Racing on twitch with Beyond Chaos

As foretold, version 61 (now 61.1) has been pushed, and this update is a big one.

Changes to ALL cave modes:

• Party member pickups now go straight into the party. If the active party is full, the character cannot be recruited.
  
• All cave modes have (almost) guaranteed item shops in every zone.
  
• All cave modes have more espers available in the early zones.
  
• Temporary characters, such as Banon and Leo, are now recruitable. Some characters might be given additional commands that they wouldn't normally have.
  
• Recruitable characters can appear in multiple places (they are much more common now).
  
• One character may randomly leave the party, like Shadow. This character can be re-recruited within the dungeon.
  
• The final cutscenes before and after the final battle were mostly cut.
  
• An NPC on the airship will allow you to change your party, so you can view and set up your characters before entering the dungeon.
  

Changes specific to "speedcave" and "racecave":

• Ghosts can only be recruited in these modes.
  
• Rest stops can have up to 2 recruitable characters. Speedcave starts with 4-9 characters and race cave starts with 9-12 characters.
  
• Party members can be swapped between teams at rest stops in "racecave" mode. To achieve this, each team is required to have a "party leader" that cannot be swapped.
  
• Instead of endgame bosses, "racecave" mode concludes with a special boss rush sequence.
  
• The "racecave" dungeon is about half the size of "speedcave" and exp requirements are approximately 2/3. Additionally, high level random encounters are less likely to appear.
  

I was considering adding some of the "racecave" features to "speedcave", but I'm going to hold off on that until after I see what kind of reception they get.