Letter from the Producer XLII

[Munba]

Also i was expecting more info and stuff but.. that 'Uldah area' screen is awesome. :0

[Tonkra]

i think beta is going to start either on the 15th of february (friday) or on the 18th of february (monday) ... thats around mid february... and then the beta goes for about 1-2 weeks till the end of february..

25th february is too late for the announced "mid" february.. and especially when the beta should run for 2 weeks.. and then 2 weeks for the dev team to work on it till beta in mid of march.

so i say its going to be either the 15th or the 18th

[Radacci]

f-elezen looks baaad.
long neck, small head...her boobs is almost bigger than the head, and the head isn't much thicker than the arms. looks stupid. So does the hair

I think Yoshi will be back, and announce beta date by thu-fri next week. And then it will start sometime the week after.
But whatever, i'll probably have to wait for May or something to get in anyways QQ

[indira]

i have a problem now and alot of other people cant stop playing FFXI on Asura lol.
Damn you SE!!!!!


but cant wait to jump back into FFXIV, from the small pics looks like the cleaned up graphics alot.

[Tonkra]

f-elezen looks baaad.
long neck, small head...her boobs is almost bigger than the head, and the head isn't much thicker than the arms. looks stupid. So does the hair

Havent Elezen/Elvaan always been very "griaffe" - alike?

[Altena]

TBH I think the main point of the live letter was to show that they made hairstyles cross-race..

[Miburo]

Have we seen any manly male highlander bros at all in ARR? I'm starting to get a bit worried that they forgot about them... Hope they're at least giving them some more haircuts than the four (pretty crappy) ones they had to choose from before. Haven't seen them in race specific gear either.

[Dragonheart]

wrong thread

[3Jane]

f-elezen looks baaad.
long neck, small head...her boobs is almost bigger than the head, and the head isn't much thicker than the arms. looks stupid. So does the hair

I think Yoshi will be back, and announce beta date by thu-fri next week. And then it will start sometime the week after.
But whatever, i'll probably have to wait for May or something to get in anyways QQ

The figure certainly does look a little odd. The whole thing isn't helped by the poses which are clearly designed to show off particular attributes. Looks like they are ignoring the player demographics and going a little cheap for presentation. Lets hope that doesn't apply to the rest of the game.
The hair was a bad choice, but that was just to expose the front view. Even taking the hair style into account, the proportions really do need work. Although having said that, I think the excessive proportions of the chest give the torso an apparent extra bulk which isn't there. As for the neck, yes a little too long. The what I would guess is the starter gear doesn't help this impression either. Looks like they have taken Flo-Jo as their fashion inspiration
Although I am certainly looking forward to the Betas and the subsequent launch of ARR. I do feel more than a little apprehension as it all approaches. Change and development can be good, especially with the growth of the game from 1.0 to ARR. I just hope they haven't taken the lovely bones of 1.0 and boiled them down for soup, leaving us with a rather greasy mucky broth.

[Lady]

Thank you yoshi-p for taking some of the edge off the suspense ^_^