So...gonna re-release previous PvP series rewards for crystals or NOT?

[Aniya_Estlihn]

Honestly, can you blame me for losing count?

Not at all, its absurd that its taken this long and the fact that two different translations provide a different picture is just as annoying as the fact they waited this long.

Reddit discord: "They're thinking about it"
The Balance: "They're doing it in 7.2"

Frankly, off-hand comments like that about future features should either be put on slides or not stated at all during a PLL when they encourage their international community to watch them as well.

A really relevant, previous, example: the Minimalist Interior (then known as "toggling pillars") and Upgradeable Interior sizes (previously called upgradeable apartments) were mentioned in 5.2's PLL Part 2 as side comments and never spoken of again until 7.1's PLL part 2. That's almost half a decade of waiting for a single feature, only one of which is live in game and isn't at all what it was mentioned to be like when first spoken of.

After over a decade of service and people playing, we should honestly expect more clarity than we're given when it comes to live letters and feature announcements. Encouraging us to watch a PLL they have no intention of making viewable outside of slides this far in to the game's life, and then making us wait for an official digest is so ridiculous.

[Kisshu]

Seems that the digest is done by the Community Team this time.

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2379702881 - Also on the Lodestone frontpage.

They talk about PVP at around 16:35.
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2379702881?t=0h16m35s

"They've received tons of requests for previous series rewards, and the dev team is taking that into consideration."

So it sounds like they haven't made any final decisions on previous rewards. Still begs as to why they would show the slide all those years ago if they now are still considering it.

[Doki]

They are taking "into consideration" what they have previously promised when they originally announced this content????

[Kanehon]

Seems they did indeed completely forgot what they already said.

[MisterNublet]

Seems they did indeed completely forgot what they already said.

Not surprising. We have a bunch of third string devs filling in to replace the senior and junior devs that have been whisked away to create more flops, now with Yoshi-P's name tied to it. Yoshi-P has completely checked out of FFXIV. He did say he wanted to create a game all his own, and FFXIV won't let him do that without stepping away.

The third string devs have no idea whats going on or what was promised, only handed a rough "outline" so they could regurgitate the same patch content we've had the last three expansions.

[Daralii]

Not surprising. We have a bunch of third string devs filling in to replace the senior and junior devs that have been whisked away to create more flops, now with Yoshi-P's name tied to it. Yoshi-P has completely checked out of FFXIV. He did say he wanted to create a game all his own, and FFXIV won't let him do that without stepping away.

The third string devs have no idea whats going on or what was promised, only handed a rough "outline" so they could regurgitate the same patch content we've had the last three expansions.

I wish him luck trying to sell a game without the FF brand when CS3's reputation has been circling the drain for a while now and XVI had many of the same structural issues as XIV.

[Meifala]

Absolutely ridiculous. If it takes so long for them to "consider" I really wish Yoshida would keep his mouth shut till they've decided. That way we're not waiting on years old promises just for them to turn around and "still be deciding".

Just plop them in for trophy crystals. It's not rocket science.

[Kisshu]

and XVI had many of the same structural issues as XIV.

It's funny, here they have the chance to show what they can do, no tech debt like in XIV. And what they end up with feels very similar to XIV. Our goal for this zone is over there, but first we need to go through this place, and to get past it we need to go through several quests, finally we can keep going towards the goal.

Also the story feels like it took several points from XIV like aether draining.

I do like the part with young Clive, should have kept the game to that part.

[Kanehon]

Absolutely ridiculous. If it takes so long for them to "consider" I really wish Yoshida would keep his mouth shut till they've decided. That way we're not waiting on years old promises just for them to turn around and "still be deciding".

Just plop them in for trophy crystals. It's not rocket science.

Honestly, even if it's expensive, at least it'd give us something new to do with the trophy crystals that is more than "turn into wolfmarks"

[SKAshe]

I'll be honest, I've been very demotivated from playing Crystalline Conflict due to the FOMO. I haven't played it at all after missing the linkpearl emote, it left a bitter taste in my mouth seeing it go away, but I've been waiting for them to bring it back so that I can get it before playing again, and I was banking on it, but now it seems like it's no longer a guaranty? I don't understand what the problem is. If they make it purchasable by trophy crystals I'd go back to playing Chrystalline Conflict for sure, and would play regularly.

I admit, I feel pretty betrayed by them walking back on it after promising it in the live letter a few years ago, and I'm considering whether it's still healthy for me to continue playing this game if that's how it makes me feel.

So, please bring them back as purchasable with trophy crystals. ������