Letter from the Producer, XXIII (01/23/2012)

[Rosuto]

I'm glad to see the Dev. team taking a break once in a while, I'm taking a break myself right now, seeing how I can't find a goddamn way to pay..

Happy new year Yoshi-P!

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Okay now back to your regularly scheduled forum arguments.

[Elexia]

Maybe then I won't get all my hopes up then. I mean that's what I check the lodestone for, UPDATES on the game and what's to be expected.

Don't take this as a personal attack to you or the team. I respect what they do for this game, but this is something I don't care for. What's so wrong with that?

You're not the only one playing this game..some people actually care for the development team? What's wrong with that?

[Geesus]

Yeah reading the letter was cool imo. It's nice to know they are human and remind some of us that they are.

But as it has already been said, some people in the game or at least on the forums seem to be extremely ungrateful. If the letter doesn't do much for ya, great, keep it to yourself. Don't have anything nice to say STFU. ... or wait was it supposed to be, "Don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all." ? Is that it? Fu*k that STFU works better for these people; it get's their flame energy all in a twirl and get's them really pissed off!

Anyway, everyone is back to work; 12 more months +/-.

[BolterAura]

you know what?
they should just scrap the English new years letter next year, problem solved
you guys don't deserve it anyway

Holiday greetings are nice. But it's 1/23 and holidays have fled from our minds. We were expecting more is all. Being rude is fun though.

[DeadRiser]

You're not the only one playing this game..some people actually care for the development team? What's wrong with that?

I never said anything was wrong with caring for the team. I even said it myself that I respect the team for what they do for this game.

But I also have an opinion that I don't deem it necessary to post personal experiences where the majority obviously sees it as info on the future of the game.

It's funny that all the people having disgust for the community are attacking the community themselves and doing nothing more than digging the same hole.

[Resheph]

Why does every thread on this forum turn into arguing by the time I read it lol

It was a nice letter, more personal than some, and I think it shows Yoshi still wants the players to have that personal connection from these.

Pretty soon we are gonna need to start mailing Yoshi cans of chicken soup, since he seems to get sick so much!

[Elexia]

I never said anything was wrong with caring for the team. I even said it myself that I respect the team for what they do for this game.

But I also have an opinion that I don't deem it necessary to post personal experiences where the majority obviously sees it as info on the future of the game.

It's funny that all the people having disgust for the community are attacking the community themselves and doing nothing more than digging the same hole.

It's why I asked you the same question you asked:

"What's wrong with them doing it?"

Nothing wrong with people only caring for information much like there's absolutely zero wrong with Yoshida posting a "personal" letter. Remember the original intention of it...communication and to let people know who he is and what's going on. They still have to pass PR but they are HIS letters...though I bet if Blizzard did something like this more frequently people would have zero complaints.

[ShellQ8]

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Okay now back to your regularly scheduled forum arguments.

Thanks! xD

[Cichy]

We got trolled by Yoshi. That's it, group dismissed.

[BolterAura]

Given that by 2.0 chocobos will be in fact be combat companions, the groundwork for the system that will more than likely be their equipment setup is... Pretty meaningful to me?

A lore update and a picture, while pretty, are not "the groundwork" for chocobo equipment system. It was nice to look at as a small teaser, but it didn't outline or hint at how the chocobo equipment system would work. If it did that, then I would agree with you and call it a meaningful update on the groundwork of an upcoming system.