[Taskmage]

Ladies and gentlemen!
The event that adventurer dreams are made of—Mog Bonanza—is nigh!

Without a doubt, topics such as "what numbers are you going to pick?" and "what prize would you choose if you won?" are dominating conversations among friends and fellow linkshell members at this very moment.
Proceed here to learn how your dreams might be made reality via Mog Bonanza.

*Bonanza marbles will be available for purchase from Friday, May 15th, at 19:00pm.

[Taskmage]

• What's “Mog Bonanza”?

Final Fantasy XI's 7th anniversary is fast approaching, which means— you’ve guessed it, kupo—the Mog Bonanza is just around the corner! The Mog House Management Union (MHMU) has unanimously decided to bring back this wildly popular event for the ballooning benefit of all the indefatigable adventurers of Vana’diel. Determined that the second edition of the event not be outdone by the first, we moogles have prepared a veritable treasure trove of prizes that will have even the jaws of connoisseurs of last year’s inaugural event dropping to the ground, kupo! Don’t even think about missing this chance to turn your Vana'dielian dreams into reality and become the envy of all fellow adventurers. Ridiculous amounts of gil or super-rare items of legend—or both—await you!

• How to Play

The Mog Bonanza is a number-guessing game in which you pick a five-digit number of your choice, kupo. Playing is simple! Purchase a Mog Bonanza marble (*1) from a Bonanza Moogle at designated areas (*2), then have the vendor inscribe your desired five-digit number on it, kupo. If you can't decide on a number, we moogles will be more than happy to pick one for you. The winning numbers will be announced at a later date, so sit tight and leave the rest to Lady Luck, kupo!

The conditions for winning are as follows:

Rank 1 prize: all five digits matching.
Rank 2 prize: the last four digits matching.
Rank 3 prize: the last three digits matching.
Rank 4 prize: the last two digits matching.
Rank 5 prize: the last digit matching.

* The winning number for each prize rank will be drawn separately. In the event that winning numbers overlap for multiple prize ranks, the higher-ranked prize will be given precedence. For example, should the winning numbers for ranks 4 and 5 be “11” and “1” respectively, the holder of a bonanza marble etched with the number “11111” will be awarded with a rank 4 prize.

*1
Up to 10 Mog Bonanza marbles can be purchased per character. You can have the same number inscribed on multiple marbles. This will mean bigger earnings should you have a winning number.

*2
Purchase your Mog Bonanza marbles, check winning numbers, and collect prizes from Bonanza Moogles at Port San d'Oria (I-9), Port Bastok (L-8), Port Windurst (F-6), or the Chocobo Circuit (H-8).

• FINAL FANTASY XI 7th Anniversary Mog Bonanza

Price: 2000 gil per marble.
Marbles will be available for purchase from May 15 at 19:00 until May 31 at 8:00 (PST).
Winning numbers to be announced June 16 at 1:00 (PST).
Prizes will be available for collection from June 16 at 1:00 until June 30 at 8:00 (PST).
Conditions of Purchase: Only characters for whom 45 days or more has passed since creation can purchase bonanza marbles.

* The winning number will be randomly determined in a strictly supervised process.
* Employees of Square Enix, Square Enix Inc. and Square Enix Ltd. and their relatives are forbidden from participating in the Mog Bonanza.

[Taskmage]

• Prize List

Each Mog Bonanza marble with a winning number entitles you to an item of your choosing from the list of prizes in the corresponding rank.







*1 [ Regarding Gil Prizes ]

The amount of gil awarded for each rank will be determined by first taking a percentage value (listed below) of the proceeds of marble sales in all worlds, then further dividing the resultant figure by the total number of winners representing each rank.

Rank 1 → 50%
Rank 2 → 23%
Rank 3 → 27%

For example, in the case that marble sale proceeds total 10 billion gil, with 50 rank 1, 500 rank 2, and 5000 rank 3 prize winners, the amount of gil awarded to the winners of each rank would be as follows:

Rank 1 Prize: (10 billion x 50%) ÷50 = 100 million
Rank 2 Prize: (10 billion x 23%) ÷500 = 4.6 million
Rank 3 Prize: (10 billion x 27%) ÷5000 = 540,000



*2 [ Mog Bonanza Kupons ]

Mog Bonanza Kupon B.
This coupon can be redeemed for a Dynamis-Beaucedine relic armor item of your choice.

Mog Bonanza Kupon X.
This coupon can be redeemed for a Dynamis-Xarcabard relic armor item of your choice.

* Please remember that all prizes won in the Mog Bonanza are virtual goods and cannot be redeemed for real-world money.

Source: FINAL FANTASY XI Official Web Site

[Mog]

Joyeuse rank 2??? And who in their right mind would take 540k over a hauteclaure and others on that list? Christ on a motorcycle.

Leave it to SE to not know what anything is worth in this game.

[Mhurron]

Originally Posted by Mog

And who in their right mind would take 540k over a hauteclaure

Someone who won on a mule? Someone who has no intention of leveling PLD or DRK? Me?

[Taskmage]

lol @ Opal Silk and Saber Shoot

[Armando]

I'm just looking forward to the special BC entry items. The laws of the universe dictate that I'll never get lucky with anything that would actually improve my performance.

[Mog]

Originally Posted by Mhurron

Someone who won on a mule? Someone who has no intention of leveling PLD or DRK? Me?

I would totally take the haut if my mule won and level pld, but that's just me. >_>;

Or if you're going the gil route, the Hermes Sandal's at least. They're worth a lot more than 540k on my server.

[Durahansolo]

Originally Posted by Mog

Hermes Sandal's

I don't know what they're going for now on our server, but I know our PUP wanted them badly awhile back, but a group was steadily getting them and keeping them between 2-2.5 million.

[Armando]

I would totally take the haut if my mule won and level pld, but that's just me. >_>;

If I were a non-PLD I wouldn't take the job to 75 just because I got a free Hauteclaire. You'd have to hand me an Aegis.

[Mhurron]

Originally Posted by Mog

Or if you're going the gil route, the Hermes Sandal's at least. They're worth a lot more than 540k on my server.

Yes, but not choosing that over the straight gil is more an indicator that the player is an idiot as opposed to SE undervaluing them.

The gil rewards are dependent on the amount of gil removed from the economy, they aren't indicative of what SE believes the value of the items at the same level are.

---------- Post added at 03:39 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:38 PM ----------

Originally Posted by Armando

If I were a non-PLD I wouldn't take the job to 75 just because I got a free Hauteclaire. You'd have to hand me an Aegis.

I'd still take gil over an Aegis, if those were the only choices.

[Mog]

Originally Posted by Mhurron

The gil rewards are dependent on the amount of gil removed from the economy, they aren't indicative of what SE believes the value of the items at the same level are.

Thanks for clearing that up for me.

This still doesn't explain why Joyeuse ranks 2nd next to the others though. <.>

[Mhurron]

Darts on a board?

They should have added a Cactuar Needle as a Rank 1 prize just for a laugh.

[Aksannyi]

Originally Posted by Taskmage

Conditions of Purchase: Only characters for whom 45 days or more has passed since creation can purchase bonanza marbles.

Okay, good. My mule account is inactive at the moment (dumb credit card expired!) and I was worried I wouldn't be able to purchase marbles on them.

[hexx]

If I won anything from the first two ranks, I'd take the gil any day. All the other items can be bought, or earned for free (only trade off is time) so yeah..........too bad I have the same luck as Armando =P