As a player who was recently unhappy with the latest patch and has subsequently decided to stop playing, a friend directed me to your latest batch of updates regarding the redesign of XIV. I have to say taking on a feat of this task while the game is live I am most impressed.

I am curious as to the differences between the Luminous Engine compared to Crystal Tools, I know Luminous is DX11 capable and would like assurances that the games redevelopment will include features that were currently left out of the current version of FFXIV. I assume with the recent videos that have been released you are developing FFXIV in the Luminous engine since it was designed by SE as a replacement to the horrid Crystal Tools engine you initially used on the game. What i would like to know is the following...

1. Are you actually using Luminous to develop the game, or did you license another engine out to redevelop FFXIV 2.0 thus incorporating DX11 capabilities into the engine?

2. With DX11 capabilities present should you be switching over to Luminous, will you incorporate proper development to take full use of Quad, 6 and 8 core processors to alleviate some of the issues that plagued FFXIV version 1.0?

3. Will you incorporate proper programming to allow full use of SLI/Crossfire setups on the PC version allowing for greater than 60 fps on proper setups?

4. With the redevelopment of the client is it possible to have the new PC client stop time-stamping 2-300 files every 60-90 seconds as that was causing variable lag on some systems forcing people to upgrade there HDD to SSD to stop said itinerant lag?

5. What types of hardware will you be testing on to verify that GPU temps will not spike like they did in FFXIV 1.0?

6. Is the new UI pic concept art or was that an actual picture of what we can expect from FFXIV 2.0?

7. Will there be a return option in the future to replace our current physical hard media copies. Some NA/EU ISP have bandwidth caps and downloading 6+GB of Data every time we need to install is not the most optimal option. Will there be a replacement option for our hard media should we want new physical disks?

8. Are you developing FFXIV primarily for PC or PS3 will FFXIV be a PS3 client ported to PC or vice versa, SE in the past has used PS2/3 limitations as an excuse not to do certain things to the game or implement certain features.

I understand answering question number 6 may be hard to do because of the current state of development. As someone who left the game you have finally done what was asked and for that I am happy.

I also understand that because of this I will miss out on some of the new storyline but that is my choice. I refuse to pay for a Beta that is currently in development after the last year or so, not to mention your horrid FFXIV payment options still have not been resolved.

I as a consumer have lost a great much faith in your company recently with the purchases of XII, XIII, and XIV all products I have thus far been unhappy with, and am hoping that this redesign will restore said faith. I look forward to hopeful responses from you in regards to some if not all of these questions.

Should you properly fix the game and client with this new revision of FFXIV I will return as a loyal customer, should you not, then well we shall cross that bridge when we arrive there.

For those unaware of Luminous Engine and what it is capable of I will link you to the IGN article where SEE debuted the new engine in Tokyo on Oct 12th.

http://games.ign.com/articles/119/1199800p1.html