FINAL FANTASY XI Update (Dec. 14)Dec 14th, 2004 at 1:24 PM by Haggan

At the following time, we performed a FINAL FANTASY XI version update. After the Dec. 8 version update, screen blackout issue has been confirmed upon entering and exiting the Mog House, as well as in extremely congested areas, such as Dynamis. We are still continuing our investigation to address this issue. We will post more information as it becomes available. We deeply apologize for the inconvenience. [Date & Time] Dec. 14, 2004 from 9:00 to 15:00 (PST) [Affected Services] FINAL FANTASY XI [Maintenance Details] The following issues have been addressed: -The effect length of the following food items has been extended to 30 minutes: Apple Pie Pamamas Wild Pamamas -Issues within "The Final Bout," "Moa Constrictors," and "Today's Horoscope" orb battles. -An issue where monsters could not be caught while fishing in certain areas. -An issue where "Pet Food Gamma" would recover large amount of pet's HP when the ability "Reward" is used. -The effect of the food item "Flounder Meuniere +1" has been changed. -Following changes were made in Ballista: (Before) Jugner Forest All or Nothing (one match) * Normal Items Restricted Pashhow Marshlands Best of Three (three matches) * Normal Items Restricted Meriphataud Mountains Best of Three (three matches) * Normal Items Allowed (After) Jugner Forest All or Nothing (one match) * Normal Items Allowed Pashhow Marshlands All or Nothing (one match) * Normal Items Restricted Meriphataud Mountains Best of Three (three matches) * Normal Items Allowed (Remain unchanged) -The thief job trait "Asassin," which enabled multiple hit weapon skills to inflict a full damage, has been addressed. The aligned trait will have the same accuracy as when the "Sneak Attack" has been used. -An issue where linkshell message (/lsmes) could not be set properly. -Now during petra digging, obtainable items will vary depending on the player's negative status effect.
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# Dec 14 2004 at 8:30 PM Rating: Decent
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I dunno if its just lies, but they also said that with this update there was some NM gear going Rare/Ex.. just wondering if theres been any chatter..

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#Xiaokiraa, Posted: Dec 14 2004 at 6:04 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) I'm so fed up now, ever since I brought the game, all I seem to be doing is waiting for updates, waiting for the maintainance, its appaulling and they make us pay for not being able to use their game properly, they need to get their act together!
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# Dec 15 2004 at 10:54 AM Rating: Default
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I agree it is a frustration to have all theese updates and corrections, butimagin if they didnt do aNYTHING HOW MUCH HARDER IT WOULD BE. THIS GAME IS WORLD WIDE, HOW THEY KEEP IT RUNNING AS WELL ASA THEY DO IS BEYOND ME .
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# Dec 14 2004 at 9:23 PM Rating: Good
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Don't get down on S-E for "not having their act together." I think you'd be surprised how well they "have their act together." Do you realize that updating and maintenance is common to all MMO games? Do you realize that many companies don't fix problems that they deem minor purely to please people who think there is no problem? Frankly, the fact that they perform maintenance and update is evidence that they DO have their act together, and from what they've been doing, the game is usually down for very short periods of time. As for not being able to use their game properly, i have absolutely no trouble using the game properly. If you DO have trouble, well, that is what tech support is for my friend. Tell me, would you rather have them be maintaining and updating, or would you rather them never release new expansions, or never make the game more interesting. Shame on you for getting mad purely because they are doing their job by making the game work right so that people like you can play it. NO MMO game has EVER been perfect and flawless at any point in it's development or when it was played, but at least S-E is trying, unlike most other companies. And for the record, the ONLY problem they seem to know about is the screen blackout thing, which they are working on. What you are suggesting is that it would be better if they didn't care at all and just never updated because they would be conceited enough to think their game was perfect. Well, news flash, nothing is perfect, even FFXI has it's problems, which i might add, are so small and miniscule, most people never notice them.
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# Dec 15 2004 at 8:59 AM Rating: Decent
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I just dont see the need for maintainance every month. Playonline is a very poor way of accessing the game, its slow, unclear and they could have done a better job in my opinion. And whats the deal with not being able to alt tab out?
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# Dec 16 2004 at 6:33 AM Rating: Decent
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EVE online has an 1 hour maintenance every day...
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# Dec 16 2004 at 6:43 AM Rating: Decent
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OMG!!! that is bad...
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THF - Asassin
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# Dec 14 2004 at 6:02 PM Rating: Good
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-The thief job trait "Asassin," which enabled multiple hit weapon skills to inflict a full damage, has been addressed. The aligned trait will have the same accuracy as when the "Sneak Attack" has been used.
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The guys who write these updates need to take a high school english course. This is ridiculous. I have no idea how they are improving Assassin.


Actually this is what it exactly means. Asassin won't grant a full damage anymore, in short, it could miss as Sneak Attack.
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grammer?
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# Dec 14 2004 at 5:52 PM Rating: Default
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-The thief job trait "Asassin," which enabled multiple hit weapon skills to inflict a full damage, has been addressed. The aligned trait will have the same accuracy as when the "Sneak Attack" has been used.


The guys who write these updates need to take a high school english course. This is ridiculous. I have no idea how they are improving Assassin.
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# Dec 14 2004 at 5:39 PM Rating: Decent
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will they also fix the chat filter? mine stopped working after the update.
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# Dec 14 2004 at 5:59 PM Rating: Excellent
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This issue has been discussed/addressed at length on various pages. The filters need to be re-set user side.

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"NPC" and "Others" refer to anyone not in your party. However, your party and alliance's current target is considered to be part of the party or alliance.

So if you want to see a Toroma's abilities, i.e. the comment:

The Toroma readies Chaotic Eye

then you need to NOT FILTER the Special abilities initieated by party members (or by alliance members). NPCs and Others refer to anything not in your party or alliance that are NPCs and other parties, respectively.


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- The chat filter has been expanded to include NPCs.

NPC Filter
Previously, all PCs and NPCs (monsters included) not in a player's party or alliance were treated as "others." However, with the addition of the NPC category in the chat filter, players can now toggle on and off the display of text spoken by other PCs, without filtering NPC speech (and vice versa).

Pet Filter
Messages regarding the actions of a player's pet are now categorized with the actions of his/her master. To filter the pet messages from a party member, a player would have to use the party filter options. However, to filter the pet messages of a non-party/alliance member PC, the player must use the NPC filters. This type of usage may be changed in a future patch.

Filter Accuracy
The accuracy of the existing chat filters has been improved. This has been achieved by assigning priority levels to different types of PCs and NPCs.

For example, previously, when a member of a player's party cast a spell on another member of the party, the "Effects of special actions on party" filter would not cover up the spell message; it could be filtered using "Effects of special actions on others." However, now that character priority levels have been introduced, this anomaly no longer occurs.

Also, HP recovery messages are now covered by the "Effects of special actions" filters.
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# Dec 14 2004 at 5:39 PM Rating: Decent
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will they also fix the chat filter? mine stopped working after the update.
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update again.....
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# Dec 14 2004 at 5:38 PM Rating: Default
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Im just about sick of all these updates.... and they always last into the night for me. Another whole game day gone.

Bummer :/
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# Dec 14 2004 at 7:34 PM Rating: Excellent
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We all understand that updates are a necessary part of the game, but wouldn't it be a great gesture -- goodwill-building, perhaps increasing customer loyalty in this era of "leaving for WoW" -- if SE were to CREDIT OUR ACCOUNTS FOR $1 on any day(s) on which updates-that-must-be-downloaded occur?
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# Dec 15 2004 at 1:13 PM Rating: Decent
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Over the years, I've played several MMORPG games and love FFxi; however, I've noticed FFxi has apparently designated almost all the regularly scheduled updates to occur in a specific and unchanging timeframe, coinciding with my time zone's afternoon and evening... prime playing time. Unscheduled updates to fix exigent problems are not the problem, and are indeed welcomed as a sign of their dedication to maintaining and augmenting gameplay. Nevertheless, the timespan of the regularly scheduled updates could and should be rotated throughout the world's time zones to instill a sense of fairness to all those who love and play this game. I understand the decision to retain a static timeframe is probably related to financial concerns, but adopting a more flexible attitude to the concerns of those across the globe may pay dividends in player loyalty and longevity.
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# Dec 14 2004 at 8:21 PM Rating: Decent
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I agree... These updates are needed... Yes, it takes time out of our online fun time, but its 1 day out of 28-31 days a month... Why would SE credit you for a few hours, when most people only pay $12.95 a month?! What, should i bed for a $0.10 credit for my 6 hours loss?? No, just be thankful that they care enough to keep things running for us Final Fantasy Junkies!!
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# Dec 14 2004 at 9:29 PM Rating: Default
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I agree with you wholeheartedly. I mean, honestly, everyone who had played an MMORPG before KNOWS that updates and maintenance are needed. This does not, however, mean that S-E is just gonna give everyone a dollar every time they fix the game for us. That is like calling the electric company to fix a powerline and them handing you 10 bucks for the inconvenience, it just doesn't make any sense. And on the "just be glad they care" thing, anyone who has played EQ will know what I mean when I say he is DEAD ON about that. SOE very rarely fixes problems unless people threaten to quit the game. While this reduces down time, it also greatly reduces how good the game is. If you were in a party, and you kept dying, yet you just barely got enough exp after each death that you were very slowly gaining exp overall, would you be unwilling to sit down for a few minutes to fix whatever the problem is that keeps killing you in order to stop the repeated deaths and speed up the exp gain? The answer is no, similiarly, saying it is bad that they update is like saying it is bad to stop you from dying just because it would create more downtime than dying would.

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# Dec 16 2004 at 8:58 AM Rating: Decent
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Interesting that you would use a power company as an example for Square Enix. Perhaps your reference is coincidental and then perhaps it reflects how you think about the companies who run MMPOGs. Power companies are very special types of businesses called utilities that often have an agreement with the local government to provide the power for that area. While this information seems obvious, these power companies are subject to governmental oversight - which I might add MMPOG companies are not subject to. But in a more realistic light power companies are legal monopolies that are guarenteed revenues and pay hikes because they hold their customers hostage in the sense that the customers must deal with them for their power needs unless they have their own power production facilities to sell power back to the power grid. Due to the nature of a guarenteed income, utilities often have very high debt and no assets - a very unique situation. These utilities are constantly pulling out their embarrasing profits to pay investors and salaries. In the long run utilities tend to be empires unto themselves and are very unresponsive to complaints or requests for better service. Was this connection mere coincidence or subconcious recognition of similarities between utilities and MMPOG companies? Murathek, you make a very interesting comparison.
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Apple Pies
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# Dec 14 2004 at 5:05 PM Rating: Decent
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Let's hope they actually fix the Apple pies like they say they are going to.

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# Dec 15 2004 at 9:33 AM Rating: Decent
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Why use apple pies with melon pies are so much better?
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