Square Enix Announces New FFXI Expansion

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Posted 16 September 2005 - 09:59 AM

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Square Enix debuted the third expansion of its popular MMORPG Final Fantasy XI at Tokyo Game Show today. Titled Treasures of Aht Urhgan, the new expansion pack was only demonstrated through a short trailer. Treasures of Aht Urhgan will add several new areas (a massive phantom ship, a gloomy swamp area, a grassland area with beautiful autumn leaves), a new storyline, new sea routes and the new Blue Mage job. This new job comes with an oriental dress and, of course, Blue Magic. When a monster uses a particular attack against a Blue Mage, he or she will be able to learn said attack and afterwards use it just like a standard magic spell. Square Enix also confirmed that Treasures of Aht Urhgan is directed by map planner Kouichi Ogawa.

Final Fantasy XI: Treasures of Aht Urhgan has yet to receive an official release date.

http://www.rpgfan.co.../2005/1878.html

The third expansion pack of the popular MMORPG Final Fantasy XI is coming your way. No official release date has been announced yet. You can read the current details available for the expansion back in the quote or from various RPG and game sites.

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Posted 16 September 2005 - 10:15 AM

Sounds like a relatively dull update.
But none the less, Blue Mage, a job that you can do without paying obscenes amount of money for skills and equipment. Sounds great. =o

Too bad I hate being a mage. XD

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Posted 16 September 2005 - 09:37 PM

Only one new job= NOT WORTH IT!

But it is interesting, I would want to try Blue Mage, just.... 99% of the server would also be..

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Posted 17 September 2005 - 08:02 PM

I doubt they'd JUST add Blue Mage. There must be 1-2 other jobs they're adding at the same time... they have to forsee the Blue Mage overload the servers would take if the job is released just like that. They would try to spread the "OMG NEW JOB" hype over maybe 2 or 3 of them.

Or maybe they're relying on the new XBox customers, all pre-30, so they can't unlock the job, to balance it out.. hrm.

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Posted 24 September 2005 - 05:19 PM

I hear they are Gonna bring the Expansion after X-box is up and running.

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Posted 27 September 2005 - 09:48 AM

Blue Mage and BST would make a nice duoing PT. But yea, if Blue mage is the only job, everyone would try it out.

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Posted 29 September 2005 - 09:07 AM

From RPGLand.com

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FFXI's Got the Blues: 9.29.05: The wishes of thousands of Final Fantasy XI fans the world over have been granted, and the Blue Mage has been revealed as part of the upcoming expansion pack, entitled Treasures of Aht Urhgan. Square Enix describes the class, saying, "Employing the legendary arts of Aht Urhgan, these formidable fighter-mages employ elegantly curved blades for close combat, while decimating their enemies from afar with fell magic mastered from their opponents." Here are 3 images of Blue Mages in action: Screen 1, Screen 2, Screen 3.

In similar news, Gamespot.com reports Square Enix's Prez Yoichi Wada saying he plans to "distribute mobile versions of Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest to North America, Europe, and China around the end of 2006." Read that whole article here if you like. Thanks to "Shang Tsung 2" for that tip.
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