New Letter from the Producer, XII

[Fuzball]

Guildleves will no longer be central to FINAL FANTASY XIV.

Yay!! I really hope they make the good 'ol FFXI way of partying an option... There's something special about being camped out somewhere deadly with a bunch of strangers for hours It's hard to make bonds like that when leve-link parties last for only an hour at most...

Buuuuttttt....

we will accentuate the uniqueness of rewards for each region. For instance, if it’s metal armor or Blacksmiths’ Guild marks you’re after, you’ll want to make a beeline for Limsa Lominsa.

There's no beeline yet ;_; and I'm asian, so I always end up saving my anima and walking ><

A complete reworking of recipes is planned for 1.19, with the goal of granting Disciples of the Hand and the Land more power to invigorate the game economy.

You can't invigorate the game economy when you can't even summon your retainer in any of the wards OH! and random note! I just realized that people post auctions with a 1, 2, or 3 as the last digit to resemble the HQ rating! TOTALLY awesome idea! and totally sorry for posting my fish with random trailing numbers!

(emptiness)

Why is my exp bar still all red and angry and yelling at me when i try to level too much ? Where's the UI fixes ;_;? Organizing my retainers has been driving me nuts! Is it just my connection, or does it take everyone else a few seconds to move an item to/fro their retainers?

... Buuuttt

They're adding in auto-attack, so I love them no matter what

yays for SE! methinks we're getting closer to the great game that we've all been holding on for

/feel-the-wuv <3

[Eekiki]

I'm asian, so I always end up saving my anima and walking ><

Hey! What's being Asian have to do with that? You aren't the only culturally frugal people ya know! ^_^

[BruceyBruceyBangBang]

There is really no telling til it's released, but leve linking could very well turn out not so bad if they remove fatigue. Just a thought.

[Ashthra]

Hey! What's being Asian have to do with that? You aren't the only culturally frugal people ya know! ^_^

Yeah, I thought that stereotype was a strictly Jewish thing.

Of course, if stereotypes were true, I'd be drunk and starting barroom brawls because you dissed the Nicks or something. And I'm as cheap as it comes. XD

[Fuzball]

Hey! What's being Asian have to do with that? You aren't the only culturally frugal people ya know! ^_^

you mean there's other people out there that buy a cup of hot water at starbucks in order to stock up on the free napkins?!

[thenewzero]

Interesting information. I still would have liked to hear more about Jobs (even just the names of what the first Jobs will be). But this patch sounds like it's more about adding the dungeons and cleaning up a lot of little things.

[Fuzball]

I think the letter focused mostly on the topics not covered in the previous ones. 1.18 should be a big yummy stew of all that was promised throughout the last few letters

EDIT:
and a bag of fried popotos

[CapnBash]

I think the letter focused mostly on the topics not covered in the previous ones. 1.18 should be a big yummy stew of all that was promised throughout the last few letters

EDIT:
and a bag of fried popotos

Totally agree. Heck, who's to say that we won't be more than surprised. I know a lot of people (myself included) are just kind of a little too skeptic, but we had a good reason to.

[Len]

Guildleves are being re-positioned as casual, solo content - that's wonderful.

What of the player-base that prefer to grind in parties?

[PrettyPrincess]

There is really no telling til it's released, but leve linking could very well turn out not so bad if they remove fatigue. Just a thought.

OHHH I SEE WHAT YOU MEAN NOW. (didn't understand at first when you said it on vent). If surplus was gone, there would be nothing that can reduce your progression so whatever you do you'd be getting full sp from anything and wont really need to rely on heavy leve linking parties so much? Or something like that.