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[Dev] Upcoming Version Update Announcement
By Kalila 2013-06-26 12:29:23
What the hell is wrong with the mods here? I post a picture of "What the ***" Picard, it gets removed in under an hour.
This dude has a link to a video of inter.. brand? robot sex ... still on a day later. What the ***? We all have to follow the rules, you weren't being picked on for no reason.
Hey guys, hope I can have your attention for a moment.
As anyone who's been around here for awhile probably knows, I'm a pretty lenient admin.
The forum rules are more like subjective guidelines. We're perhaps overly-forgiving in our disciplinary measures, choosing to slowly escalate issues from private warnings, un-indexing topics from the main page, topic bans, temp bans, etc. We work through problems in private, out of respect for user privacy. The number of people actually permanently banned from the site is surprisingly few: no more than a few dozen over 4 years.
Well, we have a problem.
You may have noticed that the number of ads, etc, on the site has been on the decline. Today, Google pulled their ads off the site entirely, citing that the amount of sheer profanity, nastiness, and other behavior exhibited on the forums was so bad, they no longer want to be associated with our brand. In other words, the behavior of our forum users has now put the future of the site itself at actual, tangible risk.
The blame here is shared. On one hand, it's our users' fault -- particularly a handful of regulars -- who have repeatedly refused to act with even a modicum of decency. But on the other hand, it's our fault for being too vague, too lenient, and failing to clearly delineate where the line is and take consistent, public action when it's been crossed.
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So, some changes are coming.
I'm still working out exactly what they will be, but you can expect a lot less leniency towards posts that are profane, hostile, indecent, or target certain people or groups.
Flame Core may be going away. "Player Warnings" may be as well. We're tossing around the possibility of a global profanity filter. We don't know yet. But we will be less lenient in our disciplinary system, relying far more heavily on permanent site bans than we have in the past. And we will be far more pro-active in communicating precisely what the rules are and our process for dealing with infractions.
For site regulars who feel their prolific participation has previously entitled them to push the boundaries of the rules, I suggest you adjust your expectations accordingly, because our sponsors have been quite clear that you make up the bulk of the problem. On the other hand, we will need your help in fixing the immediate issue, and your continued participation is equally important to the health of the site.
But we can't mess around with this stuff, or there will no longer be a forum for any of you to participate in.
Thanks for your time, and your understanding. More specific info will be forthcoming.
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By Kimble2013 2013-06-26 12:30:56
I still find it funny considering the kind of sites google has their ads on, lol.
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By Odin.Creaucent 2013-06-26 12:35:08
Google do the ads yet I get ads for Cougarlife all the time....
By Kalila 2013-06-26 12:35:36
I still find it funny considering the kind of sites google has their ads on, lol. I completely agree, it really doesn't make a whole lot of sense.
I read that 4 users that were previously banned reported the site, and that started everything, but I'm not sure how true that is.
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By Carbuncle.Ceruleanknight 2013-06-26 12:38:19
I still find it funny considering the kind of sites google has their ads on, lol.
And to be honest I see way more racism & sexysm on BG... To be more accurate, only thing that I came across and which can be considered as racist is the SS of the GTA africa game, which was removed a long while ago.
As for BG you see way more racism, swearing and sexysm then here. So I'm really confused now O.o
By maxdecphoenix 2013-06-26 12:39:11
yes.. because the word '***' is far less socially acceptable than some weird *** futanarish appliance sex...
tbh, i was just kinda trying to make a quick joke out of the situation, but this is being taken way to serious by you guys. Vapid ignorance in the last two replies makes the *** side of me want to keep punching this tar-baby just to see how far you guys would go.
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By Phoenix.Kojo 2013-06-26 12:46:03
yes.. because the word '***' is far less socially acceptable than some weird *** futanarish appliance sex...
tbh, i was just kinda trying to make a quick joke out of the situation, but this is being taken way to serious by you guys. Vapid ignorance in the last two replies makes the *** side of me want to keep punching this [Removed to avoid deletion] just to see how far you guys would go. There are sarcasm tags for jokes, otherwise it's hard to tell when someone is joking via text.
I'm not sure if your "ignorance" comment was directed at my answer, but my answer was the reason; Google scans images, and can tell what kind of images are posted on this site. Oddly enough, Google owns Youtube, one would think they'd know what kind of videos are posted here.
I'm curious as to why this thread has gotten this far off topic.
By Kalila 2013-06-26 12:46:19
yes.. because the word '***' is far less socially acceptable than some weird *** futanarish appliance sex... Google owns YouTube, so it suddenly becomes acceptable. No, it doesn't make any sense, but we still have to listen to Google because they control the funding for this site.
By Quetzacoatl 2013-06-26 12:46:48
Carbuncle.Ceruleanknight said: »I still find it funny considering the kind of sites google has their ads on, lol.
And to be honest I see way more racism & sexysm on BG... To be more accurate, only thing that I came across and which can be considered as racist is the SS of the GTA africa game, which was removed a long while ago.
As for BG you see way more racism, swearing and sexysm then here. So I'm really confused now O.o I bet they're having a ballpark with Paula Deen right now
anyway, can max shut the hell up so we can please get back on topic?
By Kalila 2013-06-26 12:47:55
If you want to get back on topic then make a post about the topic that people will respond to, simple as that.
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By Quetzacoatl 2013-06-26 12:53:43
If I have anything positive to say about these updates, it's about time they added some new outside SoA zones, I loved exploring the first ones on release.
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By Phoenix.Kojo 2013-06-26 12:56:14
The main thing I'm curious about is who dictates what they focus on for developments, is it solely matsui? Probably him, but with input from the other devs.
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By Valefor.Sehachan 2013-06-26 12:57:04
The main thing I'm curious about is who dictates what they focus on for developments, is it solely matsui? Probably him, but everything gets delayed because it's only 6 of them and they never finish projects in time. Ftfy.
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By Phoenix.Kojo 2013-06-26 13:01:23
The main thing I'm curious about is who dictates what they focus on for developments, is it solely matsui? Probably him, but everything gets delayed because it's only 6 of them and they never finish projects in time. Ftfy. There are probably more than 6, but the rest are on FFXIV, those 6 just get days off of FFXIV to do FFXI, then there's Sunday, they don't work on FFXI on Sunday.
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By Ragnarok.Zeromega 2013-06-26 14:02:54
Ragnarok.Zeromega said: »Ragnarok.Zeromega said: »obviously the dev's plot is to make the lowman players want to move to the more casual ffxiv, and keep the people who love giant events happy in xi
Arent there huge events planned for XIV? Like that system with monsters so big they have multiple points to attack that will use more than 18 people (since no one uses 36 people for einherjar)..... tho i dont know all the details, theres supposed to be some 24 person fights, but alot is 4-6 man dungeon crawls, my wife and i like to lowman stuff and the things ive heard sound promising
You can also get people from cross server to do events so that makes things a lot easier to do larger man stuff. ive heard about that too, never really played wow long enough to touch the endgame but its definately a welcome mechanic to make doing an event less stressful (no shouting)
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By Bismarck.Misao 2013-06-26 19:55:27
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By Lakshmi.Sparthosx 2013-06-26 23:04:27
Seekers site is updated folks.
New Zones:
Yorcia Weald
Marjami Ravine
Dho Gates
Behold! Hurcann and Yumcax. No Kumhau yet though. >(
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By Cerberus.Pleebo 2013-06-26 23:12:08
Looks like the new Naakual weapons are scythe, great axe, club (yay) and another 1-handed axe.
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By Odin.Tsuneo 2013-06-26 23:16:01
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By Siren.Novadragon 2013-06-26 23:17:30
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By Fenrir.Sylow 2013-06-26 23:29:41
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By Valefor.Prothescar 2013-06-26 23:31:41
The new zones look pretty dope. Weapons and armors are equally awesome and scary. Hoping there's more than just those three four weapons though, and a second one handed axe before all of the weapons are covered is annoying... similar to pulse daggers.
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By Leviathan.Draylo 2013-06-26 23:36:04
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By Lakshmi.Sparthosx 2013-06-26 23:37:10
All hands on deck for that Naakual GSWD.... due in October.
Love the Mog Resort music.
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By Bismarck.Draginhikari 2013-06-26 23:43:41
Mog Gardens seems like a more interesting concept then I originally thought. Good theme song never hurts either.
| 06-25-2013 01:36 PM | | Akihiko Matsui | | Dev Team |  |
| | Upcoming Version Update Announcement
Hello, Matsui here.
I'd like to make an announcement about the next version update.
We’ve been working extremely hard to fit as much content as possible in the July version update so everyone can enjoy it over summer break, but due to balance adjustments, bug verification, and localization work we will be splitting up the update into two portions, the first taking place on July 9th (Tuesday) and the other taking place the beginning of August.
I apologize to everyone who was looking forward to this.
Below I've written out a comprehensive list of the content that will be implemented during each part.
Missions/Quests
| Implementation Period | Content Category | Content Details | Notes | | July | Seekers of Adoulin missions part 1 | Addition of main story for Adoulin | Implemented in two parts between July and August. The second part has a much higher volume. | | August | Seekers of Adoulin missions part 2 | Addition of main story for Adoulin | Implemented in two parts between July and August. The second part has a much higher volume. | | July | Seekers of Adoulin quests | Addition of quests issued in Adoulin | Main story scenario quests and colonization system quests will be prepared separately.
Will be implementing quests to get a better feel of the lore. | | August | Seekers of Adoulin quests | Addition of quests issued in Adoulin | Main story scenario quests and colonization system quests will be prepared separately.
Will be implementing quests to get a better feel of the lore. | | July | Survival skill acquisition quests | Addition of survival skill acquisition questsAddition of new survival skills | Implementation of quests where you can acquire skills to aid in colonization. | | July | Mog Garden quest | Addition of a tutorial quest.
Addition of other related quests. | - | | July | Limit break quests for new jobs | Addition of rune fencer limit break quest.
Addition of geomancer limit break quest. | Stories related to each job will start with the limit break quest and connect to the artifact quests. | | August | Artifact quests for new jobs | Addition of rune fencer artifact quests.
Addition of geomancer artifact quests. | - | | July | Coalition assignments | Addition of coalition assignments to go along with new areas. | - | | July | Adjustments to Couriers’ Coalition’s “Support” coalition assignments. | Increase the bivouac maintenance rate for one coalition assignment. | - | | July | Adjustments to Scouts’ Coalition’s “Survey” coalition assignments. | Increase the Ergon Locus maintenance rate for one coalition assignment. | - | | August | Adjustments to Couriers’ Coalition’s “Support” coalition assignments. | Addition of a bonus depending on distance and bivouac condition. | - | | August | Adjustments to Scouts’ Coalition’s “Survey” coalition assignments. | Addition of a bonus depending on the difficulty. | - | | July | New seasonal event | - | - | | July | Log-in campaign | - | - |
Areas/Monsters
| Implementation Period | Task Overview | Task Details | Notes | | July | New areas | Addition of new areas.
Placement of NPCs and monsters in new areas.
Ergon locus in new areas.
Fishing and gathering in new areas. | - | | July | Addition of Naakuals | Addition of new monsters for Wildskeeper Reives | - | | July | Creation of new monsters | Addition of new monsters to new areas. | - |
Content/System
| Implementation Period | Task Overview | Task Details | Notes | | July | Mog Gardens | Addition of NPCs that sell related items.
Addition of coast, grove, mineral deposit, cultivation, and lake systems.
Addition of rank feature for each systemAddition of assistant feature. | - | | August | Mog Gardens adjustment | - | - | | August | Monstrosity | Addition of a feature where players can change into monsters.
Addition of a system that allows players to battle as monsters. | - | | July | Addition of items that can be exchanged at the Mummers’ Coalition | - | - | | July | Library | Addition of a Seekers of Adoulin related achievement feature.
Addition of a feature where you can browse Seekers of Adoulin related terminology such as organizations, people, and place names. | - | | July | Delve adjustments | Addition of ammunition, jug pets for beastmaster, and throwing items for summoner which can be exchanged for plasm | - | | July | Skirmish adjustments | Change so that Ghastly Stones can be sold on the auction house.
Revamp the necessary Bayld to add Arcane Glyptics | - | | August | Skirmish additions | - | - | | July | Coalition rank cap increase | Increase the coalition rank cap to 4.
Addition of coalition visual changes, services, and items. | - | | August | Coalition rank cap increase | Increase the coalition rank cap to 7.
Addition of coalition visual changes, services, and items. | - | | July | Adjustments to bivouac maintenance rates. | Ease up on the decay rate.
Adjustments to coalition assignments which address this.
Addition of an NPC which will inform you of bivouac maintenance rate information. | - | | August | Adjustments to bivouac maintenance rates. | Adjustments to coalition assignments which address this. | - | | July | Ergon Locus maintenance rate adjustment | Ease up on the decay rate.
Adjustments to coalition assignments which address this. | - | | August | Ergon Locus maintenance rate adjustment | Adjustments to coalition assignments which address this. | - | | July | Expansion of the area in which party invites can be sent. | Change to make it possible so party invites can be sent while in different regions. | - | | July | Blackout countermeasure | Limit the number of characters that are shown in certain areas to 35. | - | | August | Blackout countermeasure | Implement feature that allows you to set the number of characters that are displayed for all areas. | - | | August | Adjustments to the amount of experience points received as a result of the change to “check” depending on item level. | - | - |
Reives
| Implementation Period | Task Overview | Task Details | Notes | | July | Addition of Wildskeeper Reives | Addition of Wildskeeper Reives to new areas.
Addition of new equipment. | - | | July | Revamping of the cost for participating in Wildskeeper Reives | Reduction of the Bayld needed to purchase the key item. | - | | July | Addition of Colonization/Lair Reives | Addition of Colonization/Lair Reives to new areas.
Addition of new equipment | - | | July | Revamping the evaluation methods for Colonization/Lair Reives | Elimination of individual evaluation categories | Physical damage, magic damage, healing, and other separate evaluation aspects will all be grouped into one consolidated evaluation category. This will make it easier to get evaluated. Changes so that evaluations can be accumulated and experience points and Bayld can be earned depending on the amount of HP reduced on bosses and obstacles from the accumulated portion.
With this, evaluations can take place separately and it will be possible to receive rewards based off the reduction of HP without having to worry about evaluation timing. | | August | Addition of Reive momentum bonuses | - | - | | July | Low-man Lair Reive support | Adjustments to the number of monsters and monster strength for Lair Reives in Ceizak Battlegrounds and Yahse Hunting Grounds. | Monsters’ HP, attacks, parameters, and detection range will be lowered. The number of monsters spawned will also be reduced. | | July | Low-man Colonization Reive support | Adjustments to the number of monsters and monster strength for Lair Reives in Ceizak Battlegrounds, Yahse Hunting Grounds, Moh Gates, and Sih Gates. | Monsters’ HP, attacks, parameters, and detection range will be lowered. The number of monsters spawned will also be reduced |
Battle System
| Implementation Period | Task Overview | Task Details | Notes | | July | New merit points | Geomancer
Rune fencer | - | | July | Adjustments to the minimum values of enmity | Adjustments to the minimum values of enmity generated by job abilities and magic spells. | - | | July | Elemental magic adjustments | Adjustments to the damage, MP cost, casting time, and recast times for elemental magic spells. | - | | July | Adjustments to one-handed weapons, hand-to-hand weapons, and ranged weapons | Adjustments to the status modifiers for hand-to-hand, one-handed, and ranged weapons. | - | | July | Adjustments to the job abilities “Steal” and “Despoil” | The job abilities Steal and Despoil will be adjusted to not share reactivation timers. | - | | July | Geomancer adjustments | Reduction of casting time for indicolure spells.
Reduction of casting time and recast time for geocolure spells.
Addition of the job traits “Clear Mind” and “Max MP Boost.
”Change in the levels in which “Conserve MP” is learned.
Addition of the spells “Sleep” and “Sleep II.
”Addition of enfeebling magic skill. | - |
Items
| Implementation Period | Task Overview | Task Details | Notes | | July | Addition of items that can be stored via Porter Moogle | - | - | | July | Addition of new equipment | - | - | | August | Addition of new equipment | - | - | | July | Addition of new material items | - | - | | July | Addition of items that can be exchanged for Bayld | Addition of weapons, animators for puppetmaster, and throwing items for summoner. | - | | August | Addition of items that can be exchanged for Bayld. | Addition of armor | - | | July | Addition of synthesis recipes | - | - | | August | Addition of synthesis recipes | - | - | | July | Addition of synergy recipes | - | - | | July | Simplification of item stat display | Simplification of the way certain stats are written | - | | July | Addition of item level display | Addition of item levels to items. | - | | August | Addition of artifact equipment for new jobs | Rune fencer
Geomancer | - |
UI
| Implementation Period | Task Overview | Task Details | Notes | | July | Various effect area recognition improvements | Recognition improvements for effect areas of magic, abilities, ranged attacks, pet commands, and trading. | - | | July | Addition of 11th Anniversary logo | Addition of the 11th Anniversary logo to the top screen | - | | July | Region map | New area support | - |
Up until now we have released year-long roadmaps for FFXI.
We also tried releasing half-year roadmaps as well; however, the further out we write a schedule the less accurate it becomes, and we are only able to let you know about major and limited content.
As a result, many have been disappointed because of schedule changes, it's been difficult to make frequent updates to it, and there are too many cons to having this, so we'll be changing it so we provide something like the current style moving forward where we go over what will be in the version update to come.
We appreciate your understanding. | |
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