A Special Episode of Primed for Adventure is coming March 25!

[Sicycre]

Hello, adventurers of Vana'diel!

This is Sicycre from the Community team.

We’re thrilled to announce a special episode of Primed for Adventure, and you won’t want to miss this one!

Join us for an exciting live stream and make your voice heard, adventurers!
We want you to be part of the action.
Share your impressions of the March Version Update that launched today and submit your feedback and questions you’d like us to pass along to the development team.

Whether you’ve explored new content, noticed tweaks in your adventures across Vana’diel, or simply want clarity on specific update details, your feedback will help shape the conversation during the stream. We’ll do our very best to get you the answers straight from the source!

The live stream is set for Wednesday, March 25, so mark your calendars!

Before posting in the thread, please take a moment to review the guidelines below so we can make sure everything goes smoothly:

GUIDELINES

• Please focus on providing feedback and questions related only to the March 2026 Version Update.
  This helps us gather clear and relevant topics for the live stream.
  
  
• Keep your questions and comments concise.
  This ensures that we can have everything translated properly and reviewed ahead of the stream.
  
  
• Please make sure to spend time playing and experiencing the newest March Version Update before submitting your feedback.
  This helps ensure your comments and questions are based on firsthand experience with the latest changes.
  
  
• Not all submissions may be addressed during the program.
  Due to the limited time available during the live stream, we may not be able to cover every topic, but we will do our best to include as many as possible.

LIVESTREAM
We will be focusing on your feedback and answering selected questions live on Wednesday, March 25 at 5:00 p.m. (PDT) / 8:00 p.m. (EDT)
Thursday, 26 March at 12:00 (GMT) / 1:00 (BST)

Where to Watch:
The official FINAL FANTASY XI Twitch channel: sqex.to/LBG.

* Please note that we will not be taking questions in real time during the broadcast, but we encourage you to share your thoughts in chat as the stream unfolds. The community’s excitement always helps energize the show!

We cannot wait to see all of your feedback and questions.

Thank you for helping to shape the ongoing journey of FINAL FANTASY XI!

[Alhanelem]

Catching Trust's attributes up to the player has modestly help ed Trust to be able to function in newer contents, with the available attribute gains matching what the player cain gain from master levels. Will future adjustments be applied through the same Trust Point System or something different?

Earning the points through monthly objectives and unknown future events is a bit limiting. Will there be additional methods?

[Alhanelem]

Secondly... I realize this goes a bit against the main topc but I think the community would really like to know....

Does SE plan on offfering any incentives in the future for players to transfer off of high population worlds and balance populations more quickly?

[Sueno]

I have enjoyed the new trust system. I increased DEX 50/50 INT 41/50 MND 41/50 and it has let me use any trust I want and they can actually hit higher level mobs now. However, trust still lack Magic accuracy and their weaponskills are quite low dmg compared to a actual player. Can there be a way to apply a player's food effect to their trust? Maybe through a KI or the upcoming trust equipment system?

[Svens]

1) Are there any plans to increase the murky/alabaster matter acquisition rate in Limbus?
2) Smaller servers are struggling with the limbus NMs, will there be future adjustments?

[charon]

i like the new adjustment so far only problem i really have is that trust don't have way u can tell them to buff up before a fight/bcnm/htmb/ambuscade like shinryu fight u run in and shinryu kills trust b/c they are buffing and can't cure fast enough b/f they die

[Gwydion]

There is too much social pressure in FFXI to use 3rd-party tools in Sortie, particularly position manipulation and menu interaction from a distance.

As a player, I don't want to cheat, but the March Update provides Trust updates which is welcome, but it doesn't close this player performance gap.

I can play Sortie with Trusts (can't clear a basement boss) or I can play with actual people who insist that I cheat...or I will get replaced.

What's an honest player to do?

I don't want to see players banned or subscriptions decline, so here's my suggestion:

1.) Can SE be more aggressive about disconnecting players who run at insane speeds, in Sortie?
2.) Can you validate 0x5C packets so that Bitzer teleportation only works within range of said Bitzer?

// PS2: GP_CLI_EVENTENDXZY
struct GP_CLI_EVENTENDXZY
{
    uint16_t    id: 9;
    uint16_t    size: 7;
    uint16_t    sync;

    float       x;          // PS2: x
    float       y;          // PS2: y
    float       z;          // PS2: z
    uint32_t    UniqueNo;   // PS2: UniqueNo
    uint32_t    EndPara;    // PS2: EndPara
    uint16_t    EventNum;   // PS2: EventNum
    uint16_t    EventPara;  // PS2: EventPara
    uint16_t    ActIndex;   // PS2: ActIndex
    uint8_t     Mode;       // PS2: Mode
    int8_t      dir;        // PS2: dir
};

3.) Can you offer a Permanent Key Item for players who beat Aminon so they can choose various Boss Bitzer destinations? (This would reduce warping and speed hacks. In fact, offering a modest +5% gallimaufry reward for this accomplishment, would make the warping and speed hacks redundant).

[Rosalie]

Will there be other opportunities to earn Alter Ego Points aside from the Monthly RoEs?

[Alhanelem]

Will there be other opportunities to earn Alter Ego Points aside from the Monthly RoEs?

Based on the desription the 100 point item may be given for an evnt or events in the future but that's about it as I understand it. Keep in mind the alter egos are basically getting 50 master levels (minus the subjob benefits) from the maxed out point pool.

At any rate, given the suggestion that points will be given for some event reward (vanabout maybe?) it woul be great to hear about when that might happen and what the next steps for alter ego enhancement are?

[HopefulNAPlayer]

There is too much social pressure in FFXI to use 3rd-party tools in Sortie, particularly position manipulation and menu interaction from a distance.

As a player, I don't want to cheat, but the March Update provides Trust updates which is welcome, but it doesn't close this player performance gap.

I can play Sortie with Trusts (can't clear a basement boss) or I can play with actual people who insist that I cheat...or I will get replaced.

What's an honest player to do?

I don't want to see players banned or subscriptions decline, so here's my suggestion:

1.) Can SE be more aggressive about disconnecting players who run at insane speeds, in Sortie?
2.) Can you validate 0x5C packets so that Bitzer teleportation only works within range of said Bitzer?

// PS2: GP_CLI_EVENTENDXZY
struct GP_CLI_EVENTENDXZY
{
    uint16_t    id: 9;
    uint16_t    size: 7;
    uint16_t    sync;

    float       x;          // PS2: x
    float       y;          // PS2: y
    float       z;          // PS2: z
    uint32_t    UniqueNo;   // PS2: UniqueNo
    uint32_t    EndPara;    // PS2: EndPara
    uint16_t    EventNum;   // PS2: EventNum
    uint16_t    EventPara;  // PS2: EventPara
    uint16_t    ActIndex;   // PS2: ActIndex
    uint8_t     Mode;       // PS2: Mode
    int8_t      dir;        // PS2: dir
};

3.) Can you offer a Permanent Key Item for players who beat Aminon so they can choose various Boss Bitzer destinations? (This would reduce warping and speed hacks. In fact, offering a modest +5% gallimaufry reward for this accomplishment, would make the warping and speed hacks redundant).

I want to echo this sentiment here. I'm very skeptical that increasing Trust stats from 0 to 50 will help us close the gap between solo play and party play (especially where cheating is concerned). What can we expect from Trust-enhancing Armor? Will it take into account player stats, pet stats and Trust stats? Can Trust stats be tuned to discourage cheating in Sortie?

With respect to Content Level, what benchmark or performance baseline can we expect from Trust enhancements? As an example: it would be nice to see a group of 3 people take 3 trusts into Sortie and kill 4-6 bosses....but I understand if this is too optimistic.