Teaser: Mystery of the Runic Gate

[Camate]

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I have a feeling that when I trade this item to the Runic Gate it's not going to take me to a place I am familiar with...

[Spiritreaver]

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I have a feeling that when I trade this item to the Runic Gate it's not going to take me to a place I am familiar with...

Is the item the Runic Key KI? Or something else like a piece or R/E armor? Or what?

[Daniel_Hatcher]

Isn't it just the new Salvage?!

[Spiritreaver]

Isn't it just the new Salvage?!

Got me, i have no clue. I prolly missed some announcement though so not surprised at my ignorance here.

[Insaniac]

It's totally an item that starts you on F10 of nyzul 2.0

[Gokku]

you might wanna gear your monk up in that pick full af3 is sup optimal!

[Arcon]

Isn't it just the new Salvage?!

Currently Salvage isn't entered through the Runic Gate but through the Gilded Doors deeper inside. The Runic Gate is only used for Assaults (including Nyzul). Not that that couldn't change, though. Just saying, currently I wouldn't draw any conclusions to Salvage from that just yet.

[Daniel_Hatcher]

Currently Salvage isn't entered through the Runic Gate but through the Gilded Doors deeper inside. The Runic Gate is only used for Assaults (including Nyzul). Not that that couldn't change, though. Just saying, currently I wouldn't draw any conclusions to Salvage from that just yet.

Ah!

So probably something to do with Nyzul Isle, as it's unlikely to be more Assaults.

[Zerich]

Ah!

So probably something to do with Nyzul Isle, as it's unlikely to be more Assaults.

assault v2.0 yo!

[scaevola]

you might wanna gear your monk up in that pick full af3 is sup optimal!

dude literally gets paid to play FFXI; i'm pretty sure he does not have to apologize for being a twilight belt monk or whatever

[Fusionx]

Just said they weren't making the new Nyzul easier... My guess is it's the new battlefield. I mean.. trade item to a thing to enter? Sounds right to me :)

[Alhanelem]

Isn't it just the new Salvage?!
If it was the "new salavage" he would most likely be at one of the entrances to salvage, not the assault entrance for nyzul.

[MarkovChain]

It's not nyzul because they just announced they would not touch it. It can only be a ToAU event already existing because .. it's in the ruins. He is saying that's it's a familiar place so It should be either nyzul or salvage. I hope it's not a cheap bcnm that you would do after winning an item from a salavge boss or something along those lines ... Cos you have to remember nyzul stag is also a cnm area. Bah it could be something like a new battle area taking place in nyzul ...

[Maurauc]

Bear in mind, this is in the Vanafest forum. It's going to be the unique battlefield that they're adding, similar to the Swarm and other BCNMs that have been accessible from Mog Bonanza.

[Kaisha]

Given the roadmap for test server, I'm a take a stab and say it's the Dungeon Crawl system.

[Camate]

All good theories and guesses.

But if you really want to know...

[Draylo]

Amazing, a new expansion with Nyzul as the gateway to the far east!

[Masekase]

All good theories and guesses.

But if you really want to know...








That was cruel lol

[SMD111]

That was cruel lol

i thought it was funny

[Septimus]

That was cruel lol

Actually, I thought it was pretty amusing. Camate knows how to get his tease on.

[wish12oz]

As long as it's not content that is dead on arrival, like most stuff generally is, I'm ok with whatever it is.

[Zirael]

All good theories and guesses.

But if you really want to know...







A summary of the upcoming version update? :)

[Deathbeckons]

im going to place my bet on something like this http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/wiki/Mercenary_Camp_Entry though i cant say with any certainty how exactly theyll go about it.

[Merton9999]

It's a gate to Eorzea. Upon entering, your character us instantly deleted from the FFXI server and you start as level 1 in FFXIV. The dev team finally got tired of trying to smoke everyone out of XI with random number generator bombs.

It's OK though, the true magic of the new gate is that there are no additional steps to transfer your billing.

[Fusionx]

All good theories and guesses.

But if you really want to know...







Was only funny the first time :(

[Zerich]

All good theories and guesses.

But if you really want to know...








/slap /slap

[Ophannus]

100% of all posts regarding new content are literally straight-up translations from the JP forum community team posts(which are posted hours to days before the NA community team posts). Since there hasn't been a similar post like this on the JP forum, it probably isn't related to new content I'd imagine. Maybe some kind of community team event or something. I could be wrong though. But I haven't seen any posts on the JP forums with this image.

[tyrantsyn]

Well........ it's apparent to me it's some sort of Troll gate.

[Godofgods]

All good theories and guesses.

But if you really want to know...








That was beautiful lol. Made me laugh'

[Infidi]

Obviously its a teaser for a new community team/dev event wherein three community team members and devs try their hand at Nyzul 2.0! :D Obviously...? >.>

[Helel]

This update will pull into port bearing additional Limbus and Einherjar battle content, adjustments to Voidwatch and Legion

Surprised nobody mentioned Einherjar yet.

[Corydor]

einherjar isn't accessed through a runic gate either it is the gate in halzem testing ground, although einherjar was mentioned in the update but hasn't been any info on it sooooo you never know

[Rosalie]

My guess is that it's the new promo battlefield they're making for the event. I wouldn't get my hopes up.

[Kincard]

I might be remembering my lore wrong, but at the end of TOAU,

[Teraniku]

I might be remembering my lore wrong, but at the end of TOAU,



Actually the rift is what lead to the subsequent fights for Alex and Odin to get them as Avatars.

[Camate]

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Surrounded by Runic Lamps. My worst nightmare come to life!

[Kaisha]

Add four more lamps and FFXI will have it's own Wily Tower boss rush.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v607/Genexi2/GAMES/megamand.jpg

[Ophannus]

Maybe neo-salvage. Start from the nyzul entrance and then you rush through all 4 salvage zones(similar to how you do 1-100 in neo nyzul).

[Helel]

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Surrounded by Runic Lamps. My worst nightmare come to life!

You got the order wrong?

[Helel]

Maybe neo-salvage. Start from the nyzul entrance and then you rush through all 4 salvage zones(similar to how you do 1-100 in neo nyzul).

Each lamp represents a salvage zone? That would be pretty badass, which is probably why it's wrong.

[JiltedValkyrie]

Mordion Gaol 2 confirmed!

[Ophannus]

Well there's 4 lamps and there's 4 salvage zones. But since this event hasn't been posted on the JP forums, I wonder if this is even new content or a gimmick.

[MarkovChain]

Ajustement to nyzul 2.0 ? All lamps in a single room. Vanafest - annoucment worthy ? That would be underwhlming.

[hiko]

Ajustement to nyzul 2.0 ? All lamps in a single room.

dev1: people use tools to see through walls, but we can't detect it, it's unfair for "honest" player.
dev2: lets remove walls from nyzul isle!

[Sotek]

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Surrounded by Runic Lamps. My worst nightmare come to life!

You sir, have some pretty tame nightmares.

The room itself looks pretty similar to ones in Salvage (I think the first floor of Silver Seas has this room?), if that's the case I'd argue that there are two more lamps in front of Camate, since there should be room for them and he does say he's surrounded by lamps. There's also a red glow to the left where he's facing (not on the right so we can rule out the lamps causing it) which I imagine would be something of importance. Maybe the lamps have to be activated in order to open the door to the left, assuming there is a door to the left.

I'd like to think this is a teaser for the new dungeon crawler event, but I'm not going to get my hopes up. They've so far released absolutely no information on that event and we're meant to see it this month, so the timing fits perfectly for a VanaFest announcement, and thus this teaser. They introduced the idea of a dungeon crawler event in April last year, along with The Last Stand which later became Legion and concept art for Provenance which was used in the closing chapters of Voidwatch, in that time we haven't received any new information on the event. I guess reuse of Nyzul/Salvage textures kind of discredits that line of thinking, though.

[Daniel_Hatcher]

Well there's 4 lamps and there's 4 salvage zones. But since this event hasn't been posted on the JP forums, I wonder if this is even new content or a gimmick.

Probably already been told what it was.

[Camate]

Just to give another bit of information, there are actually 6 lamps in the room I am standing in. It's just off-camera :p

[Washburn]

Walk of Nyzul?

Actually its gotta be the dungeon crawl. Nyzul and MMM are the only zones that have enough mini floors to throw a random floor system together, and being that they are not making any new areas, this solidifies the idea further.

[Kitkat]

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Surrounded by Runic Lamps. My worst nightmare come to life!

He was panicking since in his nightmares there is always this random mithra player that jumps out of no where and stabs him right in the big toe shortly after posting content information. Who this mithra is....the world will never know >.>

[Helel]

Whatever it is, I hope it drops alex, like, a lot of it.

[Mittenz]

Whatever it is, I hope it drops alex, like, a lot of it.

if your hoping for dynamis level of easy when it comes to collecting alex it would need to drop a MINIMUM of 900 per run if its made for 3 or 1800 for a group of 6 (150 is what 1 person will get in a dyna run at least and its 2x as much alex than dyna money if you get the last 30 as a loan) and I personally dont see that happening (though I am all for it if it does). Realistically if its something that drops alex, make its gear worth getting so more people do it and more alex supply comes into the game making the supply grow and eventually decreasing the price.

As for the event itself I would wager its more likely the dungeon crawl system thats coming up over anything else as I dont see SE putting enough effort into changing how each salvage zone is entered (using nyzul and the new limbus as examples) but maybe they will suprise us. Hopefully the names are more creative than just adding arch to everything though if it is a rehash of salvage (Arch Proto Omega really ?)

[Mostfowl]

Look its the new zone that we are going to have to farm 5k, 3%-drop-rate items in for the next empy upgrade!

[Camate]

I guess it's about time to spill the beans (I promise not to troll this time).

Entering the Runic Gate I was transported to Heroine's Tower (tentative EN name), the new battlefield we will be debuting at VanaFest 2012. (Never fear, we have some plans on making this special event available outside of the event, too!)

Upon further exploration I found myself before an intimidating foe that I think you should all be familiar with:

[Daniel_Hatcher]

I guess it's about time to spill the beans (I promise not to troll this time).

Entering the Runic Gate I was transported to Heroine's Tower (tentative EN name), the new battlefield we will be debuting at VanaFest 2012. (Never fear, we have some plans on making this special event available outside of the event, too!)

Upon further exploration I found myself before an intimidating foe that I think you should all be familiar with:




I read up to the bold and though "Well done Camate, the ultimate Troll" then I read on.

[pancakesandsx]

I guess it's about time to spill the beans (I promise not to troll this time).

Entering the Runic Gate I was transported to Heroine's Tower (tentative EN name), the new battlefield we will be debuting at VanaFest 2012. (Never fear, we have some plans on making this special event available outside of the event, too!)

Upon further exploration I found myself before an intimidating foe that I think you should all be familiar with:




Since there are multiple "special" battlefields now, and unless I'm missing something, you can only do them if you possess the pop item, which can never be re-obtained, how's about making a way for players to participate in these special for-fun battlefields more regularly? Make the invitations purchasable from an npc for some gil, or make them available for purchase during seasonal events.

[Tile]

how's about making a way for players to participate in these special for-fun battlefields more regularly? Make the invitations purchasable from an npc for some gil, or make them available for purchase during seasonal events.

you can buy old event items from the moogles most of the time during events, why not add these items to the list too 10k a pop like the gear. would also make it so rank 5 marbles dont leave you with 20+ choices.

[Zerich]

not trying to shoot the messenger, but camate...this is bullocks.

[Fusionx]

I'll actually log into the game if there is story behind this and not just some "hey you can fight lion!" like the other Festival BCs have been.

New storyline involving Lion would be amazing.

[Zubis]

Hmm, two pirates in the fight eh? Don't suppose Vyse pops in and pulls a Pirate's Wrath?

[Rosalie]

I guess it's about time to spill the beans (I promise not to troll this time).

Entering the Runic Gate I was transported to Heroine's Tower (tentative EN name), the new battlefield we will be debuting at VanaFest 2012. (Never fear, we have some plans on making this special event available outside of the event, too!)

Upon further exploration I found myself before an intimidating foe that I think you should all be familiar with:





Yup, I called it.

[Fusionx]

Hmm, two pirates in the fight eh? Don't suppose Vyse pops in and pulls a Pirate's Wrath?

Gilgamesh looks more like a cheerleader than a participant.

[Helel]

if your hoping for dynamis level of easy when it comes to collecting alex it would need to drop a MINIMUM of 900 per run if its made for 3 or 1800 for a group of 6 (150 is what 1 person will get in a dyna run at least and its 2x as much alex than dyna money if you get the last 30 as a loan) and I personally dont see that happening (though I am all for it if it does). Realistically if its something that drops alex, make its gear worth getting so more people do it and more alex supply comes into the game making the supply grow and eventually decreasing the price.

As for the event itself I would wager its more likely the dungeon crawl system thats coming up over anything else as I dont see SE putting enough effort into changing how each salvage zone is entered (using nyzul and the new limbus as examples) but maybe they will suprise us. Hopefully the names are more creative than just adding arch to everything though if it is a rehash of salvage (Arch Proto Omega really ?)

You're not really making an argument here, and I didn't even suggest that the alex drop rate should equate to the dynamis drop rate of currency. You're merely pointing out the obvious: that "insert battlefield here" would need to drop X currency. Well, yeah, no sh--.

[Mifaco]

Let me guess: Another fight only winnable with Embrava and empy zerg?

[Camiie]

Let me guess: Another fight only winnable with Embrava and empy zerg?

The old Hero/Heroine/Serpent General fights were 60-cap with locked sub job, but weren't terribly difficult. Maybe this (or these) fights are along the same lines but for 99-cap? Maybe that's just wishful thinking. I honestly thought I was all out of that.

[Monchat]

didn't they say they were gonna give Crystal Warrior weapons as event items for the 10th anniversary? that's probably it.

[Dragoy]

I'll actually log into the game if there is story behind this and not just some "hey you can fight lion!" like the other Festival BCs have been.

New storyline involving Lion would be amazing.

Agreed/same here, but I think we both know how unlikely that is. :S

[Camate]

I can tell you that there is more than just Lion to fight (the other NPCs are a secret for now though!), and also that it's more involved than just running in and fighting the famous heroine NPCs.

Personally I was quite impressed with Lion and the other NPCs' animations when I tried it out myself.

We plan on passing out a lot of the items which give access to this battlefield so that a large amount of players can experience and enjoy it!

[Zhronne]

There are many other special battlefields which, at least at level 75, were a looooot of fun.
Wish SE could make them more accessible other than with Bonanza.
I don't know how, maybe buying them with some sort of currency.
Gil? Grounds of Valor tabs? Einherjar ampoules? Maybe Beastmen's seals would be best.

I would love if you could put in-game an NPC that "sells" those ticket, it's a shame so many people can't try those battles, some are so awesome!

[Dragoy]

[...] also that it's more involved than just running in and fighting the famous heroine NPCs. [...]

That's good to know!

By the by, isn't this battle sort of a... big... spoiler... ish? :S
That's one thing I'm wondering about.


Edit:

Might as well finish The Last Verse with it but I doubt it'll be anything that grand. :d

[Rezeak]

I can tell you that there is more than just Lion to fight (the other NPCs are a secret for now though!), and also that it's more involved than just running in and fighting the famous heroine NPCs.

Personally I was quite impressed with Lion and the other NPCs' animations when I tried it out myself.

We plan on passing out a lot of the items which give access to this battlefield so that a large amount of players can experience and enjoy it!


I don't even understand why you even need to hand em out tho

The best way would be an Npc that sells all the event type battles for like 10k each.

I mean there no drops from them and there basically just fun BCes so would be a nice way for SE to say thank to the player base that played and kept this game going for 10 years lol.

[Sfchakan]

I can tell you that there is more than just Lion to fight (the other NPCs are a secret for now though!), and also that it's more involved than just running in and fighting the famous heroine NPCs.

Personally I was quite impressed with Lion and the other NPCs' animations when I tried it out myself.

We plan on passing out a lot of the items which give access to this battlefield so that a large amount of players can experience and enjoy it!

Great, more special battlefields that waste space because usage is so rare... and now people won't be able to enter the old ones because there won't be any more bonanzas. Can we please have another method to obtain these entry items? It literally seems like a waste of resources right now and it could at least be enjoyed by more players. Please look into this.

[Camiie]

Why "a large amount?" Why not... everyone? Everyone who wants to access it should be able to. Anything less is just silly IMO.

[Arciel]

if my understanding of the "heroines" is correct, we're going to see Lion, Prishe, Aphmau and Lilisette in the mix.

makes sense. prishe and lilisette already have working battle animation..
is aphmau gonna be a PUP? sounds exciting

[Dragoy]

if my understanding of the "heroines" is correct, we're going to see Lion, Prishe, Aphmau and Lilisette in the mix.

I do believe they are referring to a heroine in this case (though Heroine's Combat is named that way too, yet it has several 'heroine' involved, however, the Heroine in the title might be referring to the player, of course).

Would be nice to be wrong, though.

And yes, for the love of Kupo, make all this sort of battlefields more accessible, or just accessible in the first place... I don't think that even needs anything more to be said of.

Just do it ! !! !

[Avina]

We plan on passing out a lot of the items which give access to this battlefield so that a large amount of players can experience and enjoy it!

I know you are just the Messenger, Camate but I can't think of anyone here being thrilled at the concept of "Oh, awesome!
A battlefield I might not get a chance to play!". Because no matter how many of those you dish out there will be players who don't get a chance to do it.

And although it isn't explicitly stated the wording here implied by "passing out" the items makes it sound like a Vanafest 2012 item you get from attending: in short,something a lot of us NAs and EUs wont get.

I can't think of anyone in favor of these items only be handed out at specific times. I had originally been hopeful for whatever this actually is going to be and I seemed to have received what I should have expected all along: disappointment.

[Fusionx]

http://www.playonline.com/ff11/topics/special/imgs/poster.jpg

I'd assume we'll be getting a NA post of this soon...

[Septimus]

http://www.playonline.com/ff11/topics/special/imgs/poster.jpg

I'd assume we'll be getting a NA post of this soon...

Probably not until the Athena Orbs are distributed.

[Cypher]

you might wanna gear your monk up in that pick full af3 is sup optimal!

So's your face.

[Infidi]

http://www.playonline.com/ff11/topics/special/imgs/poster.jpg

I'd assume we'll be getting a NA post of this soon...

Wait... that Elvaan kid from Sandy past was a girl?! I thought was a male. Oi oi...

[Arcon]

Wait... that Elvaan kid from Sandy past was a girl?! I thought was a male. Oi oi...

I'm pretty sure it is. Just like I'm pretty sure that Gilgamesh is male.

[Demon6324236]

As is Lusaf, either way still akward~

[Sotek]

Quite obviously its Heroines Tower because Gilgamesh and Co are all secretly in drag. Its not shown on the poster but they're all wearing lipstick and stockings.
Based on that theory, the 5th is Cid in the Sunbreeze outfit, or Maat. Whichever is more terrifying.

Seriously though, the 5th is probably Mumor or whatever the Sunbreeze NPC is called.

[Dragoy]

While the idea of them all being in 'drag', I see them more as the heroines' cheerleaders or something along those lines as seen in the screen-shot.

[Daniel_Hatcher]

Quite obviously its Heroines Tower because Gilgamesh and Co are all secretly in drag. Its not shown on the poster but they're all wearing lipstick and stockings.
Based on that theory, the 5th is Cid in the Sunbreeze outfit, or Maat. Whichever is more terrifying.

Seriously though, the 5th is probably Mumor or whatever the Sunbreeze NPC is called.

Looks like the Red Haired one in the past for Bastok, Klara or whatever. Then again, the weapon looks like the lame club, so possible.

EDIT: Nevermind, she has the bangles, so I think you're right.

[Dragoy]

I do wonder who this Prische is. ^^;


Floor 1: Lion
Floor 2: Prische
Floor 3: Aphmau
Floor 4: Lilisette
Floor 5: ???