==Update 1.7 Summary== 

1. Concluding Chapter 3 You heard it here, Chapter 3 concludes with this update! It's been a long road since obtaining your first merit, but we'll be wrapping up Chapter 3 and preparing for 1 more major story patch in the future. 

2. More World Building This patch includes a few new areas that have been teased throughout development. You can expect to explore the Maze of Shakhrami, The Horutoto Ruins, and Toraimarai Canal. You may also find yourself in some terrifying places like Behemoth's Dominion and Dragon's Aery  

3. Glamorous Some jobs, most notably the Dragoon have received a makeover in their appearance. Alongside them, Blue Mage, Dark Knight, and Ninja have also received visual updates. No more goofy masks and dark eye-liner for those guys and gals. 

4. New Merits! Keeping with tradition, this story patch will include new Merit Abilities for each Job. Each addition adds complexity to the loadouts already available. I look forward to seeing how you will use them and which are your favorites! 

5. Job Updates A large amount of care has been put into updating Jobs during this patch. Most notably, Melee and Hybrid Jobs. Basic Attacks will now scale a whole lot better as the game progresses allowing your melee Jobs to stand up to your back line. You can read all the details of the Job updates in the patch notes! 

6. Quests and Quests Patch 1.7 introduces a few new quests along with some updates to old ones. Look out for some new and familiar characters in Rabao, the Church in Upper Jeuno and the Armory in the Archduke's Palace! 

And that's the quick summary for you! I hope you look forward to diving back into Braver and finishing Chapter 3. Though Chapter 3 comes to a close, the story is not quite finished yet. Level up those jobs, get that gear and prepare yourself for another wild ride ahead! Below are all the patch notes for 1.7

--1.7--

--Story--

- The conclusion of Chapter 3 has been added

- Quest log fixed for Chapter 2, not updating correctly at certain points

--World Building--

- Maze of Shakhrami area added

- Outer Horutoto Ruins area added

- Inner Horutoto Ruins area added

- Toraimarai Canal area added

- Behemoth's Dominion area added

- Dragon's Aery area added

- Chocobo Handler NPC added to Windurst Woods

- Monastic Cavern Mining Nodes fixed

- Beadeaux Mining Nodes fixed

- Crawler's Nest Mining Nodes fixed

- Additional tutorial notes added to Zeruhn Mines

--Visual Updates--

- Damage pop up text reverted back to normal

- Flags updated in certain areas

- Sprites and Faces adjusted for certain jobs

--Jobs/Skills--

- New Merits available for all Jobs

- '+ Skills' now share a cooldown with their regular counterpart

- Dispel skills no longer remove Minne / Minuet debuffs from enemies

- Hastega duration adjusted

- Study and Analyze can no longer target pets

- Skills affected by Silence and Amnesia adjusted

- Dia now removes Dia II and vice versa

- Double Attack Passive now grants a flat +1 attack

- Basic attack damage formulas adjusted

{Beastmaster}

- No longer able to swap jugs in combat

- Favored Enemy renamed to Primal Focus and effect increased to 75%

- Pet abilities renamed with 'Pet Command: xx'

- Pet Command: Foot Kick & Power Attack no longer open skillchains and

  instead apply 'Battered' effect (Phys Dmg Taken +20%)

- Temporary fix; If a skill becomes 'greyed out', use the Gauge skill on 

  your pet to allow those skills to be used

- Feral Howl Damage formula adjusted

{Black Mage}

- Mana Wall adjusted

{Blue Mage}

- Spell damage formulas adjusted

- Memento Mori Help Description updated

{Corsair}

- Double Shot II damage adjusted

- Roll cooldown adjusted

- Base INT increased

- Corsair Roll now adds JP Bonus

- Gunslinger Roll Merit changed to Runeist Roll

{Dark Knight}

- Death Nova will no longer inflict 'Envenomed' on Pets

- Damage formula for spells adjusted

- Max HP Reduction on skills adjusted

{Dragoon}

- Jump damage formula adjusted

- Base INT increased

- Spirit Surge description updated

{Monk}

- Base VIT and MND increased

- New Counter Skill added to Counter Skill pool

- Passive Abilities adjusted

- Counter Stance adjusted

- Flying Kick damage adjusted

- Ancient Meditative Ki adjusted

- MP Cost adjusted for certain skills

- Chakra now removes Disease

{Paladin}

- Echo of Light now triggers under appropriate circumstances

{Puppetmaster}

- Counter skill adjusted

- New spells added to Spiritreaver Head

- INT improved on Spiritreaver Frame

- Factory Reset Merit no longer puts all characters in back row

- Overclock Merit is now an Instant instead of an Action

{Ranger}

- Burial damage adjusted

- Volley will now generate TP as intended

- Unlimited Shot adjusted

{Red Mage}

- Quicken Help Description updated

{Rune Knight}

- Skill damage forumla adjusted

{Scholar}

- Dark Arts spell damage formula adjusted

- Light Arts and Dark Arts will no longer remain after class change

- Light and Dark Arts now require TP to enter

{Summoner}

- No longer able to summon an enhanced and normal Avatar at the same time

- Rolling Thunder will now remove other En-spell effects

{Thief}

- Assassin damage adjusted

- Flee duration increased

- Assassin's Charge now grants an additional attack if HP is above 90%

  instead of a chance to Triple Attack

{Warrior}

- Skill damage formula adjusted

- Brazen Rush now adds +1 attack instead of Triple Attack

- Warcry is now Instant

{White Mage}

- Front Row only Weapons will no longer target pets

--Quests--

- An Empty Vessel added to Rabao

- Messenger from Beyond added to Upper Jeuno Church

- Puppetmaster Blues added to Archduke's Palace Armory

- Shadow Slayer will now leave Gusgen Mines after completing his quest

  - If you have already completed the Gusgen Mines Shadow Slayer quest, speak

    with him again to initiate the next step of his quest found in Mhaura

- Fishing for Gil updated to have appropriate reward

--Inventory--

- Item exchange Mog added to Neptune's Spire

- Stormwaker Frame Lv3 now costs the appropriate amount

- Brutal Earring adjusted

- Color changed on various Relic Slot items

- Enigma Draught description updated

- Affinity Earring adjusted

- Vali's Expertise & Cross Counter Mods removed

- New Mods drop from Fei'Yin Fomor BCNM fight, replacing the above mods

- Avatar Relics adjusted to include +2-3% respective stat increase

  - Added Item Exchange Mog

- Blue Mage gear MP Drain% adjusted

- Bravura adjusted

  - Added to Item Exchange Mog

- Reverend Mail adjusted

  - Added to Item Exchange Mog

- Dyne's Ring and Orina Heirloom updated 

  - Added to Exhance NPC

- Amity Cape adjusted and color changed

- Drachen Girdle adjusted

--Crafting--

--Enemies--

- BCNM Pirate Lord's Plunder added to Manaclipper

- Yagudo Avatar boss now immune to certain status effects

- Dynamis Lord adjusted

--Misc--

- ! added to new bridge that appears on the way to finding certain Boss

  in Quicksand Caves

- Undefined u bug resolved

- Typos fixed throughout

- Phrasing adjusted in certain dialogues throughout

- Certain help descriptions cleaned up

- Quest log will no longer crash from 1.6.5 Hotfix 1

- State Tooltips removed due to increased lag

- Samurai WS descriptions fixed

- Dynamis-San d'Oria pathing issue fixed