Letter from the Producer, XXIX (06/04/2012)

[Soukyuu]

Like you say, it's matter of style and taste. If people likes it, who are you to judge? I don't particularly like Viera, but i dont care if they are implemented, i don't lose fingers if they do.

Nor do I. All I wanted is to confirm people seem to want them because of them showing so much skin.

One part about FFXIV I like is armors actually being armors, not following the typical korean way of higher level = more skin. As long as they don't change that, I don't really care.

[Chardrizard]

Actually here was the question title:

"Do you read player blogs on the Lodestone?"

So either an assload of people are posting but not reading what others are posting at all (unlikely) or the majority of people don't give a crap about the blogs altogether for reading or posting. For the record I don't consider the player polls part of this as its clear that more people use the player polls than those that use the forums, which goes back to my original argument about them being the best scource at gathering what the majority of players really want.

Blogs isn't forum, just sayin.

What you said earlier was 95% doesn't use forum, which is not the case, they just do not actively posts.

[LlenCoram]

Nor do I. All I wanted is to confirm people seem to want them because of them showing so much skin.

One part about FFXIV I like is armors actually being armors, not following the typical korean way of higher level = more skin. As long as they don't change that, I don't really care.

I fully agree with this. While personally I'm partial to cute races (like miqo'te and viera), I absolutely love that this game has realistic armour, in that heavier armour actually hides more. The heavy darklight set even makes it difficult to tell what gender the person is.

I never want that to change.

[Elexia]

LOL at only 3% of players post often at official forum, i am really glad we don't make the majority because of the retardness going on everyday.

Remember? "The majority of the playerbase posts on the FFXIV forums, they should listen to our every demands anyone who says otherwise is a troll." Always can count on yoshiP to shut these people up.

But that's what Whm/Cjn is right now.

Not even close, WHM/CNJ doesn't come even an iota close to what a SCH is. Tell me when WHM/CNJ gains Scan, Helicies, spells to control weather based effects and gives you weather benefits as well as buffing your stats based on weather spells, can enhance every spell they own through job abilities (WHM/CNJ/THM can't) have dual stances that enhances a school of magic (they don't, considering the current stances are limited in nature) oh and has the ability to give you multiple buffs in 1 spell as well as extending duration of everything from buffs to debuffs.

Yeah, SCH is a different job from WHM/CNJ.

If i remember correctly SE used to say "Arcanist and Musketeer will be added, as soon as Job-System is released and balanced".

Wouldnt that mean they "have to" give us those 2 Classes before 2.0?

No, it would mean when it's balanced, they're still doing balance adjustments.

[Fated]

Thank god Dark Knight was absolutely last on the list of new classes/jobs. My faith in the playerbase has risen slightly.

[Elexia]

Thank god Dark Knight was absolutely last on the list of new classes/jobs. My faith in the playerbase has risen slightly.

Yeah, woulda sucked to have a good job added.

[Fated]

Yeah, woulda sucked to have a good job added.

Keep talking like your opinion matters.

[Nero]

No, it would mean when it's balanced, they're still doing balance adjustments.

You got me wrong here. I assume balancing will be done before 2.0, no idea if balancing actually will be done in SE's meaning. So if they balance the Jobs before, we should get those 2 Classes before 2.0, no?

[nibelunc]

Thank god Dark Knight was absolutely last on the list of new classes/jobs. My faith in the playerbase has risen slightly.

What an absolutely idiotic post...

[Delsus]

But that's what Whm/Cjn is right now.

SCH is not a WHM, they can use the best DoTs seen in FFXI, light arts and dark arts to enhance that school of magic, stratagems to aoe single target buffs, enhance spells, half MP cost, etc etc, control weather what can WHM/CON do like that?

SCH would be a good addition to FFXIV because it requires alot of knowladge of how the job is played and all their abilities, lets take Garuda, we need dps on them, so a SCH could dark arts and nuke away, then if things aren't going well they can light arts and help the WHM, then switch back to nuking mode.

If they wanted a clone of FFXI ebulance (sp?) and nukes for more damage spike damage, and if they gave helecies just like FFXI we would be throwing out DoTs for over 100 damage/tick. Can a WHM do that?