Famitsu releases info on Aht Urhgan!

[Andromeda]

Well Square Enix has not updated their page for Aht Urhgan, it seems someone has translated the last issue of Famitsu and discovered some interesting details. Well I cannot back up this information right now, treat it like a rumor for the time being, though the source seems reliable. This will be considered rumor for the time being until Square Enix confirms this information on their site. If they released the information in Famitsu it should not long before they update the site. *prays*

New job: Corsair
Looks like a pirate. Pics of Elvaan and Mithra wearing AF.
Hat is black, clothes are brown.
Weapon is gun with hexagonal barrel.
Support allies with bullets. It's a party support job, not attacker anyway.
Job ability: Gamble Technique.

New Area:
Aht Uhrgan Empire: looks like San d'Oria
It's the new Jeuno... includes AH, rental house, guards. They want to add chocobos too.
There's talk of monster invasions for this area too.
Divided into three areas: king's area, surrounding aread and people's area

New monsters:
Kutourb: male mummy
Marlid: mammoth
Chigo: small parasite

Corsair sounds interesting, definitely will be a different job to the Final Fantasy series if this is true. Though it does seem to fill in the position of the Gunner that a lot of people been crying about.

And the Aht Urhgan Empire sounds like fun. I do hope it is massive city equal to that of Jeuno and the nations, having small dinky towns like Tavnazia and Rabao are just not as fun as having a new vast town full of NPCs and stores to explore. I know this part of the information can be pretty trusted, since it is obvious that Aht Urhgan is going to be in the expansion.

Looks like fun.

[ZRO]

Heh, Corsair, eh? Damn, no Dancer Mithra this time. ^^;;

Sounds to be an interesting job I s'pose, but it's certainly not the new tank I've been hearing constant rumors about. Plus I'm fairly sure the only way it'll get much use is if it has a way to replace RDM and BRD's spot in parties in the upper levels. Without one of those two, you pretty much don't see a party anywhere above 50 or so.

Corsair sounds cool, can anyone post a link to the AF images Andromeda mentioned?

[Secret Azn Man]

Finally... We can finally decide which is better, Ninjas or Pirates?

Ballista, anyone?

[Andromeda]

Yeah I am curious to see how this Corsair will work seeing as it is going to be another support job. Though I wonder why SE decided to make it a support job. I know Ranger already using Guns, so I guess that they wanted to have them use guns in a different way. I wonder how strong that they will be though using Guns offensively, will they be better than a Ranger or weaker? Will Rangers start moving over because the Guns are better? Would be interesting if we saw a migration of Rangers to Corsairs.

The other day I heard a rumor that the new expansion will have ships to rent like chocobos. And with the addition of a pirate job it certintly seems possibe that this could be true. But I was wondering if anybody can let me know if this rumor is a fact or another fony.

[Andromeda]

Well I have not heard anything about renting boats, and while I cannot deny it. I also cannot confirm it. And seeing as renting boats would lead to needing to add Ocean or Water areas, and probably monsters or fishing with that. Both of which are already covered on the Manaclipper and Ferry. So I find it unlikely that this is anymore than somebody's wish that will never happen. Being a Corsair(Pirate) there is a possibility, but that would mean giving something special to a job that none of others would be able to do. And while Dragoons have Wyverns, I do not think this is the same thing. It is almost like owning your own Airship, very unlikely. Not to mention I would hate to see 2000 Airship in the skies, flying would never be the same again. -_-

[Skai]

http://www.ffxionline.com/forums/sho...3&page=2&pp=20

There are some pictures of an Elvaan and a Mithra in what most people think is Corsair's artifact equipments. There is also a translation to the interview done by Famitsu in the link.

[Andromeda]

To make people's lives a little easier I will post what they post, just remember that the source is from this forum.

http://www.ffxionline.com/forums/sho...3&page=2&pp=20

Interview with Treasures of Aht'Urgan Director Kouichi Ogawa:
Q: What's the general concept behind ToA?
A: The main idea is to increase areas you can play high level jobs in. Not only areas, but also new gameplay ideas like Dynamis and Limbus. For low level people there are a few new jobs prepared

Q: "Treasure" in "ToA" is an item?
A: You'll find out by playing.

Q: Can it be played without Zilart or CoP?
A: It's made to be, but I'd imagine it would be more fun with the others.

Q: Are Geomancer and Sage new jobs?
A: I wonder.. (grin)

Q: Do you need ToA to play the new jobs? SMN was playable without Zilart.
A: We're considering it.

Q: How does Blue Mage learn magic?
A: Secret. Just keep in mind that it's a job with MP.

Q: New abilities are acquired in new areas?
A: New abilities are unlocked with merit points.

Q: Can you go to new areas immediately? Even as a low level?
A: There will be requirements to going to new areas. They are geared at high level jobs. Xbox360 users and newbies should have fun with getting the new jobs.

Q: How many new areas will there be?
A: Compared to Zilart and CoP there aren't as many. But that's not to say the amount is exceeded by other expansion discs.

Q: Are the areas outside of conquest influence?
A: Yes.

Q: Will there be gimmicks like the cliff sliding in Uleguerand?
A: CoP had a lot of obstacles to hinder the player, but I'm thinking it would be good if we added some to ToA that would actually give some kind of advantage to the player in using them.

Q: Are there level capped areas such as in CoP?
A: I can't say that there aren't. But, we are thinking in the direction of not limiting the player.

Q: Will there be limitations other than level caps?
A: You might see some new ones like the "no subjob" cap in the new Dynamis areas.

Q: There's a new area that looks like Windurst. Is it Windurst related?
A: No.

Q: Can players also be captured by pirates?
A: We plan for the theme to be reflected in the gameplay. Players becoming prisoners sounds interesting, but also kinda scary. (grin)

Q: Will there be expediary force missions in ToA?
A: We will be adding a totally new conquest battle system to ToA that will be difference from the current conquest system. A hint is in the currently released public images of ToA.

Q: What's the relationship between the new and the old beastmen?
A: There's a hint in the scenery of what we've currently exposed of ToA.

Q: Is Mamuuja's(sp?) pet cockatrice rideable by players?
A: No.

Q: It seems like there are a lot of enemies that are just old ones with new colors. How many new ones are there?
A: Secret. We will add as many as we can.

Q: No way, "Corsair"?
A: We thought of adding a gambler to ToA, but outside Japan the impression of "gambler" isn't so great so we went with Corsair. Basically it looks like a pirate but is essentially a gambler type.

Q: Its main weapon is a pistol?
A: It's not a weapon that has great fire power like a RNGs, but instead can support the party and give buffs.

Q: Not an attacker?!
A: The main concept is for it to be a party support type.

Q: Will gambling techniques also be party support-ish?
A: Some will. It's a gamble, so maybe people will be like "That Corsair has bad luck!" etc.

Q: Any other new jobs?
A: Hmmmm.. (grin)

Q: Will there be new regions aside from the Aht'urgan Empire?
A: Yes.

Q: The "Far East" country at war with Aht'Urgan is in the east?(unclear)
A: I'll leave that to your imagination.

Q: The Imperial Capital of Al'zabi(sp?) looks huge.
A: It's the Jeuno of Aht'Urgan. There's a AH, rental house, and guards. We'd like to add a chocobo too.

Q: Will monsters invade the city?
A: Enjoy finding out.

Q: Can you ride the ship from the port in the "Commoner District"?
A: That port will become the means of coming and going (to/from Aht'Urgan). As far as where exactly the ship comes from to get there, I will say that you can get here without Zilart or CoP.

Imperial Capital of Al'zabi(sp)
"Imperial District": Place where nobles live. A lot of elvaans. At first will not be accessible by players.
"Commoner District": Various races. Packed with merchants and salesmen.
"Dweller District": Lots of humes. People with no citizenship and the old overthrown emperor dwell here. Menanced by beastmen.

Q: Will there be a huge version up to accompany ToA?
A: For the new items and jobs there will be a mandatory version up for those even without ToA. The changes to be made to the game system will be done on release day.

Q: How's the xbox 360 server doing?
A: There are already lv50s. Most JPs are pre-existing users switching platforms/returning to the game where as NA/EU users are new.

Q: What are you doing with the March NA event?
A: It'll be done for 2 days. We plan on having items available you can't normally get. We're also considering such an event for JPs.

[Skai]

Haha, so you got it from FFXIOnline too? I was wondering why your first post was so similar to the one I saw at FFXIOnline.

[Andromeda]

No the above post was the link you provided, I was just making it easier for people not to have to search through an entire page. I got that first post of my, from Alla, which did not say where they got their information, but some forum. I do not remember which it was. Just that it was from Famitsu. So it could be from FFXIOnline, but I don't visit it other than when provided a link. I visit Alla, KI, and Mystery Tour mainly, aside from the offical FFXI SE site.

Though what I find interesting is that the city is going to be divided into regions, where the nobles, and lesser people live. Those stupid Elvaans have corrupted yet another city with their arrogant, elist, racial perfectionist ways. Apparently they consider us Humes as being lesser beings than them. Which makes them even worse than the Elvaans in Sandy, which are not so discrimatory as to make their "non-citizens" live outside of the castle where orcs could attack on a whim. But that does make me wonder if there will be monster attacks on the outer city, since they do say that the beastmen do attack from time to time. City invasions would be pretty cool, since they did say that there were going to a new different conquest system, this could be part of it. Where you have forced to defend the city. Not that the Elvaans would care. I am going to kill you all one of these days.

The peasants will revolt!

[Tech Support]

Sounds to me like a rip of FFX-2. Its a gambler and a gun mage glued together. I really don't see this job getting far in a party situation do to the complete reliance on random rolls for effectiveness. No longer will people have to be "good" at a job.. just make a roll and hope for the best.

It definately wont replace rangers if it is anything like the gun mage. Basically, the weapon is for show and allows you to sit in the back and hit stuff for a little boost in damage.

[Andromeda]

No need to wonder anymore, SE just updated their Aht Urhgan site confirming the Corsair job! As well as everything else, plenty of pictures. So go check out the site. I am posting the pictures of the Corsair, which are of better quality than the previous ones.

Description say that they have multi barrel guns called Hexaguns, looks like it might actually be a new weapon type, than just a simple new gun additions.

And also in the update is a release date April 18, 2006. ^^ We got three months till it is coming out.