December 8th, 9th in the future!

So, the December 8th (or 9th, if you live in the future like me) patch has come out for Final Fantasy XI (ffxi here after). I thought it would be nice to break in the blog a bit by giving some first impressions.

To save you scroll, I will give you a brief summary of my feelings towards it; Happy, intrigued, slightly under whelmed, but gratified.

Let me explain a bit more.

Happy!

This version update gives me everything I want from a good update; gear, storyline, and something new to play with. Speaking of which, I popped a new Treasure Casket with friends and got a pair of Gothic Gaunlets! No, that's not a typo on my part, but it's nice to see the people behind these games are still human. I think the new caskets will help bring people back to some of the older areas, which will be nice.

Intrigued~

I'm looking forward to getting deeper into the patch, as more information is discovered (Square Enix [SE from here on in] don't release all information about their patches, preferring to let people discover the information them self.) I'm sure it will bring some nice twists. My interest in the custom mazes is still at an all time high. Dig you moblins! DIG!(

Slightly under whelmed

I think the fact that the Moblin Mazes have been delayed has left me a little sad, but I'd rather they stay in QA a bit longer, just not so long that we forget about it.

Gratified

All in all it's a nice patch that should keep us busy until the next patch in a month or two. The Fields of Valor added is a really great little thing to do with some mates, while still making your way towards a higher level. I'm always happy when dev's find new ways to hide 'the grind' from their players.


AHA!