All Worlds Scheduled Maintenance (Dec. 8) & MoreDec 6th, 2004 at 9:33 PM by Haggan

First off, please be sure any mail you are sending to the site starts with FFXI in the subject line or it might get deleted. I know i've been bombarded with spam in the last week, and i'm pretty sure Pikko and Alla have been too. So just to be on the safe side, make sure FFXI in the subject as the first word. At the following time, we will be performing FINAL FANTASY XI server maintenance on all worlds. During this period, FINAL FANTASY XI will be unavailable. *The client software will also be updated at this time. Once this maintenance is completed, the client update will start automatically after logging back into FINAL FANTASY XI. Please follow the instructions that appear on your screen. Thank you for your patience. [Affected Period] Dec. 8, 2004 from 9:00 to 13:00 (PST) *Maintenance completion time may be subject to change. [Affected Services] FINAL FANTASY XI [Important Update Details] -Please refer to the "October-December Announcements" for more details. You can check them out by selecting the "October-December Announcements" in the Developer's Room, accessible from the PlayOnline FINAL FANTASY XI top page. *We will be announcing the details for the version update on Dec. 8, 2004. Auction Restrictions on Certain Items (Dec. 5 - Dec. 8) ------------------------------------------------------------ The Dec. 8 version update will raise several items' stack number from 12 to 99. To prepare for this change, the auction of these items will be restricted, starting from Dec. 5, at 1:00 (PST) until Dec. 8 (the duration of the maintenance period). Players will still be able to bid on items already up for auction. Players will also be able to remove these items from auction if they desire. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. Affected Items: -Ginger Cookie -Coin Cookie -Wild Cookie -Acorn Cookie -Spicy Cracker -Red Hot Cracker -Garlic Cracker -Garlic Cracker +1 -Goblin Chocolate -Hobgoblin Chocolate -Bretzel -Cinna-cookie -Wizard Cookie * All other items will be unaffected. *Details regarding maintenance will be released in a separate news bulletin. We have confirmed the scheduled maintenance time from the previous Auction Restrictions on Certain Items (Dec. 5 - Dec. 8) news announcement was listed incorrectly. We deeply apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.
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# Dec 08 2004 at 8:12 PM Rating: Decent
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IM going to love the new bcnms ive heard of many of the sweet *** items i want that are going to be in there like eurotys bow and peacock charm it should be sweet
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content servers
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# Dec 08 2004 at 8:02 PM Rating: Decent
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looks as though the content servers are maxed atm
its kinda pathetic that they dont pay to have more up i mean its not like we aint all paying them enuff already, tight barstuards,

and i though steam was bad!
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Is it just me?
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# Dec 08 2004 at 7:43 PM Rating: Decent
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It seems to me that SE likes to nerf more and more with each passing update while adding fluffed up hype like "OMG NEW BALLISTA OPTIONS!!! OOO! OOO MORE BCNMS!!!!!!!111!!!!1one!!!". Here's what I see in this update.

Can't get my astral rings the only way I knew how anymore, which will probably end up making them either 20x more expensive or Rare/EX. (SE is sorry if one of your horribly expensive rings vanish.... pff yeah right)

They went and made food more like their Merit point system in that food will have less effect at lower levels (chances are your mithkabobs are gonna suck now)

AH will now cost horrendous amounts of money to post items (and you thought undercutting was bad before this) so now the underdog will have an even harder time making his place in vanadiel.

But to make you feel better they gave you more ballista (which from what I can tell isn't too popular given that it's canceled all the time on phoenix due to lack of participants) and more BCNMs (as if I have any more beastmens seals anyway after trying 5 times to get erase empty handed) and a New thf ability for Trick Attack. Yes I feel better SE, so good maybe I will try WoW.



Edited, Wed Dec 8 19:47:27 2004
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# Dec 08 2004 at 9:45 PM Rating: Decent
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I agree with you on the AH fees. Kinda worried about that.

But on the Astral Rings, as a RDM trying to get my Castle Orio key right now, I'm not upset by this. One of the things in the game that frustrates me to no end is quests that are dependent on chests/coffers. tele-vaz was the other quest where I wanted to scream. Gil Sellers, Botters, and Thiefs oh my! lol So anything they can do to help out with these dreaded AF quests, I'm all for. Frankly I would rather they change the quest instead of the coffer items. (Refer to the chicken thread for more information on key hunting: http://ffxi.allakhazam.com/forum.html?forum=37&mid=1100419804393331529 )
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# Dec 09 2004 at 4:35 AM Rating: Decent
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That Thread is pretty funny I'll have to say. Although kudos to the dumb@#$ who rated me down without even giving an arguement to my statements. Many others are in agreement about this flawed rating system. Maybe someday the Allakhazam admins will make us safe from rate down trolls.
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# Dec 08 2004 at 7:32 PM Rating: Decent
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I think you are all missing the point of the new taxing system.


If nobody buys something in 9 weeks vanadiel time, then that's like 20k for a 1 mil gil item wasted, as opposed to 300 gil.

That means that in order for them to raise the price, it would require more gil to put up. So it encourages the players to stop buying it for awhile.

And also, stacked items aren't taxed as much as single items now.

I think it's pretty stupid, but we'll just have to wait and see. And also SE is going to cancel accounts of anyone caught selling or buying gil online after adding the RLT part to the agreement.



Also making the food adjustments is good. Now Rolanberry Pie stacks to 12, and I know that it's not going to get more expensive, because if you use the same amount of ingredients, it makes 12 instead of 1.


Also the other things...Assasin sounds neat, hoping it's past 37, Spirit Link now works like Chakra, and wyvern can MB, Avatar BP have more accuracy while MB.

S-E is gradually making DRG and SMN better.
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# Dec 08 2004 at 7:56 PM Rating: Default
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Are you talking about buying gil from sites like www.cannotlinkto?

They can suspend your account for doing that? That is stupid.

I'm kinda poor and was actually thinking of doing that soon.
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# Dec 08 2004 at 9:53 PM Rating: Decent
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NEVER do that. It is one of the worst things you can do to the game. Supporting the people currently ruining it is the only reason they are still there.

Farm. Farm. Farm. Don't spend any real $ on fake gil.
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# Dec 08 2004 at 10:26 PM Rating: Decent
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Yea, that makes sense.

It also frustrates me when I'm trying to lvl up my jobs at low levels in Sarutabaruta. Some lvl 30 character starts farming all the crawlers that I'm trying to kill for legitimate experience points.
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POL Error
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# Dec 08 2004 at 7:21 PM Rating: Decent
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I'm getting the same problem. In the words of Twisted Sister, "We're Not Gonna Take It" . lol I'm gonna go eat come back and see the same thing CYA GL everybody
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POL Error
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# Dec 08 2004 at 7:21 PM Rating: Decent
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I'm getting the same problem. In the words of Twisted Sister, "We're Not Gonna Take It" . lol I'm gonna go eat come back and see the same thing :P CYA GL everybody
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pol 1160
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# Dec 08 2004 at 7:16 PM Rating: Decent
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Heyo,
I'm also getting the POL1160, BUT, I was wondering if anyone knew how to RE download the update? It sounds like you guys are trying to download it multiple times or something, and it's failing...?
When I downloaded it, it said it was installed fine, restart the POL viewer, but when actually logging in to FF it throws the 1160 error. Anyways, is there some way to try to download and install the update again from the POL viewer on PS2?
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I could be wrong, but I don't think there is a way to try to "redo" the update (if it installed correctly, which I think it did in my case). If it's the same for you, chances are that your server is just busy with the flood of people trying to get online. I chatted with someone from Sylph server and they said that they just kept hitting "retry" at the POL1160 error screen, and eventually they managed to get on. So just be patient, keep hitting "retry", and hopefully you'll be able to get on.
If it is a problem of too many ppl trying to get on at once, you'd assume that by tomorrow, or even later tonight, the "rush" would be over.
Good luck!

Edited, Wed Dec 8 19:39:33 2004
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# Dec 08 2004 at 7:29 PM Rating: Decent
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well when you log into FFXI it checks the latest version VS what you have. And that's the server that's being killed by the updating, so just try a few times, if you're upto date you'll get past the bottleneck.
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# Dec 08 2004 at 7:15 PM Rating: Decent
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I notice that the servers that charge my credit card never seem to be too busy.......I bet if POL had the same problem billing me as I do logging in tonight, I am sure my account would be immeadiatley suspended....
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Update
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# Dec 08 2004 at 7:11 PM Rating: Decent
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I dont know what u guys are talking about mine worked fine. lol
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wtf
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# Dec 08 2004 at 7:10 PM Rating: Decent
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omg it downloading now in it says time reemaining 1 hour and 30 mins wtf that a long a** time ><
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Update download....
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# Dec 08 2004 at 7:09 PM Rating: Decent
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83% done with the scond part of the update. I hope I don't have this same problem people have been posting about.

I have some major questing to do in Selbina, dammit.
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PLEASE HELP
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# Dec 08 2004 at 7:07 PM Rating: Decent
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My Husband is in hospital he plays the game under the name Dayum he asked me to look after his plants while he is away and left me his password for the game but when I try to log in it keeps saying incorect password I know im using the right 1 as ive seen him use it could this be because of the update??Thanx for any help you can give me..cazzy
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# Dec 08 2004 at 8:10 PM Rating: Excellent
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the password is case specific, make sure you use caps as needed in the password.
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# Dec 08 2004 at 7:43 PM Rating: Excellent
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I have this same problem with trying to login as a guest at my buddys place. It keeps telling me I have an incorrect password even though I know its correct. I guess I will have to pay long distance charges to find out how to fix it from SEs help line.
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# Dec 08 2004 at 7:14 PM Rating: Decent
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i think it might be the game but if u he play it at home why dont u just save the password to the game so u dont have to type it in everytime everyone have this problemt to get the game updated it becuse everyone trying to get on the same time and the sever cant hold it so my gues is too keep trying till it works or just wait like a hour so by then more ppl have gone on and less busy errors
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# Dec 08 2004 at 7:05 PM Rating: Decent
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Yeah I have been trying to download the update for about 3 hours now, I get past the "Preparing" stage and into the "Downloading" then I get that ******* POL Error, and have to start all over...it's driving me insane!
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# Dec 08 2004 at 7:02 PM Rating: Decent
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Jeeeezzzzz this suxs I have been trying to start the FFXI update for over an hour now and it goes to check the current version for a min then says "Network is Busy or there are connection problems" I have ADSL so I guess this is becuase everyone else is trying to download this thing right now. Is anyone else having this same problem ???
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# Dec 08 2004 at 7:13 PM Rating: Decent
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Yea, that happens everytime after maintenence, within the first couple hours. Everyone from all the servers are trying to download all at the same time. I had to hit "retry" like 15 times for it to start working. Good luck chief.
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# Dec 08 2004 at 7:39 PM Rating: Decent
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well that's nice... but mine keeps loosing connection while checking files to update when it gets past the downloading of new version information... why can't SE put a small txt file on the HD that will let you skip the verification before and do it after if you've checked the same version before?

edit: made it more clear what i meant.

Edited, Wed Dec 8 19:40:50 2004
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Hmm
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# Dec 08 2004 at 6:40 PM Rating: Decent
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Am I the only one having a problem after installing this update?

::Edit::

Nevermind, I just saw everyone elses posts.

Edited, Wed Dec 8 18:46:11 2004
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pol error
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# Dec 08 2004 at 6:36 PM Rating: Decent
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Hmmm, is the update done yet? I got on and downloaded everything. It completed and then i shut off my ps2 and turned it back on to try to log in. it says im getting POL 1160. same for everyone else?
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# Dec 08 2004 at 6:53 PM Rating: Default
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im getting this same error, but im on a PC and i dont think im doing anything wrong...i just feel like i wanna bash somebody's skull in cuz im so honked off.
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# Dec 08 2004 at 6:10 PM Rating: Decent
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I think this is a way to fight the current inflation on auction prices especially for items like the emp. hairpin or the kotes. This way, people will think twice before trying to raise the price of such items,
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Like most, I am "equipment-challenged" due to inflation and the ridiculous prices that have resulted. But, I just had an even more horrible though. What if this action only drives equipment prices up more because peeps will price items higher to make up for selling fees :(

I hope this doesn't back-fire :P
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# Dec 08 2004 at 8:23 PM Rating: Excellent
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It would be foolish of any one to try to jack up the prices for this reason alone, if the item dont sell in the alloted time frame the seller would lose alot of money on the maintainence fee.

Example: 3,000,000 gil = 60,000 gil fee on a single item and 30,000 on a stack.

If it dont sell the seller loses 60,000 gil on a single item and 30,000 on a stack.
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# Dec 08 2004 at 5:45 PM Rating: Decent
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All I gotta say is I'm tired of waiting hours to download the updates, I get to 99% then I get the POL Error "the server is busy"...this is beginning to **** me off.
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# Dec 08 2004 at 6:18 PM Rating: Default
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omg its happening to me too, except it will look for the updates for about 5 min, then say theres a problem. then, after doing this for about 8 times, i finally get to the part where the updates start to get uploaded, and it just stays at 0%. theres probably just too many ppl trying to download it all at once.
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# Dec 08 2004 at 6:28 PM Rating: Default
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GOD DA**IT IT WONT STOP!!!!! *** ****** **** ****** ******* ******
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# Dec 08 2004 at 5:54 PM Rating: Decent
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me too this is getting on my neverse Se got to fix that **** problem this second time i got this stupid error while downloading the updates
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# Dec 08 2004 at 6:31 PM Rating: Good
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The most common problem when downloading updates and having errors or getting to a % and stopping is usually connection problems instead of the actual game. My advice is to either upgrade your internet (because if you have dialup you will have boodles of problems), or check the number of programs you are running in the background (if you are using the PC version.) As for the PS2, well there's any number of reasons, but my advice to ya'll. Instead of coming on here complaining about "blah blah it does this, blah blah" just take a deep breath, count to ten, and try again. The game will still be there when you get done. It's called patience. Learn some. This game is not perfect, no MMORPG is. So if you expect to be able to play the game 24-7 non stop without an update or two, sorry. It ain't gonna happen. Just suck it up, and learn to cope with this. No one likes updates, but sitting here complaining about them won't make them go away, all you are doing is annoying people who are looking at the posts for credible information.
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# Dec 08 2004 at 8:19 PM Rating: Decent
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While connection problems are the most common, I doubt that is what's happening here. It just doesn't make sense that users who were able to get on previously, or are able to get online now to post here, have developed mysterious connection issues when logging on to FFXI. More likely, is that the pipes are just congested (as what happens after every update), and POL or FFXI is just timing out.

I can say this with certainty, because I'm posting here, using the same internet connection that my PS2 uses to connect to FFXI. Furthermore, if there was a real connection issue, I would not be able to connect to POL. I am able to connect to POL without incident. However, logging into FFXI is proving somewhat troublesome. To add insult to injury, I can even read the Vanadiel Tribune II vol 1, even though I can't log in to FFXI.

I understand your frustration at the posts, but please practice some restraint before advising posters that the reason they cannot connect to the internet is through fault of their own connection. That is a blatant misdirection from the truth. Simply put, SE's NOC cannot handle the server/request load that is placed on them after an update.

To those experiencing the connection problems (POL error 1160 or 0060), just keep trying to log on or update. Eventually, the load will lessen and you will be successful.
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# Dec 08 2004 at 5:25 PM Rating: Decent
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hmm
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# Dec 08 2004 at 5:18 PM Rating: Decent
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So there's a update tommorow too?
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GMT
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# Dec 08 2004 at 2:55 PM Rating: Good
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PT is GMT -8 is that helps and its 11:54am.
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Rare/ex changes
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# Dec 08 2004 at 2:45 PM Rating: Decent
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This main change is supposed to be making rare/ex items that will be identicle to the overpriced ones. It is an attempt to stop gilfarmers from overcamping, and hiking prices on things like emp hairpins and archer rings and such. I have no clue what the exact items are gonna be, but im excited about it. Damn you gil farmers.
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# Dec 08 2004 at 4:08 PM Rating: Default
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thats not what they are gonna do, they are gonna fix it so thfs camping coffers for items that monster drop wont be able to stop people from getting their AF pieces.


they are gonna stop mining bots by making people change location every so often to keep the drop rate at its highest possible point.


they are gonna f over every gardener/fisher in the game by heavily taxing stackable items when we all know gil sellers dont garden or farm or any of the good honroable gil making techniques.

they gave thf a new job trait to make them a tad more usefull for hate management then a high level drk.

the only good thing about this update, is new gear, new balista rules, HQ food last longer, and a new gobbie bag, everything else sucks beyond compare, and its stupid to even have an update that fixes 20% of the things 1% of the game population care about.


HEY TO ALL YOU LOSERS WHO THINK GIL SELLING OR BUYING IS OVER....

think again its only gonna get worse from here seeing as how now a 2 mil gil item cost 160k to sell.
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HEY TO ALL YOU LOSERS WHO THINK GIL SELLING OR BUYING IS OVER....


It's not over, but now SE takes actions against the sellers/buyers. That's the point.
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# Dec 08 2004 at 4:47 PM Rating: Decent
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Never mind lol

Edited, Wed Dec 8 16:58:56 2004
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What time is it in PST?
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# Dec 08 2004 at 2:35 PM Rating: Default
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Anyone have a chart on the relation between Central US time and PST? or what time is it in PST right now, and i can probably figure it out.
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New NM's
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# Dec 08 2004 at 2:04 PM Rating: Decent
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Also on the Playonline site it said something like new NM's were going to be added along with there being new ways to obtain the overpriced items like Kotes and all that... Anyone have any info on any new NM's or how you will be able to get overpriced items???
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WTF!?!?!?
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# Dec 08 2004 at 2:01 PM Rating: Default
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we are waiting four hours for a stupid pebble change :D
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