NEW : Letter from the Producer, XXII (12/21/2011)

so if THM has a large MP pool and high MP costs, im wondering what BLMs stats are gonna be using GLD/PLD as an example.

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Originally Posted by IStolzI

To the ppl talking about the WHM hood, I just want to point out..

There was a concept art drawing shown at either the 2.0 announcement or the second live interview, idr, but it had the whm af tunic with a hood and an arrow that seemed to indicate (to me anyways) that it would be adjustable to have hood up or down. Seeing as what they've been doing with weapons I don't see why that wouldn't be possible.

Edit: It's on page 4 of the Concept art under the 2.0 announcement. There are pictures with the hood down then one with it up and an arrow pointing up next to it.

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And to everyone else talking about the hood, please see this thread. The important quote is also below.

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Originally Posted by Gildrein

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Q: You're displaying concept art in the slideshow behind you. I noticed that the white mage was shown with her hood both up and down. Will players be able to toggle between these looks?

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A: We're nearly at the final stage of implementation. Testing continues, but we've been informed that this will be very difficult to implement.

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The whm weapon looks beautiful! :) so glad that's my main. All of it looks amazing regardless.

Let me play you the song of my people while i shoot you

The image is awesome. But the only think i don't like is the paladin sword... too much "different" from the rest of the 'realistic equipment' we have so far and a bit plastic-like :/

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Originally Posted by Munba

The image is awesome. But the only think i don't like is the paladin sword... too much "different" from the rest of the 'realistic equipment' so far and a bit plastic-like :/

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I agree actually... it really looks off in that picture. I was hoping it'd look like the one in the illustration here.

http://i39.tinypic.com/23wtso8.jpg

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Originally Posted by Munba

The image is awesome. But the only think i don't like is the paladin sword... too much "different" from the rest of the 'realistic equipment' we have so far and a bit plastic-like :/

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I think it has a nice "Final Fantasy" feel to it.

MNK armor looks pretty nice. everything else is mehh..

Yeah I agree as well. I think the PLD sword should slim down a bit. Otherwise it would be suited more as a 2 handed sword. Everything else is cool, except maybe the Bard/Ranger armor looks to feminine for males.

http://static.finalfantasyxiv.com/to.../ce/2205_0.jpg

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Originally Posted by Jinko

Job armour looks amazing, as the above post said WHM would look better with the hood up.

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If you guys remember from the concept drawings there is a hood for WHM and it looks like it can be worn up or down.

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Originally Posted by TypeZ

MNK armor looks pretty nice. everything else is mehh..

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I was hoping for a blue gi. I'd like to see the damn armor on something other than Lalafell...especially that black mage swag...my god.

Never EVER going anywhere without wearing DRG armour EVER again. Yes, it needed to be in capitals. =)

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Originally Posted by Munba

The image is awesome. But the only think i don't like is the paladin sword... too much "different" from the rest of the 'realistic equipment' we have so far and a bit plastic-like :/

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I agree, doesn't need to be so over the top! A simpler majestic looking sword would very fine details would do. Kinda like Arthas' sword from wc3 ( I dunno what it looks like in wow) very simple and good looking.

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Originally Posted by redmage

I agree actually... it really looks off in that picture. I was hoping it'd look like the one in the illustration here.

http://i39.tinypic.com/23wtso8.jpg

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Yup! I'd love it if they toned down the PLD sword to the one in this illustration. This one looks really good.

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Originally Posted by Holy_Dragoon

Never EVER going anywhere without wearing DRG armour EVER again. Yes, it needed to be in capitals. =)

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Holy Dragoon = Kitty Kain? :D

Very impressive showing of the armor and weapons. BLM and DRG will be the first things I go for as well as the two new dungeons (which I'm guessing will involve the job quests).

SO PRETTTY

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Originally Posted by Antanias

Holy Dragoon = Kitty Kain? :D

Very impressive showing of the armor and weapons. BLM and DRG will be the first things I go for as well as the two new dungeons (which I'm guessing will involve the job quests).

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Mildly entertaining story, I started using this handle as a tribute to Kain in FFXI, I was a DRG/WHM. Then FF:IV The After Years came roughly 3 years later. I was pretty pumped to find out what happens during Kain's Story =) I simply decided to carry it on in FFXIV after slight convincing from my LS.

Thank you to Yoshi-P and the team too!
Also, the armours are really nice. :D

Hnnnnng... dat DRG armor.

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Originally Posted by Tenshi

Yeah, it looks way more awesome than the Bardcher armor.

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not a good angle to show off the Bard armor, it actually looks really cool from the front in the .dat files

Hi All,

Great letter! :)

I'm really excited about 1.21, and thinking back on how FF XIV was on Day 1 of Launch (last year) compared to now, there have been some pretty big changes. Good job Yoshida-san and team! :)

I look forward to the Final Fantasy Job System for this game, and hope the Job Quests to unlock them and Quests to unlock Weaponskills / Spells are going to be fun and interesting! :)

At least it sounds like the JSE (Job Specific Equipment) Quests will have some challenge to them. Joy~ (^_^)

I LOVE that screen shot of the New JSE in-game! :) White Mage looks nicely done. Black Mage looks menacing. The Paladin is knightly and stalwart. The Dragoon looks awesome! (^_^) I like the Qi Pao / Wushu-style outfit for the Monk, and Warrior looks like a heavy hitter. Bard looks... interesting (maybe too many colors), but otherwise, they stand out in a very "classic Final Fantasy" feel but fitting into the "Final Fantasy XIV" (Original) Art Style.

I'm glad these look Final Fantasy stylish but still a bit on the Ivalice (Final Fantasy Tactics, XII) style, as opposed to the outlandish nature of some of the Ifrit Weapons and Moogle Weapon designs.

Can't wait for 1.21! (^_^)

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Originally Posted by Jinko

Job armour looks amazing, as the above post said WHM would look better with the hood up.

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Yah, I'm all for the Classic Final Fantasy feel, but in this case, I like being able to see my character's face and hairstyle (hood down). It's like a slight twist to the Classic FF White Mage.

Dream setting is to allow players to wear it Hood Up or Down, but Yoshida-san said that was too difficult.

Overall, I like the new JSE! :)

Very nice. Thank you, Yoshi-P, and the rest of the team! This patch so far has been a lot of fun for me. I can't wait to see what you guys have in store. It's been a pleasure and a wonder seeing you guys keeping this going. I've never really seen anything like this, and I really hope this game succeeds in the end, with 2.0.

Keep going, happy holidays, and cheers to the start of a good new year!

Dear Yoshi-P and Devs,

What possibly made you think that those of us playing the Archer class wanted to have our Job be a song-singing buff class with a harp attached to our bows instead of long-range, silent, death dealing archer assassins? Seriously, I don't see the point in spending any more time with my main class if that "weapon" is my future. At least restore some of the Archer's previous strength for those(all) of us that choose to stay our class rather than get the new Job.

1. WAR helmet better have the option of putting the mask part down.

2. What race is that WAR in the pic? It looks pretty awkward to me.

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Originally Posted by siloeyes

Dear Yoshi-P and Devs,

What possibly made you think that those of us playing the Archer class wanted to have our Job be a song-singing buff class with a harp attached to our bows instead of long-range, silent, death dealing archer assassins? Seriously, I don't see the point in spending any more time with my main class if that "weapon" is my future. At least restore some of the Archer's previous strength for those(all) of us that choose to stay our class rather than get the new Job.

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You don't like Creativity? I really don't see nothing wrong with a Bow/harp Weapon or the job itself.. and Archer is my "least" favorite class.. and I'm somewhat Excited for it...

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Originally Posted by Isaaru

1. WAR helmet better have the option of putting the mask part down.

2. What race is that WAR in the pic? It looks pretty awkward to me.

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1. Unfortunately, it won't. :( See this post.

2. Most definitely a Highlander.

That picture is yummy... White Mage needs a hood. I might need to level monk just to wear that :D

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Originally Posted by siloeyes

Dear Yoshi-P and Devs,

What possibly made you think that those of us playing the Archer class wanted to have our Job be a song-singing buff class with a harp attached to our bows instead of long-range, silent, death dealing archer assassins? Seriously, I don't see the point in spending any more time with my main class if that "weapon" is my future. At least restore some of the Archer's previous strength for those(all) of us that choose to stay our class rather than get the new Job.

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Calm down, it's only the first set of jobs and they needed someone to become the buffer. I think it's a pretty standard conversion amongst MMOs/RPGs for archers/rogues/etc to become bards/dancers/etc. Also, transforming bow appears to be quite epic, looking forward to seeing how it works in action.

I'm hoping we'll get ranger or sniper in the future, and aside from that Archer will still have all the ranged DPS skills it has now for things to do in between buff applications. If you want full-on ranged DPS I'd go black mage for the time being, however.

Who wouldn't want to be a BLM anyway? Look at that armour, dayum. Reminds me of http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/wiki/Robel-Akbel from FFXI.

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Originally Posted by Starlord

You don't like Creativity? I really don't see nothing wrong with a Bow/harp Weapon or the job itself.. and Archer is my "least" favorite class.. and I'm somewhat Excited for it...

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To be fair though, if this is your least favorite class than I'm sure its just affecting you less than it is me as it was my favorite, and main, class. I'm also aware I'm completely free to choose to not get the Job and stay Archer.. I just wish they didn't modify Archer to be more Bard like as some kind of push into getting the new Job. Also, I don't feel that a bow with a harp stuck on top is very creative; now a bow with multiple strings that played different musical notes when you release an arrow that buff the shot in varying ways.. that's creative ;)

... Am I the only one that sees this? Part of the PLD armor is missing.... I don't know if I like this. It seems to WOW-ish. I'm going to quit if they keep this design!!! /rage!!

/sarcasm off

I love it all! WHM looks amazing and I can't wait to make epic healz!

none of them are wearing subligar... W...T...H....!! unacceptable!! ...maybe the MNK has it under the skirt...

LOLOLOLOLOL wow! Im sorry. I just took a look at it again. Its not missing. But still did anyone else see it like that?

All of it looks awesome, but DRG stands out the most. I really like Paladin and BLM sets too.

Let's just hope the means of obtaining this equipment will be something that has to be done with a party, sort of akin to the AF3 fights in FF11. I do not want to go hunting coffers again.

Edit: Just want to add this armor better trump anything stat-wise that materia can be added to. This armor should last until a level cap raise.

I still can not believe that that is really a Harp-Bow..... -.- good lord its stupid looking

Love them all, the WHM looks kind of trendy lol.

Cannot wait to finally be a BRD again :D

I don't like the choices they picked to show off the gear in this picture but nevertheless the gear itself is not too shabby.

Archer bow looks funny.. not sure why its viewed from behind her though.

Black mage looks awesome but I'd like to see it on a human to look at the details.

Warrior skirts and Ugg boots? Lol. The highlander makes it look awkward. Probably better looking on a miqote or lala.

Elegant white mage armor as always. Nice.

Stuck with the Dragoon male elf. Sexy stuff right there.

Again with the tarus. Horrible idea to use a taru to model it. Should have kept the miqote or used a human.

Paladin looks alright, not the sword though.

About AF gears..

I m afraid you will have to fight 1 boss over and over and then the drop rate is 1-5% to drop one part of gear, and you may get some duplicate of each parts.. More, you random all the pool from 6 piece x 7 set of gear = 42 variety, collect set from that is possible..

-May be u need to fight some other 5 NM which took very long to kill in between each win too!

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Originally Posted by Reinheart

none of them are wearing subligar... W...T...H....!! unacceptable!! ...maybe the MNK has it under the skirt...

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A MNK female should have nothing! under the skirt! :D

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Originally Posted by Mairuzu

Black mage looks awesome but I'd like to see it on a Roegadyn to look at the details.

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Fixed that for ya=P