about the dev team’s plans to implement these changes over the next couple of years.
Patch 6.08 Bug Fixes
- The following issues have been addressed.
- An issue wherein audio crackling and stuttering occurred under certain conditions.
* For players who continue to experience audio playback issues after the release of Patch 6.08, we ask that you consider disabling DualSense / DUALSHOCK 4 functionality. - An issue in the battle against Proto-Omega in the dungeon the Stigma Dreamscape wherein Guided Missile and Chemical Missile did not select targets correctly.
- An issue wherein the ninja PvE action Phantom Kamaitachi and the scholar PvE action Consolation could be dragged from the Actions list of the Actions & Traits menu.
- An issue wherein the effect of the white mage PvE action Thin Air was not applied to instant cast spells executed immediately after activating Thin Air.
- An issue wherein the description of the reaper trait Enhanced Arcane Crest was incorrect.
* This issue did not affect the functionality of this trait. - An issue wherein the reaper PvP action Arcane Crest did not grant the Crest of Time Returned effect to party members further than 1 yalm away.
- An issue when spearfishing wherein fish were not counted as caught despite the capture animation being displayed.
- An issue wherein the item Dance Pole could be sold to NPC vendors.
- An issue wherein the graphics of male Viera were not displayed correctly when moving while under the effect of the Transporting status.
- An issue when using Group Pose as a sage with a weapon drawn wherein certain emotes in the Special category did not function properly.
- An issue wherein the graphics for the NPC Kochacha were not displayed correctly.
- An issue wherein the NPC Cocobuki was not displayed under certain conditions.
- An issue wherein the sound effects played in certain areas of Old Sharlayan were incorrect.
- Other minor text issues have also been addressed.
- An issue wherein audio crackling and stuttering occurred under certain conditions.
Other various issues have also been addressed.
Known Issues
- An issue when enabling Immerse Spatial Audio wherein setting the equalizer to Voice Boost results in audio levels lower than other equalizer settings.
- An issue wherein the times displayed for the Jumbo Cactpot drawing are incorrect. (Oceanian data centers only)
* The winning number for the Jumbo Cactpot is drawn every Saturday at 1:00 a.m. (PST). Please note this issue only affects the time displayed and not the actual lottery drawing.
