2.1 info, Live Letter, Extreme Primals, new Dungeons and more

Ok, so I posted a video that addressed the questions raised in today's live letter.  I promised to share the notes I took during the video for those who don't want to spend 44 min watching it.  
Please excuse any typo's or spelling or name errors.  I was typing while watching it, trying to not pause as it was so long and fielding questions/complaints from kids.  
Some things are spelled phonetically as I am not familiar with the names and I may be waaaay off or close to appropriate spelling.  Do not go grammar Nazi on me over this.  I think that despite whatever errors you can still figure out what I'm talking about.

So, here's my notes.  If you have any specific questions about what's here or maybe something brushed on that I didn't elaborate on let me know.  If I can help I will.

Live letter

DRG - 1 sec animation, new animations, not invincible but can move almost immediately. 10% 

DPS boost for melee. 

Positioning - For problems with aoe damage when outside of range.  Certain areas faster 

response times.  Can't speed up response everywhere coz of server lag.  Dungeons and raids 

improved.

Melee DPS running out of TP 

High difficulty Crystal Tower - Item lvl needed for content 55.  Rewards - treasure chest 

each boss for each party, need/greed.  Each party gets different loot, party A will not 

same loot party B gets.

MNK - greased lightning buff effect increased.  Amount of bonus damage from behind target 

increased.

BRD - cross class changes.  Possibly removing blood for blood

BLM - double flare fixed

Item lvl rewards Crystal tower = lvl 80

Benefits Crystal tower for those already doing Binding - Items for vanity system 

implemented in 2.2.  Equip for alternative classes/jobs.

Alliances Crystal Tower - CANNOT form your own alliance in CT, can enter with party of 8.  

Cannot enter with free company unless all form at same time and everyone confirms at same 

time gymnastics.

CT not progress record - will be updated every other patch and must complete prior content 

before advancing.  Possible item lockout - poor translation

CT alliance - party chat channel and alliance chat channel.

CT 3 party content - large room fights can all assist other parties, smaller areas one 

party canoot help another that is struggling.

CT tokens - philosophy/myth + new in patches

Eureka - through CT content.  CT also = Labyrinth of the Ancients

Amount of items increased - more items storeable in armoir.

New bow - black artemis type bow.  Was a Judge item (GM only) most likely and not playable

PS3 CT and display issues  - all 24 players will display properly, do not worry.

Barber - 2k gil to change hairstyle.

Limitations to how many times use salon - none

Hair color, eyebrows facial features, tattoos, skin colour and eye colour etc.

More salon options in future - yes, each patch focused on specific race.

Primals - 

Difficult Moggle Mog - HM Garuda, extreme mode Moggle Mog 2.2.  

Moggle Mog - same music as 1.0

Normal mode Moggle Mog - lvl 50 needed, no 'normal' story mode.

Moogle minion - not Moggle Mog reward, working

Moogle equip cosmetics not planned

Moggle Mog weapons = lvl 80, item lvl of allegan from 90-95 increase.

Another final Fantasia - not planned

Vote kick method implemented.

large scale party recruitement for duty roulette so people wanting speed runs vs first 

timers can specify, tailor runs.

MIP system instead of MVP.  vote for player who is nicest, not necessarily the 'best'.

leave content after being paired in duty roulette - no punishment can still get reward.

no Duty rouletter 2-3 ppl

If use duty roulette as sch still expected to heal.

Can enter unlocked dungeons via duty roulette.  

Limitations to voting MIP - only be used when playing solo.

Plans to challenge chimaera hydro 

players in Pharoah = 4 man

Pharoah gear gained is 60, can get with current equipment.

new stories

Iconic characters in Pharoah

new mechanics - speculating Typhoon or Siren as final boss.

HM and CM - hard modes added.

Hard mode dungeons different from normal.  Different atmospheric changes and partial route 

changes, boss changes and mechanic changes.

Story for why revisiting.  Rewards from HM dungeons are lvl 60.

Allegan Tombstones from HM dungeons.

benefits for HM dungeons - tombstones.  Ak item lvl moved down to 55.

Primals 2.2 and 2.3 - MM 2.2, Leviathan 2.3 and mystery primal (Fenrir?!) in 2.3

2.3 Ramuh and Shiva - lvl 50 fights

item lvl requirement for extreme mode = roughly 70. Ifrit > Garuda > Titan.

Extreme battles how hard -"quite severe" 

Mechanics extreme primals - Ifrit = can't stun eruptions, starting early in fight.  8 

Nails = 7 outside and one in center which is big, dashes = 4 dashes.  New plume patterns, 

not under they shift with open areas not where Ifrit is. 

Garuda = Not much new, Supana and Turata spawn differently.  both spawn in center, double 

red lines and double green lines.  if do not kill them then all 3 do arial blast together. 

 Possible she can AB more than once.  Need "very high" DPS.  

Titan = Duty finder extreme gonna suck. Arena smaller.  Summons egi's (multiples) which 

use enkindle which stays down for a while.  Stomps have knockbacks.  New stomp knocks 

everyone off.  Double jails.  LoS him behind jails.  Landslide in 4 directions Mountain 

Buster lot bigger.

Extreme mode tied into story/relic quest

Extreme mode rewards - When do all lvl 90 weapon reward.  

other rewards for individual primals.  

Extreme mode primals accessible through Duty Finder

2.1 release Dec 17th, 2013.  Current plans.

materials for housing furnishings - diff drops in HM and extreme primals, increased rate.

Dungeons better than fates for hardcore lvling now.

Hard mode/extreme of Ultima weapon.  One of final bosses in Praetorium.  lasers, plumes, 

egi's.  Tuned so difficult it has no hard mode, extreme mode only.

Snowman costumes.

New live letter Dec 13th

PvP, Beastmen dailies, treasure hunts.

Mammets of light veteran rewards for 180 - classic blm, warrior, whm.

180 veteran rewards black mage chocobo barding

280 days - leader of cities mammet, Behemoth mount

Osaka Live Letter in Jan

Fanfest!! Oct 2014 in US/JP and Germany.

new minions - bluebird (finally unlocking it, hopefully goblin, lamb, and buffalo too) and tonberry along with others, new chocobo bardings.  Stated so many new minions he couldn't name them all. *YAY*!

bardings.  One appears like Allegan gear.

And finally the link to the video I used when making this list.  It's not the exact live letter, but someone's synopsis of it.  
This is the same video I posted on Facebook.
Happy hunting!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qWyiKtqtOI&feature=youtu.be

I just realized a load of the text got shifted when I copy/pasted it.  Freaking Notepad.  Oh well, sorry.