May 2016 Version Update

Some of the symptoms I am noticing in the posts in this thread are similar to that of the "FFXI-English-NA-Forums Syndrome". I am not sure if there is an elixir available, but nothing can stop this fatal syndrome from progressing. The prognosis is not so great Saevel. We have to let this one go. There's nothing more we can do.

Nah, just bored.

edit: And why calling me names all of a sudden? I was never rude to anyone :( But yeah, I should have stopped after I said there was no "pre-level" delve. I admit my memory is one of the worst BUT (you will hate me even more for this but just can't hold it) SoA gear were supposed to be "item level" and that is what happened. Otherwise, they wouldn't have mentioned "vertical progression". Even their "pre item level" gear had base stats noticeably greater than those of empyrean+2. They could have just released them as "item level 100~" gear. It is not my fault they flopped over their own design!

Ravager's Lorica+2 DEF:68 Accuracy+20 Attack+20 Great Axe skill +7
Mikinaak Breastplate (A) DEF:80 STR+25 VIT+15 Accuracy+28 Attack+33

Those two doesn't look like they are at the same level to me and we were all drooling over empyrean+2 gear when they came out.

No.

Vertical progression doesn't mean "item level". "Vertical progression" has been a core component of RPG's since the 70's with the publishing of Dungeons and Dragons. You don't give a +5 Vorpal Long Sword of Dragon Slaying to a level 1 Fighter nor would you put that level 1 Fighting in a situation where they would actually need that powerful of a weapon. That's something the Fighter would get sometime around level ~12 (Old D&D system) when they would be engaging in those more challenging fights.

In FFXI gear has a level requirement, gear at lower levels has significantly lower stats then gear at higher levels. A level 1 sword is much weaker then a level 50 sword which is weaker then a level 75 sword. When the level caps were raised each set of gear was better then the previous set. SoA was just a continuation of that trend. SE didn't raise the level cap and instead just made gear much more powerful then previously. Eventually they decided to go full WoW on it and actually put a numerical value, even though they still aren't doing it right.

So you've been wrong from the very beginning.

In this case, it kinda does though. Because they are stuck at level 99 and needed to find a way to power creep beyond that level. It would be too ridicilous even for them to keep SoA gear at level 99, so they went with the item level recipe which is a very well known system in this genre. You can't say you didn't expect them to introduce this system when they announced the vertical progression mentality with SoA. They emphasized on that blatantly and there was no mention of raising the level cap so we were all like "oh ***, item level *** is coming" when they said that.

I would have liked them to raise the level cap instead of item level thing too but they didn't, and yes, they are still not doing it right because they are stuck at 119 for whatever reason and obviously they hadn't planned ahead. Reaching 119 at delve 1 which is one of the first battle content of SoA is so ridicilous that they got lost in that mess and don't know what to do with their own item level abomination now.

No that's not item level.

Your now attributing your own definitions, without context, to words in order to make yourself correct.

The guy who said that "staying logged in for extended periods of time" will get you banned is accusing others of being brain damaged...cute.

if saevel read his own posts he would have blocked himself ages ago, since he seems to be very fond of the block button

The world must be a very lonely place for someone who blocks everyone.

Neither my Son's Nexus cape nor mine works and we tried several times over several times. We tried ONLY to go from Bastok Mines to original conquest areas, such as the Highlands, the Dunes, and beside Holla.

Did you have trusts out?

I tried nexus cape a few weeks back and it failed on me. Only thing that I noticed was leader had trusts out at the time. It could be 100% broken though, wouldn't surprise me

I noticed my mule failed to transport to me, when i was inside king ramparre tombs.

They announced it was a known issue. It only works if teleporting to a town, from what I can see.

called it.

Even broken clocks can tell the time correctly twice a day.

I called it before you, I said they would do htb when I was a kid. I even made a thread here during abyssea about fighting omega and ultima at the same time. I'll never Forget all the dummies coming out the woodwork to hate on the thread. I am just too good with that

I still wish they had added Beaucidine-D, Xarc-D, and all the Dreamland-D. Maybe in the future when they make AF/Relic/Emp +4 gear

That's one heck of a necro lol

I'm still waiting for my validation from SE on FFXI-2

I don't pay a sub right now, but I still pay attention to the monthly updates.

You can appreciate my confusion to click on the "May update" and see it be from 2016.