July 2020 FINAL FANTASY XI Digest

[Alhanelem]

Regarding the new channel, I have discussed with my friend who is an expert player in our free company in FFXIV about Mentor System and Novice Network. He didn't even like it and many things that are wrong with it. It's just something that Japanese developers are not aware of our culture and how we are abusing it. So good luck with it!

I mean, everyone has different opinions, and it also varies to some extent by server. the Novice Network on mine seems to be one of the better ones, and I help out on it regularly. Which isn't to say that sometimes it doesn't turn into just one big public hunt/general linkshell, but with the kick system it tends to keep things relatively in check. The mentor system also provides different icons/designations, like you can present yourself as a specialist in pve, crafting, gathering or pvp, for example.

I don't feel like it's an NA vs JP issue, I imagine the same occasional issues exist on the JP servers, other than maybe Japanese players tend to be a little less trolly. But like I said, when discussions get out of hand, the temp kicks tend to put an end to that when people ask legitimate questions. And the purpose is to connect new and experienced players together. Not just for help, but to make friends/socialize. The only explicit rule, from producer Yoshida himself, is not to spoil the story, and I personally kick anyone who tries to test that. Other than that, usual terms of service/code of conduct applies.

In the end, I think a global chat channel that isn't as easily controlled by RMT bots (since most mentors don't invite RMT in) would be a significant benefit for the game.

[Cyriack]

honestly i dont care if i pay more for more storage because 1. more storage means more gear for jobs, and more jobs i can equip on a given character, so in turn i dont have to level another character all the way up just to play 1-2 jobs. it saves me years of hard work just to pay an extra 5 dollars ish per month. but i know during these times thats alot of money to some people so some will have to do without it. maybe if you gave an incentive to paying that extra money like a free kindred medal per month or something like that. idk its up to you.

[Cyriack]

as far as ambuscade goes: i would like to see more ambuscades that it is physically and emotionally possible for a normal person to do VD as a team or even trio. many months have been the hardest ambuscades to do on ve or e, and most people dont even attempt higher levels. plus most of the time u have to wait a month to get flamma gear or whatever u need, and then that month comes and u cant do anything but ve, which is extremely frustrating.

[Cyriack]

for how hard the mobs are in sheol u should get rewards in form of decently priced items like heavy metal pouches and alexandrite linens for making it far and beating hard mobs.

[Cyriack]

the real question to ask though is this. if you add more storage wont it take twice as long as the twice as long to load between zones?

[Sirmarki]

the real question to ask though is this. if you add more storage wont it take twice as long as the twice as long to load between zones?

My personal opinion is that the new storage will more than likely be based on a new system.

[Zuidar]

If they were to make a new Inventory/Wardrobe/Storage, that's fine but if they're going through the route of premium pay like they did with wardrobe 3 & 4 then they need to do address some the flaw and stuff that was overlooked in hindsight. Should be able to remove equipment/items from this space if it was expired, just not be actually usable, and there are some people who return during the free login period where they aren't even able to remove equipment which are locked behind that at the very least.


Next, some new unity augments are nice for some gears released. As for what will come in the future remains to be seen if they were to add brand new equipment from odyssey and/or add in newer drops from Unity Wanted NMs. They deliberately omitted a Ilvl version Ridill off Hidhaegg. (Would be kinda cool if they were to extend and add more jobs to some old rehashed Ilvl weapons