Thoughts on the new Letter from the Producer? (May 20)

[SuzakuCMX]

I'm about to do my happy dance.

[Shikyo]

How much this sounds like "goodbye cure II to all other classes than CON"...
Prepare to be suddenly unable to solo as you did before..

good
i rather see defined classes

[Mack]

Does the whole 'Bold Summer 2011' thing mean things coming in 1.18? I'm not sure why else he'd emphasise it so much

I took it as we're so damn impatient he's kinda shutting us up and telling us that none of this stuff will be implemented before September...however does that mean all of it will be? that would amazing.

[Mack]

Yay!

No mention of engine optimizations but I hope we get some of that too.

Yea that stood out for me too. I still get UI lag and lag around the city and stuff, I'm sure they're working on it but I would've wished they had mentioned it. But i guess not much to say in that regards probably.

[Teknoman]

Dont forget they said you would still be able to solo an enemy equal to your rank.

[Elexia]

Yay!

No mention of engine optimizations but I hope we get some of that too.

Too bad they mentioned engine optimization is happening currently. Do they really need to mention it every time? Like really? lol.

[Mack]

Too bad they mentioned engine optimization is happening currently. Do they really need to mention it every time? Like really? lol.

Considering they are mentioning everything then yes it would make sense, wtf are you getting so defensive about? lol. Get out of here.

[DurtiMonkeyToe]

Considering they are mentioning everything then yes it would make sense, wtf are you getting so defensive about? lol. Get out of here.

It probably just not definitive enough. Everything on the LFTP chart are things that we directly interact with (i.e. User Interface, Menu Options/Lag, Content) where as the graphical engine is just a tool. They could put "Graphical Engine Optimization" on the list, but they would never be able to quantify or detail the improvements they have made to it to the community and so they leave it off.

Or at least that is what it looks like from my perspective.

[Elexia]

Considering they are mentioning everything then yes it would make sense, wtf are you getting so defensive about? lol. Get out of here.

Lol is "defense" the word of the year or something? It's all people say when something opposing them is said. I guess they need to mention the programmers are eating lunch later today. Then I guess they need to mention they're eating lunch again tomorrow, right? It's called redundancy.

A lot of what was listed in the letter wasn't talked about recently and merely added to the tasks table that hasn't been updated in awhile (did you read the letter?), however engine optimization was talked about barely 2 weeks ago and engine optimization =/= game changes. It affects the game obviously, but what's listed are directly tied to the game more so than the engine.

[Physic]

Dont forget they said you would still be able to solo an enemy equal to your rank.

which is a step down, because now you can solo things 10 levels higher, not to mention soloing something your rank gives a whopping 85 exp.