Official FINAL FANTASY XI Forums Launch! (03/08/2011)
We are pleased to announce that the official FINAL FANTASY XI discussion forums have gone live! The new forums will provide an ideal venue to discuss all things FINAL FANTASY XI with your fellow adventurers of Vana'diel, get the latest news and updates, and submit feedback to the development team.
So why wait? Visit the official forums today!
*Please read the welcome message before joining the discussion.
Official FFXI forums
They seem pretty cool so far, offering forums for all 4 languages and such with community reps. There are some very interesting posts in there under updates > in development too....
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Dynamis Reborn!
Various aspects of Dynamis will be overhauled in the next major version update and beyond.
* Applicable Areas:
Dynamis - San d'Oria / Dynamis - Bastok / Dynamis - Windurst /
Dynamis - Jeuno / Dynamis - Beaucedine / Dynamis - Xarcabard
* Adjustments:
o Reservations will no longer be required to enter the above areas.
o New key items will replace the "Timeless Hourglass" and "Perpetual Hourglass" items needed for entry.
+ The key items need only be obtained once.
+ It will be made available at an affordable price via the Goblin NPCs presently dealing in hourglasses.
o Time restriction for entry will be changed to once per Earth day.
o Trigger items will be introduced as a new spawn condition for certain notorious monsters (NMs).
o Monster distribution will receive drastic revisions.
o Monsters will yield experience points (excluding certain NMs).
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Delivery System Adjustments
The upcoming version update will see the following changes made to the item delivery system:
* Adjustments
o It will be possible to send EX items to characters belonging to the same PlayOnline account.
o The list of deliverable EX items will be expanded gradually in order to maintain game balance and ensure that proper testing is conducted.
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Abyssea Adjustments
The upcoming version update will see the following additions made to Abyssea.
* Adjustments
o New ways to obtain Empyrean upgrade seals will be added.
o New ways to obtain Empyrean upgrade cards will be added.
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Stack Size Adjustments
The upcoming version update will see the stack size adjusted for certain items.