Letter from the Producer, XIV (07/20/2011)

[MattyWS]

Aww but I kinda liked walking around with no weapon on in FFXI just to look a little more like a casual explorer.. Granted I suppose being MNK75 meant my fists were my weapons.

[mikefmc]

People on these forums never want anything, I've said it before, I've said it a thousand times.

They are more happy with nothing.

They would be happier with a less-than-good MMO provided it was not a less-than-traditional Final Fantasy.

If you dont like the game, the forum, or the community .. why do you hang around? tbh our community would likely be better without a debbie downer running around saying "oh this sucks lol". go. get out of here.

[giftforce]

Aww but I kinda liked walking around with no weapon on in FFXI just to look a little more like a casual explorer.. Granted I suppose being MNK75 meant my fists were my weapons.

Well maybe they should make it so you turn into a pugilist if you unequip all your weapons.

If you dont like the game, the forum, or the community .. why do you hang around? tbh our community would likely be better without a debbie downer running around saying "oh this sucks lol". go. get out of here.

I don't run around saying that.

And I do kind of still like the game even though Yoshi tries his damned hardest to make me hate it.

Besides, you should be grateful someone around here actually wants stuff. Everyone else here just wants to be boring and grind more levels. (true!)

[Misha]

Thanks Yoshi for the great Letter^^ Good to see spirits are being kept up

Amazed though at the people complaining over swimsuits lmao You guys DO know millions of people wear these bikini's right?! (Including myself) You know... in REAL LIFE *sigh* Glad to see them not afraid to implement bikini's xD ... Fashion in games never hurt, nor does skin, and there will ALWAYS be young boys who can't think straight cause of it. Doesn't mean the rest of us have to suffer :P

Anyways can't wait to collect all the summer wear/items, haven't missed an event item yet Thanks for all the hard work Yoshi n Team!

[MattyWS]

Well maybe they should make it so you turn into a pugilist if you unequip all your weapons

Actually I think it's be nice for that to happen, not only that, but more than a couple (or one in some cases) types of weapon per class. I mean I felt and looked awesome walking around with a staff too (staff skill capped for MNK)
..

I mean, just look at how awesome I look :P I want the awesome factor back

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/l...vvs/chests.jpg

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/l...nvvs/birdy.jpg

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/l...vs/newlook.jpg

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/l...vvs/bubble.jpg

[Wolfie]

Iz dat some MLP references I see?

[HiirNoivl]

Not to whiteknight or anything, but I thought they were pretty clear that Battle would be reformed first, then Synthesis, then Gathering -- with SP options and leve reform scattered all about. It'll probably be a little while before we hear anything substantial about gathering.

Hasn't stopped them from nerfing gathering every chance they get.

[akisato]

There are swimsuits but we can't still swim.. sigh. :P

yet

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...205#post236205

[Felis]

Hasn't stopped them from nerfing gathering every chance they get.

Only if you think faster animations is the same as nerfing.
It's still the same like last year after beta.

[HiirNoivl]

Faster animations didn't do anything at all, save save a few seconds. They did let fish be turned into shards (the best thing ever done for a gather class so far) and they raised the amount of sp per gather for a really good amount. However, they haven't re-released the content they erased for an inexplicable reason, they crippled the fishing leves to near uselessness, and now they're getting rid of any fishing grades higher than 5.

I hope that the reform in guildleve sp rewards might help fishing leves at least, but what it will probably do is just make Sweat of Brow useless outside grinding and cut the sp rewards for leves on Botany and Mining.