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#1 Oct 13 2005 at 10:49 AM Rating: Default
http://ps2.ign.com/articles/654/654650p1.html

#2 Oct 13 2005 at 10:57 AM Rating: Good
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In this latest expansion, however, the Blue Mages are described as masters of the legendary arts of Aht Urhgan, and are known as formidable fighter-mages that employ elegantly-curved blades for use in close combat.



Yup...I could just see it now.


43294872389 threads with the title "I melee if I want" and "BLU should NOT melee, guide on BLU here"



Let the showdown begin, boys! RDMs, get ready to stand back and watch in awe!
#3 Oct 13 2005 at 12:07 PM Rating: Default
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Thanks for the link. After reading te brief article I found the page IGN has for the expansion. They list the release date as Dec 31, 2005 for Japan and TBD, 2006 for North America. This made me a little sad. I thought SE was beginning to figure it out with CoP that they need to release at the same time. No fair releasing to Japan for the head start. I don't want to be sitting there after New Year's looking at all the new Blue Mage's who refuse to party with me because they're "JP only".

Anyone know what the release date is supposed to be?
#4 Oct 13 2005 at 12:14 PM Rating: Default
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Wow.. just WOW
http://media.ps2.ign.com/media/772/772929/img_3102943.html

http://media.ps2.ign.com/media/772/772929/img_3102947.html
#5 Oct 13 2005 at 12:41 PM Rating: Decent
What date in 2006 is it coming out?
#6 Oct 13 2005 at 12:43 PM Rating: Decent
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March 2nd
#7 Oct 13 2005 at 12:51 PM Rating: Decent
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They list the release date as Dec 31, 2005 for Japan and TBD, 2006 for North America.


TBD = to be decided

i don't think thats fair...
#8 Oct 13 2005 at 12:58 PM Rating: Decent
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That info been up for few days now. :/ I had hoped it was info as to what blue mages can do or spells.
#9 Oct 13 2005 at 1:01 PM Rating: Decent
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I cant imagine SE not releasing this expansion to all users at the same time. Thats not really good customer relations to isolate a large part of your game community by taunting them with a job running around they cant have.
#10 Oct 13 2005 at 1:21 PM Rating: Decent
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I agree. Its bad enough when I see the Japanese with multiple 75 jobs and more often than not so much +1 gear its not even funny. The fact that they are getting access to all of the goodies months in advance (not just Blue mage but areas as well) really annoys me. I pay my 12.95 just like everyone else, yet I get shafted by this. Oh well... just another job they will be able to play better than us and they will be able to set the price standards for the drops in the new areas as well as the gear for new jobs. /sigh
#11 Oct 13 2005 at 1:37 PM Rating: Decent
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I'm sure that Dec release is more then likely for beta testing, I did hear the JP site started taking applications for the beta (coulda just been a rumor looking for link). Now they are just taking applications I doubt the expansion would come out so soon, and I HIGHLY doubt they would release the JP ver without releasing the US ver.
#12 Oct 13 2005 at 1:46 PM Rating: Decent
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A lot of places make up release dates, regardless of whether they know or not. They are always around the 1st, 15th or 30th.

If there's a release difference it'll only be a couple days.
#13 Oct 13 2005 at 1:52 PM Rating: Decent
Question !!

Why wouldnt they realese it in the same time fram as other i mean Japan gets it earler and every where eles later. That means they have an unfair advanteg. I think it will be realesed in all 3 areas within a mouth of each other to make sure no one gets ahead
#14 Oct 13 2005 at 1:53 PM Rating: Decent
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I'm sure that Dec release is more then likely for beta testing, I did hear the JP site started taking applications for the beta (coulda just been a rumor looking for link). Now they are just taking applications I doubt the expansion would come out so soon, and I HIGHLY doubt they would release the JP ver without releasing the US ver.


and the EU ver?
#15 Oct 13 2005 at 1:58 PM Rating: Decent
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Well hopefully SE would release it at the same time for all regions of players which includes the players from Europe.
#16 Oct 13 2005 at 2:14 PM Rating: Good
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But will the expansion be available on the PS2...
#17 Oct 13 2005 at 2:21 PM Rating: Decent
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I've read SEVERAL different release dates that vary, especially on 1up.com, Ebgames, and IGN. I highly doubt the final release date between Japan and NA will be a quarter of a year apart. CoP was released in Japan only a few days before NA. Also, more likely then not, the expansion will come with the Xbox 360, which is comming out in the US before in Japan.
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#18 Oct 13 2005 at 2:38 PM Rating: Decent
Complain, complain, complain. SE is doing it's best to service it's NA, JP, EU customers equally only that it's just able to service those closer to home at a much faster pace than those over seas. It's not like we won't be getting it eventually anyways.

Even if they released it a year early in Japan, it's not like it's going to affect NA or EU gameplay much. Just look at the first release of the game and now we are almost on equal terms with them and the EU are almost on equal terms with us.
#19 Oct 13 2005 at 2:38 PM Rating: Decent
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But will the expansion be available on the PS2...


SE has said many times previously that they have no intention of stopping the support of the PS2, I can only hope that they do not back down from that.
#20 Oct 13 2005 at 4:22 PM Rating: Decent
yeh well at least you guys can get the expansion packs up there! they don't even sell Final Fantasy XI down here in Australia! I had to buy mine plus two expansions packs on Ebay! now how much does that suck? SE doesn't even make the effort to sell this product to Australia! so now if i'm lucky enough next year sometime, maybe someone might have this expansion pack!
#21 Oct 13 2005 at 4:27 PM Rating: Decent
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Aht Urugan will have a (close) Simultaineous release in all consoles/regions

Dont go crying because you get your copy 2 days after someone in Japan.

Dec, 11 is the Beta Test date and IGN (always being wrong) thinks Aht Urugan will be part of the Beta. Which Square has stated WILL NOT BE PART OF THE BETA

March, 06 is the current projected date. For all Consoles. For all systems

http://rpgfan.com/news/2005/1957.html.

Beta test in Japan starts Dec. 11, the launch of the X360. The X360 launches a month earlier here and FFXI Beta will ship with any console that comes with the HDD. So WE get to test FFXI on the Xbox BEFORE Japan.

So shut up you "OMG SE IS RACIST" people.


Edited, Thu Oct 13 17:37:12 2005 by plutoknight
#22 Oct 13 2005 at 4:31 PM Rating: Decent
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People whined last year because CoP Came out a few days earlier in japan.


But, the JPs also had to be the guinnea pigs....NA didn't have as many glitches or as hard of a time as they did.
#23 Oct 13 2005 at 4:36 PM Rating: Decent
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owned.
#24 Oct 13 2005 at 4:38 PM Rating: Decent
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Actually CoP was released 1 day before JP and US to the people in the EU. It was sold as a combo package of FFXI+RoZ+CoP, so they had access to the CoP areas first.

However, did they make use of that, course not, 1 dam does not change anything
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