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 Quetzalcoatl.Trulusia
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By Quetzalcoatl.Trulusia 2016-07-18 22:57:48
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Official announcement!

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Join Producer Akihiko Matsui and Director Yoji Fujito on Reddit in the first-ever FINAL FANTASY XI development team AMA! We're sure there are an overwhelming amount of burning questions from the community, and they'll be doing their best to answer as many as they can. We're eagerly awaiting your questions!

What

An open Q&A session where the developers of FINAL FANTASY XI answer questions about all things Vana'diel!

Who

Producer Akihiko Matsui
Director Yoji Fujito

Where

The FINAL FANTASY XI subreddit page on Reddit

When

Monday, July 25, 2016
- 4:00 p.m. PDT / 7:00 p.m. EDT: Question submission opens
- 6:30 p.m. PDT / 9:30 p.m. EDT: Question answering begins
- 8:00 p.m. PDT / 11:00 p.m. EDT: Question answering concludes

Place your bets now! Who's got it being productive, who's got it being a total ***show!? My money is on ***show.
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By Anna Ruthven 2016-07-18 23:11:59
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10 imaginary internet dollars on ***show.
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By Sylph.Kyogi 2016-07-18 23:22:37
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Like, why are they having this? Pointless, if you have time to mess around with a little Q&A show you have time to at least "Attempt" to fix whats wrong with the game.
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By Sylph.Oraen 2016-07-18 23:25:49
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The amount of time necessary to do an AMA and the amount of time necessary to alter the entire meta of an MMORPG are not actually the same.
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By Asura.Ladyofhonor 2016-07-18 23:28:25
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Sylph.Oraen said: »
The amount of time necessary to do an AMA and the amount of time necessary to alter the entire meta of an MMORPG are not actually the same.

Seriously. A community rep is going to bundle up a bunch of questions and the actual Devs will spend like an hour answering some of them.
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By Asura.Masrur 2016-07-18 23:39:10
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I've always wanted to know whether Matsui-San was a boxers/pants/y-fronts/g-string kinda guy! I guess this is the best opportunity for me to ask! Yippee!!!!!
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By Sylph.Kyogi 2016-07-18 23:41:09
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Relax, it's not that this will bear any fruit, I just think it's pointless, that's all, not trying to start a flame war.

EDIT: I also realize that an hour isn't enough the fix anything... wish it did, thats all. :(
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By Fenrir.Ramzus 2016-07-19 00:08:54
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would you rather fight 100 tanaka sized khimairas or 1 khimaira sized tanaka
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By Phoenix.Morier 2016-07-19 00:40:19
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Sylph.Kyogi said: »
Relax, it's not that this will bear any fruit, I just think it's pointless, that's all, not trying to start a flame war.

EDIT: I also realize that an hour isn't enough the fix anything... wish it did, thats all. :(
Might be pointless to you, but not me. Getting to hear from the people that run the game I have loved for over a decade is a nice treat. Sorry you can not just enjoy things.
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By Asura.Sechs 2016-07-19 01:33:59
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What does AMA stand for? Ask M... A...?
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By Carbuncle.Razziel 2016-07-19 01:38:31
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Ask me anything I believe.
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By Fenrir.Reece 2016-07-19 01:55:01
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I can understand that, but the game definitely isn't how it felt before (to me at least hence quitting)

I'd still like to hear what they have to say, even though my moneys on BS, excuses, lack of info and then answering questions such as 'Do you like peanut butter' like really guys
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By Asura.Voidwolf 2016-07-19 02:46:16
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Yo where those Aht Urghan servers at Matsui?

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By Leviathan.Vienne 2016-07-19 05:02:39
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Does a Galka have a penis?
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By Asura.Saevel 2016-07-19 05:28:19
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Phoenix.Morier said: »
Sylph.Kyogi said: »
Relax, it's not that this will bear any fruit, I just think it's pointless, that's all, not trying to start a flame war.

EDIT: I also realize that an hour isn't enough the fix anything... wish it did, thats all. :(
Might be pointless to you, but not me. Getting to hear from the people that run the game I have loved for over a decade is a nice treat. Sorry you can not just enjoy things.

In AMA's the interviewee has the option to not answer / ignore questions they don't like or don't have time for. Developers will use this to dodge or avoid questions regarding game balance. They know it's broke, the Japanese players have made it more then clear, they just don't want to bother screwing with it. The high end enemy database needs an overhaul as too many of them have over powered large aoe moves that force players to resort to cheap tactics to win. Forcing players to be cheaper then your battle director is never a healthy game design choice. This situation is a result of them not doing any play testing with real players to get a feel for what the player base considers "overpowered / cheap" and what is felt to be a legitimate fight mechanic.
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By Anna Ruthven 2016-07-19 06:18:41
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Asura.Saevel said: »
Phoenix.Morier said: »
Sylph.Kyogi said: »
Relax, it's not that this will bear any fruit, I just think it's pointless, that's all, not trying to start a flame war.

EDIT: I also realize that an hour isn't enough the fix anything... wish it did, thats all. :(
Might be pointless to you, but not me. Getting to hear from the people that run the game I have loved for over a decade is a nice treat. Sorry you can not just enjoy things.

In AMA's the interviewee has the option to not answer / ignore questions they don't like or don't have time for. Developers will use this to dodge or avoid questions regarding game balance. They know it's broke, the Japanese players have made it more then clear, they just don't want to bother screwing with it. The high end enemy database needs an overhaul as too many of them have over powered large aoe moves that force players to resort to cheap tactics to win. Forcing players to be cheaper then your battle director is never a healthy game design choice. This situation is a result of them not doing any play testing with real players to get a feel for what the player base considers "overpowered / cheap" and what is felt to be a legitimate fight mechanic.
I never hear anything about the test server anymore, now that you mention it.
 
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By FaeQueenCory 2016-07-19 07:09:34
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Mithra argument: game development, not lore. (The male Mithra thing is a lore, the game was developed with them being "an all female playable race". Lore cannot be used to negate that fact. It's why you can only play as a female Mithra.)
Galka "science" argument: irrelevant because they're not evolved creatures, they essentially mutated "humans" (read: Zilart).
Just like every other sentient humanoid race.
(Zilart=>Kuluu=>everyone because essentially magical fallout from the crystal line exploding. "The Whisper of the Soul" is what makes a Zilart a Zilart, and everyone has the capability of that, because everyone is Zilart, because racism is bad.)

It's why blood transfusions work.
It's why happas (Lili) can exist.
It's literally the MAIN THEME of the game: "racism is bad, mmkay? We're all the same regardless of what we look like."

All races, beastmen and "blessed" alike are all "human". (That was literally the whole plot of RotZ+CoP.)
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By Asura.Azriel 2016-07-19 07:19:08
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AH.com, making things up since ... forever xD
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By Anna Ruthven 2016-07-19 07:19:55
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RotZ was like 11 years ago for me and I hated CoP except for Prishe which seems kinda creepy now, but I was 16 or so so whatever.

I still don't recall everyone being Zilart but it's kinda funny that they'd disprove their in-world creation myth in a fantasy game. ...though I guess the beastmen creation myths were disproven too.
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By Valefor.Sehachan 2016-07-19 07:22:15
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Curious timing for this thing..I was thinkin of resubbing at the end of the month primarily to make a lore questions thread on the official forum in hope to get some answers like the 14 side gets(no reason why we shouldn't).
I already have ready a series of lore questions(and I mean actual unknown things, not things already known but people are too lazy to figure out themselves through quests.. <_<)
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By Draylo 2016-07-19 07:25:04
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Why was BLU never given Aqua Breath or Spike Flail!!!
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By Asura.Azriel 2016-07-19 07:27:18
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Why cant we play as tentacle when BLU master!
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By Asura.Calatilla 2016-07-19 07:29:26
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Don't mention tentacles around the Jp's, things could turn nasty.
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