Final Fantasy XI 10th Ann. + FF 25th

[Keyln]

So, I log into Final Fantasy XI last night, and I noticed the logos for the 25th anniversary for Final Fantasy and the 10th anniversary for Final Fantasy XI.

So, what I want to know is what will the celebrations in Final Fantasy XI consist of?

Will we see something really special here? Something to look forward to?

Let us know!

[Vold]

Would actually be really nice if SE were alittle more like other developers, meaning generous to their playerbase, once in awhile. Like for example, the occasional double exp day/weekend.

[Prothscar]

Would actually be really nice if SE were alittle more like other developers, meaning generous to their playerbase, once in awhile. Like for example, the occasional double exp day/weekend.

inb4:

"While the concept of Double EXP days/weekends, Double CP/AN/ISP days/weekends, and other events like these are very attractive, they would be very difficult to implement. Not only do we have to look at this from the perspective of keeping things balanced, but we must also acknowledge technical limitations.

Experience Points are registered by-the-point, and for each point of experience gained per second, a packet of information is sent to our servers. Unfortunately, we feel that doubling the experience points per monster per player would cause too much lag. We must also take into consideration memory restrictions of the Playstation 2 and Xbox 360.

It would also be very difficult and take a lot of time and resources to create an environment where we can toggle such bonuses on and off.

As for double CP/AN/ISP or other bonuses, we will look into it, however we may not be able to implement anything due to balance.

We apologize for any inconvenience that this may cause."

[Camiie]

They should do a 10th Anniversary Mog Bonanza where even Tier 5 has valuable prizes and level 99 relics, mythics, and empys are Tier 1 prizes. I'm perfectly fine with every character being a winner of something more practical than a statue and a battle invite.

I'd like an XP ring that not only affects me, but my adventuring fellow as well. She needs an XP boost way more than I do. During the "anniversary celebration" hey should do double CP/IS/AN/Cruor and.... SKILLUPS!

[Dazusu]

Like for example, the occasional double exp day/weekend.

EXP is so hard to get.

[Dragoy]

It is obvious they have something (or some things) planned, but understandably have not been vocal about it and one reason for that is no doubt to keep some people paying ~cough~ I mean playing for at least this one more year.

I am one of those that are more or less just lingering here, unsure of my continued support, with faith dwindling and all that. Friends I used to do everything with are gone, never to return (very likely not), and I never played this game because of the game itself is great. Great friends are what makes it great!

I'll very likely be here to see what becomes of this year, or at least most of it, but currently I am unable to really play even if I wanted to because their Xbox-fixes broke the game for those of us that use Wine to play it on Linux. ^^;

But I digress.

I was going to just post these little bits of thoughts from the lead at new years as they might seem relevant~

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.

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.

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!

(My guess is they will announce FFXI shut-down on FFXIV 2.0 release. ¯ʒ¯)

[Savlyn]

inb4:

"While the concept of Double EXP days/weekends, Double CP/AN/ISP days/weekends, and other events like these are very attractive, they would be very difficult to implement. Not only do we have to look at this from the perspective of keeping things balanced, but we must also acknowledge technical limitations.

Experience Points are registered by-the-point, and for each point of experience gained per second, a packet of information is sent to our servers. Unfortunately, we feel that doubling the experience points per monster per player would cause too much lag. We must also take into consideration memory restrictions of the Playstation 2 and Xbox 360.

It would also be very difficult and take a lot of time and resources to create an environment where we can toggle such bonuses on and off.

As for double CP/AN/ISP or other bonuses, we will look into it, however we may not be able to implement anything due to balance.

We apologize for any inconvenience that this may cause."

Dont forget: "I will be sure to pass your concerns onto the devs!"

*And then never hear back*

[Camiie]

EXP is so hard to get.

That's not the point. You missed the part where he said, "Like for example..." The point is, other MMOs will throw their subs a bonus every so often, certainly more than once a year. Often they do so as part of a promotion to get people playing again. It ain't much, but it's a hell of a lot more than SE is doing right now to try and keep people interested or lure them back. The bonus doesn't have to be XP. In fact it should be something people often have an issue with, like skillups.

Would you turn up your nose at Martial Master's Month? Would it be so bad to have a weekend every now and then where CP/AN/IS/Curor is doubled? Geodes and Avatarites would be great to get a boosted drop rate every once in a while. It'd be good to let people have a break every now and then, don't you think?

[bungiefanNA]

There's a VanaFest in Japan happening for the 10th Anniversary. Nothing announced for other regions though.

[Jerbob]

...because their Xbox-fixes broke the game for those of us that use Wine to play it on Linux. ^^;

I was having problems on Linux too - random freezes every now and again that sounded suspiciously like the XBox problems they were trying to fix - but I managed to solve it by going back to an older version of Wine and now the game works okay again. Might be worth a try?