FFXI crossover event

[Zumi]

Did they say anything about what the FFXI cross over event is going to be? Use to play FFXI had a bunch of lv99s.

[BreathlessTao]

If they had, I'm sure it would be in the answer in the post in the thread...? o.o

FINAL FANTASY XI Collaboration Event
Around Wednesday, November 11th, around the time when Final Fantasy XI is receiving their grand finale, we’re planning to hold a collaboration event. It isn’t similar to the event we have done previously, this new event was created to match the scale of the grand finale, so please look forward to it!

[Marxam]

I hope they put in some of the music from FFXI. While I never played it I love the battle music and Nobuo Uematsu is still godly.

[Enkidoh]

I hope they put in some of the music from FFXI. While I never played it I love the battle music and Nobuo Uematsu is still godly.

Except that Nobuo Uematsu... wasn't actually FFXI's main composer. Most of FFXI's OST was actually the work of Naoshi Mizuta (including most of the battle themes), with Kumi Tanoika providing a number of tracks for the base game, but the expansion sountracks were completely Mizuta's work. Uematsu only provided the main theme song Distant Worlds and it's variations, the opening orchestral theme Memoria di la Stona, the eponymous field track Ronfaure, and reoccurring FF tracks like the various chocobo theme variations including Dash de Chocobo and the Prelude when on the FFXI update page of Playonline Viewer.

Uematsu's first large scale composing work on a FF game after FFIX was FFXIV version 1.0, but that's another story.

But yeah, this new crossover event will definitely feature FFXI music - the last event with Shantotto featured... a remix of her final boss theme Feast of the Ladies from her FFXI mini-add-on expansion A Shantotto Ascension (this version actually was included on the ARR OST under the title Reign of Pain ), and the FFXI 'quest complete' fanfare when the FATE and event were completed. So it is almost guaranteed we will have FFXI music show up again during this event.

[Lego3400]

We already had an XI cross over. It's come and gone twice and will likely not return. Shantotto showed up and fought us in some FATEs and gave you a Wind Up Shantotto and threatened to come back and set your pants on fire if you mistreat it.

[Remus]

They said they are doing another XI event because its the last patch cycle for them.

[Gilraen]

There's going to be another crossover event? First I've seen word of this. Haven't really thought about it given they hadn't done one since the first the year before last. The Lightning event was a special case because it was commemorating the game's two release dates (I think. Japanese and International releases if I recall). The XI and Dragon Quest events were for giggles mostly, though I think the Dragon Quest one was to commemorate Dragon Quest X? Either way, those two events have yet to be repeated in the near two years since, not really seeing what's changed in XI since then to warrant a repeat.

They said they are doing another XI event because its the last patch cycle for them.

Ah, that explains that. As good a reason as any.

[Rahzel]

The XI and Dragon Quest events were for giggles mostly, though I think the Dragon Quest one was to commemorate Dragon Quest X? Either way, those two events have yet to be repeated in the near two years since, not really seeing what's changed in XI since then to warrant a repeat.

They were repeated last year for the game's anniversary.

http://www.finalfantasyxiv.com/anniv.../na/index.html

[JillyBean]

Translated from an unofficial LL translation:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FuAnq1bgWuUrg0bNMFxI97qxeaU07F-M43PZAfYTEag/preview



New FFXI Grand Finale Collab

F: We’re getting close to the ending. But we have a very special announcement. We’ve said 11/10 is when the patch is released. 11/11 is when the last patch for final fantasy xi will be released.
Y: Because of this momentous occasion we’ve decided to another new eleven collaboration event to coincide with the grand finale of that game. We think you can enjoy it either by doing the 11 finale first and then enjoying the collaboration event OR by doing fourteen’s event and then returning even after a long time to finish eleven. Please look forward to it.

[Enkidoh]

Yeah, from what was stated it seems this event will be brand new and will not simply be the earlier FFXI crossover event with Shantotto repeated - given the fact the reason for running this is to coincide with FFXI's storyline ending event Rhapsodies of Vana'diel it's probable therefore this new event will have some connection to that (possibly involving that Far Eastern girl (Aroha I believe her name is?) from Vana'diel's future who is the central character of the event, or something).

But I guess we'll find out.