Version Update Details! (4/8/09)

[Darkhound]

Re: Version Update Details! (4/8/09)

It bettet be before this year FANFESTIVAL. If you go to the Fan Festival webiste and read the Q&A summary from the devs thay say someting along these lines

"Next year, at the 2009 FAN FEST, YOU WILL be asking how to use these 2 new avatars and what they do" and not where they are or what are they

[Gobo]

Re: Version Update Details! (4/8/09)

EXTENSION!

All Worlds Maintenance Extension (Apr. 8)

We regret to report that the currently on-going all worlds maintenance will be extended until approximately 16:00 (PDT).

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

[Date & Time]
Apr. 8, 2009 from 9:00 to 16:00 (PDT)
* Maintenance completion time may be subject to change.

[Affected Services]
FINAL FANTASY XI

FINAL FANTASY XI Official Web Site

[Aksannyi]

Re: Version Update Details! (4/8/09)

Gay ^^

Oh well I'm not done downloading it anyway. :/

Also, re-read the update notes again, and I'm super glad to see that {Merit Points} and {Limit Points} will be in the A-T now! Also {I have to go soon} will be quite nice, although {Time remaining} {Short time} or {Time remaining} 20 {minute} worked just fine.

[Darkhound]

Re: Version Update Details! (4/8/09)

well, damn let me play something else in the mean time

[Murphie]

Re: Version Update Details! (4/8/09)

I'm not done either. Even though I started four hours ago. I still have two to go.

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And it failed again. Fuck it. I'll worry about this tomorrow.

[Malacite]

Re: Version Update Details! (4/8/09)

They just added another 2 hours to the maint.

ORZ.

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Ugh I've had it done for over 3 hours now... come on ; ;


BAH *goes back to playing Last Remnant/Onimusha 2*

[Elwynn]

Re: Version Update Details! (4/8/09)

* Teleportation to Garlaige_S/CN_S/Edieme_S: YAY. Garliage is already stupid enough without that, what with the beast-controlled C.A. being a 5 minute walk from the nearest fortification.

* Delkfutt's key as a key item: YAY, +1 inventory. And since I usually needed it when I was already in Jeuno, I couldn't keep it in Storage.

* Beastmen/Kindred seals retrieveable: I think this has to do with being able to spend them on other things. Before this update, the only thing this would've been useful for was G4.

* Dream Bells storable: about damn time. This should've been done back in January. +1 inventory rather than +2, because the /bell command could be fun. At least for a week or so.

* Game Terms "Learning (blue magic)": since it's a good idea not to disturb a BLU learning spells (like casting cures on a BLU trying to get Healing Breeze), this should be a Good Thing.

* Shiny gold thread renamed to Lustrous gold thread: Yeah, that was kind of stupid to re-use the name of an existing item.

* Blood pact fail fix: I wonder if they fixed the parallel TP loss bug with weapon skills? Probably not. I'll bet it was cut-and-paste of the same code.

* WHM changes: now I have to go find those four new spells. Hopefully they'll be sold by an NPC. The changes to Raise/Reraise/Banish are good. Banish cast time was way too fucking long. And the higher tier R/RR are now more like higher tier Ninja spells by being faster to cast. Also, this means that WHM truly has 3 equivalent raises now for campaign/besieged. And of course the lower level for RR is fucking win.

Attacking Fortifications and other enemies specific to Campaign no longer increases combat and magic skills,regardless of whether or not you have received the effect of an Allied Tag.

Damn, after I went and made that nice guide about how to skill up in campaign. The good part is at least I've already leveled up everything that I needed campaign skillups for. And the evaluation points adjustment for fortifications is probably intended to nerf all the fortification nipple-sucking that goes on, especially in Eldieme_S.

Do you know (probably you do but to make my point) how a pain it is to try to skill-up Club as a whm in these skill-up parties ? They all ask you to stay back a heal... BS I want skill-ups.

WHM/NIN. A friend and I both went WHM/NIN to the tree last week, and it was easy as cake with quick skillups. I got from 140 -205 club over the course of two days, just playing before work, while also getting a decent amount of Kindred Seals and loot to sell.

I didn't need campaign for weapon skill-ups past the lv 50 of fortifications. Basically I got what I needed solo on Robber Crabs in Kuftal and Teriggan for Hexa Strike, then the extra I needed for Black Halo in Besieged. And I didn't have NIN at the time, so I think I went WHM/THF. /NIN just makes club go 20% faster with Dual Wield. I haven't power-skilled staff yet, but I plan to do the same thing. Other than club/staff to lv 50, I just used campaign to power-skill my magic to catch up after dozens of levels of campaign.

FYI, you should still be able to get good skill-ups at least to level 60 for Healing and Enhancing by partying with a 75 and spamming Cure I / Protect I / Shell I.

[Vejiita]

Re: Version Update Details! (4/8/09)

/em looks at the new update finish time.
/em starts his PS3 and load GTA 4.
/em laugh at the stupid pedestrians trying to run from certain death.

[sulci]

Re: Version Update Details! (4/8/09)

Damn, after I went and made that nice guide about how to skill up in campaign. The good part is at least I've already leveled up everything that I needed campaign skillups for. And the evaluation points adjustment for fortifications is probably intended to nerf all the fortification nipple-sucking that goes on, especially in Eldieme_S.

still a good guide for besieged lol... hopefully...

[Jarre]

Re: Version Update Details! (4/8/09)

Grrrr thats midnight, now i will have to wait until tomorrow

[Taskmage]

Re: Version Update Details! (4/8/09)

SE giveth...

and SE taketh away. UGH!

I don't sit around making a huge wish list of shinies I want SE to give me in an update. I was quite content with the game as it was before today. So I'm vexed that SE felt the need to take something away like this.

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Campaign mobs hit back, but they took away the ability to skill up on them as well. Apparently, SE wants skilling up to be even more tedious and time consuming than it already is.

Lyon, come skillup with me sometime. I still need to finish shield skill so I've got a lot of tanking Steelshells and/or Korrigans and Puks to do anyway. Or if you want to skill something <200 we can do Robber Crabs I can skill staff/parry.

[Aksannyi]

Re: Version Update Details! (4/8/09)

Wheeeeee done with the update. ^_^ Now to wait for these people to let us play. >D

[WishMaster3K]

Re: Version Update Details! (4/8/09)

Lago, if you want to cap shield, do what I did and level PLD.

[Ambiant]

Re: Version Update Details! (4/8/09)

7pm est, 3 hrs still on download (dial up ewwwwww). Started download at 1pm, but got interupted by some annoying CC sales person calling DAMIT!!! Hate that Despize dial up! lol


By the time players are able to log in, looks like ill have 2 hrs left still snicker.

[Omgwtfbbqkitten]

Re: Version Update Details! (4/8/09)

Dunno why people want skillups from campaign so bad. Easy EXP should not yield skillups as it diminishes the purpose of partying. Besieged is more of rare occurrence and the EXP returns are weaker than the IS rewarded, so you should be getting skillups for the otherwise wasted hour.

Even though it would be really easy for me to do the rest of BST via Campaign, I only use it to supplement my buffe, secure the next level or regain lost solo EXP. Aside from that, I go out and solo normally in the other zones and make sure Axe is capped.

I can see why some mages might complain, as PTs don't really welcome them to skill up a weapon, but even so, I skilled up my sword out of PT just as well as anyone can. Join testimony farming PTs, Coffer PTs, skillup PTs and the like and you can skill up just fine.

I know helping others accomplish things is a crazy concept to some people, but it can get you skill ups.