Letter From the Producer IX.

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Originally Posted by Seif

Ugh, when you put it that way. XI has entire working non-main-nation-towns with quests in them and we're getting 3 huts in XIV. Well at least I hope they'll have a lot of NPCs in them. Though looking at the current screenshots (which I hope are w.i.p.) I don't see a soul in those locations. I hope that will change and maybe these huts will grow into a full-blown towns in the middle of fields of blandness. That would be cool growth to see.

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Gridania screen has 2 NPC's in it.

http://img847.imageshack.us/img847/6...terimage03.jpg

Uldah screen has at least 1 NPC and a chocobo.

http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/4...terimage01.jpg

FWIW judging by the minimpa locations.

Gridania camp will be at 35,43 (North of Tranquil), Uldah Camp at 9,17 (West of Horizon), Limsa camp at 7,10 (west of Skull Valley)

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Originally Posted by Jinko

http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/4...terimage01.jpg

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the first time i see that I told myself "this is chocobo stables !!!"

ALL YOU GUYS ARE COMPLAINERS!!!!!!!!!! BE HAPPY! We're Getting content and battle changes HELL YES! this will be great!.....if you dont like it get off the forums and go play something stupid like hello kitty island failure! *Points at Shiyo and all that agree with her*

I really hope we can go inside these hubs this time though.. :/

2 months........this game's lucky it hasn't got big competition right now.

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Originally Posted by Sinzfeldt

2 months........this game's lucky it hasn't got big competition right now.

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Watching paint dry gives FFXIV a pretty decent run for its money. No subscription fee either.

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Originally Posted by Sinzfeldt

2 months........this game's lucky it hasn't got big competition right now.

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Well from your signature the game is already dead, so why complain about a month and half release date?

lol @ not till June, SE soooooo slowwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

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Originally Posted by viion

lol @ not till June, SE soooooo slowwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

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Their team got cut to work on FFXV and FFXIII-2 and to finish Versus.

SE is spreading itself way too thin.

What did you expect?

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Originally Posted by Sonic_the_Hedgehog

Well from your signature the game is already dead, so why complain about a month and half release date?

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It's a troll sig for people to get butthurt over. I actually wanted this game to succeed and get better but even for such a dedicated fan as myself i'm starting to lose interest..

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Originally Posted by gifthorse

Their team got cut to work on FFXV and FFXIII-2 and to finish Versus.

SE is spreading itself way too thin.

What did you expect?

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oh yeh! I forgot about how bad an mmo developers when you dont have dedicated teams. Mybad XD

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Originally Posted by gifthorse

Their team got cut to work on FFXV and FFXIII-2 and to finish Versus.

SE is spreading itself way too thin.

What did you expect?

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lol where did you hear this rumor?

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Originally Posted by Sinzfeldt

It's a troll sig for people to get butthurt over. I actually wanted this game to succeed and get better but even for such a dedicated fan as myself i'm starting to lose interest..

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I understand, it is getting a little tiring. Personally I'm giving myself until the anniversary (or maybe New Year's Day since that's what I feel when Yoshi "took over") until I decide if I'm sticking with this game or not. If XIV turns out to be a failure then I'm done with MMOs.

FF XIV couldn't be further from WoW if it tried. Every MMO has quest hubs even FF XI had quests. FF XIV will never be WoW, Square is to stubborn to copy another game anyway even if that game is the most succesful MMO ever made. They have their own ideas and that is what they will do even if those ideas are terrible. Square pays little attention to the competition, if they did FF XIV wouldn't be in the state it is right now.

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Originally Posted by Cairdeas

lol where did you hear this rumor?

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He just made it up on the spot, typical speculative BS.

Did you guys notice the new options menu symbol on those pictures? http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/a...7&d=1304316371
I wonder what it isss! It's a red box with a cross on it, perhaps something to do with dungeons.

I think I'll work on getting my DoM and DoW up (since I only log in for few hrs to do leves), but then I'll stop playing and focus on some other mmorpgs that are coming out this year that seem to know what dedication and good production is. I'll always keep checking out xiv and updating, logging on on patches. But I dont expect this game to be fun for a while year. Maybe not even till its second year of release.

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Originally Posted by Sephr

He just made it up on the spot, typical speculative BS.

Did you guys notice the new options menu symbol on those pictures? http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/a...7&d=1304316371
I wonder what it isss! It's a red box with a cross on it, perhaps something to do with dungeons.

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Thats just like the "Gm Button", its always there in SE UI Screenshots, Since Alpha.

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Originally Posted by gifthorse

Their team got cut to work on FFXV and FFXIII-2 and to finish Versus.

SE is spreading itself way too thin.

What did you expect?

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lol FF XV? That dosen't even exist. FF XIII-2 and Versus XIII are being developed by seperate teams. Square Enix is a massive company. Most of the staff on XIV are from XI.

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Originally Posted by Sephr

He just made it up on the spot, typical speculative BS.

Did you guys notice the new options menu symbol on those pictures? http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/a...7&d=1304316371
I wonder what it isss! It's a red box with a cross on it, perhaps something to do with dungeons.

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Thats actually the "Graphic Missing" icon. which means the graphic that will be there is missing and not implemented yet. So these shots were from a rough test build.

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Originally Posted by viion

Thats just like the "Gm Button", its always there in SE UI Screenshots, Since Alpha.

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You sure?, I've never seen it in screens before and its actually this icon.

Meaning they have yet to make an icon for the function, could be anything though.

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Originally Posted by Malakhim

Oh. Snap. Go check it out, gang.

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Quest Hub pic in Gridania?
Looks kinda different :)

The one thing that really caught my attention was the beast tribe hub. Interaction with the best tribes sounds pretty cool to me. Perhaps the beast currency will finally have a use?

Why are certain people talking like WoW invented instances? XI had them before WoW and other games had them before XI.

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Originally Posted by Jinko

You sure?, I've never seen it in screens before and its actually this icon.

Meaning they have yet to make an icon for the function, could be anything though.

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Yes im 100% sure, its been like that since Alpha. Look on old release pictures.

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Originally Posted by Xenor

Why are certain people talking like WoW invented instances? XI had them before WoW and other games had them before XI.

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XI doesnt have them. Its just the same map copy/pasted out in 1 map several times giving the illusion. Its like how GM Jail had 9 cells. in 1 map.

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Originally Posted by Griss

The one thing that really caught my attention was the beast tribe hub. Interaction with the best tribes sounds pretty cool to me. Perhaps the beast currency will finally have a use?

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The only interaction they'll have with me will go through my sword/axe/bow/lance :mad:;)

Man, these next 40 days are gonna suck in these forums..

Also, you people never cease to amaze me with your near limitless ability when it comes to complaining about stuff that isn't even out yet, AND to ask about things then complain when we get.


Time for some reality check

1 - "Instanced content sucks"

According to a poll answered by the COMMUNITY, the majority wants instanced content. Sorry if you happen to have answered "no", but that's democracy for ya.

2 - "WOW CLONE WOW CLONE WOW CLONE111"

a) - We do not know exactly how any of these will work and

b) - If being a "Wow Clone" means having CONTENT, then sure, "Wow clone wow clone weeeee"

3 - SE is so slow! I could program "X" in "SE - 30 days time!".

Rushing stuff over was one of the main reasons why we are even having this discussion now.

4 - But they just expect us to wait and wait and wait?

Yes. Deal with it or go play something else while you wait. SE could care less, we aren't paying monthly fees and eventually the post-PS3-release players will. They are ensuring that THESE players will want to pay.

5 - WHERE'S MY ULTRA UBER ELITIST CONTENT?

Somewhere down the line, when SE is sure that new players will not have to suffer the same things we had to, ie the absolute lack of content.

6 - Casual crap!

I'm sorry if everyone isn't like you and have god knows how many hours to play each day. SE is catering first to people with 2-3 hours to play each day and THEN to the lucky souls with more free time in their hands. As someone who recently got a new job AND have to go to college as well, I hope they keep this philosophy when it comes to high level content, but of course with added difficulty, because YES, it - IS - possible to do easily accessible stuff that's actually hard.

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Originally Posted by viion

XI doesnt have them. Its just the same map copy/pasted out in 1 map several times giving the illusion. Its like how GM Jail had 9 cells. in 1 map.

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Are you saying that Dynamis was not an instance? Prmyvions weren't instanced? That means I could go into anyone's current session, right?

I have to say all this crying over instance dungeons I don't get. XI had plenty of them Dyna BCNM's Nyzul Isle Assult and other stuff. You keep saying Yes you Shiyo that grinding in instance dungeons is stupid you did the same thing in XI in Nyzul isle getting to an certain floor to fight an boss to get drops. You grind them for the items you wanted wtf are you talking about same thing with assault you grind that shit till you had points for gear don't give me that crap XI didn't do a lot of instance stuff. People grind for gear in dyna also for money get your facts straight. A lot of the best things to do in XI was instance.

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Originally Posted by SupaCancerion

I find it really funny that when this game first came out people were crying foul because it was missing "everything that any MMO should have in it at launch,"

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No, it's more like it was missing everything FFXI had. Even XI's search system was 100x better than this.

This letter is good and all, I appreciate the screenshots, but every day we go without knowing about even the concepts of the battle system or the new job system, it really feels painful! :(

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Originally Posted by Cairdeas

lol where did you hear this rumor?

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Trolling. Most companies that make MMOs don't have any other projects but their MMORPG, so he's a bit confused on how real game development studios are set up.

OH NO ANY DUNGEON THAT'S NOT R50 AND QUEST HUBS!!!!!!!!!

END OF THE WORLD! FFXIV = WOW, FFXIV = WOW!

Seriously, you people will whine, complain, bitch and moan about anything any everything. Content is content, I'm happy for it. WoW didn't invent nor is it the only game to use lower than cap dungeons and quest hubs. In fact they've become a bit of a staple for the MMO genre, something that FFXIV happens to fall under.

What's the fun in leveling if all the cool content is for R50 and (eventually) up? They need to give those players something to do as well. Lower level dungeons and quest hubs are good for that.

Also they actually add a landmark structure to the "lolcopy/paste" scenery you've all been bitching about and now that's a problem too. People want content, the game needs content. If it's not the kind of content you want maybe it's a time to think about moving on.

We're also getting R50 dungeons Shiyo, who's to say those won't be the challenging content you're looking for? You're only focusing on the negative.

gonna be a long wait ;_;

I was quite suprised that there was no mention of the strange events happening in the game now in the letter. I was hoping for some more information on what that is leading to.

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Originally Posted by BruceyBruceyBangBang

It is apart of the battle system, yes. I'd expect delays though. Redesigning the class system into a job system and starting development on it as early as Jan. sounded like it was too good to be true to release it this soon. At a development stand point it is a very big deal.

Maybe we will see companies this month in 1.17b? Perhaps I was right in thinking that all of these in game events happening recently would lead to companies. We'll see!

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They aren't turning the class system into the job system, they're adding the job system.

this is how all camps should look!!

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Originally Posted by DurtiMonkeyToe

Are you saying that Dynamis was not an instance? Prmyvions weren't instanced? That means I could go into anyone's current session, right?

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Whilst I'm pretty sure there are instances in FFXI (there'd have to be a low upper ceiling on the amount of people who can do the same assault, for example which isn't the case), neither of those things were instanced, lol.

all bcnm, limbus, salvage or assault are instanced content

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Originally Posted by Akira_Tenshi

FF XIV couldn't be further from WoW if it tried. Every MMO has quest hubs even FF XI had quests. FF XIV will never be WoW, Square is to stubborn to copy another game anyway even if that game is the most succesful MMO ever made. They have their own ideas and that is what they will do even if those ideas are terrible. Square pays little attention to the competition, if they did FF XIV wouldn't be in the state it is right now.

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Whether they are good Ideas or bad Ideas, I give my respect to SE for having their own originality. All they should do is add, alter, and tweak. That is what I see.

I eagerly await 1.18 patch, while still playing.

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Originally Posted by Sephr

Whilst I'm pretty sure there are instances in FFXI (there'd have to be a low upper ceiling on the amount of people who can do the same assault, for example which isn't the case), neither of those things were instanced, lol.

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I'm confused by what your definition of "instanced" is. Each Dynamis and Promy were only accessible by your immediate party and if you exited you'd have to start all over again. How are these not instanced?