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FFXIV 6.08 patch brings huge buffs for Paladin, Dancer, and Dragoon

Final Fantasy XIV's latest patch is here, and it's good news for those of you who play the Paladin, Dancer, and Dragon jobs, in particular. Alongside a raft of damage buffs for other classes, we've also got a new data centre for the Oceanic region.

The Paladin has got a handsome increase in potency across its Spirits Within, Expiacion, Blade of Faith, Blade of Truth, and Blade of Valour moves. The standouts, though, are the last three moves, which have all seen a leap of more than 100 in potencies.

The Dragoon and Dancer have done pretty well for themselves, too. The former has got potency buffs to Raiden Thrust, Stardiver, Heavens' Thrust, and Chaotic Spring. Dragon Sight also has more range now, and the targeted party member now doesn't need to remain within 12 yalms to receive the benefits of Left Eye. The latter, meanwhile, has received damage boosts across Cascade, Reverse Cascade, and Fountainfall. The combo potency for Fountain has also been buffed to 280 from 240. To round things off, the four steps potency for Technical Finish has been boosted to 1,200 from 1,080.

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Patch 6.08 Notes

Patch 6.08 brings a number of additions and refinements to the realm, and marks the opening of the Oceanian data center.

*The Home World Transfer Service will resume on Tuesday, January 25 at 10:00 p.m. (PST) / Wednesday, January 26 at 6:00 (GMT) / 17:00 (AEDT).

Read the patch notes on The Lodestone here.

Having recovered from success, Final Fantasy 14 is back on sale

After six long weeks, Final Fantasy XIV is back on sale. That's after Square Enix stopped selling the MMORPG after the critically acclaimed life-hog overwhelmed its servers, causing massive server queues and network errors. Thankfully, those days are behind the game now. So yes, if you've been longing to check out its excellent Endwalker expansion or famous smooth grapes, you can! And from a new Oceania server too, because Squeenix now have room for those down under to sample Eorzea's delicacies.

I wish I could take credit for that strapline up there, but alas, I cannot. That's right, the creator of Final Fantasy, Hironobu Sakaguchi, really has created his own Final Fantasy XIV clothing label called sakaGUCCI - and he's been showing off his designs on Twitter with some truly great fashion poses.

January 25, 2022 You can find the FFXIV 6.08 patch notes at the link.

While Final Fantasy XIV got a swift sweep of job tweaks in its most recent update, it looks like an even bigger rebalancing act is coming with update 6.08. Director Naoki Yoshida recently sat down with Radio Mog Station and briefly discussed plans for the future, such as upcoming patches and the team's thoughts on the current balance of various classes.

As translated by the Final Fantasy XIV fan Discord server, the team reportedly knows that Reaper is still strong. However, it seems the plan is to achieve balance by strengthening other jobs rather than bringing the Reaper down another jot. Yoshida is quoted as saying that pure firepower classes like the Samurai - hey, that's me! - and Black Mage will get some TLC in the 6.08 update as the devs reckon they've been a tad stingy previously. The team is also reportedly looking into adjusting the Samurai, Black Mage, and Monk jobs further as they're pretty busy to play but don't put out the DPS they should. There might be some good news on the horizon for Dancer players, too, as Yoshida apparently reckons they should be doing more damage.

Looking at the popular combat analysis website FF Logs, you can see why those jobs might be getting a slight buff when looking at the stats across all players. The Reaper currently comes out on top in extreme trials content for rDPS and aDPS - if you need a refresher, aDPS only includes your personal damage output while rDPS factors in the buffs you give to other teammates. Samurai and Black Mage come second and third for aDPS - that isn't bad, though you may see why the plan is to give the pair a slight boost. They're pure firepower classes as their damage is their primary offering to the team.