Login Campaign #13

[Dawezy]

Link on Login Campaign #13 on the FINAL FANTASY XI Official Web Site ain't working.

Thought I should give a heads up.

*link on main page atm;
http://www.playonline.com/ff11us/campaign/login/login13.html

[Ramzi]

They have a typo in the date too. They say it begins Tuesday July 10th. I'm assuming they mean Thursday July 10.

[Raydeus]

Star Sybil Trust. Woooooot!

What I don't like is that it's going to be a meh Cypher instead of a nice cutscene that required rank 10 in Windy.

[Unelonborro]

Idk, I like the Trust system a lot but the Cyphers themselves have always bothered me, and the fact that the amount of legitimate NPCs is rivaled by the amount Cypher obtained NPCs just really makes me feel like they don't even care about the best part of unlocking them.

Good day, Demonjustin!

I understand your concern with the number of alter egos obtainable through in-game events and cutscenes vs. the number obtainable by ciphers. While I am not at liberty to discuss the decision making process within the dev team, I can say that you are not done seeing cutscenes!

Have heart, for there are more fun events yet to come!

Regards,

Unelonborro
Localization Lead

[Demonjustin]

Good day, Demonjustin!

I understand your concern with the number of alter egos obtainable through in-game events and cutscenes vs. the number obtainable by ciphers. While I am not at liberty to discuss the decision making process within the dev team, I can say that you are not done seeing cutscenes!

Have heart, for there are more fun events yet to come!

Regards,

Unelonborro
Localization Lead

While I appreciate what you're saying I don't think you understood the exact nature of my complaint. I know more with CSs are to come, but I'm sure those with Cyphers already implemented aren't among them. My problem is that NPCs like Aldo, Lion, Naja, or Lehko, NPCs that are important to the story of entire expansions and subsets of quests that are being given to us in paper scrolls rather than through CSs like the others. It feels as though these NPCs are being treated unfairly by compare to others like Prishe or Ulmia who are given such things.

[Sapphire]

While I appreciate what you're saying I don't think you understood the exact nature of my complaint. I know more with CSs are to come, but I'm sure those with Cyphers already implemented aren't among them. My problem is that NPCs like Aldo, Lion, Naja, or Lehko, NPCs that are important to the story of entire expansions and subsets of quests that are being given to us in paper scrolls rather than through CSs like the others. It feels as though these NPCs are being treated unfairly by compare to others like Prishe or Ulmia who are given such things.

I don't work for SE, so this is PURE speculation on my part.

I think some Cyphers are chosen based on avoiding potential lock-outs. Look at the people who had trouble getting Ajido due to never finishing the Windy mission line, when oddly, someone who only got the SL fight could unlock him. Or how Prishe and Ulmia became unavailable to people who had flagged parts of the Apocalypse Nigh questline. Let's look at Naja. She's a character a lot of people wanted (to kill, err, did I say that out loud?) It is sad she's a Cypher, but on the other hand, she is involved in flagging so many missions and quests, not to mention all the Promotions for Assault rank. Players would be probably be locked out of acquiring her more often than not.

Now, I would like an explanation as to why male Serpent Generals get quests and females get Cyphers...

[Lithera]

I don't mind geting cyphers for npcs we only see in CS, but the ones where you can actually get to there should be a CS for getting their trust. Lehko would be a cypher only for those who finished past windy story line due to what happens to him at the end.

So, they've fixed the broken link then?

[Dragomair]

Why are 200-point items on the list in French? O.o

[Unelonborro]

The list, which is identical to one from a previous login campaign, was accidentally partially copied over from the French file instead of the English one. I've already reported the issue to the Web team, so hopefully we can get that cleared up soon.

Regards,

Unelonborro
Localization Lead