Letter from the Producer LXII

[LiteBrite]

Calling people entitled is the cool thing to do. Just like claiming people are White knights.

Just like reflecting and proving my point about talking down to others that don't praise the devs for their choices regarding the new expansion.

[WaterShield]

I do find there gender races decision very odd. trying to please everybody and instead pleased no one

I'm pleased

So you can't say no one was pleased

[Coltvoyance]

Mh. We don't really get much new information from this letter other than the Headgear update on Viera and Hrothgar... (shout out to the overtime devs for that) A majority of the letter though is verbatim language used after or during the FanFests.

Unfortunately, these responses have done little to reassure me of their efforts to "Rebalance Healers". I'm fine with their explanation on why a new healer wasn't added, that's not my beef; it's really their lack of response on how healers will be fixed that worries me.

Their reasoning for adding a new tank to create, essentially, two MT classes and two OT classes is sound in terms of "This is how we'll balance them". I can wrap my head around that. It's a plan of action; a structure to cling to; a methodology to follow. It informs and at least gives me an inkling of an expectation.

But "Healers are a complex situation and we decided to focus on rebalancing them" does nothing to inform me of what's actually happening; what their plan is. It really only tells me "Somethings wrong. Something will change".

As someone who mains the games most maligned healer (WHM) this really just makes me nervous about the whole thing. What is the something that's wrong? Are they even looking at the same problems with the role that I am? How are they fixing it? Are they moving in a direction that makes sense to me or are they completely missing the point? "What will my class look like when all is said and done?" is not a question I can even speculate about because there's literally nothing to go on. At least a Tank player can think "Well they'll either make me like this so I can MT. Or they'll do something like this so I'm an OT.

Information on healer changes is just a big void at this point. And when you acknowledge that an entire role is broken and needs fixing, and then say nothing else... people get a little ancy... Imagine if they just said "DPS is broken in FFXIV. We're changing how all of them work. That is all." and then left everyone in the dark for 5 months. There'd be SO much panic and people making posts going "PLEASE DON'T CHANGE [X] SKILL / [Y] CLASS!"

Just trying to keep my optimism up until the next Live Letter....

[Vahlnir]

Just trying to keep my optimism up until the next Live Letter....

This letter was meant to address some of the more pressing matters, and Yoshi P did that for better or worse. The next letter is supposedly about the battle system changes so if they are going to discuss healer changes at all, it'll probably be in that LL.

[Alucard135]

Ahh, my mistake. So used to people saying "look, modders can do it and they don't even get paid/it's just a hobby!" due to ignorance haha...

No worries lol. And you're right, I've seen that argument being thrown around by people that don't even know how it works.

Wow... White Knights are out in full force in this thread, talking down anyone that don't praise the devs cause of this "Live Letter". And why do you always have to use the word entitlement too? Like you think you're entitled to get what you're getting in the new expansion is funny stuff...

Proud to be a white knight if it's for giving credit when it's due rather than being an entitled brat throwing false accusations because I didn't get the toy I wanted or expect the dev team to work 24/7 because I pay them 15$/month.

[WaterShield]

this thread is like watching people reacting to non-apologies as if they were apologies

literally nothing new was stated; the same nonsense excuses were given regarding races

I don't know if yoshi p is lying or if he's just ignorant about how races/item models are set up

Director of the game is "ignorant about how races/item models are set up". LOL

Seems a very vocal part of the player base will not accept any answer that doesn't involve them getting what they want. (◔_◔)

[Coltvoyance]

This letter was meant to address some of the more pressing matters, and Yoshi P did that for better or worse. The next letter is supposedly about the battle system changes so if they are going to discuss healer changes at all, it'll probably be in that LL.

Oh I know. With all the information that came out during the FanFests and the fervor that followed, many of their answers to questions got lost or buried for most players. This letter is essentially a compilation of statements to help set the record straight on their position to these matters in an effort to calm the player base.

My post was more to just draw attention that their lack of communication on Healers has had a negative effect and that it hasn't really been acknowledged. Since y'know, everything's been drowned out by all the gender/race chants.

[MomomiMomi]

Creator: +20% Balance. I don't need to say anything else.

Well, we did ask for balance and they delivered!

The excuse of no healer because of balance reasons is upsetting because it's the same excuse they gave in SB.

[LiteBrite]

Proud to be a white knight if it's for giving credit when it's due rather than being an entitled brat throwing false accusations because I didn't get the toy I wanted or expect the dev team to work 24/7 because I pay them 15$/month.

Another person that has proven my point. But don't let me stop you from chasing people away from this game....

[Fredco191]

Why can’t we all just... chill out? It’s almost like 55% (or more) of the player-base is never happy with this game.