March Topics, 2013
SQUARE ENIX Software Token Application—Now Available! (03/28/2013)
Our new smartphone application is now available for free in the App Store and Google Play. We encourage you to use it to enhance the security of your Square Enix account with your iOS or Android device!
* Learn about using the software token.
* In the event you change mobile devices or you are no longer able to use this application, you will be required to answer your security question in order to access your account. Please ensure that your security question is up to date.
* Go here for more information on the Software Token and Mog Satchel.
From the FINAL FANTASY XI Development Team
The latest version update has made landfall! (03/27/2013)
A sweeping array of changes accompany this version update, in particular the addition of the much-awaited Seekers of Adoulin content.
Enjoy new areas, missions, quests, battle content, jobs, and more!
Read on for further details.
The Springtime Egg Decoration Contest is Underway! (03/27/2013)
Adventurers are hard at work decorating their eggs to create their own fabulous masterpieces! If you have yet to begin to work on your egg-citing piece of work, you better start scrambling since the deadline is just around the corner. The contest ends April 1, 2013 at 1:00am (PDT), so be sure to submit your entry by the deadline!
Head over to the official forums for the full contest details.
Seekers of Adoulin Now Officially Live! (03/27/2013)
As of 7 PM (PDT), Seekers of Adoulin content is officially available for all to enjoy!
What new wonders await you in the harsh lands of Ulbuka? Forge your own path ahead as you explore all that Adoulin has to offer!
Players who purchased the FFXI: Ultimate Collection Seekers Edition, which is available in the SQUARE ENIX Online Store, are now able to register their campaign code for the bonus in-game Chocobo Shirt item.
FFXI: Ultimate Collection Seekers Edition Coming Soon to Steam (03/26/2013)
As we approach the release of FFXI: Ultimate Collection Seekers Edition, we wanted to provide an update to our customers in regards to product availability on Steam. We are working at full speed to ensure that we get FFXI: UCSE available on the Steam store as soon as possible for those of you that prefer to purchase games from Steam. However, knowing that there is a possibility that the Steam version will not be available for purchase on launch, we wanted to alert you as soon as we could.
We apologize for this inconvenience and will be sure to provide you with an update on the progress of the release of FFXI: UCSE on Steam very soon!
From the FINAL FANTASY XI Development Team
Seekers of Adoulin now on sale! (03/26/2013)
Seekers of Adoulin, the fifth expansion for FINAL FANTASY XI, is now on sale!
To commemorate this release, Producer Akihiko Matsui, Director Mizuki Ito, and Associate Director Yoji Fujito would like to send their greetings to all adventurers about to make the trek into the primeval lands of Eastern Ulbuka.
Read on for more information.
Regarding "Chocobo Shirt" Campaign Code Registration (03/25/2013)
On March 26, 2013, the FINAL FANTASY XI: Ultimate Collection Seekers Edition will go on sale and those who purchase this special edition will also receive the Chocobo Shirt in-game bonus item. Please note that registration of the Chocobo Shirt campaign code will not be available until Seekers of Adoulin becomes playable.
*The specific time when Seekers of Adoulin content will become playable will be announced at a later date.
Rune Fencers—Adoulin's Protectors of the Faith (03/25/2013)
Rune fencers conjure an ancient elemental script that harbors primeval forces—and bend them to their very will. They call forth the latent potential bubbling just beneath the ink, turning it into either tempestuous blades that carve the flesh of foes or ethereal shields that protect the meek. This delicate balance between fury and virtue is the hallmark of runeology, and those walking down its path must heed this accord if they are to become masters of the craft.
Read more about these historical teachings.
A New Seekers of Adoulin Trailer has Landed! (03/25/2013)
A new trailer is now available on the official Seekers of Adoulin website! Enjoy this final peek into the adventures that await you in Ulbuka before the game officially launches!
Warp over to the site and check out the video!
Introducing the SQUARE ENIX Software Token Application (03/21/2013)
Coming in early April, this new smartphone application will allow players to generate one-time passwords. We highly recommend it to our users as a quick and easy way to enhance the security of your Square Enix account with your iOS or Android device.
Geomancers: Wielders of Nature's Force (03/21/2013)
Geomancers lovingly coax out the energies that course through the world's lifestream so that they may survive another day amidst the Ulbukan continent's savage wilds. The practice of geomancy—concentrating organic powers within luopans and enhancing their potency with the sublime sounds of handbells—is as storied and enchanting as Ulbuka itself, and while both their existences had remained hidden from Middle Landers for years, the archives in this western land house ample stores of information on this mysterious art.
Community Team Hosting Seekers of Adoulin Live Stream! (03/19/2013)
The release of Seekers of Adoulin is approaching fast and adventurers are thirsting for a taste of what the foreign lands of Ulbuka have to offer. Luckily, the Community Team has emerged from deep within the jungle to hold a live stream where they will be showing off content from the new expansion. Join the entire Community Team as they broadcast live on Wednesday, March 20th at 8:00 PM (PDT), and get a firsthand look at Seekers of Adoulin!
With more details on the live stream, they will be announced on both official forum and the official FINAL FANTASY XI Twitter.
Announcing the Springtime Egg Decoration Contest! (03/15/2013)
Whether it's frantically scrambling around to hunt down eggs that have been hidden, boiling up an egg-stremely delicious dinner, or collecting the various jeweled eggs that can be found in Vana'diel to put on display in your Mog House, there are myriad possibilities for using this magical object. This year we will be adopting the age-old tradition of egg decoration to celebrate and welcome the season of spring in Vana'diel.
Using an egg as your canvas, put your artistic skills to the test and create a FINAL FANTASY XI-themed artwork. The rare and coveted Chocobo Beret will be awarded to a basketful of egg-ceptional eggs!
Head over to the official forum for full contest rules!
Egg Helm An-egg-dote (03/14/2013)
As eggs-pected, the Egg Hunt will soon tumble into the three nations, signaling the sunny and sing-song onset of spring, kupo!
Won't you welcome the wonders of this wickedly warm season with us by collecting copious amount of carefully-ordered initial eggs, kupo?
If you're afraid of cracking your shell on the first try, start with an eggs-eedingly easy challenge?bring in bird babies brushed with the first three letters of your name! Once you've fried up your "First 3" combination, feel free to find a moogle?much like me?and hand it over for eggs-eptional rewards, kupo!
We heartily hope you hunt down a panoply of these painted party favors and walk away with an abundance of amazing artifacts, for countless combinations exist, kupo!
What was that? Some skeptical speculators question how we could possibly amass this awe-inspiring amount of awards, kupo?
Then bury your beak in this hard-boiled tale of time travel and trickery and find out for yourself.
Announcing the Valentione's Day Mog House Decoration Contest Winners! (03/14/2013)
After gathering up all of the entries and sending them to the Mog House Management Union, the moogles held a meeting full of intense debate! Needless to say, the moogles were extremely impressed by all of the hard work that went into each submission. Once the meeting convened, the MHMU handed off their favorites to the development and operations teams, who had a tough time choosing the final winners.
Check out the winning entries here.
From the FINAL FANTASY XI Development Team
Next version update to blink in to a Vana'diel near you! (03/13/2013)
Adventurers, We hope you are as excited as your moogle compatriots for the next version update, scheduled to come warping in on Wednesday, March 27.
This update will see the sun rising on Seekers of Adoulin, bringing with it a veritable cornucopia of related content, including the rune fencer and geomancer jobs, reive and skirmish battle content, and a bevy of new missions and quests.
* In order to play Seekers of Adoulin, players must install data from the expansion disk, register the content ID, link their Play Online ID to their SQUARE ENIX account, and perform the necessary transfer procedures.
Purchase or reserve your copy of Seekers of Adoulin.
View the accounts transfer page.
Seekers of Adoulin Site Update! (03/13/2013)
Be ready to don your lucky battle skivvies and prepare to do some schmoozing, adventurers, for the website has been updated with new information about otherworldly skirmishes, colonization, and the coalitions that dot Adoulin's landscape. There have also been new equipment screenshots and an extra song added to the background music options, which will hopefully soothe you both visually and aurally.
In the days ahead we will have even more information for you to take in, so break out that quill and parchment and get ready to jot down a few lines!
Sail to the site and prepare to be buffeted by a wave of enlightenment!
Announcing the Results of This Year's Mog Bonanza! (03/12/2013)
Hear ye, hear ye, citizens of Vana'diel! The results of the Mog Bonanza Homecoming are in!
The winning numbers are available for all to see on the system message when logging in to FINAL FANTASY XI, and can also be viewed by speaking to the Bonanza Moogle.
Lucky winners can redeem their prizes from the Bonanza Moogle from Tuesday, March 12 at 12:00 AM (PST) to Tuesday, March 26 at the same time.
* Bonanza Moogle Locations
Port San d'Oria (I-9), Port Bastok (L-8), Port Windurst (F-6), Chocobo Circuit (H-8)
Read on for a refresher on the Mog Bonanza Homecoming.
* All Mog Bonanza prizes consist of gil or in-game items. They have no value outside of the game.
In the Field: The Coalitions of Adoulin (03/07/2013)
With a simple decree from Ygnas S. Adoulin reinstating the long-abandoned pioneering initiative, Adoulin's social structure and economy changed in a heartbeat, with various organizations known as "coalitions" sprouting up to support the effort.
As such, the coalitions are not as steeped in history as other areas of the nation, but their work has a profound effect on the daily lives of Adoulinians of every stripe and class.
Let us take this opportunity to catch a glimpse of the coalitions through the eyes of one of Adoulin's own.