Been gone since the end of January

[ubermonkey]

What have I missed in FFXI land?

Any cool new things I should aim to do immediately once I'm back in game? Or is it the same old same old?

[Deelo]

Took me all of 20 seconds to find this.

http://www.bluegartr.com/forum/76296...-like-now.html

I'm sure there are more threads on the same topic, since somebody seems to make a new one every month.

[Suiram]

The end of January is like nothing lol There's been one update. The game's basically the same except WHM's cure gives stoneskin and you can pay $10 for a mobile mog safe.

[ubermonkey]

There's been one update. The game's basically the same except WHM's cure gives stoneskin and you can pay $10 for a mobile mog safe.

Lame. I thought I might have actually missed something cool.

[nitsuj]

Lame. I thought I might have actually missed something cool.

WHM's cure gives stoneskin

It kinda went out with a whimper, but that's pretty game changing right there.

[Gergall]

Customizable body armor reward from ACP is cool for some jobs.

And the Mog Satchel is game-changing. Not end-game-changing like a king fix would be, but it has had a drastic (good) effect on where my time is going. If Mog Satchel doesn't impress you, give up now.

[Argettio]

$10 for a mobile mog safe.

160 items with you all the time.

That's also kind of a big deal.

No more excuses for not having every med in the world and all the super situation shit you would normally leave at home. (just pull it out of your satchel before each event as required).

[Azkarin2]

Holy shit, I just thought about reactivating my account (stopped around October) and as a crafter that sounds awesome. Sad it took them so long to come out with that.

Is the player base still as large? How has the announcement of FF14 (the next MMO from SE) changed things at all? Thanks!

[Gergall]

Holy shit, I just thought about reactivating my account (stopped around October) and as a crafter that sounds awesome. Sad it took them so long to come out with that.

Is the player base still as large? How has the announcement of FF14 (the next MMO from SE) changed things at all? Thanks!

I think the player base is shrinking very, very slowly. SE would have you believe that it is growing (they had an announcement that the population had reached 2 million characters) but I think this is just due to people creating more and more mules.

FF14 means nothing, it won't be released for years. The only effect it has had is that some people who might have made comebacks are now saying "I'm just gonna start fresh with FF14" as though it were coming out next month.