To more readily bring about changes to the world of Vana'diel, Final Fantasy XI will be seeing frequent small-scale patches in addition to major content updates. The first of these patches, planned to be released in mid-February, will see several changes such as experience point yields, level restrictions for missions, the Playstation 2 HDD storage issue, and much more!

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From Playonline.com:

As previously mentioned on this space, FINAL FANTASY XI will see more frequent updates in the future, with the introduction of small-scale patches to complement the major releases seen thus far.

We are pleased to announce that the first of these small-scale patches is scheduled for mid-February, and will usher in a range of battle-related tweaks, such as increasing experience point yield and lifting level restrictions on certain mission battlefields. The PlayStation 2 HDD storage issue will also be addressed, with adjustments to the way version update files are downloaded.

Details will be made available right here on Topics in the coming weeks, so stay tuned!