October-December Announcements

The October-December Announcements have arrived! You can check them out by selecting the "October-December Announcements" in the Developer's Room, accessible from the PlayOnline FINAL FANTASY XI top page. And Vana'diel Tribune II No.1 Edition has been Released The new and improved Vana'diel Tribune II has been released! The contents of the first edition are as follows: Lady Shantotto Exposed! Promyvion - Memorable Mayhem Vana'diel Profiles #1 Acheufagais R D'Oraguille - The Warking Atelloune's Wildlife Files - Let's Talk Rabbits A Passion for Travel The Women of Vana'diel #28 Memorial The new "Personals Board" feature has been introduced in beta form. This exciting new development was created to assist adventurers in their daily efforts, and it allows adventurers to recruit members for missions and monster hunts--not to mention introduce linkshells, announce bazaars, and much, much more! Try it out today and see what it can do! The Vana'diel Tribune II can be accessed from the following: - Extras in PlayOnline Viewer - FINAL FANTASY XI Compendium - From inside your Mog House in FINAL FANTASY XI The Vana'diel Tribune II will be updated on the official PlayOnline web site (http://www.playonline.com) starting from the second edition.

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# Dec 05 2004 at 5:00 PM Rating: Default
wow, i checked out the personals board and it was KICK ***** that is such a good idea. you could have a lot of fun with this idea.
stoked!
# Dec 02 2004 at 5:29 PM Rating: Decent
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Wow, this sounds fantastic! Personal boards! I've been saying they should do that from the begining. I liked the old tribune, but the new one is way better. The layout is easier and the stories are more thought-provoking. I love the Promy story, great writing :). I'm sure this upcoming update will be good for the little guys like me, who would never buy or sell gil. My biggest gripe about this game so far has been the whole "cost of items factor" as of late. I'm totally stoked, and have renewed enthusiasm in this game now. TY SE!
....i wonder what the new thf trait is going to be?

Edited, Thu Dec 2 17:32:30 2004
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FINNALLY!
# Dec 02 2004 at 1:55 PM Rating: Decent
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thank you S-E for finally making the move, its always nice knowing that the company still cares and not just make a game and leave it like it is.
automated boards
# Dec 01 2004 at 1:11 PM Rating: Decent
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I can somewhat see this as helpful because it would help kill that useless spam in lower jeuno and you could put up stuff for sell and look for that particiular item you havent been able to find in someones bazaar by chance like manaquinn bodys and heads
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# Dec 01 2004 at 10:17 AM Rating: Decent
The Tribune is actually worth reading now! The articles are getting better and better.



Adds to the roleplaying experience. ^^
all play and no work
# Dec 01 2004 at 2:39 AM Rating: Default
I dont think personal boards are a good idea.
Trying to make all thigs automated for your laziness turns the game into a bore. Seek members the old fasioned way INTERACT with people.
Forum
# Nov 30 2004 at 7:38 PM Rating: Good
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I'd love to see an interactive board. You set up a board with certain slots. Say for instance a BCNM 40

Name: Valendros's BCNM 40 - Steamed Sprouts
Position 1: >=40 Brd/Whm Req Orb: No
Position 2: >=40 Pld/War Nin/War War/??? Req Orb: No
Position 3: >=40 Drk/??? Req Orb: No
Position 4: >=40 Rng/??? Req Orb: Yes
Position 5: >=40 Whm/??? Rdm/??? Smn/Whm Blm/Whm Req Orb: Yes
Position 6: >=40 Whm/??? Rdm/??? Smn/Whm Blm/Whm Req Orb: Yes


Then you could search for boards based on critera, for instance: If I'm a 40 Brd/Whm and I hit search for BCNM, it would bring this one up, I hit "Join Valendros's BCNM - Steamed Sprouts." It sends a message to the leader, When I join the party of the leader, or the leader notes that it's full, the position 1 is filled up, and now when Brd/Whm searches, it won't bring it up.

Conversely, if I'm a Sam/War and I search, I won't see that one, but if anybody has Sam/War, ???/War, Sam/???, or ???/??? I would see that. I dunno, its strange that we don't have that. People don't typically use the Search Quest comment often, and with this, you could be in an Xp party, and still looking for members for a BCNM/HNM/LB/AF/Garrison/Conquest/Other Quest. Or if your party just got you killed twice, just hit "Search for Quest Party" and it brings up all the quest parties that are looking for members.

This would help participation in BCNMs/HNMs/Garrisons/ Etc. I'd love to do quests all day


I also think you should have a stat you can display or hide for your record on each BCNM. so when you request to join a certain BCNM, it displays the number of times you've done it, and your win/loss record, and time record. as well as an overall BCNM win/loss record.

Edited, Tue Nov 30 22:00:19 2004
W00T
# Nov 30 2004 at 6:44 PM Rating: Decent
It's the little stuff like this that matters =).
Unlike Blizzard (Diablo 2) S-E is actually trying to get rid of botters and sellers. kick ***.
Personal Boards
# Nov 30 2004 at 6:16 PM Rating: Decent
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Personal Boards? Kinda sounds like Neopets, lol.
new feature
# Nov 30 2004 at 3:53 PM Rating: Decent
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ooh, a 'personal boards' feature? I'm gonna have to check that out...anyone know where to access this yet offhand?
Shantotto
# Nov 30 2004 at 1:50 PM Rating: Good
I can't wait to see more about Dr. Shantotto! And an article about rarabs?

I cannot believe my good fortune!
RE: Shantotto
# Dec 01 2004 at 12:26 AM Rating: Decent
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Shantotto article was great! What can I say, I'm a Shantotto fan. ;)

I was impressed with the Promyvion article myself. It wasn't afraid to bend the 4th wall a little, and it ACTUALLY gave out STRATEGY.
Hurrah!
# Nov 30 2004 at 11:17 AM Rating: Default
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Great news! Expecting good stuff, SE! ^_~
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