Letter from the Producer, XV (07/27/2011)

[Onidemon]

it won't be out till at least september 15 @ 2pm cst. see? i can make up dates too.

I think he was right tho'. Based on what we already know, august will probably have 1.18a and 1.18b so they fill in their 2 patches a month quota. No way that 1.19 will be in august as it has the chocobos and probably more stuff that will not be ready in 1 month.

[DeadRiser]

I want my sexy bathing suit!
And can't wait for news on classes and what else is to come in the next 2 months!

[Biggs]

anyone else thinks that he couldn't or had nothing to say about 1.19 as he promised so he just made a letter stating the obvious?

Are you serious? If its easier to believe that then to believe that he felt obligated to respond due to the 1000's of posts on here since 1.18 dropped full of people whining about mp rates, class balance, ect. then w/e helps you sleep at night. This forum amazes me. Complaints by the millions, and then when they respond saying they are quickly trying to address your complaints, you complain more. Could not pay me enough to put up with all BS that people post on here.

[Reika]

Are you serious? If its easier to believe that then to believe that he felt obligated to respond due to the 1000's of posts on here since 1.18 dropped full of people whining about mp rates, class balance, ect. then w/e helps you sleep at night. This forum amazes me. Complaints by the millions, and then when they respond saying they are quickly trying to address your complaints, you complain more. Could not pay me enough to put up with all BS that people post on here.

And these forums were made for ?????

Comments, complaints, concerns, suggestions, discussion.

In any case, by saying 'we might have gone overboard' means he acknowledges either some of the changes were too drastic or too many changes were put out at once, Tho I don't think too many changes came out at once, I think they came out without enough testing and balance.

[Onidemon]

Are you serious? If its easier to believe that then to believe that he felt obligated to respond due to the 1000's of posts on here since 1.18 dropped full of people whining about mp rates, class balance, ect. then w/e helps you sleep at night. This forum amazes me. Complaints by the millions, and then when they respond saying they are quickly trying to address your complaints, you complain more. Could not pay me enough to put up with all BS that people post on here.

Yes i am very serious as he didn't say anything in his letter.... nothing at all. As someone pointed before, he didn't say what side of the fence he was on or what was going to happen. Nothing at all... he just stated the obvious. Unless we didn't read the same letter....

[Shika]

In my opinion the letter at least gives some indication that Yoshida is still paying attention to the playerbase, and he acknowledges that the changes may have been a little too much, too quick for some.

"The topics we’ve gotten the most feedback on are class balance, UI visibility (which will be addressed in 1.18a), and skill points for levequests between ranks 20–30. We’ll be using this last week’s worth of feedback to decide where more adjustments are needed, and will be working on them and any further balancing that is necessary together with our 1.19 tasks and releasing them in smaller patches."

Ok so it doesn't say specifically that they will be adjusting any particular element yet and how, but the new update has only been live for a few days. They are being reactionary but not overboard. Otherwise, if he had made a post saying "Ok, a lot of you are saying that MP costs are too high so we're reducing them again" after just a day of the patch being in, then there would have been a s**t storm on the forums about that too.

I personally prefer the fact that there is a letter from Yoshida saying "Hey guys, we know quite a few of you are upset over some issues due to the changes made in 1.18 and we're looking into it closely" rather than having silence for weeks on end.

[Reika]

In my opinion the letter at least gives some indication that Yoshida is still paying attention to the playerbase, and he acknowledges that the changes may have been a little too much, too quick for some.

"The topics we’ve gotten the most feedback on are class balance, UI visibility (which will be addressed in 1.18a), and skill points for levequests between ranks 20–30. We’ll be using this last week’s worth of feedback to decide where more adjustments are needed, and will be working on them and any further balancing that is necessary together with our 1.19 tasks and releasing them in smaller patches."

Ok so it doesn't say specifically that they will be adjusting any particular element yet and how, but the new update has only been live for a few days. They are being reactionary but not overboard. Otherwise, if he had made a post saying "Ok, a lot of you are saying that MP costs are too high so we're reducing them again" after just a day of the patch being in, then there would have been a s**t storm on the forums about that too.

I personally prefer the fact that there is a letter from Yoshida saying "Hey guys, we know quite a few of you are upset over some issues due to the changes made in 1.18 and we're looking into it closely" rather than having silence for weeks on end.

I can see how class balance could be one of the 'top 3' topics being discussed after the patch. but UI and leve skill points for 20-30? yea right.... I haven't seen any topics anywhere about levequests between 20 and 30 'Specifically'. Levequests as a whole yes...

But your right, it is partially a good thing that he didn't acknowledge the problems specifically right now. Or else the 'omg you people complain too much' people will have their own complaint threads lol.

The fun never ends.

[Krausus]

I feel like he said nothing but acknowledge the existence of perceived-issues (and only a handful) without even explaining which side of the fence he stands.

This is an awful letter. Awful. He might as well have said nothing, which incidentally is all he did say. Nothing worth a darn.

Actually he kind of said a lot there, 1. he realizes that SP needs balanced and 2. he is not going to cave into the whiners who are QQing over MP/enmity management. Those are the major issue right now in the forums.

[TheVedis]

This letter did one main thing

it ackknowledged some changes went too far, and they would be adjusted


quit your complaining you babies

[Krausus]

He probably just means the rewards you get in five of the chests which don't drop from Batraal.

Anyway, there are no new items in the dats that even seem worth procuring anyway, besides Torturer's Monocle, and even then it's only to do a Papalymo impersonation
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Have you seen that lance?!?!?! it looks badass!