Live Letter Thoughts

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Originally Posted by Zanarkand-Ronso

Its your personal opinion, but its not really aimed at improving the game, more-so just trying to turn it into something else.
Basically, you want a different game, but you still want to call it FFXIV.

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I fail to see how asking for FFXIV to adopt the Heavensward approach to storytelling again constitutes wanting a different game but still calling it FFXIV.

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Originally Posted by Jojoya

Did Viera and Hrothgar hairstyles/hats also get mentioned along the way but I missed it?

I'm excited for most of the new content. Interest in Island Sanctuary dropped down because it looks like we can't customize building placement so every island is going to end up looking like every other island, and I'm sad that the developers choose to limit it to level 90 characters when it's content that would be appealing to all levels. As usual, the music sounds great.

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They showed one picture with a Hrothgar using Snows Hair and having tiny little ears. So I guess they might have changed these recently added hairstyles? But could also have just been this one alone.

About Island Sancturary: I wonder how many buildings we can place, if we can later change their color and how many levels there are to grind. They did finish this part in the liveletter saying that they had not showed us everything here so I wonder what was still missing.

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Originally Posted by VelKallor

Ugh. No. Never.

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Honestly as great and fun of a QoL improvement that GW2 Momentum flying is, I'm surprised that WoW is getting it before XiV is. If we don't see it here in some form I'd be honestly surprised.

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I'm surprised that WoW is getting it before XiV is.

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....we can sit and watch then screw it up.

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Originally Posted by Alleo

About Island Sancturary: I wonder how many buildings we can place, if we can later change their color and how many levels there are to grind. They did finish this part in the liveletter saying that they had not showed us everything here so I wonder what was still missing.

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I was getting the impression that building appearance will change as a building is upgraded but we'll be able to select any of the appearances from the unlocked levels as the current appearance.

At one point in the past, something was said about having choices of different building designs but I don't think that was mentioned in the Live Letter (I might have missed it if the translations included such information). It could be those will be coming in a future update, like when we get our second island toward the end of the expansion.

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Originally Posted by Jojoya

I was getting the impression that building appearance will change as a building is upgraded but we'll be able to select any of the appearances from the unlocked levels as the current appearance.

At one point in the past, something was said about having choices of different building designs but I don't think that was mentioned in the Live Letter (I might have missed it if the translations included such information). It could be those will be coming in a future update, like when we get our second island toward the end of the expansion.

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I still cant wrap my head around the fact that we might get another island for this. Seeing how big this one already is.

I really hope that they will keep up with their "every second major patch" release plan. Who knows what we will be able to do in there in 7.0 or further down.

Since we can release minions in different places I do plan to make the village a dog + Haurchefant one. Cant wait!

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Originally Posted by aveyond-dreams

I fail to see how asking for FFXIV to adopt the Heavensward approach to storytelling again constitutes wanting a different game but still calling it FFXIV.

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You've asked for more then a Heavensward Approach.

For example, you keep bringing up other games and how they do their storytelling. Thats not asking for a Heavenward approach.
Saying how we should constantly be setting up camps after a dungeon and eating food rations and hunting for food, is not asking for a Heavensward Approach.
Talking about Friction between people, Arguments. Tension between party members as seen on other games, is not asking for a Heavenward Approach

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Originally Posted by aveyond-dreams

I fail to see how asking for FFXIV to adopt the Heavensward approach to storytelling again constitutes wanting a different game but still calling it FFXIV.

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You must be a big fan of silly moogle quests.

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Originally Posted by Valkyrie_Lenneth

You must be a big fan of silly moogle quests.

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When they are included in a balanced manner and do not consume more of the animation budget than scenes more relevant to the plot? There is no problem. When they do? Then I will speak against them.

Heavensward did things properly. Endwalker, with eating burgers at the end of the world and no on-screen depiction of the Sundering, did not.

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Originally Posted by aveyond-dreams

When they are included in a balanced manner and do not consume more of the animation budget than scenes more relevant to the plot? There is no problem. When they do? Then I will speak against them.

Heavensward did things properly. Endwalker, with eating burgers at the end of the world and no on-screen depiction of the Sundering, did not.

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You and that silly burger scene man. It did not use more animation budget than the rest of the plot.

I don't see you complaining about the silly Zenos date scene where we got captured.