Changes Scheduled for the March Version Update (03/04/2008)

[Keyln]

I predict that the next update notice will be about chocobo raising.

Next week will be the job changes, which I might add, they haven't said much of anything yet.

Patch will be the next day after the announced job changes.

Afterwards, a bunch of unsatisfied people will storm SE HQ which will require an army of GMs to contain.

Look forward to it!

[Akucaen]

Quests?
Missions?
The fucking sky serpent saga was to me the best part of ToAU, and I still do 4 salvage 3 nyzul a week, it's not all about damage but this shit...
Hell, recipes! EVEN JUST SAY THEY'RE GONNA ADD NEW RECIPES, FUCK

But there's a new ring! That's good, right?

It's x-treme-ly good to the x.

[BerenTebogo]

Yes, god-fucking-forbid they add anything to the game that doesn't directly increase the damage you deal with your virtual sword to a virtual monster. :ashira:

Quests?

Missions?

The fucking sky serpent saga was to me the best part of ToAU, and I still do 4 salvage 3 nyzul a week, it's not all about damage but this shit...

Hell, recipes! EVEN JUST SAY THEY'RE GONNA ADD NEW RECIPES, FUCK

While you are a much angrier person than I am...I agree. These updates have NOTHING to do with the progression of the game what so ever.
"OH LOOK OUR PIXELS CAN DANCE NOW"
"OH WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU ANOTHER EXP RING THAT YOU PROBLEY CAN'T HAVE WITH YOUR EMPRESS BAND"
"LOOK YOU CAN GET 4 NEW POKEMON TO PLAY WITH"
Even if you try to pass that shit of as "improving old content" that's a fucking shitty ass terrible excuse for an improvement. Try improving something that 500 frustrated and fed-up people per server have been asking you to fix for YEARS (kings) instead of improving something that 4 people participate in a day (pankration).

You'd be angry too if this was day 3 of your wife not being able to log in because she 'doesn't have a content ID' while there's no way to re-activate it, money is in her bank account, and after 4 calls to SE they just keep saying "Oh, change the card *click* *dial tone*"

And then, on top of that stellar customer service, they decide to shovel me full of this shit, can't wait for when my ENM timers roll over a week because I can't go without Caiti, because once again SE refuses to acknowledge their own fuck ups, and are too busy GIVING US 4 FUCKING POKEMON.

YEAH MAN, FUCK YEAH SE!

Edit: oh did I mention? My seperate mule account for bazaaring is on the same card as hers, he's been logged in fine this entire time, not even a DC. Awesome, right?

[Errors]

Stating the obvious:
I don't post on this site much, been a lurker for years. People will bitch regardless of the update details SE trickles out, that much is a given, and everyone knows that. Hell, they could say everyone gets a free 75 job and there will be bitching. Gotta love the FFXI community, or for that matter any MMO community. However, since folks are in a sharing mode I'll just share my opinion and continue lurking.

Emotes:
The addition of /dance emotes I think are a nice touch in general. Just for the simple fact that FFXI like any other MMO is still a community or dare I say a glorified chat room with a graphical interface rather than just text. It's a timesink we know, but hey at least you can do something while talking with friends. Not everything in the game is put in place for advancement of ones MMO career. The funny thing is I bet all the folks bitching about it will probably /dance their little hearts out just because they can now. I am a little disappointed in the fact that the new /dance emotes emulate DNC's animations. I was hoping that they would make a sort of generic dances for each race and not the dances DNC's use (yes I'm aware each race has their own animation as DNC). I'm just waiting until youtube gets filled with FFXI dance videos that I've seen in other MMO's. I find them entertaining. Maybe in the future we'll see additional /dances come out either for DNC or just in general.

Pankration:
I really can't say much about this since I tried it out for about two weeks when it came out and haven't really returned since. Just wasn't my cup of tea I suppose.

Adventurer Recruitment Program:
I've never really a chance to use the recruitment program, so I'll just file this update detail under "neat".

New Items:
Until a few more details are leaked about the Emperor Band I'll hold onto my comments about it. I'm sure it will just be another step up form what's currently in place. If it means I can spend less time level grinding then I'm all for it.

Closing comments:
I like cheese...and pie.

[Erecia]

I'm really concerned how little attention the actual expansion is getting in favor of extremely minor updates to old content that everyone had pretty much given hope on. Wings of the Goddess never really had a hell of a lot to start with, and scary updates about fellows (that don't actually solve any of the problems with fellows like level caps and extremely limited areas you can take them in), dance emotes (don't kid yourself about them listening to you. these are only included because someone with talent animated them for the dancer job and the updaters realized they could add them in like ten minutes), and Pankration (I called this being fail when it was announced, when it was released, and when it became a ghost town a week later)

The old news campaign adjustments are interesting, but really, WotG needs more than just campaign. It's fun but it's hardly something you can make a real LS event out of. I guess it's too early for WotG endgame stuff, but missions or quests or new NMs or HNMs or those new weaponskills or exclusive gear for the new jobs or something would be pretty nice.

[Kenji]

OMG!!!!1111!! WTF!!!!111

SE didn't please ME!!!!! They're #1 Customer!!! (At least, I believe that)

In response, I'll... I'll... get really piss off, YEAH! And.. and... keep paying them my monthly fee as I bitch on a forum!

THAT WILL SHOW THOSE BITCHES!!!11!!11!111!!!one!


A simple 4 letter acronym cannot express how badly I rolled on the floor laughing, seeing what I expected to see here. Not even if I expanded it to 8 letters. I think SE is onto something, with the taste of tears and all. El Oh El.

[miokomioko]

Here's to people who think there's going to be nothing in the mid-march update aside from exactly the specific items outlined in the development notes these past few weeks regardless of past update trends and the fact that an exact date hasn't even been mentioned yet...

Beastmen strongholds [S]
Scholar/Dancer AF
Handful of WoTG Quests
Amood/Hexagun/Jambiya
Moar battle music
Reddish Purple mob names
EGGS
Sol/Lunar Caps
Soulflayer/Chariot pankration
DANCE
Exp ring

THAT'S IT. THAT'S THE UPDATE. NOTHING MORE COULD POSSIBLY ARISE IN 1-2 WEEKS THAT WOULD NECESSITATE A 15-HOUR CLUSTERFUCK OF FAILED DOWNLOADS ALL OVER THE GLOBE. QQQQQQQ

[Septimus]

dance emotes (don't kid yourself about them listening to you. these are only included because someone with talent animated them for the dancer job and the updaters realized they could add them in like ten minutes)

No, people did ask for it. And they kept asking and asking and asking. They wouldn't let it go, and now as a result I have to hear people on the BG forums bitch about it. Do you think that Square would have put forth that 10 minutes worth of effort on their own had people not asked for it incessantly? Hell no, that is 10 minutes they would have otherwise spent looking at Mithra porn. This is 100% the player base's fault, don't bitch at Square, go over to Zam and bitch at them.

Oh wait, this is Zam now.

[Lordender]

The old news campaign adjustments are interesting, but really, WotG needs more than just campaign. It's fun but it's hardly something you can make a real LS event out of. I guess it's too early for WotG endgame stuff, but missions or quests or new NMs or HNMs or those new weaponskills or exclusive gear for the new jobs or something would be pretty nice.

I totally agree with this, campaign is already old in my book, they are waiting way to long to add more to the past besides campaign.

[Gulkeeva]

Well since SE added an emote to the /dance , there will probably be alot of new "dance emotes" custom made out in the .DAT community.
Hopefully the dance animation dats won't be as complex as the dancers actual animations and be easier to modify O_o

[Akucaen]

I'm really concerned how little attention the actual expansion is getting in favor of extremely minor updates to old content that everyone had pretty much given hope on. Wings of the Goddess never really had a hell of a lot to start with... The old news campaign adjustments are interesting, but really, WotG needs more than just campaign. It's fun but it's hardly something you can make a real LS event out of. I guess it's too early for WotG endgame stuff, but missions or quests or new NMs or HNMs or those new weaponskills or exclusive gear for the new jobs or something would be pretty nice.

That's what it seems to shaping up to be though. While CoP and RoTZ were floodgated open at the beginning, ToAU offered a TON more at the start than WoTG, and from what I remember, more win shaped up pretty damn fast. Content patches came on time instead of massively delayed like this has been.

I... like WoTG, and its idea... but I'm losing faith in it already.

[Zilong]

There has to be a limit on just how incomplete and full of crap an expansion is...

Fuck WotG, seriously, after ToAU, I thought SE knew what the playerbase wants.

[FinalJustice]

Im curious..
The the last fan fest, didnt they have a discussion and list the jobs they were planning to adjust for the next version update?
I remember reading about them wanting to add new high lvl automaton WS' and such. But I can't find the link anymore. Anyone remember where this info was discussed?

[Fhqwghads]

Fuck WotG, seriously, after ToAU, I thought SE knew what the playerbase wants.

They know what the playerbase wants, they want /dance. Time to break out with the champagne now!

[Kayos]

I know certain people (not gonna mention any names) really don't like us bitching and QQing about this update but I must say seeing everyone else bitch as well sure makes me feel better. :bagel:

[Epical]

I'm still holding out for the very last "teaser" before the update itself to completely blow our minds.

I hope.

[TacoTaru]

I like all the "Fuck this update" in these threads, because the update has already happened and we've already seen all the hidden stuff they never tell us about amirite?

[Acturus]

This is 100% the player base's fault, don't bitch at Square, go over to Zam and bitch at them.

Oh wait, this is Zam now.

Only because Zam has been offline for two days now, presumably for continual DDOS attacks.

:rocl:

[Gwynplaine]

Childish tirade.

Wow, FFXI really is serious business.

Update does seem pretty sub par so far, but I'm going to wait to see the full info update day to judge. More potent exp. band is nice.

[Rho]

$20 says they are doing this to watch everyone get their panties in a bunch and squirm about until they see the official day-of update patch notes where they add Nyzul weapon upgrades, Sneak ninjutsu, new Automaton frame, new jug pets, new Avatar, relic armor for Blue Mage/Puppetmaster/Corsair, new Blue Mage spells, Scholar and Puppetmaster JSE, and increased droppage for Einherjar, blah blah blah.

One can only hope.

Anyhow... we still have a chance for one or two more bits of news before the update assuming the update is next week to still be "early March." I'm putting my money on Brenner adjustments.