Very interesting...

[Jericho]

I was bored in class and went searching around, eventually stumbling upon this thread:

Original Thread: http://www.eosun.org/forum/showthread.php?t=5009
Condensed: http://zeusls.llima.net/download/ffxiupdatehistory.html

Another good update read: http://www.jpbutton.com/?p=145

It basically consists of a guy attempting to translate either... Patch notes, or someones reviews of each patch, of FFXI from beta to the end of 2004.

I'm not one of those "FFXI was a mess when it started, too!" boppers, but it did make me feel good to realize how much they can change a game. They never had to overhaul the battle system completely, and by 6 months I believe the level cap was raised, but either way, it's pretty interesting and nostalgic, and was worth the probably hour and a half I put in to reading it. And it was nice for me too because I am absolutely 100% japanese illiterate.

I hope you all enjoy it!

** Edit, 3/24/11 - Thanks to Gromph for the link to the condensed information **
** Edit again - Thanks to Phrozen for the jpbutton.com link **