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#52 Jun 06 2014 at 5:56 PM Rating: Good
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Its almost like SE is going through fansite posts from 2004 with all these quality of life changes players wanted a decade+ ago.

Well it fits, they finished going through all the "We want more FFVII" sites, then the "We want more FFX" stuff with Dissida and the rerelease, now they're finally getting to FFXI requests from 11 years ago. Just 5 more years and the game will actually be pretty balanced.


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#53 Jun 07 2014 at 5:18 AM Rating: Good
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I notice the clock for the JP version shows the kanji of the day of week over the color blob? Dayum that's nice... for the JPs. You know it's not going in the NA version. Some of those colors are a bit hard to recognize against the background of whatever is there. (I have partial color blindness, which means that for instance some browns look the same to me that other people could tell apart.)

Flashy things for mining points? Holy crap, sure was annoying to tab spam to find them.

Open the stupid doors in Halvung? Hell yes, every time we get a besieged prisoner in that one pod of cells behind the doors, wtf were you even thinking, SE? I'm even okay with it being an item you have to farm every time, not a "free pass forever" KI like all the rest, as long as it's not like the key in Temple Ugly where most of the mobs that drop it are behind the door.

Not sure I like this stack numbers over icons thing. While it's a cool way to reuse some space (who really cares about those tiny icons anyhow?), it makes it harder to read the numbers, and it can be hard enough to read the number on your MP bar as it is. But it means they don't have to rename a dozen long ore names, I guess, so there's that.

I guess they finally got that "stuff that needs to be fixed in FFXI" list back from the FFXIV people. Now if they can just trade it for the "stuff that works great in FFXI so don't change it" list...
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#54 Jun 07 2014 at 5:48 AM Rating: Good
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I notice the clock for the JP version shows the kanji of the day of week over the color blob? Dayum that's nice... for the JPs. You know it's not going in the NA version. Some of those colors are a bit hard to recognize against the background of whatever is there. (I have partial color blindness, which means that for instance some browns look the same to me that other people could tell apart.)
The JP version has always had that. I guess it's not in the other versions because you can't specify the day with just one character, like you can in Japanese.
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#55 Jun 07 2014 at 10:12 AM Rating: Default
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The next version update for FINAL FANTASY XI is scheduled to come blazing into Vana'diel in mid-June

Did they put a date on this yet ?
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#56 Jun 08 2014 at 7:44 AM Rating: Good
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I'd say probably next week since that's mid June.
Edit: seriously why did it multiply my post... Admins please delete the other two >.<

Edited, Jun 8th 2014 9:46am by Littlechaos
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#59 Jun 09 2014 at 2:20 AM Rating: Good
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[dev1214] Battle Content Adjustments

The following pieces of content are scheduled to receive adjustments as outlined below with the implementation of the June version update.

  • Skirmishes
  • The number of participants required for skirmishes will be reduced from three to one.
  • Skirmishes in the following two areas will undergo the adjustments outlined below.

  • Ra'Kaznar [U]

  • Most- to Least-common Spoils
  • Pre-adjustment
Ghastly Stones > Verdigris Stones > Wailing Stones > Pulchridopt Wings

  • Post-adjustment
Pulchridopt Wings > Ghastly Stones > Verdigris Stones > Wailing Stones

  • The likelihood that players will receive the key item "vial of transmelange" will be raised.

  • Noetic Ascension Boon Adjustment
Fenestral Fragments+- → Fenestral Fragments+
Fenestral fragments will no longer be lost when receiving this boon.


  • Yorcia Weald [U]

  • Noetic Ascension Boon Addition
Decreased Defending Time
* This option may not be selected once three minutes has elapsed since the start of a skirmish.
* Enemy respawn times and progression toward cantonments will quicken when this option is selected.
* Selecting this option will not affect rewards in any way.

  • Lola in Eastern Adoulin will offer the following more generous exchange rate on lebondopt wings.

  • Pre-adjustment
30 Lebondopt Wings for 1 Pulchridopt Wing

  • Post-adjustment
5 Lebondopt Wings for 1 Pulchridopt Wing

  • The statue segment combination players assemble will now display upon entering the world of skirmishes.


  • Delve
  • Notorious monsters fought on the surface will always drop yggzi beads


  • High-tier Mission Battlefields
  • The merit point requirements for receiving phantom gems have been eased.

  • 15→10
Stellar Fulcrum phantom gem / Celestial Nexus phantom gem

  • 20→10
Savage's phantom gem / Warrior's Path phantom gem / Puppet In Peril phantom gem / Legacy phantom gem

  • The following chapters of Rem's Tale will only drop in certain battlefields, as outlined below.
Chapter 6
★Return to Delkfutt's Tower / ★Legacy of the Lost

Chapter 7
★Celestial Nexus

Chapter 8
★The Savage

Chapter 9
★The Warrior's Path

Chapter 10
★Puppet in Peril

  • The following spoils will be added to the battlefields below.

  • Battlefield
★Return to Delkfutt's Tower / ★Celestial Nexus / ★The Savage / ★The Warrior's Path / ★Puppet in Peril / ★Legacy of the Lost

  • Spoils
Seraphicaller / Divinator
* The drop rates for existing spoils will remain unaffected by the introduction of these items.

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/threads/42528

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#60 Jun 09 2014 at 7:19 AM Rating: Good
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YESSSSSSSSS!!!!!! Skirmish can be soloed!!! Woop woop, I'm now a very happy player =D
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#61 Jun 09 2014 at 7:46 AM Rating: Good
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I'm really pretty happy with this. I play when my baby sleeps, so organized events are not an option. I've only done Skirmish twice so I have no clue how to even go about it solo. I assume just take my MNK/DNC and go to town.
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#62 Jun 09 2014 at 8:37 AM Rating: Good
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This is going to be a nice one..

Anyway, when Matusi took over, I said to friends that Tanuka left a pile of manure in the office and he's having to clean it out, b/c he's buried in it. (See: Back to The Future if you don't know what i mean)

By that, I meant the complaints and requests that we've made over the years, not to mention things Tanuka refused to fix/add that were long requested, have been piling up. Now, finally we are being heard and hopefully FFXI will be a better game b/c of it. ^^ This TP Party like addition, not to mention ther changes in mining points, proly is the first in a lot of nice things. ^^

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#63 Jun 09 2014 at 11:56 AM Rating: Default
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You also have to remember quite a lot of the time frame between 2006 > 2010 was focused toward FFXIV, so even if they wanted to they more than likely couldn't have gotten around to anything and sticking to a strict content rollout, now that XIV is release and relaunched, they can go back and focus on everything.

That's the bad thing with something conflicting like XIV and XI, one of them have to suffer but sadly both games ended up suffering due to Wada wanting to try to beat out cataclysm and released XIV unreleased. Hell Abyssea came about to try to tide people over with "fast and easy content" while they pushed out XIV.
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#64 Jun 09 2014 at 2:08 PM Rating: Excellent
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Stalker rdmcandie wrote:
Its almost like SE is going through fansite posts from 2004 with all these quality of life changes players wanted a decade+ ago.


Better late than never though, right?
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#65 Jun 09 2014 at 6:06 PM Rating: Good
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Elwynbelwyn wrote:
I notice the clock for the JP version shows the kanji of the day of week over the color blob? Dayum that's nice... for the JPs. You know it's not going in the NA version. Some of those colors are a bit hard to recognize against the background of whatever is there. (I have partial color blindness, which means that for instance some browns look the same to me that other people could tell apart.)
The JP version has always had that. I guess it's not in the other versions because you can't specify the day with just one character, like you can in Japanese.

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Rachel9 wrote:
Elwynbelwyn wrote:
I notice the clock for the JP version shows the kanji of the day of week over the color blob? Dayum that's nice... for the JPs. You know it's not going in the NA version. Some of those colors are a bit hard to recognize against the background of whatever is there. (I have partial color blindness, which means that for instance some browns look the same to me that other people could tell apart.)
The JP version has always had that. I guess it's not in the other versions because you can't specify the day with just one character, like you can in Japanese.

MTWHFSU

Yeah, i guess you can do that, but it's dumb. It's also more annoying with vana'diel days, with wind/water and even worse, light/lightning having the same letter.
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[dev1215] Synthesis Additions and Adjustments

  • Synthesis kits will be introduced to make the crafting process easier than ever.

  • Purchasing Kits
Kits may be purchased at their respective guilds. They will never go out of stock and their price will not fluctuate.

  • Using the Kits
All players need in order to undergo synthesis are these kits and their corresponding crystals.
While unsuccessful attempts will render the kits lost to oblivion, successful attempts will award players with normal-quality versions of the described items. Use of these kits will not change the way in which players' synthesis skills increase.

All pertinent information, such as the required skill level, crystal type, and the item that will be obtained upon successful synthesis, is described in the kits' help text.
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* While it is possible to use special crystals such as inferno crystals and torrent crystals with these kits, players will not be able to inscribe their signature upon the items they craft.

  • Synthesis materials will be added to the list of guild vendors' wares.
The materials will never go out of stock, nor will their prices fluctuate. Furthermore, more of them will become available as players' craft ranks rise.

  • Guilds will no longer close on certain days.

  • A bevy of synthesis materials—such as ore, logs, and hides—will be made stackable.

  • High-quality versions of the following items will be introduced.
Swirling Broth / Shimmering Broth / Spicy Broth / Salubrious Broth / Fizzy Broth
* The familiars called forth with these items will be capped at level 119.

  • Employing lightning crystals to desynthesize shall shells and istiridye will soon yield the following items.

 	 
                Pre-adjustment  Post-adjustment 
Normal Quality	Pebble	        Pearl 
High Quality	Pearl	        Black Pearl 
High Quality 2	Black Pearl	Black Pearl 
High Quality 3	Black Pearl	Black Pearl

  • The following command has been introduced.
/lastsynth　[subcommand]
Allows you to perform synthesize again
using the same type of materials expended
in your last attempt.
>>Subcommands:
check　View the latest recipe you used.
Performs synthesis if no subcommand is specified.
  • Note
In order to execute this command, players must have the appropriate items in their inventory.

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/threads/42545

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#68 Jun 10 2014 at 3:14 AM Rating: Excellent
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Could've used that repeat synth command eons ago. x.x
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Guilds will no longer close on certain days.


Holy Cow!!! Best part of the crafting update...... I don't know how I always manage to log in on waterday, but now I'll be able to get iron ores any time I want!
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#70 Jun 10 2014 at 6:07 AM Rating: Good
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This could give synthing the very boost that it needs. Now if they could make skill ups easier and making synthing profitable all around, that'd be a total win.
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#71 Jun 10 2014 at 6:25 AM Rating: Good
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Profit, at least for non-consumables, won't be reliably had as long as the best gear is forever dropped or bought by points. Basically the same problem XIV is going through with its economy. Overall, I see this more as spam synthing for your shihei or food needs easier. :/
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#72 Jun 10 2014 at 8:31 AM Rating: Good
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I see it also as a easy way to repeat a skillup for skilling too..Right now I've been bumming ebony logs off ls mates and friends so I could skill woodworking on Skif. (If I can get beech logs that helps too. Been doing that b/c I needed a way to fix a lu shang's and like bleep I'd delevel my cooking.)

It's the same synth; ebony poles..for quite a few levels, but mats are hard to get. (I'll be glad when they make higher synth kits for this reason!) I mean to add the kits also to my cooking guide if they're reasonable. Those could be a boon for people who hate to farm.

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#73 Jun 10 2014 at 11:40 AM Rating: Excellent
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Dat Synthesis Improvement.

Wow.

I just... don't know what to say about that.

Can you imagine if they had done this back during, say, CoP when the game was at its heyday? That woulda been awesome. Well I guess now I might stand a chance to actually get some of my crafts up. Who knows maybe my main character who has goldsmithing 51 might finally get up to whatever the cap of "alt crafts" is these days. lol.

Now we just need a "you get more than just pebbles out of mining" and "helm tools don't break as often" if they didn't already do that.

EDIT: The only other thing I could ever really think to ask for, is for us to stop failing recipes that we're 10+ levels over.

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The question is, how much are those kits going to cost? I'm sure they still want it to be better to get things from other players, so they can't be too cheap. (Among other reasons.)

Also, what's so special about pearls? It's not that I'm complaining, it's just that I don't care. Why is there a need to make these particular fancy gems more common that doesn't apply to all the other fancy gems?

I wish they'd put in HQ versions of some of the capped-at-99 pet broths...

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#75 Jun 10 2014 at 11:40 PM Rating: Excellent
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PlayOnline wrote:

All Worlds Maintenance (Jun. 16)

At the following time, we will be performing server maintenance to accompany the version update. During this period, FINAL FANTASY XI will be unavailable.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and thank you for your patience.

* This maintenance will be accompanied by a version update. After maintenance is complete, the update will automatically begin after you press the "Play" button. After that, please follow the instructions on the screen.

* The World Transfer Service will be unavailable starting 30 minutes before the maintenance. Please wait until after the maintenance is completed before attempting to use this service.

* You may receive errors such as "POL-1160" or "POL-0010" during the download process due to heavy server traffic. If you are unable to access the update, we ask that you please wait a while and then try again.

Thank you for your cooperation and understanding in making this a smooth version update.

Downloadable file sizes for the FINAL FANTASY XI version update are as follows.

[File size for clients with expansion data disk installed]
"PlayStation 2" Version
Downloadable file size: Approximately 64.2MB
Windows Version
Downloadable file size: Approximately 108.3MB
Xbox 360 Version
Downloadable file size: Approximately 116.7MB

[File size for clients without expansion data disk installed]
"PlayStation 2" Version
Downloadable file size: Approximately 41.3MB
Windows Version
Downloadable file size: Approximately 75.2MB
Xbox 360 Version
Downloadable file size: Approximately 83.6MB

* Details of the version update will be announced separately on Jun. 17, 2014.

[Date & Time]
From Jun. 16, 2014 22:00 to Jun. 17, 2014 00:30 (PDT)
From Jun. 17, 2014 from 1:00am to 3:30am (EDT)
From Jun. 17, 2014 from 05:00 to 07:30 (GMT)/06:00 to 8:30 (BST)
From Jun. 17, 2014 from 2pm to 4:30pm (JST)
* The completion time may be subject to change.

[Affected Service]
- FINAL FANTASY XI

http://www.playonline.com/ff11us/polnews/news23289.shtml

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