Job System Timeframe

[RedAffinity]

I'd imagine "Jobs" would make for an excellent marketing tool alongside release of the PS3 version. You have to realize the publishing side is at close watch with the Development team. It's a safe bet to say while the essentials are being rushed, some features will delay for polish, and launch with PS3 version roping in players with hype.

Again it may not necessarily be Jobs, but it's highly likely some kind of desirable feature / expansion / content will be announced with the PS3 version and I can't imagine what more would be perfect with the introduction of traditional Jobs looking flashy in their artifact armor instantly recognizable by Final Fantasy veterans.

my thoughts. who knows.. : )

[Koronos]

because it makes sense.

Are you forgetting this is SE? lol

[Jennestia]

Are you forgetting this is SE? lol

The ones that literally ran an MMO (FFXI) that paid for most of their games you probably played between 2005-2009? Yep.

I don't know what "cost assessment" means. Is that an assessment of manpower tradeoffs? I'd like to know.

Resources, manpower, money, engine taxing etc etc.

[darkstarpoet1]

The ones that literally ran an MMO (FFXI) that paid for most of their games you probably played between 2005-2009? Yep.



Resources, manpower, money, engine taxing etc etc.

they should be more worried about their bottom line profit and loss margin than their cost assessment. if they are worried about cost they should have taken their time to get things done right the first time. now they have 2 choices. fix it no matter the cost or shut it down.

[Betelgeuzah]

they should be more worried about their bottom line profit and loss margin than their cost assessment. if they are worried about cost they should have taken their time to get things done right the first time. now they have 2 choices. fix it no matter the cost or shut it down.

So they shouldn't calculate how much all of this is going to cost? That doesn't mean they aren't willing to spend. They simply need to know how much they are spending at any given time. Have you ever worked for a company before?

[darkstarpoet1]

So they shouldn't calculate how much all of this is going to cost? That doesn't mean they aren't willing to spend. They simply need to know how much they are spending at any given time. Have you ever worked for a company before?

yes i have actually ran my own business before. i never said they shouldn't pay attention to cost. i stated profit and loss. in other words if it will cost more to fix the game than the anticipated profit off of it they should shut it down. if the anticipated profits are above the level all companies set upon originally starting a project then they should fix it.

i can promise you there is more profit to do things right the first time than what they have been doing so far. if they want to go by what things have cost they should fire the entire team including yoshi and shut the entire game down. they spent money anticipating making profits in the long run.

i'm not going to spend 10$ to buy something if i can only get paid 8$ for it.
i will spend that same 10$ if i feel i can make 20$.

[Elkwood]

yes i have actually ran my own business before. i never said they shouldn't pay attention to cost. i stated profit and loss. in other words if it will cost more to fix the game than the anticipated profit off of it they should shut it down. if the anticipated profits are above the level all companies set upon originally starting a project then they should fix it.

i can promise you there is more profit to do things right the first time than what they have been doing so far. if they want to go by what things have cost they should fire the entire team including yoshi and shut the entire game down. they spent money anticipating making profits in the long run.

i'm not going to spend 10$ to buy something if i can only get paid 8$ for it.
i will spend that same 10$ if i feel i can make 20$.

Ok so you ran your own business Before hence the past tense terminology there but I am going to assume either 1 of 2 things either you struck it golden and sold for profit or you shut down which is not something SE wants to do over XIV

[Betelgeuzah]

if they want to go by what things have cost they should fire the entire team including yoshi and shut the entire game down. they spent money anticipating making profits in the long run.

The point is that they don't know the exact cost, and if they don't know it a) they don't know how much they need to spend and b) their accounting will be off.

They have already assessed the costs of developing the feature in question, but the actual implementation is not free either. It's clear that they have decided to go for it regardless of the actual cost, but that doesn't mean they should ignore the cost altogether and just blindly throw money at the project.

This is none of the customer's business really, but at least it's not vague. Every company does this all the time.

[Physic]

yes i have actually ran my own business before. i never said they shouldn't pay attention to cost. i stated profit and loss. in other words if it will cost more to fix the game than the anticipated profit off of it they should shut it down. if the anticipated profits are above the level all companies set upon originally starting a project then they should fix it.

i can promise you there is more profit to do things right the first time than what they have been doing so far. if they want to go by what things have cost they should fire the entire team including yoshi and shut the entire game down. they spent money anticipating making profits in the long run.

i'm not going to spend 10$ to buy something if i can only get paid 8$ for it.
i will spend that same 10$ if i feel i can make 20$.

big business and small business have different business models. Big business generally believes in operating at a loss for a longer period, to profit later. In fact they often do this even when uneccessary, due probably to taxes, and expectations.

In any event, i wouldnt look at the cost analysis too much, we dont even know what they mean when they say that, it could be cost in terms of time, amount of resources, man hours, or it could just be a BS line they tell people while they sit around.

regardless at the end of the day, they need to be faster than they have been, i really hope that this battle system was some insane task that required years because if this is their pace, they will never compete. They will be completely eclipsed by newer games in terms of content at this pace. I guarantee that guild wars 2 and swtor will drop with a load of content, at this pace this game will not even have completed their first story arc by the time these games come out.