Information on Mog Gardens

[Camate]

Greetings!

As mentioned in the post by Producer Akihiko Matsui last week, Associate Director Yoji Fujito has prepared a post to give some information on Mog Gardens.



Hello,

I'd like to give a simple explanation of Mog Gardens, which is previously what we referenced as "Back on the Ranch" at VanaFest 2012. Most of this information has been confirmed at the current point in time, but there might be a possibility changes do occur, and we appreciate your understanding.

What's a Mog Garden?
A Mog Garden is a small island floating in the Adoulin archipelago, and the property rights are granted by the Adoulin government to those deemed true pioneers. This allows the pioneers to freely utilize and extract all of the resources it has to offer. To put it simply, the government has said that pioneers are free to do as they please with the things they procure on the island.

What kind of resources are there?
The below resources points have been found on the islands:


Beautiful beaches
Various things are carried by the gently rolling waves. Of course, you can fish as well. Not a fan catching some sun rays? Well, we've thought of that, and have prepared a beach umbrella! :cool:

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/attachment.php?attachmentid=6070&d=1364207996 (http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/attachment.php?attachmentid=6070&d=1364207996)


Trees and thick vegetation
You can harvest on your island and you might even find some strange logs or plants native to Ulbuka. Originally, special items were needed for harvesting, but here, your moogle will provide what you need!


Springs
There are hints of fish in this crystal clear water, and fishing if possible here as well. There are nets set up at both the coast and the spring, so you might just pull in some big fish!


Bare mineral deposits
You'll be able to mine at these locations. The islands of the Adoulin archipelago are famous for the cornucopia of minerals. While you originally needed a pick axe for mining, once again, your moogle will provide what you need.


Moogle field
In the center of the island there is nutrient-rich soil, and something is sure to grow if you plant a seed here. Different from gardening, there is no need to worry about withering here! Try and plant a variety of seeds.


Through the above, it will be possible to obtain different materials, plants, and marine products from these resources. Depending on the coalition ranks, you can also obtain things that will be beneficial to your Mog Garden.


So wait, it's not a farm?
Don't you worry, that plan is still alive. However, we'd like some time for that. What we are currently thinking for animal raising is instead of having complex growth elements like chocobo raising, we'd like to making it possible to raise a monster and then harvest the items from each one repeatedly at a set interval. Once we finalize the details for this I will let you all know.

Just as described above, there will be chances to obtain a variety of different materials from your Mog Garden. Different from your Mog House, however, there are no layout customization options for your Mog Garden. Instead, you will be able to expand resource points and develop your Mog Garden. There might just be a story that starts from an unexpected visitor or wreckage that washes up.

I’ll be back to let you know details at a later time.
Until then!

[dragmagi]

Question: Will we be able to build our own houses on there or something of that nature?

[Mnejing]

Can we sit on the chair at least? :D

[Caketime]

Is that a beer on the table?

[HimuraKenshyn]

Can we sit on the chair at least? :D

You can sit next to it :P They should just make a large beach one with towels underneath and a spread so can just chill and use the /sit command. Maybe open it up one day like the moghouse...

[fernando]

Ok then,now i am interested..Thanks for the info.

[SpankWustler]

Is that a beer on the table?

It looks like a kerosene lamp.

So, yes, I plan to drink it.

[Zirael]

Can't stop myself from thinking that somewhere down the road we'll get Arch-Gardening Bans. :cool:

[Belmonts]

/chairsit command |Yes, please| because it would be a waste to sit on the floor aside that comfy chair while drinking lol

[Harle]

This could be the most awesome thing to hit MMOs in a long time :)

[Catmato]

Greetings!
Different from your Mog House, however, there are no layout customization options for your Mog Garden.

I hope you know this is a huge missed opportunity. Customizable Mog Houses are great but are rather limited. This would have been a great way to replace the MH and offer some deep customization options.

[Caketime]

It looks like a kerosene lamp.

So, yes, I plan to drink it.

Do you also plan to make a Travelogue featuring fun places to hang out at while intoxicated on lamp oil?

[Sarick]

This whole patch reminds me sort of like GeoRama (http://whiteknightchronicles.neoseeker.com/wiki/GeoRama) in White Knight Chronicles (http://www.gametrailers.com/games/vvnpvj/white-knight-chronicles). The only differences is the resources had visible objects. This area will only have a simple static configuration to alter that won't allow visible user modifications like the mog house.

Almost the same concept just one isn't as graphical.

[Moppet]

I hope you know this is a huge missed opportunity. Customizable Mog Houses are great but are rather limited. This would have been a great way to replace the MH and offer some deep customization options.

I think Mog Gardens sounds really enjoyable, but I agree with Catmato's sentiments. Is there any way some degree of customization could be added in the future?

[Godofgods]

I was hoping for a mog resort where all the moogles can go to and relax!

[SpankWustler]

Do you also plan to make a Travelogue featuring fun places to hang out at while intoxicated on lamp oil?

29/04/13 Talking Hat's Long-Armed Fuzzy Shop

Today, I felt a lot of long-armed fuzzies. Some of them were just a dull brown and extra warm, and some of them were hot pink and tiny. They all felt really nice!

Everybody was really nice to me there. They were really concerned with whether or not I was okay, or if there was anything they could do. A little girl even gave me her doll to play with. The talking hat on top of a walking mannequin was hilarious!

Not everything was good, though. I threw up all over a bunch of argyle long-armed fuzzies, and suddenly the mannequin moving the talking hat around started yelling at me. "Get the Hell out of my sweater shop!" it screamed over and over and over until my head hurt!

But, then I drank another lamp and everything was okay again. These two nice Galka in orange and blue armor even took me somewhere where I could sleep, and they even gave me bread and beans for breakfast in the morning!

***1/2 LAMPS!

[Caketime]

I would like to subscribe to this newsletter, please. Are freelance contributions acceptable? I've been wanting to do a piece on Alliance healing for the chronically drunk.

[Bahamut]

This is a great fix to all the lower level crafting. Thanks. Maybe one day our crafting can be as fast as our leveling.


How ever did you guys get the devs to give us a more resonable "time spent equals reward" system such as this? Wait... maybe I dont want to know the answer to that. Keep doing what your doing, its working!


Now if only you could get the devs to let my scrolls for blm drop at a more reasonable rate (spent 6 hours farming goblins for stun, nothing dropped)... or perhaps thats too much wishful thinking.

[AkiraHeaven]

Is there a clear release date for the Mog Gardens? Or a point it may get released?

[Camate]

Greetings!

Sorry about the delay in sharing this cool new info, but here is a a nice post from Associate Director Yoji Fujito about Mog Gardens!



Hello.

The graphics for Mog Gardens continue to be updated, so we took some screen shots of areas that are starting to look good!

★Boat
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/attachment.php?attachmentid=6764&d=1369390723


Ride this boat to get to the Mog Gardens.
Look at the colorful fish in the sea!

★Tree Grove
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/attachment.php?attachmentid=6765&d=1369390747


You can perform logging and harvesting in tree groves.
At first, there won't be much, but as you plant trees and level up, the grove will grow spectacularly as in the image.

★Rocks
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/attachment.php?attachmentid=6767&d=1369390766


You can mine here! Use your pickaxe to mine away.
This image is from the default state. As you level up through development, the rocks will be carved away, and mineral deposits may appear.

★Moogle Fields
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/attachment.php?attachmentid=6768&d=1369390808


These fields are full of Moogle lore. Plants grow abundantly from seeds sown here.
At first, there are not many types of seeds you can plant, but as the power of the Moogles grows, you will be able to plant more seeds, as in the picture above.
It has been said that mysterious seeds and things other than seeds can also be sown here…

★Beach
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/attachment.php?attachmentid=6769&d=1369390836


The beach umbrella introduced in #1 has been put up as follows:





That should give you an idea of how the Mog Gardens will look.
Islands containing Mog Gardens are not very large; I would say about the size of 3 Mog Houses.

In addition, these areas will have their own theme music.
For those of you who own the Seekers of Adoulin soundtrack, give “Track 8: Mog Resort” a listen.
The sweet vocals invite you to this island.

This content is only about 20% complete.
It will be released as soon as it is completed, which we hope will be before the end of the summer.

We also plan to implement several suggestions posted in the forums.
We will let you know about these features as they are completed.

That’s it for now. We will let you know as soon as any more information becomes available.

[Limecat]

I keep expecting to see a felyne in those pictures.

Hopefully I'll have more luck growing dragon fruit there with cactus stems than I have with my pots.

...
Actually, now I want felynes managing things instead of a moogle.

And now I've just gotten this image in my mind of a felyne and a moogle shrieking at each other and having a slap fight over who gets to wash the player's underwear.

[Glamdring]

thank you for the mining scaffold, I'm sure the tarus will appreciate it

[Quetzacoatl]

Will bones be able to be dug up from the Quarry? >.>

[Camate]

Greetings everyone!

I hope you’ve all had a chance travel over to your Mog Garden and check out your personal island a bit.

Below is a comment from Associate Director Yoji Fujito in regards to Mog Gardens.



Hello everyone!

At long last, Mog Gardens is here!
I hope you all enjoy the laid back and relaxing content.

I'd like to let you all know about some emergency fixes we made and some adjustments we'll be performing.


I can't use my delivery box!
There was a bug when we adjusted the servers. We've corrected this in a maintenance already, so if you happen to find that the delivery box is still not functioning properly please let us know.

Adjustments to the tutorial quest "Seed Sowing"
If you started planting seeds before you receive this quest, you will not be able to progress until you plant seeds again. If this was just a normal quest this wouldn't be a problem; however, since this is supposed to be a tutorial quest we will be making adjustments so that as long as you have planted some seeds you will be able to progress. This change will be reflected in the maintenance today.


You might find that your inventory is full when accepting a quest, and start thinking that you want to sell off some items to the store. Try talking to the Green Thumb Moogle when this happens. The Mog Garden menu will pop up and by selecting "Buy or sell things!" a shop menu will appear. They also sell seeds and such, so if you accidentally sell off some seeds you wanted to plant, be sure to put this moogle to use!

[Camate]

Greetings,

I have some additional information from Associate Director Yoji Fujito about the future of Mog Gardens, so please check it out!



Hello.

Thanks for all your thoughts and suggestions!
I'd like to keep them in consideration and make some comments about the work we are doing for the August version update.

First, I'd like to start by responding to some of the requests we've seen.


Mog Locker usage
We will be proactively addressing this.

Yell support
We'll be looking into this much like we are confirming whether it's possible to do this for Mog Houses. We will most likely have this addressed with a filter that you can turn on and off.

Item usage
While we won't be making all items usable, we will be addressing this restriction in the August version update. We will be selecting the items that won't result in any problems from the usable items list. Also, as long as we don't find any issues with enchantment-type items, we will make them usable as well.

Magic and ability usage
Sorry, but this is not possible. This is an area where battle-related data does not work at all.

Delivery system
We first need to investigate whether or not this is possible system-wise. Also, regardless of the result, it's critical that we proceed carefully to see if we need RMT countermeasures. Though, I personally would like to see this added.

New inventory space
While this isn't impossible, it isn't easy. By increasing this it would result in an increase in the amount of data downloaded every time you change areas, and consequently cause the amount of server memory used to increase. However, we will look into this.

Quest progression
For the tutorial quest "Flotsam Finding" I apologize that it's inconsiderate that it asks for 5 empty inventory spaces. We really wanted to do something about this in the August version update; however, since this is when a reward item is being given, it's necessary to trade it at the same time. We didn't have enough time to create a system like the Voidwatch treasure chests. We will try to revamp the access to the moogles.


Next, I'd like to let you know what we are working on for August.


Unlocking rank 4 and 5
While the pace might be a bit fast, we are preparing to unlock these ranks. After unlocking these we'd like to operate with rank 5 being the cap.

"Light of a star" exchange
We will be introducing a service where you can exchange the "light of a star" you accumulate once a day with GPS crystals. We will let you know more details near the version update.

Assistant contract items
Have you hired an assistant already? As mentioned in the July version update text, by trading contract items (Dragoneye, Rusted Coin, Fat Burrow Worm) to the Green Thumb Moogle, you will be able to extend each assistant's contract period. However, the time extended will be slightly lower than the extension gained by using gil.


These are all the major things we will be doing, and we will also be fixing minor bugs and making minor adjustments. Please note that there is a possibility that we will not be able to get all of your requests in by the August version update.

Thank you and please have fun with Mog Gardens!

[Limecat]

You know, as long as you're setting up special conditions that'll allow item usage inside the garden, how about normal mog houses as well if the systems involved are similar enough to make a quick job of it?

[Duzell]

You know, as long as you're setting up special conditions that'll allow item usage inside the garden, how about normal mog houses as well if the systems involved are similar enough to make a quick job of it?

Crystal Clusters come to mind, and crafting food.

[woie]

seems to me you could just do away with the moghouses in adoulin and have us go to our island when we walk into the area where the moghouse is now, or give us an option of which one we zone in to so we can just cut out the npc

and hell yes crystal clusters and skill food <yes please>

[Edyth]

Could we have some way to increase the NPC resale rate at the Green Thumb Moogle? Right now he pays minimum fame resale.

[Camate]

Hello everyone!

The mastermind of the Mog Gardens, Associate Director Yoji Fujito, has a message regarding new Mog Gardens content which is scheduled to be introduced in the August version update. Please check out the details below!



Hello everyone.

Have you all been enjoying the Mog Gardens content?
I'd like to introduce content that will be added to this system during the August version update.


Changes to the Green Thumb Moogle menu

We will be adding the option, "I'd like to learn information about light of a star," to the Green Thumb Moogle menu. These are the point-like things you can collect on your GPS crystal each day you enter your Mog Garden. It appears this is something that is still not understood very well, but these lights of a star can be exchanged for convenient services and items.

Specifically what services and items?


Moogle Teleportation
Though it's only a one-way trip, you can be teleported to San d'Oria, Bastok, and Windurst. Seems likes you're being sent there via a special moogle pathway.


Assistant contract extension
Instead of paying 10,000 gil, in exchange for the light of a star you can extend an assistant contract by one week.


Obtain each kind of coalition fertilizer
Instead of spending Bayld, in exchange for the light of a star you can purchase coalition fertilizer.


Gil savings chest
We've prepared the "gil savings chest," which has been asked for.
When talking to it, you can withdraw or deposit gil and check on your balance.
You can either talk to it and input a number or directly trade your gil to the chest.

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/attachment.php?attachmentid=7402&d=1374835647
"It appears you have 0 gil."


Crabs
You can increase the number of friends you have hanging out on the coast.


We plan on adding to this in future version updates.


Unlocking rank 4 and 5

We will be increasing the maximum rank for each gathering point to 5. The items you obtain will gradually become rarer.


Item use

While it won't be every item, we will be allowing the use of the types of items listed below.
Also, items with special properties and items that affect the entire party will not be included.


Fireworks
Food
Costumes
Movement items
Crystal clusters


Enchantment type items will also be included.
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/attachment.php?attachmentid=7401&d=1374835619


New items you can plant

We will expand the types of items you can plant in your field. For this update, the theme was roots, so try planting some.


That's about it for all the big stuff.
We will also be addressing adjustments to the behavior for receiving items from your moogle as well as contract extensions via assistant contract items, so please look forward to the version update!

On a side note, we are continuing to look into inventory from various directions as it's not something that can be accomplished through Mog Gardens alone. Please hang in there for more information as we cannot address this right away.

[SpankWustler]

Crabs
You can increase the number of friends you have hanging out on the coast.

I shall raise a crustacean army, skilled in the art of pinching, and make my meeble slave even more miserable than he already is.