Greetings from the Producer!

[Gippo]

I'm hoping he will actually get translated transcripts of this NA side of the forums. I'm hoping he doesn't ignore the NA requests as well. I mean..He said he'd read the forums yes, however, i'm hoping it doesnt end up being only if you can write in Japanese. We'll see.

[Sp1cyryan]

/em Blm Stares scowlingly..... (towards the blu mage)

NERF BLU!!!!

Thank you,

Blm's

What is this, I don't even..

I'm sure there's much more that I can't think of at the moment, but I can't see any of this ever happening without this forum.

I think your notions about the forums are more grounded in feelings more so than what is actually the case. They have a hand in shaping this game, but they are not as groundbreaking as you are making them out to be.

[Meyi]

Welcome Matsui-san! Good luck with reading the forums; they'll give you a migraine. Be sure to have a White Mage around to Cursna the nightmares that will haunt you at night. You're a brave man to venture into dangerous waters.

To Spank, yes, the Japanese forums are similar to the English ones. Really the only two differences are one, they're in Japanese and two, there's about ten posters to our one.

My word of advice that will set you far apart from the previous administration is to remember the Japanese thought of humans being imperfect. When you remember that your product may not be at its best state, you can listen to your customer's pleas, fix the errors, and make everyone happier.

And after discovering new additions to the game, such as Fields of Valor, Grounds of Valor, and Abyssea, consider why they were added. The game is 10 years old now, and that means a lot of the player base was 10 years younger when they started the game. In 10 years a lot of new commitments pops up in a person's life and pull that person away from their luxury time. We love the game and don't want to quit, but the old game you worked on is not plausible by today's standards. When designing new material, please keep the customer's time, energy, and frustrations in mind. That's all I ask.

Thank you! m(_ _)m

[Iakothm]

One major thing I would like to see is my Wyvern being able to attack like other pets I mean you guys give our Wyverns tanking abilities yet how are we supposed to do anything when we cant command our Wyvern to attack something and build up hate on it before we jump in.

Also Welcome to the community mister producer.

[Lollerblades]

Welcome aboard o/

[Kristal]

Welcome to the forum.

Step lightly, for there are giants in the playground.

[Godofgods]

Welcome Akihiko_Matsui. May i jsut say, take this thread seriously, and you will win the hearts of many!

[sc4500]

Welcome, I Thank you for just giving us a little hope.

I can not wait for you to get us out of the stone age of this game and move us to a amazing future for the next 10 yrs, may it be better then the last. Even a catapillar can turn into something amazing.

[Vivivivi]

Welcome! Looking forward to seeing what direction FFXI takes

[Trisscar]

/em Blm Stares scowlingly..... (towards the blu mage)

NERF BLU!!!!

Thank you,

Blm's

No thanks. How about we beef up Black Mage instead?

Sincerely,

A career Blue Mage.