History Trivia / FinalFantasyXI

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: In early development, [[https://we-are-vanadiel.finalfantasyxi.com/post/?id=104 there was a pushback against making]] ''[[https://we-are-vanadiel.finalfantasyxi.com/post/?id=104 XI]]'' [[https://we-are-vanadiel.finalfantasyxi.com/post/?id=104 a mainline title from the higher ups in the company]]. It was Hironobu Sakaguchi's insistence that it be named ''Final Fantasy XI'' and not, say, ''Final Fantasy Online'', because of his faith in the future of online gaming as well as not wanting it to be seen as a mere spin-off. Despite Sakaguchi leaving the company in 2001, Square eventually decided to make ''XI'' a numbered title because of Hiromichi Tanaka's perseverance.

* TheWikiRule: The [[http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Final_Fantasy_Wiki Final Fantasy Wiki]] and [[http://ffxiclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page FFXIclopedia]].

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: In early development, [[https://we-are-vanadiel.finalfantasyxi.com/post/?id=104 there was a pushback against making FFXI a mainline title from the higher ups in the company]]. It was Hironobu Sakaguchi's insistence that it be named ''Final Fantasy XI'' and not, say, ''Final Fantasy Online'', because of his faith in the future of online gaming as well as not wanting it to be seen as a mere spin-off. Despite Sakaguchi leaving the company in 2001, Square eventually decided to make FFXI a numbered title because of Hiromichi Tanaka's perseverance.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: In early development, [[https://we-are-vanadiel.finalfantasyxi.com/post/?id=104 there was a pushback against making FFXI a numbered entry in the series from the higher ups in the company]]. It was Hironobu Sakaguchi's insistence that it be part of the mainline series, partially because of his faith in the future of online gaming and partially because he didn't want it to be seen as a mere spin-off. Despite Sakaguchi leaving the company in 2001, Square eventually decided to make FFXI a numbered title because of Hiromichi Tanaka's perseverance.

* TrollingCreator: The infamous Absolute Virtue from the ''Chains of Promathia'' expansion, supposedly a {{superboss}} the enemy was actually revealed to have always been intended to be a HopelessBossFight, players were never ''meant'' to defeat it, it was supposed to be a death hazard that could spawn after beating the real final killable boss of the expansion. In addition, not only did the developers never reveal Absolute Virtue was supposed to be unwinnable until well after the fact, but they released a video at one point supposedly showing a secret method to legitimately defeating it. Only thing is, the 'legitimate' strategy actually wasn't, to use it required breaking the game's Terms of Service, so the strategy video and Absolute Virtue in general were there just to troll players while making them ''think'' they had a chance of beating it so not everyone would just automatically run away if it spawned. This becomes ultimately {{subverted|Trope}} in the long run, as repeated exploits that actually allowed players to beat Absolute Virtue in addition with bad press from the Pandemonium Warden incident caused the developers to nerf Absolute Virtue, making him actually defeatable now.

* TrollingCreator: The infamous Absolute Virtue from the ''Chains of Promathia'' expansion, supposedly a SuperBoss the enemy was actually revealed to have always been intended to be a HopelessBossFight, players were never ''meant'' to defeat it, it was supposed to be a death hazard that could spawn after beating the real final killable boss of the expansion. In addition, not only did the developers never reveal Absolute Virtue was supposed to be unwinnable until well after the fact, but they released a video at one point supposedly showing a secret method to legitimately defeating it. Only thing is, the 'legitimate' strategy actually wasn't, to use it required breaking the game's Terms of Service, so the strategy video and Absolute Virtue in general were there just to troll players while making them ''think'' they had a chance of beating it so not everyone would just automatically run away if it spawned. This becomes ultimately {{subverted|Trope}} in the long run, as repeated exploits that actually allowed players to beat Absolute Virtue in addition with bad press from the Pandemonium Warden incident caused the developers to nerf Absolute Virtue, making him actually defeatable now.

* NamesTheSame: Baraka is a female Hume working at the Bastokan consulate in San d'Oria, not a [[Franchise/MortalKombat male Tarkatan]] looking to [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice run you through]] with [[BladeBelowTheShoulder retractable arm blades]] and [[ImAHumanitarian eat your remains]].

* NamesTheSame: Baraka is a female Hume working at the Bastokan consulate in San d'Oria, not a [[VideoGame/MortalKombat male Tarkatan]] looking to [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice run you through]] with [[BladeBelowTheShoulder retractable arm blades]] and [[ImAHumanitarian eat your remains]].

* NamesTheSame: Baraka is a female Hume working at the Bastokan consulate, not a [[VideoGame/MortalKombat male Tarkatan]] looking to [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice run you through]] with [[BladeBelowTheShoulder retractable arm blades]] and [[ImAHumanitarian eat your remains]].

* NamesTheSame: Baraka is a female Hume working at the Bastokan consulate, not a [[MortalKombat male Tarkatan]] looking to [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice run you through]] with [[BladeBelowTheShoulder retractable arm blades]] and [[ImAHumanitarian eat your remains]].

* BigNameFan:
** [[ComicBook/GoldDigger Fred Perry]] is known to play - and even writes and draws "Level UP!", a web-comic starring his Mithra red mage (as well as some [[BleachedUnderpants more adult]] fare starring the same character, generally titled "Level Down").
** [[Webcomic/VGCats Scott Ramsoomair]] also did the official webcomic for the game...or at least he used to. [[ScheduleSlip It's been a while since the last one.]]

* TheWikiRule: The [[http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Final_Fantasy_Wiki Final Fantasy Wiki]] and [[http://ffxiclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page FFXIclopedia]].

** [[VGCats Scott Ramsoomair]] also did the official webcomic for the game...or at least he used to. [[ScheduleSlip It's been a while since the last one.]]

* TrollingCreator: The infamous Absolute Virtue from the ''Chains of Promathia'' expansion, supposedly a SuperBoss the enemy was actually revealed to have always been intended to be a HopelessBossFight, players were never ''meant'' to defeat it, it was supposed to be a death hazard that could spawn after beating the real final killable boss of the expansion. In addition, not only did the developers never reveal Absolute Virtue was supposed to be unwinnable until well after the fact, but they released a video at one point supposedly showing a secret method to legitimately defeating it. Only thing is, the 'legitimate' strategy actually wasn't, to use it required breaking the game's Terms of Service, so the strategy video and Absolute Virtue in general were there just to troll players while making them ''think'' they had a chance of beating it so not everyone would just automatically run away if it spawned. This becomes ultimately {{subverted|Trope}} in the long run, as repeated exploits that actually allowed players to beat Absolute Virtue in addition with bad press from the Pandemonium Warden incident caused the developers to nerf Absolute Virtue, making him actually defeatable now.

* TrollingCreator: The infamous Absolute Virtue from the ''Chains of Promathia'' expansion, supposedly a SuperBoss the enemy was actually revealed to have always been intended to be a HopelessBossFight, players were never ''meant'' to defeat it, it was supposed to be a death hazard that could spawn after beating the real final killable boss of the expansion. In addition, not only did the developers never reveal Absolute Virtue was supposed to be unwinnable until well after the fact, but they released a video at one point supposedly showing a secret method to legitimately defeating it. Only thing is, the 'legitimate' strategy actually wasn't, to use it required breaking the game's Terms of Service, so the strategy video and Absolute Virtue in general were there just to troll players while making them ''think'' they had a chance of beating it so not everyone would just automatically run away if it spawned. This becomes ultimately [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] in the long run, as repeated exploits that actually allowed players to beat Absolute Virtue in addition with bad press from the Pandemonium Warden incident caused the developers to nerf Absolute Virtue, making him actually defeatable now.

* TrollingCreator: The infamous Absolute Virtue from the ''Chains of Promathia'' expansion, supposedly a SuperBoss the enemy was actually revealed to have always been intended to be a HopelessBossFight, players were never ''meant'' to defeat it, it was supposed to be a death hazard that could spawn after beating the real final killable boss of the expansion. In addition, not only did the developers never reveal Absolute Virtue was supposed to be unwinnable until well after the fact, but they actually released a video at one point supposedly showing a secret method to actually legitimately defeating it. Only thing is, the 'legitimate' strategy actually wasn't, to use it required breaking the game's Terms of Service, so the strategy video and Absolute Virtue in general were there just to troll players while making them ''think'' they had a chance of beating it so not everyone would just automatically run away if it spawned. This becomes ultimately [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] in the long run, as repeated exploits that actually allowed players to beat Absolute Virtue in addition with bad press from the Pandemonium Warden incident caused the developers to nerf Absolute Virtue, making him actually defeatable now.