Reassessing the Merger of FFXIV Worlds (02/13/2012)

[Issachar]

Also, as we look to expand FFXIV, some of our visions for the future, such as releasing content based in Worlds from previous FF titles, will require us to use names previously reserved for Worlds as names of cities and other locations instead.

What the kupo is this...

[Silversnow]

No. It means active players.

I know the old way it specifically said active players. I'm just wondering if it was forgotten about or with the redoing of the world mergers they are even redoing name changes. These little details are important.

[Lumidus]

but wouldnt the branches of each servers community who actually cared about being with eachother still choose to follow eachother to their server of choice regardless of either option? Do most linkshells in each server commune with eachother enough to know eachothers existence?
Im just wondering how established these "communities" are to where they need to be treated like holy porcelain dolls.

if you wanted to play with your friends and they wanted to play with you.... then wouldnt you guys follow eachother through either option? if your friends left you and you decided to go to that server.... doesnt that mean you guys arent that great of friends? idk, it just seems to me that the only people who need this type of guidence and structure are children.

You're thinking too small. There are people with more than 1 shell that enjoying playing with their shells. Although I'm not a person with multiple shells, I know a lot friends people that do and it will be a tough decision which shell they follow. Also people around that may not be any of the shells you have like JP players you have fun playing with and helping each other out.

[Teknoman]

Wait, what the...!

He probably means stuff like Gilgamesh, Different Weapon enemies (Ultima, Omega, Emerald, Atma (?) ), enemies and whatnot.

EDIT: Wait a minute...now that I look again, it might be much bigger than that...

[OJtheLIONKing]

It feels like either a misunderstanding or a potentially much bigger announcement was smuggled into that news. Let's hope we get more info on that soon.

In any case, I'm glad the dev team is willing to go back and correct decisions that the community is strongly against--I seriously doubt SE would have done this a few years ago. The new system makes a lot more sense in many ways than the old system, so I want to give them props for fixing it. There will be, of course, be someone who will say they should have "gotten it right" in the first place, but I think the final result is what matters more than we arrived at it.

[Sophia]

I will go to whichever server the bulk of the Oceanic players go to

[Mireille]

I know the old way it specifically said active players. I'm just wondering if it was forgotten about or with the redoing of the world mergers they are even redoing name changes. These little details are important.

Agreed. This is more of an informal notification rather than an official one, so I am hoping he left out the active character part in the haste to get a post out. It does need clarification, but I suppose we will see an official announcement in a few days and that may be clearer on this point.

[Picoman]

I think as we get closer to E3 we are going to hear about some very cool stuff:
Player Estates,
Golden Saucer,
Crystal Tower,
new races,
Combat Chocobos,
Map Re-design,
Floating Coliseum,
Add-Ons,
PvP Frontlines, and more!


Info from roadmap to 2.0:
・April 2012 – Version 2.0 client system complete
- Commence porting of current game content to version 2.0 client ・June 2012 – Worldwide launch of new promotion trailer at E3
・Early to Mid July 2012 – Patch 1.23
・September to October 2012 – Begin distribution of version 2.0 software for PC
- Begin distribution of PlayStation®3 system beta version
・October to November 2012 – Reinstate limited free trial period for PC version
- Commence PlayStation®3 system closed beta test
・Post-January 2013 – Version 2.0 client (PC and PlayStation®3 system) goes on sale
- Free trial period ends

[Biggs]

Did I miss read, or are they going to introduce things and stuff into 14 from previous final fantasies?

As long as we dont see anything transform into or from a race car and or motorcycle, I am semi-ok with that I guess. I always thought they would get a little farther than the 14th title before they had to do this though.

On the plus side: GIVE US THE CARD GAME FROM FF8 PLEASE!!!!!

[TheVedis]

As long as we dont see anything transform into or from a race car and or motorcycle, I am semi-ok with that I guess. I always thought they would get a little farther than the 14th title before they had to do this though.

On the plus side: GIVE US THE CARD GAME FROM FF8 PLEASE!!!!!

technicaly....this isnt the 14th title, more like the 30th or so