The world of Vana'diel stands at the brink of war. Three powerful nations, united in their plight against the beastmen forces, look to their last hope -- brave adventurers like you!

Will the beastmen gain the upper hand, and thrust the once-peaceful Vana'diel into another war? Step into the world of Vana'diel and journey forth on grand adventures with players from all across the globe!

FINAL FANTASY XI is the first online game in the award-winning FINAL FANTASY series. How you play is up to you, with limitless possibilities for adventure. Set out on your own to discover the countless secrets of Vana'diel, or form a party with your friends to purge the beastman forces and bring home sensational spoils!

Final Fantasy XI has released the notes for their July Version Update. Of course, an update contains far too many notes to be presented in its entirety here, but if you're inteterested, click the lnk below, and read it all!



The following adjustments have been made to Besieged:

Changes to Besieged as a whole:

    * After a beastman army retreats, the enemy forces in that army’s stronghold will immediately begin to increase. The enemy forces will increase very slowly at first, but will gradually increase at a faster rate.
    * If the enemy forces are reduced to a certain point, the rate at which they increase will accelerate.
    * The enemy forces will increase if a player is KO’d in a beastman stronghold.

Changes to the beastman strongholds:

    * New sections have been added to the beastman strongholds.
    * Notorious monsters have been added that will periodically increase the enemy forces in the beastman strongholds.
    * Archaic mirrors will now be surrounded by defending beastmen.
    * Archaic mirrors now appear more frequently and have much higher endurance. In accordance with this change, players will receive less Imperial Standing credits when trading an archaic mirror to an Imperial guard.

Read it all,http://www.playonline.com/pcd/update/ff11us/20060725vNusN1/detail.html

Final Fantasy XI has announced thay in their next upcomoing version update, they will be adding new monsters and battlefields tot he game. Specifically, the areas included in Treasures of Art Urghan:



In the upcoming version update, new notorious monsters and battlefields will be introduced into the Treasures of Aht Urhgan areas.

Also, certain monsters will soon possess an accumulative resistance to magic. Click here for details.

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