FFXIV Dev Tracker: 20-21 luglio (July)

These Grand Company Colors Don't Run! [Link >>]

Camate>> Thanks for all the entries thus far! Looking good :D
I would ask, however, that this thread be limited to banner entries only and that questions and comments related to the event are made elsewhere. We have moved the off-topic posts to the thread in General Discussion.
Thank you for your cooperation.

These Grand Company Colors Don't Run! [Link >>]

The entry does not say anything about text, is that okay? Like, can it have a quote or something in it?

Bayohne>> Yep! Perfectly fine to add your own text! :)

Patch 1.23 Music Anyone? [Link >>]

Camate>> If music plays a big part of your adventuring experience, you should definitely check out this patch 1.23 BGM digest that Masayoshi Soken from the sound team put together on the SQUARE ENIX MUSIC BLOG.
Apologies that the whole thing is in Japanese, but if you scroll down to the bottom you will find the music player! Hope you all enjoy it and start to get amped for patch 1.23, which is right around the corner!

Weaponskills Power Based on DPS or Damage Value? [Link >>]

Rukkirii>> In case anyone is curious whether it’s a weapon’s damage value or DPS value that puts the punch in a WS, I’d like to give a brief explanation of the system.
As you all know, with our Armoury system it is possible for actions to be used on different classes.
With that said, in the case that we made only the damage value affect a WS’s power, those classes that are able to equip themselves with weapons that have high damage values would become more powerful than the classes that could originally use those abilities.
In order to avoid this situation, we set the DPS value to dictate a WS’s power and we have no plans on changing this in version 2.0.

Duels [Link >>]

Rukkirii>> We asked the man himself and he let us know that the dev. team have indeed considered implementing dueling, but that it's currently not a high priority at the moment.

Gathering Achievements and Journal [Link >>]

Rukkirii>> If you gatherers are spending your time, working hard in order to obtain a luminary and are worried whether your gathering count will be carried over to version 2.0, have no fear! The development team is working on preparations so that all your hard work will be transferred to version 2.0. As the balance for version 2.0 will change a bit from the current version, there is a possibility that there will be achievements that undergo criteria changes.
Please note that there will be achievements that can no longer be completed in version 2.0 and we are working to compile the information on this, which will be announced on Lodestone in the very near future.
Also, as a bit of a side-note, in version 2.0 we will be implementing a gathering journal (tentative name), which will allow players to check which areas items can be gathered from. We are planning to have this implemented for the alpha test, so please look forward to it!