Letter from the Producer, XXVI (03/26/2012)

[Arcell]

So with the Garuda fight coming and JSW does that mean we get two sets of weapons this patch or is Garuda fight gonna have armor er somethin this time...or maybe it will be better cause it's harder, I dunno would LOVE for an answer to this...pretty please. =D

Garuda is weapons, just like all the other Primals. There's already concept art up on it from a while back when 2.0 was announced. While Primal armor would be cool, there's no precedent for it so I'm not getting my hopes up.

[Stanislaw]

Forgive me for being skeptical but I have seen too many target dates missed badly in the past. I grant you fudge factor where probably factored in but still being 2 month behind up still now did give me cause for concern. Sorry if this bothered you.

For the record, according to the roadmap patch 1.22 was scheduled for the late April anyway.

Link: http://wdl.square-enix.com/ffxiv/dow...Roadmap_EN.pdf

[Sortis]

Garuda is weapons, just like all the other Primals. There's already concept art up on it from a while back when 2.0 was announced. While Primal armor would be cool, there's no precedent for it so I'm not getting my hopes up.

So we are getting two sets of weapons this patch...hmmm so maybe Garuda geared torward classes and JSW for jobs...I see this going really wrong for some reason...

[Arcell]

For the record, according to the roadmap patch 1.22 was scheduled for the late April anyway.

Link: http://wdl.square-enix.com/ffxiv/dow...Roadmap_EN.pdf

Yes, though 1.21 came out in early March, not early February as that roadmap states.

[Stanislaw]

Yes, though 1.21 came out in early March, not early February as that roadmap states.

I know. But certainly nowhere close to the two month delay the person I replied to was suggesting. Plus, you've got to give them some credit for (trying to) sticking to the original schedule still even though the previous patch was a month late. If anything, I fully expected them to announce the patch is coming in May given the delays in the previous patch.

[TheVedis]

Yes, though 1.21 came out in early March, not early February as that roadmap states.

actualy, the roadmap states it would be out by late febuary, but yeah it was late, we know that


something people tend to not realize, they can be working on the next patch before the current one is finished, nothing says they cant have work on 1.22 started until 1.21 is 100% done

[Arcell]

actualy, the roadmap states it would be out by late febuary, but yeah it was late, we know that


something people tend to not realize, they can be working on the next patch before the current one is finished, nothing says they cant have work on 1.22 started until 1.21 is 100% done

To me the 1.21 arrow looks like it ends in early February. I mean the delay wasn't colossal but I wasn't expecting 1.22 in a month and a half from then. Then again it's probably faster without the drastic fixes/changes to all the systems.

So we are getting two sets of weapons this patch...hmmm so maybe Garuda geared torward classes and JSW for jobs...I see this going really wrong for some reason...

Taking other Primal weapons as precedent, classes will likely be able to equip them (and by extension jobs). They will likely be alternatives to other Primal weapons, instead of being outright better. Just as with Moogle and Ifrit, some weapons are better for some builds or situations than others. They don't make the other obsolete though. Garuda weapons will likely focus on Dex/Evasion and Wind damage if I had to guess, maybe lower attack delay.

[TheVedis]

To me the 1.21 arrow looks like it ends in early February. I mean the delay wasn't colossal but I wasn't expecting 1.22 in a month and a half from then. Then again it's probably faster without the drastic fixes/changes to all the systems.





Taking other Primal weapons as precedent, classes will likely be able to equip them (and by extension jobs). They will likely be alternatives to other Primal weapons, instead of being outright better. Just as with Moogle and Ifrit, some weapons are better for some builds or situations than others. They don't make the other obsolete though. Garuda weapons will likely focus on Dex/Evasion and Wind damage if I had to guess.

i wasnt going by the arrows but the worded version of that they put in another one of the pdfs they posted

[AdvancedWind]

Gunblade, Gunbow, Gunhalberd,Gunstaff,Gunwand, Gunaxe and Gunclaws.


My guns are ready.

[Rydin]

Gunblade, Gunbow, Gunhalberd,Gunstaff,Gunwand, Gunaxe and Gunclaws.


My guns are ready.

Gunshield? Can I haz it?