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Good thing I talked about just stats right? Right?

Seeing as all of those things are expressed via stats, yes you failed smart ***.

The aoe patch and level correction are both presumably hardcoded in each zone server. This is why NMs like Tumult Curator are lv99 with artifically inflated stats. It's a quick fix, but it's not good to use when progressing with new content.. if you've ever done Tumult without smn, you will see all the enmity issues that arise as a result of the lower level.

They would have to either remove level correction/aoe adjustment from old zones, or add additional zones for each bit of rehashed content. Neither is as simple as tweaking stats.

Seeing as all of those things are expressed via stats, yes you failed smart ***.

Do we know they're actually 99 and it's not just blanket leel correction value of 0 applied to new areas/systems so that the level correction is null?

Also, even if they put more effort in than half-assing it and made heavy modifications to damage formulas, that still doesn't change the fact that all they have to do is modify enemy stats to end up with the desired results? Copy pasta their lvlcorrection/aoe solutions into the new areas and boost mob stats to levels comparable to relevant modern enemies, right?

yes, widescan packet shows levels, and it's in an old area.. the entire point is that if you're using old zones, you have level correction and don't have aoe patch, they wouldn't have cheesed it with lv99 mobs if they could easily change the level correction value on a mob by mob basis

They likely can't create a new zone for every new content forever. If their systems were all well designed, theoretically they could make zone instances irrelevant(cost of 2 zones with 10 people each is unlikely to exceed cost of 1 zone with 20 people due to scaling), but from what we know they're far from that. Given they can make a new zone for every single bit of content they do, that is certainly possible.. but most would assume they can't do that.

My next question then: Aside from enmity, how is cheesing it with 99's functionally different than 139's etc in a system without level correction?

Could they not simply apply the lvl correction/aoe solution to the new zones they're creating?

Regardless of which rules are used, it doesn't change the fact it's still manipulating the numbers to approximate current game challenges. Doing so to make interesting old content relevant again is much, much easier than creating entirely new content that doesn't suck.

ow is cheesing it with 99's functionally different than 139's etc in a system without level correction

Recollections of Vana'diel (NA/EU)



As we celebrate the 15th anniversary of FINAL FANTASY XI, we'd like to encourage you to look back on some of your most cherished memories of Vana'diel. Whether it be fighting an HNM for the first time, navigating Valkurm Dunes with a party of fresh adventurers, or even just fishing alongside Joulet and Gallijaux to obtain Lu Shang's fishing rod! With so many memories made in the Vana'diel it may be difficult to narrow it down to just one!

Read over the details and submit a screenshot of a cherished memory and we'll award qualifying participants with a special Well in-game furnishing.

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From Monday, October 16, 2017 at 12:01 a.m. to Friday, October 20, 2017 at 7:00 p.m. (Pacific Time)

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The first 111 qualifying submitters per day will each receive one (1) “Well” in-game item.




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Domain Invasion Treasure Coffer Campaign
Players may occasionally receive additional spoils from Geas Fete content in the applicable area when vanquishing Azi Dahaka, Naga Raja, or Quetzalcoatl in Domain Invasion.

With the amount of people we have on Asura lately it's gonna be fun finding a good camp xD

So.. 9hour maintenance during the day today?

Damn..

9 hours update on EU prime time lol, good job SE!

Well, it's going to be "some region prime" at any point in a 24 hour period so may as well make it the most dead one

In ragnarok, there's more europeans than americans or japanese so that doesnt apply everywhere.

Asura sucks for anything but mercs and trolls during EU prime.. or any time really...