Cough* rip off of Diablo 2 mercs!
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| Author: | Pix [ Mon Jul 11, 2005 6:16 am ] |
| Post subject: | Holy SHIT! you can hire Mercenaries in the new update! LOL |
Introducing the Fellowship Quest The Fellowship Quest will be added in the next version update. After completing the quest, you will receive an item that will allow you to call an NPC to come to your aid! Adventure together, defeat fearsome monsters together, and gain experience together! That's right--your NPC friend can also gain experience and level up alongside you! After you've fought a few battles together, your ally might show up wearing new gear the next time you call for it! This new feature will open up the excitement of Vana'diel like never before! The next version update coming in mid-July is full of new adventures and features designed to maximize your enjoyment in Vana'diel. Keep your eyes peeled for more information! FINAL FANTASY XI Development Team (7/11/2005) http://www.playonline.com/ff11us/information/0711.html |
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| Author: | Yarr [ Mon Jul 11, 2005 6:32 am ] |
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i wonder what the exp reduction will be. |
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| Author: | Reinheld [ Mon Jul 11, 2005 6:45 am ] |
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I want a pet elvaan chick irl. |
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| Author: | Runefury [ Mon Jul 11, 2005 7:02 am ] |
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Cough* rip off of Diablo 2 mercs!
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| Author: | Pirato [ Mon Jul 11, 2005 7:53 am ] |
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They would probably only be good for farming. I doubt they will be intelligent enough to contribute in exp camps and high level missions. Like imagine getting them through a high aggro zone, it's not like they're going to warn you and find a safe place when their sneak is wearing. Most likely they'll work the same way as the escort quest NPC's. |
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| Author: | Mythiras [ Mon Jul 11, 2005 7:58 am ] |
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omg this is awesome! -_- I hope its not like a lvl 70 quest cause I just started on ifrit with my new character >< |
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| Author: | Ketrebu [ Mon Jul 11, 2005 8:14 am ] |
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I think it'll be SE's answer to making soloing easier/possible. Notice they also announced an exp increase when fighting EP/DC monsters. And now they've added an NPC that works kinda like "Call Wyvern". They want to make soloing easier without having to actually tweak the mechanics which would inadvertantly mess with how exp parties work. More EXP on DP and EP + NPC friend fighting with you = SOLO. It would be an item (probably an enchantment) to call them, and will probably have a 24 hour restriction on it or something. If you've ever done "Garrison" you'll know that the NPC AI isn't quite as bad as the escort NPCs make you think. They will cast spells, buffs, and cures on you and themselves. Also, you people seem to be referring to it as "hiring a mercenary" whereas SE seem to be playing it off as "calling a friend to help you". You'd be amazed how much easier it is to kill something by doubling your damage output. That's what having an extra NPC along side you would do. They don't need to be intelligent, they just need to attack what you attack and you're already killing things twice as fast. |
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| Author: | Matti [ Mon Jul 11, 2005 8:59 am ] |
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Reinheld wrote: I want a pet elvaan chick irl.
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| Author: | Arim [ Mon Jul 11, 2005 9:34 am ] |
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just makes us rdm about to solo easyer All right! |
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| Author: | Metalmilitia [ Mon Jul 11, 2005 10:19 am ] |
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prolly be like a lvl 12 Dragoon.... |
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| Author: | Kaioshin [ Mon Jul 11, 2005 10:29 am ] |
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This may help RNG soloing after the patch depending on how well your "Friend" can hold hate. |
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| Author: | Devrim27 [ Mon Jul 11, 2005 12:27 pm ] |
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THANK YOU SE! I'm getting a tank so I can level my war and thief subs. Wooo. |
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| Author: | Xiona [ Mon Jul 11, 2005 1:04 pm ] |
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haha i just want a whm friend to cast haste on my ninja so i can solo MORE! |
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| Author: | Volrath [ Mon Jul 11, 2005 2:04 pm ] |
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lol yea a whm frien d would own for nin =p |
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| Author: | arlania [ Mon Jul 11, 2005 2:41 pm ] |
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I want Odin as my NPC friend >.> |
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| Author: | Kaylia [ Mon Jul 11, 2005 2:49 pm ] |
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Quote: You'd be amazed how much easier it is to kill something by doubling your damage output.
I doubt they will outdamage players :P Anyway, I can see it comming Kaylia casts Sleep 2 on the Hippogryph The Npcwarriorwithasword hits the Hippogryph for 12 points of damages. The Hippogryph is no longer sleeping The Hippogryph hits Kaylia for 346 points of damages. Kaylia is defeated (Kaylia) MPK (Kaylia) GM CALL |
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| Author: | Havok [ Mon Jul 11, 2005 3:01 pm ] |
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only question i have...is will i be able to have my wyvern out and this npc with me at the same time? same question for bst and smn pets. |
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| Author: | Volrath [ Mon Jul 11, 2005 3:03 pm ] |
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it probably attacks mobs that you are actually engaged on, so disengage and it wont fight |
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| Author: | Led [ Mon Jul 11, 2005 3:22 pm ] |
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I hope this means i can solo my drg to 75 >.> |
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| Author: | Tamahoime [ Mon Jul 11, 2005 4:24 pm ] |
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maybe you can control it like a pet like bsts do..kinda..no? |
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| Author: | Pantherxx [ Mon Jul 11, 2005 5:52 pm ] |
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Kaylia wrote: Quote: You'd be amazed how much easier it is to kill something by doubling your damage output. I doubt they will outdamage players :P Anyway, I can see it comming Kaylia casts Sleep 2 on the Hippogryph The Npcwarriorwithasword hits the Hippogryph for 12 points of damages. The Hippogryph is no longer sleeping The Hippogryph hits Kaylia for 346 points of damages. Kaylia is defeated (Kaylia) MPK (Kaylia) GM CALL ROFL well I can see that coming too so just MPK your own NPC then NPC would call GM on ya lol |
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| Author: | Parade [ Mon Jul 11, 2005 7:22 pm ] |
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OMG thats so fucking cool. but im almost possitive that somthing about it is going to make it not worth getting. |
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| Author: | Kwechi [ Mon Jul 11, 2005 8:34 pm ] |
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This is retarded. |
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| Author: | Kayne [ Mon Jul 11, 2005 9:34 pm ] |
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yeah it sounds retarded how about SE fixes their graphics and sound engine for Windows before they add stupid shit like this :P Granted you can hack your mipmap setting through regedit to make the game look a little better but it should be working to begin with. Also sick of sounds cutting out when theres like three total playing with a sound card that can handle 64 voices, even when the registry key for the number of sounds in FFXI is changed to 64 or any value above the alotted 20. |
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| Author: | Kwechi [ Mon Jul 11, 2005 9:36 pm ] |
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lol speaking of hacking graphics.. Maybe PC users can change their merc to, I dunno, Behemoth? |
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