May 2023 FINAL FANTASY XI Digest

Are you going to post those exact words every month?

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Originally Posted by Zuidar

Another update with no increase to the maximum cap of Sortie's Gallimaufry. SE Devs, any plans to address this?

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I don't understand why this would be a problem. If you are hitting the gallimaufry cap, why don't you just buy something with it? Like, start hoarding starstones? If you have nothing to buy, why are you still doing Sortie?

Having said that, it looks like the update later this month is going to introduce another stage in prime weapons, so the chances are good this will come with an increase. Or at least give you something new to spend the gallimaufry on.

By the way, did you know that "gallimaufry" is literally just a fancy word for "stuff"? More accurately, it means "a jumble of things". Ruspix is literally selling things in exchange for random dungeon garbage.

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Originally Posted by Alhanelem

Are you going to post those exact words every month?

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No I won't do that

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Originally Posted by Tarmarkvar

I don't understand why this would be a problem. If you are hitting the gallimaufry cap, why don't you just buy something with it? Like, start hoarding starstones? If you have nothing to buy, why are you still doing Sortie?

Having said that, it looks like the update later this month is going to introduce another stage in prime weapons, so the chances are good this will come with an increase. Or at least give you something new to spend the gallimaufry on.

By the way, did you know that "gallimaufry" is literally just a fancy word for "stuff"? More accurately, it means "a jumble of things". Ruspix is literally selling things in exchange for random dungeon garbage.

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I apologize for all that, I haven't played in a few months so I don't have a lot of starstones or Galli. But in light of TVR missions coming to a conclusion and months since Sortie released, that could be a possible thing right?

Galli cap is officially raising, congrats, you'll wish you hadn't wished for that one, believe it.

I think with all the new content for established players. I think it would be a perfect time to make FFXI free to play up to level 75 with access to wotg content. I think it would help keep interest in the game for years to come. I have been loving the new storyline.

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Originally Posted by pipz

I think with all the new content for established players. I think it would be a perfect time to make FFXI free to play up to level 75 with access to wotg content. I think it would help keep interest in the game for years to come. I have been loving the new storyline.

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I'll quote yesterdays post on POL:

"Starting this spring, we significantly scaled down development to create a more realistic roadmap for the game. Though the amount of new content will gradually decline over time, we're cooking up some new things that should help keep you motivated to play"

http://www.playonline.com/pcd/topics...26/detail.html

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Originally Posted by Uriah

Galli cap is officially raising

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Is it?....

Dunno where he's getting that.

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Originally Posted by pipz

I think with all the new content for established players. I think it would be a perfect time to make FFXI free to play up to level 75 with access to wotg content. I think it would help keep interest in the game for years to come. I have been loving the new storyline.

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75 cap equivalent would be ToAU, WotG cap is 99 (non ilvl), it'll murder players with lvl 75 cap. ^^;

Also again, we do currently has return home campaign running, which is free to play. Maybe you're thinking about unlimited free trial instead, like FF14 does?

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Originally Posted by Sirmarki

Is it?....

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100,000,000

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Originally Posted by BobbinT

75 cap equivalent would be ToAU, WotG cap is 99 (non ilvl), it'll murder players with lvl 75 cap. ^^;

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The vast majority of WotG (campaign, most missions) is 75 era.

Even the stage 3 Prime weapon requirements are absurd. I hate to imagine stages 4 and 5. Extremely dissatisfied that you think so little of our free time.

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Originally Posted by jasnekholin

Even the stage 3 Prime weapon requirements are absurd. I hate to imagine stages 4 and 5. Extremely dissatisfied that you think so little of our free time.

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Ultimate weapons aren't supposed to be something you pay a Merc for in a weekend. The requirements are more or less correct. If you can't do an event that already existed for an hour. Not only is your criticism clearly too late, but it's not for you anyway.

thanks spicy, don't expect anything less from you.

ergon are the only weapons with a similar time gate, and that's for the whole weapon (plus the one you didn't pick, you can do right away). this is just one of 3 final stages. its not cool at all.

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Originally Posted by jasnekholin

thanks spicy, don't expect anything less from you.

ergon are the only weapons with a similar time gate, and that's for the whole weapon (plus the one you didn't pick, you can do right away). this is just one of 3 final stages. its not cool at all.

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Have you considered just NOT having them? 30 hours of effort for a brand new, cutting edge weapon is perfectly reasonable. Before they lifted the once per day restriction on Dynamis and Salvage, relics and mythics were a multi-month effort for the currency portion.

It's weird that you talk about this as some onerous new work assignment. It's a video game -- a leisure activity. If you want Prime weapons and are willing to put in the effort, go for it. If the time commitment is too much for you, there are still relics, mythics, empyreans, aeonics, those Ambuscade weapons, and a host of other decent weapons. Why would you feel the need to go for a Prime weapon on something you've been playing forever anyway? I've got an R15 Spharai on my MNK and subsequently have no interest in any other weapon for it.

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Originally Posted by Sp1cyryan

Ultimate weapons aren't supposed to be something you pay a Merc for in a weekend. The requirements are more or less correct. If you can't do an event that already existed for an hour. Not only is your criticism clearly too late, but it's not for you anyway.

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It's not really about being Merced. I personally don't mind the time gate as it's content to do. However, this forces you to pretty much choose between focusing on your Prime weapon or completing Empy +2/3 upgrades which seems kinda wrong to me. Not only as someone who has returned to the game recently but also for anyone that starts playing the game. I don't really understand why the gate couldn't be the drites. Ultimate weapons should have ultimate requirements but it usually doesn't take away from being able to concurrently do other content (upgrades in this case). Correct me if I'm wrong.

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Originally Posted by Haxetcetera

It's not really about being Merced. I personally don't mind the time gate as it's content to do. However, this forces you to pretty much choose between focusing on your Prime weapon or completing Empy +2/3 upgrades which seems kinda wrong to me. Not only as someone who has returned to the game recently but also for anyone that starts playing the game. I don't really understand why the gate couldn't be the drites. Ultimate weapons should have ultimate requirements but it usually doesn't take away from being able to concurrently do other content (upgrades in this case). Correct me if I'm wrong.

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You just choose to make armor or weapons.

People are going to need to accept these weapons either aren't for them. Which is no big deal as plenty of other vastly quicker weapons exist. Or that it will take a long time.

Nothing here is unexpected.

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Originally Posted by jasnekholin

thanks spicy, don't expect anything less from you.

ergon are the only weapons with a similar time gate, and that's for the whole weapon (plus the one you didn't pick, you can do right away). this is just one of 3 final stages. its not cool at all.

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Weapon likely isn't for you.

Hi SE,
On behalf of a new player, who won't be getting to this content soon, we are all excited to finish VR missions in the future. This question is unrelated to the update but is a simple one:

(1.) Would you consider making the Goblin Skillchain mini-game available permanently? It was an enjoyable and engaging tool to better understand skillchains. I am happy to see the Mandragora mini-game in various towns as well.
(2.) Would it be possible to make vanity items from past years available, like Tidal Talisman, Moogle cap (Rainbow/Gold Mog Pell), etc?

Thank you

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Originally Posted by Sp1cyryan

Weapon likely isn't for you.

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it shouldn't be for anyone, that's the point. 20 years ago when we were kids maybe, but now? ffxi people all enjoy being given long arduos tasks for the enjoyment both along the way and when finished, but you gotta draw the line somewhere or its just ridiculous.

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Originally Posted by jasnekholin

it shouldn't be for anyone, that's the point. 20 years ago when we were kids maybe, but now? ffxi people all enjoy being given long arduos tasks for the enjoyment both along the way and when finished, but you gotta draw the line somewhere or its just ridiculous.

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Perhaps the game is no longer for you then?

Idk what to tell you. It's a long term objective. That is the point. If you have time to do Sortie then you have time to work towards one.

Honestly it's a problem if the game is no longer for people who have been playing it. That means the game loses players and continues to shrink.

There are already tons of long term goals in the game,they should have been focusing on making the game more fun for people who can't commit an extreme level of time investment.

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Originally Posted by Alhanelem

Honestly it's a problem if the game is no longer for people who have been playing it. That means the game loses players and continues to shrink.

There are already tons of long term goals in the game,they should have been focusing on making the game more fun for people who can't commit an extreme level of time investment.

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People, particularly those who frequent this board, and think they will be heard or something ridiculous. Are perpetually complaining about every change to the game.

give gallimaufry from other content, make it tradable.

there, that's my feedback, for what little good it does. thank you for your consideration.

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Originally Posted by Sp1cyryan

People, particularly those who frequent this board, and think they will be heard or something ridiculous. Are perpetually complaining about every change to the game.

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People typically don't post when they're content. Do you want the forums to just be full of "Nice update, SE! Keep up the good work!"? Or do you just want them to be closed altogether?

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Originally Posted by Sp1cyryan

People, particularly those who frequent this board, and think they will be heard or something ridiculous. Are perpetually complaining about every change to the game.

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Then why in the world are you posting? lol

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Originally Posted by Catmato

People typically don't post when they're content. Do you want the forums to just be full of "Nice update, SE! Keep up the good work!"? Or do you just want them to be closed altogether?

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He just wants them to be closed, hes going thru some doomer phase where he wants to burn everything around him. People should just begin blocking him, hes honestly trolling at this point. Just constantly being contrarian to literally every singe post and offers nothing constructive or thought provoking.

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Originally Posted by Catmato

The vast majority of WotG (campaign, most missions) is 75 era.

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I started mine on WotG days. Only reason 75 (or less) ppl goes there either to grind or leech xp, usually on worm parties @ La Theine abby. And there are mobs there also have true aggro type. Even when we're in alliance parties, some mobs there can still give hard times. I even got mocked back then when joining on my "obviously" abby pink set. So yeah, even if some missions on abby "might" only requires lvl 75, can't imagine one having fun getting thru those dangerous swarm of mobs which has faster repop times, over trying to grind xp to lvl 99.

Any chance we can knock the stage 3 galli costs down to like 250k~500k and tack it onto the stage 4? It would be nice to try out the new WSs and since you can only use them in Sortie on stage 3, we'd have more fun while we were in there.

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Originally Posted by Immortal

Then why in the world are you posting? lol

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What a silly attempt at a dig.

On another note, it isn't healthy to explain everything away as "doomer" or "trolling", Draylo. It is a really bad habit of oversimplification at best and mischaracterization for convenience.

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Originally Posted by Catmato

People typically don't post when they're content. Do you want the forums to just be full of "Nice update, SE! Keep up the good work!"? Or do you just want them to be closed altogether?

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Much as I hate to say so, pretty much the primary purpose of forums is to complain. :D

Best choice SE has made, like returners do not work togather to clear bosses in odyssey, just pay merc then Pay for RP, that killed odyssey experience as content, as the Escha clears, now totaly relied on mercenry, etc.


Just do it on your own pace, FFXI is not a race.

30 days = 1m Galli or 20 days if you get 50k galli a run.

Just enjoy your time online with your friends.

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Originally Posted by leia

Best choice SE has made, like returners do not work togather to clear bosses in odyssey, just pay merc then Pay for RP, that killed odyssey experience as content, as the Escha clears, now totaly relied on mercenry, etc.


Just do it on your own pace, FFXI is not a race.

30 days = 1m Galli or 20 days if you get 50k galli a run.

Just enjoy your time online with your friends.

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This is along the lines of how I feel about this content.

If anyone thinks the rampant mercing and botting didn't influence how this was created. Then they will only be left fuming more that they can't circumvent all this so easily as the rest of the weapons.

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Originally Posted by leia

Best choice SE has made, like returners do not work togather to clear bosses in odyssey, just pay merc then Pay for RP, that killed odyssey experience as content, as the Escha clears, now totaly relied on mercenry, etc.

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I don't see how this would even possible, considering returnee like mine never has many gils to even think to pay for mercs. At best to do is cashing out weekly sparks/accolades, which is not really alot. :confused:

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Originally Posted by Catmato

People typically don't post when they're content. Do you want the forums to just be full of "Nice update, SE! Keep up the good work!"? Or do you just want them to be closed altogether?

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Funny... think I still spot post about gratitudes on forums, tho admittedly mostly on more popular MMO forum. FF14 for example, ppl been praising left & right when shadowbringers & endwalker came out, or when mod did exceptionally well. Even FF11 did receives overall praises as well when Rhapsodies delivers.

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Originally Posted by Gwydion

(2.) Would it be possible to make vanity items from past years available, like Tidal Talisman, Moogle cap (Rainbow/Gold Mog Pell), etc?

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I wouldn't expect most paid/limited items to make a come back but it'd be nice. A slap in the face to people back then, but nice.

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Originally Posted by BobbinT

I don't see how this would even possible, considering returnee like mine never has many gils to even think to pay for mercs. At best to do is cashing out weekly sparks/accolades, which is not really alot. :confused:

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Money is easy to make in this game, dedicate a few days to it, maybe a week if you're hungry, and you'll have enough money to merc anything you want.

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Originally Posted by Hunewearl

and you'll have enough money to merc anything you want.

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Using Mercs is pathetic full stop. People were/are mercing Chaos for something like 25 million gil. I did it with two others in Ambuscade gear. Seriously.

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Originally Posted by Sirmarki

Using Mercs is pathetic full stop. People were/are mercing Chaos for something like 25 million gil. I did it with two others in Ambuscade gear. Seriously.

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25 million seems awfully steep. The fight is definitely harder than everything else in Voracious Resurgence, but it's not exactly top tier elite content. On Bahamut, people were hanging around the entry point offering help. I got wrecked the first two times simply because we didn't have a healer (on account of that requirement to have the stage 2 prime weapon equipped). Then I burned 20,000 gallimaufry on my WHM to get the club and beat it the 3rd time with 5 strangers from another linkshell.

That's the thing about fights for storyline stuff. People are always more willing to help out with it. Maybe because it's just a one and done thing that doesn't take a lot of time.

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Originally Posted by Tarmarkvar

25 million seems awfully steep. The fight is definitely harder than everything else in Voracious Resurgence, but it's not exactly top tier elite content. On Bahamut, people were hanging around the entry point offering help. I got wrecked the first two times simply because we didn't have a healer (on account of that requirement to have the stage 2 prime weapon equipped). Then I burned 20,000 gallimaufry on my WHM to get the club and beat it the 3rd time with 5 strangers from another linkshell.

That's the thing about fights for storyline stuff. People are always more willing to help out with it. Maybe because it's just a one and done thing that doesn't take a lot of time.

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Sudden Lunge works and makes the fight a complete joke. You won't even see a Fetter.

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Originally Posted by Armarc

Sudden Lunge works and makes the fight a complete joke. You won't even see a Fetter.

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I heard that. I wish the BLU that was in my group had known that. But I did the fight within like 12 hours after it was released.

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Originally Posted by Tarmarkvar

25 million seems awfully steep. The fight is definitely harder than everything else in Voracious Resurgence, but it's not exactly top tier elite content.

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I found that it was all about how quickly you recall trusts back up.

I would like to ask this question please:

In 2022 in the AMA someone asked this question and we were given this answer:

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With the curation of new content like Voracious Resurgence, are there any plans on implementing new zones?

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A: We're preparing a battle area with an all-new appearance.

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https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxi/commen..._with/i9quptn/

All I would like to ask is, was this in relation to the BCNM areas we fight Chaos or was it something else? also if it was something else is that still in production / to be released or has it been shelved?