[Stormblood Budget] Where all the money's gone ?

[Arutan]

- The expension of the inventory was needed and it's absolutely obvious that we should have it. So it's not a new feature to me yet. Why, instead of that, don't they tell us they'll make a glamour wardrobe (like WoW for example, or GW2 about the dyes) to put in all our glamours instead of fulling our retainers ?

Easy answer: less people paying for additional retainer.



Basically, I don't think you can expect them to spend well the money. I think it's more that they will use the same amount of money to develop the same boring content without fixing anything, and all the extra money is just a bonus for every employee.

[Lambdafish]

and all the extra money is just a bonus for every employee.

*cough* SEs publishing vault actually*cough*

[Arutan]

What's that

[Derio]

Class balance, new job storylines not just for new jobs but existing ones. New recipes, items, mounts, etc.

They also said longer cutscenes so that might be some of the budget especially considering more voice acting than HW

[SilkaN]

Blitzball of course.

[Pintsized]

It's about the triple of the cost of Heavensward without any significant changes in game.

This is more 'fake news' that has become "internet truth", SE never said that about the budget.

[Katana190]

Those extra retainers won't rent themselves.

Hate to be cynical but that's what it looks like

This is so STUPIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIID. It might be true but if they add a wardrobe system I think it will get players to return (more subs) and bring new players in (more subs) as a wardrobe system is VERY appealing to even the casual collector.
Also last I heard this budget thing was bs and just made up, but idk.

[AlexanderThorolund]

This thread should be called.

'I'm pulling conclusions out of my ass' the saga.

[Naunet]

I had been hopeful that after years of feedback, they would use Stormblood to give themselves an opportunity to re-do the housing and glamour systems... at the very least provide some more customization options in character creation... but yeah, I'm with you. There are a lot of disappointments.

[Malzian]

Where has the money gone....

1) TWO new zones that are (supposedly) each the size of Heavensward which are full of story.
2) New housing area.
3) Battle system refresh.
4) Expanded inventory.
5) New content types.
6) New jobs.
7) New raids (24 and 8 man).
8) New beast tribes and primals.
9) I can go on....

The money is being utilized, a good chunk of it will be in content, but a large piece will be in system renovations that are not surface-level items.