New Expansion in the works? Please tell us!

[hiko]

stop asking, they wont say anything related to add-on before vanafest.
just wait

[Vivivivi]

What I'd love to see (within the remote realm of probable technical possibilities):

A "new chapter" similar to what was done for ToAU. New continent in the present, Vana'diel, not another dimension, not in the future or past.

The Far East, Mithra Homeland, Orcish Empire are all great candidates.

New storyline would be great, new zones would freshen things up, and even a slow (but steady) roll out of this kind of content would keep people like myself interested, while not detracting from things like Voidwatch and Abyssea.

IF (and this is a big if) we absolutely must (due to technical limitations or whatever etc) receive "re-mixed" content, I wouldn't be terribly opposed to new Abyssea zones (especially if it furthers the storyline in a good way LOL). Abyssea dungeons would be terrifying, as well as places like the Yuhtunga Jungle. In my opinion, the Abyssea storyline has so much potential, but felt abruptly short when it was over. I dunno dun listen to me I dunno wat I'm talkin about <(._.)>

[Oscar71]

Would be awesome to see a new expansion, but it wouldn't be awesome-sauce until they fix existing problems with the game. It would be like adding 22 inch-rims to your car when the motor is ready to break. That's just my two gil.

[Kagetachi]

they are working on something. It was indicated in this article over on Zam.
http://ffxi.allakhazam.com/story.html?story=28416

They don't specify exactly what they are working on.

However, they also said when they originally planned the game, they wanted to make cellphone apps for the game but the technology was not there at the time. However the technology is now here, so they are considering making them.

[Teraniku]

The up till now not continueing Roadmap. And the 'Big Announcement' SE Promised for Vanafest are indicators that something is comeing. They mentioned on their advertise an Announcement as big as 'the Lvl Cap increase'..... Doubt it will be "Abyssea-Dynamis" or something....

So there is indicators for an Expansion.... but there are also reasons that would make me think a bit more 'Balance' (See what i did there?) would be in order.
Things are moveing one way or another.

-Another valid point is the increase of 9GB of FFXI (21GB total) of allocated disk space on backward compatible PS3's. They asked for that extra space for a reason. To put it in perspective, ToAU initial install size was around 1.8-1.9 GB (for PC) so you could tack at the most 4 new expansions in that allocated disk space. It could also be the reason why we've gotten such lackluster updates these past couple of months (Working on a new Expansion). They better have something awesome to announce at Vanafest, especially since it wasn't held last year (for obvious reasons , nothing to announce and earthquake recovery)

[Elexia]

I doubt it's because they planned 9 more expansion packs, the more buffer room you have on an HDD the better.

[Teraniku]

I doubt it's because they planned 9 more expansion packs, the more buffer room you have on an HDD the better.

you misread my post I said at the most it would be about 4 new expansions leaving a 1-2 gb buffer, but we shall see.

[Zumi]

I am going with Abyssea-Dynamis for the big Vanafest Announcement. If not Abyssea-Dynamis something similar to Abyssea, IE recolors of zones we have seen before.

[Tsukino_Kaji]

I am going with Abyssea-Dynamis for the big Vanafest Announcement. If not Abyssea-Dynamis something similar to Abyssea, IE recolors of zones we have seen before.

You watch, it's just going to be the announcement of the final VW they left out without telling us.....

[Erics]

I know the news letter from a month or two ago stated "we have a very big surprise for the players, but before you start thinking about that, let's change the subject." or something along those lines.