I can't wait for Xbox to get this game...Follow

we need some fresh faces... the game will be much more fun with a larger population.

A swarm of L1-30 will be a big boon on the ecnomy, at least as far as driving prices down on crafting materials and crystals.

I remember how bitter the PC players where when "the PS2 noobs" invaded and made made silk and fire crystals dirt cheap. And all the new craftsmen flooded the markets with low end gear, driving prices down even more.. the economy was "ruined" according to many ^^

This was a dream come true for craftsmen. 50 gil insect wings and 500 gil silk thread... And 200 stacks of each crystal on the AH, with noobs contantly undercutting each other...

Right now the FFXI community is economically mature. We have no lower class that farms in volume, because so many of us find it beneath us. We will farm treants and goobues maybe, and a few other decent money makers, but really NM are what most people strive for (an "easy" all or nothing payday)

People blamed the gil sellers for inflation... All they do is sell an item for 1 mil gil, sell the gil online, and the buyer of that gil buys a similar 1 mil item. If they can monopolize and control an item, they may try to increase it, but this would barely be a ripple in the economy. Mostly just out of one pocket, into another.

There is simply too much gil in the economy, and no lower level mass production of materials to suit their needs. Its like a world where everyone is a millionaire... no lower class to sweep the floor or work at a grocery store. When someone finds time they will do the dirty work, but it will be at a cost befitting a millionaire.

So sorry for the rant, but FFXI needs new blood to keep our economy alive. Adding 1000 poor people ot every server will be a very good thing ^^ (except for the odd ones who beg for handouts >.< )

From what I've heard, so far

-New avatars
-New jobs
-Missions (obviously)

I dunno about new avatars though, it seems pointless to me, although it would be cool if Alexander was San d'Oria >.>

And for missions, I just pray that they're not related with the Gates to Paradise like Zilart/Promathia is.

New stuff i've heard about.

-Considering adding Blue Mage..but i'm not sure what we'll call them, i guess we could refer to them as bums....but thats not really dignified.

-Upgrading some jobs, Recent interview with 1up, SE said they'll be making some jobs stronger

-Manaburn pt's. This one really upsets SE. They out and out said that since the game came out blms have been too powerfull, and they've been trying to reduce them a bit, but players seem to find a way around it.

And the xbox 360 is supposedly comming out around christmas.. so it might be a while.

I'm wondering if its possible to use FFXI on a ps3 without the hdd, its supposedly built in.

They very well could be. I know they have a few test servers that they use regularly. It's not entirely off the wall that would they would up one for testing the 360 platform. I seem to remember reading somewhere that they were already to that testing phase of it.

Last I heard, the 360 was a Thanksgiving release. Did they change it recently? They have a crap load of games set to release mid November.

A larger population sounds nice. .-. Too bad SE doesn't make those nifty caps available to pre-existing characters, though, it would be rather nice to be able to help out some of the new players with those.

On that note, I wonder if there will be some event up during the release. Would definently be enjoyable, and would help everyone meet eachother. <_<