Dissapointed With The Live Letter

[Shougun]

I think the fun questions are in two parts, A. because they think they're funny or maybe silly but also B. they want to answer a lot but.. can't lol . . so they add these because they've got the time and don't feel like / can't answer others.

Perhaps they can make categories of questions in the future, and a fun question would be one of those groupings. Even avoiding other catagories, because that may add time in compiling questions, just add one category called the "For the Thal" of it or whatever-

"Time for some of our fun / play questions"
-Can potatoes touch their toes?
-etc
-etc

SE doesn't have to set up any quotas of the types of questions, just that when these questions get picked SE is clear that they're picked for that reason specifically (because they're funny/filler and there wasn't going to be a "better different question" in it's place if the funny question was to be axed). As it seems a lot of players take it if a silly question gets picked that it must be there could have been a meatier one in it's place "if only someone didn't ask that". Real answers can be provided in the section of course like "butt sliders?" and they might just laugh or they might mention they're working on updating old races with Viera butt curves or something lol, especially if they're random small lore questions (like Meol) and there is a panel member might be able to play with and off that question because they can.

Also perhaps SE could introduce formatting to the forum question section like bug report section has, nothing as complex though just like:

"
Question:
#One question per post
#Whatever else they want to tell people lol
"

I'm curious if they read all the questions (the dev team), and then pick the ones they can answer or if the CM just decides which questions get translated and that's that. I imagine "sort of" yes the devs read more than they choose to answer, but by that I mean if they do and they choose not to answer a question about content they're not ready to even reference yet it might help players to know that it was read at least (similar to how sometimes we wonder how much of the threads get informed to the team, if it's a sparknote summary or the top 10 or what have you). So if you knew they read it then it's more as if they're "we're aware you want this content but we can't make comment on it because E3, Fan Fest, Next major patch / expansion's from now content, we're currently arguing if we want to do that or not, etc lol". It's a small solace but it could be one still.

So personally the silly questions don't really bother me, at least with the above thinking that they're picked for the fun of it and not because they were like do players want to know "if X important game feature will be adjusted" or do they want to know "what type of shampoo cid uses? because he's fresh" .

I imagine keeping a stock pile of past questions for future letters would quickly become unmanageable but I'm curious if I can just repost my questions again xD...

[Loki]

Lazy huh, go work the same amount as these developers do, and I bet you will see things ina different perspective. I have worked 12-14 hour workdays over long period of time and it almost killed me healthwise as I was exhausted physically and mentally and got very little sleep. And you can clearly see Yoshida is drained in the LL.
People who call game developers lazy, should look in the mirror and ask themself if THEY are really productive and how to do more if possible. You constantly hear game studios and Crunchtime where they work endlessly and often without overtime pay etc.
.

Thank you but i work about 12hrs/day too and ya i'm productive. I was questionning myself about the reason they have answered that for a simple beard option on a character that's why i used some "?"
Relax whiteknight and ya i find healer design lazy, housing system lazy, stuff skin design lazy for an add on (most of it is just some old skins with diffrent colors or exported on another class or a mix of 2 previous stuff), and since the beginning of 2.0 they haven't added a single new face per race or something, just some poor makeups, . The game itself is designed for glam farm / aesthetic, so come on.

They don't take lots of risks concerning biggest issues of the game like housing, gameplay, memory, there are options but they seem to not want to change their systems and each time one of those issues reemerge, forums are on fire, they wait and don't react then once the storm is over they used to add some spangles on a diffrent subject and voilà and it's the same schema years after years.

Here i'm a customer, not their friend, we pay subs, we paid the add on, lots of us pay some cash shop items. So ya maybe they are tired for working too much and i'm sorry for them but it's not my fault if their stockholders are too skinflint for adding more employees, ressources for ff14.

FF14 creates lots of money i'm just curious to know how this money is used.

[MrSigy]

I want the old loot system back
I don't wanna fight 7 other people in party finder every turn every week which results in me getting a 14.29% chance to get a drop.

This might work on JP, it does not work on EU or NA.
Everyone Rolls on everything. For their alt jobs, for their mothers, for their fathers, for their lvl 1 conjurer & lvl 1 gladiator. For their level 1 dicks.

In the past 2 weeks I have not gotten a single chest, not a single one. I have done 18 Runs on 3 alts in total Closest I got was rolling a 81 and someone beat me with a 99.

It DOES NOT WORK IN PARTY FINDER.
If YOU DO NOT HAVE A STATIC YOU ARE FUCKED.

In the other system you atleast KNEW you had a 50% chance of getting something or a 100% chance if something dropped for your role to get it.
If you are saying this system is better, you ARE misguided and utterly disappointing to hear.

/// Rant over sorry for harsh words but it needed to be said after the damn live letter.

[Kuroka]

We just need a "need II" for jobs at cap level that goes before " my dk is 31 but i might need that lv 80 sword..." and many problems would be solved...

[SturmChurro]

They don't take lots of risks concerning biggest issues of the game like housing, gameplay, memory, there are options but they seem to not want to change their systems and each time one of those issues reemerge, forums are on fire, they wait and don't react then once the storm is over they used to add some spangles on a diffrent subject and voilà and it's the same schema years after years.

Here i'm a customer, not their friend, we pay subs, we paid the add on, lots of us pay some cash shop items. So ya maybe they are tired for working too much and i'm sorry for them but it's not my fault if their stockholders are too skinflint for adding more employees, ressources for ff14.

FF14 creates lots of money i'm just curious to know how this money is used.

I won't ever claim the employees themselves are being lazy, I think it's more a management issue if anything personally.

Also, these devs are being paid by us the customer who have an active subscription, who are also paying for the game, and the expansions, and potentially cash shop items. If they were an indie dev, or this a purely free game (modder for skyrim for example) THEN I would be grateful. They are not, they are a multimillion dollar company. They need to allocate time and resources properly, and fix the issues that their customers are having with the game. Paying an active subscription means we should expect service. If that service starts not meeting expectations, they should expect their customers to not pay for that service any longer. Many things in this game do seem to be getting streamlined, rushed out, or put on the back burner so they don't have to work as hard on it. What I say is don't release it until it's finished, or don't release it in such a broken state that it's too difficult to fix it later!

[LaylaTsarra]

Relax whiteknight

There you go you don't have a real argument just call someone with a different opinion a white knight got it. Stopped reading your line after reading that. The developers for this game are far from lazy.

[dustdjinn]

I never thought they would answer about the missing genders but I do think that question getting so many likes keeps it on their radar so they know people still want it. Its like a little reminder and then they can move on to other questions that they can actually comment on.

[dustdjinn]

Bard always had an identity crisis. Bard always had those utility skills and in Stormblood even more DPS than Machinist (the other phys. ranged DPS lower in DPS and almost nothing contributing to the group).
In Heavensward Bard turned into a caster being the most clunky job ever.
Im wondering, why they dont change bard into a second support instead so bards can support the group like dancers do. Maybe they miss feedback, they might change their mind?

edit:
Also about healers, I doubt they will do any major changes in 5.x. I actually expect (or at least hope for) a revamp of the healer jobs. I do not want to miss the chance to see new "ways" of healing the party. Necromancer (as a Healer), Melee Healer or actually fix the gameplay of current healers and add a bit more spice to their dps kits. Maybe they'll come up with better ideas by 6.0...

Correct me if I am wrong but don't the job quests for bard talk about supporting their party with their songs? So I would argue THAT should be their identity based off the lore they put in place.

[Crushnight]

Correct me if I am wrong but don't the job quests for bard talk about supporting their party with their songs? So I would argue THAT should be their identity based off the lore they put in place.

I wouldn't use that a good enough argument especially when you compare it to the lore of AST cards, Bole, Spire, Ewer all have lore that does not indicate dmg up yet there they are and unlikely to change before next expansion if ever. At this point if it helps achieve balance but contradicts lore it is screw lore at this point(for good and bad reasons).

[Kaedan]

In the other system you atleast KNEW you had a 50% chance of getting something or a 100% chance if something dropped for your role to get it.
If you are saying this system is better, you ARE misguided and utterly disappointing to hear.

Sorry to inform you, but you're quite wrong. The new system is objectively better for both statics and pugs.

In the old system, you had two 1/14 chances of gear for your job to even drop at all (or a 1/7 chance overall of getting one piece at all). And unless you were a NIN or DRG, you had an additional 1/2 chance of actually getting it from your rival. So overall for most players, you had a 1/14 chance of getting something.

In this system, you have at least two flat, 1/8 chances to get something, assuming everyone rolls. So you have a minimum overall 1/4 chance of getting something. And since chests can potentially drop two coffers, that chance gets even better the more that drop.

People really don't think things through before complaining.