Letter from the Producer LIVE Part XVI (07/10/2014)

[Jynx]

I'll be interested to see if they can pull me back in, the last time I logged in after 2.2 was a day after 2.3 to give my FC chums proper permissions for chocobo raising and whatnot.

They got 2.4 to show me they have something else up their sleeve than rushing to coil.

[KingOfAbyss]

Yup - I don't want to talk much about 2.3, everyone will talk for me, as all that I'm excited about is the upcoming ROG/NIN.

That said, I do pray that they will bring more than just one class/job, and very soon. Same stuff over and over, with little changes (hunts) Chocobo that got you excited until you give your first Krakka, to see that you only stand there and watch.. all for that ridiculous 9600 xp. (Getting Rank 10 in 2 more weeks, just from the Challenge Log - now that one was a huge innovation, for real!)

I always said that I will stick around until the first expansion. The future better be looking bright. I am enjoying the game, even paying for it for a long time, please don't kill it.

Impress us SE!

[Nabian]

In regards to future expansion remember that we have yet to enter Ishgard. Additionally, There is the entire world left to explore (we are only on a small tiny island). We could conquer the empire, or deal with the doma kindgdom and the viera race (yes that's right I'm calling it now the hooded lady is viera). Also...what happened to the Allagan? perhaps we will find their long lost civilation, or find out they are hell bent on destroying the world but have remained dormant. SOOOO many possibilities. Also look to the sky? How far into the sky? Maybe all the way to the moon?

[KenzieLynch]

"The future of FFXIV: ARR" definitely means more than just patch 2.4

[Verranicus]

I agree, having start over right from launch, to what we have now there is a lot out there. The only thing I hope for is the battle system gets reworked, FFXIV 1.23 battle system was awesome. I hope at some point I can play that battle system again.

They'll never go back to the way 1.0 was. It was outdated and terrible.

[Abraxis]

They got 2.4 to show me they have something else up their sleeve than rushing to coil.

So very much this for me. I logged into the game the day 2.3 came out, i did the quests, ran Syrcus Tower, stabled my Chocobo and trained (watched a cutscene after shoving a carrot in his gob), checked the AH for anything cool, noticed that they added badass looking sword models and bought some for glamour. I then noticed that they added badass armor to the 3...ok 1 new, 2 rehashed, dungeons and wanted to farm them. But then it was brought to my attention that the bosses, yet again, do NOT drop armor or weapons or anything that can actually be equipped by a living being, and instead drop crafting mats...in the current hard content 4 man dungeons...crafting mats...wut. deh. ferk.

And then there's Hunts. Which are just zerg fests like Odin or Behemoth, with one exception...they die in 8 seconds. And to be completely honest, I have not done Coil 2, Levi EX or Ramuh. But I think of it this way, if end game (and i use that loosely) is the ONLY thing XIV has going for it...they're doing it wrong. The WHOLE game should be fun. And at the rate and direction it's going...this isn't.

Anyway, this is a rant for a different thread/subject, which I have a lot more of. But to sum it all up, FFXIV is becoming a boring, grind filled chore for even the littlest task. I'll come back for ROG/NIN and hope it's all that it's cracked up to be. But if that's a bust, then i'll just wait for SAM, and if THAT ends up being a bust, i'm thinking FFXIV is going to be yet another MMO on my "been there, done that" list.

[Starlord]

They'll never go back to the way 1.0 was. It was outdated and terrible.

I never said go back to everything 1.0 had. The only thing was really good out of everything 1.0 had was the battle system 1.23 had. That's all I want from it.

[Colino]

My question regarding the future of ARR would be when can we expect glowstick augemntations for our other weapons too.

Definitely need more glow.