Tomorrow (March 8th) marks the release of the new Final Fantasy XI update, including new areas, changes to the battle system, new items, and more.

[Event-Related]

New Aht Urhgan missions have been added.

The following changes have been made to Besieged:

- Level 7 Besieged has now been released. Accordingly, the maximum value for enemy forces has increased to 170.

- New Notorious Monsters and Level 7 units comprised of new creatures will now appear during Besieged.

- The variety of temporary items distributed at the beginning of every Besieged has been expanded. The availability of these items will depend on which NPCs have been taken captive and the overall condition of the Imperial defense.

- The Serpent Generals have each received unique new combat abilities to use during Besieged.

The following changes have been made to the Chocobo Hot and Cold Game:

- There are now new chocograph areas available in which to play the Chocobo Hot and Cold Game.

*To obtain the new chocographs, players must first succeed a number of times in discovering treasure in the existing areas.

*Players will find the number of times they can dig in the new chocograph areas will be less than existing areas.

- When digging with a tired chocobo in a location where treasure is buried, there is a chance that you will "hit the jackpot." If this happens, it will be possible to discover the treasure chest in your next digging attempt.

*After "hitting the jackpot," the subsequent digging attempt does not count towards the maximum number allowed.

- Items obtainable in the prairie chocograph and bush chocograph areas have been adjusted.

- Your chocobo's general digging ability will now be improved when successfully discovering treasure.

*The amount the ability improves varies with the chocograph area.

*The exact value of the ability increase will not be displayed.

For full update notes, read more here