.:::More Combat Less Cosmetic:::.

[FeliAiko]

Yoshi has mentioned enough times how they're lacking in developers for the battle side of things. If I recall, it was cited as one of the reasons why they're unable to set up 3 versions of 8 man raids (despite wanting to do so). With that said, more attention towards battle content would be nice to have.

[WinterLuna]

Yoshi has mentioned enough times how they're lacking in developers for the battle side of things.

I'm not claiming to know how much SE are making before anyone jumps down my throat - but surely they should look into improving this? Again, I don't know, but our subscriptions are on the average side of pricing and the cash shop is pretty expensive (considering the amount of people who use the cash shop).

[Lambdafish]

but surely they should look into improving this?

The issue is funding. I'm not sure if XIV is even profitable yet after 1.0, and that is why SE (the publisher, not yoshi Ps team) is so hesitant to give them more resources. I'm sure Yoshi P has fought for them, and one day he might get them, but that is the current situation.

[WinterLuna]

The issue is funding. I'm not sure if XIV is even profitable yet after 1.0, and that is why SE (the publisher, not yoshi Ps team) is so hesitant to give them more resources. I'm sure Yoshi P has fought for them, and one day he might get them, but that is the current situation.

I hope they can soon improve it! It's a shame

[Lambdafish]

I hope they can soon improve it! It's a shame

I've waited 3 years for that to improve, I thought it would after 3.0, but it seems to have gotten worse. Perhaps after 4.0, but I'm not holding out hope

[Theplatter]

I've waited 3 years for that to improve, I thought it would after 3.0, but it seems to have gotten worse. Perhaps after 4.0, but I'm not holding out hope

FFXV and FFVII remake (episodes) say hello.

[Lambdafish]

FFXV and FFVII remake (episodes) say hello.

I was watching the FFXV uncovered like it was a big pile of burning money

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You don't know that this is how it works. The XIV team is based in the SE building in Japan, in the same building that other SE games are made. Many people move about and work on different games at a time when not needed, and this is how budget can be distributed, game developers typically are not paid a set salary, but rather their contract is per game, rather than per year, and it is easy to get laid off/move around between projects. In an MMO, I assume that patches work the same, and if the budget for a particular patch is distributed to have more fluff than battle content then the people talking about %s are right. You are also correct that the fluff staff can't work on battle content, but the way it likely works is that people move between projects, and people from other projects come onto the team if needed.

Look up Ubisofts 'Limbo' room, its a sad and scary thing