Thank you Yoshi-P

Thanks Yoshi, devs, reps, PR, for the hard work.
Thanks Tanaka for the initial vision.
Thanks SE for spending the money and time to come back from that.
Thanks for listening to the players and taking into account all that we asked for.
Thanks community for voicing what u want.
Love the chat box, thanks!
signed- Slick

Screenshots look great! So excited for 2.0 keep it up team!

Very good thread, as the 2.0 team deserves some love too, huh =D

Thank You Yoshi!! I love everything you are doing for us.

Thanks for the hard work. It really does look like it will be great. :)

Same. I'm also thankful for the team for having revitalize this saga. :D

Now... if they can also revised the drop rates into much better conditions, I'll be eternally grateful.

/em bows with appreciation to Yoshi-P and the entire development team of FFXIV 1.0 to 2.0

Domo arigatou gozaimasu!

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Originally Posted by Ingolf

Straw Man.

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They're mocking you, not creating a caricature of your argument in order to dismiss it. There's no argument in what they've said in response to you. It's not a straw man fallacy.

Anyway the screenshots look fabulous. Cheers to the devs!

1.xx dev team, 2.0 dev team, Yoshida, et al: This is amazing. I can't wait to see more. Whether or not this is what hooked someone for 2.0, or they're still sceptical, or they've been a True Believer since Yoshida took over, these screenshots are gorgeous and they've got us all thinking big again after a few dry weeks. I'm really impressed, and this is just the tip of the iceberg. <3

I can see the effort put into reviving this game through these awesome screen shots. Thank you devs and Yoshi-P! Keep up the great work!

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Originally Posted by ESAR

Thanks Yoshi, devs, reps, PR, for the hard work.
Thanks Tanaka for the initial vision.
Thanks SE for spending the money and time to come back from that.
Thanks for listening to the players and taking into account all that we asked for.
Thanks community for voicing what u want.
Love the chat box, thanks!
signed- Slick

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And i do hope Yoshi-P and Tanaka share new ideas for future content. Somehow this game development still needs Tanaka IMO, no matter what people who have ideas and can make it happen first is the "head".

*/clap for XIV teams v 1.xx and v 2.00* can't wait to see in game footage today.

A big thanks to Yoshi-P, and everybody from the team behind the game, for keeping on going, and pushing to give this game a chance at coming back.

I have so far enjoyed seeing the game be redesigned like it has, and I like where I see the game going. It's been an interesting trip, as far as mmo's go.

I can't help but wonder if these picts are more conceptual renditions of the game, rather than actual game screen shots. I mean the top half are all artistic renditions done by hand. And there is no link to the source where these shots we're taken. And it doesn't state either.

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Originally Posted by Ingolf

Being overly positive also can make devs lazy. They think they're fine to go and it gets released as an unfinished mess. (See XIV at launch)

You can be positive without jumping to all the wrong conclusions. The same goes with negativity too.

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You don't understand cultures if you think this way...Japanese culture very different from American. Work ethic different...passion and loyalty to their company different...

And um...I don't think to this day that the dev team wanted to release the game that early. It's a publicly traded company...the stockholders say you been using up a lot of money on this product with nothing to show...you need to push product to market or cease project cause it costing too much money. If you don't show us profit we the board will cancel your project...(likely scenario)

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I can't help but wonder if these picts are more conceptual renditions of the game, rather than actual game screen shots. I mean the top half are all artistic renditions done by hand. And there is no link to the source where these shots we're taken. And it doesn't state either.

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Those are actual screen shots. They've been reworking everything since the day Yoshida took office. I would surmise the screens came from Yoshida's last round of trips...and probably they were promised not to reveal untiil E3.

And coming from a relatively unknown website...goes to show how much Square Enix thinks of the "BIG" press these days...and for all those whining it would butt hurt SE not to release a trailer...these pics went viral very quickly...even my friends who stopped playing FFXIV a few months after release gave it a look over.

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Of course it is. He's just doing it for attention.

The character creation options were one of the first things I noticed out of this batch of pictures. Really looking forward to playing around with them.

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I can only hope the game engine can handle the amount of detail character creation seems to entail. It's all fun and games until the game starts spazzing out because of having to render so many different models and so on.

Anyway, does anyone know what the icon I saw on the action bars in those pics is? The red one with the sword and hammer with a rounded arrow?

PS: While the screenshots are nice and I am looking forward for more information, I'm still curious to see how dungeon design will be approached in 2.0. If its anything like what we have here (run to beacon while not fighting anything, clear in 25 minutes or bust), then we're going to have problems later on...

Thanks, dev team! :) It really looks wonderful!

Thanks to the dev team for all there what seems like almost endless work!
Thanks to Yoshi for envisaging all of this.
And thanks to SE for standing behind the game even when the logical thing to do was to chuck it!
Hopefully with this release you will begin to see the numbers of players increase and the whole gamble actually paying off!

Thanks for making my day.

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Originally Posted by Katamari

Typhon but no Ultros?! I demand Ultros!!!

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there you go^~^

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=260oetpb9mM

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You don't understand cultures if you think this way...Japanese culture very different from American. Work ethic different...passion and loyalty to their company different...

And um...I don't think to this day that the dev team wanted to release the game that early. It's a publicly traded company...the stockholders say you been using up a lot of money on this product with nothing to show...you need to push product to market or cease project cause it costing too much money. If you don't show us profit we the board will cancel your project...(likely scenario)

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what? last i recall, square enix doesnt have stocks, precisely to avoid stockholders pressuring them.

"Cautious Optimism" is the mantra I keep trying to tell myself, to help soften the blow of another possible disappointment like XIV's initial release...

However...

These screenshots, and that concept art, are making it extremely difficult to do so.

It looks fantastic. Utterly fantastic.

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Originally Posted by Ingolf

Stop hyping it up, I'm just as excited as the next guy, but seriously it's like 9 screenshots.

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Who's hyping?

People are excited and appreciative of the work Yoshi-P and the dev team have done to get the game where it is.

If the enthusiasm of others being shared or expressed bothers you, you could choose not to read the thread - like a rational person - instead of rudely barging in and ordering people around like you're doing in your post.

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Originally Posted by Ingolf

The people who are overly hyping it up are probably more damaging to the game in general than the extreme nay sayers. You can be optimistic without losing your shit over it.

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And you're still here trying to squash people's enthusiasm.

Do you have nothing more productive to do besides troll other people's threads?

Thank you team! Before, when I imagined 2.0 in my head, they match up exactly with these new images.
Now make the actual game just as great! I know you can do it!

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Originally Posted by Ingolf

Define whining? Asking for there to be less hype and to chill out?

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You might want to re-read your original post. You are not "asking" anything. You're not even suggesting. You're ordering people, emphatically, to "stop". What you typed is what you typed.

Once again.. People are excited, are sharing their excitement and want to extend gratitude to Yoshi and the team for what they've clearly accomplished so far.

And here you are telling people to "stop". I mean, really?

You, sir, are in the wrong in this thread, however "righteous" you feel your message is. If you want to squash the enthusiasm, by all means, start your own thread and voice those concerns. Doing it in this particular thread - especially to the degree you're doing it - is rather out of place and more than a little rude.

You're basically saying "No, don't thank Yoshi and the team for the work they've clearly done to turn this game around so far. Stop it".

And no, that's not a "strawman fallacy" I'm giving you. That's a perfect representation of what you are doing in this thread, in the context of the thread itself.

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Originally Posted by Ingolf

Stop getting super offended at someone who wants to be realistic over a company who is notoriously bad for hyping and disappointing the fan-base. Wasn't XIVs initial release enough of a lesson for most of you?

I'm not saying that you shouldn't be excited over these new screenshots.

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People are getting offended because they're expressing excitement and gratitude over what new stuff we've been shown so far, and you're here telling them not to because you personally don't agree or approve of it.

If people want to hype themselves up and express it in the forums, that's their right to. It's not your right to tell them to "stop" doing so. It is your right to not read the thread if it offends you so.

Maybe if I repeat that a few more times, you'll get it through your head?

Preypacer +1

:eek: Yoshi-P and Development, thank you, thank you... thank you... I hope it really does come out looking as good as the screen shots with story and content. Truly looks amazing. Square Enix got 8 years of FFxi out of me, I hope your going to get at least another 8. :D

I'd like to add another big

Thank you

after seeing the new post of relic weapons.

Good job guys and gals, keep it going!

Signed,
Vinta Z. Calvert
of the Band of the White Hawks
and the Tonberry Knights
in the realm of Durandal.

I want to add another HUGE

THANK YOU

For all the efforts of the amazing Yoshi-p and our awesome devs.
The screenshots look awesome and I'm sure it is just going to get better from now on thanks to you guys!:D

Keep up the amazing work and know that we fully support you.:cool:

Now when can I get all these goodies?? Because My Body Is Ready!

Amazing effort Yoshi-P and devs!

Thanks for turning this game around and making it something worth playing :D. I know 2.0 will be something great! Keep it up! :D

THANK YOU YOSHI-P! I truly appreciate the hard work you and the entire team have delivered for this! Wishing you all and us the best of luck for 2.0!!!!

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I want to add another HUGE

THANK YOU

For all the efforts of the amazing Yoshi-p and our awesome devs.
The screenshots look awesome and I'm sure it is just going to get better from now on thanks to you guys!:D

Keep up the amazing work and know that we fully support you.:cool:

Now when can I get all these goodies?? Because My Body Is Ready!

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Well said. :)

Woke up this a.m. to read some of the interviews about 2.0 and all I can say is WOW! Thank you Yoshi P and development team. This man really knows what he is doing!!

I have never been so excited over a game in so many years. Thank you so much Yoshida and Devs for bringing out the child inside me again XD

I so cant wait for 2.0 :D

Only problem right now is while we wait for 2.0, we are being fed major in game time consumers, all of which give little in rewards.

どうもありがとうございます!!!

And thanks again to the FFXIV team for working so hard on this game.

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*ahem*

No.


*continues squeeing*

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Me too, thank you devs! Orz

Thank you Yoshi-P and the development team for 1.xx and 2.0! You guys have done a wonderful job working on this game. It's amazing how far it has come since I started in April 2011. :)