[2024.09.28] Live letter wishlist

[lolnotacat]

....he said he doesnt want to do Blitzball and doesnt think it would work and would be a lot of work for something that would fall off.

Funny because that excuse rarely stops them.

*Looks at Variants, HoH, PotD, Eureka, Bozja, Diadem Deadadem.*

[CaedemSanguis]

I mean if you don't see a class that is top dps on top of having great mobility (including an extra sprint on a low cd), party damage buff, heal, shield, great damage gains when there is downtime, insane aoe damage and great burst to play into buffs as something slightly broken I think we simply understand what is broken different.

Yeah maybe, I prefer to play with a rdm/smn (unless speedkills), and for prog any serious group will take a rdm/smn over a pct, just because of that I dont consider pct broken
PCT have great mobility but some long cast, AoE damage is whatever no one cares about the expert dungeon balance, gain over downtime might be a problem, but atm in 7.X high end content, there is not much downtime

Smn and Rdm are comparable because they also fight for the caster slot and the difference rn is so high that having a PCT imply being able to skip mechanics or afford a death debuff count that you woudn't be able if you had a Rdm or Smn, let alone how as you go up in difficulty the battle rez is less and less valuable as mechanics are harder to recover from (this tier being the outlier).

I dont agree at all

If we were talking about UWU or UCOB that would be fair, but PCT is top dps in both TOP and DSR which are very likely to have a similar structure to FRU and from 90 to 100 the classes dont have that many changes. It doesn't take a genius to realize that a class that can transform any trio mechanic into dps gains (by painting there) its very likely to be even stronger than the rest when its competition rely on uptime (blm) or gauges (rdm)

As I said, old content -> idc, if FRU have a lot of downtime and pct have 20% more dps than the 2nd dps, yes it will be a problem

And there is also the thing of the dungeons which is not old content and PCT is head and shoulders above the rest of the casters because not only has great single target dps but also the greatest aoe dps.

It's casual content so I dont care, we'll have to see for criterion savage

[Eraden]

I know it won’t happen because like everything else they are incredibly rigid with their live letters but basically I just want them to expand on their planned job overhaul with more than vague promises

Like take a legacy job that’s having problems in its current niche like BLM or WHM and go “okay here is an example of what this level of rework would entail”

Square enix hasn’t done a good rework since 6.0 MNK (which they removed in 7.0 anyway) so vague hints of a maybe in 2 years time isn’t going to hold back the playerbase much longer

Mao wants see improvements to BLMs within next few patches. Mao is old and Mao nots able to waste YEARS waitings for improvements to Mao favorites job. Mao has to makes best use of times Mao has left. Mao also plays little bits GW2. Is little bits too twitchy for Mao now buts maybe Mao could try play little bits more now that GW2 has housings.

[Fawkes]

FFXI raid be good and have good gear rewards

[Raven2014]

Funny because that excuse rarely stops them.

*Looks at Variants, HoH, PotD, Eureka, Bozja, Diadem Deadadem.*

What's funny about it? First, all of the things you list can be created based on mechanic that area already in the game(combat, raid, gathering), while Blitzball would need an entire new system design for it. Secondly, all of them except Eureka and Deadadem are still relevance these days as options to lvling alt.

So no, he's 100% not wrong and 100% unfunny when he said it, because it's true.

[CuteBucket]

Realistically, I don't think they're going to talk much about the Dawntrail MSQ. In a way, I'm not sure I even want them to. They could all come out and look sad and apologize for disappointing us, but that would just be awkward for everyone and do nothing to fix the problem. Perhaps it's my own life experience talking here, but verbal apologies mean very little to me. I've heard it all before. Empty promises and platitudes are a dime a dozen. I want to see change. That's the real apology I want when someone messes up. So I think rather than talk about Dawntrail's story, the best thing they could do would be to focus on the future and what they are planning for the story going forward. Show me something to get excited about again. Give me a reason to care about this world and its people again. The patch quests have historically been partially written by someone else who wasn't part of the main MSQ writing team, so this could be a chance to demo a new up and coming writer. That's how Ishikawa first got to try her hand at the MSQ way back during the Heavensward patches. I don't expect 7.1 to miraculously turn the story around (that would be a tall order for even an experienced writer to do in such a short time), but I just want the characters we've come to know to feel more like themselves again and not be smothered out by Wuk Lamat. No, she's not going to immediately go away, but this is the perfect time for her to step back and put another character more front and center for the time being, like Koana, Erenville, or Krile.

I want some clearer feedback on what exactly their plans for player character faces messed up by the graphics update are. While I am grateful we got an official response from teh devs at all on the issues, there were some things in response on the Lodestone that raised many more questions than answers. I'm sure some people will whine about "nitpicking over pixels," but I don't care. Watch the VOD later and skip through that part if it bothers you so much. I want actual answers on what were intended vs unintended changes on character models, because lots of these issues do not look like a thing an artist would intentionally change so drastically. People who are experiencing issues with the new graphics and making the game more difficult to play also deserve to have their feedback heard and addressed. Surely some new graphics setting toggles could help people struggling with eyestrain? Or, say, addressing the weird shadow banding and flickering that happens in a lot of areas? I had it happen really bad during an MSQ cinematic! I highly doubt that was intentional.

[HeyMcFly]

criterion rework - 8man svg raids shouldnt be the only way to get BiS gear
housing update - it was mentioned the housing item limit would be increased

I don't expect any of that honestly- probably some promo stuff and more ugly armors with coats and another k-pop kid hairstyle

[Sensui]

I want them to just skip to the last 45 minute infomercial and sell me on some Zenos and Asahi dolls.

[mallleable]

XI raid to be good
FRU to be good
eye patch face accessories
glamor system changes
phys ranged buffs/rework
DRK rework
Byakko unreal
hunt rework
more FATE changes

[noumen0nn]

Number 1 thing I want, even if it's unlikely, is just an acknowledgement that they failed to deliver good work on multiple fronts. I can be patient with things being changed, but I am sick to death of being lied to and given excuses. "Oh the viper changes were due to feedback" "Oh we didn't ACTUALLY listen to that much feedback don't worry" "Oh players don't like Wuk Lamat because she isn't confident" "Oh the messed up faces in the graphics update are just because there's more polygons", and, and, and. For once I just want to hear Yoshi P say, "We realize we failed to meet player expectations, we're sorry, here's what we'll be doing next"