Three New Expansion Scenarios Announced at Vana'diel Festival 2008! (11/22/08)

[ronin sparthos]

Lilith totally looks like an alternate timeline version of Lilisette... possibly in a timeline where the Allied Forces got beat by the Beastmen.

I personally wouldnt be surprised... kinda funny how close to Ultimecia she looks in that picture, maybe she'll get the spiffy accent as well.

Glad to see that SE might play the alternate timeline card with this expansion - now that we have small episode expansions launching in the spring, im sure everyone wants to bash in Shantottos skull, that expansion will sell out first.

Maybe we might get to visit Tavnazia after-all, these mini-expansions could be the perfect way of approaching that without interrupting the vision for WoTG.

Eyepatches sound awesome - finally my Corsair can look more piratey D:

[Khajit]

Im not sure what to think about the tuxedo. On one hand im happy that they gave it but in the back of my mind i'm yelling that the outfit will make me look like a twat.

[Faithe]

Oh shit, I just realized something when I looked at the posters for the three expansion. It kind of make sense now. Two of them are about the past, shanttoto and the prophacy one. Look at the picture of the prophacy, it is the tav battle. Man if they actually let us do the battle from the openning over and over and over like a time paradox I will shit myself. Complete utterly win!

[Sechs]

The mini-expansions is a good thing to let FFXI live a bit more while waiting for Rapture. If these 3 will prove to be successful, there might be more.
I hope there will be a couple of new areas, as much as I'm pretty aware there will hardly be any... judging from what they said.

Could that lady be Uggalepih? (the beatiful goddess adversary of Altana?) Maybe she's the one messing up with the past, the one pulling the strings behind WotG events.


P.S.
The male wedding dress is awesome! O_O need one!

[MaachaQ]

The spiffy wedding duds you have long been waiting for have finally arrived!
Much like the wedding dress, this new formalwear will be made available for purchase at the price of 50,000 gil when applying for a wedding. For those old romantics who desire to hold their matrimonial rites in the Vana’diel of the past, the same apparel will be available from a special NPC who will be servicing players for a limited time only. And for those hands-on types out there, synthesis recipes will also be implemented.

http://blog.square-enix.com/ff11/images/タキシード-thumb.jpg

The bolded bit is a bit confusing, do they mean players who have already gotten married in the past can buy this set from a special NPC for a limited time? Or anyone can buy it to have weddings in WotG areas?

It's over four years now since me and my hubby had our Vana'wedding, back in the day he bitched to no end about lack of men's outfit... now I just showed him the picture and he was like "fuck that, -4 inventory space!".

Here's the Japanese
edit: removed because it broke things

Here's babelfish of the JP text, still isn't very clear >< wish my husband was home to read this for me...

It is unable to wait, the tuxedo finally mounting! When wedding support is received, it purchases same as the dress with 50,000 gill. As for the person who past lists formula, from NPC which appears with period limitation with the same amount purchase possibility. In addition like the dress it has added also synthetic [reshipi].

[Sunrider]

The tuxedo looks rather dashing, though I'm not gonna get married just to get my hands on one. It's hot all the same, though.

That eye patch just makes me wish face and head equipment slots were separate.

[MaachaQ]

sorry, somehow double posted

[Zane]

Man, does any one else get the urge to equip that eye patch and navigate their way through a field of aggroing monsters true MGS style?

I know I do.

[Charismatic]

Notice, if you will, that they said crafters will be able to make them as well

[MaachaQ]

Notice, if you will, that they said crafters will be able to make them as well

But it's not the same ^^; It'll be ra/ex and probably have a different name. I imagine the first month or so of introduction they will be a gold mine for crafters ^^; I'll get my husband his nice cheap ra/ex from NPC if I can.

[vagus]

<-- tuxedo mask. LOL

The dungeon thingy sounds wikcked.

[MaachaQ]

the Shantotto Ascension will sell out quickly.

Is it possible for something that is sold online for download only to sell out? ^^;

[Destinye]

Is it possible for something that is sold online for download only to sell out? ^^;

Getting so much money the system crashes?

[ronin sparthos]

Could sell out in the sense it beats the other two DLC's by a longshot.

[Maxxthepenguin]

Some MMORPGs steal from WoW. Not FFXI.

FFXI steals from Starcraft II

[Not Kuno]

Some MMORPGs steal from WoW. Not FFXI.

FFXI steals from Starcraft II

So the next expansion won't be out for 10 years? Gotcha.

[Maxxthepenguin]

So the next expansion won't be out for 10 years? Gotcha.

But because it's FFXI, it still won't be finished when it gets released in 10 years.

[Kaslo]

Oh shit, I just realized something when I looked at the posters for the three expansion. It kind of make sense now. Two of them are about the past, shanttoto and the prophacy one. Look at the picture of the prophacy, it is the tav battle. Man if they actually let us do the battle from the openning over and over and over like a time paradox I will shit myself. Complete utterly win!

Yeah the Crystal one really caught my eye since the little boy and girl are obviously the two trying to escape tavnazia in the opening CS. This may be the "Give us Tavnazia [S]!" alot of people have been begging for.

[Destinye]

Some MMORPGs steal from WoW. Not FFXI.

FFXI steals from Starcraft II

What is FFXI stealing from Starcraft II that has likely been around long before Starcraft II was even in production?

[Gwynplaine]

The only thing I'm even half interested in is the custom dungeons. Leveling synth is weird and unexpected. Crafters not gonna like that lol, unless it's extremely mild. I can't pretend to give a crap about the rest. Mini-expansions sound like they could have potential, but so did Wings so I'll need some incentive this time. The Shantotto one sounds like it's gonna be a blatant excuse to have her fuck shit up, so probably can't lose there. For the crystal one, it'd be great if it dealt with pre-war Tav, but SE has no idea what players want so that's a no.