Live Letter from the Producer - Discussion Thread

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Originally Posted by Kosmos992k

I'm just not sure that kind of content will be inclusive enough, it sounds a liitle to close to something that a small group ofhighly geared players could dominate.

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He's looking for things like old school EQ/EQ2 contested dungeons.

Which a single group with any kind of gear *can* completely dominate!

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Originally Posted by Sicno

At this point RNG is slang for "you're not allowed to have what you want, but please keep subscribing."

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So you want 100% drop rate? I'm confused, I almost thought this was an RPG and an MMO.

What does it mean by Mudra latency is being fixed? Are they going to revamp the whole system or they just going to keep the same combination and do something about the latency?

And about the sky exploration, I wonder if it will be similar to PSO2 instance whereas you go in as solo or in party, and encounter another party there.

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Originally Posted by Erendis

New Gold Saucer rewards:

http://s20.postimg.org/vxq0hd2fx/Clipboard35.jpg
http://s20.postimg.org/tufl9p2n1/Clipboard36.jpg

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I know the Afro is new, but is the hairstyle the female is wearing new too.....?

So, from what little details there are in the translation document, it sounds like we have quite a lot of content to expect from this patch. Aside from the new 24 player raid, the main thing I'm interested in is to see how the new Relic works. I never did the relic questline for weapons prior to 3.0, and as a MCH main, I'd have to wait until this patch before I can start on it anyhow. However, when I learned that after a certain point you could customize the stats of the weapon to better suit your play style, that did pique my interest, and I'm really hoping that something similar exists in these new iterations. I suppose we'll just have to wait and see for more details though.....

Is there a list of screenshots taken from the letter as well as all of the info revealed?

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Originally Posted by Nektulos-Tuor

Contested Content is fun and actually really popular.

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Lol, you mean like HNMs in FFXI were? No one likes being locked out of content just because someone got there first.

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Originally Posted by Evtrai

So you want 100% drop rate? I'm confused, I almost thought this was an RPG and an MMO.

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Because removing RNG from a game has to mean 100% drop rates. *rolls eyes*

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Originally Posted by Evtrai

So you want 100% drop rate? I'm confused, I almost thought this was an RPG and an MMO.

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I'd rather have a way in which if I work towards something for a reasonable ammount of time I'm guaranteed to eventually get it. I'm not saying I want things instantly, I'm saying relying 100% on luck is stupid.

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Originally Posted by Sicno

I'd rather have a way in which if I work towards something for a reasonable ammount of time I'm guaranteed to eventually get it. I'm not saying I want things instantly, I'm saying relying 100% on luck is stupid.

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wow a smart player who gets the point of why to much RNG sucks on mmos. glad to see there is still people like you :)

sadly the 100% luck based best gear thing is a common theme on 99% of all eastern mmos. which is why they keept failing on the west because we dont like LUCK = GEAR we prefer EFFORT/CHALLENGE = GEAR. this new feature has to potential to ruin ff14 if they use the typcial eastern mmo elements on it -.- which i sadly fear they will. whats the point of adding tokens to savage mode drops when you put better gear elsewere with even worse rng? may aswell not have added them then at all.

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Originally Posted by Antanias

Is there a list of screenshots taken from the letter as well as all of the info revealed?

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I posted screenshots of almost all slides in first few pages of this thread.

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Originally Posted by Pomelo

I know the Afro is new, but is the hairstyle the female is wearing new too.....?

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Not sure about that. Seems like females are getting new hat, so might not get hair.