SE should put out more newspaper like articles.

[Elexia]

Flavor pieces like the newspaper articles are fun and add character to the game (if you read them). They take negligible resources and don't detract from the game development in any way, so I can't understand why people would prefer to not have them.

Because people are too anal about them not updating the game everyday with massive amounts of content.

These things shouldn't be posted on a website, they should be somehow incorporated in-game rather pulling players away from the game to read a wall of text with no connection to whats current in-game, though perhaps this is intended to distract players from the game because it is, well you play it right? I don't need to tell you the state of the game...

Vanadiel tribune didn't pull people away from the game to read. People read them when they weren't on the game. I understand you're trying to be cynical and pessimistic about everything SE does, but this isn't exactly new for them and it worked just fine till people stopped reading it and they discontinued the comics and tribune.

[Xeno]

Does not want.

Only thing I wanna see is patch notes.

This and only this. I wish they would give us patch notes and patch release dates like a month or two in advance so then I would only come to this sight once in a blue moon.

[Morticous]

They could just do stuff like those guys that popped out of nowhere to spout messages of the impending doom... Better than a wall of text on a website that probably not all players will look at.

I'm so board of the game right now id rather not log on to wait for that moron to pop to hear that info... right now id rather just come here, read it, then go on about my day. If the game was worth playing, I would agree, having the info in game (as well as on here for people who cant always log on (like people who are at work )) would be a fine idea. Even the guy that pops in and out of town would be just fine with me.

[_C-a-e-r-i-t-h_]

These things shouldn't be posted on a website, they should be somehow incorporated in-game rather pulling players away from the game to read a wall of text with no connection to whats current in-game, though perhaps this is intended to distract players from the game because it is, well you play it right? I don't need to tell you the state of the game...

Wrong.

If you're going to do newspapers, having them in-game is a good idea, but they should also be posted on the Lodestone. I don't play FFXIV anymore because it's a terrible game, but that doesn't mean I shouldn't be allowed to follow its development on the website.

And even if I did still play FFXIV, I wouldn't be playing it 24/7. Reading the Lodestone can be done anywhere.

[Joeking]

Vanadiel tribune didn't pull people away from the game to read. People read them when they weren't on the game. I understand you're trying to be cynical and pessimistic about everything SE does, but this isn't exactly new for them and it worked just fine till people stopped reading it and they discontinued the comics and tribune.

XI, this is not.

Did they not learn anything? (Bolded part)
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. - George Santayana

I'm so board of the game right now id rather not log on to wait for that moron to pop to hear that info... right now id rather just come here, read it, then go on about my day. If the game was worth playing, I would agree, having the info in game (as well as on here for people who cant always log on (like people who are at work )) would be a fine idea. Even the guy that pops in and out of town would be just fine with me.

Baby steps...

Wrong.

If you're going to do newspapers, having them in-game is a good idea, but they should also be posted on the Lodestone. I don't play FFXIV anymore because it's a terrible game, but that doesn't mean I shouldn't be allowed to follow its development on the website.

And even if I did still play FFXIV, I wouldn't be playing it 24/7. Reading the Lodestone can be done anywhere.

Square should want you to log-in, they should only put very little information on the post they shouldn't be stories. As the ultimate goal should be for you to log-in otherwise anyone who hasn't purchased the game can read it if you consider these things events.

[Elexia]

XI, this is not.

Did they not learn anything? (Bolded part)
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. - George Santayana

They did, since the only reason people stopped reading it is because it wasn't a source for patch notes, so it's actually not their fault people don't care for anything beyond what shines they can get, even though most tribunes gave info on upcoming avatars summoners could use because it's lore behind it.

Then again...we are playing an MMORPG and lore is forbidden.

[Morticous]

what baby steps are you talking about? like i said (as well as caerith) some people don't want to be in game to read about upcoming changes and progress. I would say having it first on the lodestone then putting it in game, if anything, is a baby step sir. I'm sure there are MANY people like myself who aren't logging on but are checking The Lodestone for updates.

[_C-a-e-r-i-t-h_]

They did, since the only reason people stopped reading it is because it wasn't a source for patch notes, so it's actually not their fault people don't care for anything beyond what shines they can get, even though most tribunes gave info on upcoming avatars summoners could use because it's lore behind it.

Then again...we are playing an MMORPG and lore is forbidden.

You must be this passive-aggressive to ride this board ---> .

[_C-a-e-r-i-t-h_]

what baby steps are you talking about? like i said (as well as caerith) some people don't want to be in game to read about upcoming changes and progress. I would say having it first on the lodestone then putting it in game, if anything, is a baby step sir. I'm sure there are MANY people like myself who aren't logging on but are checking The Lodestone for updates.

The Lodestone has a significant advantage over the Vana'diel Tribune. I always read it through POL itself, which meant logging out of the game, and navigating POL's menus to find it. It was a pain in the ass to read. I hear it was available on the POL website too? But I didn't check that POL website that often, not until the later years, and I certainly didn't know the VT was on it back when they still published it.

Lodestone, though, I know about. Most people who play know about it. Since that's where we go for patch notes.

[Randis]

i don't want to read articles about the game, i want to play the game and have fun.