The History of Final Fantasy XI/2006

==2006 - The Treasures of Aht Urhgan Era==
2006 saw the release of the third full expansion, Treasures of Aht Urhgan. At the same time, the Xbox 360 version of the game was released worldwide. Final Fantasy XI became was the first cross-platform game which united Xbox and Playstation owners.
Almost all of the new content released was centered around Aht Urhgan, and many players move from Jeuno to Whitegate.
Misconduct by RMT reached its peak, and the Special Task Force was formed to combat them. In this year, rise of unauthorized account breach and account theft began. Claim bots began to become "The Thing" to use. Discussion concerning third party tools such as those was a recurring subject on community websites.
Jan. 1st, 2006 	    Fenrir Unleashed 	    Fenrir Unleashed
Jan. 1st, 2006 	A Fenrir named Fortuitous Fenrir appeared as the New Year's event this time. Three Tarutaru Summoners followed him around.	
Jan. 5th, 2006 	    Xbox 360 Beta Live 	    Xbox 360 Beta Live
Jan. 5th, 2006 	Even though the beta officially started, the Xbox magazine wasn't out for another week or two in the US and the UK. 	The Xbox beta shared the same server (Hydra) across all regions, so Japanese players had a head start on NA and EU players again. The beta also had access to all current FFXI Retail content and expansions.
Jan. 13th, 2006	    Provisional Measures implemented against an Exploit 	    Provisional Measures implemented against an Exploit
Jan. 13th, 2006	It was discovered that players could use third party tools to circumvent the timer on the ability Steal and Hide. Players would then use this exploit to obtain Platinum Beastcoins from Goblins in Oldton Movalpolos and Newton Movalpolos in rapid succession.
To counteract this, Square temporarily removed the ability to Steal from goblins in these zones.	On the 17th, another emergency maintenance was performed to re-implement stealing in the zones and counteracted the tool.
Jan. 26th, 2006	    Corsair Job Announced 	    Corsair Job Announced
Jan. 26th, 2006	Corsair was announced as the second job in the upcoming Treasures of Aht Urhgan expansion. To the right is the Famitsu snippet.
Players were excited for another possibly offensive support job similar to Red Mage, but were worried about the cost they would incur due to bullet ammunition prices. Square Enix saying that they would be a luck based job raised concerns even further. Would consumables be required similar to Ninjutsu in order to buff the party?	
Feb. 3rd, 2006 	    Valentione's Day 	    Valentione's Day
Feb. 3rd, 2006 	The event ran from February 3rd to February 15th. NPCs named Valentione's Single appeared as part of the event in the three nations. After speaking to a Moogle, players were given two chocolate pieces.
The left halfs were Rare/EX: Amour Choco. L., Roman. Choco. L., Desire Choco. L., Attract. Choco. L.
The right halfs were not EX, so they needed to be traded to players based on what the Moogles instructed them to obtain. All races/genders received the same left and right pieces: Amour Choco. R., Roman. Choco. R., Desire Choco. R., Attract. Choco. R.
All right pieces had a male and female version. Galka and Mithra both shared the Attract. Choco. R..
After trading both halves to the event Moogle, players were given a completed Chocolate to trade to a specific Valentione's Single: Amour Chocolate, Romance Choco., Desire Chocolate, Attrac. Chocolate	Rewards included a Chocopass, the Charm Wand, and the Charm Wand +1.
Feb. 9th, 2006 	    RMT Countermeasures 	    RMT Countermeasures
Feb. 9th, 2006 	Starting with this news announcement, Square Enix began their endless fight against RMT activities. Below is the news announcement.
 {| width=450px	
 Since the end of last year, item values have 
 risen astronomically on all Worlds due to the 
 manipulation of prices by a small percentage 
 of the player base. The development team and 
 the GMs carried out a detailed investigation 
 of this problem, and discovered the existence
 of a group using illicit methods to produce 
 large amounts of gil that are later sold in 
 the real world (Real Money Trading). We would 
 like to take this opportunity to outline the 
 measures that have been taken to correct this 
 issue. Based on the results of this investigation, 
 more than 700 accounts among those found to be 
 involved in large-scale RMT operations have been
 terminated. We will continue to monitor accounts 
 suspected of dealing in gil created or obtained 
 in an unfair manner. Thanks to these measures, 
 more than 300 billion gil has been removed from 
 circulation, and the overly inflated prices of 
 items have begun to fall to more realistic levels.
 Furthermore, emergency maintenance has already 
 been performed on all worlds for the purpose of 
 implementing RMT countermeasures. This 
 maintenance took place over two stages, starting 
 on January 17th.
Category:History