FFXI Version Update (9/08/10)

[Massimo]

not just you.
either they disallowed it or the servers are being crappy. more likely to be the latter tho but who knows

edit:
remember that during the aug 31 preliminary update there was server congestion on the version check thing already...
now there's probably even more reason for it

Yeah, looks like it's working now.

[Alkar]

actually i dont see what the issue is with continuity.
Abyssea exists on a different plane completely so its story is separate from this one.. until they tie it in.. thru moogles probably.

placement of maws doesn't really matter that much, but at least they bothered to place them near where the zones are geographically, with the exception of Misereaux, where they just placed it near an existing vortex already.

Vunkerl makes sense in continuity. I'd be interested to see Misereaux tho. Wonder what Riverne will look like

The point is there's nothing wrong about placing the maw for Abyssea - Vunkerl in Vunkerl Inlet (S) considering what these maws can do so saying that I "don't give two shits" about the storyline is just out of place. A maw can port us 20 years in the past or to a different dimension... having a maw that does both is not exactly impossible.
Then again it's funny how people change opinion quickly once update notes are up.

[Odin'sLaw]

can someone fill in abyssea gaps for me, i get the jist that its set roughly day to day with us but if we lost the crystal war? or did something else happen that made all "normal" monsters take steroids and try to rape a bitch

[Kaslo]

As for perfect counter, previously it would counter 0-3 attacks, sounds like they're fixing it to counter a minimum of 1.

From what I could tell if would not go away if:

(1) You would have countered anyway
(2) The mob would have missed you
(3) The mob attacked you shortly after activating the ability (might have been lag)

[Jhoira]

Actually I've a feeling since there is so many nice looking things in this update that they will have messed up something that was already good... Not been this excited about an update... well ever! Really hopeful that new af comes from abyssea campaign :D

[Dooom]

can someone fill in abyssea gaps for me, i get the jist that its set roughly day to day with us but if we lost the crystal war? or did something else happen that made all "normal" monsters take steroids and try to rape a bitch

A wizard did it.

[Priran]

saying that I "don't give two shits" about the storyline is just out of place

Remember the first CS you get when you zone into Port Jeuno, where the Abyssean dimension collides with ours? It's not doing that to the WotG dimension. A maw that connects the Abyssea dimension with the WotG dimension would make no sense.

QED.

[Odin'sLaw]

A wizard did it.

someone needs to sort them Wizards out

[Mathayus]

New furnishings have been added.

http://www.playonline.com/pcd/verup/...35/5835_46.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...25-chalk-1.jpg
YES!

Ignore the image on the left, I got nothing for it.

[Ivve]

I'm really trying not to be a fucktard here, but uh, don't augmented items drop directly into the pool in ANNM (assuming you get augmented items in your selection of loot)? Maybe I'm missing something because I've never actually done ANNM, but from screenshots I saw, that seemed to be what was going on. If that's the case, why exactly the fuck is it hard to put the augmented box shit in the pool again?

[Alkar]

Remember the first CS you get when you zone into Port Jeuno, where the Abyssean dimension collides with ours? It's not doing that to the WotG dimension. A maw that connects the Abyssea dimension with the WotG dimension would make no sense.

QED.

Then again WotG is connected with ours anyway. Atomos is essentialy the avatar of space and time so he can't do both at the same time? Yeah, sure.
The only explanation is "they didn't think about it".
There's no logic when you add dimension/time travel in a story so no, a maw that connects WotG to Abyssea does make sense.

[sruon]

Nah, ANNM had chests specifically for the augmented piece.

[ronin sparthos]

can someone fill in abyssea gaps for me, i get the jist that its set roughly day to day with us but if we lost the crystal war? or did something else happen that made all "normal" monsters take steroids and try to rape a bitch

Its just a what-if dimension. It goes even further to imply that our Vana'diel is an exception to various dimensions since every other dimension shown has been fucked up in one way or another.

[Ivve]

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...25-chalk-1.jpg
YES!

Ignore the image on the left, I got nothing for it.

http://www.mrkphoto.com/images/press...ewart_full.jpg

This is the first thing that came to mind. In the interest of remaining negative, fuck SE for adding more furniture and failing to revamp storage. Yeah right, I'm gonna waste more inventory on this chalkboard that will probably do fuck-all except look neato to stand in front of while wearing SCH AF/2/3. No, no, no. I'll eat my words if it turns out to have badass storage attached to it or something, but I doubt it.

[Vathris]

To start the update i erase a file from the dats and then check files?? Where do i check files?

[matt4684]

My WHM would get more use out of Resist Virus than Shield Defense bonus....

[Cantih]

can someone fill in abyssea gaps for me, i get the jist that its set roughly day to day with us but if we lost the crystal war? or did something else happen that made all "normal" monsters take steroids and try to rape a bitch

OK
1. WotG happens. Atomos is the balancer of universes, devouring the weak ones. The Vana'diel we know and love must fight to survive against a darker alternate present. The battlefield is the past, and you win by ensuring your present comes to be.

2. With Atomos on the scene, weird shit in his orbit is showing up as well. A THIRD alternate Vana'diel, which is being overrun and destroyed by powerful monsters (possibly from a fourth alternate reality), has shown up.

Basically, atm, it's Sliders meets Bokurano meets Noein.

[Rocl]

I'm really trying not to be a fucktard here, but uh, don't augmented items drop directly into the pool in ANNM (assuming you get augmented items in your selection of loot)? Maybe I'm missing something because I've never actually done ANNM, but from screenshots I saw, that seemed to be what was going on. If that's the case, why exactly the fuck is it hard to put the augmented box shit in the pool again?

No, you had to physically talk to the chest to even see the augmented item, and then physically talk to the chest to remove it. No loot pools involved.

[Spira]

The point is there's nothing wrong about placing the maw for Abyssea - Vunkerl in Vunkerl Inlet (S) considering what these maws can do so saying that I "don't give two shits" about the storyline is just out of place. A maw can port us 20 years in the past or to a different dimension... having a maw that does both is not exactly impossible.
Then again it's funny how people change opinion quickly once update notes are up.

I really think they wanted to keep it simple. Its bad enough that we have past and present.. and then now we have alternate dimension..

As someone mentioned the Jeuno CS thing happens only in present day, so I think they wanted to focus on present day entry to Abyssea. It'd also make things less complicated with Joachim and the new NPC Horst.

having it in Vunkerl [S] would screw that connective dynamic.. probably requiring another NPC in the past to say 'oh look i'm from abyssea' and so on.. troublesome.

..then again, its not impossible either because the voidwalkers (which supposedly come from Abyssea) exist in past zones too.. but probably due to the presence of the Maws only.

still. keeping it simple is better.

[Alkar]

Its just a what-if dimension. It goes even further to imply that "our" Vana'diel is an exception to various dimensions since every other dimension shown has been fucked up in one way or another.

That's because "our" Vana'diel

Spoiler: show

is not real.