New Letter from the Producer, XII

[Shiki_Lockhart]

Nice news. I like it!

I was getting bored of doing static leves. If i can have more ways of level i'll be happier.
Dungeons will own for sure. And good thing they will have multiple paths to go so we dont bored doing the same thing all again and again.
Variation is a must and a plus. Continue like that SE, you are doing just fine

[Cyruance]

"When FINAL FANTASY XIV was launched last September, it was stated via official channels that guildleves will form the heart of the game. Today, I’d like to officially retract that statement.

Guildleves will no longer be central to FINAL FANTASY XIV."

While it's simply a statement of intent, its so... so very beautiful to hear.<read>

[Draven]

Hmmm. Well I'm all for more quests other than guild leves as a form of gaining SP. Surprising changes to make Guildleves mostly for the benefit of soloers though.

One things for sure, anyone holding their breathe for cutscenes for these new regional quests is likely to collapse. Don't come back to the forums raging there are no cutscenes. That's just not feasible for them at the pace and quantity they are likely working at.

[Giant]

With guildmarks more likely to be earned in the cities in which the guilds are located, AND the reduction in exp from leve linking, hopefully people will have more reason to stay in LL or Gridania.

I don't mind staying @ LL or Gridania as long as I have mail system. @ my server, not sure about others, ONLY Ul'dah Market are full, others are empty.

So mail system, {Can I have it Please?}

[Reika]

* Lose sp from linking .
* Gain sp from completing leves.
If you want to blame someone than blame the people who fail their leves.
( 4~6 People linking dune only to fail it before the last mob.)

They arent doing this as a punishment for failing leves.... This is a much needed upgrade/change to leves. I'll be happy to finally get away from ugly thanalan and return to La Noscea where water is all around and the grass is green.

and 4-6 links? I guess youre new to partying or something. people who know what theyre doing dont go past 3 links.

[kukurumei]

Well it's really like instead of making levequest a catch all, which was in the failed tanaka era vision, they are going back to the idea that levequest is casual friendly, short solo stings(weekday), and other, perhaps more traditional(go out and kill stuff, explore the world) grind for the hardcore/weekend things.

So it is basically a mimic of WoW like thinking with a more modern twist. You do stuff in solo times and do stuff in party times...hopefully not as pronounce.

I think the rethink has a lore more merit, then the tanaka era. The tanaka era thinking was just pure foolishness to think you can have one thing completely funnel into some cheap features (retainers rings a bell).

[Petdo]

I LOVE YOU YOSHI-P!!!!

[Anonymoose]

I'd like to take this opportunity to throw it out there that this letter, combined with everything I read in the new 4Gamer interview, make me feel very confident about the direction XIV is headed in, or at the very least the hands it's in.

Yoshida-san seems to be hitting all three bases here: He's got his head on straight as pertains to priority, he's got his team's eyes all focused in the same direction, and he continues to logically and objectively interpret the feedback (with the help of you reps of course, big thanks all around) of a playerbase he hasn't neglected to keep in contact with. I like where this is going; even news that makes me nervous at first tends to become something I'm excited for after the big picture comes into view.

We've got a long way to go, sure, but it looks like the travel is shaping up to be quite the adventure. Been a pretty smooth ride since that initial trainwreck, at least. Keep up the good choices and thanks for the dedication, Team Yoshi-P!

[DurtiMonkeyToe]

If the instances are content meant to mold into the 'more casual friendly' content by being content designed to be done in an hour or less, I am eager to see the longer, more hardcore content.

[Ilethius]

With the guild marks change it looks like there trying to get people into Limsa and Grid and stop clogging up U'ldah I like the leve change, solo play gets leve's and group get the 2 raid dungeons for now, hopefully much more to come in later patches!