FFXI FAQ 03/07/2011

The Final Fantasy XI Team Answers Your Questions! (03/07/2011)

The FINAL FANTASY XI community is ever abuzz with discussion on in-game content. Today, the development and operations teams return to address some of our fans' most pressing questions and concerns in FAQ format.

Q: It seems to me Campaign hasn't been seeing much version update action lately, like a reliable if wrinkly veteran replaced by young blood on the battlefront. Are Campaign's glory days over, or are there still plans to breathe new life into the system?

A: We would like to reassure players that Campaign's leal service has not gone unnoticed, nor the fortitude born of experience that this grizzled veteran brings to the battlefield. Various adjustments are in the pipes for the trusty system, some of which are scheduled for the upcoming major version update.

Q: While new and more powerful gear have become a staple in each version update, at risk of sounding old-fashioned, I'd much rather continue donning the older equipment I've worked so hard to obtain. Ah, would that doing so could be not only sentimental, but practical as well...

A: We fully understand the fondness that adventurers develop for their painstakingly procured equipment, and intend to make such items augmentable via synergy. While the results will vary based on equipment level, upgraded gear can be expected to rise to a strength roughly equivalent to that of +1 Empyrean Armor, or +2 in the event of a high quality yield. Successfully augmented items will always boast improved stats, which can be overwritten or removed as desired. It will not be possible, however, to alter specific attributes only.

To allow for greater accessibility, minimum requirements will be set relatively low for the new recipes. Synergy skill only will be needed, meaning the entire process can be handled solo. While it is possible for less experienced synergists to perform the augmentation, the likelihood of high quality yields will increase proportionally to skill.

Q: While helping out the embattled survivors of Abyssea is reward enough for this altruistic adventurer, those I assist never seem to reward me with the Empyrean upgrade seals I seek. Is it just me or is there an imbalance in the rate of yield?

A: We have confirmed that the yield rate of the seals in question is uniform, and this has been verified in subsequent testing. As is the nature of probability, however, some deviation may occur in the short-term. We ask for your understanding in this matter, and fervently hope that you never cease lending your aid to the needy folk of Abyssea.

*Future FINAL FANTASY XI Team FAQs will be hosted on the official forum.

Is there a full version of your avatar somewhere?!

Probably. What about yours? ;)

If they would allow skillups in Campaign Battles I'd start doing them again.

So much this.

Useless Q&As as usual! Who cares about campaign? let it die like every other old event. Who cares about old gear? let it die like every other old gear that was once good! I'm guessing 3 is talking about seal quests? nut up and grab some friends and do some NMs.

Well, one thing that should be pointed out is that, take Salvage gear, for example, it's not just for 1 job, so the term "Roughly equivalent to EAF+2" it a little strange.

For example, how do you make Ares's Sollerets like an EAF+1 or +2, it's a seemingly different piece altogether. (Moar VIT I hope, TOrcleaver gooooooooooooooooooo), Seriously though, what people need to think about, is the other applications for other job. Hell, those Byakko's Haidate with+6 STR would have been the most powerful WAR ws pants outside of Abyssea right?


Personally though, I'd like to see more info about new content and job updates, rather than "Hay guyz, we alrady said this 20 times but here it is again lolz"

How many million times does it have to be said that there are HQ1, 2, and 3 FIXED stats; stop guessing!!

Second, Is anyone else just as annoyed as I am with Synergy being used to upgrade via Augmenting Pre-Abyssea content gear? So far it sounds like it really won't do much for endgame activity outside Abyssea, and people who don't have Synergy are going to be suffering in the process. It's almost as if they're shooting themselves in the foot on something that could have brought more variety to endgame content again. Perhaps I'm being too negative. I'm just not seeing the positives as well as others.

Being able to augment older gear will only breath MORE life into older events. Glad to hear the good news.

Q: While helping out the embattled survivors of Abyssea is reward enough for this altruistic adventurer, those I assist never seem to reward me with the Empyrean upgrade seals I seek. Is it just me or is there an imbalance in the rate of yield?

A: We have confirmed that the yield rate of the seals in question is uniform, and this has been verified in subsequent testing. As is the nature of probability, however, some deviation may occur in the short-term. We ask for your understanding in this matter, and fervently hope that you never cease lending your aid to the needy folk of Abyssea.

How? If anything it'll remain the same as it is before, instead of having to directly do the events again to complete objectives to reward you with upgrades. Nothing's going to change.

because not everyone has salvage gear?

Or they can keep getting +2 gear in Abyssea.

you make it sound like all you need is af3+2 gear full time, gear is situational bro.

The fact that you can store so much stuff now makes gear that can be warn across several jobs not as handy.