1.19 Producer Letter When?

[syntaxlies]

this thread would have like 5 replies if all the people complaining about the thread would stop bumping it, just stop replying if you dont like it.

[Rane]

The Bon holiday period has just started in Japan. This is the summer vacation period that usually lasts up to a week. Most people use the time to visit with family. Every company is different in terms of how long they'll let you take off, but I would imagine that there will be far fewer people around the FFXIV office next week. As producer, Yoshida will probably be putting in some overtime, but I wouldn't expect much development work to happen.

For those who are wondering, Japan has three major holiday periods: New Year's, Golden Week, and the Bon holiday period (a.k.a. Obon). That may sound like a lot, but it's balanced by the fact that you typically can't take extended vacations at other times. That means that even though you may have two weeks worth of vacation days in your contract, you're really not allowed to spend them. People tend to use "vacation days" when they're sick or have to miss work for some unavoidable reason. Again, this varies from company to company, but that's usually how it works.

It's no coincidence that the FFXIV staff released the summer event when they did. It adds a nice chunk of summer-themed content for people to tackle over the Bon holiday. I would also guess that they will placate us a little by offering up a producer's letter next week. After all, that's what they did during Golden Week. (I believe the letter was written right before Golden Week began and then released during the early part of the week-long vacation.)

If they've really planned things out, they might also be holding a topics post for release next week. I think they realize it's important to keep a steady stream of information coming in order to hold interest. They're human: they need to rest. They need vacation time. But they also can't afford to make it seem like nothing is happening.

[Gramul]

Thank you Rane. That was very informative.

[SniperRifle]

Here's a link, it appears that Thursday, August 25th/2011 is the date set for 1.19.

[Arcell]

Here's a link, it appears that Thursday, August 25th/2011 is the date set for 1.19.

I don't know whether to love or hate you...

[Rane]

Thank you Rane. That was very informative.

No problem. There are a lot of people on this forum who have either lived in Japan or just know a lot about it, so someone usually gets around to posting this kind of information before I do (which is nice, because I'm lazy ).

[Chrees]

Here's a link, it appears that Thursday, August 25th/2011 is the date set for 1.19.

If you're gonna pull that, at least use the right link. The official music video has an ad sometimes and ruins the surprise (as was my case).

[SniperRifle]

If you're gonna pull that, at least use the right link. The official music video has an ad sometimes and ruins the surprise (as was my case).

The first thing that pops at me is "RickRoll'd" on the youtube tab. Equally surprise ruining.

[Chrees]

The first thing that pops at me is "RickRoll'd" on the youtube tab. Equally surprise ruining.

Perhaps, but at least the music is playing instead of an ad for Final Destination 5.

[Onidemon]

He's saying to be patient. Nothing we do can bring it on any sooner.

I thought it was an accurate use of a fairly common phrase.

I don't think the goal of this thread was to make the letter come sooner or do anything about it. It's just to speculate about when we could possibly see the next letter.