Letter from the Producer LXII

[Vahlnir]

Well... how to say. If we open "armor" section in official database, it has 8326 items. Plus 2594 in accessories. Plus 3072 in arms. Plus 650 in tools. Yes, you don't need to adjust all of them, but you will need to check that there are no any glitches anyway, so it's a lot of work.

They can say "it's a lot of work!" all they want but I'm increasingly less sympathetic to their plight as time goes on. The game is seriously understaffed. They can only use this excuse so many times before people start to ask "where is our money going?!"

I'm not saying that the devs don't work hard. They obviously do and I respect them for it. One could argue that they work too hard sometimes. But SE as a company needs to get its head out of the sand and staff this game properly imo. It's not like profits are an issue. This is probably one of their most profitable titles.

[Tharne]

They can only use this excuse so many times before people start to ask "where is our money going?!"

Kingdom Hearts 3, Final Fantasy VII Remake, probably on the Next Game that Yoshida is working on too.

[Halivel]

They can say "it's a lot of work!" all they want but I'm increasingly less sympathetic to their plight as time goes on. The game is seriously understaffed. They can only use this excuse so many times before people start to ask "where is our money going?!"

That's another story. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ My comment was more for those who thinks that "10.000 armor" thing is an exaggeration, while it's not.

[enthauptet]

That's another story. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ My comment was more for those who thinks that "10.000 armor" thing is an exaggeration, while it's not.

There is a huge number of duplicate items as well so it is a bit misleading.

Here's the problem with the number of likes. That number had a sharp increase to 1400 in 4 days. But that number only increased to 1666 in a span of 7 weeks after that initial increase. Where do you think the initial influx came from? It was from those that were watching the live letter and those that were told about the thread after. So the main question becomes "how many actually saw that announcement, heard about the thread and didn't bother to like it?". That's the actual pool size that the number of likes must be compared to. And that number exceeded 48K (that's only if you count the EN and JP twitch views for Tokyo live letter, let alone the number of players that didn't watch it).

If you were now to calculate the percentage of players that posted their like on the mega thread, that's 3.4% only. The reason many thought that 1666 likes is a big number to show profitable demand for SE was because they thought the number of likes was huge but they fell to what's called "non response bias" in their calculations.

And then we have the google poll that was done. That also falls into the same issue of "those that didn't participate in it, already should be counted as neutral". Hence the "non response bias" again. And it also has the issue that some can vote multiple times and even non players can vote. So that skewed the results drastically.

Most players aren't even aware there is a forum and if you believe reddit 90% of people are banned lol.

[Alucard135]

Most players aren't even aware there is a forum and if you believe reddit 90% of people are banned lol.

Those banned can still like a post but not comment (as far as I know). And also, that thread was circulated a lot on reddit and even in game on the first days (which further increases the sample size).

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

Those banned can still like a post but not comment (as far as I know). And also, that thread was circulated a lot on reddit and even in game on the first days (which further increases the sample size).

You can't even log in. So you can't like.

[Alucard135]

You can't even log in. So you can't like.

Oh, you can't? Well, that completely ruins the sample then.

[Gula]

Oh, you can't? Well, that completely ruins the sample then.

Also, depending on the mod, you can get banned for the pettiest things if someone is feeling angery enough. On the other hand, similar posts will stay up forever because the mod deemed it A-O-K. This kind of community deters people from joining the forums in the first place because they figure, "I'll get banned anyway so there's no point." And then they go to reddit/4chan/discord communities.

[JohnSpawnVFX]

You can't even log in. So you can't like.

This. You can only read threads.

[MPNZ]

I've had this notion since FFXV's release. The obvious cut content, the in-game product placement...these are things that show signs of a troubled development. I can't imagine how much money had been wasted. SE is probably using FFXIV profit to recover from FFXV's shortcomings, which is sad.

Actually, ppl have been saying that since it was known that games like the FF7 remake were being funded by the success of FF14, and considering that i1.0 nearly kille SE and Japanese corporate culture: They may not have been in any position to ask for more assistance or funding etcetera. Seriously, even things like all the current remakes could have been funded by FF14's earnings. It does look to be improving. They totally had their boss on stage