The 9th Vana'diel Census Preliminary Survey (05/14/2009)

[Taskmage]

It's almost time for this year's FINAL FANTASY XI Vana'diel Census! We'll be taking a look behind the scenes at the numbers that made up your world in the past year.
For the 9th Vana'diel Census, we'll be trying something different: a preliminary survey to find out all about each adventurer's day-to-day life in Vana'diel.

That means we need your help! Even if you're a silent ninja, a shy scholar, or a bard with laryngitis, let your voice be heard! Together, we can make the 9th Vana'diel Census the best one yet!

Participate in the survey here.

The survey will be conducted from May 14, 2009 at 3:00 a.m. (PDT) to May 25, 2009 at the same hour.

[Taskmage]

Re: The 9th Vana'diel Census Preliminary Survey (05/14/2009)

On average, how much gil do you make per week? (Select one answer.)

• 0 - 50,000 gil.
• 50,000 - 100,000 gil.
• 100,000 - 200,000 gil.
• 200,000 - 500,000 gil.
• 500,000 - 1,000,000 gil.
• 1,000,000 - 5,000,000 gil.
• 5,000,000 - 10,000,000 gil.
• Over 10 million gil.

If anyone can respond with the last two options please PM me.

[Murphie]

Re: The 9th Vana'diel Census Preliminary Survey (05/14/2009)

I think the bulk are going to fall into the top two slots there. I mean, couldn't they have made the gaps smaller and maybe not gone up to 10m+/week? Seriously, who makes that much?

[Ellipses]

Re: The 9th Vana'diel Census Preliminary Survey (05/14/2009)

If anyone can respond with the last two options please PM me.

Damned high-priced whores. I will happily pretend to like you if you only make 4,000,000 gil a week. It's rough, baby, I know. No one understands you.

[Durahansolo]

Re: The 9th Vana'diel Census Preliminary Survey (05/14/2009)

If anyone can respond with the last two options please PM me.

In a week where I do nothing but craft, I could make between 500-700k.

Already Made 333k for the week.

In a week where I do nothing but craft and have no competition at the AH, I could make between 900-1MIL+.

But I'd never have time to do anything else. I was supposed to be crafting for the past two days, but I decided to go out and level BLM.

[Yellow Mage]

Re: The 9th Vana'diel Census Preliminary Survey (05/14/2009)

or a bard with laryngitis,

I chuckled.



I like the method they're going about gathering the data for this year, actually: I can say that my favorite job combination is RDM/PLD as opposed to them just looking at me in game and going, "well, this Tarutaru bloke right here is leveling Paladin right now, must be his main job."

Only possible problem I see with it is that my linkshell can be rather unaware of the very existence of playonline.com: every time an update hits and someone finally says something about it, everybody always seems so surprised, as if it's the first they have ever heard of it. A good couple of weeks in to the April update and I had to explain what Enspells II were and how they worked while farming for an Ordelle Chest Key. Of course, that's just a very long and anecdotal way of saying "non-response bias," but, eh, what can you do?

[Durahansolo]

Re: The 9th Vana'diel Census Preliminary Survey (05/14/2009)

Seriously, who makes that much?

That list goes straight to the STF for investigation.

[Elwynn]

Re: The 9th Vana'diel Census Preliminary Survey (05/14/2009)

Since the 1000+ IS I get from Besieged is worth at least 10k gil as silver pieces by the warp taru, and I try to get into as many battles as possible, that's at least 100k/week, knocking me right out of the first two categories. Every now and then I'll take 20 or so gold pieces, trade them in Nashmau for silvers, then bazaar coins overnight. When I do campaign, the conversion isn't quite as good, but I will spam Iron Ram Shields until I'm down to 100k AN.

I've got a lot of potential money making available, with over 400 B-seals and almost 70 K-seals, not to mention the 70K IS and the 100k I'm going to get when I find a group for Windurst 9-2.

I think a stat I would like to see would be "how much gil do you usually have on hand". I try to keep 1 million on hand at all times, and hitting 2 million meant it was time to start buying a few things. (I'm at 1.3m right now) Then there are the people who are always broke and have trouble holding onto 1k and have to beg for teleports. But this is something that shouldn't need a poll to find out.

[Elwynn]

Re: The 9th Vana'diel Census Preliminary Survey (05/14/2009)

The two Elvaan brothers at Port San d'Oria, Gallijaux and Joulet, are engaged in a contest to see who can catch the most moat carp. Who do you think is currently winning? (Select one answer.)

* The older brother, Gallijaux, is winning.
* The younger brother, Joulet, is winning.
* They're tied.

WTF does this have to do with anything? And I'm Windurstian, I don't know jack about San d'Oria NPCs.

[Durahansolo]

Re: The 9th Vana'diel Census Preliminary Survey (05/14/2009)

WTF does this have to do with anything? And I'm Windurstian, I don't know jack about San d'Oria NPCs.

Only a fish botter could possibly know the answer. This list also goes to the STF.

Yep that has absolutely nothing to do with anything.

On that same note, I am from San'doria and I have never paid attention to the fact that they were racing each other.

[Ellipses]

Re: The 9th Vana'diel Census Preliminary Survey (05/14/2009)

They let the translation team handle this, and got "census" mixed up with "pointless online personality quiz." We're going to find out that 43% of the population are the letter Q, 38% are a dolphin, and the remaining 19% are REO Speedwagon.

[Mhurron]

Re: The 9th Vana'diel Census Preliminary Survey (05/14/2009)

They let the translation team handle this, and got "census" mixed up with "pointless online personality quiz." We're going to find out that 43% of the population are the letter Q, 38% are a dolphin, and the remaining 19% are REO Speedwagon.

Ah yes, I remember, I had the lasagna.

[Feba]

Re: The 9th Vana'diel Census Preliminary Survey (05/14/2009)

So I answered. Gogo tampering with census results.


Hopefully it will help them when they get around to making FFXI offline.

[Durahansolo]

Re: The 9th Vana'diel Census Preliminary Survey (05/14/2009)

So I answered. Gogo tampering with census results.

Wouldn't surprise me any if anybody did tamper with it lol.

WHM's Preferred Subjob is Warrior 97% j/k

I put my favorite sub for Warrior as Samurai.

[Armando]

Re: The 9th Vana'diel Census Preliminary Survey (05/14/2009)

I find it a bit humorous that they listed "Selling the rights to lot on items" as one of the possibilities for the question on how you make most of your gil.