Letter from the Producer LXII

[MomomiMomi]

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.

Probably because there isn't much to be happy about. I'm not expecting much from this next expansion other than more story. And after getting 2 DPS last expansion, I was definitely looking forward to a new healer. The last time a healer was added to the game was 4 years ago. By the time the next expansion comes around, it will have been 6 years.

I was looking forward to Viera, but I'm quite sad that they didn't add male Viera. I thought we were beyond genderlocking after there was outcry about it in 1.0 and it was changed for 2.0. And "Ronso" are cool... but I would have liked to see female ones more than I would have liked to see the male ones. I also really disliked how their bodies looked in that reveal trailer, but that's beside the point.

And before you tell me to stop subbing, I haven't paid them a thing since January. The increasing amount of things these devs do that I dislike has greatly reduce the amount I'm willing to sub. I'm mostly here for the story. I won't go back to paying them more until they fix a lot of issues, which will probably never happen.

[Kyrausagi]

If you're not gonna support the devs and are unhappy with this game then why do you even play? That's completely unfair to attack or judge those because we support the company. So please if you don't support them or anything they do keep it to yourself and don't get mad at others who do.

[JohnSpawnVFX]

Probably because there isn't much to be happy about. I'm not expecting much from this next expansion other than more story. And after getting 2 DPS last expansion, I was definitely looking forward to a new healer. The last time a healer was added to the game was 4 years ago. By the time the next expansion comes around, it will have been 6 years.

I was looking forward to Viera, but I'm quite sad that they didn't add male Viera. I thought we were beyond genderlocking after there was outcry about it in 1.0 and it was changed for 2.0. And "Ronso" are cool... but I would have liked to see female ones more than I would have liked to see the male ones. I also really disliked how their bodies looked in that reveal trailer, but that's beside the point.

And before you tell me to stop subbing, I haven't paid them a thing since January. The increasing amount of things these devs do that I dislike has greatly reduce the amount I'm willing to sub. I'm mostly here for the story. I won't go back to paying them more until they fix a lot of issues, which will probably never happen.

6 month sub?
Because otherwise you can't play without an active sub, and you can no longer post here after 14 days without playing.

[Alucard135]

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

That's a good thing. The less entitled players we have the better lol. At least the dev team won't waste resources trying to please them.

[VillainQueen]

Okay... a part of the development team worked (most likely over time) on the glasses without YoshiP's knowledge just to please the fanbase, that just shows us once again how dedicated every member of the team really is. It's so great to have developers who actually care about the consumers wishes and have such pride and love for their own game and not think of us as pay pigs. A big thank you to each and everyone of them.

[Gula]

Okay no more jokes, why on earth hasn’t this person been banned yet? They are literally supporting nazis and this post has been up for nearly 17 hours now

I wish blacklisting hid replies to posts too.

[Ayer2015]

The people who kept complaining and will keep doing it are just ignorant and ungrateful for all the work the devs do. I'm so pleased Yoshi-P said basically that money isn't everything, shutting the mouths of all those ignorants who keep saying "I'm paying for this, give me what I want". I can't wait to play 5.0, I'm personally not changing to Hrothgar or Viera, but I'm glad they are working hard for them. I'm no expert in video games development but this ain't easy task. Good job devs. Seriously can't wait for 5.0.

Is there really anything one should be "grateful" for when purchasing at product? I say complain away.... Based on the explanation we got, neither race should have been added and more customization for the existing races would have been a better development choice.

[MomomiMomi]

6 month sub?
Because otherwise you can't play without an active sub, and you can no longer post here after 14 days without playing.

https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...a8acb26d4921da

https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...7e42ca969feed9

Nope.

[Ayer2015]

So I am going to be bitter about Viera and I am coming to terms with that. But it looks like they are going to use this balance issue to continually not add healers, for any expansion ever. It has been brought up for two expansions now and balancing three healers is not going to get any easier in the future with new abilities being added each expansion. So I guess what we have is all we are going to get for healers.

Considering he made no firm commitment to adding a healer in 6.0, you may be right.

[HyoMinPark]

Well, we did ask for balance and they delivered!

Haha, maybe the translation team thought they meant the AST card. :v

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

I mean, I won't disagree it's a weak excuse. Considering the physical ranged are NOT balanced. But maybe they're hoping adding DNC in there will fix that? (Unlikely unless the MCH rework is absolutely amazing - BRD stomps all over it and has all expansion.) Idk. I'm just waiting for the LL to see some of the talk about the jobs...and then it's waiting until ShB releases.