2013 Road map (can we have it)

[Gildarts]

Sorry to keep everyone waiting on a new roadmap! I'd like to offer you all an update in place of Yoshi-P, who hasn't come up for a breath of air in between finalizing the close of the Alpha Test and prepping for the start of the Beta Test.

We've completed the initial draft of the roadmap and it's currently being checked by each region's Legal department. After it's finalized, it will be localized into English, French, and German.

We're pulling out all the stops to release it soon, so hang in there just a bit more.

can't hang anymore! give it now!

[Rizon]

We need to keep in mind that we are in uncharted territory here. In the past if an MMO failed it followed one of two paths, it either folded or it went F2P. When FFXIV failed right out of the gate SE decided to carve a new path, they were going to do what it took to make the game a success. This, eventually, lead to the decision to remake the game from the ground up. I am sure that people know more about game development then I do but my understanding is that there is a period of time where a game studio conceptualizes and determines the basic framework of a game. This is before we hear anything about it, The plans are in place and delays are cause more by bugs then anything else. Here Yoshida and the Dev team are doing things on the fly. When Yoshida published his original roadmap I am sure that he thought the timeline was valid for what he had in mind at the time. Quite obviously as work progressed they realized that more would be involved then originally thought and the timeline slipped dramatically. Yoshida's biggest omission was not acknowledging this publically and revising the timeline earlier. I am sure the roadmap was low on the priority list but once Yoshida went down that road then he needs to stick with it.

Remember this is a game that is using a development process never really tried before so any timeline that we receive could change do to Yoshida's stated goal of getting it right the first time. In this he has my full support and I can accept delays for this reason.

[Venat]

Anytime now...

Anytime now...

[Starlord]

Anytime now...

Patience... not enough of that on the forums

[Cynthis]

We've completed the initial draft of the roadmap and it's currently being checked by each region's Legal department. After it's finalized, it will be localized into English, French, and German.

Obviously SEs lawyers are getting paid by the hour...

[Quesse]

Road map ._.

[Velhart]

[Starlord]

Since they are going to be off from December 24th- January 1st ( Well-Deserved enjoy Yoshi-P and Team), We should be getting the road map between now and the 23rd.

I don't think people can wait for the road map till January.

[Abriael]

Obviously SEs lawyers are getting paid by the hour...

Or by the week...

I don't think people can wait for the road map till January.

If they decide it's needed, we will whether we like it or not. Mind you, Yoshida is going to be on niconico on the 26th, so it's very possible the roadmap will be released then.