Letter from the Producer, XVII (09/01/2011)

[Archadius]

The difference between 1.18 and 1.19 is about 2 months. They've already said they expect patch releases to speed up now, so I'd expect 3 months from the release of 1.19 to not be that unreasonable.

I'm expecting 1.21 out before Christmas or that comment they made about "patch frequency will speed up after 1.18/1.19" was just a PR crock of crap.

[Royal]

Well 1.21 is the implementation of the job system I think. I would expect delays before that one. That is going to huge patch. The QA before release alone will probably be a nightmare.

[Malakhim]

Oh please... That is a tired excuse. Everyone knows that people naturally take the quickest, easiest way of doing things that is available to them.

No one wants to wait for you while you walk outside LL to the Airship platform, wait for it to arrive, board, get taken to the Grid platform, and run into town to meet your party members. They would rather tell you "just use anima to teleport to us so we can get going faster".

Do you understand?

Why is that a problem though? If you're short on time and your group wants you there, you no longer have to wait an eternity in Yhoator because the dipshit DRG decided that he was going to miss the airship to Kazham. Again.

The airship is more for that sense of exploration you can get when wandering around with friends or people who don't mind waiting around, but if you gotta be somewhere you gotta be somewhere, and that's what anima is great for.

[RedAffinity]

I'm happy for the airship ride.
In my personal experience in FFXI, after the novelty of travel wore off, all I wanted to do was just f***ing GET THERE. But that's just me and I can understand some people wanting to enjoy the experience of travel.

[Eekiki]

horsebird...

Is that like a winged pony?

[TheVedis]

hasnt anyone learned
the people who want the 10 minute are are ff11 nasaligiasts

[syntaxlies]

they should have an air ship that takes you on a tour and then returns back to were it took off for all the people who want to enjoy an airship ride. Im one of the few who are glad they made this a fast method of travel. I just hope i dont have to wait 15 mins for the thing to show up before i can get on.

[Picoman]

What the hell is wrong with everyone?

Listen to yourselves for f sake man.

[Jynx]

When I want to go to Grid, I don't want to take a 10 minute ride there, crafting the whole way. I want to get to the place I'm looking to go, so I can do the things that I want to do. Immediately.

That's what your Anima is for.

[Archadius]

Why is that a problem though? If you're short on time and your group wants you there, you no longer have to wait an eternity in Yhoator because the dipshit DRG decided that he was going to miss the airship to Kazham. Again.

The airship is more for that sense of exploration you can get when wandering around with friends or people who don't mind waiting around, but if you gotta be somewhere you gotta be somewhere, and that's what anima is great for.

You're missing the point lol. The point is that maybe I don't have any anima left, or maybe I'm trying to conserve some because I know I'll need it tomorrow for an LS event, etc. People will get pissed because you're not using the absolute fastest possible method NOW NOW NOW because it's all about ME ME ME. No one wants to wait for anyone else because it inconveniences them, regardless of circumstance. So even if the airship ride itself is only a few seconds, you still have to wait for that player to run to and from the platforms.