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

[Starlord]

http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...2c968b06c728df

Themes:

- Exploring patch 2.3
- The future of FFXIV: ARR
- Questions for Lead Planner Nobuaki Komoto

This live letter seems to be more about what we will see from FFXIV for the future ( Roadmap?!)

Maybe they will talk about major changes, that the majority doesn't like.

I am scared and excited at the same time on what will happen.

[Kallera]

http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...2c968b06c728df

Themes:

- Exploring patch 2.3
- The future of FFXIV: ARR
- Questions for Lead Planner Nobuaki Komoto

This live letter seems to be more about what we will see from FFXIV for the future ( Roadmap?!)

Maybe they will talk about major changes, that the majority doesn't like.

I am scared and excited at the same time on what will happen.

For the first time I don't really have questions. The future doesn't look all that enticing with the way things have gone IMO.

[Aeonblade]

Interested to see what is in store for us. As a new player on my way to 50, this game has more content that I can look forward too than nearly any other modern MMO out there.

Personally, I'm excited to see what the future holds.

[Starlord]

Interested to see what is in store for us. As a new player on my way to 50, this game has more content that I can look forward too than nearly any other modern MMO out there.

Personally, I'm excited to see what the future holds.

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.

[Jasiwel]

I'm curious to see where they go with Coil. They've progressed relatively deep with the story and it ties in with 1.0 pretty well atm. That said, what is there to do after it ends? Where will the top difficult content be?

Crystal Tower is going to see its end soonish because (as FFIII goes) The Dark World should come next in the CT saga. I'm excited for it, but it marks the end of this series. Of course, we haven't even had an "expansion" in the traditional sense yet, so there is always potential for that. If SE wants to drag on the CT saga though, I'm okay with that. I thoroughly enjoy it.

[Aeonblade]

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.

I never played 1.0 or any other version, is there a video or can you give a description about what was different/better? Genuinely curious!

[Nephera]

"We're proud to announce that Eorzea will be open to everyone in our new update Final Fantasy XIV:A realm free to play."


(Not really, they've probably got another few years before they even consider that)

[Hulan]

I'm curious to see where they go with Coil. They've progressed relatively deep with the story and it ties in with 1.0 pretty well atm. That said, what is there to do after it ends? Where will the top difficult content be?

This is a fairly interesting question. My knee-jerk reaction is that it will be like any long running MMO and the expansion will release a new story line, complete with new villains to fight and new dungeons to crawl; completely separate from 2.x content. On the other hand, FFXIV seems to have made a tradition of continuing one long, on-going, story line. I would not be surprised if the next big tier in difficulty was somehow related to the Coil. Given the things we currently have to work with - what information we have about the world - I personally would go with a raid on the Void. They've set up the possibility well between the main plot, the Crystal Tower plot, and the primal stuff. They could very easily make it necessary to raid a small section of the Void.

[Starlord]

I never played 1.0 or any other version, is there a video or can you give a description about what was different/better? Genuinely curious!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkbYeaUqcr4

This is the battle system which every action has a cooldown. FFXIV ARR battle system All except a select few actions are under the same cooldown. ( Meaning every action you take, you have to wair 2.5 secs before you select another action.

With 1.23 battle system, every action has it's own cooldown. Meaning you have to plan what action to use and when to use it.

[Aeonblade]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkbYeaUqcr4

This is the battle system which every action has a cooldown. FFXIV ARR battle system All except a select few actions are under the same cooldown. ( Meaning every action you take, you have to wair 2.5 secs before you select another action.

With 1.23 battle system, every action has it's own cooldown. Meaning you have to plan what action to use and when to use it.

Ahh, okay yea that's kind of cool. I'd like to get a shot at playing that too, but I do like the battle system we have in ARR as well. Hmmm.