Announcing the February Version Update
The February version update of Final Fantasy XI is only a few days away, and to prepare for the upcoming update, Square Enix has released a comprehensive list of all the major additions and changes slated to be added. New Alluvion Skirmishes, various job and Job Point adjustments, a new Seekers of Adoulin quest, Mog Garden changes, new Unity Concord battles, and much more are all waiting to arrive on Thursday, February 19th!
For a look at the list and a special trailer for the update, be sure to check below the break! What are you looking forward to the most? Let us know over on the ZAM forums!
From the official Final Fantasy XI forums:
[NA]Announcing the February Version Update
Greetings, adventurers! Matsui here with another version update preview. There’s only a few short days left, so let me give you a brief rundown.
Headlining the February version update content are new alluvion skirmishes in Yorcia Weald. I’m sure you all remember that existing skirmishes in Yorcia Weald [U] require players to protect a tract of land, and the new alluvion skirmishes build on that concept by having challengers summon friendly monsters to assault the enemies’ stronghold.
The key to victory lies in swiftly determining what your foes’ weak points are and summoning monsters that are capable of exploiting them to the greatest possible extent.
But what good is battle content without some juicy rewards? In this version, players can find weapons available in the old alluvion skirmishes—but they can be engraved with up to three types of arcane glyptics at a time. All-new armor also makes an appearance, with, again, up to three types of arcane glyptics that may be engraved at once.
Character-focused development for February centers on two new job point categories and seven new gifts per job. I hope that you will gather more capacity points and unlock additional gifts to help you get over the hump and conquer any content that has been vexing you.
Lest you think that everything is combat-focused, we also have several new elements in store for your Mog Garden. We’ve applied a bit of elbow grease to the area’s graphics and made a new monster rearing rank available. This new rank comes with it an entirely new section of the Mog Garden—the rearing grounds—and the ability to rear multiple monsters at once. Never again do you have to choose between one friend or the other! If that’s not enough, there are also new creatures available to take care of.
This version update is schedule to drop on Thursday, February 19, and we’ve got a fresh new promotional video for you to feast your eyes on.
As is customary, we’ve also prepared a table of all the content to be added, some of which continues to undergo testing. Please note that unexpected hindrances may pop up, causing some of these entries to be pushed back to a later date.
Missions and Quests
| Implementation Timing | Update Task and Overview | Tasks Being Worked On | Notes |
| February | New quest for Seekers of Adoulin | - Drafting text - Producing cutscenes - Designing quest battles - Designing rewards |
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| February | Existing quest adjustments | - Drafting text - Producing cutscenes |
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| February | New Login Campaign | - Setting new items | - |
| February | I Dream of Mog Bonanza | - Setting new rewards | - |
Areas and Monsters
| Implementation Timing | Update Task and Overview | Tasks Being Worked On | Notes |
| February | Unity Wanted Battles | - Designing NM data - Balancing battles - Setting rewards - Adding new ethereal junctions to target areas - Reducing transport costs to target areas |
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Content and Systems
| Implementation Timing | Update Task and Overview | Tasks Being Worked On | Notes |
| February | Alluvion Skirmishes in Yorcia Weald (U) | - Producing cutscenes - Designing system to summon allied monsters - Establishing strongholds and marchlands - Setting monster data - Setting special monsters - Designing boss monsters - Designing rewards - Balancing battles - Designing arcane glyptics |
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| February | Records of Eminence | - Adding Unity accolades in exchange for copper A.M.A.N vouchers - Adding ability to receive up to 36 combat and magic skill books from Records of Eminence NPCs simultaneously. - Increasing Unity accolades earned for time-limited and daily objectives - Decreasing number of successful actions required to fulfill certain objectives - Adding Unity accolade display to content lists |
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| February | Unity Concord | - Adding Unity Wanted objectives - Adding new reforgable equipment - Adding teleportation services to additional areas - Doubling Unity chat participant limit from 64 to 128 - Adding new items |
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| February | Mog Gardens | - Adjusting area graphics - Changing certain enchanted items to be useable |
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| February | Monster Rearing | - Unlocking rank three - Unlocking rearing grounds - Adding new rank three creatures - Setting rewards for new monsters - Modifying method of acquiring certain feed. |
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| February | Linkshell / Linkshell2 | - Unlocking rank three - Unlocking rearing grounds - Adding new rank three creatures - Setting rewards for new monsters |
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| February | Trust | - Adding content where alter egos may be called forth - Adding new alter egos - Adjusting attributes - Creating and adjusting behavior logic - Adding new ciphers - Adding new quests |
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| February | Legion | - Lowering the minimum number of participants from three to one | - |
| February | Campaign Ops | - Lowering the minimum number of participants in certain Ops from three to one | - |
| February | Gobbie Mystery Box | Gobbie Mystery Box - Adding items that may be converted into daily tally | - |
| February | Inventors' Coalition | - Adding the ability to engrave job-specific capes with arcane glyptics to an existing NPC | - |
Battle System
| Implementation Timing | Update Task and Overview | Tasks Being Worked On | Notes |
| February | Job Points | - Adding two new categories to all twenty-two Jobs - Creating attribute information for new categories |
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| February | Gifts | - Adding seven new categories to all twenty-two jobs - Creating attribute information for new categories - Adding high-tier magic - Adding high-tier job traits |
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| February | Beastmaster | - Adding pets summonable with Call Beast and Bestial Loyalty - Adding more food that affects pets - Reducing recast time for Sic and Ready - Adjusting special abilities of pets summonable with Call Beast and Bestial Loyalty |
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| February | Blue Mage | - Adjusting accuracy of the additional effects of blue magic so that they scale with blue magic skill | - |
| February | Puppetmaster | - Adding high-tier attachments - Adjusting certain automaton weapon skills |
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| February | Elemental Magic Adjustments | Adjusting cast times and MP costs of certain elemental magic spells | - |
Items
| Implementation Timing | Update Task and Overview | Tasks Being Worked On | Notes |
| February | Alluvion Skirmishes in Yorcia Weald (U) | - Adding new equipment | - |
| February | Unity Wanted Battles | - Adding new equipment | - |
| February | Synthesis Recipes | - Adding new pet jug recipes - Adding new furnishing recipes |
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| February | Items Storable via the Porter Moogle | - Adding event items storable via the Porter Moogle | - |
UI
| Implementation Timing | Update Task and Overview | Tasks Being Worked On | Notes |
| February | Configuration | - Adding option to tile log windows horizontally - Adding option to enable or disable weapon effects |
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| February | Treasure Box | - Adding a menu option to relinquish rights to cast lots on all spoils at once. | - |