Square Enix hat Patch 1.31 für Final Fantasy XVI vorgestellt, welcher übermorgen simultan zum “The Rising Tide”-DLC erscheint. Die englischen Patchnotes sehen so aus:

Additional In-game Content

• Orchestrion rolls added to regional shops.
  Rolls available depend on main scenario progress.

Battle Adjustments

• Player ATK increased outside of select Eikon battles.
• Quality of life UI additions made in certain Eikon battles.

Eikonic Ability & Feat Adjustments

• Two instances of ball lightning will fire when exacting Ramuh’s Eikonic Feat Blind Justice.
• Ball lightning affixed to enemies is now detonated via the feat button rather than attacking.
• Clive now moves faster while using Blind Justice.
• Clive can now dodge while using Blind Justice.
• Clive recovers poise more quickly after exacting Blind Justice.
• When canceling Bahamut’s Eikonic Feat Wings of Light, the Megaflare charge will only deplete to the next gauge level.
• A dodge is conducted when initiating Wings of Light.
• Successfully dodging an enemy attack when initiating Wings of Light will trigger a Megaflare Dodge.
• Parry animation when using Odin’s Eikonic Feat Arm of Darkness has been changed.
• The minimum jump height for initiating Stomp has been lowered.
• The direction Clive faces after using Swift Recovery has been adjusted.
• Limit Break attacks now lift enemies instead of knocking them back.
• Gouge damage is increased.
• Gouge will damage is increased.
• Gouge recast time is reduced.
• Aerial Blast now dispels certain ranged magic attacks.
• Aerial Blast will damage is increased.
• Windup area of effect is increased.
• Earthen Fury recast time is reduced.
• Flare Breath now dispels certain ranged magic attacks.
• Flare Breath now lifts enemies instead of knocking them back when canceling the ability.
• Flare Breath damage is increased.
• Satellite damage is increased.
• Satellite recast time is reduced.
• Satellite will damage is increased.
• Ice Age damage is increased.
• Ice Age will damage is increased.
• Ice crystal generated when using Rime will now better draw in nearby enemies.
• Rime will damage is increased.
• Gungnir recast time is reduced.
• Gungnir will damage is increased.
• Heaven’s Cloud chained follow-up attacks can now be focused on a single enemy by locking on to the enemy.
• Heaven’s Cloud will damage is increased.
• Heaven’s Cloud recast time is reduced.

Accessory Adjustments

• Effectiveness of the following accessories has been improved:
  • Favor of Wind (Gouge)
  • Favor of Wind +1 (Gouge)
  • Breath of Earth (Earthen Fury)
  • Breath of Earth +1 (Earthen Fury)
  • Breath of Darkness (Gungnir)
  • Breath of Darkness +1 (Gungnir)
  • Breath of Darkness (Heaven’s Cloud)
  • Breath of Darkness +1 (Heaven’s Cloud)
  • Cavall’s Fang
  • Cavall’s Fang +1
  • Cavall’s Bite

Other Changes to Actions

• Alleviated rare issue of Clive jumping when accessing objects under certain conditions.
• Made adjustments to when Torgal can be petted and lowered time before re-petting.
• Made adjustments to calculations for amount of damage taken when near death.

Quests

• A “Quick Complete” function has been added, giving players the option to warp directly to a quest-giver upon completing a quest’s final objective.
• A new quest icon has been assigned to quests which reward collectables.
• Ability Point awards for certain sidequests have been increased.
• Additional cutscenes have been added to certain sidequests.
• Minor changes have been made to cutscene staging.
• New NPCs have been added to certain settlements.

System

• Added “Custom” controller type.
  Go to Controller Layout on the System tab in the Main Menu to freely assign functionality to the buttons on your controller.
• Skill Sets have been added.
  Players can now save up to 5 skill sets. Swap between sets with L1/R1.
• The following functionality has been added to Photo Mode:
  • Focal Distance adjustability in Depth of Field setting
  • Tone Correction
  • Screen Effects
  • Portrait Mode
  • 90-degree rotation in Roll functionality
• Minor updates and additions to the Thousand Tomes.
• Visual updates to the State of the Realm timeline slider.
• Updates and additions to the UI and various menus.

Bug Fixes

• The following issues have addressed:
  • Graphics not appearing correctly in certain cutscenes
  • Incorrect character motion in certain cutscenes
  • Inability to progress in certain quests
  • Progression markers not displaying properly
  • NPC names not properly updating in conjunction with game progression
  • Problems with menu functionality when speaking with NPCs
  • Enemies not acting properly in certain battles under certain conditions
  • Issues with camera work in certain battles
  • Enemy effects not displaying properly in certain battles under certain conditions
  • Enemy names not appearing properly under certain conditions
  • Certain abilities not hitting targets properly
  • Precision sic not executing properly with certain abilities
  • Certain ability effects not displaying properly under certain conditions
  • Issues with camera work during certain abilities
  • Instances of limit break/ability effects not properly triggering
  • Auto Torgal not functioning properly in the Hall of Virtue (training mode)
  • Issues with party ally AI
  • Collision detection in certain stages and fields
  • Issues with character motion
  • State of the Realm menu icons not updating or displaying properly
  • Slight discrepancies in State of the Realm content
  • Rare instances of past State of the Realm content being unavailable for viewing
  • Graphics not displaying properly in Photo Mode when using certain photography methods
  • Text and Icons not displaying properly on the world map under certain conditions
  • Instances of current location not displaying properly on world map
  • Instances of region map icons not displaying properly
  • Instances of controller vibration and adaptive trigger functionality not working properly
  • Menu layout not displaying when switching between languages
  • Config settings not changing properly when restoring defaults
  • Incorrect screenshots and videos in certain tutorials
  • Tutorials not appearing at proper times
  • Inability to obtain certain redeemable items when starting New Game+
  • Notices not appearing at proper times
  • Instances of sound effects not playing at proper times
  • Various spelling and grammar mistakes
  • Various instances of game crashes