August 10, 2020 The final patch notes for Final Fantasy XIV update 5.3 are here.
The Final Fantasy XIV patch 5.3 notes are here - now in full. With the countdown to the Final Fantasy XIV patch 5.3 release time fully underway, the devs have finalised all the job changes coming in this update, including notable buffs to Astrologians, Bards, and Monks, which you can see in full below. Besides the big new content for Reflections in Crystal - the new main story quests, the next Nier alliance raid, and the new Heroes' Gauntlet dungeon - the notes also reveal several notable quality-of-life improvements.
You'll now see a 'Transcendent' buff on your character when you get revived, indicating exactly how long your post-res invulnerability will last - a long-requested change. The status effects you've applied to enemies will now appear first in the target bar, so you can more easily keep track of your debuffs. And you can now start or abandon leve quests while riding a mount.
Whenever you complete a dungeon for the first time, you'll get an experience point bonus. The Coincounter boss in the Aurum Vale dungeon will now telegraph its attacks with AOE indicators, which should make the encounter a bit less confusing for new players.
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