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Shino Fade into this fantasy, caught in the web of time

Age: 49 Gender:  Joined: 15 Sep 2002 |
Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2003 11:48 am Post subject: FFXI - Teh thread |
Just got this by PM from Wintermute. Thanks WM!
Wintermute wrote: | will you be discussing the ffxi worldpass situation, so as to organize all pocket otaku players on to a single server?
please direct you attention here:
[url]http://www.playonline.com/ff11us/gameplay/06.html [/url]
[url]http://www.playonline.com/comnewsus/200310210583.html
'The number of players that can be invited to a World using a WorldPass has been increased from one to five.' [/url]
[url]http://www.shadow-dragons.com/index2.htm
see 'servers'[/url] |
It looks as if we don't get to choose the server we are on. We will have to give everyone a pass code so they can get to the server that we are on. Man that really sucks... why would they do that... just let us choose the freaking server.
ok 3 choices for plans of action.
1) Cobbi - can you try to buy a pass and see if the servers and stuff are the same and see if we can get on the server you are on? Since you are on the JP version, this may be a problem, but we can try it.
2) Sciler - you were playing the beta, can you see if you can buy a pass and check if your server is on the actual server list or if you are on the beta server.
3) We can designate a person that we know is getting the game the day ti comes out to go create a character then immedialty buy a pass and put it up on the board. Then 5 people go on with the passes and do the same, eventually we will have enough passes up here where everyone can get one.
Thoughts?
Anyone have any other ideas.
Does anyone have the day off the day it comes out and was planning on buying it and playing it pretty much throughout the day.
Personally I will not be getting it until Thursday so I'm out for option 3.
We should figure something out before the game comes out and try to get everyone on the same server. |
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Wintermute Senior Otaku
Joined: 16 Jan 2003 |
Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2003 1:03 pm Post subject: |
further information from stratics:
"First of all, there will most likely be new servers for the North America release but the servers will be located in Japan like all of the other servers. New players should not worry though because high level players will not be allowed to integrate with the new servers until they get a chance to get set into their own economy. This will enable the new players to have a fresh start if they so desire."
option1 - possible, but most likely quite costly due to the already established, and high-end economy.
option2 - the beta has ended, and sciler was on the beta test server. |
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Shino Fade into this fantasy, caught in the web of time

Age: 49 Gender:  Joined: 15 Sep 2002 |
Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2003 1:42 pm Post subject: |
Wintermute wrote: |
option1 - possible, but most likely quite costly due to the already established, and high-end economy.
option2 - the beta has ended, and sciler was on the beta test server. |
Yeah I figured it was either going to have to be option 3 or another suggestion from someone else. |
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Afroforce Junior Otaku

Gender:  Joined: 16 Oct 2003 |
Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2003 1:44 pm Post subject: |
Um, I'm just gonna keep making the same character and erasing him until I get on the right server...much less hassle. |
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Wintermute Senior Otaku
Joined: 16 Jan 2003 |
Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2003 2:00 pm Post subject: |
Afroforce wrote: | Um, I'm just gonna keep making the same character and erasing him until I get on the right server...much less hassle. |
that method has been patched and supposedly no longer works |
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unastrike Otaku Knight

Age: 48 Gender:  Joined: 23 Sep 2002 |
Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2003 2:05 pm Post subject: |
Good luck Afro. I don't think that works anymore.
And WPs are pretty expensive... at least for a new character. It'd take a lot of game time to get enough money to buy one from the start.
Odds are, if they do put up these new servers, most of the new peeps will end up there anyway.
I'm hoping that my JP account will be available when I get the NA version. I should have enough for a few WPs or maybe even a linkshell. |
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Shino Fade into this fantasy, caught in the web of time

Age: 49 Gender:  Joined: 15 Sep 2002 |
Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2003 2:50 pm Post subject: |
unastrike wrote: | And WPs are pretty expensive... at least for a new character. It'd take a lot of game time to get enough money to buy one from the start. |
I read that they are going to make them cheap at first and then make them more expensive as the community grows.
But how cheap is cheap?
It is seeming more and more like I'm just going to stick with SWG for now.
Why can't they just do it like PSO where you get to choose the server when you log on? |
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Doot Cute and Non-Abrasive Hyper Hypo

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Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2003 3:11 pm Post subject: |
So it is now that you can only play with 5 other people? I guess oclored me ocnfused as I just preordered my copy and am wanting to see if we can all meet up but from what I'm reading it says we can only have 5 people (other than ourselves). What kind of crap are they trying to pull? |
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Wintermute Senior Otaku
Joined: 16 Jan 2003 |
Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2003 3:14 pm Post subject: |
if unastrike or cobalt katze can finance, then that is surely the easiest method.
on the other hand, rumours have stated that worldpasses will be sold for a couple hundred gil in the beginning, which a beginning character can make by doing starter quests.
thus option3 would work well so long as everyone is willing to work together in the beginning to bring everyone to the same server.
1 world pass is good for 5 friends.
exponential growth:
1po invites 5 po's @200gil, 5 po's invite 25 po's @200Gil... etc.
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division of labour:
1 po invites 5 po's @200gil, 5 po's invite 5 additional po's @40gil... etc. |
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Doot Cute and Non-Abrasive Hyper Hypo

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Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2003 3:38 pm Post subject: |
Ah, so you can buy one world pass and it's good for 5 different folks. Gotcha. Well now it doesn't sound half bad. If I get mine in first I wouldn't mind it helping set it up.
OH! You can't switch Worlds once you've picked one is that right? |
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