Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail Patch Notes - Allagan Tomestones, Raid And Duty Finders

Today began the early access period for Dawntrail. Creative Studio III published the complete patch notes for Dawntrail on The Lodestone. I thought I would try to cover the patch notes similar to what I have done for the last few EVE Online expansions. I have to put in similar because I do have a real life job and CCP drops their patch notes on Fridays so I have the weekend to work on them. 

Four days until the official launch of Dawntrail

This eighth post in the series will cover information labeled "Battle System" in the patch notes: Allagan tomestones and the Raid and Duty Finders. I changed the order of the patch notes for this since we are currently in early access and these mechanics may be more relevant for those playing now.

 Allagan tomestones

Allagan tomestones of aesthetics

• Players can only obtain up to a maximum of 2,000 tomestones of aesthetics
• Players can only receive tomestones of aesthetics after reaching level 100 with at least one Disciple of War or Magic class or job
• There is no weekly limitation on tomestones of aesthetics.
• A secondary currency, Allagan tomestones of heliometry, will be available in Patch 7.05, which is scheduled to release approximately four weeks after the start of official service for Dawntrail.

Allagan tomestones of causality and Allagan tomestones of comedy

• Allagan tomestones of causality and comedy are no longer available.
• All trials and duties where these tomestones could be obtained will now offer Allagan tomestones of poetics or Allagan tomestones of aesthetics instead
• Allagan tomestones of causality and comedy can be exchanged for Allagan tomestones of poetics by visiting Auriana in Revenant's Toll, located in Mor Dhona (X:22.7, Y:6.6)

Allagan tomestones of astronomy

• Allagan tomestones of astronomy have been removed from the game.

Allagan tomestones of poetics

• Allagan tomestones of poetics may still be obtained from duties up to level 90, as well as certain Duty Roulettes.

Raid and Duty Finders

Raid Finder

• The Raid Finder now only lists trials and duties introduced with Patch 7.0.
  
  
• All of the Ultimate raids --The Unending Coil of Bahamut (Ultimate), the Weapon's Refrain (Ultimate), the Epic of Alexander (Ultimate), Dragonsong's Reprise (Ultimate), and the Omega Protocol (Ultimate) -- can still be accessed via the Raid Finder.

Duty Finder

For some reason the Duty Finder changes were divided into two groups. Below is the first, high level group.

• Category names and the duties listed within each have been reorganized.
• 6.x duties can now be undertaken using the Unrestricted Party option.
• When undertaking duties using the Unrestricted Party option, players can now elect to leave a duty even during combat.

The reorganization of the category names and duties is listed below.

• New duties for Dawntrail have been added to Duty Roulette: Expert, Duty Roulette: Leveling, and Duty Roulette: Trials.
  
  
• Duty Roulette: Level 50/60/70/80 Dungeons and Duty Roulette: Level 90 Dungeons have been combined into Duty Roulette: High-level Dungeons.
  
  
• The type and number of Allagan tomestones received from each Duty Roulette category has been adjusted.
  
  
• Duty Roulette: Expert - pays out 80 Allagan tomestones of aesthetics
  
  
• Duty Roulette: High-level Dungeons - pays out 100 Allagan tomestones of poetics and 120 Allagan tomestones of aesthetics
  
  
• Duty Roulette: Leveling - pays out 100 Allagan tomestones of aesthetics
  
  
• Duty Roulette: Trials - pays out 60 Allagan tomestones of aesthetics
  
  
• Duty Roulette: Main Scenario - pays out 350 Allagan tomestones of poetics and 100 Allagan tomestones of aesthetics
  
  
• Duty Roulette: Alliance Raids - pays out 120 Allagan tomestones of poetics and 120 Allagan tomestones of aesthetics
  
  
• Duty Roulette: Normal Raids - pays out 80 Allagan tomestones of poetics and 60 Allagan tomestones of aesthetics
  
  
• Duty Roulette: Mentor - pays out 30 Allagan tomestones of aesthetics
  
  
• Duty Roulette: Frontline  - pays out 50 Allagan tomestones of aesthetics
  
  
• The requirements and rewards for the adventurer in need bonus have been adjusted for Duty Roulette: Leveling and Duty Roulette: Alliance Raids.
  
  
• Requirements: Class or job at time of registration is level 90 or higher (increased from level 80)
  
• Reward: Cracked Novacluster and 2 Cracked Prismaticlusters (changed from Cracked Anthocluster and 2 Cracked Dendroclusters) 
  
  
• The requirements to register for Duty Roulette: Alliance Raids have been changed.
  
  
• Players must meet the highest item level requirements among the alliance raids they can enter at their current class or job level at the time of registration. This was changed from meeting  meet average item level requirements commensurate with the level of their current class or job at the time of registration.