Dev Tracker - Discussion

I have a feeling all we're going to get for April Fools is ...shattered homepoints.

I can't remember if it was April Fools or some 11/11 event, BUT ...I did enjoy that one-day event where they activated every campaign at once... (^_^)

In still waiting on my shadow lord head mount

For what it's worth, I only recall them saying they were raising besieged to 99 and then to ilevel. Which technically, they've already done.
Do you know where they spoke specifically about level 15 or ilvl 119?

Having trouble finding it on Google but I believe it was stated that 119 was the target during the Freshly Picked Vanadiel on May 10th last year. They specifically stated that they would not push to 119 all at once but rather in steps.

I think the level 15 was shared in another Freshly Picked later last year, too?

Edit: I found the translation of the May Freshly Picked - ironically, you were the one who linked the translation in this very thread back on May 12, 2024:

"Making Beseiged Level 99 Content:

This content is currently made for LV75, and work is being done to adjust this first to LV99. They can't skip straight to LV119, but hope that players will participate in order to help rescue important NPCs. The goal is to make Beseiged more challenging (like it used to be), but also manageable, which is why it will be balanced for LV99 as opposed to LV119. The strength of the Serpent Generals will also be increased."

I do acknowledge that this leaves it open to possibly not be a 119 target but stating that they can't skip straight to 119 seems to imply it, in my opinion.

Still looking for the note about level 15 Besieged.

I wish they'd make the timing more consistent. I think that's gonna be a bigger issue preventing people from progressing/participating esp if they add more items/currency associated with it

They're also increasing the movement speed of the Beastmen as they arrive in Al Zahbi. So the message to "Intercept their forces" is merely an announcement and they never intended players to fight these bosses in the field. Shame, that would have been kind of cool if it was set up sort of like Campaign where various fortifications/generals across the zone tried to stop them from entering the city, only to culminate in a final battle inside the city walls.

Ok. I have spent far too long digging through update notes, forum posts, and trying to translate livestreams and have come up with nothing. Did I dream the level 15 Besieged thing up?

Wasn't level 15 what someone calculated would be the level of a i119 besieged?

Thanks for looking into this.

No, I also remember it. I wouldn't be able to tell you from where tho :-\ maybe from the letter that they published post-survey?

I really miss when Campaigns used to happen in the cities and would love to see that again. Fond memories of standing atop the Optistery and sniping Yagudo on RNG as they came in. Not so fond memories of Behemoths in Sandy.

Wonder what bad things would happen if they gave players more control over the spawn conditions of besieged/campaign.

I had very fond memories of going to school/work and standing around singing on ***/brd for xp

I found this nugget from the November pre-update note from Fujito:

and this February update:

If this:
were true, the math would imply level 13 Besieged for 119, no?

I am with Lili though, I swear I remember reading that they would be going up to level 15 for Besieged somewhere.

At level 15, Besieged would be content-level 129. I don't think this is out of the realm of possibility.

It appears that, for the time being, they are trying to revamp older content to fill out endgame (rather than developing new events). They are doing the same thing to Limbus, so perhaps they plan on adding difficult levels of Besieged and sell relevant pieces for the currency that it drops.

I'm glad to see this too. There are a few pieces of content that really don't serve much of a purpose anymore. Give that content genuine relevance again, and it gives endgame more variety.

I would love a rebooted Legion. Something challenging for a whole alliance. The 6-person static environment is just a touch over done at the moment.

Can you imagine how much extra revenue SE would have for FFXI if all the players on private servers actually played retail instead?

Easily. All $0 of it.

Hard to make content for a game when half the population wants hardcore gameplay 24/7 and the other half wants to be carried through content while contributing nothing.

Nothing. It would cost more to add than it would bring back, and most of the people who play on them either don't want to pay money or if they do have money they only play on them to get power being in an admin position over everyone else.