Version Update Notice (02/27/2009)Follow

SE never released a date until now so no you're wrong. Now you might expect the patch in march because of previous patches and such, but that has no basis in fact for this patch.

Personally, I think SE couldn't figure out to buff RDM without nerfing it the next week.

After looking at the tiny picture released by SE, it is simple to deduce that they have in fact found a way to allow mage classes (blm, rdm and whm, but not smn) to effectively melee. This will allow mage classes to escape the boredom of properly timing and activating spell-based macros by affording these jobs the exciting opportunity to properly time and activate melee-based macros.

Following the success of games such as "Guitar Hero" and "Rock Band", Square Enix will be releasing the Final Fantasy XI expansion kit "Bell Choir: Bells of the Goddess". After plugging the USB "Bell" controller into their computer or console, and equipping their character with one of many soon-to-be-released "Bell" weapons, players will be able to damage or otherwise negatively effect enemies by properly timing the motions of their bell controller with on-screen prompts. Properly timing a series of "rings" will trigger "ring-chains", which may provide party members with a wide variety of beneficial effects. Failure to properly time rings will enrage enemies, and eventually cause character death. Characters with a main- or sub- job of ninja and two controllers will be able to use the ability "dual wield" to utilize two bells.

We are truly entering in to an entirely new age of FFXI.

They are cheering cause they finally got an update that might end up good.

Or they are franticly awaiting further ridicule.

I am still baffled by the addition to PLD's weapon selection of "El Chipote Chillon". Yes, the obligatory "Chapulin Colorado" joke was already made but it is definitely the same thing, either that or it's GaoGaiGar's Goldion Hammer. Either way we win!

People "limit their own mind" because then they don't look like morons when your "Great Hammer" ends up being a 1dmg club that squeaks when you whack something.

Video of it in action?

I think if you go and talk to most whms. You will find that aside someone with a relic. We generally get the same numbers as a spirit taker. So you aren't missing out on much.

If that's true what do you call Drakesbane and Mandalic Stab?

... and Stringing Pummel! :<

The hammer is my *****.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7bdr6fjg-k

Goldion Hammer!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwLg4tYvg0k&feature=related

HIKARI NI NARE~!!

Go try to take Great Sword, Great Axe, Staff, or Polearm to cap on a job. Or try and see how easy it is for some lower level people to cap these said skills. No one said it's impossible, I've done all the above and more. But it's seriously been a well known problem, and has been for a long time about skilling up. Mainly how slow the skill ups come.

And with the level sync system, it forces you to have to skill up. So not only do you have to party for EXP, but you have to party long periods of time just to keep native skills that should normally be capping, capped. Square Enix has tried in recent years to make EXP, and leveling Easier, this was counter productive, which is why they said they intended on fixing it. Is this concept so hard to understand?