A Recent Yoshi-P Post that probably needs to be read (Translation)

[MysteriousRonin]

Fixed that for you.

Anyway, all three missing gender/race combinations are coming with 2.0, at which time everyone will also have the chance to go through the character customization again and re-choose their race, hair, eyes, etc.

It's all in the outlines. Jesus people, learn to read...



http://wdl.square-enix.com/ffxiv/dow...Content_EN.pdf



http://wdl.square-enix.com/ffxiv/dow...Outline_EN.pdf

They're Mithra, deal with it.

So we can choose names for our characters when re-customizing? There's no evidence that it will be possible. I play on the unofficial RP server and am very picky about what each of my characters names are.

Also, I read the info released a few times and nowhere does it say when the Male Mithra will be released, 2.0 is not specific enough because 2.0 is being gradually released over the next year.

You've gone and made yourself look foolish.

[Coldbrand]

Can anyone CM tell the dev team I want the option to have blank eyes again like Galka F8B did? I miss my soulless looking eyes.

[Chrees]

They're Mithra, deal with it.

So we can choose names for our characters when re-customizing? There's no evidence that it will be possible. I play on the unofficial RP server and am very picky about what each of my characters names are.

Also, I read the info released a few times and nowhere does it say when the Male Mithra will be released, 2.0 is not specific enough because 2.0 is being gradually released over the next year.

You've gone and made yourself look foolish.

I was just trying to be snarky with the Mithra comment, but it looks like someone took it a little too seriously. This isn't FFXI anymore. They're called Miqo'te. It's as simple as that.

I'd imagine you would be able to rename your character, seeing as how there are quite a few players who have names based on their race. But no, there's no concrete evidence that suggests this.

As for the release date of male Miqo'te, I gave you the quotes where it very clearly states when they'll be released. How much clearer than "for version 2.0" do you want them to get? It shows in the roadmap when 2.0 is going to be officially released, which is about a year from now...all you have to do is put two and two together. Nowhere does it say that 2.0 will gradually be released over the next year. The content we'll be getting until 2.0 hits will be unique to the game we're playing now, with most of it not being playable after the redesign. I think you need to go back and re-read it one more time...

Pot, meet kettle.

[Anapingofness]

Exclusivity is not being unique.... I don't believe that with the information of anything but a FF game.

Firstly let me begin by saying a word of thanks to you Dawiichan for a rather in depth rebuttal. It must have taken a bit of time to go point by point.

That being said it is clear to me that the point I was trying to get across wasn’t being understood. The fault lies with me and for that I apologize.

Allow me to clarify and possibly rephrase so that I am understood better. I will do my best to be brief however in an effort to be better understood the post may become somewhat lengthy.

It is not so much the point that SE is “taking WoW concepts” as SE is doing it in a rather arse backwards manner.

It is completely irrelevant if WoW/Blizzard had coined any of these terms or if they had simply taken them. In fact, many of us know that WoW has taken from other games before whether that is an idea for mounts or the idea for storyline. It really doesn’t matter.

What matters is that WoW right now is the “best” MMO out there. By best I mean it is the one that is the most popular and as a result brings in the most money. That last part is the really important part in this.

As of right now FFXIV is the worst MMO out there. On a scale of 1 to 100, with 1 being the best and 100 being the worst- FFXIV is at number 100. It goes without saying that WoW would then be Number 1.

This is because when the game launched is was far beyond sub par without even the most basic/standard of functions. However, I will not go into those. I think by now we all know what they are.

Let’s get back on track.

It is because FFXIV is in such a pickle that it will be seen as taking from WoW. SE appears to be fairly desperate and not only that but it follows simple logic. If WoW is Number 1 then you will take the things that make it Number 1 and adapt it to your game.

Unfortunately, in my opinion, SE has strayed too far from what makes an FF title an FF title. Certainly, FFXIV is a beautiful game- that was one thing that even the bad reviews agreed on.

That being said, people wouldn’t have as much of a problem about SE “taking WoW mechanics” if it didn’t feel as if they were going further and further away from the FF feel that we all grew up with.

You pointed out that the description of PVP felt as if it was describing the PVP FFXI had? To that I say, by God I hope you’re right.
Unfortunately when I read those notes all I could interpreted it as “WoW mechanics… really? D= What about all of the FF-ness? Where is it going? Are they completely ignoring the 9 years worth of experience they’ve gotten from FFXI?”

Clearly, I wasn’t the only one. Perhaps the fault isn’t entirely with me.

Perhaps the fault may lie with the vagueness of the statements that can clearly be linked to WoW (for the aforementioned reasons) without the explanation of how it will fit into the FFXIV world? How will these choices effect the community? Such as the Content Finder being cross all servers vs just one.

I think that this is a good question to ask at the next LIVE letter. Can he clarify/explain some of those statements?

Maybe that will help douse some of the anger felt by the fans who feel cheated and more than a little betrayed?

I will say one more thing, Yoshida-san has given us a lot of information. This much is true. However, to me, it is not enough. I look at the PDF's and ask "What exactly is Parlay going to become" or "What does Character System mean?" or "What does Large Scale PVP mean?"

They may seem like silly questions but I don't know if that means that we'll be able to make our characters chubby, short, pick the size of their eyes or bewbs or what? I mean, do we get sliders or will we still be picking from preset models and swatches?

Hopefully we get more choices but then again, we could get less. Giving us a bit more information wouldn't hurt, just enough so that you don't have as many people claiming it is "becoming a WoW clone".
I realize that you can't make everyone happy but right now... we're all this game's got and there's not that many of us. Not enough to keep it afloat and unfortunately because of the situation it's losing a staggering amount of players.

I apologize for the long read, I did try to make it brief. I hope this explained my views better.

[Alerith]

I have a genuine question about Yoshida himself....

Is this his first project as a producer? He's really been doing a fantastic job in many aspects from managing the dev team to communicating with the players. In all honesty, he's not like a typical producer, and I'm wondering if the fact that he's a true gamer himself is the contributing factor to the leaps and bounds the game has made since took over.