New FFXI Expansion

[KingOfZeal]

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DR:
As Futurama once said, in one of their time-travel episodes:
"Don't do anything that affects anything! Unless it turns out you were supposed to do it, in which case, for the love of God, don't not do it!"

[Yellow Mage]

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For all we know it could be something kinda like the Emptiness; a strange phenomena that causes a bend in the space-time continum or maybe infiltrates and projects different peoples (or Altana's, even) memories..

This quote caught my eye, because one thing that I noticed in the video is how they were in one zone, then an effect that looks like a Glitch (possibly in time) to merge it into an area that vastly contrasts it.

Maybe these glitches are representative of something, like how the present is falling apart because something's happening to the Past a la "Time Squad," and if you read the whole narrative on the ink of your destiny, it kind of makes sense.

And/or, something could be wrong with Altana herself and you have to "pick up the quill" of the entire world to "write" things back to normality. It could be that you end up becoming something of an Altana yourself, a la "8-Bit Theatre."

[Yellow Mage]

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DR:
As Futurama once said, in one of their time-travel episodes:
"Don't do anything that affects anything! Unless it turns out you were supposed to do it, in which case, for the love of God, don't not do it!"

Sorry for the double post, but this guy posted while I was posting, and he brought up a point that made me .

[Kuro]

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err, you can keep it in the storyline without time paradoxes.

We were looseing the war then suddenly kicked their ass... how! the ebastmen had their big ass weapons they allmost destroyed all of taz!

Altana summons heroes into the past to save Vanadiel, we are those heroes and we help defeat the shadow lord.

[Yellow Mage]

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Wait, didn't a certain Dark Knight destroy the Shadow Lord? Isn't that what won the Great War?

(Darn, I forgot the Knight's name.)

[Murphie]

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If he did, you can bet he was a K.Club/Ridill DRK. That or he was using hax.

[Jei]

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Wait, didn't a certain Dark Knight destroy the Shadow Lord? Isn't that what won the Great War?
(Darn, I forgot the Knight's name.)

hmm you'll find out when you start mission for rank 6....

[MisterCookie]

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To all the people who say time travel is stupid: We don't even know if it really is time travel, for all we know it could be memories projected into reality or something.

[Armando]

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Or maybe we just get to play the role of one of the soldiers and reenact the events of the war without actually changing anything. That'd be pretty cool.

[Malacite]

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This might be the future though, too... Reconstruction efforts? Considering it's been so long, it would make sense.

I doubt it, based on how they worded it on their website. " A tale once lost is about to be retold."

[Gobo]

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I doubt it, based on how they worded it on their website. " A tale once lost is about to be retold."

That could also mean that History is going to repeat itself. Well thats a small stretch but possible.

[Croy]

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Its the past for sure. Some of the people who were at the show said it was a time travel based expansion right from the show floor. How people get there is a different matter.

All the places they have shown have clearly represented what was there pre-crystal war according to game lore. Sarutabaruta with elegant fields instead of drained fertility thanks to the towers of horotoro, Davoi back to its old former glory including lots of cabins and the church is complete. Gustaberg is filled with walls and watch towers to signal enemies on the horizon. Batalia downs has regiments and walls to hold off all sea based attacks. Saurumongue campaign is completely protected and filled with walls as depected in lore till a great disaster lead it to being destroyed.

Till the crystal war happened the three nations were actually incredibly hostile towards each other and the regulation of conquest actually had boarders, which explains the gates people see. After the Crystal-war they tore them down (or they were destroyed...)

Also the Q&A from yesturday revealed that new spells would be added for the expansion. How that is to happen will be seen later obviously. Id post the URL >_> but I dont seem to have enough permission to post URL's....

[Jei]

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Now that sounds really interesting.... so the "past"world will be the whole continent? wow.

Urg, shouldn't get too excited. Not gonna restart the game -.-

[Pai Pai Master]

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Oh yes you are, Jei. One cannot escape the potential and promise of a new FFXI expansion.

But if not, I'll enjoy it enough for the both of us.

[Jei]

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After they banned me?
It's funny I still visit my usual FFXI sites daily lol.