Letter from the Producer, XXVIII (05/28/2012)

[Jinko]

How exactly is he "more open"?

Besides these forums, S.E. is just as secretive as ever. We didn't even know Hamlet Defence was instanced content until the day of patch notes. S.E. still really don't give much away at all, despite pretending they do.

The fact that we don't know much about 2.0 at all 3 months before its supposed release is almost exactly the kind of stunt S.E. pulled pre 1.0.

Remember when people thought there would be like 50% more zones on release, with sidequests and voiceovers and boss fights just waiting for us on release, and we were all wrong? Well, history repeats itself, because we are promised the exact same thing now, only with much less proof of its existence.

Agreed, 2.0 is going to be 1.0 all over again, Yoshi-p has hyped this up and promised too much if you ask me, yes yes before anyone says well people ran away with their expectations so its their own fault.. goes without saying really.

I think this is just the tip of the disappointment though, guess we will have to wait til August to see this "awesome website"

[Zenaku]

Agreed, 2.0 is going to be 1.0 all over again, Yoshi-p has hyped this up and promised too much if you ask me, yes yes before anyone says well people ran away with their expectations so its their own fault.. goes without saying really.

I think this is just the tip of the disappointment though, guess we will have to wait til August to see this "awesome website"

We also plan to unveil a brand new promotion site for version 2.0 soon after E3 ends.

it say right after E3 ends so why do you think it going to be in Aug? the only thing that would be in Aug would be the video and more information but the site would be update with information on FFXIV 2.0 from E3 ends too 2. beta

[Babydoll]

Yeah I agree they need to be more open with 2.0 so the same mistake does not happen again.

[Sephrick]

it say right after E3 ends so why do you think it going to be in Aug? the only thing that would be in Aug would be the video and more information but the site would be update with information on FFXIV 2.0 from E3 ends too 2. beta

Not to be too technical, but it says soon after, not "right after."

Mr. Yoshida has done wonderous things in such a short time frame, so I'm not trying to cut him down here, but the translations of his letters have made it seem that he uses the word soon quite liberally. Often times taking weeks or months. So given the track record, it's not unreasonable to assume "soon" might mean six or so weeks.

[Jinrya-Geki]

Yeah I agree they need to be more open with 2.0 so the same mistake does not happen again.

Which is why I keep at the spell reform for Thaumaturge/black mage. It's a very repetitive, single combo class.

It's uninteresting now, and no developer says it's going to change by 2.0, then how can I expect 2.0 to be any better than it is now?

[Babydoll]

Which is why I keep at the spell reform for Thaumaturge/black mage. It's a very repetitive, single combo class.

It's uninteresting now, and no developer says it's going to change by 2.0, then how can I expect 2.0 to be any better than it is now?

Exactly >_< This game needs more of a fix then removing the lag, animation lock and new zones. They need to redo lot of the spells and battle stuff too ; ;

[Doho]

Not to be too technical, but it says soon after, not "right after."

Mr. Yoshida has done wonderous things in such a short time frame, so I'm not trying to cut him down here, but the translations of his letters have made it seem that he uses the word soon quite liberally. Often times taking weeks or months. So given the track record, it's not unreasonable to assume "soon" might mean six or so weeks.

You are correct, but he also gives the frame of reference "Soon after E3 ends." And August is not exactly soon after the end of E3.

[Hyrist]

How exactly is he "more open"?

The list is too long to state. But you usually never hear about the PR team taking action on behalf of a game form the developer itself. Lets start there.

Besides these forums, S.E. is just as secretive as ever. We didn't even know Hamlet Defence was instanced content until the day of patch notes. S.E. still really don't give much away at all, despite pretending they do.

First off, the bolded. You just acknowledged that Yoshida is more open, so you lose weight in your entire argument here. I've been saying for this enitre duration that Yoshida's policies should be adapted by Square Enix as a whole. But that does not discount the fact that he's more open

And as far as 'We didn't know Hamlet Defense would be instanced!' complaints. Honestly, how could anyone with a brain not figure that it would be? The game engine is run in instances. You can't load more than 40 models and even in instanced combat, it's pushed to the limit. Not to mention every plot story and situation in this game runs instances for any situation that causes character models to not be in their default positions.

The fact that we don't know much about 2.0 at all 3 months before its supposed release is almost exactly the kind of stunt S.E. pulled pre 1.0.

Yeah, because we defiantly had a rough outline as to the production times, features, and full concepts of FFXIV 1.0 as soon as they started production on it. It's very hard for me to have any respect for you as so much of what you are saying is flat out lies. We have had more information about FFXIV's 2.0 than we ever had about any Square Enix game previously at this stage.

Remember when people thought there would be like 50% more zones on release, with sidequests and voiceovers and boss fights just waiting for us on release, and we were all wrong?

Actually, no. I distinctly remember watching as a bunch of fanatics on the forums drove themselves into a wild frenzy of hype and hatred as I sat telling people to lower their expectations as launches are never as good as they are intended to be.

Well, history repeats itself, because we are promised the exact same thing now, only with much less proof of its existence.

Again with the lies. First off, we were never promised anything major outside the outline, and when things were coming down the pipeline that did not seem feasible for 2.0 launch we were told that it would likely be post launch content.

Magitek mounts? Likely wont be in 2.0 launch - Figured I'd warn you now seeming it's obvious you haven't been paying any attention to these forums besides your own little rants for the past two years. PVP? Also questionable at launch.

I know it may seem like a lot of work, as you can't even fact-check yourself before you spew bile all over the forums, but please cut your expectations and your raging emotions down a notch. I've been stating this forever and it does not seem to get through. We're not getting anything gloriously awesome in 2.0 content wise, aside from the game engine revamp. Look at the outline and you've pretty much got the answer to all of your questions you would have up until this point. Don't expect more than what's on there, and pay attention to the timeline of it.

We're right about the time where we are going to start getting details, but Yoshi has been told to hold off and give a large bit of info rather than trickle it down as initially intended. It's a smarter move IMO.

[FlynnRider]

I can't imagine how far in depth the rants and cries have gone, now that we're 24 pages in. But it's just hilarious the amounts of whiners, complainers and cry babies that are in here, yet...we're all paying to play the game.

[Suneater]

E3 is still a bit of a joke today and has been downhill since they took a year off a few years ago. They are probably saving most of the promo work for TGS which is from 9/20-9/23 this year. I really doubt SE won't have XIV info at E3 but it seems like they're saving the trailer for the relaunch at this point.