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#FFXI RHAPSODIES OF VANADIEL EVER FORWARD PC#

I played at launch (had the PS2 beta with the HDD and the PC beta), and made it to around lv.

#FFXI RHAPSODIES OF VANADIEL EVER FORWARD FULL#

The full game (all expansions) is currently on sale for $10 (down from $30), with a free month of game time to newcomers, and some free weeks for returners as well.Ĭoincidentally, I jumped into this last month and am still going through the story. You'll be rewarded with perhaps the best Final Fantasy stories of all time-nearly twenty years of content to explore at your leisure. Where equipment used to be acquired purely from a player-driven Auction House economy, equipment of any level bracket is now simply purchasable from an NPC using currency you get from just playing the game normally.Īny Final Fantasy fans who've never played FFXI, or older FFXI players who want to bask in nostalgia or finish stories they never did, should seriously consider jumping in right now. Where 200 EXP used to be as much as you could expect from an enemy defeated by a full coordinated EXP party, it's now easy to get 1000~6000+ EXP from an enemy solo'd with trust NPCs in seconds. To give a little perspective: leveling a job to cap used to take months and months of investment, but can now be done in mere days (probably even hours once you have all the EXP increases unlocked).

With all the events converging this month, a new player is offered all they could possibly want there are gluttonous amounts of EXP increases (temporary, as well as limited time permanent items), limited-time available overpowered trusts (party member NPCs), etc.

It's difficult to overstate how easy it is to get into FFXI right now. Not only can 99% of the game be treated as an expedited single-player experience for newcomers, with a party of NPCs in lieu of players, but the tutorials-which didn't used to exist whatsoever-are impressively thorough. That said, we're happy to show you the 18th Vana'versary logo for the first time!Īnyway, happy anniversary to this beloved masterpiece! FFXI is a singular, unique experience, and one I'm thankful I got to experience in its communal prime.īegan playing the game again just last week with a handful of friends, for the first time in some 12 years (quit early in WotG), and wow, the strides that have been made. We had hoped to bring you more related information in May, but we're going to look for another opportunity to share our plans instead. In addition, we're also going to be bringing you story-related content and much more in this 18th Vana'versary year. Chief among those is the 18th Vana'versary event, which we're doing our best to implement soon, albeit a month later than originally intended. At present, we are working to bring you things that we originally planning to put in the May version update. When this situation began, we were only able to do a limited amount of work from home in light of security and development resource-related concerns, but thanks to the tireless efforts of various company departments, we are making steady progress towards achieving full capacity.

The development and operation teams are currently attempting to cope with the new normal, telecommuting to help prevent the disease from spreading to others. At the same time, the world is dealing with an unprecedented crisis in the form of the novel coronavirus, and I wish for the swift recovery of all those who have been affected.

Today, May 16, marks 18 years since service started for FINAL FANTASY XI. Greetings, adventurers! Matsui here to say a few words on this, the day of the 18th Vana'versary. Celebrating the 18th Vana'versary of FINAL FANTASY XI ()

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