New Letter from the Producer, XII

[Wolfie]

If I remember the Holy Bible correctly, Lazarus was a lucky guy resurrected by Jesus Christ.
In this meaning the FFXIV itself will become Lazarus in a few months.
But you can rest assured that the revived FFXIV will not become FFXI-2. As devteam promised in 4Gamer's interview.

Good, FFXI did not stand the test of time very well.

[Richard]

Good, FFXI did not stand the test of time very well.

Final Fantasy XI – 350,000 (mid 2010). Despite what anyone says XI is still in the top 10 as far as subs go.

[Sephr]

Good, FFXI did not stand the test of time very well.

It's 9 years old and I still play when I have some time, horses for courses etc.

Tiss,
Most of us (Japanese players) shared your pain and anger, but FINALLY we get two long interviews (talking about what you want very much, see other threads) released these two days, with a promise to introduce "one new feature per week until patch goes live". So we are happy now.

The new features in patch 1.18 are not only fixing problems but the revamping of a whole subsystem (mainly Battle system in 1.18), so it costs lots of time, but from the features revealed now it seems very promising.

Good to hear things have settled a bit your end, as they have here (somewhat). It is of course a shame that people can't appreciate all the work they're doing.

Can I ask what the japanese playerbase's thoughts were on Yoshida's comments about their 'overly negative' opinions on the forums? Surely they're not as bad as the english ones...