New Update Information: Empire's Most Wanted.

[Lecan]

New info from POL:

Empire's Most Wanted(07/14/2006)

Empire's Most Wanted
Even among the beastmen, the creatures listed below are especially notorious for their crimes against the Empire. All competent mercenaries and adventurers are encouraged to aid in their elimination.

Percipient Zoraal Ja

A general belonging to the Mamool Ja warrior class, Zoraal Ja has a reputation for inspiring courage in his soldiers and is acknowledged by the Imperial Army as a fearsome combatant. However, his recent failures to overcome the defenses of Al Zahbi have resulted in Zoraal Ja's temporary removal from a position of authority. The Empire wishes to ensure his defeat before he is allowed to return to the ranks of the savages.

An investigation by the Immortals has revealed Zoraal Ja's ability to manipulate a large colibri that can imitate his voice. Be on the lookout for trickery.

Lamia No.19

Marked by a tag buried within her body, this creature is known to be the nineteenth experiment in a series of original chimera creations. Leading a strike force of undead minions, Lamia No.19 has been threatening Imperial Army supply routes along the coast of the Arrapago Reef with frequent hit-and-run attacks.

Eyewitnesses claim to have seen her appear after large-scale battles, and stop to tap each corpse with her staff--information that may prove useful in locating this elusive adversary.

The Gar Brothers

Garharlor, Garfurlar, and Garhorlur are three Troll siblings infamous for their many surprise attacks on Immortals and Imperial troops alike. Even among the warlike Troll race, the Gar clan is famous for producing berserk warriors who lose the ability to distinguish from friend and foe when the madness of battle descends upon them. Perhaps due to some recent incident, the Gar Brothers have not been included in the last few attacks on Al Zahbi.

Officer Shazarsh,
Imperial Military Relations


Illustration by Mitsuhiro Arita

Edit: Scroll down to my next post for more information/clarifications regarding the upcoming update.

 

[Uzor]

so these are like NM's you have to kill? And then you get a reward from the empire?

Sounds fun. ToAU really lack NM's

 

[Lecan]

Found this as well:

Jul. 14, 2006 02:00 [PDT] From: FINAL FANTASY XI

All Worlds Maintenance (Jul. 24)

At the following time, we will be performing FINAL FANTASY XI maintenance on all Worlds. During this period, FINAL FANTASY XI will be unavailable.

Thank you for your patience.

* The client software will also be updated at this time. Once this maintenance is completed, the client update will start automatically after logging back into FINAL FANTASY XI. Please follow the instructions that appear on your screen.

* You may receive errors such as POL-1160 or POL-0010 during the download process due to heavy server traffic. If you are unable to access the update, we ask that you please wait a while and then try again.

* For the update details, please refer to "Topics" on the official PlayOnline.com web site or PlayOnline Viewer which will be available on Jul. 24, 2005.

* Also, the continuation of the Treasures of Aht Urhgan storyline and Chocobo raising have been excluded from this version update for further testing, and are scheduled to be implemented in the next version update. More details will be announced when they become available. We apologize for the inconvenience.


[Affected Period]
Jul. 24, 2006 10:00 to 14:00 (PDT)
*Maintenance completion time may be subject to change.

[Affected Services]
FINAL FANTASY XI

EDIT: SE apparantly saw that some of us were confused.

Jul. 14, 2006 22:30 [PDT] From: PlayOnline

Chocobo Raising and Storyline Release Clarification

There has been some confusion regarding the release of Chocobo raising and the continuation of the Treasures of Aht Urhgan storyline.

Chocobo raising and the continuation of the Treasures of Aht Urhgan storyline have been delayed slightly, and are scheduled to be implemented shortly after the July 24 version update.

More details will be announced when they become available. We apologize for any confusion.

 

[Skaw]

oh lawdy Gar Brothers. PLD, RDM, and RNG. WONDAR HOW DAT WIL GO.

Thier picture looks cool, atleast.

 

[Tyrath]

* Also, the continuation of the Treasures of Aht Urhgan storyline and Chocobo raising have been excluded from this version update for further testing, and are scheduled to be implemented in the next version update. More details will be announced when they become available. We apologize for the inconvenience.

What what what what what?!!?!?!?!?! DIE IN A FIRE SE !!! -_-

 

[Lecan]

What what what what what?!!?!?!?!?! DIE IN A FIRE SE !!! -_-

Agreed. They better hope to god the job balancing updates they are supposedly putting in this update are good, because otherwise people are gonna be pissed.

 

[Skaw]

Oh thats some gay shit, atleast put the story line in. I guess that means no new Assault ranks either =/ =/ =/

 

[Uzor]

I HATE SE! >.<

I WANT M CHOCOBO RAISING FIX! ; ; I NEED THE CONTINUED STORYLINE ; ;

Bah, I'll have Dayner go blow them up ~.~

On the good side, I won't be home during the update. And they just removed 2 of the things I was looking forward to the most...

 

[Tyrath]

Oh thats some gay shit, atleast put the story line in. I guess that means no new Assault ranks either =/ =/ =/

Idk? Assault isnt exactly part of the maine expansion story and thats all they mentioned.

 

[Mishaela]

KILLITWITHFIRE. They're putting this crap off worse than Lunar's original rerelease...

 

[Dayner]

Bah, I'll have Dayner go blow them up ~.~

sorry i wont "blow up" anyone till i get my drk update

An investigation by the Immortals has revealed Zoraal Ja's ability to manipulate a large colibri that can imitate his voice. Be on the lookout for trickery.

hmm why i have bad feeling abot this

Eyewitnesses claim to have seen her appear after large-scale battles, and stop to tap each corpse with her staff--information that may prove useful in locating this elusive adversary

.. maybe someone must stay dead to pop her ?

 

[Uzor]

you can blow them up for the lack of DRK update!

 

[Dayner]

we well see at the time of the update

 

[Halifirien]

Are these NMs out in the wild or are they part of the new Besieged elements they mentioned?

 

[Tyrath]

Are these NMs out in the wild or are they part of the new Besieged elements they mentioned?

It does not say. I'd guess they are out in the wild though. Kinda like you rescueing prisoners, you kill these NMs, talk to someone, get some IP and maybe ??? items ;x

 

[Halifirien]

I'm wondering if these NMs will appear with their actual names. Reading the descriptions, it seems like you'd only know them by the behaviors they exhibit on the battlefield... although I could be reading too much into it.

 

[Tyrath]

People on BG forums seem convinced that these are new Beastmen kings lol

I still think we'll get some IP and a ??? item =P

 

[Pasquale]

Does anyone have any information about the job fixes acctually being in this update? I dont remember seeing anything about it. Thanks.

 

[Tyrath]

Does anyone have any information about the job fixes acctually being in this update? I dont remember seeing anything about it. Thanks.

Nope, SE has given no such word

 

[Pasquale]

Nope, SE has given no such word

Yeah I didn't think so. So no chocobo, no new ToAU, no job fix, eh? What exactly are they updating with then? A few new, though bitchin, NMs?