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  1. #1
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    Dates of Important FFXI Events/Milestones/Fails/Etc

    One of my pet peeves is that the update history of FFXI is not in one place, not even on POL/SE Forum, so I've tasked myself to gather everything on the bgwiki while the rest of the guys work on things more important.

    A part of this was the thought of including an overarching timeline of the history of FFXI, again something that I've never been able to find in one place.

    I ask of you to critique the list I have now, and to also think of other big events that may have happened in game. When did the market crash? When did the servers go down for hours/days unannounced? Other stuffs of interest?

    Here's the list I have now. Ignore the ugly formatting.

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    November 01, 1999 	Development Begins 
    August 01, 2001 	Closed JP PS2 Beta 
    December 01, 2001 	Public JP PS2 Beta 
    May 16, 2002 		JP PS2 Release 
    June 18, 2002 		JP PC Beta 
    November 07, 2002 	JP PC Release 
    April 17, 2003 		Rise of the Zilart 
    June 12, 2003 		NA PS2 Beta 
    July 01, 2003 		NA PC Beta 
    October 28, 2003 	NA PC Release 
    March 23, 2004 		NA PS2 Release 
    September 17, 2004 	EU PC and PS2 Release 
    September 20, 2004 	Chains of Promathia 
    January 17, 2006 	Xbox 360 Beta 
    April 18, 2006 		WW Xbox 360 Release 
    April 18, 2006 		Treasures of Aht Urhgan 
    November 20, 2007 	Wings of the Goddess 
    March 22, 2009 		A Crystalline Prophecy - Ode of Life Bestowing 
    July 05, 2009 		A Moogle Kupo d'Etat - Evil in Small Doses 
    October 25, 2009 	A Shantotto Ascension - The Legend Torn, Her Empire Born 
    June 06, 2010 		Vision of Abyssea 
    August 23, 2010 	Scars of Abyssea 
    November 23, 2010 	Heroes of Abyssea 
    March 26, 2013 		Seekers of Adoulin 
    May 16, 2013 		11th Vana'versary 
    May 14, 2015 		Rhapsodies of Vana'diel - First Chapter 
    August 05, 2015 	Rhapsodies of Vana'diel - Second Chapter 
    November 10, 2015 	Rhapsodies of Vana'diel - Final Chapter 
    March 31, 2016 		PS2 and Xbox 360 Service Shutdown 
    May 16, 2017 		15th Anniversary 

  2. #2
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    Wikipedia claims that FFXI was first announced in January of 2000 at the Yokohama Millennium Conference. I can't find more documentation than that.

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    Significant SE fail, Wings of the Goddess releasing in fall 2007 and didn't get the complete story until spring 2010 update.

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    When did Taj hack the Gibson?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Byrthnoth View Post
    Wikipedia claims that FFXI was first announced in January of 2000 at the Yokohama Millennium Conference. I can't find more documentation than that.
    That would be a good one to include. I used 01 for the first few entries as I too couldn't find any firm dates.




    I'd like to keep BG specific stuff off of the timeline and keep it more official, but Taj and other hacking/banning events did cross my mind - when did the salvage bans happen?

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    LM-17 JAN 22 2009 NEVAR 4GET

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    5/12/16 Never forget the 2 days trusts were actually good

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    Quote Originally Posted by Anoat View Post
    Significant SE fail, Wings of the Goddess releasing in fall 2007 and didn't get the complete story until spring 2010 update.
    Southern hemisphere spring, right? Because it was on December 7th, the same update which finished Abyssea storyline too.

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    Hmmm, a few I can think on top of my head, but no dates:

    The multihit WS nerf (rip Raging Fists, Asuran Fists, Penta Thrust)
    Pandemonium Warden 18 hour marathon
    WoW being released, people flocking to it as it was more casual/easier to level up
    2 handed weapon update
    AV tactics video release

    the power of HNM rage:


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    Also the like 3 hours cure 2 did 99999 damage to even the strongest undead

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    On the topic of bugs, Sneak attack from the front and worms that could move were great

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    I liked full power sneak attack even when /thf.

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    September 17, 2004 EU PC and PS2 Release
    Game was never released in the EU for the PS2, because we never got the harddrive in Europe. Europe did get it at that time for PC though.

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    09/12/2002: Lv55 cap, introduction of HNMs (I believe Behemoth, King Arthro, and the 3 outside Jeuno)

    11/26/2002: Lv60 cap

    04/15/2003: Lv65 cap, Rise of the Zilart patch, SMN added regardless of expansion installed/registered, missions ended at Stellar Fulcrum

    07/17/2003: Lv70 cap, sky, missions ended at AAs

    12/16/2003: Lv75 cap

    02/26/2004: Dynamis

    12/13/2005: MPK nerf, Call Wyvern changed from 2 hour SP ability to 20 minute regular ability, CoP Dynamis, Bahamut fights, and Diabolos

    03/10/2008: Cheese Sandwiches

    06/23/2008: First use of Pandemonium Key

    Some things I couldn't find:
    -first JoL pop & first JoL kill
    -PUP reveal teaser (where a PUP and automaton slowly approach the camera in Aydeewa and the translator says, "The third and final job: the puppetmaster!!!")
    -WotG trailer thread where Cait Sith was first noticed (Did you see it?)

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    Fucking cheese sandwiches. I still hate that SOB from Allah that championed that retarded shit.

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Assman View Post
    -PUP reveal teaser (where a PUP and automaton slowly approach the camera in Aydeewa and the translator says, "The third and final job: the puppetmaster!!!")
    This happened during the American FFXI Fanfest (the first, I think?).
    Not sure on which of the 2-3 days, but I'm very confident the reveal video happened there.

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    I think Salvage Bans are missing in that list!

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    if someone can recall the date of "Double Weakness" being installed, so HNM groups couldn't zombie swarm nms with weakened characters

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    Quote Originally Posted by finalwolf View Post
    if someone can recall the date of "Double Weakness" being installed, so HNM groups couldn't zombie swarm nms with weakened characters
    Seems to have been 2005-07-19.

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