New Version Update Announcement! (08/11/2010)

[Snick]

Think the CS in question is when you first enter Promyvion - Vahzl, I remember something like that.

But I refuse to believe there's any connection. Fucking wizards.

[Trigun]

Fucking wizards, how do they work?

fix'd, also incoming Monday news.

[Dooom]

tonberrys and xzomits existing in the apparent absence of zilart technology is one of the reasons I've capped my expectations for abyssea's story at "a wizard did it"

Yeah, I feel that this is most likely, but part of my is pining for some decent explanation that makes it all make sense, rather than Sundi going "well, let's put some squids here, a few birds there, some Goobuee over there, a Tonberry or two here which pop for no apparant reason after some time, a UFO in the sky which doesn't attack and hey presto we'll sell it at £10 a pop!".

[Aemora]

WoTG Storyline spoiler:

Spoiler: show

What really spoiled the WoTG storyline for me is that the past that we travel to which is WoTG is not the past but an alternate dimension. I fucking hate it when anything goes all "alternate dimension" because it steps out of the realms of a believable world into that which someone wrote when they ran out of idea, and FFXI's background was so incredibly rich in storyline, they really didn't need to do it. Sure, if you think that you did step into the past and you know what the future is like, then the you can presume what the outcome of the war will be and thus the ending isn't really that OMG! However, it's how we won the war that's interesting, and the WoTG storyline is full of bullshit "LOL THIS NEVER ACTUALLY HAPPENED FOR YOU LOL UR ALL FKD!" concept.

WoTG was really fucking decent until the last batch of missions, so I wanna know how they repent. ELSE I'LL REBUKE IT IN THE NAME OF THE LORD!!

[Yubar]

This isn't the first time they've fucked up their own story. Remember, these are the same people that made the abomination that is called Chrono Cross after how wonderful and great Chrono Trigger was.

[darkepyon]

WoTG Storyline spoiler:

Spoiler: show

What really spoiled the WoTG storyline for me is that the past that we travel to which is WoTG is not the past but an alternate dimension. I fucking hate it when anything goes all "alternate dimension" because it steps out of the realms of a believable world into that which someone wrote when they ran out of idea, and FFXI's background was so incredibly rich in storyline, they really didn't need to do it. Sure, if you think that you did step into the past and you know what the future is like, then the you can presume what the outcome of the war will be and thus the ending isn't really that OMG! However, it's how we won the war that's interesting, and the WoTG storyline is full of bullshit "LOL THIS NEVER ACTUALLY HAPPENED FOR YOU LOL UR ALL FKD!" concept.

WoTG was really fucking decent until the last batch of missions, so I wanna know how they repent. ELSE I'LL REBUKE IT IN THE NAME OF THE LORD!!

Spoiler: show

This was probably the only way they could handle it, given we're in the 1100s now. I guess that's what happens when you play around with the space-time continuum.

[Arthars]

no more chain relic upgrade magian pls -_- 1 is finem, not fucking 2-5 x 2000 killshots

let people finish theirs!!!!

people with 5 or more relics will never catch up i guess lol

[Snprphnx]

no more chain relic upgrade magian pls -_- 1 is finem, not fucking 2-5 x 2000 killshots

let people finish theirs!!!!

people with 5 or more relics will never catch up i guess lol

hell, at this point I think most people would rather gather another 10k piece per weapon to do get them capped out than work through the trials

[Damane]

biggest problem with the fucking relic trials is the killshot part... if it were like any other trial with just kills it would be np ¬.¬, since you know you could speed up the process by ALOT (and do maybe other things too while gathering kills for trials in abyssea, for example farming or so)

[Xaru]

It's definitely not that... it was a flashback type cutscene. I'm not talking about the Mammet looking Zilart - but there were probably 15-30 people in formation doing something... the area looked like Tahrongi.

I'm pretty certain they were standing in Xarcabard just before the Crystal Line was activated. The fuck-up with the experiment is what turned the Northlands into a snowy wasteland... That's what that cutscene was about.

[Thiefami]

i could swear Abyssea already has a deeper backstory than any of the 3 scenario add-ons tho.

those stories had premises weaker than a SMN wearing full Dalmatica

lol now they can say /rdm

[Cutriss]

This isn't the first time they've fucked up their own story. Remember, these are the same people that made the abomination that is called Chrono Cross after how wonderful and great Chrono Trigger was.

Chrono Cross was an excellent game. Kill yourself.

[Shenrien]

Chrono Cross was an excellent game. Kill yourself.

quoted for emphasis, Chorno Cross as an amazing game, and insanely fun as well, they don't make games that are like the ones they used to still hoping they make a new mana game that is as fun as LoM

[Priran]

on an unrelated note, a week (at least) between teasers has me thinking the coming update might be a little anemic

[urat]

Se needs to fucking fix empyreans, remove item from game and make it a killshot trial, however those that have items can trade it to moogle to get the shots added to their weapon.

Trying to run an ls and having 8 people all wanting the same 1 drop 50 times over from a retarded to pop NM is bullshit.

[Priran]

Se needs to fucking fix empyreans, remove item from game and make it a killshot trial, however those that have items can trade it to moogle to get the shots added to their weapon.

Trying to run an ls and having 8 people all wanting the same 1 drop 50 times over from a retarded to pop NM is bullshit.

they need to be much, much easier

even if it was 50 kills instead of 50 drops, when you consider you still need to farm the pops for and then kill things like Glavoid and Chloris, that's still absurd for something they advertised in the same manner as augment armor from the first 3 addons

the fact that we're already in the next update cycle and no one has finished a single one is kinda telling

[Anomander]

they need to be much, much easier

even if it was 50 kills instead of 50 drops, when you consider you still need to farm the pops for and then kill things like Glavoid and Chloris, that's still absurd for something they advertised in the same manner as augment armor from the first 3 addons

the fact that we're already in the next update cycle and no one has finished a single one is kinda telling

QFT, they should change it to kills. 50 items is, well, ridiculous. 50 kills, while still a truckload, would allow multiple people to work on it at the same time.

[Damane]

i hope the next abyssea installement focuses on 6 man PTs again, getting sick of this alliance exp shit.

[Snprphnx]

QFT, they should change it to kills. 50 items is, well, ridiculous. 50 kills, while still a truckload, would allow multiple people to work on it at the same time.

agreed. I'm working on the Gun, so need plenty of Carabosse Gems, and 4-5 SAMs are doing the GK right along with me, so the idea of needing to kill the damn pixie for 300 drops is daunting to say the least

[NynJa]

At 50 kills a pop....well, first I dont think they want everyone to have every fully upgraded Empyrean weapon, because going by kill count shouldnt take that long. Not to mention when we hit 90 in 1-3 months, these NM's will get significantly weaker.

Secondly, killshot trials generally required you to be in pt/alliance with said weapon equipped. Good luck killing Glavoid with 18 sams, or whatever job >.>


Complain all you want about the Empyrean weapons having such HOLYSHITIMPOSSIBLE trials, the fucking relic upgrade trials are the ones that need to be tweaked. Atleast you can get help to speed up other trials, can do teamups...cant really get any help on Relic killshot trials, short of cure/haste bitch.