Monstrosity updates?

[SirDayne]

Hi. I love playing Monstrosity. It is really cool that you can play as a monster, collect and unlock new monsters, level them up, and participate in a PvP mode (which I haven't experienced much but it does seem it needs more balancing). I heard this content was placed on the backburner to focus on Seekers of Adoulin.

Any chance we can see new monsters? New iLv gear reward for participation?

[Maphesto]

I love this content a ton, too, but I think I am the only one who plays it on Asura. I'd be happy if they would add some new end-game gear that you can only buy with points from leveling your monsters!

[Immortal]

New job Morpher, tied to Monstrosity. You have to level the monsters to lv99 and then undergo a trial fight, then you can transform into that monster and use their abilities and spells. You can modify your monsters stats and additional effects/abilities with the point system within Monstrosity. The morpher job can swap between a set of monsters with a high MP cost and cooldown.

[Alhanelem]

Monstrosity basically died when the person who did the principal development on it left SE. I really wish they went further with it. And while very much under appriciated, it led to one of the most unique forms of PvP in any game.

[Stuzey]

The Monstrosity question comes up every couple of years over the last decade, here is a post dated 2015

https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/t...strosity-still

The person leading on Monstrosity was Ryota Iwagami, when he left XI, all development halted. He moved on to XIV amongst other things, in fact a quick google search shows he is credited in the following, last seen on FFVII Rebirth


Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth (2024, PlayStation 5) Battle System Designer
Foamstars (2024, PlayStation 5) Square Enix Special Testers
Final Fantasy VII: Remake - Intergrade (2021, Windows) Battle System Designers
Final Fantasy VII: Remake (2020, PlayStation 4) Battle System Designers
Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age (2017, PlayStation 4) System Planners
Final Fantasy XIV Online: Heavensward (2015, PlayStation 4) Crafting, Gathering, and Item Planners
Final Fantasy XIV Online: A Realm Reborn (2013, Windows) Crafting, Gathering, and Item Planners
Final Fantasy XI Online: Ultimate Collection - Seekers Edition (2013, Windows) Battle Planners

They had much more planned, but it never happened

[Jordache]

MVM in pankration would be awesome, which I think was the coliseum.

[Stuzey]

Pankration was something very different from Monstrosity, I remember when released, it felt very much like an after thought, like they had something much bigger planned, also something that wasn't fully exploited

[Teraniku]

It would be fun to be able to party as a Monster with either regular players or fellow Monstrosity players.