New weapons with higher base damage then relics

[Luvbunny]

Yep. Everything for ARR.

Indeed, you can see it through all the "efforts" and contents that have been put out lately. Let's not kid ourselves. Between adjusting SoA with its myriad of problems - and trying to stave off any progress so that people cannot consume contents too fast, you will be lucky if they get a time to adjust existing older contents. If you are optimistic, just pretend SoA never happened and wait for them to further tweak and adjusting everything while doing the generic quests for bayld. Keep focusing on Voidwatch, Neo events, and Abyssea - and hope that ARR will be off to a good start so that some funds can be allocated for FFXI. Give it a year or two.

If you are impatient - just cancel your subs, save your money, go play other games maybe try ARR when it comes out. Eventually they will adjust SoA and let everyone try it, right now they are just teasing us with the new contents, dangling the carrots but never really let the majority of the players get a taste of it. Only the most dedicated, the fat cats, and the one who obsessively grinds may have a first dip. The 95% can just go do other things.... or whack da roots, again and again.

[Doombringer]

SIDEBAR: what exactly is OFFENSIVE about "don't throw out your relics/emps/mythics"? like, why did that require an apology?

i'm sure we're all eager to see how R/E/Ms play out down the road, but... come on? i almost feel bad for the guy.

[Luvbunny]

He probably apologize in advance now, because the newly improved R/E/M may required you have the base weapon at lvl 99 - and the way to augment it and make it better may be even more grueling tasks than all the previous ones combined. So that even a lower percentage of players can even dream to reach this status, hence you are not "skillful" if you can't even get the lvl 99 so don't even bother trying to upgrade, apologizing now before the wrath of players raining down on him. And believe me, it's going to pour once announcement is being made. Take it easy for now though, they probably not going to announce anything at the very least by end of the year if you are reading between the lines. Or possibly early next year.

[Lukielucas]

But here lies my question regarding the 99 RME weapon...

do we have to complete the afterglow trial in order to boost the stat even further? that would put me off big style!

[Nebo]

I'm really getting sick of seeing responses that speak to the lack of resources. Adjustments and fixes that should not take years......are taking years to be realized or never getting done at all.

What do you think we are paying you for each month?

lol, I swear to God, SE has got to be the worst business I've ever seen that operates on this scale.

Perhaps you should hire maybe one or two people that know what the f*ck they are doing?

[Areayea]

Indeed, you can see it through all the "efforts" and contents that have been put out lately. Let's not kid ourselves. Between adjusting SoA with its myriad of problems - and trying to stave off any progress so that people cannot consume contents too fast, you will be lucky if they get a time to adjust existing older contents. If you are optimistic, just pretend SoA never happened and wait for them to further tweak and adjusting everything while doing the generic quests for bayld. Keep focusing on Voidwatch, Neo events, and Abyssea - and hope that ARR will be off to a good start so that some funds can be allocated for FFXI. Give it a year or two.

If you are impatient - just cancel your subs, save your money, go play other games maybe try ARR when it comes out. Eventually they will adjust SoA and let everyone try it, right now they are just teasing us with the new contents, dangling the carrots but never really let the majority of the players get a taste of it. Only the most dedicated, the fat cats, and the one who obsessively grinds may have a first dip. The 95% can just go do other things.... or whack da roots, again and again.

you know despite normally you and I don't see eye to eye, that is the best conveyance of your opinion I've seen O.O, anyway you are right, I do believe that they're trying to fix the "OMG YOU SEE 50 PPL WITH 30 RELICS IN PJ EVERYDAY" perhaps they are going to require afterglow, and then have a +1 to whatever crazy super mega ulta boss that is in place, either way his statement was confusing, I am glad that he said don't throw out your REMs yet... because I"m sure a lot of people have thought about doing just that... and as for the low manpower... FFXI TEAM PLEASE GET SOME COURAGE AND YELL AT THE SE BOARD OF DIRECTORS THAT THIS IS THEIR PRIMARY PROFIT, SO YOU NEED MORE PEOPLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


the end for now.

[Horadrim]

I'm really getting sick of seeing responses that speak to the lack of resources. Adjustments and fixes that should not take years......are taking years to be realized or never getting done at all.

What do you think we are paying you for each month?

lol, I swear to God, SE has got to be the worst business I've ever seen that operates on this scale.

Perhaps you should hire maybe one or two people that know what the f*ck they are doing?

Uhm...

They kind of ARE having a hard fucking time right now...

You can -pretend- they have some hidden share of funds to use to hire an entirely new staff to work on FFXI, but they don't. Much of the active team has been moved to FFXIV:ARR, which is a lot more of a priority than you seem to care to admit to yourself...

At the end of the day, their lack of resources both in terms of finances and manpower, is a reality.

[Areayea]

I was just thinking as I made lunch... and if manpower is the problem, why don't they just charge everyone JUST 1 Dollar extra on their sub. and pay for a couple new devs that way, I wouldn't mind paying 13.99 or w/e instead of 12.99, I don't even remember how much the sub costs I just assume 15 and pay it that way... but either way, I'm sure nobody would have a problem paying 1 extra dollar to make this game better... and implement the things you have promised us. thank you matsui, I know you all have been trying really hard. it's just we try really hard to get some of these things that take us weeks/months/years to obtain(Empys/Relics/Mythics); so thank you and hope you look at my advice a little ^^

[Nebo]

Uhm...

They kind of ARE having a hard fucking time right now...

You can -pretend- they have some hidden share of funds to use to hire an entirely new staff to work on FFXI, but they don't. Much of the active team has been moved to FFXIV:ARR, which is a lot more of a priority than you seem to care to admit to yourself...

At the end of the day, their lack of resources both in terms of finances and manpower, is a reality.

I'm well aware that it is a realty.

The point is, that reality is a direct result of poor decision making. And they are very clearly allocating resources from our monthly subscriptions to other areas while FFXI starves. How long do you think that is going to continue to fly?

[Karbuncle]

SIDEBAR: what exactly is OFFENSIVE about "don't throw out your relics/emps/mythics"? like, why did that require an apology?

i'm sure we're all eager to see how R/E/Ms play out down the road, but... come on? i almost feel bad for the guy.

Probably because of the vagueness of the statement. In the NA and JP post (Though the NA Post was worded differently), It basically sounded like "Your weapons won't be too useless now", I think he didn't mean to come off so vague that it made people worry or panic, which is what a lot of folks did, apparently on the JP Side too.

He's just saying now, a bit more clear and concisely. Despite what others might say, It was unclear in the beginning and sounded more like "you'll get a consolation prize".