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September Version Update Preview

From Playonline.com

Ladies and gentlemen, get ready for more streamlined adventuring—the September version update is just around the corner! Continuing in the tradition of enhancing creature comforts in your Vana'dielian lifestyle, we're proud to introduce a number of adjustments and additions scheduled to take place.

Ladies and gentlemen, get ready for more streamlined adventuring—the September version update is just around the corner! Continuing in the tradition of enhancing creature comforts in your Vana'dielian lifestyle, we're proud to introduce a number of adjustments and additions scheduled to take place.

Seal Storage

Previous version updates have ushered in numerous improvements to in-game storage, with the Mog Locker and the Mog Safe having been bestowed with increased capacity and several furnishings receiving enhancement tweaks thus far. But that's not all we have to offer!
In next month's update, the development team will take the hassle of storing beastmen's and Kindred's seals out of your hands, and put it into those of orb-dispensing NPC Shami. Through the natural course of gameplay, adventurers will come into possession of not inconsiderable quantities of the abovementioned seals which take up storage space like all other items. From the next version update, however, adventurers will no longer need to leave stacks of seals scattered about their Mog House, waiting to be stepped on by unwary guests to grimacing, painful results. So, whether you have just one or hundreds, swing over with all those cumbersome seals to see Shami at his usual hangout in Port Jeuno and he'll take care of the rest.
*Shami will hold onto seals traded to him with white-knuckled tenacity, but will gladly furnish adventurers with lovely orbs as recompense.

Getting Around in Past Vana'diel

At present, the dominant mode of transport in past Vana'diel is the teleportation service requiring payment in Allied Notes. However, the NPCs based in the three nations offering this service would prioritize their own safety and go into hiding during Campaign battles, greatly inconveniencing adventurers wishing to travel outside of town.
In addressing this issue, the development team has decided to bolster up these NPCs with a much-needed dose of courage so that they will no longer abandon their posts in the face of a beastman invasion.

In addition to the above, rental chocobos will finally be made available for use in areas introduced in the Wings of the Goddess expansion. Players who fulfill the three conditions below will be able to pay Allied Notes to rent a chocobo at their leisure, regardless of the current war climate:
1) Be level 20 or above.
2) Be in possession of a chocobo license.
3) Be affiliated with an allied nation.
*Please note that chocobo whistle usage and digging will not be possible in past Vana'diel.

More Fellows!

Fellows will be receiving tweaks and improvements for the second consecutive version update. On the menu of changes are new armor pieces and a simplified customization system that will allow greater ease in changing your fellow's attire to suit your needs. An exciting new chapter of adventuring with your fellow awaits you!

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New Adventurers
# Sep 01 2008 at 8:58 PM Rating: Decent
I'm downloading all the updates from the last 3 months. As I'm smoking and listening to music on winamp, ya know /psyche for returning to ffxi tonight. My character's birthday is next month too, Oct 29th 2003. Almost 5 years old now and I still remember trying to figure out the controls to play. "How do I quit the game?" haha.
Anyhow, that in mind I thought to myself more and more about the update, and the comments I'm reading in this topic. I think we all pretty much have the same idea by now. Level sync = Impossible to Guage and the Equip changes = VT. Some of you going off the deep end a bit too, but i understand. This is an exciting change. This new update will potentially bring in a lot of new players. Finally a reason to get your real-life friends to play in Vana'diel. Steal some players from other MMO's that some consider to be too easy.
All they need to do now is release a few new jobs a year to force everyone, high and low level players alike, to start again at level 1, and work our way up to 10, then to 37, then for those jobs we have use for to 75. Bring everything full circle.
Maybe by the time the next Final Fantasy Online game releases (Project Rapture) they will lower the monthly subscription. Possibly adjust the crafting system a bit, if only to compensate for adventurers not required to equip lower lvl equip as often anymore. Losing expensive and hard to obtain items while crafting can be very troublesome too.
Npc
# Sep 01 2008 at 12:51 AM Rating: Decent
Man i just wish we could control better the Npc's, make them less dumb. SE could very well implement the system that FFXII has for controling our other caracters, for the ppl that know it i'm sure you agree with me as it would force Npc's into do what we want him to do and stop them from wasting mana over unecessary stuff.
seals
# Aug 31 2008 at 6:36 PM Rating: Decent
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So, whether you have just one or hundreds


ks and bs combined, close to 2k. with all the space they take up in my storage, i feel like an idgit for this idea never having crossed my mind. guess that's why i pay them the $$$, not vice versa.

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it'll surely help the BST that have so many seal drops


bingo...and all the the runnin solo on thf.

win :D
Drain Samba for NPC's?
# Aug 29 2008 at 6:53 PM Rating: Decent
I know nothing is said of it, but I really, really want my Nanako to get health back from Drain Samba. <crosses fingers>
NPC
# Aug 29 2008 at 3:13 PM Rating: Decent
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I'm excited for new armor for my NPC. tired of seeing her wear the same old stuff over and over again.
NPC
# Aug 31 2008 at 11:35 AM Rating: Decent
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874 posts
I am just excited to see them paying attention to the NPCs again, Woot!!!
I'm excited
# Aug 29 2008 at 2:29 PM Rating: Decent
^^
Sept Preview
# Aug 29 2008 at 2:03 PM Rating: Good
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656 posts
Not bad i guess, it'll surely help the BST that have so many seal drops XD

Past Vanadiel Choco's are always a plus too.
Sept Preview
# Aug 29 2008 at 4:19 PM Rating: Decent
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Even moreso when those Chocobos happen to be wearing armor.
I want armor for the black one I raised though curse you..past stable masters...!

I wonder if there will ever be more weapon options, I knew I should have given Epilleve a long sword to go with her kite shield.. x.x tuck just looks so.. puny with her I.M. Armor set..

Edited, Aug 29th 2008 5:19pm by Ruxath
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