Whatever happened to Cait Sith and Atomos?

[Camiie]

Why would anyone want to quit working on FFXI? We're the friendliest, most patient and understanding customer community ever!

My sarcasm detector is going off! We actually are an excellent customer community. We're loyal almost to our own detriment, but we can only take so many delays and disappointments before we rightfully call SE out on it. Trust me, most of the complaints are very well deserved. In fact, I dare say they're getting off easy most of the time.

[Okipuit]

Good morning!

We understand that many of you have been looking forward to the implementation of Cait Sith for some time now and we apologize that we have pushed it back and are making you wait longer.

The development team is would really like to implement this as soon as possible, but they are devoting a lot of their energy to the new jobs on the way as well as completely revamping the special abilities for each job.

Just to give you some insight as to how far along they are with Cait Sith, the avatar can currently be summoned and fight alongside characters; however, no abilities or effects have been added as of yet. Creating effects and adjusting abilities is pretty dense work, but they are working as hard as they can.

We apologize that we cannot give a concrete date for implementation, but we will be sure to let you know of any updates as we hear them.

[Dreamin]

Good morning!

We understand that many of you have been looking forward to the implementation of Cait Sith for some time now and we apologize that we have pushed it back and are making you wait longer.

The development team is would really like to implement this as soon as possible, but they are devoting a lot of their energy to the new jobs on the way as well as completely revamping the special abilities for each job.

Just to give you some insight as to how far along they are with Cait Sith, the avatar can currently be summoned and fight alongside characters; however, no abilities or effects have been added as of yet. Creating effects and adjusting abilities is pretty dense work, but they are working as hard as they can.

We apologize that we cannot give a concrete date for implementation, but we will be sure to let you know of any updates as we hear them.

Can we get an explanations as to HOW the 2 avatars that were promised over 1.5 years ago somehow got stuck behind the new special abilities of various jobs? You know, like the 'Eat your pet and gets a SS' that the BST new ability that NO ONE wants?

[Infidi]

Okipuit, could you ask if it's possible to put the summonable Cait Sith on the test server? I know no abilities ate ready but it'd be fun to at least see what she looks like in motion and such. Ohhh maybe the dev team can just make a video of her?

[Malthar]

That's ok, Okipuit. Tell the devs to take time in creating the new expansion. We want a good product, after-all.

[Secondplanet]

Good morning!

We understand that many of you have been looking forward to the implementation of Cait Sith for some time now and we apologize that we have pushed it back and are making you wait longer.

The development team is would really like to implement this as soon as possible, but they are devoting a lot of their energy to the new jobs on the way as well as completely revamping the special abilities for each job.

Just to give you some insight as to how far along they are with Cait Sith, the avatar can currently be summoned and fight alongside characters; however, no abilities or effects have been added as of yet. Creating effects and adjusting abilities is pretty dense work, but they are working as hard as they can.

We apologize that we cannot give a concrete date for implementation, but we will be sure to let you know of any updates as we hear them.

I'm still greatly disappointed over this, while other jobs have received new abilities/skills/weaponskills over the level caps we have only seen 1 new bp for each avatar since then and none are attacks (except for carbuncles) and while you introduce new bst pets with almost all updates and make them better then the last ones we are still stuck with the same avatars with the same recast cap and the same cap on abilities.

SE THROW US A BONE HERE.

[Vold]

Well Cait Sith doesn't seem like some badass avatar to have to me so I can live with this delay. But you guys should have really dealt with this while you could have awhile back before your plate got too big. I have zero doubt that the soonest possible release is now post SoA release.

But seriously SMN should have got several new summons on the way to 99. You guys are pretty resourceful I'm sure you could have created some from thin air. What abilities to give them would be another story I guess but, um, Cait Sith was always meh. It made sense, at least. Maybe. I'm not sure. I know less time should have been spent on VW and more time on jobs.

[Malthar]

SE THROW US A BONE HERE.

Stop whining! It's not a tuuma!

[Mayoyama]

Okipuit, could you ask if it's possible to put the summonable Cait Sith on the test server?

Yes please! Even if it doesnt have blood pacts yet.. it would be like SMNs version of BST's frog pet xD Just to be able to see cait fight alongside woud be fun

[Babekeke]

I'd be happy for it to go live as it is. Let us do the quest to obtain her, and we can use her for just randomly idling, or wandering around on TW stuff farming or whatever. Then when we have a finished product that's been tested on the test server, then just add those BPs to the avatar that we have already got.

This will also reduce the huge queues of people waiting to get into the battlefield to obtain a fully functioning Cait Sith.