Okay, big changes take time. However.

[viion]

Joe I think you're misunderstanding it.

You dont need a battle system to make a 3D Model or do some Texturing. Infact I could go do it now without touching a battle system/game mechanic at all.

And that is the flaw, honestly even if we kept having art images of content to come but cant be finalised until after battle changes would make people happy. Screen shots of new items made, we dont need stupid stats info we just want to see how it looks.

When the producer release the 2 art images, did he require the whole new battle system to be fininshed so he could show us 2 jpg images? ...... that is all we are asking for.

And even so, they have implemented some gear without the battle system finished and they are going to do it again come dungeons, new gear be added and the battle system will not be finished and stats need to be redone. So this whole "cant be done until battle system is done" is complete nonsense.

SE just dont have anyone working on that stuff, its obvious and the only explanation. Probably working on other games and will call them in later.

[Picoman]

Joe I think you're misunderstanding it.

You dont need a battle system to make a 3D Model or do some Texturing. Infact I could go do it now without touching a battle system/game mechanic at all.

And that is the flaw, honestly even if we kept having art images of content to come but cant be finalised until after battle changes would make people happy. Screen shots of new items made, we dont need stupid stats info we just want to see how it looks.

When the producer release the 2 art images, did he require the whole new battle system to be fininshed so he could show us 2 jpg images? ...... that is all we are asking for.

And even so, they have implemented some gear without the battle system finished and they are going to do it again come dungeons, new gear be added and the battle system will not be finished and stats need to be redone. So this whole "cant be done until battle system is done" is complete nonsense.

SE just dont have anyone working on that stuff, its obvious and the only explanation. Probably working on other games and will call them in later.

I think it is more that Yoshi-P doesnt want to release any new stuff under this old battle system due to the fact that it would be new content with a crappy system.

I do think that there has to be a landslide of content after battle fix. I would be sad if i had to wait another year for cap increase and new zones.

[Linkurrra]

Joe I think you're misunderstanding it.

You dont need a battle system to make a 3D Model or do some Texturing. Infact I could go do it now without touching a battle system/game mechanic at all.

And that is the flaw, honestly even if we kept having art images of content to come but cant be finalised until after battle changes would make people happy. Screen shots of new items made, we dont need stupid stats info we just want to see how it looks.

When the producer release the 2 art images, did he require the whole new battle system to be fininshed so he could show us 2 jpg images? ...... that is all we are asking for.

And even so, they have implemented some gear without the battle system finished and they are going to do it again come dungeons, new gear be added and the battle system will not be finished and stats need to be redone. So this whole "cant be done until battle system is done" is complete nonsense.

SE just dont have anyone working on that stuff, its obvious and the only explanation. Probably working on other games and will call them in later.

You have a valid point except where it comes into the animation department. The animations need to be timed with the timing of the battle mechanics. After the changes they already made to speed up combat the animations now get a little goofy and choppy than what they used to be when the game first launched.

This is something they will have to tweak afterwards.

But Imagine those "extra" teams that you are referring to are working on new content like quests, additions to the game and what not. They aren't just sitting idlely by. However, to keep things organized and focused I think Yoshi-P is holding off on anything new being released until the combat stuff is done.

This is probably to allow the community to adjust to the changes in battle mechanics. We are in a sense still a beta community. And Yoshi-P needs us to be a little focused on our feedback. He would probably prefer feedback on the battle mechanics when they release them and not have us complaining about the new content they released at the same time.

This is all theory. And I'm sure none of you wanted to be beta testing either. But we wouldn't still be here if we didn't find the community and the game somewhat fun. The ppl that are still here are probably the ones that will be here for the long haul. Now it's just a process of rebuilding with what we got and get ppl to come back.