The 6 version ups containing parts the expansion data have been finished. There will be an extra version up on 4/15 (Tuesday) to turn on the new features.

The main changes are as follow:

* New Extra jobs "Summoner" released. Several low level summons can be obtained without expansion, but there are summons that can only be obtained in the new areas of the expansion

Summoner Passive Abilities
- MP Max Up (level 10)
- Resist Slow (level 20)
- Auto Refresh (level 25)

Summoner Abilities
- SP - Astral flow (level 1) - Brings out the true power of the Summon

* Level Cap is raised to level 65. There will be a quest needed to break the current cap. Since the skill cap is also raised, there will be new weapon skills as well. The guild skill cap is also raised.

* For Lv60 and above PT's, the exp received compared to the strength of the monster has been enhanced. The difference between PT members in such PTs (in terms of getting exp) are softened.

* There are several current "blocks" in existing dungeons that are opened.

* From the expansion, there will be 5 new areas to be included when calculating conquest standings.

* Warrior Changes

- Ability "Aggressor" changed - no more range accuracy up (becomes melee only). Also the time being able to use it has been changed.

* Monk Changes

- Ability "spirit energy ball" added - like "Hadoken" in Street Fighter?

- Passive ability "kick" added - when using claws, sometimes a monk will kick the opponent instead of punching

- Guard skill cap has been raised

- The rate of monk's passive ability "Martial Arts" has been changed. Lv30 or lower has been weakened a little, but above lv30 it has been strengthened.

- 2 handed staff skill cap has been raised

* White Mage Changes

- Lv61-65 White magic added.

- White Magic "Erase" added - cancels a weakening magic of your own PT member.

* Black Mage Changes

- Lv61-65 Black magic added.

- "Flare" "Freeze" "Tornado" "Quake" "Burst" "Flood" will have effects left after casting. The opposite element of the spell will have lesser resist rate. (For example, after casting "Flare", a water spell will have less resist rate.

- 2 handed staff skill cap raised.

* Red Mage Changes

- Ability "Convert" added - Exchanges HP and MP instantly.

- Lv61-65 White Magic unlocked.

- New Red Mage only magic added: "Phalanx" - Reduces damage taken

- New Red Mage only magic added: "Dispel" - Cancels one of enemy's magic effects.

- No more shooting skills.

- One handed sword skill cap raised.

- "Fast Cast" passive ability is fixed - spells will always be cast quickly, instead of it being random.

* Thief Changes

- Ability "Deceptive Attack" fixed - When used as a support job, no more parameter enhancements.

* Paladin Changes

- Ability "Rampart" added - Defense up to PT member in range.

- No more throwing skill.

* Dark Knight Changes

- The following Dark Knight only black magic added "Absorb STR" "Absorb DEX" "Absorb VIT" "Absorb AGI" "Absorb INT" "Absorb MND" "Absorb CHR" - absorbs a parameter of the enemy and adding it to the player.

* Beast Master Changes

- Ability "Summon Pet" added - using an item equipped in the ammo slot to summon a pet.

- Ability "Capture monster" fixed - when using as a support job, it's harder to capture a monster higher than the support job level.

- 2 handed scythe skill added.

* Bard Changes

- "Ballad" etc songs effect has been lowered once again.

- "March" etc songs effect has been lowered once again.

- "Soul Voice" effective time has been lowered to 3 minutes.

* Ranger Changes

- Ability "Endless Shot" added - after using, for the next shot, ammo will not be used for range attacks.

* The following magic has been unlocked

- Cure V (WHM61, RED73, PLD80)
- Protect IV (WHM63, RED63, PLD70)
- G-Protect IV (WHM63)
- Phalanx (RED33)
- Teleport Yuto (WHM38)
- Teleport Rute (WHM38)
- Erase (WHM32)
- Dispel (RED32)
- Absorb STR (DRK43)
- Absorb DEX (DRK41)
- Absorb VIT (DRK35)
- Absorb AGI (DRK37)
- Absorb INT (DRK39)
- Absorb MND (DRK31)
- Absorb CHR (DRK33)
- Fire III (BLM62, RED81, DRK97)
- Ice III (BLM64, RED86, DRK103)
- G-Thunder III (BLM 61)
- G-Stone III (BLM 63)
- G-Water III (BLM 65)

* It is easier to raise Magic Skills and Range Attack Skills now.

* Wide area magic attacks have been strengthen (ga attacks). However, the number of enemies in the range will reduce the power of the magic accordingly (as much as 40% lowered). The MP cost of the magic will not change.

* The following magic will have greater effect according to the player's skill: Slow, Paralyze, Burn, Frost, Choke, Rasp, Shock, Drown, Drain, Aspel, Blind

* The magic "Heavy" will have extra effect - gradually lowers the target's evade (about 5%).

* Using "Invisible" "Sneak" or "Deoder" magic and items will now not be able to be recast on top. The user will have to manually cancel the spell, and then have the caster recast.

* After Job Change, magic effects such as "reraise" will be reset.

* From the menu, the button "DATA FILE" has been cancelled. The button "Mog House items check" has replaced it. Using that button, you can now check what items are in your mog house.

* The "Auction House tax" rate has been changed

* From search results, you can now see clearly which players have set a search comment.

* From search, Mission Rank 7-10 and new Extra Jobs are added to be searchable.

* "Auto Offline" has been set to be synchronized with POL viewer.

* Players not logging off properly now has a 1 minute penalty instead of 30 seconds penalty (to be left in the playing field). This is to discourage players from resetting the game when being attacked by monsters.

* Macro sets have been expanded by 40 (Ctrl1~0, Alt1~0)

* From Pet Command Menu, you can now see the Pet's HP bar.

* You can now select Pet commands from your ability menu.

* There are new harvest/mining items added to the game. There are also areas where you can do these in expansion areas.

* You can now add players to your blacklist even if they're not in the same area.

* For the PC version, you can now change the aspect of your display outside of "4:3"(ex "16:10").

* Other fixes such as bugs and additions/changes to tags

<< Expansion Users additions >>

* New Extra Jobs added - "Samurai" "Ninja" "Dragoon". There are quests needed to unlock those jobs

Samurai's Passive Abilities
- Resist Blind (level 5)
- Store TP (level 10) - Charging TP faster than usual
- Demon Killer (level 40)

Samurai's Abilities
- SP (name not translated) (level 1) - Weapon Skill's TP costs goes to 100.
- Demon Protection (level 5) - PT members in range will have extra protection against Demons
- Heart Eye (level 15) - Next attack will be dodged.
- Silent Thinking (level 30) - charges TP

Ninja's Passive Abilities
- Stealth (level 5) - Harder to be detected by monsters
- Resist Bind (level 10)
- Dual Wield (level 10) - Being able to use a weapon in each hand

Ninja Abilities
- SP Explode (level 1) - Self Destruct to give enemy damage (no lost exp)

Dragoon Passive Abilities
- Attack Up (level 10)
- Dragon Killer (level 25)
- Hit rate Up (level 30)

Dragoon Abilities
- SP - Summons Dragon (level 1)
- Enchant Circle (level 5) - PT members in range will have extra protection against Dragons
- Jump (level 10) - Regular Jump attack
- High Jump (level 35) - Higher Jump attack
- Super Jump (level 50) - During the attack, the player is in invincible mode

* Missions after Rank 6 has been released

* In Jeuno Port, airships traveling to Kazham has been released.

* There are no mog houses in the expansion areas. However, there will be "Nomad Moogle" to do the regular mog house actions (Item Storage, Post, Job Change). You will not able to do planting and change layouts of your mog house with Nomad Moogle. Also, after changing jobs in expansion areas, auto PT sign will be cancelled.

* There are people who serves as Auction House agents in the new areas. As follows:

Kazham - Windurst AH
Rabao - Sandoria AH
Norg - Bastok AH

(Note that there are no agents for Jeuno AH)

* To protect the AH agents, there will be taxed charged to bazaar items sold in the 3 new towns:

Kazham - 15%
Rabao - 10%
Norgu - 5%

* Finally, after installing the expansion, there will be one version ups during the first start up.