Quote Originally Posted by Loony BoB View Post
Was Jeuno open at the start of FFXI, even if at the later English release?
The Grand Duchy of Jeuno was not accessible when Final Fantasy XI was originally released in Japan.

The difference between the Japanese release and the international release of Final Fantasy XI was that the international release was a significant amount of time later in the development process. The international release included the original game and an expansion pack adding hundreds of hours of content to the game that was not included with the original release.

Maybe it is no longer acceptable to release a massively multiplayer online role-playing game in a scaffold-like state...