JP interview about the new expansion

[Shaq]

http://www.dengekionline.com/data/news/2007/7/12/ca0326a827b17515395d0092c440eea6.html

http://www.famitsu.com/game/news/2007/07/09/103,1183984641,74831,0,0.html

sry about the long url.
for those who can speak jp, u'll find some interesting stuff inside.

what caught my eyes were:
1. NEW JOBS will be available
2. about 30 new zones will be added
3. what you do in the past might change the present (?)
4. they're about 33% done w/ it

 

[Oropher]

google translated page:
http://translate.google.com/transla...&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&prev=/language_tools
http://translate.google.com/transla...&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&prev=/language_tools

 

[Jediknight]

interesting, thanks shaq

 

[Zethren]

Didn't fully get to read it, but I hope it has some improvements in there that prevent people from MPKing and stuff and jacking other peoples mobs. Anything like that in there, Shaq?

 

[Mistaya]

http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3161097

I think this is the real english version or another article, but I'm assuming it's the same one.

 

[Negorissimo]

Some people are commenting about this here:

http://www.qcdn.org/ffxi/showthread.php?t=47458&page=6

 

[Shaq]

Didn't fully get to read it, but I hope it has some improvements in there that prevent people from MPKing and stuff and jacking other peoples mobs. Anything like that in there, Shaq?

no, sry to say, nothing about mpk and mob-jacking stuff in there

 

[Zaltana]

they are talking about new jobs. i wonder if they will approach the design of them with the same mindset most of the high lvl players have: what will its endgame effectiveness be.

 

[Grodo]

So when they talk about new zones is it really just all the old zones from RoZ just during the Cwar cause we are goin back to the past and stuff or do i even know what the hell im talking about

 

[Arctyrael]

So when they talk about new zones is it really just all the old zones from RoZ just during the Cwar cause we are goin back to the past and stuff or do i even know what the hell im talking about

Nothing has been confirmed, but that seems to be the consensus. It would make no sense to rebuild former glories if there are no threats to be found. So, the only logical conclusion is that we've got to go to the past to see these zones like that.

edit: I lied - yes its the past

 

[Rips]

WOW if this is true, I doubt it will be 3 jobs. Might be 2 to top it off at 20.