Yoshi-P... You are running out of time...

Dear Yoshida,

The servers are slowly but surely dieing off as you are undoubtedly aware.

Would you please give us a timeline showing exactly what you plan to change regarding the systems in this game? I believe this would restore hope in the players who are leaving Eorzea for other games. April 19 kicks off a blockbuster-packed year of incredible games. Please do something, or at least say something - and make haste about it!

http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com...98e4034b898102

6. What is your biggest expectation for the newly restructured development team?
72.4% - An Overhaul to fundamental gameplay aspects


11. Would you welcome changes to FINAL FANTASY XIV that would drastically alter the rules already set in Eorzea?
85.2% - Yes


5. How do you spend most of your time in Eorzea?
56.8% - Battle


*http://static.finalfantasyxiv.com/to...2/68/620_0.jpg
1. What do you feel are currently the most significant issues with the battle system?
21.9% - Lack of class uniqueness.

6. In addition to enhancing class differentiation with essential attributes and distinct appearances, we are also looking into introducing class and rank requirements for equipping gear. How do you feel about the implementation of such a system?
70.8% - Yes

8. Would you prefer option 1, option 2, or the current system?
56.0% - Removal of physical levels, and the addition of class-specific allotment of attribute points for each class based on rank.

Dear Mr Rofl.
Your mutiple posting is filling not only the English forrums but the Japanese forrums`NEW POSTS as well.
Mr Yosihida already said that he will only announce what he can promise to deliver on date.
Thank you for your cooperation. From Japan.

Haha. Owned from overseas

Even if Belgian is being trolly he at least has a very valid point. Tho you should not promise what you cant deliver a rough timeline would spark many peoples interest and help to retain players. Even FF11 that ive played for 8years has not seen a significant update in months or any real info on next planned update. With the recent events in Japan though its understandable that plans have been put on hold or pushed back but a word about it other than a 6 word twitter sentence would be nice. Alot of people despise twitter btw its mainly a tool for 15-25year females and people w/ blotted egos to blab about how they called off work to go shopping because they where up all night boozing till 3am.( then the arrive at work the following day to get wrote up or fired for posting there ignorance online for all to see lol)

In the Zam interview he stated the rough time slot for the first big content patch; approximately easter.
I guess as Hokizaemon said this would be delayed a bit tho.


http://ffxiv.zam.com/story.html?story=25503&storypage=2

"ZAM: Do you have an estimated time frame of when players can expect to see that battle patch?

Yoshida: Right now we're working on a high-end dungeon for hardcore players. We want to have the battle changes ready for when that's released. I can't give you an exact date, but I can tell you it will be sometime in the spring. When the dungeon is released, a bunch of battle changes will also come with it."

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Originally Posted by pielun

Dear Mr Rofl.
Your mutiple posting is filling not only the English forrums but the Japanese forrums`NEW POSTS as well.
Mr Yosihida already said that he will only announce what he can promise to deliver on date.
Thank you for your cooperation. From Japan.

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You guys have all my piety ;_;

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Originally Posted by pielun

Dear Mr Rofl.
Your mutiple posting is filling not only the English forrums but the Japanese forrums`NEW POSTS as well.
Mr Yosihida already said that he will only announce what he can promise to deliver on date.
Thank you for your cooperation. From Japan.

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LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL Epic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I actually agree with the main thread. I have had this game for over 6 months now and still it is no where near what anyone would consider a finished product. Don't get me wrong Yoshi-san has done a lot for the game and is still doing a lot, but after 6 months I want to feel like that game has gone somewhere and it hasn't. I know Yoshi-san has only been working on the game for the last 3 months, but that's not an excuse. He, unfortunately, has to work even harder to make up for the lack of fixes by the old team. He is in an extremely hard spot, I know, but the patches thus far, 1.15 and 1.16 and their a counterparts have been mediocre, in my opinion, at best. We need real content and patches, and unfortunately for the new dev team, we need them now. Or if not know at least a date of when to expect this. I think deadlines are important and gives the customer, player base (don't forget we did buy this game, even though it is F2P right now), an idea as when they will have their product ready, and it gives the dev pressure to get it done on time. I understand his fears on delays and not being able to meet a deadline for unexplained reasons but at the same time I don't think it is profession nor courtesy to dangle the players by strings hoping the next patch will be the patch to save the game. I have full faith that Yoshi-san can make this game great, my concern is if he can do it before the players move on. Lets hope so.

Mighty big wall of text there PN337, no one is disagreeing, it's just halarious what that guy said from japan. He is right, and time is running out slowly as he stated.

hmmm, the game started in october, but the new team started 4 moths ago <_< with the bulk of work and re-design, you can't expect a huge patch around the corner (and don't forget they need to test it before). Yoshida don't really have a magic wand. We know they working on something huge, let's leave it alone.
Or you guys expect something like "Okay, today we change the formula of sp gain, just need to do some math and all will be good" in the IT industry ? Because computer programming isn't so easy

I apologize for making the most popular threads. I am a bad person.

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Originally Posted by yukikaze_yanagi

you can't expect a huge patch around the corner (and don't forget they need to test it before).

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What is this i don't even

One thing i find mind blowing is how much faith people have on yoshida.
What exactly have he done so far? Why must we trust him so much when there have not been yet anything worth praising?
Do we really think some tweaks and unfinished thins makes him a hero ?.
Idk i just find it completely absurd how people adore yoshida because he can talk pretty , when he have yet to prove he is worth the money.Not saying he can or can not do it. Just saying is a bit to soon to praise the guy. He have done nothing yet, apart from being an excellent marketing tool.

Btw i rather have polished content than more unfinished not engaging crap we have now.

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Originally Posted by BelgianRofl

I apologize for making the most popular threads. I am a bad person.

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you beat the dead horse with this "the most popular threads". How can a thread be popular if half of them are full on insults to you because you're a famous troll ? <_< don't judge only from the numbers of pages lol

@zkieve people praise it for 2 reasons: after years of non-talking with SE, is the one actually saying something, second because what he promised he kept. Everything listed in the patch notes every time is there. You can argue isn't much, but alas, he said that too

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Originally Posted by yukikaze_yanagi

you beat the dead horse with this "the most popular threads". How can a thread be popular if half of them are full on insults to you because you're a famous troll ? <_< don't judge only from the numbers of pages lol

@zkieve people praise it for 2 reasons: after years of non-talking with SE, is the one actually saying something, second because what he promised he kept. Everything listed in the patch notes every time is there. You can argue isn't much, but alas, he said that too

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What about the agro icon ? is the first creation from yoshida.We know how that turned out.
Anyways im not saying its good or bad, im saying we are being lead around by a pretty face.Is like that hot chick in the bar who you spend all the night with but you never got to do her or ever will, only promises while you get your wallet empty.To early to praise so much.

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Originally Posted by yukikaze_yanagi

hmmm, the game started in october, but the new team started 4 moths ago <_< with the bulk of work and re-design, you can't expect a huge patch around the corner (and don't forget they need to test it before). Yoshida don't really have a magic wand. We know they working on something huge, let's leave it alone.
Or you guys expect something like "Okay, today we change the formula of sp gain, just need to do some math and all will be good" in the IT industry ? Because computer programming isn't so easy

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I really wish Yoshi-san had a magic wand because he deserves every possible trick to make this game work unfortunately he does get one. He has to make up for the lost time of the first development team. :( You have my sympathy Yoshi-san

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Originally Posted by Zkieve

One thing i find mind blowing is how much faith people have on yoshida.
What exactly have he done so far? Why must we trust him so much when there have not been yet anything worth praising?
Do we really think some tweaks and unfinished thins makes him a hero ?.
Idk i just find it completely absurd how people adore yoshida because he can talk pretty , when he have yet to prove he is worth the money.Not saying he can or can not do it. Just saying is a bit to soon to praise the guy. He have done nothing yet, apart from being an excellent marketing tool.

Btw i rather have polished content than more unfinished not engaging crap we have now.

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I think the praise come from the fact that he seems to genuinely cares about the game and wants it to succeed. He really wants to make the game work for the players

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Originally Posted by PM1337

I think the praise come from the fact that he seems to genuinely cares about the game and wants it to succeed. He really wants to make the game work for the players

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Is not that pretty much redundant ?. I mean what else would we expect from the director of the game lol.
is like taking out hitler and putting castro on power.Those that makes castro a hero ? not really.

IDk perhaps is my personality. I value actions and not words.We only gotten words so far and few tweaks im not so happy about.So i still consider is to early to be praising him so much.

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Originally Posted by Zkieve

Is not that pretty much redundant ?. I mean what else would we expect from the director of the game lol.
is like taking out hitler and putting castro on power.Those that makes castro a hero ? not really.

IDk perhaps is my personality. I value actions and not words.We only gotten words so far and few tweaks im not so happy about.So i still consider is to early to be praising him so much.

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Thank you for this fine demonstration of Godwin's Law.

Just because FFXIV has a new producer and a few other staff changes doesn't mean that they will be able to develop it any faster. But at least Yoshida acknowledges most of the problems, and has played enough MMOs to know what FFXIV needs to become a decent game.

At this point, the time it takes doesn't make much difference.. SE already made the mistake of releasing the game too early in order to beat other MMOs to the punch, and that was one of the worst decisions in the history of the company.

If they want FFXIV to have any sort of "revival" with the PS3 release, the game has to be complete and polished. Fretting over the release dates of other games is pointless.

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Originally Posted by Zkieve

Is not that pretty much redundant ?. I mean what else would we expect from the director of the game lol.
is like taking out hitler and putting castro on power.Those that makes castro a hero ? not really.

IDk perhaps is my personality. I value actions and not words.We only gotten words so far and few tweaks im not so happy about.So i still consider is to early to be praising him so much.

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Zkieve I agree with you. As more and more patches come out and less and less problems are addressed my faith will start to dwindle in the man. Right now, I understand what he is up against and am cutting him some slack, maybe because of the feedback he gives, Producers Letters, or the polls. I will be honest, if things aren't much better by 1.18 I don't know if I will still be around. He does has to back his words up with action, very soon.

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Originally Posted by Grit

Thank you for this fine demonstration of Godwin's Law.

Just because FFXIV has a new producer and a few other staff changes doesn't mean that they will be able to develop it any faster. But at least Yoshida acknowledges most of the problems, and has played enough MMOs to know what FFXIV needs to become a decent game.

At this point, the time it takes doesn't make much difference.. SE already made the mistake of releasing the game too early in order to beat other MMOs to the punch, and that was one of the worst decisions in the history of the company.

If they want FFXIV to have any sort of "revival" with the PS3 release, the game has to be complete and polished. Fretting over the release dates of other games is pointless.

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I think i never said i wanted the game fixed now, in fact i have said many times i rather wait for an finish and polished product than have the same unfinished garbage again.

But you know that game could be something i dont like .Like my example for the first creating from the "new" team . The agro indicator .I hate it. So as much a yoshida says he will" fix" the game it does not automatically makes it true like people around here say and puts him on an altar like a hero or something.

Oops, I thought I was in one of Belgian's other troll threads. Some of what I said was directed at him, not you.

The devs made a comment about the agro icon recently, if you haven't seen it:

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Hey everyone! This is User Interface lead Minagawa.
I’d like to give you some info on what we’re planning in regards to the aggressive monster icon.

Since patch 1.16, we implemented an icon to show aggressive monsters above the enemy’s head, but we received a considerable amount of feedback stating that it was unnecessary. On the other hand, we also received feedback from players who wish for the icon to remain the way it is currently. As a result of all the feedback, we are working on making it so players can toggle the icon on and off.

Also, in regards to the comments about the red icon standing out too much and breaking the game immersion, for patch 1.17 we are working on making the icon smaller as well as displaying the enemy’s level. We had originally planned for both of these things to be released as a set, but the enemy’s level display didn’t make it in time for the previous patch and we decided to release just the aggressive icon.

We will be releasing more information on this with the 1.17 update announcement, so stay tuned!

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Originally Posted by PM1337

I actually agree with the main thread. I have had this game for over 6 months now and still it is no where near what anyone would consider a finished product. Don't get me wrong Yoshi-san has done a lot for the game and is still doing a lot, but after 6 months I want to feel like that game has gone somewhere and it hasn't. I know Yoshi-san has only been working on the game for the last 3 months, but that's not an excuse. He, unfortunately, has to work even harder to make up for the lack of fixes by the old team. He is in an extremely hard spot, I know, but the patches thus far, 1.15 and 1.16 and their a counterparts have been mediocre, in my opinion, at best.

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There have been numerous improvements that were subtle, however patches have also added obvious things. Some of these are: seasonal event props and items, increased battle speed, balancing of monster SP values (far from perfect but a vast improvement anyways), side-quests, more main quests (cutscenes included), battle regiments (which are useful if you get people to use them), NMs, market search tool, adjusted item damage rates, etc. All of which had to be made, and tested for in-game feasibility. Considering they are rebuilding a released game that they don't have complete control over (cannot just remove and replace systems) I'd say that their doing a fairly good job.

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Originally Posted by PM1337

We need real content and patches, and unfortunately for the new dev team, we need them now. Or if not know at least a date of when to expect this. I think deadlines are important and gives the customer, player base (don't forget we did buy this game, even though it is F2P right now), an idea as when they will have their product ready, and it gives the dev pressure to get it done on time. I understand his fears on delays and not being able to meet a deadline for unexplained reasons but at the same time I don't think it is profession nor courtesy to dangle the players by strings hoping the next patch will be the patch to save the game. I have full faith that Yoshi-san can make this game great, my concern is if he can do it before the players move on. Lets hope so.

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If they were to announce dates for an improvement and there was a delay in its release then faith would be lost in the dev team. They internally have set dates, they just don't announce it for the reason stated above. The fact is that no game developer wants to have to rebuild a game that they already made once, but the fact is that it takes time to create concept art, build new objects and new sections of map, and reprogram the experience calculations. In short their already madly running around trying to fix the game that the old dev team released. It might be a while until everything is addressed.

Sorry if this is a little long.

EDIT: In case your curious I have been playing the game since the alpha phase, and they have definitely made massive improvements in the last few months.

The point that a lot of people seem to be missing is that while Square-Enix may have been doing a relatively good job updating the game with possibly limited time / resources, the current rate of progress may not be fast enough to turn FFXIV into an attractive game before potential customers are completely focused on other things. Current Customers are already leaving FFXIV in droves.

Square-Enix is going to need media attention to get the word out on this game. I can guarantee that if FFXIV is re-released anywhere near Diablo 3's launch, FFXIV will have to sit in the back of the bus. Also, the longer SE takes to re-release FFXIV, the closer you we are getting to competing MMO launches.

All Yoshi-P needs to do at this point to restore hope is to come out and tell us exactly what his plans are for changing the current system. Such a simple task would at least pull teetering fans pack onto FFXIV's side of the fence.

Please, Yoshi-P... Give us something! Anything! We tire of Eorzea!

Mmmm......Diablo 3........*drool*

You're right in a sense, though. If the development team takes too long to produce results, then people will leave this game and never look back. I'm patient, but I'm not holding my breath.

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Originally Posted by BelgianRofl

Please, Yoshi-P... Give us something! Anything! We tire of Eorzea!

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You should try talking for yourself. It would help a lot in making your posts more realistic.

The game is going to have plenty media attention when the game is rereleased. Mind you, on PS3, where your darling diablo 3 won't even see the light of day.

As for giving information, it wouldn't make the slightest sense to give any information before it's finalized. Yoshida isn't going to make promises he isn't sure to keep, as he stated quite clearly in his early interview, and that's the behavioir any game developer worth is salt keeps or should keep.

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Originally Posted by BelgianRofl

Please, Yoshi-P... Give us something! Anything! We tire of Eorzea!

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If im not mistaken Japan is still suffering from a natural disaster. Thousands of Japanese have passed, radiation in water and food along with mandatory power conservations. They are working with no A/C and limited lighting to just bring the servers back online. Please be patient because amidst the events in Japan they still do everything they can to bring back Eorzia to us. If you tire of you free monthly payments then you can always wait for Diablo.

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Originally Posted by BelgianRofl

I apologize for making the most popular threads. I am a bad person.

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People love a good train wreck

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Originally Posted by BelgianRofl

The point that a lot of people seem to be missing is that while Square-Enix may have been doing a relatively good job updating the game with possibly limited time / resources, the current rate of progress may not be fast enough to turn FFXIV into an attractive game before potential customers are completely focused on other things. Current Customers are already leaving FFXIV in droves.

Square-Enix is going to need media attention to get the word out on this game. I can guarantee that if FFXIV is re-released anywhere near Diablo 3's launch, FFXIV will have to sit in the back of the bus. Also, the longer SE takes to re-release FFXIV, the closer you we are getting to competing MMO launches.

All Yoshi-P needs to do at this point to restore hope is to come out and tell us exactly what his plans are for changing the current system. Such a simple task would at least pull teetering fans pack onto FFXIV's side of the fence.

Please, Yoshi-P... Give us something! Anything! We tire of Eorzea!

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Yoshi told me not to go spreading this around, but after such a plea, I just can't resist wanting to help you out.

Developer's Roadmap.

Just try to keep it hush-hush, okie?

Here is a link that I found on here concerning the agro icon http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...3432#post63432

Here is one about the auto attack http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...3432#post63432

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Originally Posted by pielun

Dear Mr Rofl.
Your mutiple posting is filling not only the English forrums but the Japanese forrums`NEW POSTS as well.
Mr Yosihida already said that he will only announce what he can promise to deliver on date.
Thank you for your cooperation. From Japan.

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So awesome :)

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So awesome :)

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Iknorite? lol.

It seems this Belgianrofl guy is very hit and miss. Occasionally, through all the multitudes of ludicrous posts there's some good points raised. I think his ego needs some serious re-working though, so I might take a leaf out of his book and address the producer directly in my post also:

Dear Naoki Yoshida,

Please implement a PvP system that allows players to engage in combat at their own free will with the character Belgian Rofl. Since you have assigned a task force to specifically read his posts and report to you around the clock on his movements, I trust my words will find you. The 'voice of the community' would greatly benefit from some in-game feedback from his peers.

Thank you.


Seriously though...while it is nice that he's so passionate about the game, the majority grow weary of the child flapping his hands around for attention. :/

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Originally Posted by pielun

Dear Mr Rofl.
Your mutiple posting is filling not only the English forrums but the Japanese forrums`NEW POSTS as well.
Mr Yosihida already said that he will only announce what he can promise to deliver on date.
Thank you for your cooperation. From Japan.

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LOL! I love it <3

Yo Beligianrofl, I kindly once again extend a different option to you while saying the same thing, "Don't knock it till you try it." You know of which I speak. While I agree with you that FFXIV has amazing potential (and eventually I will most likely return once this potential is even close to being met) things have been a bit on the slow side as far as change is concerned. Trust me, I love the FF series and the "pretty" as much as you. I will end this post with "pretty != quality"

It sad but true that I'm kind of agree with starter.
Before earthquake, I played only FFXIV.
But while they closed server due to earthquake event, I tried Rift, and it hit me... hard. Hard enough to stop playing FFXIV after that time.

I'm not raise topic about Rift game to invite people to play, but I would like to raise the "professional" of Trion team.
Rift is the sample of this era MMO's should be. Use general term, few bugs, meaningful launcher, fun-to-do quest, super fast new content and etc.

I know that FFXIV struggle to fix their old bug and broken system before they ready to launch new content into game. But.. yeah... their time was shorten everyday. Last post of Yoshi-P is like they excuse and sorry for delay due to golden week in JP... that no one work..

SE in last couple years didn't do great job for their flagship games.. I played FF13 for 2 hours and stop forever.
Also didn't finish other title they released so far.

Sign, only thing that FFXIV is strong is "most detailed graphic"... that's all

How professional stealing wow gameplay and publicize with "you're not in azeroth anymore".
I rather enjoy dc universe, which actually is an original game (in before champion online)

11th page bump ;O

some people think its so easy to change the game. Keep in mind that this software took years to create with a relativly large team of japanese wiz. I believe yoshi-p doing a tremendous job managing his team and pushing them to the limit. I also appreciate the feedback he gives us. since hes been in charge things are just going better

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Originally Posted by EdenT

It seems this Belgianrofl guy is very hit and miss. Occasionally, through all the multitudes of ludicrous posts there's some good points raised. I think his ego needs some serious re-working though, so I might take a leaf out of his book and address the producer directly in my post also:

Dear Naoki Yoshida,

Please implement a PvP system that allows players to engage in combat at their own free will with the character Belgian Rofl. Since you have assigned a task force to specifically read his posts and report to you around the clock on his movements, I trust my words will find you. The 'voice of the community' would greatly benefit from some in-game feedback from his peers.

Thank you.


Seriously though...while it is nice that he's so passionate about the game, the majority grow weary of the child flapping his hands around for attention. :/

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ROFL! Hilarious.