Live Letter Thoughts

[Jojoya]

So in this thread, we find that players aren't really interested in talking about the Live Letter. They'd rather talk about how Samurais were betrayed by the developers when Kaiten was removed and whether Team Hydaelyn or Team Zodiark is more virtuous even though neither was a topic in the Live Letter.

Did Viera and Hrothgar hairstyles/hats also get mentioned along the way but I missed it?

I'm excited for most of the new content. Interest in Island Sanctuary dropped down because it looks like we can't customize building placement so every island is going to end up looking like every other island, and I'm sad that the developers choose to limit it to level 90 characters when it's content that would be appealing to all levels. As usual, the music sounds great.

[Zanarkand-Ronso]

New characters didn't materialize in 6.1. This was not to the game's benefit. New characters are coming in 6.2. This is good and is aligned with what they said previously. It is our duty as the customers and consumers of this game to maintain and raise the bar of quality for this game. Expressing ourselves clearly and honestly is necessary for that to occur.

They didnt need to, it wasn't relevant. You thinking it should happen isnt something you can blame the Devs and hold them accountable for when they didnt even say they were introducing new party members in 6.1. What works to the games benefit is new content, which we got, which people played and enjoyed. A new party member wasnt a detriment to that.
Feel free to be Honest and dont make things up out of thin air then get mad at anybody but yourself.

[Atelier-Bagur]

So in this thread, we find that players aren't really interested in talking about the Live Letter. They'd rather talk about how Samurais were betrayed by the developers when Kaiten was removed and whether Team Hydaelyn or Team Zodiark is more virtuous even though neither was a topic in the Live Letter.

Did Viera and Hrothgar hairstyles/hats also get mentioned along the way but I missed it?

I'm excited for most of the new content. Interest in Island Sanctuary dropped down because it looks like we can't customize building placement so every island is going to end up looking like every other island, and I'm sad that the developers choose to limit it to level 90 characters when it's content that would be appealing to all levels. As usual, the music sounds great.

When Yoshi-P was showing the pictures of the new casual gear, you can briefly see one of the Hrothgar's model finally having their ears clipping through the Snow hairstyle (which wasnt a thing before). So it looks like we got that whole lack of ears on new Hroth hair fixed.

[Zanarkand-Ronso]

When Yoshi-P was showing the pictures of the new casual gear, you can briefly see one of the Hrothgar's finally having their ears clipping through the Snow hairstyle. So it looks like we got that whole lack of ears on new Hroth hair fixed.

Did they show more then one hair, or just the Snow Villars Hair?
Ill admit Im a little behind outside of the trailer and a couple of screenshots
The new Raid Tier Gear looks lit

[Atelier-Bagur]

I think I will continue speaking my mind on things as they are teased/announced and hold them accountable by speaking out whenever what we see in game does not match what they say elsewhere. New characters didn't materialize in 6.1. This was not to the game's benefit. New characters are coming in 6.2. This is good and is aligned with what they said previously. It is our duty as the customers and consumers of this game to maintain and raise the bar of quality for this game. Expressing ourselves clearly and honestly is necessary for that to occur.

Yeah but....when you have such odd takes like complaining about the "image of Final Fantasy XIV" and now complaining about Lopporits dancing (which obviously is playing into the next set of Hildibrand quests which that thing is appropriate for and ALSO A REFERENCE to the dancers in FFIV, and also this doesnt even matter in the grand scheme of things to cause players to unsubscribe to the game) then we as a community also need to discuss and look back into whatever feedback we give that's considered actually plausible and viable. You cant forever hide your nitpicks and complaints as good feedback.

[Atelier-Bagur]

Did they show more then one hair, or just the Snow Villars Hair?
Ill admit Im a little behind outside of the trailer and a couple of screenshots
The new Raid Tier Gear looks lit

for now just that hairstyle but the fact that they allow ears to show, could potentially mean they've done the same with the other hairstyles. At least I'm hoping thats the case. I dont play Hroth nor do I give a rat's ass about them but I care about people who care about that race and I think it's extremely short-sighted on the devs part for them to have gone for so long to have limited hairstyles for both Hroth and Viera (including ones you earn as rewards in game). There's no excuse and this is something I will 100% complain about till they address it.

[SannaR]

Yeah but....when you have such odd takes like complaining about the "image of Final Fantasy XIV" and now complaining about Lopporits dancing (which obviously is playing into the next set of Hildibrand quests which that thing is appropriate for and ALSO A REFERENCE to the dancers in FFIV, and also this doesnt even matter in the grand scheme of things to cause players to unsubscribe to the game) then we as a community also need to discuss and look back into whatever feedback we give that's considered actually plausible and viable. You cant forever hide your nitpicks and complaints as good feedback.

This. The lopporits dancing is most likely part of Hildibrand where nothing is to be taken too seriously. Be like Cyr from the HW Hildibrand story and learn to throw any logical thoughts out the door. I'm a little surprised no one from the "everything must be serious and no wasteful animation" crowd didn't complain about how bendy parts of grandpa reaper's avatar was. No one should be able to bend sideways like that. Ahem. I don't think I saw any of the other "new" hairstyles besides the Snow hairstyle on the few Hrothgar they used when showing off the various gear sets or glamor. Course I'm not sure what the hairstyles they recently got currently look like on them so I wouldn't be able to go and say "Ah ha that Hrothgar has ears and is using the 2B hair" for instance.

[aveyond-dreams]

Yeah but....when you have such odd takes like complaining about the "image of Final Fantasy XIV" and now complaining about Lopporits dancing (which obviously is playing into the next set of Hildibrand quests which that thing is appropriate for and ALSO A REFERENCE to the dancers in FFIV, and also this doesnt even matter in the grand scheme of things to cause players to unsubscribe to the game) then we as a community also need to discuss and look back into whatever feedback we give that's considered actually plausible and viable. You cant forever hide your nitpicks and complaints as good feedback.

Then we shall have to agree to disagree. I believe my feedback is both honest and relevant. Respecting fans of the antagonist faction, and yes in this case that includes Zenos, by not being dismissive about their concerns and fleshing out their stories to a sufficient degree is both plausible and viable too. Using appropriate imagery for the late teen-adult playerbase is also something they should be doing instead of cartoons that feel like they talk at the player rather than with them.

I have no interest in seeing Loporrits dance over the place where we fought Zodiark, and I am reasonably concerned that Lahabrea might have his character reduced in such a way as to push the notion that the Ancients were set on the path of auto-destruction (despite clear and readily available evidence in game providing evidence to the contrary).

Nevertheless, complaints are a valuable part of feedback and crucial for the game to see continued improvement. You might agree with some and not others. That is simply the way of things.

[LisSquid]

I always thought of Zenos as a Hildibrand character that somehow escaped containment and entered the main story somehow.

[Zanarkand-Ronso]

I always thought of Zenos as a Hildibrand character that somehow escaped containment and entered the main story somehow.

The mental image of Zenos Gposing against Hildibrand is a physical image I need to see on the big screen.