Male Viera as a playable character! show your support

[Roda]

A multi million company like Square enix should be able to create internship programs that train people in these things through university partnerships and such. I'm surprised they haven't done this considering XIV is almost 6 years old. Or if that's too expensive (universities are money-hungry) then why not hire people with a general degree in 3D design and train them for 2 years?

Today's companies are really missing out on great talent by expecting them to have 200 skills by the time they apply instead of investing on them like companies used to do in the past.
I'm rooting for World of Warcraft to improve and really challenge FFXIV, Square enix is way too complacent.

I too am on the sidelines of both games, rooting them on so that one of them finally gets it enough to scare the innovation into the other.

[Theodric]

I too am on the sidelines of both games, rooting them on so that one of them finally gets it enough to scare the innovation into the other.

It's sorely needed. Companies do have a habit of managing to overcome limitations right around the same time that a legitimate threat pops up in the form of healthy competition. I'm hoping that 5.3 is the start of a trend where FFXIV is more willing to take risks and be a bit bolder in terms of what it offers. As the new generation of consoles arrives, I'm also hoping that many of the game's limitations can be removed at the same time.