Version Update Preview (11/06/2009)

[Elesar]

Want to hear the real version update preview?

After this update more Player Accounts will be deactivated due to poor version update content. All this and more is coming to you in the soon-arriving major version update!

[Destinye]

Want to hear the real version update preview?

After this update more Player Accounts will be deactivated due to poor version update content. All this and more is coming to you in the soon-arriving major version update!

Indeed, yet they will continue to play despite being dissatisfied.

[Hanyoko]

Meh... (though i guess there is still time) I dont see the "All force pop ??? have been changed from the current 15 min to <really short time>" that would make me a happy kitty.

[TacoTaru]

Meh... (though i guess there is still time) I dont see the "All force pop ??? have been changed from the current 15 min to <really short time>" that would make me a happy kitty.

I'm praying they finally let me request my ToAU ring, but I'd like a fix on ??? repop times too.

[Shenrien]

I'm praying they finally let me request my ToAU ring, but I'd like a fix on ??? repop times too.

this ; ; I wanna swap my Uthaltum's badly, I didn't expect to replace it so soon with something else for my DD jobs.

[Omniyoji]

I'm praying they finally let me request my ToAU ring...

YES! That's all I really want to see in the update notes on the day of the release.

[nitsuj]

Dear SE -

Thank you for making the update for people who have maxed out racing chocobos not being used, and people who do fishing every day without fail.

In other words.... ME

<3

p.s. oh yeah, SMN update!

[Ropeydonkey]

A lot of games (MMOs included) have little or no update support within months or even weeks of release - FFXI is like... how many years old? And with XIV in the works, SE could easily have dropped XI like a wet turd. When I heard XIV was coming, I honestly expected no more updates.

And for all those complaining... um... stop playing?

[Ropeydonkey]

Seems to me that a lot of people would only be happy with the following update:

- New Uber-gear that makes ALL old gear OBSOLETE and can be obtained in NO LONGER than 30 seconds
- 204923590 new endgame zones
- Free gil on demand
- Every job able to do 9999 dmg per hit at any given time with no delay

And when they dont get this, they just DONT STOP CRYING.

Anyone who understands game mechanics will realise why SE DONT release immense new gear every update, dont give all jobs stupidly overpowered new abilities, free gil etc or a million new zones. Its a (7?) year old game that still has to run on PS2 that is being superceeded in a matter of months. Get. A. Grip.

[Panthera]

Meh... (though i guess there is still time) I dont see the "All force pop ??? have been changed from the current 15 min to <really short time>" that would make me a happy kitty.

I'm praying they finally let me request my ToAU ring, but I'd like a fix on ??? repop times too.

???s on a five minute repop as per ZNM system would be nice.

I think the significance of this update is getting down played. Has everyone forgot that Summoner is getting not just refresh, but AOE refresh? which changes how end game parties are created, and also grants Summoner even more viability in exp parties. Counting Shantoto as part of the update, they're giving alternatives to Crimson Cuisses and Homam Cosciales to every job, without having to wait in long lotting lines, and possibly taking away people's motivations to participate in associated activities. True, it's not as profound as past updates; Level Sync, "Beastmaster Nerf," etc, but this patch is not without consequences.

[VyThee]

SE will totally give you SMNs a new avatar -- the day XIV comes out. fo sho.

[Ronfar]

Seems to me that a lot of people would only be happy with the following update:

- New Uber-gear that makes ALL old gear OBSOLETE and can be obtained in NO LONGER than 30 seconds
- 204923590 new endgame zones
- Free gil on demand
- Every job able to do 9999 dmg per hit at any given time with no delay

Yes this is what everyone wants.... shut the fuck up you cannot tell me these update are anything close to what we got last year, shit bst and snm update with fucking fishing and choco racing, yes this is what people play 11 for fucking choco racing.... if anything they should be doing more to show us, possible 14 customers that they will not fuck up 14 like they did in 11.

[Ropeydonkey]

People often refer to chocobo racing/breeding when reminiscing about old FFs so yes, I think some peple DO like to see adjustments to that system in the update notes. People who plan on playing XIV probably dont want to see endgame stuff appearing that they may never have time to get, and as for the job updates, I think these are about on par with past job updates.

Personally if this puts idiots off XIV I say good, dont want them there anyway.

And one of the reasons updates 'seem' smaller these past couple of years is the way SE split is accross several update notes rather than a couple of big lists. Also, there may be more in the update that you dont find out till it comes.

[Ropeydonkey]

To take part in choco racing, and win the jacket do i need to raise a chocobo?
If i need to raise a chocobo what time frame are we looking at?
1 month to raise a choco right?
about 1 month to get the points for the jacket? (guesstimating here)
But that is a month of hardcore day after day attention to this game, so were probably looking at more like 3 months right?
I mean... think about how much time that is for a in game item that does JACK SHIT.

Raising a choco takes all of ~5mins every other day for at least a month... its SO easy. Yes, it takes more effort if you want the perfect bird but its still only a few mins most days.

Oh, and the jackets are supposed to do something - who knows, maybe Enchant-Mazurka or mov+ on foot?

[Dymlos]

Choco racing is bullshit Ropey cause the minute you start making gilz, SE fucking bans you.

[Ropeydonkey]

Yes this is what everyone wants.... shut the fuck up you cannot tell me these update are anything close to what we got last year, shit bst and snm update with fucking fishing and choco racing, yes this is what people play 11 for fucking choco racing.... if anything they should be doing more to show us, possible 14 customers that they will not fuck up 14 like they did in 11.

Checked your sig...
Hahaha they made such a shit, fucked up game you felt you just HAD to lvl 12+ jobs to 75 in protest. Seriously, either you love this game or you're some kind of sadist if your willing to plough hundreds of hours of your life into a game you think is shit and/or fucked up.

[Ropeydonkey]

Choco racing is bullshit Ropey cause the minute you start making gilz, SE fucking bans you.

O.o oh really? Now see I didnt know that. I make decent gils and ive never got even a temp ban...

[Myriads]

I can understand the desire for new End Game Zones, and Top line gear from a lot of folks.

These folks have played XI for years, and have created characters that are at the top end of the skills and possibilities in their job(s) and they want to push that line farther. They have worked out the end game content and zones to the point where it's just a matter of showing up and putting in the time until they get the clear/items/etc they want.

New items and challenges are needful to players like this. And as they have years invested in getting where they are now, to have the feeling that they are 'stuck' where they are is frustrating. And not getting something new to work for with an update makes it seem like a failure.

On the other hand, there are players like myself who are in the game for other reasons. One of mine is that it's a place to escape to, and relax after a days work. I get to talk to my game-friends, and work on small goals. Like getting all the MMM runes, or skilling a craft, or soloing a job to 75. And these things are rewarding because SE has created a game world with a lot of depth.

Quests like Zaldon, or the Choco Races are not things that most people will care about or use, but they make the FF XI world bigger, more complex, and more complete. They are things that a player may discover and be amused by, and chose to start doing. Just like the players in the above paragraph seek to always be stronger and better and so forth, these players look to enjoy the world of FF XI in their way and all these seemingly unimportant updates serve them.

SE is looking after all of its players. The issue is that it doesn't give every group something every time. I feel bad that End Game Top Enders didn't get something this time out, but there will come another Dynamus, Limbus, Nyzul, Odin-place etc. Perhaps next time.

And Zaldon has been good to lots of folks beyond fishermen. I know many people like Mecurial dagger that his quest makes possible to get, And I have never had any issues selling those Mecurial swords I get out of Ferry Fishies for a good price very fast when I get one. So This little bit of the FF XI world adds to others.

The fact that FF XI's world is so complex, and has so much depth is one of the reasons that ALL of us love the game, and lots of these updates serve that purpose, making the world richer. It's an investment that SE makes every update. Some don't pay off well, but each adds a little bit to the game.

[Max™]

*going to cuss and scream and stomp babies when the gay little jackets offer haste or movement speed that stacks with other options*

[Dymlos]

O.o oh really? Now see I didnt know that. I make decent gils and ive never got even a temp ban...

Before SE adjusted choco circuits with more random stuff, someone figured the pattern mathematically and was able to rack in a crap load of gil. So SE threw in more random factors and banned the guy. I heard he even showed SE the spreadsheet on how he figured it out and they didn't give two rats ass.