While I don't have any presents or goodies from me, the development team has some New Year messages they would like to share with you.

As Economizer has pointed out, Google translate will miss the mark on a lot of these very cultural expressions, so please accept their messages on my behalf.

Quote Originally Posted by Tanaka_Hiromichi
Happy New Year!

Along with the implementation of the Test Server and the relaunch of the Free Trial last year, it was also a year that was a turning point for large changes in the development team. Continuing this year, the development and operations team are highly inspired and will be adding a variety of content to expand the world of Vana’diel even more.

Also, this year marks the 25th anniversary of the FINAL FANTASY franchise and the 10th anniversary for FINAL FANTASY XI. We are currently drawing up plans to see if we can celebrate with you all in some way so I hope you’ll all look forward to it.
Quote Originally Posted by Mizuki_Ito
Happy New Year!

Last year was a year that was a turning point for FFXI in which a lot of issues were posed through the forums.

This year makes the 10th anniversary of FFXI, so I would like to have many of these issues answered and at the same time offer a clear vision, provide new enjoyable content that is appropriate for the 10th anniversary.

Also, I would like to comment more on the forum moving forward to show the development team’s ideas. I hope you’ll all look forward to it.

I will be working my hardest this year to make sure that everyone’s love for FFXI is not betrayed.
Quote Originally Posted by Yoji_Fujito
Happy New Year!
I guess since it’s a New Year, you want to hear about goals for the future, eh?

Along with the 10th anniversary, there will be a large amount of improvements and changes to both software and hardware. We intend to take the initiative and handle the issues that have not been resolved for a long time, new bugs that arise, and all the other things that we’ve been receiving comments about.

Along side this we are making a variety of preparations, so please forgive me if something slips my mind in the process.

We’ll continue working our hardest because of your continued support!