FFXI Adventurer Survey 2024
12/4/2024
I know it's not food bank related, but I don't have anything else to talk about until Wednesday potentially. The survey was conducted from November 11 to November 30, 2024. They got 13,878 responses!!! Half from current players, but still. That's impressive! The largest age group of Japanese respondents was 40 to 50, and overseas was 30 to 40. This number isn't honestly surprising because a lot of people were teens or in their 20's when 11 had it's heyday. I learned that us overseas players are pretty dedicated with the fact that we play 4 hours or more compared to Japan's 2 to 3 hours.
"On a general note, Japanese players mostly wanted to see adjustments to existing content, including job balance revisions. Meanwhile, overseas players tended to request new ways to play the game, such as new character development features and additional battle content. One common thread between both groups was the desire to see new scenarios and quests added to the game.". It would be so fun to have more scenarios and quests! I would love a new expansion, too. Maybe a crossover with ff14 characters in ps2 quality.
I do have to agree with the comments that playing solo makes content hard to finish sometimes. My problem isn't endgame content, but missions. I made the mistake of starting "Written in the Stars," and now I'm stuck like Chuck. I was really shocked that they acknowledged that some of the players want a level 75 classic server and graphic updates. A tweet I saw about it on Twitter helped me realize the survey results were out. I mentioned this to my ff11 veteran friend. He wants one, too, along with lower combined ff11 and ff14 subscription fees. I just want an offline version of ff11 personally so I don't have to battle with my sometimes annoying internet. I'm not holding my breath about the graphic updates because Square only cares about 11 a bit. It's also really funny to see the characters clip through things.
"Once again, we would like to offer you our heartfelt gratitude for your kind cooperation with this survey. We hope that you continue to enjoy the world of FFXI. ". I'll always be there until the servers shut down.
Quotes source:Square Enix Co. Ltd. “FFXI Adventurer Survey Results 2024.” FINAL FANTASY XI: FFXI Adventurers’ Survey 2024, 29 Dec. 2024, www.playonline.com/ff11us/guide/development/census/2024/."
Happy new years!
12/31/2024 and 1/1/2025
Ever since my reunion with ffxi, I have been playing nonstop. I will get back to my normal playing soon, though. I made a list of things I have done or seen around Vanadiel. It's going to be out of order, lol.
-In my quest to unlock dancer, I accidentally started wings of the goddness. These were my messages with my ffxi veteran friend: Nvm???? I just went into the caevous maw??? What is happening lol. FLOWERS ON THE BATTLEFIELD. Goose yeah. WHY AM I IN THE PAST???. My friend replied with "Lol, welcome to Wings of the Goddess expansion.". I guess. Later, I said, "I guess WOTG Fish soon." and he replied, "Yup, Fishy gonna ruin the past and future of Vana'diel."
-The game tells you if people look at your profile.
-I learned you can fall through 11 maps. My veteran 11 player friend said the game is coded well, but sometimes things happen. It happened on console very rarely, and you have to call a game master, and they teleport you out.
-I finally got the ability to have a mount. I relearned there are npc markers on the map on this quest. I already had two other mounts at my mog house from login point exchange, so my main transportation is my crawler mount.
-I also learned that I could look at other maps from the menu. I was dumb and thought you could only look at the map of the area you were in.
-I was watching an internet mysteries video and playing 11. I thought I kept hearing the playonline music. It turns out Space was one of the background music in the video.
-I saw a summoner rainbow, which means when someone unlocked the summoner job. I'm so jealous! I need indigo, and then I can finally unlock the job, too.
I didn't know you leveled up your sub by playing it. So I got my whm sub to 30 and learned that I can level down! Also, the people who find the mog tablets are the absolute best. Thank you so much! I know now what chat colors mean too.
Stuck with the worst food bank job ever(I hate doing produce)
12/18/2024
In my daily ffxi playing, I got to level 50, and I can now get my chocobo license even though I am a little late. Some street sweepers passed by the house while I was waiting for the connect van. As I and the other two in the van were leaving, the driver told us see you guys later. That's really sweet to do.
I did get the email one of the usps operation santa kids, aka Kirby package, was delivered yesterday. My ff11 veteran pal explained what the heck AF armor and level break were after telling me that it was time to start them.
My brain forgot how mp3 worked for a second during my walk. I picked up my usual gas station peppermint latte. The lady behind me curtly questioned me if I was using the self checkout. I went to see if it worked, but I was right. I was going to be a bit late in general, but especially with my chat with the receptionist and volunteer receptionist. It didn't matter in hindsight.
All they had for me to do is one of my mortal enemies, aka produce. I was not a happy camper at all. I begged head honcho 3 to give me something else to do. It turns out he didn't have time to send me an email about no dry good building this week. I told him that I would just leave instead.
