Yoshida/FFXIV Team appreciation

[Demacia]

To Naoki Yoshida and the FFXIV team:

Thank you for striving to create an MMO that has the look, the atmosphere, and the feel of "grand adventure" that I loved about FFXI, but with the features of modern, more streamlined MMOs. You've really changed my mind about this game's future, which I didn't even think would come to exist when playing FFXIV for the first few months. Nearly everything I complained about (even down to the lack of Naoshi Mizuta's composing) at release is being addressed, and as an originally dissatisfied customer I have to say I am very impressed with the work you guys have done.

Looking forward to 2.0 and a new, worthy, addicting Final Fantasy MMO.

[Alkoun]

Seconded!

/10 inb4 negativity

[Starlord]

Third!

/10 I'm with this guy! ^

[Holland]

Excited about 1.20 and Beyond. Thank you Dev Team and Naoki Yoshida for making this game very fun to play.

[zhuge_liang]

Woot! Woot! Go Yoshi-P & Team!

[Ganvire]

+1 for Team Yoshi-P & Co. <3 Love you guys. Keep up the good work!

[Llewelyn]

I've been incredibly impressed by the degree of open communication about plans, and the degree of listening to feedback. All of that is the exact opposite of what SE is known for.

The game isn't completely where I'd like to see it, but I'd be willing to pay now, just because of that. Yoshi-P has earned my trust. This game is getting better and better as each patch rolls in, but just knowing what's going on (and why) is the icing on the cake

[Malakhim]

I've gotta say that 1.19 has left me incredibly satisfied. I decided to start a new character on Mysidia with a friend to have a fresh look at all the new content, and from the first few battles, I felt that the leveling curve and combat felt much closer to what I was originally hoping for(this coming from a dude who was vehemently anti auto-attack). Being able to chain enemies and having enemies link was a pretty big game changer for us.

It only got better once we hit around level 14 and got into our first linkshell. Once we hit level 15 with our new friends, we started running Shopshae, which is still a crazy fun non-stop mob onslaught for our lower leveled classes. With leve allowances and crazy leve parties and behests, we were able to get everyone to level 25 relatively quickly and thus began our march to join the grand companies and eventually grab our own chocobos and challenge Toto-Rak. Well long story short, the bosses of Toto-Rak handed us our own asses, so we quit the place for a bit, but only to emerge victorious 4 levels later!

Going through the companies, seeing all the new plot, and FINALLY grabbing my own chocobo was a very rewarding experience and I love the direction the story is going in, although I can't believe anyone would think that chocobos are somehow easier to acquire in FFXIV. Armed with my trusty steed Altair, I soon set out to explore Eorzea and tag all the aetheryte camps and gates once again.. At least I would have were it not for all the bloody DIREMITES everywhere!

I decided to take a hiatus on the exploration(which was still fruitful and fun thanks to my bird) and focused on building my own unique class(a "dark monk" or as I affectionately call him, "the mob day ruiner"), which given the new battle balancing has been very rewarding and fun in preperation for my linkshell's inevitable first conflict with Ifrit and the total decimation of Toto-Rak once and for all.

To aid in this goal I decided to try both company leves and caravan escorts. I have to say that as the bloodlusting combat system whore I am, I love the thought of having wave after wave of enemy tossed into the fray so I'm appreciative of the company leves save for the guarding one, as I still need to work on my strategy there. Chocobo caravans are something that I thought would be a great addition, and I enjoy them a lot, but I just CAN'T FINISH THEM solo! This is probably a good thing though, and I'll need to "recruit"(sucker) some unsuspecting Maelstrom(where my Storm brothers at!?) members to aid in that endeavor.

All and all I feel overwhelmed with all the stuff I can do right now, and if patch 1.20 serves to amplify that, then I'll be one hell of a happy paying customer. So here's to Yoshi-P and his 250-strong army of developers and here's to the future of FFXIV!

[Zaireeka2025]

I can't stop telling my friends and family how the game (of which I'd never lost faith in) is evolving due to Yoshi's great leadership and vision. The 2.0 announcement surpassed my expectations and I'm thrilled to be a part of its evolution; I can't wait to set foot in the 7th Umbral Age.

Makes me feel like this all over again. Keep it coming team (and that includes the community)!

[Soukyuu]

Even though some changes they did feel rushed, they are still doing a good job cleaning up the mess v1.0 was.
I don't know if I stay and pay yet, but should they keep the promise of 2.0 (especially the alt+tab and finer graphics engine scaling) I'll definitely be back.