Predictions for OC/FT Live Letter

[xbahax92]

I mean, if they lack man power, why does it contradict with the previous sentence? Ofcourse, I do want to remind it could be an translation error here; but it's still confusing.

Y "I've been feeling that our quality of service has declined recently, I am very sorry for that"
Y "Too many bugs that we need to have an emergecy maintenance or a hotfix for"
Y "I've talked to the community team and the developer team about this"
Y "It feels like we got used to things a bit too much and got comfortable"
Y "We grew bigger and processes didn't fully work the way we had intended them to, we want go improve this again"
Y "Especially with new and big content that we have recently released, this was difficult"

Or am I misunderstanding?

[Valence]

I'm not saying that the country lacks in devs, it lacks in devs willing to apply. That's an HR issue that goes beyond CBU3.

For a franchise like Final Fantasy? Are you pulling my leg?

[Sekundessounet]

For a franchise like Final Fantasy? Are you pulling my leg?

Franchise doesn't matter if the company doesn't provide enough incentives, or if it requires that people move and change their life for the job.
All we know is that SE is willing to recruit, and that they don't have enough people applying. Make of that what you will.

[Sekundessounet]

I mean, if they lack man power, why does it contradict with the previous sentence? Ofcourse, I do want to remind it could be an translation error here; but it's still confusing.

Y "I've been feeling that our quality of service has declined recently, I am very sorry for that"
Y "Too many bugs that we need to have an emergecy maintenance or a hotfix for"
Y "I've talked to the community team and the developer team about this"
Y "It feels like we got used to things a bit too much and got comfortable"
Y "We grew bigger and processes didn't fully work the way we had intended them to, we want go improve this again"
Y "Especially with new and big content that we have recently released, this was difficult"

Or am I misunderstanding?

Oh they're certainly growing bigger, the question is about this growth catching up with the game's growth.

[Jeeqbit]

Or am I misunderstanding?

All that about processes is about what I figured. If you have too much string you can trip over it. Ironically too many developers can be a problem if not managed well.

[Stasya]

Franchise doesn't matter if the company doesn't provide enough incentives, or if it requires that people move and change their life for the job.
All we know is that SE is willing to recruit, and that they don't have enough people applying. Make of that what you will.

I don't believe that they are willing to recruit, if anything they look like they want to be completely closed japanese friends only club.

Do you really need japanese for PROGRAMMING/GAME DESIGN X CLASS DEALS Y DAMAGE WITH Z ABILITY? C++/their tools are japanese language only? It's not hard to learn english too aswell.

[Aniise]

Same reason we have Ultimate : Hard content creates publicity and community effervescence, be it because of organizing stuff or just following along. When Bozja came out at first, people complained about the lack of hard content à la Baldesion. And that Castrum was a snoozefest.
So it feels reasonable for them to have the whole zone and CE for casual enjoyment, and Forked Tower for more hardcore people.
The best solution is a normal and savage mode of course, but choosing between the two, I suppose it made more sense to give player a hardcore part for the island exploration.

Publicity, right.
So it's essentially content made for the streamers and their audience to enjoy. Not for the _actual_ players, they are not the ones on their mind when they design content. Meanwhile, the streamers will finish it a few times and then they will stop once they have everything they wanted. It's content that's destined to die. Pretty, new and shiny at first, but not built to last.

One thing 14 was known for was exactly the opposite: That content was always doable in some sort of form, it was always accessible. With content like Forked Tower? Except discord groups doing it now and then, I don't think it will be accessible in the future. Even worse than BA at the state it's in right now, and the bad reputation it has among the player base does the rest.

Might be that you're right and this is their exact thought process behind this fiasco. We don't really know and maybe we never will, because they don't like to explain themselves.
But this just means what I wrote a few posts before: This game is not meant for casuals anymore.
At this point, I don't even know why I'm still playing tbh...because it's just tireing.

[Sekundessounet]

I don't believe that they are willing to recruit, if anything they look like they want to be completely closed japanese friends only club.

Do you really need japanese for PROGRAMMING/GAME DESIGN X CLASS DEALS Y DAMAGE WITH Z ABILITY? C++/their tools are japanese language only? It's not hard to learn english too aswell.

... You do know you have to interact with your Japanese colleagues, and your Japanese management ?

[Sekundessounet]

Publicity, right.
So it's essentially content made for the streamers and their audience to enjoy. Not for the _actual_ players, they are not the ones on their mind when they design content. Meanwhile, the streamers will finish it a few times and then they will stop once they have everything they wanted. It's content that's destined to die. Pretty, new and shiny at first, but not built to last.

One thing 14 was known for was exactly the opposite: That content was always doable in some sort of form, it was always accessible. With content like Forked Tower? Except discord groups doing it now and then, I don't think it will be accessible in the future. Even worse than BA at the state it's in right now, and the bad reputation it has among the player base does the rest.

Might be that you're right and this is their exact thought process behind this fiasco. We don't really know and maybe we never will, because they don't like to explain themselves.
But this just means what I wrote a few posts before: This game is not meant for casuals anymore.
At this point, I don't even know why I'm still playing tbh...because it's just tireing.

I mean, BA had a shit reputation and was even worse to access IMO, on top of harsher rules about death. FT has issues, but it is more accessible and clearable than BA. People will keep doing it the same way they keep doing DSR and BA today.
If you're tired, I'd suggest dropping the forums and maybe the game for a while, a videogame is not supposed to elicit that kind of feelings on a regular basis, it's not really healthy.
(and the forums, no matter the subject are mostly an anxiety-inducing pit tbh)

[Stasya]

... You do know you have to interact with your Japanese colleagues, and your Japanese management ?

How japanese workers interact with C++? You just dodge my point.

W/e i hope square enix community worker will pat your shoulder for your hard work on forum.