Letter from the director?

[RagingAvatar]

I stopped playing XI for a while when XIV was released and recently I've come back to XI.

I have to say one of the great communication tools that XIV has that XI doesn't, is the letter from the director.

We like to know what's going on! What's coming? What is our director's mind? What is his worries and concerns? What goes on there day to day?

The XI team seems a bit like a black box to me, an unknown entity.

Please can we have more insight into what goes on behind XI.

Please press the 'Like!' button if you agree. Thanks.

[Runespider]

The "letter from the director" was/is a PR stunt, that pretty much did nothing except give some fanbois something to look at with stary eyes. I doubt many XI players would be as intrested in personalities in the same way.

FFXI doesn't really need that kind of silly stunts honestly. They posted a roadmap of planned content though, even though it's really incredibly weak and contentless (cause they don't have the money to develop stuff anymore, thx FFXIV!).

[Rosina]

Ya, i love how spunky yoshida is, his letter are a great read. He is a big mmo gamer and seems to get what players want in an mmo. Because he wants them too. Who IS the ffxi director? Personaly, i do not know. What is he like? Is he a gamer? Or is he just a suit and tie? Does he even play ffxi? Does he play mmo at all? We know alot about Yoshida and how he enjoys mmo, play various mmo while not working, and plays ffxiv on his breaks. We know he sleeps very little and that he enjoys lalafell. Heck we know his buiness attier is very casual and tends to sport a rocker look. (i got a gamer crush on him :P)

[Rosina]

The "letter from the director" was/is a PR stunt, that pretty much did nothing except give some fanbois something to look at with stary eyes. I doubt many XI players would be as intrested in personalities in the same way.

FFXI doesn't really need that kind of silly stunts honestly. They posted a roadmap of planned content though, even though it's really incredibly weak and contentless (cause they don't have the money to develop stuff anymore, thx FFXIV!).

wow..... just wow....

[RagingAvatar]

Ya, i love how spunky yoshida is, his letter are a great read. He is a big mmo gamer and seems to get what players want in an mmo. Because he wants them too. Who IS the ffxi director? Personaly, i do not know. What is he like? Is he a gamer? Or is he just a suit and tie? Does he even play ffxi? Does he play mmo at all? We know alot about Yoshida and how he enjoys mmo, play various mmo while not working, and plays ffxiv on his breaks. We know he sleeps very little and that he enjoys lalafell. Heck we know his buiness attier is very casual and tends to sport a rocker look. (i got a gamer crush on him :P)

I don't have a gamer crush on him but I agree with everything else you've written

It's good to know the mind of the person who runs our world!

Mr. FFXI director! Reveal yourself!

[Buffy]

How about they just give us the August update notes instead? Since it's Aug 5th already and we haven't seen a single teaser.

[Rosina]

I don't have a gamer crush on him but I agree with everything else you've written

It's good to know the mind of the person who runs our world!

Mr. FFXI director! Reveal yourself!

Ya it kida saddens me on how cynical people can be. Could it be PR? maybe or maybe not. Sometime assuming leads to poor judgments. But ya all the same it is good to get to know the ppl behind the scenes. They work hard to bring us these games. And deserve a thank you.

[Urteil]

I heard it was Sage-Sundi or was that the producer.



Actually, might be Hiromichi Tanaka or it was him at one point, I forget if he stepped down.

[RagingAvatar]

I heard it was Sage-Sundi or was that the producer.
Actually, might be Hiromichi Tanaka or it was him at one point, I forget if he stepped down.

Tanaka-san, unfortunately, is not heading up XI anymore. (I liked him on the whole - though equally he didn't communicate with the players that much.)

Mizuki Ito is the current director of Final Fantasy XI. (His Wikipedia page has recently been deleted because no-one looks at it - 'insignificant external coverage' - showing that no-one knows who he is or hears from him..)

Again, I say, Mr. Director, show yourself to your gaming public!!

[Draylo]

I wonder if they even spend time per day on this game, or is it ok its wed time to go into the ffxi room and reskin some content.