New Letter from the Producer, XII

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Originally Posted by SuzakuCMX

- Jobs unlock their own "new" skills and lock out skills from classes not related to the job
- Jobs level with the class they are attached to
- Jobs are for party play
- You must complete a quest to unlock a job
- Paladin, Monk, Dragoon, Bard, White Mage, and Red Mage are the 6 jobs they have slated for release right now (names subject to change)



Just because you haven't seen it doesn't mean it isn't out there.

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Dont forget black mage.... like they forgot Dark Knight *rages*

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Originally Posted by Reika

Dont forget black mage.... like they forgot Dark Knight *rages*

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Shoot, I thought I put that in there >.<

EDIT: I put Red mage instead of Black mage >_>

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Originally Posted by Richard

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I still dont know what that is :(

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Originally Posted by Reika

I still dont know what that is :(

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Piccolo eating out with Goku's family.

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Originally Posted by Reika

I still dont know what that is :(

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its /facepalm

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Originally Posted by Reika

I still dont know what that is :(

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Captain Picard ASCII facepalm.

Is it bad that I have one saved on a wordpad somewhere on my hard drive specifically for spectacularly bad trolls/stupid people? <.<

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Originally Posted by Reika

I still dont know what that is :(

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Captain Piccard /facepalm to the guy who said leves were less boring than killing raptors.

example: http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__...d-facepalm.jpg

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Originally Posted by Reika

I still dont know what that is :(

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It's this.

Gogo Picard

EDIT: I got super ninja'd.

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Originally Posted by Reika

I still dont know what that is :(

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This answers so many of my questions about you...

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Is it bad that I have one saved on a wordpad somewhere on my hard drive specifically for spectacularly bad trolls/stupid people? <.<

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It would be if it didn't come in handy so often... :P

BACK ON TOPIC PEOPLE: How do you guys feel about City to City airship and Chocobo/Mount testing around 1.19?

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Originally Posted by SuzakuCMX

Shoot, I thought I put that in there >.<

EDIT: I put Red mage instead of Black mage >_>

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You put Red Mage where you should have had Black Mage.

Black Mage is the class that will go into the game now. Red Mage was mentioned as a possible combination if you have both THM + CON leveled. But this is planned for the future, not now.

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Originally Posted by Richard

BACK ON TOPIC PEOPLE: How do you guys feel about City to City airship and Chocobo/Mount testing around 1.19?

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I dislike airship as it's (confirmed) to being a lifeless addition initially.

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Originally Posted by Richard

BACK ON TOPIC PEOPLE: How do you guys feel about City to City airship and Chocobo/Mount testing around 1.19?

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I suppose it's fine if that's where it sits on their priority list. Not much to be done about it. One could always say "It should have been done yesterday." but that's neither here nor there at this point.

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Originally Posted by Richard

BACK ON TOPIC PEOPLE: How do you guys feel about City to City airship and Chocobo/Mount testing around 1.19?

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I WANT IT NOW.

Kwehkwehkwehkwehkwehkwehkweh.

Though I'll wait. I'm more excited to see what exactly the dungeons are like.

And the materia system is in 1.19 too, oh god....AND THE IFRIT BATTLE.

But city-to-city airship...maybe they'll get rid of the Anima system around then too and just let us teleport to camps for free. And also I won't have to go through that looooong boat ride to LL when I run out of anima...

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Originally Posted by SuzakuCMX

I WANT IT NOW.

Kwehkwehkwehkwehkwehkwehkweh.

Though I'll wait. I'm more excited to see what exactly the dungeons are like.

And the materia system is in 1.19 too, oh god....AND THE IFRIT BATTLE.

But city-to-city airship...maybe they'll get rid of the Anima system around then too and just let us teleport to camps for free. And also I won't have to go through that looooong boat ride to LL when I run out of anima...

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I have a feeling the anima costs will either be a) increased or they will make it zone transportation only within your current zone.

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Originally Posted by Richard

I have a feeling the anima costs will either be a) increased or they will make it zone transportation only within your current zone.

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Nah, they plan to remove the anima system eventually.

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Originally Posted by Richard

BACK ON TOPIC PEOPLE: How do you guys feel about City to City airship and Chocobo/Mount testing around 1.19?

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I feel like.... I want a Red Chocobo. And a chocolate chip cookie.

But more seriously, I'll be really excited when they get the mount system going. No more walking. :)

It would be cool if they have chocobo armor like we have for our characters. Even better if there is mounted combat.

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Originally Posted by Richard

BACK ON TOPIC PEOPLE: How do you guys feel about City to City airship and Chocobo/Mount testing around 1.19?

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Airships with no actual 'looksie I'm on a boat in the sky look at the ground!' I'm rather MEH about. Chocobos should have been in game yesterday, make that last year (2010)! I want my yellow bird!!! And eventually I want to raise one or three! Kwehhh.

This letter was pretty awesome IMO. Guild Leves are finally going to do what they should have been doing from the beginning, I'm super excited about these changes. Finally the day where we can put FUN into Eorzea is almost here!

^_^

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Originally Posted by SuzakuCMX

Nah, they plan to remove the anima system eventually.

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can't tell if serious. source?

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Originally Posted by Elexia

I dislike airship as it's (confirmed) to being a lifeless addition initially.

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A simple wham-bam teleport beats the hell out of spending 20 minutes running, in my opinion. I'm sure they'll add more to it.

Soooo, what's new?

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Originally Posted by Richard

can't tell if serious. source?

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Shoot, I read it wrong >:o It's only return costs they're going to abolish

Hi All,

This is a fantastic Letter from Producer! :)

As many people were complaining about, doing the same Guildleves or going to the same boring Camps over and over really made Final Fantasy XIV about "Guildleves" and "Linking." It became the best way to SP and the most efficient way, and it really drove players to go to certain Camps and that was it.

With the changes he mentions, like Guildleves being Solo Content, this is a wonderful step in the right direction!

It now places the focus of Party SP'ing away from the same boring Guildleves / and faceless Guildleve Counter. With the Map and Monster Revisions the he's mentioned here and via the response we got on the "1 to 50 Zone" Thread, this should mean we'll get many different areas (and interesting ones at that) to go out to and *explore* and *adventure*. :)

Instead of going to Nanawa Mines or Broken Water over and over, hopefully we'll be getting our version of places like Rolanberry Fields, Crawler's Nest, Boyahda Tree, Sanctuary of Zi'tah, etc. ;) I can't wait to see what the revised regions are going to look like, what the artists will surprise us with for Partying.

I think it's a noble goal what Yoshida-san is setting forth to do (as he mentions): Quick, easy-to-hop-into Content after a day at school, work, etc., where you can jump online, and get *something* done (Solo Guildleves and Solo Quests) and spend an hour or so, or you can go and do Light Party-based content, or plan for bigger, more time-consuming, strategic content like the The Dzemael Darkhold (R50 Raid Dungeon), and future areas like that.

I loved XI, but I can see how not everyone has time (nor wants to) put a LFP (Looking For Party) Flag and wait for an hour or two until a Party forms, and then travel and get to the location and grind for 2 - 3 hours on top of that.

This is definitely turning out to be exciting times for Final Fantasy XIV. :)

I can't wait!

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I can't wait to see what the revised regions are going to look like, what the artists will surprise us with for Partying.

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I must have missed that part in the letter

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Originally Posted by Randis

I must have missed that part in the letter

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its not in the letter it was in a prior dev post. they are 100% redoing all the regions.

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Originally Posted by Richard

its not in the letter it was in a prior dev post. they are 100% redoing all the regions.

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I believe it when i see it. 100% redoing it? i expect more something like the parts that repeat most will be adjusted.

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Originally Posted by Richard

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Clearly posting in this thread is like stepping under a 300 year old bridge. So many trolls infesting the place that it's difficult to spot a real person.

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Originally Posted by Elexia

Leves were always supposed to be for people who have no time to play MMORPGs. They did originally say it will be the main point of the game because they were trying to make it casual friendly. So now it's being put in its' place.

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"were" being the key word. They changed leves in November (or was it December) to make them worthwhile party levelling content. News flash, nothing stays the same forever in MMOs. Hence why they're being changed yet again, this time to focus on the soloer again.

As long as I can still get faster SP doing leves than grinding mobs like raptors I have no problem with that. It really depends how good the reward will be for leve completion.

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Originally Posted by Richard

Captain Piccard /facepalm to the guy who said leves were less boring than killing raptors.

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You'd have to be crazy or supertrolling to think killing 500 raptors for your rank is more fun than completing a quest where A) You get to kill a variety of mob species. B) The mobs almost always give more SP and C) You're rewarded for completion of the quest. No matter how repetitive that is it still beats grinding a single mob over and over by a long shot.

I think you're just trolling, but I already covered that with the ASCII spam you posted.

Problem is, normal grinding is supposed to be an option as well, but they fudged that up and are now fixing it.

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News flash, nothing stays the same forever in MMOs.

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Maybe it is you that are trolling? Given that I specifically said: So now it's being put in its' place. So I'm pretty sure I know nothing stays the same in an MMO.

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Originally Posted by Randis

I believe it when i see it. 100% redoing it? i expect more something like the parts that repeat most will be adjusted.

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Originally Posted by Bayohne

We brought up the concerns being presented by the community, as well as the comment made above, to Yoshida again today.

In regards to the overall direction, he said that nothing has changed and he is still dedicated and moving forward with the edit work.

Next, in regards to the main focus of this thread, that the game is just a single area filled with monsters of different levels; the necessity to revamp this has not changed and we feel stronger than ever that along with the edits, each area should have its own specific theme.

However, as stated by Yoshida in the comment before, please understand that there is a large amount of work to be done and it will take some time before we can even share the information with you. Once the new designs start to take shape, we will make it our top priority to share them with you.

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Originally Posted by Yoshida

ただし、3国独自のコンテンツ実装は、やはりバトルが絡むものが多くなり、
かつ、MAPそのものの改修とも切り離せません。
場当たり的にウルダハの利便性を下げることだけは絶対にしたくありませんので、
（結果的に全部利便性が悪くなる、皆さんに不利益しかない）
かなり時間をかけさせて頂くことになります。
But for the 3 countries additional content, it will involve more battles and also MAP itself needs to be remodeled.

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Originally Posted by Yoshida

全マップの改修でもREPを通じて回答させて頂いていますが、
3国の都市を含め、全MAPの「根本的なテコ入れ」は既に計画して、
仕様の作成も終わっています。年単位の作業になりますが、
必ず実施しますので、そのタイミングに合わせて3国バランスも
根本調整を行います。
As we have replied through reps regarding the entire map, including the 3 cities we are already working on a plan that will changes to the root. And the specifications are already made. It will be long term changes but will make sure it happens. With that timing will make root modifications to the 3 countries as well.

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Originally Posted by Yoshida

かなり長期プランにはなりますが、特に重要と認識していますので、
FFXIV立て直しの最も規模の大きな改修ポイントとお考えください。
This will be a long term plan and understand this is very important, think of this as a major point required in FFXIV remodeling.

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Be as pessimistic as you want - it's still coming.

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Originally Posted by Delsus

They were actually designed to be party content, which is why there was the link bonus which had been in since alpha.

Tanaka wanted them to be the main form of grinding (the time limit was designed to slow down hardcore players) which was a bad idea knowing how monotonous they are. Now YoshiP wants them to be an addition to the main way of grinding which I suspect will be grind parties

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there was no link bonus in alpha, and no link bonus until nov SP patch change. It was designed to be something that people could do fast, the main benefit was being able to set monster level, and get money/gear/sp at the same time, and the only way to get marks.
As people started to get better leves became just about the money, or small parties, there was a couple good leves SP wise, but overall parties blew them out the water. especially in groups with 6 or more.

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Originally Posted by Hippo

With guildmarks more likely to be earned in the cities in which the guilds are located, AND the reduction in exp from leve linking, hopefully people will have more reason to stay in LL or Gridania.

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Hi Hippo,

Forgot to mention that in my own response. :) Yah, this is great news also, helping to give incentive for players wanting Guild Marks from certain guilds to actually go to other cities outside Ul'dah.

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Originally Posted by Kiara

Hi Hippo,

Forgot to mention that in my own response. :) Yah, this is great news also, helping to give incentive for players wanting Guild Marks from certain guilds to actually go to other cities outside Ul'dah.

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Ul'dah will still be a main hub for a while though since it currently has the largest market. Though if they crash the market wards again that may change ;D

If they made the Market Wards universal, that would solve the problem.

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Originally Posted by Mug

If they made the Market Wards universal, that would solve the problem.

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That would make too much sense LOL (at least in Tanaka's eyes) Hopefully Yoshida will keep his epic streak going and put some more common sense into XIV

I must say that I don't know whether I will stick with this game much longer regardless of the changes and the SE name has soured with me. However Yoshi-P has impressed me tremendously with his efforts and his willingness to listen to the community. I had totally given up on this game, and now I'm intrigued again.

Probably too late for this game, but SE would be smart to let Yoshi-P take the lead in whatever future MMO they may be attempting.

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Originally Posted by Pooky

I must say that I don't know whether I will stick with this game much longer regardless of the changes and the SE name has soured with me. However Yoshi-P has impressed me tremendously with his efforts and his willingness to listen to the community. I had totally given up on this game, and now I'm intrigued again.

Probably too late for this game, but SE would be smart to let Yoshi-P take the lead in whatever future MMO they may be attempting.

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More than likely the FFXI Lazarus project.

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Originally Posted by Elexia

More than likely the FFXI Lazarus project.

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If I remember the Holy Bible correctly, Lazarus was a lucky guy resurrected by Jesus Christ.
In this meaning the FFXIV itself will become Lazarus in a few months.
But you can rest assured that the revived FFXIV will not become FFXI-2. As devteam promised in 4Gamer's interview.

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Originally Posted by Kristina_Farron

If I remember the Holy Bible correctly, Lazarus was a lucky guy resurrected by Jesus Christ.
In this meaning the FFXIV itself will become Lazarus in a few months.
But you can rest assured that the revived FFXIV will not become FFXI-2. As devteam promised in 4Gamer's interview.

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Good, FFXI did not stand the test of time very well.

Kind of a disappointing letter, things we already knew and 1 nerf to leves that was needed imo. I would rather he talked more in depth about jobs, auto attack and dungeons, airships, chocobos, anima etc...

How about in a game that mainly only offers leveling, at the moment, you take out the fatigue system that limits leveling like you said you would already? There are so many limitations leveling laterally is the stupidest credence and the worst part about this entire game.

The only content is leveling and leveling to get to nms yet there's a huge huge limit on leveling. I have seen soo many people quit simply because they cannot get immersed in the game or are tired they are being told they cannot play the job they want to. Yet another letter that disappoints and hugely does not address the main issues with the game, how many times have we seen this.

I wouldn't be as angry about this and the 1.18 patch if they actually came out with patches regularly, the release cycle is way too long. I would rather have 2 week incremental patches with large patches and content more spread out. Considering 14 will probably be the game that they soak up subscriptions on for the next 7+ years the growth is severely stinted.