http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28861
--- Comment #8 from Mike Tedder bpoint42@gmail.com 2013-09-22 04:04:33 CDT --- Apologies for the long delay.
I switched to a new PC (and also moved from Gentoo to Ubuntu) earlier this year, and haven't yet reinstalled FFXI since then.
I will try again here with the latest wine in another few weeks, and report back with my findings.