Christmas event and December update notes...

[Vigilia]

a.k.a

Long ass maintenance and Twinkling Treants!!!

Lot of recent updates from oldest to latest:

GM policy updated and now available to view on POL
https://secure.playonline.com/ff11us/rule/policy.shtml

All GM policies are now available to the public for reference. These policies will be updated when new issues arise that need to be addressed.

Most interesting new addition is probably that GMs now have the ability to restore accidentally dropped/destroyed/eaten(?) items.

You can send requests to restore in-game items that have been lost. However, requests for item restoration will only be honored a limited number of times.

- A request must be received within one week (7 days) after the item's loss.
- The GM staff will only compensate for items that are confirmed via investigation.
- There is no guarantee that items lost in this manner will be recovered, nor can we provide an estimated time of completion.

And there are other minor changes, check the link above for full details.



New armour sets in December update
http://www.playonline.com/pcd/topics/ff11us/detail/1124/detail.html

Only pics released so far:

The Starlight Celebration aka XXXXMAAASSSS EVENT!!
http://www.playonline.com/pcd/topics/ff11us/detail/1137/detail.html

Event Period
After the 12/18/2006 (Monday) maintenance, until 12/31/06 (Sunday) 24:00.

Event Locations
During the event, in the below areas, a moogle will be ferociously fighting a treant wandering in the city.
Northern San d'Oria / Bastok Market / Windurst Woods

Event Stores
The below areas will have some Starlight Festival-related items for sale temporarily during the event.
- Northern San d'Oria (D-8)
- Port Bastok (L-8)
- Windurst Waters (G-10)

Event story:

Master, Master!
The Starlight Celebration is here again, kupo!

The lights! The sweets! The presents!
Just thinking about the fun keeps me awake all night, kupo!

............Ummm...
......Hrmmm............
Alright, you got me! I just can't keep a secret away from my favorite adventurer...

As you already know, the Starlight Celebration will begin in a few days. But what you don't know is that we Moogles are in a pickle, kupo. The trees that we had made for this year's festivities have vanished from Windurst! And what's worse, a terrifying treant has suddenly shown up at the Dhalmel Farm and is wreaking havoc on the locals, kupo!

Come to think of it, I haven't heard from my brothers and sisters working in Bastok and San d'Oria. What if there are crazy trees running amok in their towns as well...?

Wait a minute... Treants in the towns...?
Didn't something like this happen a few years ago? There was some kind of freak accident at the Rhinostery in Windurst, right? If this is the same thing, we're in biiig trouble!

Anyway, as long as these freaks of nature are trouncing about our towns, everybody will be too scared to come out and take part in the Starlight Celebration's festivities, kupo! Even the smilebringers have said that they won't pass out their presents until they're sure the children will be safe.

Ah, what to do? What to do!?
The treant won't go away, kupo!

Well, I guess it has come down to this...
My colleagues and I must take up arms to protect the city from fear!
Oh, don't worry. We'll do all the work. But, we sure could use a cheer or two from our humble masters, kupo!

Illustration by Mitsuhiro Arita

Can't wait.

Oh yeah, the bad news- long maintenance.

http://www.playonline.com/ff11us/polnews/news9243.shtml

At the following time, we will be performing FINAL FANTASY XI maintenance on all worlds. During this period, FINAL FANTASY XI will be unavailable.

Thank you for your patience.

* 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.

* You may receive errors such as "POL-1160" or "POL-0010" during the download process due to heavy server traffic. If you are unable to access the update, we ask that you please wait a while and then try again. Thank you for your cooperation and understanding in making this a smooth version update.

* For the update details, please refer to "Topics" on the official PlayOnline.com web site or PlayOnline Viewer which will be available on Monday, Dec. 18, 2006.

[Date & Time]
Dec. 18, 2006 from 9:00 to 14:00 (PST)
* Maintenance completion time may be subject to change.

[Affected Services]
FINAL FANTASY XI

 

[Xant]

Oooh oooh, i LIKE the sound o those Salavge thingys!

They sound right up my street .

http://www.playonline.com/pcd/topics/ff11us/detail/1147/detail.html

 

[Vigilia]

Yeah they sound awesome, sorta like Limbus but with added weirdness. Can't wait to have a go.