Letter is up, go read it boys and girls

[Onidemon]

Pretty underwhelmed.

Considering this is the patch that they release and ask for subscriptions, I'd expect something more than a Mog battle.

I think they should ask for payments when the job system goes live. I don't thinkI'll pay, not with Skyrim, SWTOR etc out over winter.

Adding PC Search and Auction should have been done a year ago and shoudln't really be a focus of a patch. We still need content.

Will hold a candle for 2.0 next I think. See you all in 2012

Couldn't agree more. There is nothing in 2.0 justifying a subscription. Jobs on the other hand are a big change.

[PrettyPrincess]

goobbue mount? really, god please let it be a joke......I mean I understand people wanting other mounts because "other MMOs have them" but come on, this is Final Fantasy, you ride Chocobos! Thats it -.-

no .

Pretty underwhelmed.

Considering this is the patch that they release and ask for subscriptions, I'd expect something more than a Mog battle.

I think they should ask for payments when the job system goes live. I don't thinkI'll pay, not with Skyrim, SWTOR etc out over winter.

Adding PC Search and Auction should have been done a year ago and shoudln't really be a focus of a patch. We still need content.

Will hold a candle for 2.0 next I think. See you all in 2012

You can blame Tanaka and his team for having an un-optimized engine for an MMO and crappy server structure.

[Monsalvato]

Not worried/annoyed the slightest by the delay.
Some of the things mentioned look particularly interesting, supposing they'll work up fine.
The new market wards will be very similar to an Auction House, which means they won't be implementing a real action house before 2.0 but we already knew that, didn't we? The 1.20 market wards feel good enough on paper, I can't complain.
The UI additions too seem very interesting just like the new commands, the search function etc. It's pretty surprising some of these weren't implemented at start, so it's good to see they're finally becoming real.
I'm also excited to see the new leves, the grand companies ones and the fixes to the old ones, as well as the new content (dark moogle etc).

All in all it feels like a great patch, but the class reforms still worry me a lot.
While in reality there doesn't seem to be too many troubles (except for Disciples of Magic, the situation is pretty messy there), it's the "logic behind it" that worries me a bit.
Doesn't really make sense to me, and therefore it worries me when I think about the future and the other possible developments from now 'til 2.0

Sometimes it really feels I'm betatesting a game instead than playing (soon paying) for a market-released one.

[normalforce]

goobbue mount? really, god please let it be a joke......I mean I understand people wanting other mounts because "other MMOs have them" but come on, this is Final Fantasy, you ride Chocobos! Thats it -.-

In my day, we walked to school uphill, both ways, through two feet of snow... barefoot!

[Mamba]

no more slot cost for accessories == me happy!

Me too
There was some other bits too that were quite interesting... and I am happy it is delayed a bit, gives me time to get back from my holidays lol :P

[grandm]

the goobbue mount thing has to be yoshi having a laugh at our expense, hes a bigger troll than some of the trolls on here

[Zetsumei_Tsunarashi]

This letter confirmed AF gears released with jobs in 1.21. I'm even more excited for it now.

[PrettyPrincess]

the goobbue mount thing has to be yoshi having a laugh at our expense, hes a bigger troll than some of the trolls on here

I really hope he gives the people who play through v1.0 those mounts. I just want to see all the people who cry "WoW clone" rage :3

[AngryNixon]

/assist is only useful if you having something to /assist with.

On another note the slot cost removal is nice save for and except I reserve final judgement until I see it because there is that small part about them re-doing the way what (or rather how much) you can wear is determined. Hopefully that just means the worst case scenario is that you can't fill all your slots until 50, which is ok.

Also, the further improvements to MWs are always welcome.

Keep up the great work!

edit: re: the above poster's comment. Yes. Anything that makes those who would tar and feather WoW at ever opportunity because it's fashionable apparently and nerd rage despite the fact that if millions of people play it it can't be nearly as awful as they make it out to be when SE does anything that can be (rightly or wrongly) associated with it is always hilarious.

[Holy_Dragoon]

In my day, we walked to school uphill, both ways, through two feet of snow... barefoot!

Is there a reason that people are so afraid of tradition these days? I'm generally curious.
Over all I like most of the changes that are coming, this seems to be a good groundwork patch.