New Letter from the Producer, XII

[giftforce]

What really grinds my gears is that Yoshi and crew aren't even doing anything besides undoing all the work of the previous developers.

They think FFXIV started off on the wrong path and so are destroying the armory system, physical levels, player run companies, etc. All in favour of what?

What are they giving us that is so great? I think they have some good ideas, but nothing Tanaka couldnt have given us. All theyve done is waste 9 months of our time, if you ask me.

Further to the point, they are weak-minded individuals now with no sense of artistic authority. They take absolutely no ownership of the game and instead seek to appeal to the whims of the majority, which they deduce from answers to the leading questions from the polls.

When it suits them!

They'll listen when they want, and then ignore when it pleases them.

They are adding autoattack and quest hubs because "that is what WoW does". Autoattack and questhubs aren't a standard anymore! Look at Guild Wars 2 and ArcheAge and TERA and Blade and Soul. They may have one or the other, but both is not a necessity.

SE pretends it knows the genre, but it doesn't. They are trying to "standardise" FFXIV but are looking at the wrong game to set the standard. WoW is old news.

FFXIV is a next generation game, people! Don't add auto attack and quest hubs and think that solves the problem. GW2, TERA, and B&S will blow your crappy old-school game out of the water if you continue down this route.

If SE think they took the wrong path when they started development, gosh, then where the hell do they think they're going now? Certainly not the right path, Ill tell you that much! Tanaka had the right idea with player-run companies and ships, because these things were novel features that many games CURRENTLY DO NOT OFFER.

FFXIV cannot expect to win favour by offering nothing new. Am I the only one that sees it!?

[Richard]

They think FFXIV started off on the wrong path and so are destroying the armory system, physical levels, player run companies, etc. All in favour of what?

Rebuilding the core systems of the game so it wont fail at PS3 release? They didn't destroy the armory system; its still there and isn't going away. Physical levels were never needed. Player run companies are still in the works for a later date after the rebuilding of core systems which has already been confirmed.

They are adding autoattack and quest hubs because "that is what WoW does". Autoattack and questhubs aren't a standard anymore! Look at Guild Wars 2 and ArcheAge and TERA and Blade and Soul. They may have one or the other, but both is not a necessity.

Hack and Slash battle doesn't work with their gamestyle or engine. This has already been discussed a million times. Dunno if you've played TERA or not but the game is based on quest hubs. There are also quest hubs in GW2. Do a little more research before you spout more trolls.

FFXIV cannot expect to win favour by offering nothing new. Am I the only one that sees it!?

You are the only one that constantly trolls the same points over and over again because SE won't design the game that you would like. Yes, you are in fact the only one that sees it.

[giftforce]

Rebuilding the core systems of the game so it wont fail at PS3 release? They didn't destroy the armory system; its still there and isn't going away. Physical levels were never needed. Player run companies are still in the works for a later date after the rebuilding of core systems which has already been confirmed.



Hack and Slash battle doesn't work with their gamestyle or engine. This has already been discussed a million times.



You are the only one that constantly trolls the same points over and over again because SE won't design the game that you would like. Yes, you are in fact the only one that sees it.

You're all just blind, meek, sheep. The lot of you. Digesting and regurgitating anything SE gives you.

Everything you just told me (publicity talk) I could have read in an interview.

[Wolfie]

Tanaka's team gave us a mangled game with monumentally bad design flaws, poorly implemented features, multiple core problems, and zero direction. All of his "novel features" were thrown right back into his face because they were so so s***ty.

Yoshida understands what makes MMOs work, and even if he won't be making the next hallmark MMO, at least he'll turn this s*** ship around.

FFXIV at launch was next generation coaster and toilet paper.

[Richard]

You're all just blind, meek, sheep. The lot of you. Digesting and regurgitating anything SE gives you.

Everything you just told me (publicity talk) I could have read in an interview.

lol poor gifthorse.

[kukurumei]

I believe 99% of people who look at FF14 will be of similar opinion in the Tanaka era FF14.

Everything should be rightly "retracted".

[giftforce]

Tanaka's team gave us a mangled game with monumentally bad design flaws, poorly implemented features, multiple core problems, and zero direction. All of his "novel features" were thrown right back into his face because they were so so s***ty.

Yoshida understands what makes MMOs work, and even if he won't be making the next hallmark MMO, at least he'll turn this s*** ship around.

FFXIV at launch was next generation coaster and toilet paper.

And autoattack and questhubs are the future of MMOs? Do me a favour and make sense.

For all his failings, at least Tanaka was trying to offer something new. Yoshi doesn't know the meaning of imagination. Everything is just a plagiarism of WoW and EQ. He might as well have said so himself in the interview.

This is not the future of MMO gaming.

Every other upcoming MMO offers so much more than FFXIV is about to start offering, and they did it all without actually plagiarising WoW. Yoshi needs to wake the hell up and realise everything he suggests (steals from WoW) isn't worth implementation.

[Richard]

I believe 99% of people who look at FF14 will be of similar opinion in the Tanaka era FF14.

Everything should be rightly "retracted".

Agreed. Tanaka was the cancerous tumor slowly killing this game off. He gets put on the back burner and things are starting to finally prosper.

[Richard]

And autoattack and questhubs are the future of MMOs? Do me a favour and make sense.

The future of MMOs is obviously what you say it is. You should design your own and I'm sure you'll have a larger sub base than WoW.

[ApplePie]

Tanaka just needs to make another CoP (pre-nerfs and uncaps) like expansion. He's good at making fun/difficult content! ^-^