The Letter is up

[Belial]

Posted this in another thread several days ago, it applies to the new letter:

The problem is, the patch probably, as per SE's history, is not on schedule.

I (and many others) do not want some terribly worded/translated PR letter from some development team leader who in all likeliness, doesn't even write said letters.

What I (and others) want to see, is this example:

Patch 1.18 Progress Check List:
- Dungeon Implementation Complete
- Class Re-Balancing Complete
- Terrain Clipping Incomplete- further adjustments required
- Hardware Taxation Issue Incomplete- further investigation is required

I don't give a flying hell when the patches come, but to actually see a visible progress report instead of some inane, cloak-and-shadow letter, would be far more beneficial to the community than the crap we've been getting. We were promised updates, we are getting PR checks and formatted copy+paste replies. This is not helping their situation.

And again; cloak-and-shadow letter, no real progress report, subpar video of Auto-Attack (y'know what Diablo III has for a video of it's combat system? A fucking boss fight... Jesus.); lack of real communication with the playerbase; delayed patch, etc.

The one, and only thing that has been saving this game: "Final Fantasy"
Not innovative game design. Not good graphics. Not great controls. Not interesting content. Nothing, but the name on the title screen. And believe me, the majority are getting sick of that, too.

[DurtiMonkeyToe]

Posted this in another thread several days ago, it applies to the new letter:



And again; cloak-and-shadow letter, no real progress report, subpar video of "new" content; lack of real communication with the playerbase; delayed patch, etc.

The one, and only thing that has been saving this game: "Final Fantasy"
Not innovative game design. Not good graphics. Not great controls. Not interesting content. Nothing, but the name on the title screen. And believe me, the majority are getting sick of that, too.

Thank you for your opinion.

[Molly_Millions]

Um, guys? The patch isn't delayed. Am I the only one that payed attention to the part of the 9th letter that said patch 1.18 would be released in mid-June AT THE EARLIEST? According to that, nothing is late, it's not even the 15th yet.

Here it is for everyone who missed it:

1.18 is going to be relatively bigger than previous patches. This means that balancing is going to take more time than usual, and so we’re anticipating a somewhat longer period between patches. Even if we break off some of the content and release it ahead of time in a 1.17b patch (which me might!), 1.18 will still go live sometime in mid-June at the earliest. Sorry for that.

[DurtiMonkeyToe]

Um, guys? The patch isn't delayed. Am I the only one that payed attention to the part of the 10th letter that said patch 1.18 would be released in mid-June AT THE EARLIEST? According to that, nothing is late, it's not even the 15th yet.

Reading comprehension +3! Good Job Molly, your leagues ahead of most people visiting these forums.

[Isaaru]

Reading comprehension +3! Good Job Molly, your leagues ahead of most people visiting these forums.

No, not reading comprehension +3. It was delayed from it's earliest planned date. It's still delayed :P

[DurtiMonkeyToe]

No, not reading comprehension +3. It was delayed from it's earliest planned date. It's still delayed :P

It's not a PLAN unless it's stated explicitly, not generally.

[Isaaru]

It's not a PLAN unless it's stated explicitly, not generally.

Square posted the release of the patch would be at earliest mid-June meaning they had intentions on releasing it mid-June if all went well. There appears to be something with the development team that DELAYed the mid-June release. Their use of the phrase "at earliest" was used as a simple way of not promising anything like Yoshida has said he does not like to do in earlier letters. He was most likely aware that there could be a DELAY in development so he stated at earliest mid-June. Therefore, the mid-June release date of it was DELAYed to a later date, specifically two weeks from it.