No Letter from the Producer XI ?

[PikachuLink]

Dont be effin stupid....this is lame their content isnt ready DUH but doesnt mean info on the patch isnt.....dont have downsyndrome and dont stick up for squareenix when their doing this crap and not giving info

[PikachuLink]

SE Sucks. Totally.

hell yeah they do... no other statement needed... worst mmo company ever oh and....they havent been good since squaresoft PS1

[Alastar]

BEEFY CAKESSSSSS will be implemented in the next update, for culinary. I can't wait!!!

[Averix]

Is it just me or does anyone else feel like they are keeping everyone on the hook for this miracle patch that simply will not come to be? I am not trying to be all doom and gloom about the game, I am actually truly hoping it succeeds, but let's face it, auto-attack should have been implemented the first week of release since that was the biggest complaint I personally heard. Combat was clunky and repetitious and people didn't want blisters from hitting one button the whole time...

Yoshi has done a fine PR job of keeping all these people around (Myself included) with promises of major overhauls. The bottom line is it has been how many months of the game being in its current state? Of all companies that could pull-out all the stops with major content, bug fixes, and a combat overhaul within a very short amount of time, I would have bet SE, sadly how much has actually been released?

My point... I know I had one somewhere around here... is it seems like they are trying to keep people on the hook not for FFXIV but something else and I simply can't see what it is. How many retail boxes you can sell with a promise? No clue. However, I wouldn't hold my breath with this patch being any different from previous ones. I will of course give it a shot and hope that it accomplishes what all the fans that have stuck it out are hoping for. I can wait quite easily at this point for a patch, let alone a letter.

[SilvertearRen]

If they're keeping people on the hook, they're doing a bad job of it. When Star Wars The Old Republic comes out, it will be a massive embarrassment for Square Enix. Know why? Let me give you some examples:

Wow! This game has so much content, and it hasn't even come out yet!

So many planets, dungeons and places to explore!

The content is so well thought out, it's immensely engaging!

These are the statements you will hear coming out of the SWTOR review crowds when it comes out. Imagine what FFXIV is like in the face of that kind of praise AND factual data: Right now, as we speak, SWTOR has an order of magnitude greater amount of content than FFXIV.

This should be enough of a reason for someone in Square Enix to commit hara-kiri, because quite simply, they did not use their heads. They did not get proper feedback from all the major MMO audiences. They were too insular, too internal.

The reality is this: MMORPGs are a community-heavy game genre, and if you're going to put a product on that market, you need to be engaged with the community that will spring up around your game. Square Enix has learned this difficult lesson, but I fear it will not stick long enough.

[SAMINUS]

I can see tomorrow's dev post:

"Something big is coming! We can't give you much information now but stick around and you will not be sorry!"

[CrstyCaptin]

The reality is this: MMORPGs are a community-heavy game genre, and if you're going to put a product on that market, you need to be engaged with the community that will spring up around your game. Square Enix has learned this difficult lesson, but I fear it will not stick long enough.

Have they really learned their lesson yet? I don't think so. They've done a 'little' better with community communication but not that much. There's still a dozen or two 'fixes' that myself and others have complained about since last fall and they're STILL in the game. How about leve mobs that flee, go yellow, then pop two more mobs? Once that leve mob goes yellow you get reduced sp for it. If you aoe the new leve mobs while they're yellow you get reduced sp. If you kill a yellow mob you get no sp. Sorry but if you have 'multiple teams' working on different aspects of the game why wasn't this fixed months ago? Its a bug isn't it? From what I've seen it hasn't even been addressed. It's like they want it to be that way so people can't grind multiple mobs down at the same time. Well guess what, it's not all about what SE wants it's about what the community wants. This stupid bug has annoyed the crap out of me for months and I'm sure others have felt the same. This is but one of many things that has plagued the game since start and they've simply failed to fix/acknowledge them.

Regardless if this is E3 week Yoshida is in charge of XIV. XIV is also a potential HUGE revenue source for SE. The priority should be XIV, not E3 for the XIV team. There is no excuse for the silence for the past three weeks about this game, which continues to barely hang by a thread. Not to mention that XIV wasn't even brought up at E3. I don't want to be so negative but what gives? I hold onto (barley) that SE can turn this game around but my blind faith is really starting to fade when we're getting less feedback than we did six months ago. 1.18, the first of a few game changing patches is potentially a week or two away(though it'll probably be pushed back a few weeks) and we've heard basically nothing about it. Even if they're under the gun with getting stuff done in time just tell us. I for one was kinda bummed when Yoshida said that 1.18 wouldn't come out till mid-June earliest, but at least I wasn't left guessing. I respected that they couldn't get it done in time but was glad they at least told us. Please, just continue that trend!

[PikachuLink]

DOES IT MATTER THIS GAME FAILS REALIZE IT! this patch nor will the game even be worth a *^%) at 1.20 .....they will need 2 expansions of content to compete....get over yourselves this just sucks SQUAREENIX YOU HAVE BROKEN MY HEART

[Mug]

They need to blow our minds. They need to not only meet our expectations, but exceed them. This is their first proper update since Yoshida took over and I think they're scared shitless of what we'll think of it.

[Jennestia]

They need to blow our minds. They need to not only meet our expectations, but exceed them. This is their first proper update since Yoshida took over and I think they're scared shitless of what we'll think of it.

I doubt they're scared because people are never happy regardless and will complain regardless as well.