Summary
During server maintenance,Final Fantasy 14revealed the update notes for Patch 7.18, which included PvP Job balance changes and removed restrictions from the Arcadion Light-Heavyweight Savage raid tier.Final Fantasy 14players will also be granted a free “Photograph” emote that was made in collaboration with Instax.
Final Fantasy 14’s 7.18 update arrives nearly three weeks afterthe 85th episode of Letter From the Producer Live, which went over Patch 7.2, Seekers of Eternity. Patch 7.2 is scheduled to launch in late March, with more information coming in the 86th Live Letter broadcast at a later date. In between majorFinal Fantasy 14content updates, Square Enix releases smaller updates to fix bugs and make some job changes in PVP modes, such as Crystalline Conflict and Frontline. At the time of writing,Final Fantasy 14is undergoing eight hours of server maintenance to implement Patch 7.18 and to conduct some server infrastructure updates.
Once servers return online at approximately 5:00 AM Eastern on February 25, users must download a small update containing the Patch 7.18 data. After launching the game,Final Fantasy 14players will have a new emote granted without any additional steps needed to unlock it. The “Photograph” emote was created as part ofa collaboration betweenFinal Fantasy 14and Instax, which will coincide with a social media photo campaign that will take place from February 26 to March 23. Along with the new emote,Final Fantasy 14’s 7.18 update sees some PVP Job Action adjustments ahead of a major overhaul planned for Patch 7.2. The duration and movement speed penalty of Guard has been reduced for all Jobs. Jobs like Viper, Paladin, and Ninja received some PvP-specific tuning.
Patch 7.18 also removed certain restrictions fromthe Arcadion Light-Heavyweight Savage raidtier. Raid teams can freely select any of the four Savage encounters without needing to progress through them in order, andFinal Fantasy 14players can loot more than one token per week compared to previous patches. Additionally, players who obtained Ordelle Coins from the alliance raid Jeuno: The First Walk can now exchange them for a Surgelight Solvent, which can be used to upgrade Quetzali weapons from item level 720 to 730.
One day after Patch 7.18 goes live,the Moogle Treasure Trove will returnwith some rare cosmetic rewards for players to earn. All in all,Final Fantasy 14fans will have plenty to do as the Seekers of Eternity update draws closer.
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Crystalline Conflict
The duration of the Swift Sprint status given at each team’s starting point will be adjusted in the following arenas:
