Considering we're close to a big patch...

...it's awfully quiet on the Lodestone. Would be nice to get another update on the Grand Companies website, at least.

I'm expecting a decent amount of info next week or at least the next Producer Letter.

If they aren't to busy I would love them to add a tiny bs tidbit.

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Originally Posted by zaviermhigo

If they aren't to busy I would love them to add a tiny bs tidbit.

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Probably better to not do that, lest they rouse more people saying "WTF is with this Lodestone fluff? Give me my combat update nao!"

If anything they should make some update notes referring to the dev tracker posts about the materia and job system info.

We seem to be getting dev comment on guildleve improvements today.

Most cool stuff happens here, not on the lodestone anyway.

Awfully quiet, except for the developers letter, and the information on the battle system and materia (that came out yesterday).

Would be kinda neat to know what the quest hubs are going to be about, though..

(and I mean, are they just the same non-CS-small-reward-and-a-bit-of-lore quests we have no, or some more driven content related to companies or whatever)

I think a big part of the silence is E3.

That disappoints me because XI's presence at E3 has generally been little more than a side booth with hired Mithras and the usual six-man event fights. They don't generally seem to try to hype the game or highlight it, and I doubt XIV will change that.

Did SE confirm that they would showcase FFXIV at E3 at all?

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Originally Posted by Sephr

Awfully quiet, except for the developers letter, and the information on the battle system and materia (that came out yesterday).

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so aside from the fact it hasn't been quiet, it's awfully quiet?

Just so you know, I like the dev tracker updates, but they tend to not be as informative. There are definitely exceptions though, like the Materia info we just got.

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Originally Posted by Mug

...it's awfully quiet on the Lodestone. Would be nice to get another update on the Grand Companies website, at least.

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Dude, I'm scared. Coming on the heels of a "blueprint", I think the dev team is soiling their shorts trying to meet the promise of a significant update in 2 weeks. They don't want to tip their hand because they're not holding any good cards.

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Originally Posted by Cutriss

Probably better to not do that, lest they rouse more people saying "WTF is with this Lodestone fluff? Give me my combat update nao!"

If anything they should make some update notes referring to the dev tracker posts about the materia and job system info.

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Damned if they do, damned if they don't

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Originally Posted by Leeloo

Damned if they do, damned if they don't

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No easy way out of the situation they're in, that's for sure.

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Originally Posted by Leeloo

Damned if they do, damned if they don't

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I don't pity them.

They made the bed. Now they have to lie in it.

Don't get me wrong, I want them to succeed. Wouldn't be here if I didn't.

Everyone has their hopes up so high for patch 1.18. Just dont :P

It will be a big patch but not the infamous golden patch. By the end of Summer we should have a great deal of new stuff but not unitl then. So I foresee patches 1.18. 1.19, and patch 1.20 for be quite large...hopefully.

Well at least it should be a bigger patch than usual, considering they skipped the May patch (disregarding 1.17b, which I wouldn't could as a normal patch).

I don't mind if it's not the miracle patch we all want to see, as long as what we do get is of top quality.

I thought we were supposed to get a video showing the battle system/dungeon, looks like that may not happen now.

Yoshida said he might show us videos in the next Producer's letter. Thankfully, he's been pretty consistent with releasing these letters every two weeks, so we will get it next week most likely.