Looking for your next big Records of Eminence challenge? Wishing that the limited-time trials were a bit more forgiving in terms of time allotted? How about new weapons for lower level jobs? In the upcoming April version update of Final Fantasy XI, all these obstacles will answered. New combat-themed and gathering-themed objectives for Treasures of Aht Urhgan and Wings of the Goddess regions will be added, and a number of limited time challenges will have their duration extended by one hour.

Lastly, for all those sparks you'll be racking up, new weapons for characters lv. 51 and higher will also be added!

Let us know what you think of these upcoming Records of Eminence challenges over on the ZAM forums!

From the official Final Fantasy XI forums:

[dev1196] Records of Eminence Additions and Adjustments

• New objectives have been added.
  • Combat-related Objectives
    • Defeat the requisite number of enemies in Treasures of Aht Urhgan areas.
    • Defeat the requisite number of enemies in Wings of the Goddess areas.
  • Gathering-related Objectives
    • Successfully harvest materials in Treasures of Aht Urhgan areas the requisite number of times.
    • Successfully harvest materials in Wings of the Goddess areas the requisite number of times.

• The following limited-time challenges will end one hour later than they currently do.
  • Times
    

    Pre-adjustment		Post-adjustment
    5:00 a.m. - 7:00 a.m. (JST)	→	5:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. (JST)
    12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. (JST)	→	12:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. (JST)
    8:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. (JST)	→	8:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. (JST)

• Additional weapons that are redeemable with sparks of eminence and intended for characters level 51 and higher will be introduced.