Some background information needed to make the following rant a little more clear:
- I have been playing FFXI since day 1 of NA PC release.
- While my memory isn’t perfect on everything, there is a shadow of things in my mind =>
- Which leads to me knowing where to find the version update history of FFXI for when I don’t remember exactly when things changed (See post where I went back through the updates to find good DRG related information)
The linkshell was having a discussion about BLM’s, well mages in general, that don’t have all their spells. I was loosely paying attention because I was watching the Clerks animated series on the TV when someone said something that caught my eye, and my ire:
“I leveled BLM before the BCNM40’s. Didn’t need those spells.”
Now, I’m not one to go and pick a fight with someone. It’s not my personality. But something about that statement ate at the back of my mind, like I knew it was impossible but wasn’t completely sure. 6 years (almost!) is a long time to remember things, especially about something (FFXI) that has changed/evolved so much over that course of time.
So I asked our trusty linkshell leader, “That sound right to you?” to which she replied “Not really… but they know *everything* don’t they? lol”
Being the person I am, not liking people spreading wrong information or just don’t have the information correct, decided to comb through the updates to find the answer as to when, exactly, the BCNM battles were introduced.
Though I wasn’t surprised, the update for Oct. 21, 2003 was the first chronological updated listed (same with the Japanese site. I checked and had Google translate it for me so I could figure out where I was going lol) and in it they mention augmenting the behavior of monsters in certain BCNM’s.
Wow… they were in existence before the NA release two days later. Fancy that. I told the LS leader this, she laughed and said that I should ask him about that. I decided to be subtle, “Hey *NAME*, did you play on the JP client before the NA client?”
“No.”
“Oh, how did you play before BCNM’s? They were in there when the NA client came out. At least, that is what the update notes say for Oct. 21, 2003.”
“Maybe it was before they raised the level cap from 50 to 75, then.”
Once again, the “You’re-Wrong-O-Meter” went off. The next update listed, Dec. 16, 2003, mentions about adding the quest to increase the level cap from 70 to 75. Which implies that at the time of the NA release back in October, the level cap was 70.
I didn’t bring this up in the linkshell because there isn’t any update data to support when the cap was raised from 50-70 on both the NA or JP official Play Online websites. I told the LS leader this and she laughed some more and said that if she ever needed anyone to do any kind of data mining to find something, she would know who to ask.
I guess the moral of the story is that if you’re going to pretend to know everything, make sure you are correct. Otherwise you sound like an ass.
Also, if you’re going to argue with someone, take the time to make sure you are correct. Otherwise you make yourself into just as much of an ass as the person you’re arguing with.
