Final Fantasy 14 Update 9.88 Brings in New Hotfix This February 9 (Update)

Final Fantasy 14 Update 9.88

Square Enix has released Final Fantasy 14 update 9.87 today on all platforms. This includes a fix to the Omega Protocol (Ultimate) boss. Check out the full Final Fantasy 14 February 9 patch notes down below.

Final Fantasy 14 Update 9.88 Patch Notes | FF14 February 9 Patch Notes:

Update: Official patch notes have been added to the article.

■The following issues have been addressed:
・The key item in the quest Unholy Matrimony could not be used, thus prevented the quest from progressing.
・In cutscene of the quest The Journey Continues, the facial expression of the NPC Seto was incorrect.
・In the workshop of Island Sanctuary, the handicrafts might not be displayed correctly when the schedule is sorted by time required.
・In the workshop of Island Sanctuary, Supply & Demand were sometimes displaying contents from the previous cycle.
・In Island Sanctuary, the client might crash when talking to the NPC creature comforter.
・The recast timers might not be displayed correctly for job actions with unique recast times, such as the Ninja PvE actions Ten and Chi.
・The effects for the action Heavy Swing might not be displayed correctly when performed with Manderville axe equipped.
・For the weapons that could be obtained from The Omega Protocol (Ultimate), the icons for the Arcanist/Summoner weapon and the Scholar weapon were switched.
・In Mount Ordeals and Mount Ordeals (Extreme), the background graphics might not be displayed correctly when restarting under certain conditions.
・In The Minstrel’s Ballad: Shinryu’s Domain, the target circle might not be displayed when targeting the worm’s heart, prevented players from performing melee physical attacks.
・In The Tower at Paradigm’s Breach, when the server was experiencing a high load, the boss would sometimes disappear under certain conditions making it impossible to progress.
・The graphics for Gaia’s Attire was not displayed correctly.
*The fix will allow the character’s skin color to show through a section of the equipment. Under certain conditions the affected sections would not be displayed.
・When male Au Ra equip the following gear, the graphics displayed are smaller.
Edenchoir Earrings of Fending/Edenchoir Earrings of Slaying/
Edenchoir Earrings of Aiming/Edenchoir Earrings of Healing/
Edenchoir Earrings of Casting/Edencall Earrings of Fending/
Edencall Earrings of Slaying/Edencall Earrings of Aiming/
Edencall Earrings of Healing/Edencall Earrings of Casting
・When editing portraits, portraits for gear sets equipped with high-quality items could not be applied to adventurer plates.
・When editing portraits, if the class/job of the gear set and the class/job of the associated glamour plate are different, the glamour information for the portrait would not be reflected.
・Under certain conditions, the favorites registered in the mount guide and minion guide may disappear.


The only hotfix that has been listed so far is a balance change to the Omega Protocol (Ultimate) boss fight. You can read the details down below. 

■The following issue has been addressed:
・In The Omega Protocol (Ultimate), the boss would perform auto-attacks at the start of a certain phase when it should not have done so. 

The official site also posted the following update about illicit activities taking place within the game. Details are below.

Actions Taken Against In-Game RMT & Other Illicit Activities (Feb. 9)

Real money trading (RMT) and other illicit activities upset the balance of the game and, as such, are prohibited under the Terms of Service.

Because we have confirmed the existence of players who are engaging in these illicit activities, we have taken the actions listed below.

Time Period: Feb. 2, 2023 to Feb. 8, 2023

・Participation in RMT/prohibited activities
・Accounts terminated: 1,774
・Accounts temporarily suspended: 101

・RMT advertising
・Accounts terminated: 12,662

Players who discover any confirmed cheats should, under no circumstances, exploit or disseminate such information. Instead, we ask that players file a report by using the in-game command [System Menu] -> [Support Desk] -> [Contact Us] -> [Report Cheating].

In addition, any witnessed RMT advertisement can be reported by right clicking the character name in the chat log and selecting the menu [Report] -> [Report RMT Activity].
The report will be processed automatically, and if determined to fall under RMT advertising, the reported character’s comments will be restricted.

We will continue to take stringent disciplinary action against any accounts with confirmed involvement in RMT/illicit activity; players should take care to steer clear of any activity that violates the Terms of Service.

We will update this post as soon as we can when official details of the new hotfix is published.;

Update: Official patch notes have been added to the article.

Source: Final Fantasy XIV

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