May 2022 FINAL FANTASY XI Digest

[Akihiko_Matsui]

The latest FINAL FANTASY XI Digest is now available! The digest covers key features from the most recent version update. Check out the video, try the version update, and leave a feedback based on your experience of playing the new content.

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[Afin]

Thanks for the update guys, looking forward to it. Although not game related i was a little disappointed that the live stream couldn't have subtitles for western players. was still nice to look at some of the development stuff though. Overall pleased with the effort you also put into that stream =)

[RagingAvatar]

New music! That’s awesome! Will it be available to buy on iTunes or something? I love buying all the FFXI music!

[Shuko]

I liked the new music at the title screen, I liked the new mission a lot, thanks Matsui! (yeah I finished already...)

[ManaKing]

Thank you for the general schedule. It's really nice to have something concrete to look forward to. I am honestly very excited for the rest of the year and I hope everyone enjoys the 20th Anniversary.

Any further assistance to gaining Mastery levels would be appreciated. I have a job at 30 and I'm not sure how quickly I'll get another to 30+. The current gain XP campaigns are always appreciated. It would be lovely to have a different month to gain a bonus to Exemplar Points, even if it was the month before you raise the cap for people to catch up.

Thanks again

[Alhanelem]

Thank you for the general schedule. It's really nice to have something concrete to look forward to. I am honestly very excited for the rest of the year and I hope everyone enjoys the 20th Anniversary.

Any further assistance to gaining Mastery levels would be appreciated. I have a job at 30 and I'm not sure how quickly I'll get another to 30+. The current gain XP campaigns are always appreciated. It would be lovely to have a different month to gain a bonus to Exemplar Points, even if it was the month before you raise the cap for people to catch up.

Thanks again
The implication to me there was that the cap is going to be 50, and it will increase (probably to 40) in june and then again later.

But the XP ramp is ridiculously painful. they could have at least t hrown us a bone a nd held a +50-100% (instead of 2x-3x) campaign alongside the XP/CP.

[Tarmarkvar]

The implication to me there was that the cap is going to be 50, and it will increase (probably to 40) in june and then again later.

But the XP ramp is ridiculously painful. they could have at least t hrown us a bone a nd held a +50-100% (instead of 2x-3x) campaign alongside the XP/CP.

I agree, but I still predict that master levels are going to follow the same general trend as job points -- terribly grindy at first but eventually easier and easier.

[Voidstorm]

In response to the video: PLEASE let mage 'Prime' weapons be better than existing options.
Mages generally only make mythics, while Relics, Empyreans, & Aeonics are ignored because they just are not good for the mages using them.
Some mages, {BLM,RDM,SCH}, don't really even bother with mythics because their effects are lackluster only maybe being comparable to non-ultimate weapons.

Not mentioned in the digest, A.M.A.N. Trove campaign, NICE!
*I suggest adding a Loud Thud tied to killing the mimic for the campaign next time it gets rolled around.

[Tarmarkvar]

WHM Empyrean club pretty good if you happen to be fighting something that inflicts Doom. But I think I prefer not feeling any pressure to get other ultimate weapons. I mean, my MNK can't use both Spharai and Glanzfaust.

[Alhanelem]

I wish part of the AMAN Trove campaign was giving you a pity win every so many failiures. My luck with it has been absolutely abysmal and it's not fun to always lose something you can only do once or twice a month under normal circumstances.

(side note, I made Claustrum for SMN, and at least unlike other relics, they did add a bit of stat relevance in the final upgrades. Aside from that it facilitates a play style I enjoy even though I agree it isn't in any way optimal, and GoT is at least legitimately the best staff WS in terms of direct damage- and having basically infinite MP is nice)

I'm glad they are adding a new set of JSE high end weapons, but I don't think I have the patience to make another one. I started Claustrum within a year of the game's release. Struggled to get the currency after my LS stopped sharing it and decided to funnel one person (who left the LS after they completed their relic, surprise surprise), and didn't finish even the complete lv75 version until over a decade later. Only just a few months ago I got a dynamis D win to unlock the augment on it, which I'm still grinding out the ranks of.

[Dekusuta]

To the FFXI team happy 20th.
I want to say the new title theme "We are Vana'diel" is great and a fitting uplifting theme when logging in.
Thank you.

As for the upcoming content, the new Odyssey vengence tiers and mastery levels seem quite daunting. I hope the Empyrean and JSE accessories allow for larger group play up to an alliance and more ways to passively earn examplar points.