VanaFest 2010 Confirmed! (01/15/2010)

[Corrderio]

I can see the announcement of a new expansion being possible, considering storyline wise WotG is nearly done.

As for a goldmine, I'm still betting only 2 things will be revealed that we're interested in.

[Gergall]

Pick any one of those

Wrong. They are adding Bee Mage.

[Spira]

any idea how seats are alotted? i feel like going over to japan to attend if its like, open to all.

[vagus]

People will be able to play 14, beta accounts will not be announced is what i'm betting. I want a button hat for my fataru!!! Buttons needs that hat!!!

[Tagus]

I can see the announcement of a new expansion being possible, considering storyline wise WotG is nearly done.

As for a goldmine, I'm still betting only 2 things will be revealed that we're interested in.

hahaha... they need something to do besides actually finish WotG, am I right?

[Pikarya]

Needs more Goblin Drink speculation.

[Corrderio]

hahaha... they need something to do besides actually finish WotG, am I right?

SE could do plenty, but they only seem to listen to themselves on issues unless they feel their wallets getting lighter. But an expansion seems likely to me since they need another way to keep players around when XIV comes out.

[Tagus]

I'd love to see some sort of cell phone app that runs off a seperate server and costs like $1.99 a month, lets you do a couple of random tasks while you take a crap at work like mini-games or something, and then syncs back up with your account in ffxi and adds gil to your total when you accomplish things in the mini-games.

And then I woke up and remembered SE.

[virusiidx]

Argh. I just got back from Tokyo too.

[Zane]

I highly doubt the big announcement will be a new expansion, there's still at least 3 more updates worth of missions (2 sets of missions and 1 set of quests) if not more, and they wouldn't have a new expansion overlap with the previous expansion.

My bet is that it will be the announcement of three more add-on scenario's. The announcement would come just in time for the spring update, and would carry through the Summer and fall updates, hence content until autumn, which is probably approximately when they currently expect FF XIV will hit shelves.

Square probably doesn't want to put too much into FF XI (Like a whole new expansion pack) until they gauge the popularity of FF XIV, then, based on that decide where they need to allocate their time for new content.

If I turn out to be right, I will meet the news with extreme ambivalence.

[Tagus]

I highly doubt the big announcement will be a new expansion, there's still at least 3 more updates worth of missions (2 sets of missions and 1 set of quests) if not more, and they wouldn't have a new expansion overlap with the previous expansion.

It kinda feels like they overlap their various expansion efforts all the time, starting one before another is finished, etc...

At any rate, any news is good news at this point.

[Seanr]

Wrong. They are adding Bee Mage.

Yeeeeaaaaah
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[Rokku]

Crafting is influenced by moon, day of the week, and time of the day, albeit slightly.

Having 100 Fishing slightly decreases Enemy's Critical Hit Rate...

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A+, would read again.

[fusionx]

any idea how seats are alotted? i feel like going over to japan to attend if its like, open to all.

Need a JP SE account since Dec 2008

[Sho]

Oh wow, stuff to do up til fall. Just enough time to finish mythic for me and round out my life here.

[Eanae]

Special announcement = next expansion I'm sure. Wasn't WOTG announced about this time length through TOAU?

[miokomioko]

Button hat? It's a chocobo.
http://www.playonline.com/ff11/event.../imgs/im02.jpg
Apparently they didn't want it to look like the decapitated head of a real Chocobo, like the beastmen hats did.

[Midnightjade]

Crafting is influenced by moon, day of the week, and time of the day, albeit slightly.

Having 100 Fishing slightly decreases Enemy's Critical Hit Rate.

The direction you face while fighting a monster is important. For instance, Beetles are particularly weak when struck with a blow from the north!

You can transfer characters from FFXI to FFXIV if you pay a $200 fee. Only a few specific items carry over and since there is no level-system planned for FF14, it'll be the same as a basic starting character in that respect!

Ambrosia adds Treasure Hunter +7.

Treasure Hunter slowly degrades after it is put on a monster, therefore if you simply tag a monster in the beginning, it will not have Treasure Hunter applied upon it's death. Also, Treasure Hunter is not 100% proc.

Absolute Virtue's Meteor is weakened by casting a spell of every element on him at the same time. (HOLY BIO2 FLARE FLOOD BURST QUAKE TORNADO FREEZE BY YOUR POWERS COMBINED)

You will never be able to recruit Beastmen Freelances, despite the evidence left in the DATA files.

We have a list of people who use 3rd party windowing programs, and as of this announcement have banned each and every one of them.

It is possible for a 10,000 piece to drop from a Union Casket if the entire wave of the General's Beastmen is forced to retreat without a single death from an NPC or PC. This can only happen in the Beastmen Strongholds.

We're making Besieged more like Campaign, with the forces of Al Zhabi regularly invading Mamook, Halvung, and Arrapago Reef. Each Serpent General will lead their our own troop in addition to the Empire's Volunteers. Raubahn will also make an appearance if the Empire's Defense rating is high enough when Al Zhabi is attacked.

Excalibur's additional effect is being removed in a future update, and instead Aegis will have a chance to proc Spiritual Damage proportional to Max HP in a similar fashion to Reprisal. This effect will proc regardless of spikes present on the Paladin.

Ninjas are receiving Throwing WS, including one that works like Atonement.

The Beastmaster job was only put into the game to attract masochists to FFXI.

Red Mage is being deleted from the game and Refresh is being given to White Mages. Scholars will receive Phalanx. Dispel will also be added to a Black Mage's repertoire.

Puppetmaster's Hand-to-Hand skill will be increased to a previously unheard of S ranking. This will allow them to receive a Hand-to-Hand skill of 300 before merits and gear are accounted for. In accordance, we are nerfing Hand-to-Hand damage calculations.

Blue Mages will be able to learn special NM only moves, but only if they are the intended target of the attack, and survive.

Hmmm..... my suspicions are confirmed!

[Corrderio]

Special announcement = next expansion I'm sure. Wasn't WOTG announced about this time length through TOAU?

Yep, ToAU was nearly done storyline wise when WotG was announced. Then WotG was relased about 3 months after the final Alexander BC.

[Zanz L. Barre The 3rd]

Raising level cap to 100, obviously