Black Mage > You.

Source -> http://www.1up.com/do/previewPage?pager ... Id=3145765

I find his caution in talking about dynamis really interesting.
If SE wasn't up to something with the dynamis system, he would have simply brushed it off like he did merits and raising level caps.



And also the fact that CoP installed new info for dynamis zones, just all really interesting. :)

also this was really interesting also:


Sooo, BLU isn't going to be the only new job. :O
And there's new summons in CoP, or eventually may be? Mayhaps Bahamut, Diabolos, and Pheonix will actually become summonable. Although I still have a hard time believing in the first 2. Mostly because of their reluctance to help mortals and also neither have the "avatar glow" although this effect probably could be added if they wanted i guess.

pfft, my Rng > your n00bness wittle blm ^^ <3

RNG for the most part is a joke now. The fact that they can't fight effectively while a mob is in their face makes them extremely gimp (absolutely worthless at Fafnir/Nidhogg). Just to do good dmg they need to sub WAR which makes their survivability lower from losing NIN sub. BLM >>>>>>> RNG sorry Bob.

I am sure SE will add new areas, jobs, avatars, etc. But will any of it be worthwhile? Right now as it stands with the CoP wyrms and Absolute Virtue LSs need to be bigger and bigger to take on the newer challenges it seems. Someone on another site mentioned them making alliances bigger than 18 (this would mess up the game badly) or doing like WoW and let everyone attack the mob but the person who claimed first get the drops (can you say SA WS on someone's Nidhogg?). Needless to say the whole CFH and lost claim situation needs a final fix.

Also we need true instances not the horrible bullshit we have now that makes people stand in line. SE needs to fix this game. The interview already hinted that they have another MMO in development. This tells me they are just buying time til they release that. The time to quit FFXI is coming soon as this game is a fucking joke.

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lmao, maybe to the unskilled Rng. On God mobs, I still do pretty good damage, as as for in your face? Its all about tatics and skill. Rngs can still solo pretty well. If they can be slept, attack them until you have TP, sleep bolt them once, pull back and unload. If they wax your shadows fast, pull back and shadowbind. Rng is a job of skill now, not just raw power whenever you want. So yea, my Rng > Blm ^^

Who is Bob? (someone had to ask)

Updates don't even make me excited really anymore. I just wonder what crappy new stuff they are gonna add that they spent too much time working on that noone will like or do. (Like the Chocobo thing that he mentioned in the 1up article... lol noone does it because it's stupid)

Even when they do add new avatars (which he announced in the 1up article for certain now, also) I'm pretty confident whatever quest you need to do to get them is going to either be too easy and then people will bitch about noob smns having them, or ridiculously difficult so noone at all will be able to get them.

orz I'm starting to sound as jaded about the game as Et. /high five

They need more dya flow in the Commuity to lower the dya currency prices it's way to high for anyone serous about it atm. but not too much Flow if you knwo what i mean.

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Dynmis currency was designed in such a way that the only method you could effectively upgrade one was not to be greedy and help only one person out of 60+ get it. While everyone else fed off the af armor.
This concept is noble, but extremely unrealistic. Everyone wants a relic weapon, and very few are keen on the idea of being that generous.
I can understand SE wanting relic to be extremely rare, but they could have gone about better ways for it IMO. Something that was designed to require a huge outpour of selflessness only breeds extreme greed. IE people selling single currency for 60k..or a 100 for 6 mil. And its only going to get worse.
I wonder if they do implement the other 5 dynamis zones if they too will drop ancient currency. And if they will be on the same bind as the existing ones. IE if you enetered Dynamis-Bastok you are unable to enter Dynamis-Valkrum before 3 days are up.





SE has TONS of mmo's out and always coming out for both the PS2 and other consoles as well as the PC.
They're just never relased to the US.

I think what his point was that the amount of money and effort going into effectively redesigning the game to appeal to PC's and 360's limits is too great an investment to really be worth their while. When they can take all that and just develope a new game and reel in new players and money.

His answer sounded like "We dont get paid enough to care" to me. heehee.
Although I have to say, despite FFXI being heavily watered down due to ps2, its still one of the best (visually speaking) mmo's I've seen. Its a shame things have to get recycled so much as the graphic design of it is really quire artful.

Looks like SE are using the XBox360 version of the game to take all their screenshots lately, lol. The posted stuff about the Fellowship System.

Observe:

About the new Avatars.

Fenrir is technically apart of "Rize of Zilart."

How long did it take for him to come out after Zilart was released?

And what does that say about upcoming avatar(s) (and where they might be coming from)?

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