Morning in Vana'diel: We Now Return to Your Regularly Scheduled Programming.

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! Today, Ring wonders just what the fuck everyone at SE is doing to have such a completely empty and useless update. Is it FFXI? Or is it a more likely candidate.

Well, at least one day of happiness is more than none. It's back to the normal grind of complaining about SE today.

I don't even know where to start. The update is scheduled to be released on Monday and SE almost never releases new information on weekends. The update today is utterly worthless. Even those that apologize for everything SE does (me) and even those that enjoy aspects of the game that are not interesting at all (MMM, I am looking at you) have nothing at all to care about with the update notes that were released today.

So it's back to complaining for me. I could complain here about the update but I will handle that in the POL News post, so I will complain about something else: these stupid mini-expansion-scenario-crap. I think that SE really screwed themselves over with these things. Unlike working on a full expansion, which requires a lot of front loaded work before release, these mini-expansions probably require a bunch of programming for the cutscenes every update. Which means that more time is being spent on content that no one cares about or is going to be disappointed in because they are spreading themselves too thin. The state of updates are pathetic and increasingly so. I would much rather that SE just focused on improving the current content than working on poorly written, uninteresting, unrewarding and filler crap.

Are you getting fed up with this crap? Will you just take anything that SE gives you? Do you think my indignation is worthless? Leave a comment and tell us what you think!

<a href="http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff151/ringthreetheicp/picard-facepalm.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff151/ringthreetheicp/picard-facepalm.jpg" style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 456px; height: 300px;" /></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! Today, Ring wonders just what the fuck everyone at SE is doing to have such a completely empty and useless update. Is it FFXI? Or is it a more likely candidate.</span><br /><br />Well, at least one day of happiness is more than none. It's back to the normal grind of complaining about SE today.<br /><br />I don't even know where to start. The update is scheduled to be released on Monday and SE almost never releases new information on weekends. The update today is utterly worthless. Even those that apologize for everything SE does (me) and even those that enjoy aspects of the game that are not interesting at all (MMM, I am looking at you) have nothing at all to care about with the update notes that were released today. <br /><br />So it's back to complaining for me. I could complain here about the update but I will handle that in the POL News post, so I will complain about something else: these stupid mini-expansion-scenario-crap. I think that SE really screwed themselves over with these things. Unlike working on a full expansion, which requires a lot of front loaded work before release, these mini-expansions probably require a bunch of programming for the cutscenes every update. Which means that more time is being spent on content that no one cares about or is going to be disappointed in because they are spreading themselves too thin. The state of updates are pathetic and increasingly so. I would much rather that SE just focused on improving the current content than working on poorly written, uninteresting, unrewarding and filler crap.<br /><br />Are you getting fed up with this crap? Will you just take anything that SE gives you? Do you think my indignation is worthless? Leave a comment and tell us what you think!

POL News: Tell Me Something I Don't Know.

SE has disclosed the pricing information (that we already knew) and the pre-order date (like it matters) for the new scenario, A Moogle Kupo d'Etat. I am still slightly confused why they are pre-selling the scenario given that it is downloaded content and you can just pay for it the day it goes on sale without any difference. There are no trinkets to encourage pre-payment and it's not like they are going to run out of them, right?

I know that quite a few people are going to hold off on this one to see just how it plays out before they get it. I know that the reward for me is a lot more enticing, and ultimately that is the reason we all play the game. There are those that say that it just equates to "paying" for more gear, but that is what we do with every expansion and even every monthly bill, so that doesn't bother me that much. I am much more concerned if there is a good reason for me to get it. I still haven't done anything in ACP because there is nothing there for me. If this expansion has something I want or want to get, I will get it.

<a href="http://www.playonline.com/pcd/topics/ff11us/detail/4676/4676.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://www.playonline.com/pcd/topics/ff11us/detail/4676/4676.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 415px; height: 100px;" /></a>SE has disclosed the pricing information (that we already knew) and the pre-order date (like it matters) for the new scenario, A Moogle Kupo d'Etat. I am still slightly confused why they are pre-selling the scenario given that it is downloaded content and you can just pay for it the day it goes on sale without any difference. There are no trinkets to encourage pre-payment and it's not like they are going to run out of them, right? <br /><br />I know that quite a few people are going to hold off on this one to see just how it plays out before they get it. I know that the reward for me is a lot more enticing, and ultimately that is the reason we all play the game. There are those that say that it just equates to "paying" for more gear, but that is what we do with every expansion and even every monthly bill, so that doesn't bother me that much. I am much more concerned if there is a good reason for me to get it. I still haven't done anything in ACP because there is nothing there for me. If this expansion has something I want or want to get, I will get it.