August 2022 FINAL FANTASY XI Digest

[Velner]

You can do this content with 1 person. Thus, you could easily just do two parties even if you don't have 12. I'm glad you have 7+ people to do content with, but I don't (at least, not on command), so I'm happy it's designed the way it is. I repeat, no one hass to be left out, just divide up however many people you have into multiple parties that can each run the content.

Even if the parties work out perfectly and you have two fully balanced parties or three fully balanced parties, it is not the same experience at all to go in with three separate groups. Event time is a time when we all come together as friends in Discord to play XI and to hang out. This may be a surprise, but there is a social aspect to this game outside of just doing the content. . . I'm also here to have fun with my friends. Splitting us up is only having fun with *some* of my friends which is less fun no matter how you slice it.

And I get that you don't care because you don't play in a large group. And that's perfectly fine. But why would you also want to make sure other people don't enjoy it as much as they could even if it would have zero impact on your experience? That's what I don't understand about people reacting so negatively when others express their desire for alliance content. . .

[Catmato]

Kinda like how there's a few people on this forum who hate FFXIV merely because it exists and not because of any positive or negative attributes the game itself may or may not posess.

I think a lot of the perceived hate is actually directed at people bringing it up, just to jump to its defense.

[Alhanelem]

I think a lot of the perceived hate is actually directed at people bringing it up, just to jump to its defense.

Don't get me wrong, I have my fair share of grievances with it. I enjoy the PvP and the story and a few other things, but the constant dumbing down of the jobs to pull in more players has really been getting to me. I generally don't do dungeons past the first clear, I don't raid and don't care too much about crafting/gathering anymore. Taking up too much time is a part of it though.

So don't worry, I'm not going to call it a perfect or amazing game because it isn't. And while they've been doing a lot of things I don't care for lately, It has its appeal and there are good things about it. My grievance is just people who hate on it for it existing and blame everything that's happened with FFXI on it. Personally I feel like FFXI being slow to adapt to changing trends and not doing more to keep itself modern (i.e. update to support modern tech- many MMOs I've played from the time period that are still around today have since upgraded their clients with support for newer directX versions and graphical and performance improvements that don't even have a particularly high cost and made the games look nicer without a total revamp) was a bigger factor. THere's a bit of irony in that Naoki Yoshida, who is actually the head of the business unit that runs both games, has actually been instrumental in keeping FFXI going.

I'm really tired of being painted as a white knight, when I can certainly recognize the flaws and issues, as well as the strengths, of the games. I'd have much less of an issue if more of the people here were looking at things more objectively. I only look like a white knight because they're kind of being dark knights and aren't as open minded as they could be. SE isn't infallable and I know that.

[Catmato]

stuff

like clockwork

[Zuidar]

Kinda a oversight but there's no new moogle slip to store empyrean armor reforge +2

[Zhexos]

Greetings everyone,

Some of you may have already heard the news but the issue preventing the release of Sortie has been addressed.

Good day, adventurers.
Matsui here.

I’m pleased to report that we have addressed the issues preventing us from releasing Sortie on day one of the August version update. Ruspix will be available upon the completion of today’s maintenance, enabling you to enjoy tackling the challenges that await you in Sortie.

I would like to again apologize for the delay and express my gratitude for your patience. Hope you enjoy the latest battle content!

We'd love to hear your feedback on this new content, so please be sure to give it a try!

[Velner]

Greetings everyone,

Some of you may have already heard the news but the issue preventing the release of Sortie has been addressed.



We'd love to hear your feedback on this new content, so please be sure to give it a try!

So far Sortie is confusing. It's a bit intimidating. It's giant. It's a mystery. And the music is fantastic. I love it so far! Honestly, last night jumping into Sortie as soon as it launched with no information was a ton of fun! Can't wait to go in again and give it another crack!

[Uriah]

Greetings everyone,

Some of you may have already heard the news but the issue preventing the release of Sortie has been addressed.



We'd love to hear your feedback on this new content, so please be sure to give it a try!

To call it a disaster so far, is a dramatic understatement.

[Sp1cyryan]

To call it a disaster so far, is a dramatic understatement.

The implied gravity of this statement is misleading, and therefore untrue. However, yes there have been some issues. There are probably some bugs left over.

[Uriah]

I think that with people disconnecting and being stuck in limbo for hours (soon to be days) because of it, disaster properly conveys the "gravity".