FINAL FANTASY XI Update (Jul. 19)

Wow, this thing is huge. [Event-Related] *A new chapter has been added to "Chains of Promathia." *A new quest called "The Fellowship Quest" has been added. Upon completion of this quest, the player will receive an item used to call an NPC. -The NPC may not be called during NPC escort quests, but may be used along with beastmasters' pets, summoners' avatars, and dragoons' wyverns. -The NPC may only be called in certain field areas. -The NPC may fight monsters, gain experience, and level up with the player. -A player fighting with an NPC fellow will receive only 70% of the usual experience points gained for solo battles. -The NPC may be called only when there are less than six members in the player's group. A party may contain a maximum of three NPC fellows, along with the three players who have called them. -If the NPC's level exceeds that of the player, its status will be adjusted to match the player's level. -The NPC's equipment will occasionally change after fighting several battles. -The NPC will leave if the player: -temporarily logs out to PlayOnline -logs out -enters a different area -is KO'd -All NPCs in a party will leave if the party attempts to increase its total number of players and NPCs to seven. *Several new quests have been added, including: -A quest in which the player may acquire headgear that resembles various beastmen -Rematches with mammets and the Mithran sin hunters And more! *An NPC that tells the player's fortune regarding titles and other "elements" has been added in Mhaura. *Character title selection has been changed in the following ways: -It now costs less gil to change a player's title. Also, it now costs no gil at all to check the player's list of available titles. -The NPC bard that changes player titles will now sing out the player's title just before changing it. -After changing the player's title, the NPC bard will sing out the new title. Nearby PCs will also be able to hear the new title. -The player will now have the option to have a random title selected for him or her at no cost once each day (Earth time). -Titles earned by defeating NMs are now available for selection not just at Selbina and Mhaura, but also at Kazham and Rabao. *A chocobo riding game has been added. The player must deliver a chocobo from the chocobo stables where the quest was offered to a designated nation. *Players are now able to talk to an NPC and check the remaining time until they are able to reenter the battlefield for the ENM quests "Pulling the Strings" and "Automaton Assault." *"Return Ring" and "Homing Ring" have been added to the list of items that may be earned by exchanging conquest points. *If a player has completed the quests to get a pair of Mannequin Pumps or a Minstrel's Dagger but disposed of the item he earned, the player may now reacquire the item at the same place he attained it. *Mythril Plate Armor has been added to the list of equipment that may be stored as a key item. *A new NPC that will trade items for treasure earned by defeating Lumorian monsters has been added. [Battle-Related] *Players are now able to earn experience from monsters of a wider level range than previously possible. Experience points earned by defeating "decent challenge" and "easy prey" monsters will also increase in some instances. *Experience chain bonuses in level-restricted areas of Chains of Promathia are now determined by the level of the player while in that area, rather than the player's actual level. *Monster locations have been adjusted, particularly in Chains of Promathia areas. The following areas will be affected: Bibiki Bay, Uleguerand Range, Attohwa Chasm, Newton Movalpolos, Promyvion – Holla, Promyvion – Dem, Promyvion – Mea, Promyvion – Vahzl, Lufaise Meadows, Phomiuna Aqueducts, the Sacrarium, Riverne – Site #A01, Riverne – Site #B01, the Garden of Ru'Hmet, Ro'Maeve, the Boyahda Tree, the Den of Rancor, the Shrine of Ru'Avitau, Kuftal Tunnel *The damage and accuracy of a player's ranged attack are now calculated based on the distance of the player from the monster. This determination varies from weapon to weapon, as does the ideal distance for maximum damage. In addition, the higher the monster's level is with regard to the player, the less damage will be dealt with a ranged attack. *The player's enmity now decreases when a shadow image created by Utsusemi is absorbed by an attack. *Weather will no longer have an effect on the distance a player can be detected for monsters that detect based on the use of magic. *Several new notorious monsters have been added. *Creatures summoned by monsters (excluding elementals) have had their names changed to "(Monster's name)'s Avatar" for consistency. *The strength of monster techniques has been adjusted, particularly in Chains of Promathia areas. *A player who is KO'd, revived, then while still in a weakened state KO'd again will now, after a second reviving, temporarily experience a weakened attack and accuracy loss for magic and ranged attacks. *Before the update, a player who fought a monster without using auto-attack would retain his claim on the monster, even if he was KO'd in battle due to poison, etc. This has been fixed so that when the player dies, the monster becomes unclaimed. *Before the update, a monster that was claimed by a party or alliance would occasionally go unclaimed when magic or a weapon skill was used on the monster as the monster moved out of range before the magic or weapon skill could strike. [Item-Related] *Trading a wijnruit and 99 ninja tools to a certain NPC can now earn the player a toolbag. This item may be gathered in stacks of twelve, essentially increasing the player's ninja tool inventory capacity twelvefold. *New synthesis recipes have been added. *Prices at guilds have been changed to reflect the amount of each item the guild currently has in stock. The cost may rise to a maximum of five times the original price. *Some of the treasure items earned from notorious monsters in the Boyahda Tree have been changed. *The way that the following items are acquired has been changed: Archer Ring, Leaping Boots, Emperor Hairpin, Peacock Charm In addition, players may receive an EX/Rare or EX item with the same attributes from the monsters who previously dropped each of the above items. *The effects of the following items have been altered: Poison Potion, Venom Potion, Paralyze Potion, Sleeping Potion, Silencing Potion, Blinding Potion, Vitriol, Instant Warp, Bastok Mines gate glyph, Bastok Markets gate glyph, Port Bastok gate glyph, Eastern San d'Oria gate glyph, Western San d'Oria gate glyph, Northern San d'Oria gate glyph, Windurst Waters gate glyph, Port Windurst gate glyph, Windurst Woods gate glyph, New Year's gift, Cantarella, Black Drop, Muting Potion, Invitriol, Warp Cudgel, Trick Staff II, Treat Staff II, Teleport ring: Holla, Teleport ring: Dem, Teleport ring: Mea, Teleport ring: Vahzl, Teleport ring: Yhoat, Teleport ring: Altep, Memento Muffler, Gargoyle Boots, Zoolater Hat, Root Sabots, Aries Mantle, Anubis's Knife, Oscar Scarf, Kinkobo, Carpenter's Belt, Blacksmith's Belt, Goldsmith's Belt, Weaver's Belt, Tanner's Belt, Boneworker's Belt, Alchemist's Belt, Culinarian's Belt, Fisherman's Belt, Counter Earring, Tactical Ring, Wing Gorget, Healing Feather, Spirit Lantern, Astral Pot, Homing Ring, Return Ring, Absorbing Shield, Tavnazian Ring, Ducal Guard's Ring, Maat's Cap, Kingdom Stables Collar, Republic Stables Medal, Federation Stables Scarf, Cursed Beverage, Cursed Soup *The item "Timepiece" has been added to the list of special items a player may receive 100 days after participating in the Vana'diel Adventurer Recruitment Program. *The following item names have been changed in the English version: Panzer Mask -> Panther Mask Panzer Mask +1 -> Panther Mask +1 Amemit Mantle -> Amemet Mantle Amemit Mantle +1 -> Amemet Mantle +1 *The item name "Comet" has been changed to "Little Comet." *An attribute of the following item has been changed: Darksteel Pick +1 Delay:312 -> Delay:303 [System-Related] *Region Info may now be viewed from all areas. *Messages may no longer be sent using /tell to a player on the user's blacklist. *Along with the introduction of the Fellowship Quest, players may now combine text commands with to target their NPC fellows and execute their desired actions. Only the player who called the NPC may target it using . [Other Content] *The following changes have been made to Ballista. -If one side of an official match is low on members, entry into that force is now possible even if a match is already underway. In this case, experience may still be gained if certain conditions are met, just as if the player had entered the match from the start. Also, if a player enters during a match, both forces will receive a message notifying them of the new entry. The player must have the following in order to enter a match already underway: -A Ballista License -Enough gil to enter the match -The minimum level required for the match being played -A player who has just entered an official match or a match in Diorama Abdhaljs-Ghelsba that was already underway will temporarily be placed under "Preparing for Battle" status. -Players may now borrow the key items "Ballista Earring" and "Ballista Band" free of charge from the Pursuivant in Ru'Lude Gardens. Ballista Earring: When in possession of this item, the player will receive information about the next Ballista match and the entry registration time when entering San d'Oria, Bastok, Windurst, or Jeuno from one day prior to the match (Vana'diel time) until the end of the entry period. Ballista Band: When in possession of this item, the player will be given the choice of whether to keep or throw away the first Petra he quarries. Ownership of a Ballista License is not required to borrow the above items. The player may return the items simply by speaking to a Pursuivant. -Players are no longer able to adjust Petra selection settings in Diorama Abdhaljs-Ghelsba. The player will be given the option of what to do with the first Petra quarried only when in possession of the new key item "Ballista Band." -The following rules have been changed from special rules to standard rules. -Camp locations will change when the number of participants in a match is 40 or less. -The number of Rooks will be reduced to two when there is a significant difference in the number of players on each side. -Players will now receive experience points for participating in an official match. -The system of "Open Entry" for official matches, in which all adventurers were allowed to join the force with the smallest number of participants, has been done away with and replaced by a system called "Temporary Entry," in which players may join a force regardless of allegiance. However, the player's entry is temporary, and similar to Diorama Abdhaljs-Ghelsba's "Auto-Balance" feature, the players may be redistributed for balance when the match begins. -In Ru'Lude Gardens, the player will be able to view Diorama Abdhaljs-Ghelsba's reservation status. Reservations for the next two days (Earth time) will be shown. -The NPC Tillecoe will now inform the player of the match's level restriction when a match at Diorama Abdhaljs-Ghelsba is set to allow general participation. -Temporary items will now be distributed at the start of official matches held at the Pashhow Marshlands. -A section of the Ballista rulebook that is read out by the Pursuivant has been changed. -The rate of success for Foe Lullaby and Horde Lullaby has been lowered for players with bard as a support job. -A limit has been imposed on the amount of HP that can be absorbed by Bloody Bolts' HP Drain effect during Ballista.

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POODEH
# Jul 19 2005 at 3:07 PM Rating: Default
OK first off POODEH i have a degree in go **** your self!!!!!!! ha ha ha ha bet you didnt see that one comming stop complaining its a game i dont care how much yu pay them. there workin on making the game better and more advanced now i dont know about you but i loke the new stuff . so if you dont like thishappening than im sorry maybe this game isnt for you. like he said read a book watch a movie just stop ******** geeez get real. do somee thing. perhaps you shold play a game like ohh say kirby or pokemon ya knoa something you level and speed hey no updats yay same old bull **** jumping out of a ball and fighting lmao. but any ways im very excited to see this new update in action so imma go check on it now talk to yuo later ROLLNROCK
RE: POODEH
# Jul 19 2005 at 3:13 PM Rating: Decent
A mock-PSA I once saw on the internet said but the forum will only say they wrote:
/evilvoice on

IT IS ALWAYS BETTER TO POST IN AN EXISTING THREAD THAN TO CREATE A NEW ONE!

/evilvoice off
Seeing as your post was a reponse to someone elses I would've hit the little reply button. But that's just me and I'm crazy.
RE: POODEH
# Jul 19 2005 at 3:10 PM Rating: Decent
o.o .... Wtf? XD

For those of you who don't speak Typo:

Ok, first off, POODEH, I have a degree in go @#%^ your self! Hahahaha, bet you didn't see that one coming. Stop complaining, it's a game, I don't care how much you pay them. They're working on making the game better and more advanced. Now, I don't know about you, but I like the new stuff, so if you don't like this happening, then I'm sorry maybe this game isn't for you. Like he said, read a book, watch a movie, just stop ********* Geez, get real. Do something. Perhaps you should play a game like, ohh, say Kirby or Pokemon, you know? Something you level and speed (?). Hey, no updates. Yay, same old bullsh*t, jumping out of a ball and fighting, lmao. But, anyway, I'm very excited to see this new update in action, so I'm going to go check on it now. Talk to you later. ROLLNROCK

Edit: fixed a couple more typos thanks to Caba's keen eye for detail. ^^

Edited, Tue Jul 19 16:47:44 2005
RE: POODEH
# Jul 19 2005 at 3:23 PM Rating: Default
Thank you for the corrections. Sometimes i get to excited and type too fast lmao. sorry
RE: POODEH
# Jul 19 2005 at 3:31 PM Rating: Decent
Hahaha, it's alright, just relax and realize that even venting on these pages should be all in fun, too. ^^
RE: POODEH
# Jul 19 2005 at 3:51 PM Rating: Default
I know i just cant stand it when peeps ***** and wine about stuff they cant do any thing about.
Forever is a long time
# Jul 19 2005 at 3:07 PM Rating: Decent
35 posts
I have been at this since 2am eastern this morning. I am now down to 130 files left to download. What the hell was SE thinking of, making this the largest cluster @#$% ever?
Fina-fricken'-lly
# Jul 19 2005 at 3:05 PM Rating: Decent
After getting almost the whole update in one go it's finally attepting to download the final 153 files.
Atachment
# Jul 19 2005 at 3:03 PM Rating: Decent
Oh and the 10hrs trying to download it dosnt count the 18hrs it took to wait for the Maitnance to be done.
Atachment
# Jul 19 2005 at 3:03 PM Rating: Decent
Oh and the 10hrs trying to download it dosnt count the 18hrs it took to wait for the Maitnance to be done.
HA HA HA
# Jul 19 2005 at 3:01 PM Rating: Decent
OH MY GOD,

After Trying To Download The Update For 10hrs yes 10hrs -.- im finaly at the Installing part of the downloading and I just hope nothing goes wrong. /sigh
lol
# Jul 19 2005 at 2:59 PM Rating: Decent
in 1 hour they are doing another small maintenance.
LoL you guys might as well take a rest for today
Ooops
# Jul 19 2005 at 2:58 PM Rating: Default
Sorry guys lol mouse went crazy lol
payment
# Jul 19 2005 at 2:58 PM Rating: Default
Dudes dont u think they should let us have atleast 24 hours free for the trouble they causing over at least 12 hours of downloads?
payment
# Jul 19 2005 at 2:58 PM Rating: Default
Dudes dont u think they should let us have atleast 24 hours free for the trouble they causing over at least 12 hours of downloads?
RE: payment
# Jul 19 2005 at 2:59 PM Rating: Decent
Quintuple Post....

Maybe your unbeleivably slow connection is to blame for the 12hrs.
payment
# Jul 19 2005 at 2:58 PM Rating: Default
Dudes dont u think they should let us have atleast 24 hours free for the trouble they causing over at least 12 hours of downloads?
payment
# Jul 19 2005 at 2:58 PM Rating: Default
Dudes dont u think they should let us have atleast 24 hours free for the trouble they causing over at least 12 hours of downloads?
payment
# Jul 19 2005 at 2:57 PM Rating: Default
Dudes dont u think they should let us have atleast 24 hours free for the trouble they causing over at least 12 hours of downloads?
OMG
# Jul 19 2005 at 2:54 PM Rating: Decent
Got 5% and then it froze cant start again now :(

12 Hours and counting....
re: Update
# Jul 19 2005 at 2:52 PM Rating: Decent
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142 posts
|/laugh|MFAO you are complaining about not being able to play the game one or two days out of the year? Ok so what if they have other updates. ok lets say 7 days out of 365 days they need downtime. What you think computers can run forever without having to be shutdown for maintenance?

As the great William Shattner once said: "Get a life!". It's only 16 hours plus however it long it takes for the patching. Go see a movie, watch t.v., do something else other than play FFXI. If you can't think of anything else then I feel sorry for you.
RE: re: Update
# Jul 19 2005 at 3:03 PM Rating: Decent
You know... am I the only one who finds it odd that people who love FFXI enough to get a membership on here and still find time to post are telling other people to get a life?

And considering that there is usually a weekly maintenence plus the one at the end of each month, there's about 52 days a year that alot of people miss their window to play... plus your 7 (good round number for their frequency in updates), makes it 59, plus the rare, but still occurring, critical update, which we'll say happens 4 times a year (once for each quarter). Which equals 63 days, right? So 2 months out of the year, you're paying and getting nothing, technically.

We could run around this bush all day, but when it comes down to it, lighten up, let people vent, and don't pass on the "Get a life" line when you're obviously taking time out of your own busy living style to bark at them. Come on, guys, if you're playing FFXI enough to have some decent-level characters, just admit it... you're a geek. XDDD
RE: re: Update
# Jul 19 2005 at 3:15 PM Rating: Decent
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90 posts
venting os good, even if it's pointless :). I work out in 95~ heat, welding, no AC, hell even our fans broke from overuse. i'm not one to complain, especially over a videro game, but hey, I would like to come home and relax, and maybe enjoy the game i'm paying for every month.

Have any of you actually watched TV lately? its all crap, topped with crap, and they still dare to squeeze mroe in where there's slight gaps of quality. I would rather stare at the "Connection Lost" screen waiting for the damn thing to update that watch that idiot box. Even movies are starting to really lack, 1/10 movies are actually new, the rest are remakes, and action flicks in particular, are almost all the same these days, no originality.

I'd like to think i'm still maintaining my social life in spite of this heroine you all call FFXI, but i'm tired, my daughter is asleep, and i'm not going to watch TV anytime soon, so feel free to post what i "should" be doing other than complaining, cuz right nowthats the only interesting thing to do =P
RE: re: Update
# Jul 19 2005 at 3:22 PM Rating: Decent
Amen to all of the above, Jerric. ^^ For right now, I have nothing to do, nothing to watch but the Update screen, just sitting here and talking until 5 pm EST when I get to go to work. It's times like this that I almost -want- to put my hand in the ovens I cook in... can't be any hotter than flaming, right? XDDD
update
# Jul 19 2005 at 2:47 PM Rating: Default
i never asked for this update, and i'm sure a lot of other people didn't either. i dont' pay them to make me wait. bad buisness ethics imo. (Associates in Buisness management)
RE: update
# Jul 19 2005 at 3:19 PM Rating: Decent
Associate in "buisness"? I never heard that degree, tell me, how is "buisness" spelled on your degree? None of us pay to wait but I understand why they like to perform maintenance on their product.
RE: update
# Jul 19 2005 at 3:13 PM Rating: Decent
poodeh...we all have to go through it...and you miss FFXI for 1 day...its not gonna kill you...if you actually have a life outside of FFXI you'll go do something else like everyone else did..
RE: update
# Jul 19 2005 at 2:56 PM Rating: Decent
first off please dont associate yourself with other people. when you speak, you speak for yourself only. Second no one gives a dam wether you asked for this update or not, it happend deal with it. From my understanding alot of people are looking forward to this update. SE is trying to do alot of thing to change the current situation of gil sellers. (Assoiciates in I dont give a dam)
OMFG
# Jul 19 2005 at 2:45 PM Rating: Default
After an 8 hr nap i get up and only 20% of the 1st file is downloaded

Edited, Tue Jul 19 15:51:33 2005
ssssssssllllllllllooooooooooowwwwwww
# Jul 19 2005 at 2:43 PM Rating: Decent
Well i can finnaly get the update. I'm just curious if its going slow as sin for anyone else? I'm currently at 5 hours till completion.
Yeah
# Jul 19 2005 at 2:43 PM Rating: Decent
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304 posts
Just wanted to say... almost 1337 posts. >.>;
sweet
# Jul 19 2005 at 2:39 PM Rating: Decent
so, rare items to cancel out gil sellers, nerfs to open the door for tanks that aren't using blink and rangers that put in a half-hearted effort, price iincreases to curb the efforts of guild campers, and the ability to form a full pt with only three actual players? should be interesting to see how this works out...glad to see that the game is moving away from the tedium and monotony that mmos are famous for.
OMG
# Jul 19 2005 at 2:37 PM Rating: Decent
OMG... I hate you SE! I finished downloading the pain-in-the-neck update and was in the middle of installing the files. I lost power for a few seconds due to a thunderstorm. I log back in to read a message saying "Your lastest version update was not completed correctly, please re-install FFXI"! I can't believe this. It's BS!!!
RE: OMG
# Jul 19 2005 at 2:40 PM Rating: Decent
Okay, Xeenaa, I've had this error message happen before, so what you need to do is, if you're on a PS2, run a diagnosis on your hard drive, see if anything checks out bad and make sure it's fixed, then try again. If you're on your compy, log out, wait about half an hour or so, then try logging back into FFXI again and it should allow you to download the rest. If that doesn't work, please let me know. ^^
RE: OMG
# Jul 19 2005 at 2:44 PM Rating: Decent
I am on PS2, I called POL and talked with one of their representatives, they told me there is no way around it, the power outage must have corrupted data. So, I am now reinstalling everything all over again>< It really stinks.
RE: OMG
# Jul 19 2005 at 2:47 PM Rating: Decent
>.< I'm sorry to hear that... well, not to make you fret, but when you get to downloading everything again, you'll have 11,469 files to download, give or take if you have the Chains of Promathia expansion... so get it started and then go have some fun for the day. XD
RE: OMG
# Jul 19 2005 at 2:49 PM Rating: Decent
Tell me about it... Yes, I do have CoP also, gonna be downloading all night i'm sure><
RE: OMG
# Jul 19 2005 at 3:15 PM Rating: Decent
I have had this issue a few times. I'm on PS2 aswell. Pretty much you need to stick in the disk and reinstall POL and FFXI. Some times you dont need to some times. My PS2 sometimes likes to totally freeze up on me (2-3 times now) and I have to either turn it totally off or unplug it and plug it back in. Once I needed to reinstall. Other times it just pretty much slaps me on the wrist and says "dont do that again!" I have hit the power cord once (my first time) and had to restall it all. It sucks but it shouldnt take all day. Total should take maybe 3-6 hours. I havent had this happen with CoP yet so maybe it will take longer and you may have to do more stuff. Hope this gives you and others some more insite on this issue.
im on
# Jul 19 2005 at 2:36 PM Rating: Decent
19 posts
im on and rollin^^
/sigh
# Jul 19 2005 at 2:32 PM Rating: Decent
I cant take this anymore everyone on my friends list is on and playing so i kept trying to download it and finaly it worked.

BUT i got all the files downloaded and had 73files left and was at 97percent when the error came up and now i cant start downloading again just keep getting ERROR CODE
/sigh
# Jul 19 2005 at 2:32 PM Rating: Default
I cant take this anymore everyone on my friends list is on and playing so i kept trying to download it and finaly it worked.

BUT i got all the files downloaded and had 73files left and was at 97percent when the error came up and now i cant start downloading again just keep getting ERROR CODE
RE: /sigh
# Jul 19 2005 at 2:43 PM Rating: Decent
>_< NOOOOOOOO...so close yet so far. Looks like I have to wait and try again too. It'll come to where i'll go completely insane if I see another error code!
WOOT
# Jul 19 2005 at 2:31 PM Rating: Decent
after 7 hours of waiting i just got to download...after 20 minutes of downloading its 5% woot
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