January 2023 Version Update

Patch Notes
https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/threads/60314-January-10-2023-%28JST%29-Version-Update

Items
New Items - https://www.bg-wiki.com/bg/January_2023_Version_Update_Changes

Changed Items - https://www.bg-wiki.com/bg/January_2023_Version_Update_Changes/Existing_Items

Digest #43

^ https://www.twitch.tv/funkworkz ^
January Update:
Windower Resources: Updated.
KParser Memloc: 00627080 (Changed.)
Box Destroyer/Digger: No change.

Thanks as usual Funk! And Chiaia too!

If I find any fun visual data, will post some spoiler links in an edit

edit: not a ton in this one, another artwork, a song variation. The big stuff was put into last months.

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/834395858363613225/1062242057726459934/SPOILER_image.png

Depending what/when/how they change the chat interface for new filters, is going to break absolutely everything

Also go watch funk
https://www.twitch.tv/funkworkz

Ya boy got his cam on. (with cats)

I'm guessing they added Air Tank drop to Hobgoblin Venerer for Rutter Sabatons, since the Bibiki Bay Locus mobs basically made this item nearly impossible to get besides via Gobbie Box. It's outdated armor anyways, but still.

Hilarious.

that's from last year's changes, OP has been fixed

I never even look at twitch, I see some "XI" streamers and click and its.. Private server, of course! Some of them being paid, have to be. A gril playing XI, SURE. Traitors, how can they not enjoy sweet updates like this

Back to Dynamis Lord?

I'm sure it's inconsequential but... does anyone know what they're talking about here. I'm more curious than anything.

One of the hakutaku eyes could not be obtained, so they changed the dropper. Not sure if it's a typo or not but it's the eye that's supposed to be from KRT.

Same for the air tank item that buukki just mentioned.

in bibiki Bay I assume its Air tank for spawning Rutter saboton NM, the goblins that use to drop it were replaced with locus, not sure about eldieme

burning hakutaku eye

Why would they replace mobs without checking what their drop pool is?

Incompetence

Didn't even see that they added those items back in the update notes. I submitted a bug report last month, cool.

Also apologies for linking to January 2022 in the OP initially lol. Copypasta fail.

It was pretty obvious we were heading this way from VR part 1.

I'm curious how they will keep it interesting from here.

To be fair the game requires so much time now compared to the 75 era to be usefull for endgame i think is why they give up.

This is weird argument in this context, because people playing on private servers argue exactly the opposite. They think leveling and reaching end game is so fast and easy on retail that it's meaningless.

Leveling is Chill it does not Require Min maxing and if you min max its still easier than gearing a job on retail, compare RDM 75 ERA and now see what i did?
All you do is just seek party and get a static for missions its not that hard to level its so much easier than exemplar 1-50 too lol, you clearly don't remember the 75 ERA leveling was overexaggerated.

As someone who just plays for a few hours here and there and is mostly afk the majority of the time, I feel like you can get a lot more done in a shorter period of time now vs 75 era.

The point is, they argue the exact opposite. They literally think we are in Abyssea towards the end with super powered atma and one shotting everything and gaining 50 levels. Their perception of retail is really warped. I hate that I have to say "retail" too

Getting 75 is not the same as getting ML50.
Equivalent to 75 would be getting mastered job maybe and that can be done super fast and it's super chill too. Also on retail you can level efficiently with few minutes preparation and even do few minutes session if you feel like it or only have short time windows for it during a day. At 75 efficient leveling was completely dependent on 5 other people willing to exp with you and gathering for it sometimes for 30-60 minutes (not counting being LFG, just travel to camp). Then you needed to spend at least 1h+ there, because it was such a waste otherwise and felt like lost opportunity. Wasn't and isn't chill at all.

Getting RDM ready to end game (not v25 ready but there is a lot of end game below that) takes far less time on retail than even getting RDM to 75 in Era and not to even mention getting gear like relic and NQ/HQ abjuration

EDIT: also on retail you can mix getting JP and EP in various ways. Solo, melee party, AOE party or even do it while doing some events like Sortie, Omen or Segment farming.
Leveling at 75 was a *** boring af grind, when you do same thing in same place on same mobs for hours and you have pretty much no alternative. Oh wait there was alternative, you could sync to lvl 10 and do level in dunes, having no abilities, one WS and making it even more boring.

Or something most of them like to conveniently forget, the ever popular SMN burns in korrokola tunnel. Rest was def a boring chore that most did in Qufim island or colibri with PLs outside the party.

Remember the time before level sync? When you could level out of a party? Or worse, delevel out of a party.

Anyway, you gotta go into Dyna Xarc for the mission.

If we gotta fight shadowlord again for the millionth time I'm gonna lose it. When this dude gonna stay dead?

lol hush you.
It's actually a decent send off.

*** how many times we gonna have to send this dude off??? Next we gonna fight zombie shadowlord this time we gonna dig him up just to fight him.