So it looks like we're getting a new expansion or addon (pics. inside)

[Habu]

HNMS THAT DROP COOKIES AND ICE CREAM!?!?!?!?!?!

[Byrth]

"History Directors Panel: Project XI"

I fully expect these to be old zones they never added, or heavily changed, that they're going to run around and explain to use as a little history lesson into what FFXI could have been. They have to know we dat mine and I honestly can't think why they'd release this ahead of the VanaFest for us to find if a new expansion is their big reveal.

But in all seriousness, if its a new expansion and its anything like WotG, Bye-Bye, Taisai. Maybe I'll come back in two years when they're finally finishing off the expansion, but I'm certainly not sticking around for 10 minutes worth of story every 3 months only to get an extremely disappointing endgame event at the end of it. Hopefully its more like Abyssea.

I suspect this is their big announcement, which is why I'm somewhat surprised they haven't deleted this thread yet. They added the new zones to ROM9, which only appears on the test server install of FFXI. It's possible that someone just messed up when they were making the Test Client and started included ROM9 accidentally.

[Vivivivi]

HNMS THAT DROP COOKIES AND ICE CREAM!?!?!?!?!?!

HNMS THAT DROP GEAR THAT DISPENSES COOKIES AND ICE CREAM!!!

[Habu]

I'm so game

[Monchat]

I suspect this is their big announcement, which is why I'm somewhat surprised they haven't deleted this thread yet. They added the new zones to ROM9, which only appears on the test server install of FFXI. It's possible that someone just messed up when they were making the Test Client and started included ROM9 accidentally.

A little voice inside says those zones were zones created at beginning of ff11, they never ended releasing (like someone above said). The big annoucement could be: server merges, the crystal warrior weapons . Then every player will hop on their char in Eldiem Necropolis and level level down to 98 in protest and bury their char, then quit.

[Daniel_Hatcher]

A little voice inside says those zones were zones created at beginning of ff11, they never ended releasing (like someone above said). The big annoucement could be: server merges, the crystal warrior weapons . Then every player will hop on their char in Eldiem Necropolis and level level down to 98 in protest and bury their char, then quit.

They already said that they was working on something that wasn't quite a full expansion, and was a lot more than the add-ons.

[Arciel]

oh... this isn't good.. is it?

[Daniel_Hatcher]

oh... this isn't good.. is it?

At least it'd explain the lacklustre content they've added thus far.

[MarkovChain]

not really, the spells were usually given to NM's so still existed, 9 new zones means they'll exist at one point. (especially seeing as they even went down the route of a new ROM folder)

(Come on Mithra homeworld)

There are some zones not used yet. For instance a giant football area never used. But the fact its on the test server only means they are at least working on it.

Inbefore : a demo at the fanafest where they show us zones that they never released in FFXI.

[Arciel]

At least it'd explain the lacklustre content they've added thus far.

i mean.. posting this here