What I want

[captainpicard]

I would rather have a visible looking for group flag and /search system similar to FFXI than an Ifrit battle.

I would rather have a lag-free client-side UI and RMT then a server-side UI and little RMT

I would rather take a WHM tele-taxi than deal with Anima and Aethryte Stones

I would rather grind in 6 man parties on mobs of my my groups choice then do leve's.

I would rather have smaller zones than giant ones that aren't varied

I would rather have the camera direction keys on the arrow keys then IJKL

I would rather have an auction house than a market ward

I would rather have a primary job and a sub job, than 20 job skills on a single job

I would rather have a trinity than a hodge podge

All in all, I would rather the dev's focus on these simple things that would make all the difference in the world than new NM's, summer events, and "instanced dungeons"

Oh, and WHERE IS THE BARD?

[SAMINUS]

I want chocolate... lots and lots of chocolate

[Morticous]

so you want FFXI? I wouldn't mind if they put all of those things in FFXIV.

[Kinseykinz]

I would rather have a visible looking for group flag and /search system similar to FFXI than an Ifrit battle.

I would rather have a lag-free client-side UI and RMT then a server-side UI and little RMT

I would rather take a WHM tele-taxi than deal with Anima and Aethryte Stones

I would rather grind in 6 man parties on mobs of my my groups choice then do leve's.

I would rather have smaller zones than giant ones that aren't varied

I would rather have the camera direction keys on the arrow keys then IJKL

I would rather have an auction house than a market ward

I would rather have a primary job and a sub job, than 20 job skills on a single job

I would rather have a trinity than a hodge podge

All in all, I would rather the dev's focus on these simple things that would make all the difference in the world than new NM's, summer events, and "instanced dungeons"

Oh, and WHERE IS THE BARD?

SE made that game already. It's called FFXI and it's still playable. I personally didn't like that game for some of the very reasons you do. Different strokes for different folks.

[captainpicard]

SE made that game already. It's called FFXI and it's still playable. I personally didn't like that game for some of the very reasons you do. Different strokes for different folks.

So in essence you don't want simplified grouping, you want lag, you like being limited by anima, you enjoy leve's which kick immersion in the teeth, you think the current keyboard setup is intuitave, you like sprawling giant zones with cut and paste gfx and no means of rapid transport, you feel the market wards are an efficient timely way to shop and sell, and you enjoy a lack of character direction/value?

Oh and you DONT WANT A BARD?!?!?!?!!?!?

[Pulseczar]

I want to be surrounded by Roegadyn in subligar. We all have dreams.

[SAMINUS]

So in essence you don't want simplified grouping, you want lag, you like being limited by anima, you enjoy leve's which kick immersion in the teeth, you think the current keyboard setup is intuitave, you like sprawling giant zones with cut and paste gfx and no means of rapid transport, you feel the market wards are an efficient timely way to shop and sell, and you enjoy a lack of character direction/value?

Oh and you DONT WANT A BARD?!?!?!?!!?!?

Not a good idea to post your wants on these boards captain. Nobody cares what anyone else wants but themselves. So there is a high chance your wants will get shot down. But a more important want is chocolate. And it appears that I am the only person who wants it.. fine all for mee!!

[Renshi]

Ugh... gonna take these pieces of paper carefully...
*stomps to captainpicard accidentally and let some pieces of paper fall on the ground*

ジョブシステムで実装予定しているジョブは、決定しているものが、ナイト、モンク、白魔導士、黒魔導士、竜騎士、吟遊詩人（ジョブ名はすべて仮称）※たぶん、戦士を言い忘れたと思われる。
For job system the jobs that are planned and decided are Paladin, Monk, White Mage, Black Mage, Dragoon, Bard (Job names are temporary) *Probably forgot to say Warrior.

*takes the pieces of paper*

Whoops, sorry, my bad!

[Delsus]

So in essence you don't want simplified grouping, you want lag, you like being limited by anima, you enjoy leve's which kick immersion in the teeth, you think the current keyboard setup is intuitave, you like sprawling giant zones with cut and paste gfx and no means of rapid transport, you feel the market wards are an efficient timely way to shop and sell, and you enjoy a lack of character direction/value?

Oh and you DONT WANT A BARD?!?!?!?!!?!?

Ok lemme break this down for you, they are adding chocos and airships in 1.19, so anima wont be as much of a problem

Leves are not the focus anymore, most people i know havent done any after 1.18 came out.

Reps have said they are looking into keyboard controls.

The zones are going to be changed in the reforms, probably not smaller ones but i would say less copy/paste.

I have already addressed the transport.

Market wards will be constantly worked on to improve them where needed.

Character direction will be changing with jobs, and changes to classes.

In an issue of Famitsu they discuss jobs with Yoshi-P and I believe bard was one of them.

Read the updates since you quit playing before you post these please.

[captainpicard]

Ok lemme break this down for you, they are adding chocos and airships in 1.19, so anima wont be as much of a problem

Leves are not the focus anymore, most people i know havent done any after 1.18 came out.

Reps have said they are looking into keyboard controls.

The zones are going to be changed in the reforms, probably not smaller ones but i would say less copy/paste.

I have already addressed the transport.

Market wards will be constantly worked on to improve them where needed.

Character direction will be changing with jobs, and changes to classes.

In an issue of Famitsu they discuss jobs with Yoshi-P and I believe bard was one of them.

Read the updates since you quit playing before you post these please.

Thats all nice but,

Keyboard could have been fixed 10 months ago.

Chocobo's and Airships could have taken priority over holiday events and NM's

Zone reforms could have already occurred rather than not considering the delay in transportation

Market Wards continuing improvement would be "delete market wards, insert auction house"

I don't take direction from Famitsu, I thought thats what these developer run forums were for, so where is that on this forum regarding Bard? And with that said, adding Bard shouldn't be a priority when a basic issue like building a group is still "under development"

The reason I am voicing these issues is because the progress to date does not inspire confidence. The developers focus has been misplaced. They need to fix these core game mechanics, not be adding content. You can't build a house without a foundation.