FINAL FANTASY XIV Letter from the Producer LIVE Part III

[leomax]

I really like how Wada asked some probing questions, like at the end when he asked why one of the chars was running on the spot, YP didn't seem to answer the question though, is this going to be the norm at release? Would love some clarification.

Also I'm still not sure about gear sets and needing duplicate gear, that is just a step backwards to me. I know you can create macros to bypass this but meh, not liking that at all.

I know its pre alpha and we just won't know until we test it ourselves in beta.

I'm also a little bummed about the worlds being separated, I know YP says players can choose if they want to play on a JP/NA server etc, but we all know as well as he does deep down the majority of us will choose their region, and while I think its going to be better in the long run its still very sad that after all this time its going to change quite dramatically and that europe will get the short end of the stick as so many different languages, though that has never really bothered me but its always a struggle trying to convince people that you as a player is more than comfortable doing said content from sheer experience via the auto translator. the timezones are so distant its just not healthy for many players to not be playing in their primetime to get things done.

I do love these 90min live letters though, can't wait to see some character creation and the benchmarks!

[Elexia]

It's possible, lots of post release MMOs have 'treadmill inertia' these days.

[leomax]

It's possible, lots of post release MMOs have 'treadmill inertia' these days.

This is what I'm worried about though, I really don't want SE to bow down to these western mmos, I'm sure its to do with lag on getting abilitys off or w/e if you get my drift.

Maybe I'm in the minority but this is why I play XI/XIV only, I'm very nit picky when it comes so simple things to the eye like character movements and realism, well I wouldn't even call it that, I think think its half assed work, I really hope they can find a work around or fine tune that treadmill stuff somehow.

I have played so many other mmos in the past and they all have the same woeful controls and character movements, maybe some of this stems to me starting out with a SE mmo and getting used to it but meh it looks awful. ; ;

[Felis]

I think it was a bug like the missing miqo'te tails

[AmyNeudaiz]

I think it was a bug like the missing miqo'te tails

Not a bug, just an unfinished product.

[Elexia]

As am I and you are definitely in the miniority based on any topics regarding XIV's graphics lol. I've played a ton of MMOs and none have paid attention to the small details as much as XI and XIV did. XIV has it's problems, but the fact your character can track something with both their eyes and head working separately is attention to detail very few offline games even utilize.

Starting off with SE's MMOs is likely why, but the fact WoW got popular is the other reason why every MMO is essentially the same, since prior to XI and WoW MMOs were trying to have their own identity..nowadays it's just "who can make the most money through subs."

Hell, AN will make a killing off people that simply want to have the commander ability and don't want to grind for it lol.

[Lirion]

I really like how Wada asked some probing questions, like at the end when he asked why one of the chars was running on the spot, YP didn't seem to answer the question though, is this going to be the norm at release? Would love some clarification.

Also I'm still not sure about gear sets and needing duplicate gear, that is just a step backwards to me. I know you can create macros to bypass this but meh, not liking that at all.

I know its pre alpha and we just won't know until we test it ourselves in beta.

I'm also a little bummed about the worlds being separated, I know YP says players can choose if they want to play on a JP/NA server etc, but we all know as well as he does deep down the majority of us will choose their region, and while I think its going to be better in the long run its still very sad that after all this time its going to change quite dramatically and that europe will get the short end of the stick as so many different languages, though that has never really bothered me but its always a struggle trying to convince people that you as a player is more than comfortable doing said content from sheer experience via the auto translator. the timezones are so distant its just not healthy for many players to not be playing in their primetime to get things done.

I do love these 90min live letters though, can't wait to see some character creation and the benchmarks!

He probably just let it slide because he have been saying throughout the video that the there were still errors and bugs in that version and even commented on why the tails were missing. Maybe he just thought "it's a unfinished game, I can't be arsed to comment on every little bug that comes up". I think that thing was due to lag or latency since it only affected other players and not his character. But I guess we'll see.

[Tonkra]

Have you read, that Ala Mhigo and Ishgard will be introduced with an expansion?

so there is hope for those who thought that ishgard got destroyed by dalamud

Looks like spell damage got nerfed alot. Conjurer took forever to kill that plant.

Makes me nervous for Black Mage/Thaumaturge.

they balance the new combat system and skills right now.. its alpha.... X.X

I have played so many other mmos in the past and they all have the same woeful controls and character movements, maybe some of this stems to me starting out with a SE mmo and getting used to it but meh it looks awful. ; ;

well for me personally.. i LOVE the new casting animations.. its just great.

better than those static (almost non existing) casting animation right now.

[NefGP]

Still watching it, I'm not very far in, but HOLY CRAP @ Gathering changes! About time we can just pick what we want to go for. No more stupid Hot & Cold mini-game either, omg I love it <3 This is so much better.

Can't wait to see how they've changed fishing. I like the crafting changes too for the most part, though it might become a lot harder to HQ higher level recipes with this change.

[Felis]

Looks like spell damage got nerfed alot. Conjurer took forever to kill that plant.

Makes me nervous for Black Mage/Thaumaturge.

The plant interrupted him often.
And didn't people want longer fights? ^^