Whats going on with SE ?

[Hestzhyen]

Interesting. I wonder why this is.

The official explanation is that they want to get the digests out faster and that the Twitter updates will reach a wider audience than the forum does. In my mind, though, I see it as them cutting down communication to us even more because we are not as important as the JP players. Especially since those live Twitter updates we got basically told us nothing except that a few things are headed our way. You cannot condense two hours worth of Live Letter into about four tweets, yet that is what we got. They probably expect fans to do all the heavy lifting... as people on reddit have already done.

SE is being as arrogant as they were in 1.0. XIV is the only real success they have had lately outside of phone games stuffed to the brim with micro transactions so of course they will try to bleed us dry to recoup losses and fund other projects...

[Namida-Hikari]

SE is being as arrogant as they were in 1.0. XIV is the only real success they have had lately outside of phone games stuffed to the brim with micro transactions so of course they will try to bleed us dry to recoup losses and fund other projects...

Amen !

But hey, let them lose a bit more players than they are now, maybe they'll think about their behavior twice

[Lissandra]

The official explanation is that they want to get the digests out faster and that the Twitter updates will reach a wider audience than the forum does. In my mind, though, I see it as them cutting down communication to us even more because we are not as important as the JP players. Especially since those live Twitter updates we got basically told us nothing except that a few things are headed our way. You cannot condense two hours worth of Live Letter into about four tweets, yet that is what we got. They probably expect fans to do all the heavy lifting... as people on reddit have already done.

SE is being as arrogant as they were in 1.0. XIV is the only real success they have had lately outside of phone games stuffed to the brim with micro transactions so of course they will try to bleed us dry to recoup losses and fund other projects...

I don't use twitter...

Guess I'll just stick to the unofficial translations.

[kikix12]

SE is being as arrogant as they were in 1.0. XIV is the only real success they have had lately outside of phone games stuffed to the brim with micro transactions so of course they will try to bleed us dry to recoup losses and fund other projects...

Pretty sure that Final Fantasy XV is a still-ongoing success since two years ago. And a big one. That game supposedly covered its development costs on day one...so it is nearly pure profit since then.

[LastFireAce]

Pretty sure that Final Fantasy XV is a still-ongoing success since two years ago. And a big one. That game supposedly covered its development costs on day one...so it is nearly pure profit since then.

Lmao they been traying to make XV a success but ended beeing unfinished mass they still traying to fix it. :P
I think was ok/good game, but was no well received (becouse of FF13V) but oh well.
After IGNIS EPESODE was when community of XV Started to growth back.

[Jybril]

The official explanation is that they want to get the digests out faster and that the Twitter updates will reach a wider audience than the forum does. In my mind, though, I see it as them cutting down communication to us even more because we are not as important as the JP players. Especially since those live Twitter updates we got basically told us nothing except that a few things are headed our way. You cannot condense two hours worth of Live Letter into about four tweets, yet that is what we got. They probably expect fans to do all the heavy lifting... as people on reddit have already done.

SE is being as arrogant as they were in 1.0. XIV is the only real success they have had lately outside of phone games stuffed to the brim with micro transactions so of course they will try to bleed us dry to recoup losses and fund other projects...

Amen !

But hey, let them lose a bit more players than they are now, maybe they'll think about their behavior twice

Us XIV players must fund XV for the next 10 years and the bad sells of Dissidia NT. This game is in the back burner.
Not to be a butt, but I kinda wish the game kinda runs on rails to something bad because they need an Eye Opener somewhere.
It's getting ridiculous, Eureka was probably the biggest disappointment in a long time for people and now more are questioning
the state and direction of the game. I know nothings going to happen though, and this game will live on forever...
(I mean FFXI has like 5 people playing and they still pulling monthly fee lol jk.)
But yea. It's just not looking good.

[JunseiKei]

The official explanation is that they want to get the digests out faster and that the Twitter updates will reach a wider audience than the forum does. In my mind, though, I see it as them cutting down communication to us even more because we are not as important as the JP players. Especially since those live Twitter updates we got basically told us nothing except that a few things are headed our way. You cannot condense two hours worth of Live Letter into about four tweets, yet that is what we got. They probably expect fans to do all the heavy lifting... as people on reddit have already done.

Part of me wonders if they did that because they know of Reddit and how much NA players probably use it (those that want to be updated on this stuff, anyway).

SE does not know either apparently. Empty content zone with fate running is innovative I guess. You blind fandboyisms is not helping the game improve, you are doing more damage then helping, like that nonsense thread you made. This is the first time I seen someone try to explain being predictable is a good thing, no it isn't.

Please explain to me how being unpredictable is ever a good thing in the framework of a game.

An app that practically rewards lazy addicts to the game, especially and literally to those who pay extra for it? No coherent words until they mentioned the Moogle Coins. Just... *facepalm*

I remember in ARR when we got so much content and fixes to things, but also three new dungeons in a patch. I remember in HW when we got two dungeons per patch, the Scholasticate quests that people drudged through for an emote that I don't even see used that often, Hildibrand was tacked on with no duties and no more interaction than giving Hildibrand a massage, the first 24man being unimaginative or uninspired with its mechanics (save for the third boss being literal crap), not that that stopped people from messing up and wiping to the second boss, and people rage quitting over a3s actually being a challenge. You think that 4.3 is going to be larger than usual? We were promised a ton of new content with the system of two dungeons per major raid patch and one dungeon every other patch; a promise hit in part by the need to code the additional housing wards, with the latest addition FINALLY adding a limit per account for houses we can purchase.

The app is a waste. The limit on houses should always have been there. We should always have been able to retrieve items from the Glam Dresser. Perform should always have had its own interface. Housing wards should have increased by a substantial number from the get-go (would doing more at once have saved time on coding?). Shiro still needs another entrance that isn't in Kugane (which would have helped the server load in the city when Shiro opened). Basically, the lack of oversight on SE's behalf cancels out a lot of time, money, and energy that the devs have to make good on their promise of more, new, fun and exciting content.

Most of what you've said can be summarized with data = space. Having more space = needing more $$$.

People like my husband, who get roughly 18 hours of "self time" (9 of which are spent raiding, so GG there goes half) benefit from this application. It's not just "lazy addicts." It's also the hard working middle and lower class that can throw $5 and do menial tasks when it's convenient for them. On a completely. Optional. Free. Application. The $5 is only if you want extra fluff that isn't necessary to progress in the game.

The other option to getting more space could very well have been simply to increase the subscription costs to the game. I view this as their solution to that - it's literally pay for the extra unnecessary fluff. Not everyone need to pay the extra, but it's there whenever you want it, if you ever want it (same with the retainers through MogStation).

The glamour dresser was a great idea, but pivoted on players paying attention to what they placed in there, as well as not being more fickle than a feline. Anyone that has placed an item into the dresser can tell you that it removes all of the battle gear stats, crafted names, HQ or NQ information. That's data saved; the first thing I said.

Do people not understand that game still has only so much space, that they have to work in, without breaking the game, as well as the costs for said space? Neither space nor the funds for the space are infinite.