Final Fantasy XI's fifth expansion, Seekers of Adoulin, has arrived! Today, players will be able to purchase Seekers of Adoulin or the Final Fantasy XI: Ultimate Collection Seekers Edition for the trek over to Ulbuka tomorrow. To commemorate this event, FFXI producer Akihiko Matsui, director Mizuki Ito, and associate director Yoji Fujito send out greetings to adventurers making this historic step!

Let us know what you think of their greetings over on the ZAM forums!

From Playonline.com:

Seekers of Adoulin, the fifth expansion for FIXAL FANTASY XI, is now on sale!

To commemorate this release, Producer Akihiko Matsui, Director Mizuki Ito, and Associate Director Yoji Fujito would like to send their greetings to all adventurers about to make the trek into the primeval lands of Eastern Ulbuka.

Today, both Seekers of Adoulin and the FINAL FANTASY XI: Ultimate Collection Seekers Edition go on sale, with players finally able to step foot in Adoulin starting tomorrow.

Both development and operations have been working harder than ever to bring this content to you, and we pledge to hold many more community events in the months ahead.

I hope each of you is as excited about these new adventures as I am.

Akihiko Matsui
Producer, FINAL FANTASY XI

Seekers of Adoulin is based around a theme of pioneering and colonization, and contains many new stories, jobs, and content representing a brave new foray into the future for FFXI. I wish you pioneers well in your journeys to overcome the challenges of a new land fraught with countless perils, and am sure you will emerge victorious!

Mizuki Ito
Director, FINAL FANTASY XI

The Seekers of Adoulin release is upon us!

After a long wait, the new content is finally here! Enjoy not just new missions and quests set on the stage of the Ulbukan continent, but also the all-new rune fencer and geomancer jobs and a variety of other new content!

...Of course, I say all this as someone who worked behind-the-scenes on this expansion, so even I don't know how the Seekers of Adoulin story is going to develop!

I myself am greatly looking forward to how the narrative and battles play out as well as what daily life is like in Adoulin. In addition, I will continue to work with our programmers to address any client-side issues that may pop up, so head over to the official forums if you have anything to say.

I wish you a fulfilling journey!

Yoji Fujito
Associate Director, FINAL FANTASY XI

For more information on Seekers of Adoulin, make the trek over to the official site.
Those wishing do purchase Seekers of Adoulin or the FINAL FANTASY XI: Ultimate Collection Seekers Edition may do so from this page.