Guildleves will no longer be central to FINAL FANTASY XIV.
Yay!! I really hope they make the good 'ol FFXI way of partying an option... There's something special about being camped out somewhere deadly with a bunch of strangers for hours It's hard to make bonds like that when leve-link parties last for only an hour at most...

Buuuuttttt....

we will accentuate the uniqueness of rewards for each region. For instance, if it’s metal armor or Blacksmiths’ Guild marks you’re after, you’ll want to make a beeline for Limsa Lominsa.
There's no beeline yet ;_; and I'm asian, so I always end up saving my anima and walking ><

A complete reworking of recipes is planned for 1.19, with the goal of granting Disciples of the Hand and the Land more power to invigorate the game economy.
You can't invigorate the game economy when you can't even summon your retainer in any of the wards OH! and random note! I just realized that people post auctions with a 1, 2, or 3 as the last digit to resemble the HQ rating! TOTALLY awesome idea! and totally sorry for posting my fish with random trailing numbers!

(emptiness)
Why is my exp bar still all red and angry and yelling at me when i try to level too much ? Where's the UI fixes ;_;? Organizing my retainers has been driving me nuts! Is it just my connection, or does it take everyone else a few seconds to move an item to/fro their retainers?

... Buuuttt

They're adding in auto-attack, so I love them no matter what

yays for SE! methinks we're getting closer to the great game that we've all been holding on for

/feel-the-wuv <3