Ahhh, i see paulius well thought, except for the magic aggro part. If im correct having a spell cast ON you doesnt get you aggro. So i'm still a bit hazey as to why they need that... but according to another poster (which i cannot confirm as i've never dont HNM's or anything that would wanna be stolen anyways) apparently if you cure someone while fighting it unclaims the monster... allowing for it to be claimed/stolen by another person/party??? i dont kno thats what i gathered from his post... tell me if im wrong, although since the game is back up i dont think anyone else will be reading this ^^. /wave and <see you again> on Alexander!

its jeffreyjeelly from alexander lol.... i hate these updates lol

http://www.playonline.com/ff11us/polnews/news5120.shtml

Umm... hmmm... maybe i havent dug deep enough into this (i didnt think i should have to) but i havent seen any posts about the actual changes. So i was wondering what yall thought about some of the "fixes". Like the set claiming time on monsters... i mean that sounds like it would be good for camping NM's and what not but what about XP mobs... That timer could be just enough time for that faster/higher leveled group to finish thru there mob and meet you there... and possibly pull it before you... i kinda see this change as a double edged sword... and since i have camped all the drops that i would be needing IE: signa/moldavites and what not i dont care much for the NM part of the equation. Wonder what the rest of you thought. And what about the blockaid. What sense does that make? Not allowing others to cure/protect you??? i can see the trading thing, wouldnt want annoying people sending you trade invites over and over. But i dont see the practical uses for not allowing someone to cure you or protect you. I dunno maybe i'm overlooking something >.> tell me if you see this as useful at all.

Holy ****!!!

- Players will no longer be able to use spells or abilities to claim a monster as soon as it appears.
If players attempt to use spells or abilities to claim a monster before a set amount of time has passed since it appeared, they will not be able to use those spells etc. again for a certain duration.

- The notorious monsters listed below will slowly grow in strength after a certain amount of time has passed since being claimed:
King Arthro / Simurgh / Roc / Serket / Capricious Cassie /Lord of Onzozo / Behemoth / King Behemoth / Adamantoise / Aspidochelone / Fafnir / Nidhogg
*This time period will vary for each notorious monster.



- A new command "/blockaid" has been added.
"/blockaid" has the following effect:
Magical assistance (such as "Cure" and "Protect"), trades, party invites etc. from non-party/alliance characters will be blocked.
The "/blockaid" effect will be canceled if the player temporarily logs out to the PlayOnline Viewer, logs out, changes areas, or is KO'd.
Command/Subcommands:
/blockaid on
Activate the blockaid effect.
/blockaid off
Cancel the blockaid effect.
/blockaid
Display current blockaid status.



Daaaaaammmmmmmmmmm. Just think of all the differences in HNM now... no insta-voke supposedly, gets even stronger as you're fighting it.... no stealing through cures etc.....

people keep saying after matainance. there are issues that only make SE perform more matainance,so after this, will there be more >.>;

Seriously, if you can't figure out what time zone California is in...go back to school/stay in school/quit cutting class. If you are in that mysterious time zone, this means that from 10 am till 1 pm (roughly) you won't be able to log onto the game. Most of us, being over the age of "I don't know what time zone PDT is" are in work anyways. For me, being on the East coast (that's EST) the whole thing will be over after I come home from work. It's a three hour maintenance....omfg, get over it. Flame on [Bio]tches.

Well to all you EU players out there just wait till a new section pf the world gets XI, like the Middle East (ME) then they'll be complaining ;P

Does anyone know what time this will be in GMT? I don't have one of them time converter thingy-ma-jigs....thanks in advance for any help (^.^)

Dear Squeenix,
I have been a loyal paying customer for a little over a year now. Never have I sent you last minute notices saying that my credit card is undergoing maintenance and you will need to wait until your next charging period to bill me. With this in mind I would like to make the following complaints:...

LOL, thank you so much for putting things into perspective.


FYI I am actually gratefull for this time off to do:

1) The laundry - ppl get suspicious when I show up looking the same.
2) The dishes - I hate eating out of pots.
3) Vacuuming - well ok, so I don't bother with this, hate the noise.
4) Shopping - hmm leave the house and miss the chance to get in first, maybe I wont go out.
5) Get a tan - omg I'm not a ghost anymore.
6) Get a massage - and why not? If I had to choose between a massage and sex I chooose massage because I can't give one to myself!

There's a few more, but these are the one's that miss out the most during my ongoing forever gameplay.

You guys un Defrag your drives right? Well I shouldnt say defrag because its a crock, but you all run utilities to check your drive data right? Im sure squre has to do the same thing. I have a server and I know if even one file gets funny, a good chunk of the site can go down. Much of that is only repairable if the server is ofline and not trying to read those files. If you run Windows defrag like that its starts over so much nothing gets done!

But in a server theres a lot more to be done not just drive checkups, and Updates. The hardware is often redundant to keep the server up longer. If a component fails, we probly never know. But they do need to replace that part, and that does mean shutting down the server.

So dear friends,
I know the Maint. Downtimes are frustrating. But know this, they are probly quite necessary in order to prevent interuptions later... For this reason Im totaly tolerant, and besides I do have a life out side FFXI {[Happy Face: Toung sticking out!]}