Letter from the Producer, XVI (08/15/2011)

[Sephr]

Abolition of physical levels -NEW-We will implement a system whereby players can voluntarily allocate attribute points to each class in patch 1.20. This will take place alongside class balance adjustments
looks like were stuck with not customizable stats till 1.20 sigh was looking forward to customizing them how i see fit

That's like 2 months, I think you'll manage.

I'm really looking forward to the gear customisation personally (and the removal of a pretty large chunk of the gear floating about as it gets turned into materia)

Hmm I like http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gg4AgvupLeE more... It's more calm and nicer to ride on. I find the ffxiv version to be spastic.

I love it! It definitely feels like a next-gen chocobo theme, much better than XIII's.

[Rubicon]

Very happy with the brief read I did of the Letter. Very happy to see: keyboard customization, chocobos, skill chains, change from SP to XP, Low level dungeon, DoH/DoL additions and tweaks.

Yoshi-P, you Matsui and the rest of the team may very well save this game!

[Colino]

So much for "End of Summer!"

[Anima]

This is gonna be an Awesome Patch!!! I can't wait for the end of September! :P
Also, YAY! For Yellow Horse and Flying Ship! :P

[MattyWS]

Well this one will be out by end of summer, looks like .20 won't be unless they implement it like 2 weeks after. Stop complaining anyway, it's an epic update!

[Sorel]

-NEW-
Implementation of a public dungeon for low levels.

-NEW-
Addition of new NMs for low level dungeons.

-NEW-
Review of actions for all battle classes. List of redistributed actions to be released to players. Changes to be implemented in 1.20 with player feedback taken into account.

These were unexpected. I believe they will allow the community to provide enhanced feedback.

The implementation of a public dungeon with NMs in it will actually provide the Development Team with a real-life empirical method of determining which is better ... instanced dungeons or public dungeons. The one that has higher activity, provides more positive feedback, and generally becomes more popular with the community should be the template the Development Team should use in the future.

Allowing the community to review the changes to actions prior to making the adjustments gives the community "a bite at the apple", so to speak. Our varied experiences and playstyles will obviously affect our feedback, and in turn, affect the final result.

So in brief, patch 1.19 is when serious Beta Testing of FFXIV will go into high gear.

[Fated]

Well, I'm glad all the "zomg eets comin end ob august" people can shut up now.

This was a really well written letter for a change.

[Eekiki]

Does this mean our Chocobos will have to earn their cutie marks?

[Archadius]

For those concerned about not getting to use points in 1.19, please note that we'll be getting a temporary system for 1.19 where our point upon lvl up are automatically allocated per class (so your mage won't suck if you normally play melee), and in 1.20 we can do a reassign and set them however we want.

[Zion_Cross]

Does this mean our Chocobos will have to earn their cutie marks?

Where's the dislike button!!!!!