■ Alterations relating to battles *Fixes to a bug where enemy action speed would become slower than originally intended in some situations. *The length of time taken before the first action is made has been reduced for both allied and enemy characters. *The amount of EXP received from enemies has been slightly reduced overall. There is a possibility that the above three changes will make battle difficulty feel slightly harder than before. We are very sorry to make updates that affect the overall game balance in this way, but they are intended to fix bugs to bring the game’s behaviour closer to how it was originally intended, and also to allow new players to experience the game in the best state possible. Thank you for your understanding. *The enemy item drop rates have been adjusted so that rarer items are now dropped more frequently. *Some flying enemies have been animated to hover up and down in the air. *A visual effect was added where the screen flashes if an allied character’s attack scores a critical hit. *The time taken when transitioning between screens after escaping from battle has been reduced. ■ Alterations relating to maps and events *Alterations have been made so that weapons and armour are sorted into attack (or defence) power order within their type category when using the auto-sort function on the menu screen. *Changes have been made so that the mini map is immediately displayed in the top right of the screen after moving to a new map. *The default cursor position when selecting to stay at an inn has been changed to the “yes” option. ■ Bug fixes The following bugs have been fixed. We sincerely apologise for any inconvenience that these issues may have caused. *Battles would sometimes not progress correctly under specific circumstances. *Some enemies would act unnaturally under specific circumstances. *Sometimes odd actions would be initiated when using auto-battle under specific circumstances. *The “Reflect” effect would sometimes inflict more damage than intended on the enemy when multiple characters reflected magic back at them. *The “Cover” ability would trigger against some attacks that did not inflict damage or for “Petrified” allies when in a near-death state. *Cecil would trigger the “Cover” ability when equipped with the weapon “Avenger” and in a “Berserk” state, *Sometimes an allied character in the “Confuse” state would behave unnaturally when performing certain actions. *Sometimes the effect duration for the “Stop” status would not be updated with overlapping applications of the same status. * Sometimes the countdown for “Doom” would slow down. *”Security Eye” and “Searcher” enemies would use “Alert” as a counter against “Steal”. *The enemy skills “Diamond Dust” and “Tsunami” were more powerful than originally intended. *Sometimes the graphics for defeated enemies would not disappear under specific conditions.