[Dev] Planned Adjustments and Enmity System Explanation

02-18-2013 10:39 AM

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Slycer

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Regarding Enmity

It's Matsui. Sorry to have kept you waiting.

Regarding what happens with enmity in FFXI, we have described it, including some numbers. I will also briefly mention how we plan to try to make adjustments.

I would like everyone to understand that I do not plan to expose all of the game mechanisms and future calculations. However, I believe it makes sense in this case to show how large the adjustments to the enmity system will be.

As a result, this is a little complex, and the text is also quite lengthy. However, in order to provide a more in depth discussion on enmity, I hope you'll give it a read.

The Enmity System

Quantification
With the enmity system, the monster determined the most threatening player character (hereafter "PC"), and uses this mechanism to choose its attack target. To make a determination as to which PC is most threatening, we must measure and compare the degree of threat using a parameter we call "enmity."
Purpose
However, the enmity system is not there to make the monster AI more intelligent. If anything, it is there to place some tactical significance on giving the PCs better control of the monster's target (to some extent).
Enmity Types (Classification by method of decay)
In FFXI, enmity is recorded and decays separately in two ways:
- Time-volatile enmity
  Decays with time
- Damage-volatile enmity
  Decays as the PC is damaged.
Because more than one PC takes action against hostile monsters, there is a list of PCs to keep track of enmity (although I refer to this as a "list" here I will not use that terminology again in this document).

On the list, the PC with the highest total value of "time-volatile enmity" and "damage-volatile enmity" will be the main target of the monster (the target of auto-attacks).
Actions (commands, such as magic) with enmity-related settings
- Classification by how enmity is increased (directly, indirectly, none)
  Actions not related to enmity processing are set to the "none" type, while other actions are split into two categories depending on how they increase the enmity.
  - Direct
    These are hostile actions of the type taken by PCs directly against monsters which cause the monster's enmity towards the PC to increase. This is mainly related to damage and enfeebling commands.
  - Indirect
    When there is already a hostile relationship between a monster and PC1, friendly behaviors taken by PC2 on PC1 will generate enmity towards PC2. This is mainly related to recovery and enhancing commands.
- Classification by how enmity generation is calculated (fixed, effect-dependent)
  - Fixed
    When an action is performed successfully, a set value is added directly to damage-volatile and time-volatile enmity. This is generally related to actions without quantified results, such as enfeebling or enhancement.
  - Effect-Dependent
    This type of action adds damage-volatile and time-volatile enmity proportional to the amount of damage or healing, based on certain rules (a formula).
Final Formula
- Defining 1 Enmity
  Talking about FFXIV for a moment here, at the time of the rehab, we described the calculation as 1 damage = 1 enmity, with no system to decay enmity over time.
  
  In FFXI, the enmity does decay and is divided into "time-volatile" and "damage-volatile" because we believed that the purely the amount of damage dealt by stronger NMs was not sufficient for a decay mechanism and we have different methods of adding enmity dependent on the type of action (fixed or variable calculation).
  
  The amount of enmity that will decay in one second is defined as 60 enmity (this is because development started on PS2 and the smallest unit of time measurement was 1/60, the framerate limit at the time). As an example (I'm hesitant to give numbers for everything), the "Provoke" job ability is a fixed-type calculation and is set to 1800 time-volatile enmity. In other words, the enmity generated decays completely in 30 seconds.
- Effect Change of the Enmity Calculation
  First, for each level there is a set value for enmity-calculation defined as "standard damage."
  
  *This value is about the same as the DMG value for the reference data of weapon creation (a sword with 240 attack delay).
  
  For enmity given at the time of dealing "d" damage:
  Time-volatile enmity: (240 * d)/"standard damage"
  Damage-volatile enmity: (80 * d)/"standard damage"
  (Standard damage is obtained based on the level of the monster)
  
  In other words, if you are dealing "standard damage" once every 4 seconds, the time-volatile enmity would repeatedly decay from 240 to 0. Additionally, the damage-volatile enmity is calculated as 1/3 of the time-volatile enmity (25% of the total enmity).
  
  My belief is that current damage dealing power is so much higher than the reference values in the original design, that we must correct these conditions which cause volatile enmity to cap so easily by reviewing the "standard damage" values.
- Calculation of decay from damage taken
  When a PC receives "d" damage from a monster, the damage-volatile enmity of the PC is reduced.
  
  Damage-volatile enmity reduction = (1800 * d)/PC's max HP
  
  In other words, if the PC takes the same amount of damage as their maximum HP, 1800 damage-volatile enmity is decayed.
  
  *This calculation is subject to correction by Sentinel's effect.
  *From the point of view of back-line jobs, this may be too low. By increasing the 1800 value, more enmity will be decayed when damage is taken. However, this would also have the reverse effect of making it difficult to maintain enmity when receiving damage as a tank. This all needs to be taken into consideration when making adjustments.
  *For healing magic, the value is half of the above calculation.
Other
- Enmity increase from resting
  By maintaining a certain distance from the monster, this can be reduced to 0. The distance is approximately half range on casting magic on a target.
- Enmity Cap
  The upper limit on enmity is common to all jobs and is the same for both the time-volatile and damage-volatile types.
  By raising this limit, since we cannot eliminate the cap in the current system, and we can only raise the value by approximately three times, it will not be an effective solution.
  It has also been proposed that we change the upper limit on enmity for each job. In that case, under the current circumstances it would mean that you will not always be able to maintain your target, depending on your job.
First Step of the Adjustment
- Standard Damage (Time-Volatile Enmity)
  We first plan to adjust the "standard damage." Since we can set this for each level, we will only adjust the high levels without affecting the lower level ranges.
- Damage-Volatile Enmity
  When the standard damage is adjusted, the enmity lost by damage taken will also be adjusted. At the time of taking damage or being healed, the amount of enmity and the proportion time-volatile and damage-volatile enmity reduced will be reviewed.
- Individual Commands
  If there is a problem with fixed values for individual abilities, we will make adjustments.
- Content
  When comparing a monster with twice the HP that takes twice the damage and a monster with 50% of the HP that takes 50% of the damage, the number of attacks to defeat the monsters will be identical, but the treatment of enmity will be significantly different. For the monster that takes reduced damage, enmity generation will occur at a much lower rate than the monster that takes increased damage. We must set content and monster parameters with an understanding of these mechanisms.

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02-19-2013 06:15 PM

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Akihiko Matsui

Dev Team

Enmity System Explanation and Planned Adjustments

Matsui here. Sorry to keep you all waiting so long.

I'd like to take a moment to explain about the workings of the enmity system, which will include some numbers. Furthermore, I would like to touch on the aspects we are trying to adjust.

Before I get into it, I'd like you all to understand that we will not be revealing all of the formulas and inner workings moving forward. Since we are dealing with the adjustment of the enmity system, which is very large, I feel it necessary to know the fundamentals and where we are coming from, and have decided to make a special exception this time.

Due to this, writing up this post was a bit tricky and there is quite a bit of text. However, in order to deepen the discussion related to enmity, please take a moment and read over the post.

The Enmity System
- Quantification
  The enmity system is such that a monster will attack the player that is threatening them the most. In order to determine which player is the most threatening, the parameter known as enmity is used to make it possible to measure and compare the amount of threat.
- Purpose
  The enmity system is not in place to make monster AI more intelligent. It's more of a stronger significance for securing battle strategy elements by giving players a means of controlling the monster's target (to some extent).
- Types of Enmity (Classification by the method of enmity decay)
  Depending on the method of decay, enmity in FFXI is separated into two groups and logged.
  - Time-volatile Enmity
    Enmity which decays over time.
  - Damage-volatile Enmity
    Enmity which decays when players take damage.
  Due to the fact that multiple players are generating enmity against a monster, the work of recording enmity is accomplished by creating a list for the characters. (Though I use the term “enmity list” here, this will not be popping up again in this post.) Based on this list, the monster will target (auto-attack target) the player with the highest value of combined time-volatile enmity and damage-volatile enmity.
- Enmity related data embedded in actions (commands, magic, etc.)
  - Classification based on how it influences enmity (direct, indirect, none)
    Ignoring the type of actions that have no influence towards enmity, actions are classified into two groups based on how they influence enmity.
    - Direct
      Players perform enmity generating actions towards a monster, and the monster’s enmity for the player increases. This mainly consists of damage and enfeebling type commands.
    - Indirect
      A player performs an action towards another player that already has enmity from a monster, and enmity increases towards the player performing the action. This mainly consists of healing and enhancing type commands.
  - Classification based on how enmity increases are calculated (fixed, effect dependent)
    - Fixed
      A set value is added to time-volatile enmity and damage-volatile enmity when an action is successful. This is applies to enhancements and enfeebles that generally do not have numerical results.
    - Effect Dependent
      A set calculation is added to time-volatile enmity and damage-volatile enmity proportional to the amount of damage dealt or the amount of HP healed

Finally, the formula

Defining 1 enmity
When we were revamping the enmity system for FFXIV I explained a bit about this, but we start out by calculating 1 enmity= 1 damage. Also, system-wise enmity will not decay.

For FFXI on the other hand, while there is quite a bit of management work for dividing the enmity system into time-volatile enmity and damage-volatile enmity, since this isn't sufficient for the amount of damage of NM battles and such, we adopted a method of using a formula for scaling effect dependent type enmity to fixed type enmity, as well as the use of a decay system.

With that said, 1 enmity has been set based on the principle that the amount of time-volatile enmity that decays in a single second is equal to 60 (Since the developers first began making the game on PS2, this was adopted due to the fact that the smallest unit of frame rate measurement was 1/60 seconds.). For example (I'm hesitant to give numbers, but whatevs), the job command “Provoke” is a fixed-type action, and has 1800 time-volatile enmity. This means that this amount of enmity will decay completely in 30 seconds.

Enmity calculation for effect variations
For each level there is data known as standard damage which is used for enmity calculation.

*This value was made to be almost the same damage value as the baseline value when weapon data is created (240 attack delay sword).

The below is how enmity is calculated at the time of dealing “d” damage:
Time-volatile enmity = 240*d/standard damage
Damage-volatile enmity= 80*d/standard damage
(Standard damage is obtained based on the level of the monster)

In other words, if you are dealing standard damage every 4 seconds, time-volatile enmity is repeatedly decaying from 240 to 0. Also, damage-volatile enmity is 1/3 of the time-volatile enmity (25% of total enmity), and the coefficient value is 80.

Currently the amount of fire power is much higher than the initially set standard, so I feel we need to rectify the situation where it is easy to reach the cap for volatile enmity by revamping the standard damage used for enmity calculations.

Calculation for the amount of decay of damage-volatile enmity
When a player takes “d” damage from a monster, the damage-volatile enmity of a monster towards a player decreases.

Damage-volatile enmity = 1800*d/player's max HP

In other words, when a player takes the same amount of damage as their max HP, enmity decays by 1800 (one Provoke).

*This amount can be modified by the effect of Sentinel.
*1800 might feel a bit rough from the perspective of backline jobs.
If we were to make this value larger, it would make it easier to get rid of enmity by damage taken, but it would make it difficult for tanks to maintain their target when they take damage. If we make adjustments to this, it will be necessary to look into setting up a special rule of sorts.
*For healing magic, the value is half of the above calculation.

Other
- Enmity increase from resting
  By distancing yourself from the targeted monster at a set distance, it's possible to make the amount of enmity generated from resting zero. The distance is approximately half the distance in which spells can be executed.
- Enmity cap
  The enmity limit is common for all jobs and the same is true for time-volatile and damage-volatile enmity. As to whether increasing this cap will make it so players don’t get stuck at the enmity cap, since it is only possible work size-wise for us to raise the value approximately three times of what it is currently, this is not an effective way to go.
  
  While there were suggestions to change the cap values for each job, assuming that the suggestions were based on getting stuck at the cap, if this situation were to arise, it would ultimately boil down to whether you can or cannot maintain the target, so for the current conditions we are currently looking at pairing this with something else.
First step for adjustments
- Standard damage (time-volatile)
  First, we are planning to make adjustments to the standard damage. Since we are able to set the standard damage for each level, it will be possible to only adjust this for high levels without affecting other levels.
- Damage-volatile enmity
  After adjusting the standard damage, we will make adjustments to damage-volatile enmity.
  The ratio of time-volatile enmity and damage-volatile enmity when dealing damage or curing, as well as the amount of enmity decay when a player takes damage will be adjusted.
- Individual commands and abilities
  If there are problems with fixed-type data we will make adjustments.
- Content
  The time it takes to defeat a monster with double HP that takes double damage is the same as the amount of time it takes to defeat a monster with 50% HP that takes 50% damage; however, enmity-wise there are large differences. If the damage taken by a monster is suppressed too much, it becomes possible to generate a lot more enmity with actions that have fixed-type enmity as opposed to those that have effect dependent enmity. We will need to check content to see if monster parameters have been set properly with an understanding of these systems.

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02-21-2013 09:42 AM

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Slycer

BG Translator

Mocchi: Responses on Enmity

Thank you for all of your posts! Along with Matsui, I read all of the information in your replies.

Today, although Matsui was supposed to write some replies, a bunch of things came up and he didn't really have time to do so, so I'll be posted for him a bit.

Because I'm just writing up his responses from when we spoke earlier, there may be some missing or incorrect info. (Sorry in advance if this is the case, I'll correct it later).

For more details, please hang on a bit for Matsui to write up a response. Hope you understand!

Quote:

Guy's wondering what they plan on doing from a development perspective, saying it's probably going to take a long time to think about it.

We want to avoid the current situation where the enmity remains stuck at the cap (= enmity control mechanism is not functioning well).

Since we wanted to receive everyone's feedback and respond first, we didn't go into too much detail on that part.

Sorry if there was not enough information!

Quote:

Guy talking about standard damage calculations, pointing out two problems and his ideas for solutions:
Ideas
1) Time-Volatile Enmity (VE) decay can't keep up with the enmity increase
2) High damage WS yields as much enmity as 2-4 Provokes
Solutions
1) Set new standard damage from 76 on, using a new calculation that takes into account haste and multi-attacks
2) Make enmity accumulation from WS and possibly elemental magic FIXED rather than variable with damage.

In our original post, we listed your proposed improvement for 1) as one of the items that we are actually working on.

For enmity, we are considering a number of proposals and how to coordinate them with other updates. We do not want to pack too many changes into one update as then we run the risk of creating new issues. So, as the first part of the enmity update, we would like to set the new "standard damage" velues at the release of Seekers of Adoulin.

For 2), Matsui's response was "I didn't have much time to polish my initial response, so it was mostly just my rough first impressions on what needed to be adjusted and how to do it."

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02-21-2013 01:43 PM

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Camate

Community Rep

Greetings everyone!

Thanks for all the posts thus far. We’ve been forwarding them to Producer Matsui who has been reading each and every one. He was planning to make a post last night, but unfortunately he was unable to secure the time, so for the time being I will post in place of him. With that said, the man himself will post in more detail once he has the right amount of free time.

For those of you who took the time to read over the entire post, I think you generally got a good understanding of how the system works, but might have been left feeling “okay, I got it, but what are you guys gonna do?”

To put it really simply, we will be making it so that players do not get stuck at the enmity cap in battle anymore (the current situation where the enmity control system is not functioning properly). Apologies if the main basis of our adjustment plan was not clearly spelled out.

While we have seen a good amount of suggestions for ways to adjust this, we are taking them all into consideration and have various other adjustment plans in mind, but to start out we will first be setting a new standard damage value when Seekers of Adoulin is released. The main reasoning for this is that if we were to cram all of the adjustments in at once, we wouldn’t really have a grasp of where the problems are coming from.

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03-15-2013 09:39 AM

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Slycer

BG Translator

Hello, it's Matsui.

We've been incredibly busy with preparations for the release of "Seekers of Adoulin," so I'm sorry that I've had to reduce the number of posts I've been making recently.

Content related to "Seekers of Adoulin" will be discussed in a separate post - this time, I'm writing about the adjustments that will be introduced in the March 28 version update [[March 27 NA time]].

Enmity Adjustment
We will make the initial adjustments that we discussed in the post about enmity. If the target is level 51 or higher, the enmity generated will be reduced in proportion to damage dealt. If the level of the target is higher than 99, it will be reduced to about 30% of the amount before the adjustment (the current value). At the same time, we will also adjust the spell Cure V so that it generates less enmity.
Adjusting the Attack/Defense Ratio
We posted previously about future adjustments to the overall battle system. Here, I will discuss adjustments to be made in reference to the item "regarding defense." Post-adjustment, if the defense power of the player is extremely low compared to the monster target's attack power, the amount of damage received will be increased compared to before.

Example:
Attacking Monster's DMG: 100
Attacking Monster's Attack power: 1000
Defense Power: 250

Prior to adjustment: Target takes ~200 damage
After the adjustment: Target takes ~400 damage
*I have simplified the calculation in order to provide a clear example.

In conjunction, we will also update the following two points:
1) The maximum value of attack/defense ratio will be adjusted so that it is the same for one-handed and two-handed weapons.
2) The defense down penalty of Counterstance will be reduced.
Perfect Defense and Embrava
We have previously posted on the topic of Perfect Defense and Embrava adjustments. The adjustments have not changed from what previously posted. Rather than having to check the old post, I will again summarize the adjustments here. These adjustments go hand-in-hand with the battle content adjustments which are separately listed below.

Embrava
*Duration: 5 minutes -> 90 seconds
*Haste: 1% per 15 enhancing skill -> 1% per 20 enhancing skill
*Regain -> Refresh

Perfect Defense
*Duration: 90 seconds -> 30 seconds + 1 second per 20 summoning magic skill

Regarding the previous post about adjustments to be made to battle content overall, we will adjust the content in the "regarding content" item as described below.
Nyzul Isle Uncharted Area Survey
The level of monsters that appear will be adjusted
*Floors 1~19: Reduced by 10 levels
*Floors 20~39: Reduced by 7 levels
*Floors 40~59: Reduced by 4 levels
*Floors 60~79: Reduced by 2 levels
*Floors 80~100: Unchanged

*Note that this change also applies to notorious monsters.

We will also be adjusting the attributes of certain notorious monsters which only appear in Nyzul Isle Uncharted Area Survey. By selecting magic attacks or the attack type (based on weapon attributes) which targets a monster's weakness, the damage dealt will be even higher than before the adjustment.
Legion
For the monsters that appear in Legion, we have made adjustments that reduce stats such as the defense, attack power, and HP of the various monsters. We have also added weaknesses to certain monsters at the same time. By targeting a monster's weakness, it will be easier to defeat than before.
Einherjar
We have made adjustments that reduce stats such as the defense, attack power, and HP of Odin who appears in Odin's Chamber II.
Voidwatch
We will increase the effectiveness of the "void cluster" key items to include Provenance battles.
Walk of Echoes
We will reduce the levels of monsters that appear and remove the EX attribute from various coins and pouches. We will also add pouches for Devious Dice and Liminal Residue.
Salvage
The drop rate of level 35 items has been reviewed, and in Bhaflau Remnants, level 35 items will be adjusted to drop from additional monsters which appear within the area.
Adjustments to Twilight Scythe
The non-attribute damage effect of Twilight Scythe will be changed to an enhancement on the weapon. The enhancement will be set for unlimited uses (1/1), with a 60 second duration and 10 minute reuse time.

I'll finish up here with a couple other adjustments.

Expansion of the scope of "/yell"
Mocchi previously posted regarding the scope of the /yell function. As discussed by Fujito, we will hold off on increasing the scope to include Chocobo Circuit until other functions have been implemented for that area.

Current Areas: Port Jeuno, Lower Jeuno, Upper Jeuno, Ru'Lude Gardens
After Adjustment: Eastern Adoulin, Western Adoulin, Aht Urhgan Whitegate, Port Jeuno, Lower Jeuno, Upper Jeuno, Ru'Lude Gardens
Changing Mog Tablet Rewards
Mocchi also previously made a post about this. The Talaria and Nomad Moogle Statue will remain as potential item rewards, but we are replacing the other items. Since these are just intended as a fun bonus, we'll leave it to you to discover what was added.
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Without removing some less commonly used words and phrases, we cannot add additional phrases related to "Seekers of Adoulin." We will consider this, and plan to make replacements of some of the words in the auto-translate dictionary.

As mentioned in the intro, in addition to the above, of course, plenty of content will be added from Seekers of Adoulin. I'll work hard to put a post together for you about this next week.

I'll also work to follow-up on other work that we've been discussing, and I will post again as soon as new information is available. Thanks for your time!

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03-15-2013 03:04 PM

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Akihiko Matsui

Dev Team

Elements to be Implemented in the March 27th Version Update

Hello,

Matsui here.

I've been quite busy preparing for the release of Seekers of Adoulin and I'm sorry that my posting frequency has gone down a bit.

I'd like to make a separate post in regards to content related to Seekers of Adoulin, but I've been writing and erasing text, so for now I'd like to inform you all about the adjustments mentioned previously that will be implemented in the March 27th Version Update.

Enmity Adjustments
In regards to enmity, we will be performing the first stage of the content that was discussed previously. To start out, we will be making adjustments so that if the target is level 51 or above, the enmity generated in proportion to the damage dealt, and the enmity incurred in relation to the amount of HP cured, will be reduced. In the case that the target is above level 99, the amount of enmity generated will be reduced to 30% compared to before adjustment (the current level). We are also making adjustments at the same time so that the enmity gains from Cure V are reduced.

While this isn't limited to enmity adjustments, we understand this is an element that we need to continuously follow and address, and I wanted to remind you that this would be the first step.
Attack/Defense Ratio Adjustments
This is in regards to the post I made previously about future battle system adjustments.
We will be making adjustments based on the content described under the "Regarding Defense" header. After the adjustment, in the case that a player's defense is significantly lower compared to a monster’s attack power, the amount of damage received will be higher than what it is currently.

Example:

For the below values:
Monster attack damage value = 100
Monster attack power = 1000
Your defense = 250

The damage received will be as follows:
Pre-adjustment amount of damage received = 200
Post-adjustment amount of damage received = 400
*This is just a simple calculation to make it easy to illustrate the change.

To go along with the above, the below two adjustments will also be made:
- The maximum value for damage dealt from the attack defense ratio will be adjusted so they are identical for both single-handed weapons and two-handed weapons.
- The defense reduction penalty for "Counterstance" will be reduced.
Embrava and Perfect Defense Adjustments
This is regarding Embrava and Perfect Defense adjustments that were described previously.
There have been no changes made to the aspects outlined previously, but I'd like to go over the adjustments once again. Along with these changes we will be making adjustments to various battle content, so I will be going over each of the adjustments planned breaking it down by content.
- Embrava
  
  Before After
  
  Effect Duration 5 min → 90 sec
  
  Haste +1% per 15 enhancing magic skill → +1% per 20 enhancing magic skill
  
  Regain Regain → Refresh
- Perfect Defense
  
  Before After
  
  Effect Duration 90 sec → 30 sec (+1 sec per 20 summoning magic skill)

For adjustments related to various battle content, we will be performing the adjustments outlined in my previous post and the follow-up made by Camate.

Adjustments to Nyzul Isle Uncharted Area Survey
Adjustments will be made to the levels of monsters.

Floor Level

Floors 1-19 Reduced by 10 levels

Floors 20-39 Reduced by 7 levels

Floors 40-59 Reduced by 4 levels

Floors 60-79 Reduced by 2 levels

Floors 80-100 No change

*These changes will also be applied to notorious monsters.
Adjustments will be made to the stats of a portion of notorious monsters that only spawn in Nyzul Isle Uncharted Area Survey. We will be making adjustments so that damage dealt will be higher than the current values when utilizing a mode of attack that exploits a monster's weakness, such as blunt attacks, piercing attacks, magic attacks, etc.
Adjustments to Legion
Special characteristics will be attributed to the monsters that spawn.
In addition to the reduction of stats such as HP, attack power, and defense, we will also be setting special monster weaknesses. While some monsters stats will see increases at the same time as the reductions, it will be possible to defeat them much easier than before the adjustment when attacking their weakness.
Adjustments to Einherjar
Stats such as HP, attack power, and defense for Odin will be reduced for Odin's Chamber II.
Adjustments to Voidwatch
The range of use for Void clusters will be expanded to Provenance.
Adjustments to Walk of Echoes
Monster levels will be reduced, the "EX" status will be removed from each type of coin and sack, and sacks will be added that dispense multiple Devious Die and Liminal Residue.
Adjustments to Salvage
The drop rates for level 35 equipment will be revamped, and changes will be made so that monsters other than the NMs that spawn from ramparts in Bhaflau Remnants drop the same equipment.
Adjustments to Twilight Scythe
As was mentioned in a previous post, we will be changing the weapon so that the regular attacks are slashing damage and by using an enchantment they can become non-elemental.

The enchantment can be used 10 seconds after equipping the weapon and will be set as below:
Effect duration: 60 seconds
Recast time: 10 minutes
Charges: Unlimited

Finally, here are some other adjustments that will be made.

Expansion of the /yell Feature
As outlined by Camate, we will be expanding the range of /yell in the below manner; however, the addition of this feature to the Chocobo Circuit will not take place at this time until other features have been added to that area:

Ru'Lude Gardens / Upper Jeuno / Lower Jeuno / Port Jeuno
↓
Ru'Lude Gardens / Upper Jeuno / Lower Jeuno / Port Jeuno / Aht Urhgan Whitegate / East Adoulin / West Adoulin
Changes to Mog Tablet Rewards
As was mentioned by Camate, we will be keeping the Nomad Moogle statute and Talaria as prizes, but will be switching out other rewards. To keep it a surprise, we won't reveal which rewards have been switched, but keep in mind it's still a bonus type of item.
Auto-translate
Since it would not be possible to add new terms related to Seekers of Adoulin without deleting words that are not used frequently, we will be eliminated words to add new ones. Moving forward we plan to switch out words in the dictionary as well.

As I mentioned at the beginning of this post, I will be doing my best to make a post next week about the addition of Seekers of Adoulin content.

Also, we've been working extremely hard on other adjustments besides the ones described above, and once we are at the stage where we can share information I will be sure to make a post on the forums.

Thank you all very much.

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