Hidden Artifacts is an Insult!

[Preypacer]

Hidden Artifacts is obviously still in beta.

We'll get the real concept art in Hidden Artifacts 2.0.

Unless of course a giant, red planet/meteor/thingy crashes into the planet and destroys everything first. But what are the odds of that happening?

[Rosalie]

if its not sahagin its this guy

Waitaminute that looks more like the thing on the German event than NA event!

[ydp002]

u r 100% there...we have a winner ding! ding!

[BlueMage]

You guys are gonna feel so silly when you realize the concept art really is new!

It'll be a behemoth with a pink ribbon tied around it!

[Onidemon]

Square Enix:


September 22, 2010, Collectors Edition

May 16th, 2012, Hidden Artifacts

I wasn't aware that recycling old content and pretending its new development was a "painstaking procedure". With all the consistent hype about the release of Final Fantasy XIV 2.0, the least Square Enix could do is give the players some actual new development content. It is both disappointing and ostentatious of Square Enix to release the same concept art that came with the Collector's Edition as the 'new exiting 2.0 content'. While it might not be implemented in the game currently, It is something many of us have seen before. It only took someone 5 minutes to recognize the artwork...

Edit: Square Enix has now changed their front page so it does not say "all new" anymore. Thankyou for clearing that up ^^


BEFORE


AFTER

Even if they did change their disclaimer to remove "new" it changes nothing. They are still taking us for morons by making a contest/game for us to unveil artwork we can see right now with a google search.

SE really dropped the ball on this one, just like they did with XIV's launch. The same mentality is still there at the center of XIV's development team. This is scary when thinking about 2.0.

I predict the 2.0 trailer at E3 to be full of scenes of stuff we all been seeing everyday until now and the only 2.0 stuff in it will be pure CGI. I called it first

[Magnesium02]

That's what I have so far

[viion]

Awesome stuff Rogue Muse!

[Forte]

That's what I have so far

i agree with these still no idea on ea might be able to know once todays 3 questions are done

[Velhart]

I take back my previous statement. I will admit, my intelligence does feel insulted. I don't know if the development team is trolling the reps here or they just want to fill something in hoping to distract us. Perhaps filler since they have not given us any information regarding anything since 1.22a. They haven't discussed AF weapons that everyone is eagerly waiting for and disappointed it hasn't made it into 1.22a. They could at least come out and say "Hell if we know when AF weapons are coming out!", at least they acknowledge it.

Ehh, as usual, communication with the team is awful and this quiz they have is just sticking a thumb in the wound. Not to mention, where is the 3rd Player Poll? Does SE want people to quit out of frustration with the service? I can't tell anymore.

[HiirNoivl]

I predict the 2.0 trailer at E3 to be full of scenes of stuff we all been seeing everyday until now and the only 2.0 stuff in it will be pure CGI. I called it first

This I wouldn't mind actually. The best thing about 2.0 is the new engine and a server structure that actually makes sense so they can make cool content. If all they have in E3 (months before release) is some CGI, that's ok.

We're essentially starting over.