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The fast-approaching major version update will usher in auspicious adjustments spanning a wide range of in-game elements. Today, it is our pleasure to introduce the changes that are scheduled for the Chocobo Circuit, the fishing quest "Inside the Belly," and more!
Chocobo Circuit
- Bigger Rewards
The amount of chocobucks rewarded to first, second, and third place winners in chocobo racing will be significantly increased.
- Revised Race Schedule
The Chocobo Circuit schedule has undergone a full review. The C2 Chocobo Race and C1 Crystal Stakes will be held with greater frequency, and races will take place at the same time each Earth day, making it easier for players to participate than ever before.
*The red and blue race attendants above will alternately conduct races.
- New Rewards
The dashing racing silks dutifully worn by jockeys will be added to the list of reward items obtainable in exchange for chocobucks. With each color offering unique beneficial effects for its wearer, there is bound to be something for every chocobo fan!
Quest: Inside the Belly
Players will be able to turn in more varieties of fish to the quest-starter NPC. Rumor has it these fishes have a penchant for swallowing up new equipment whole...?
Past Vana'diel
- Xarcabard [S]
Monster distribution will be adjusted to allow adventurers to safely arrive at their destination when using the teleportation service requiring Allied Notes.
- Eldieme Necropolis [S]
A number of gates within the necropolis will be adjusted to remain open at all times to allow players to find their way to union treasure chests at the end of a Campaign Battle.
All this and more is coming to you in the soon-arriving major version update!
Chocobo Circuit
- Bigger Rewards
The amount of chocobucks rewarded to first, second, and third place winners in chocobo racing will be significantly increased.
- Revised Race Schedule
The Chocobo Circuit schedule has undergone a full review. The C2 Chocobo Race and C1 Crystal Stakes will be held with greater frequency, and races will take place at the same time each Earth day, making it easier for players to participate than ever before.
*The red and blue race attendants above will alternately conduct races.
- New Rewards
The dashing racing silks dutifully worn by jockeys will be added to the list of reward items obtainable in exchange for chocobucks. With each color offering unique beneficial effects for its wearer, there is bound to be something for every chocobo fan!
Quest: Inside the Belly
Players will be able to turn in more varieties of fish to the quest-starter NPC. Rumor has it these fishes have a penchant for swallowing up new equipment whole...?
Past Vana'diel
- Xarcabard [S]
Monster distribution will be adjusted to allow adventurers to safely arrive at their destination when using the teleportation service requiring Allied Notes.
- Eldieme Necropolis [S]
A number of gates within the necropolis will be adjusted to remain open at all times to allow players to find their way to union treasure chests at the end of a Campaign Battle.
All this and more is coming to you in the soon-arriving major version update!
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Posted: Nov 6th 2009 6:21am | IP: Logged | Reply to this
About time they made this Matsya guttable.
Although I definitely expect to get nothing but 12,500~g (approximately half of its ->NPC value) for it... damn you Zaldon.
Although I definitely expect to get nothing but 12,500~g (approximately half of its ->NPC value) for it... damn you Zaldon.
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SE wrote:
Chocobo Circuit
RRRAAAAAAAGGGEEEEEEEEEE!
Edited, Nov 6th 2009 6:24am by lolrockboy
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CupDeNoodles, concerning things FFXIV needs wrote:
Also, real chocobo raising. Spending over a month breeding one with the hope of getting the color you want then raising its stats only to find out it never runs faster than a rental. Bullocks. If I spend that much time on it, it damn well better shoot fire out of its ass and run through the zone like a chicken on speed.
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They already updated /bell last patch. Cut them some slack, dawg.
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wait until new summons are only available via chocobo circuit..
FAT CHOCOBO!
75 DANCER
75 BEASTMASTER
52 BLUEMAGE
45 RANGER
37 WHITEMAGE
37 NINJA
37 SAMURAI
37 Dragoon
37 Thf
37 Warrior
O.o
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FAT CHOCOBO!
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75 BEASTMASTER
52 BLUEMAGE
45 RANGER
37 WHITEMAGE
37 NINJA
37 SAMURAI
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SPQR
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Past Vana'diel
- Xarcabard [S]
Monster distribution will be adjusted to allow adventurers to safely arrive at their destination when using the teleportation service requiring Allied Notes.
- Eldieme Necropolis [S]
A number of gates within the necropolis will be adjusted to remain open at all times to allow players to find their way to union treasure chests at the end of a Campaign Battle.
- Xarcabard [S]
Monster distribution will be adjusted to allow adventurers to safely arrive at their destination when using the teleportation service requiring Allied Notes.
- Eldieme Necropolis [S]
A number of gates within the necropolis will be adjusted to remain open at all times to allow players to find their way to union treasure chests at the end of a Campaign Battle.
About damn time.
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Xarcabard [S]
Monster distribution will be adjusted to allow adventurers to safely arrive at their destination when using the teleportation service requiring Allied Notes.
Monster distribution will be adjusted to allow adventurers to safely arrive at their destination when using the teleportation service requiring Allied Notes.
Yaaaay~ no more dragon rape >.>
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Hopefully this isn't the only update notice we get before Monday or it is going to be a very long weekend indeed. I'm not complaining at all though. Between the Job Adjustments, the new equipment system and the fact they still care about the smaller parts of the game that some people still enjoy. I think all and all this is going to be a healthier update than the last few have been. Fresh content throughout the entire game. Kudos Square Enix.
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Fynlar wrote:
They already updated /bell last patch. Cut them some slack, dawg.
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Nope, no 6th star either.
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Glad to see some love being shown to Chocobo Circuit. I always enjoyed the races, never won though.
Wish they'd change the interface of selecting winners, its rather tedious.
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Wish they'd change the interface of selecting winners, its rather tedious.
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Chocobo Circuit
- Bigger Rewards
The amount of chocobucks rewarded to first, second, and third place winners in chocobo racing will be significantly increased.
- Revised Race Schedule
The Chocobo Circuit schedule has undergone a full review. The C2 Chocobo Race and C1 Crystal Stakes will be held with greater frequency, and races will take place at the same time each Earth day, making it easier for players to participate than ever before.
- New Rewards
The dashing racing silks dutifully worn by jockeys will be added to the list of reward items obtainable in exchange for chocobucks. With each color offering unique beneficial effects for its wearer, there is bound to be something for every chocobo fan!
- Bigger Rewards
The amount of chocobucks rewarded to first, second, and third place winners in chocobo racing will be significantly increased.
- Revised Race Schedule
The Chocobo Circuit schedule has undergone a full review. The C2 Chocobo Race and C1 Crystal Stakes will be held with greater frequency, and races will take place at the same time each Earth day, making it easier for players to participate than ever before.
- New Rewards
The dashing racing silks dutifully worn by jockeys will be added to the list of reward items obtainable in exchange for chocobucks. With each color offering unique beneficial effects for its wearer, there is bound to be something for every chocobo fan!
Finally! You had to get the Chocobucks through the free races in town, but in the circuit races you had to put up 10/20/40/80 CB for the different races, and only the winner got his CB back.. the rest got a fraction of it back...
If you were lucky, you got to win some useless furniture, useless key item, useless title and/or a fraction of the gil you spend getting to that point in racing.
Now you can at least show off some useless gear :)
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Quest: Inside the Belly
Players will be able to turn in more varieties of fish to the quest-starter NPC. Rumor has it these fishes have a penchant for swallowing up new equipment whole...?
Players will be able to turn in more varieties of fish to the quest-starter NPC. Rumor has it these fishes have a penchant for swallowing up new equipment whole...?
My fishing isn't high enough for this to play a role, but it seems good nonetheless.
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Past Vana'diel
- Xarcabard [S]
Monster distribution will be adjusted to allow adventurers to safely arrive at their destination when using the teleportation service requiring Allied Notes.
- Eldieme Necropolis [S]
A number of gates within the necropolis will be adjusted to remain open at all times to allow players to find their way to union treasure chests at the end of a Campaign Battle.
All this and more is coming to you in the soon-arriving major version update!
- Xarcabard [S]
Monster distribution will be adjusted to allow adventurers to safely arrive at their destination when using the teleportation service requiring Allied Notes.
- Eldieme Necropolis [S]
A number of gates within the necropolis will be adjusted to remain open at all times to allow players to find their way to union treasure chests at the end of a Campaign Battle.
All this and more is coming to you in the soon-arriving major version update!
More win. Always a great joy being agrod by a bunch of mobs (or those freaking Ampiphteres...) or zone-in, or getting interrupted while grabbing campaign tag, for some nice dose of xp loss.
And being stuck behind those doors after campaign in Eldieme was a pain... so frustrating being stuck in the north or west rooms, with noone to open the union coffer >_<
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So much for the complaints that SE doesn't care about old content.
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Players will be able to turn in more varieties of fish to the quest-starter NPC. Rumor has it these fishes have a penchant for swallowing up new equipment whole...?
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Players will be able to turn in more varieties of fish to the quest-starter NPC. Rumor has it these fishes have a penchant for swallowing up new equipment whole...?
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Dictionary.com wrote:
Fish : Noun, plural (especially collectively) fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) fish⋅es
Edit: Bolded for emphasis
Edited, Nov 6th 2009 8:24am by lolrockboy
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CupDeNoodles, concerning things FFXIV needs wrote:
Also, real chocobo raising. Spending over a month breeding one with the hope of getting the color you want then raising its stats only to find out it never runs faster than a rental. Bullocks. If I spend that much time on it, it damn well better shoot fire out of its ass and run through the zone like a chicken on speed.
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lolgaxe wrote:
Fynlar wrote:
They already updated /bell last patch. Cut them some slack, dawg.
Tyjet wrote:
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Players will be able to turn in more varieties of fish to the quest-starter NPC. Rumor has it these fishes have a penchant for swallowing up new equipment whole...?
:|
Fishes is a perfectly acceptable plural of the word fish. "Especially referring to two or more kinds or species"
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This is when bsphil wanders in to wonder what the f*ck you people have done.
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SE, give up on your failures and move on, good job updating 3 things noone cares about and will never care about, while adding another event that will be fail along with a job adjustment that will be fail.
I think it is safe to say this patch is by far the worst patch, and proof SE is not really supporting ffxi anymore just experimenting for ff14.
I think it is safe to say this patch is by far the worst patch, and proof SE is not really supporting ffxi anymore just experimenting for ff14.
Why don't you quit already, seriously.
Either that or leave your idiotic comments to yourself.
Anyways...
Decent bit of minor adjustments, but it seem like they'll be benefical.
I'm especially happy that we might finally be geting some real epic campaign battles in Xarcabard, without worrying about normal monsters biting off our faces; instead we can worry about the campagin monsters.
Edited, Nov 6th 2009 8:35am by Teiei
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xantav wrote:
So much for the complaints that SE doesn't care about old content.
Although I might just start doing chocobo races for the jockey uniforms and will probably try to do races now. I really don't think this is what people were talking about when they were asking square to update old content.
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Square Enix wrote:
Terrain
That annoying as hell rock, that looks like you can run past it but actually you cant and therefore most take a trip right past those horrible Weapons, has been fixed. It now no longer looks as though you can pass through it.
That annoying as hell rock, that looks like you can run past it but actually you cant and therefore most take a trip right past those horrible Weapons, has been fixed. It now no longer looks as though you can pass through it.
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Nope, no 6th star either.
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Another thread proving how much of a @#%^ing moron bobbob is.
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Posted: Nov 6th 2009 9:02am | IP: Logged | Reply to this
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Why don't you quit already, seriously.
Either that or leave your idiotic comments to yourself.
Anyways...
Decent bit of minor adjustments, but it seem like they'll be benefical.
I'm especially happy that we might finally be geting some real epic campaign battles in Xarcabard, without worrying about normal monsters biting off our faces; instead we can worry about the campagin monsters.
Why don't you quit already, seriously.
Either that or leave your idiotic comments to yourself.
Anyways...
Decent bit of minor adjustments, but it seem like they'll be benefical.
I'm especially happy that we might finally be geting some real epic campaign battles in Xarcabard, without worrying about normal monsters biting off our faces; instead we can worry about the campagin monsters.
Why defend it?
He's kinda right...so far theirs barely anything good about this update that's worthy of 3-4 months development time.
Run down the list of previews so far:
Wedding crap - Safe to say what 95% of the player base couldn't care less about this at this point in the game. In 2005 or 06 it might have meant something.
SMN & BST - I'm not an expert smn but apparently it's great. As for the bst...just *shaking my head*
Furnace - Sounded good but they saved "the catch" after hyping it for a day. Already expected to fail.
Chocobo circuit - The body pieces could re-new or leave it an already barren race track.
Fishing - Don't fish but I'm assuming this is good, but again very minor on what it takes to implement that.
Xarc - Quite possibly the best part and rivals almost entire past updates. Eldieme, minor but good.
So, in a nutshell we have two things: SMN & Xarc.
The only way they could possibly salvage this update is by adding something like an hq version of Yagudo drink...
Some of this is the kinda stuff that used to show up as a "surprise" in the update notes on patch day itself. Kinda funny to see em scrape it together for a teaser. XD
Nice adjustments, though. I got scarfed down by a tauri on teleport into beaucedine-s. Made me nervous to go back. If only they would move those guys a bit.
The fishing thing intrigues me. I have spent far, far more time with Zaldon than I would have liked, but I am kinda curious about stuff they are adding to him. See, Zaldon and I have this love/hate relationship. I hate him immensely, and he loves to do things that make me hate him more. :P
But actual new and interesting rewards could make me harass him a bit more.
Edited, Nov 6th 2009 6:11am by AmanoJ
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Nice adjustments, though. I got scarfed down by a tauri on teleport into beaucedine-s. Made me nervous to go back.
Unless they spring some more zones on us, you're still possibly going to get scarfed there, because they only mentioned Xarc[S] getting updated.
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Unless they spring some more zones on us, you're still possibly going to get scarfed there, because they only mentioned Xarc[S] getting updated.
You're too quick on the post button. XD
I tried to edit it, but just wasn't fast enough. I missed that part, thought they said beaucedine and xarcabard both.
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Atleast they didn't add a NM system using Choco Bucks.
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Atleast they didn't add a NM system using Choco Bucks.
Shut uuuuuuuuuuuppppppp
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I think this is the first time Square-Enix has used the words "significantly increased" in any of the update notes.
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O.o
People still use the Chocobo circuit?
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Excenmille wrote:
Hopefully this isn't the only update notice we get before Monday or it is going to be a very long weekend indeed.
I'm guessing that was it. The next announcement, and last one prior to update, will be the hours of All Worlds Maintenance.
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People still use the Chocobo circuit?
Yes. It's a convenient way for party members in separate cities to meet together for something like a Teleport.
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Pawkeshup the Ludicrous wrote:
O.o
People still use the Chocobo circuit?
People still use the Chocobo circuit?
I have a friend that can't play as often as most people do. So on days he doesn't plan on playing he logs in. Does a race with his maxed out chocobo. Wins 100k and logs off.
Sounds good to me.
The major card being played here by square is this new crafting system. Weather or not it is good will determine weather this update is justifiably this size.
personally I can't wait to do the new nation quests. Hopefully we get some hot sexy goodies.
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AmeiliaLakshmi wrote:
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Players will be able to turn in more varieties of fish to the quest-starter NPC. Rumor has it these fishes have a penchant for swallowing up new equipment whole...?
:|
Fishes is a perfectly acceptable plural of the word fish. "Especially referring to two or more kinds or species"
The only plural allowed for fish is fishies!!! [:motz:]
Edited, Nov 6th 2009 10:01am by Deadgye
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I'm looking forward to the chocobo circuit update. Losing all your chocobucks on a race was not fun.
This.
Being able to potentially make 100k in such a short time is nice and now with the chocobucks update, your friend will probably never have to do the npc races for chocobucks again.
For me, I see and realize that SE's update content has been going down in quality and amount, there's not much I can do when I still enjoy playing the game. If I had a problem with a significant lack of content for me to enjoy, then I would quit and stop giving SE my money.
Edited, Nov 6th 2009 9:08am by xypin
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I have a friend that can't play as often as most people do. So on days he doesn't plan on playing he logs in. Does a race with his maxed out chocobo. Wins 100k and logs off.
Being able to potentially make 100k in such a short time is nice and now with the chocobucks update, your friend will probably never have to do the npc races for chocobucks again.
For me, I see and realize that SE's update content has been going down in quality and amount, there's not much I can do when I still enjoy playing the game. If I had a problem with a significant lack of content for me to enjoy, then I would quit and stop giving SE my money.
Edited, Nov 6th 2009 9:08am by xypin
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I'm... kinda excited about this.
For the racing, depending on what the equipment does, I may have a reason to do Chocobo Hot/Cold and racing again.
For Inside the Belly, it may be just what I need to get motivated on fishing again.
Anything that can get me doing something other than the same old event grind week after week is good in my book.
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For the racing, depending on what the equipment does, I may have a reason to do Chocobo Hot/Cold and racing again.
For Inside the Belly, it may be just what I need to get motivated on fishing again.
Anything that can get me doing something other than the same old event grind week after week is good in my book.
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If I were a SE dev-team member, I would be especially defeated to see content not being utilized. Pankration and Choco-racing come to mind. I find it strange that SE doesn't do more tweaks to current events to try and recapture the palyers versus making more and more new events.
Many of the complaints are tired to the timesink or "low reward for time spent" many MMOs fall into. At the older stages of FF11 it would be nice to see things become slighty more fruitful, as opposed to the same old "not worth it".
Sure, people might actually get what they want and stop participating in said event, but it's alot more enjoyment/time spent/monthly subsciption, than having people just quit.
Edited, Nov 6th 2009 11:02am by SyrusSquirple
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Many of the complaints are tired to the timesink or "low reward for time spent" many MMOs fall into. At the older stages of FF11 it would be nice to see things become slighty more fruitful, as opposed to the same old "not worth it".
Sure, people might actually get what they want and stop participating in said event, but it's alot more enjoyment/time spent/monthly subsciption, than having people just quit.
Edited, Nov 6th 2009 11:02am by SyrusSquirple
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SquareEnix wrote:
An issue where the playerbase was enjoying itself will be corrected.
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Playonline wrote:
- Xarcabard [S]
Monster distribution will be adjusted to allow adventurers to safely arrive at their destination when using the teleportation service requiring Allied Notes.
Damn it. I always stood at a distance and chuckled about Amphipteres dropping in for a visit. Oh well, more xp for all.
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woo. exciting stuff.
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Quest: Inside the Belly
Players will be able to turn in more varieties of fish to the quest-starter NPC. Rumor has it these fishes have a penchant for swallowing up new equipment whole...?
Players will be able to turn in more varieties of fish to the quest-starter NPC. Rumor has it these fishes have a penchant for swallowing up new equipment whole...?
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Kanican's Enmity Testing <-- Every FFXI player should know this information.AllisonRedMage wrote:
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So, in a nutshell we have two things: SMN & Xarc.
SMN is relative since it is a small boost bound up with penalties. (Supposedly lower damage from avatars, can't rest MP with favors on party, can't get siphon with favors out, locked out of building TP for 75 BPs, most likely no favor effect on avatars)
You could compare it to COR getting a haste roll, but it can't be used with WAR/DRK/SAM/THF rolls, unequips your gun each time you roll it and your HP can't be healed. Great update or craptastic update? According to most people it is great.
Personally I think it is great that we get something good. I'm just sick and tired that it has to come with at least 5 bad things for "balance" issues. Can't they let SMN be overpowered a few months and throw back-to-back icespikes armors and other awesome game breaking tricks?
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ChargingFattyTuna wrote:
So, in a nutshell we have two things: SMN & Xarc.
RNG and /ra updates aren't bad either.
Really, they could've taken out all of the chocobo racing updates and added "The Runic Portal Use Permit is now a permanent key item that will deduct 200 IS automatically upon use" and the entire update would have become major win.
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Kanican's Enmity Testing <-- Every FFXI player should know this information.AllisonRedMage wrote:
Also, bsphil, this isn't spam it's from an AOL forum.
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"The Runic Portal Use Permit is now a permanent key item that will deduct 200 IS automatically upon use"
I can't wait for the Version Update as early as late 2012!
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SquareEnix wrote:
An issue where the playerbase was enjoying itself will be corrected.
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Am I the only one who finds it humorous they used a Galka for their 'jockey'?
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Camiie wrote:
You know, when you're playing FFXI and you rotate the camera around it seems as though the whole world revolves around you... it doesn't.
Posting from the frozen tundra.
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chewzer, Assassin Reject wrote:
Am I the only one who finds it humorous they used a Galka for their 'jockey'?
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Fishes could also be used as a verb: For example: My daddy fishes for a living, and my mommy works at the Waffle House--they cousins.
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ChargingFattyTuna wrote:
So, in a nutshell we have two things: SMN & Xarc.
Well, there's also:
* New WotG nation quests. That's certainly what I'm most looking forward to. Although a lot of people haven't been doing them because there isn't a big shiny reward at the end revealed yet, the nation quests have been quite good so far. Great storylines (especially Windy and Bastok), pretty good battles, and some decent sellable rewards (Orichalcum Ingot, angelstone, deathstone, etc.). I'm hoping they finish up and give a nice reward for each nation, maybe add a quest/fight for a cool piece of R/E gear for people who finish all 3 storylines.
It's annoying that a lot of the fights require all party members to be on/past that nation quest, but they aren't bad if you get a static group together and go do them.
* And there's also that "other" thing coming alongside the update, A Shantotto Ascension. Yes, I know that's technically a separate mini-expansion. But it does become available at the same time, and it's another thing for people to do. Very nice final reward, judging from the past two mini-expansions there's a good chance of some nifty other Tenshodo treasure coffer rewards for winning the fights, and there's always hope that the missions/story will be good (lessened a bit by what we've seen so far, but it's possible!).
I personally like story/mission/quest content more than anything else in FFXI. So having two significant storyline content additions this month is something I'm looking forward to. Other than that, SMN changes are the most intriguing thing.
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This update is going to be a real barrel scraper.
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preludes wrote:
This update is going to be a real barrel scraper.
What barrel?
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CaptainTeg wrote:
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Xarcabard [S]
Monster distribution will be adjusted to allow adventurers to safely arrive at their destination when using the teleportation service requiring Allied Notes.
Monster distribution will be adjusted to allow adventurers to safely arrive at their destination when using the teleportation service requiring Allied Notes.
Yaaaay~ no more dragon rape >.>
I always got picked off by the stupid imp. Half the time I wasn't even done loading on screen and I was being targeted for death.
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Oh awesome, more gil from the thing people figured out the system to, then they banned for figuring out the system. That won't encourage more people to figure out the system they haven't changed ever.
Free Hellboy
One down, One to go.
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there is bound to be something for every chocobo fan!
6 People are going to be REALLY STOKED about this update!!
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