POL News: Free range lottery!

So to celebrate 8 years of FFXI and a way for everyone to enjoy the VanaFest in Japan, SE have released a NOMAD Moogle Bonanza, not just a regular common garden moogle bonanza, this one is loose and roaming free. To be drawn live at their VanaFest.

It all feels a bit random, and it is a good gimick to drum up interest in an event 99%of the non-Japanese player base will not be attending. I have to say, the reward for winning this is pretty darn nice. If you are that one person, you will get to pick your very own mythic or relic weapon.

I am sure there has been some negative backlash against this from those who actually sweated the blood to get theirs the hard way, and there is a good chance that the person who wins one will get sneered at a little for just wafting into a relic, unless the ultimate irony happens and it goes to someone who already has one.

Anyway, if you DO want to enter, get your skates on as you only have till the 21st to sign up for it! To drool over the rewards and provios, check out the POL article about it.

Oh, did I mention there is only 1 winner? ^.^

<a href="http://www.playonline.com/pcd/topics/ff11us/detail/5268/5268.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://www.playonline.com/pcd/topics/ff11us/detail/5268/5268.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 415px; height: 100px;" /></a><br /><br />So to celebrate 8 years of FFXI and a way for everyone to enjoy the VanaFest in Japan, SE have released a NOMAD Moogle Bonanza, not just a regular common garden moogle bonanza, this one is loose and roaming free. To be drawn live at their VanaFest.<br /><br />It all feels a bit random, and it is a good gimick to drum up interest in an event 99%of the non-Japanese player base will not be attending. I have to say, the reward for winning this is pretty darn nice. If you are that one person, you will get to pick your very own mythic or relic weapon.<br /><br />I am sure there has been some negative backlash against this from those who actually sweated the blood to get theirs the hard way, and there is a good chance that the person who wins one will get sneered at a little for just wafting into a relic, unless the ultimate irony happens and it goes to someone who already has one. <br /><br />Anyway, if you DO want to enter, get your skates on as you only have till the 21st to sign up for it! To drool over the rewards and provios, <a href="http://www.playonline.com/ff11us/event/vanafes2010/index.html?page=2">check out the POL article </a>about it.<br /><br />Oh, did I mention there is only 1 winner? ^.^

Morning in Vana'diel: Winner, winner, chicken dinner!

Morning in Vana'diel is your daily dose of FFXI and all things Vana'diel. Give us your thoughts on the interesting topics of the day! Did you win anything good? I sure didn't.

I won a 5th place prize and a 4th place prize. The 5th place will probably be the Fafnir Statue, and the 4th place will be whatever can fetch the most on the AH at the time. That's pretty straight forward. I haven't really checked in with anyone yet, so I don't know what they have won besides Tuufless who won a goose egg, a big fat bagel, nadda, nothing, zilch. Poor Tuufies. :( I suppose a 4th and a 5th place prize is much better than I did last year when I was in the same boat as Tuufless. My Fafnir statue will keep me company late at night when my Moogle is doing sinister and evil things.

I knew I wasn't going to win, it's the nature of probability working against me. The funny thing for me are all the people that pin their hopes and their dreams on the Mog Bonanza. The people that say they will get a relic if they win, and then actually get upset that they won't get a relic because they lost. These kind of people are in for a world of disappoint in their lives if they keep thinking that way. There are only two ways to get a relic for 99% of people, the lesser taken path: working hard, saving up, and focusing on the goal, and the more common path: steal, cheat and/or manipulate people and then fuck them over after they get what they want then switch servers. I am a bright shining star of cynicism and joy this morning, can you tell? :)

So what did you win? Any big winners out there? Anyone else like me or Tuufless, and didn't win anything of importance? Leave us a comment and tell us what you won!

<a href="http://www.playonline.com/pcd/topics/ff11us/detail/4606/4606.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://www.playonline.com/pcd/topics/ff11us/detail/4606/4606.jpg" style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 415px; height: 100px;" /></a><span style="font-weight:bold;">Morning in Vana'diel</span><span style="font-style:italic;"> is your daily dose of FFXI and all things Vana'diel. Give us your thoughts on the interesting topics of the day! Did you win anything good? I sure didn't.</span><br /><br />I won a 5th place prize and a 4th place prize. The 5th place will probably be the Fafnir Statue, and the 4th place will be whatever can fetch the most on the AH at the time. That's pretty straight forward. I haven't really checked in with anyone yet, so I don't know what they have won besides Tuufless who won a goose egg, a big fat bagel, nadda, nothing, zilch. Poor Tuufies. :( I suppose a 4th and a 5th place prize is much better than I did last year when I was in the same boat as Tuufless. My Fafnir statue will keep me company late at night when my Moogle is doing sinister and evil things. <br /><br />I knew I wasn't going to win, it's the nature of probability working against me. The funny thing for me are all the people that pin their hopes and their dreams on the Mog Bonanza. The people that say they will get a relic if they win, and then actually get upset that they won't get a relic because they lost. These kind of people are in for a world of disappoint in their lives if they keep thinking that way. There are only two ways to get a relic for 99% of people, the lesser taken path: working hard, saving up, and focusing on the goal, and the more common path: steal, cheat and/or manipulate people and then fuck them over after they get what they want then switch servers. I am a bright shining star of cynicism and joy this morning, can you tell? :) <br /><br />So what did you win? Any big winners out there? Anyone else like me or Tuufless, and didn't win anything of importance? Leave us a comment and tell us what you won!

Morning in Vana'diel: What would you do if you won?

As you might have heard the Mog Bonanza is Imminent but what would you do if you won a first place prize? Would you go for the Gil? Or would you go for the items? Unlike last year there is no way to know how much Gil you will win before hand, and I doubt it is going to be as much as it was last year. 100 million was a whole lot of Gil, and I can't see this Bonanza handing back that much Gil again, but you never know. The items are a mixed bag just like they were last year, with some impressive items from different HNM from around Vana'diel, and some are definitely better than others.

So what would you take? Would you even level a new job to make use of some of the more impressive items? Would you level SAM just to be able to use Futsuno Mitama? Would you level DRK just to be able to zerg your heart out if you picked the Kraken Club? Would you take the Gil even if you didn't know how much it was going to be?

Let us know what you would get by leaving a comment!

<a href="http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff151/ringthreetheicp/Mog_Bon.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff151/ringthreetheicp/Mog_Bon.jpg" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 158px; height: 119px;" /></a>As you might have heard the <a href="http://www.playonline.com/ff11eu/guide/mogbon/index.html">Mog Bonanza is Imminent</a> but what would you do if you won a first place prize? Would you go for the Gil? Or would you go for the items? Unlike last year there is no way to know how much Gil you will win before hand, and I doubt it is going to be as much as it was last year. 100 million was a whole lot of Gil, and I can't see this Bonanza handing back that much Gil again, but you never know. The items are a mixed bag just like they were last year, with some impressive items from different HNM from around Vana'diel, and some are definitely better than others.<br /><br />So what would you take? Would you even level a new job to make use of some of the more impressive items? Would you level SAM just to be able to use <a href="http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/wiki/Futsuno_Mitama">Futsuno Mitama</a>? Would you level DRK just to be able to zerg your heart out if you picked the <a href="http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/wiki/Kraken_Club">Kraken Club</a>? Would you take the Gil even if you didn't know how much it was going to be?<br /><br />Let us know what you would get by leaving a comment!