New Battlefields (08/24/2011)

[Byrthnoth]

Yeah, you can get about 10k/seal average or a little better if you're smart, which is the average for pretty much every type of BC-like fight these days. I just can't find anyone to go with, haha. I'd love to turn my 1000 seals into 10 mil!

[Draylo]

I always seem to get ppl via shouts

[cdgreg]

I just want to know the date of the update!

[Sagacious Sundi]

Maybe they'll add a third fat guy named Shymu or something who warps you to a battlefield for a seal/crest fee.

And calling it now: 99 update will add 18-man battles against hydra/cerb/khim reskins in the ToAU battlefields.

[Tribe]

Did no one read that rewards are recieved upon talking to the orb npc after completing the BC?

[Kaisha]

Did no one read that rewards are recieved upon talking to the orb npc after completing the BC?

Only for the Promy BCs, which is par for the course for that zone since all prior ENMs for Promys gave one of those emptyness memory items which you had to trade to a specific NPC to get the actual item from it.

[Jaxzer]

I just want to know the date of the update!

Yo Greg are you on PSN?

[Gokulo]

For the Promy BCs. But what of it?

[cdgreg]

Yo Greg are you on PSN?

Nope, sorry. I'm a PC guy all the way!

[Septimus]

Hey, I think you're onto something here....

Spoiler: show

Sadly enough I'm curious as to how bad they'd be if SE actually did give us them as new spirits. Brb meritting -Perp for 'em.

With a good perp set you can have your spirits give you MP back before any forms of outside refresh. It requires a high-level Nirvana or +2 Magian Staves, so you have to work for it.

Of course, that being said, they would obviously make the Abyssea elementals cost double the normal spirits. We don't want people wandering about with spirits that can cast spells that are over level 75. That would be game-breaking.

[Lordender]

I think its safe to say this is where post 90 spells are going to drop.

[Priran]

I think its safe to say this is where post 90 spells are going to drop.

and/or the obligatory mobs added when they adjust areas for the new level cap

[NynJa]

Toreador was easy gil before everyone figured out how easy it was to solo/2box. I was 4/12 at one point.

I've NEVER seen a toreador ring drop...ever...ever...in like 300 runs.

[Cyprias]

Gladly will convert KC to HKC's if it is worth it enough.

[Xantavia]

I've NEVER seen a toreador ring drop...ever...ever...in like 300 runs.

It wasn't quite that many, but in over 100 runs, I've never seen utsu:ni drop. I swear people lie when they say it comes from UO or Royal Jelly.

[Byrthnoth]

I typically record BC drops when I do them, and I'm officially 1/30 on Utsu Ni off UO. Assuming I'm not some freak of statistics, the BC is terribad for gil.

[Not Kuno]

I've NEVER seen a toreador ring drop...ever...ever...in like 300 runs.

I think I'm somewhere there as well. Shitty drop rate is fucking shitty.

[6souls]

I just want to know the date of the update!

Late September

New Version Update in the Works (08/25/2011)
http://www.playonline.com/pcd/topics.../6987/6987.jpg

The FINAL FANTASY XI development team is hard at work putting the finishing touches on the next version update, currently on track for a late September release.

This update will see players climb to heretofore-unseen heights of power as the level cap is raised to 95, with a slew of new job abilities, spells, and more joining the mix as well.

And that's only the start of it! New Voidwatch areas, Burning Circle battlefields, the second stage of the Dynamis overhaul, and other additions and refinements to existing content will challenge players to make the most of their newfound abilities.

For further details, stay tuned to the Updates section of the official forums!

[Deathbringer]

Oh no..... a cactuar voidwatch...... inc. 1M needles

[Ragnus]

Break out the Burt(95)/Aegis(95) Pld Alliance? >_>;