To the Devs: Communication is failing!

[Sephrick]

The negativity has been a slow burn since the combined announcement that they're charging us but that the game won't be up to snuff for another year.

That said, there's not much they can do. No amount of information will be enough as there will be more questions than answers till 2.0 is out.

This negativity is the reaction that comes from people slowly realizing that they can do no more than wait and choose to pay about $160 for some prequel lore or pack it in and come back next year.

The development team is between a rock and a hard place. They can make detailed promises now, and possibly disappoint later; or keep quiet now, and seem methodical and concise later. Either way, they're going to lose people. What it boils down to is acceptable loss, which staying tight-lipped now will provide.

What they really need to do is focus on meeting their own deadlines. Since 1.18 they've had a terrible time doing so. Which looks far worse than keeping specific information a secret.

After all, no one but themselves are setting these goals, so attaining them should be easy.

[Rutelor]

The development team is between a rock and a hard place. They can make detailed promises now, and possibly disappoint later; or keep quiet now, and seem methodical and concise later. Either way, they're going to lose people. What it boils down to is acceptable loss, which staying tight-lipped now will provide.

Very good points all! Your post is full of insight, none sharper than the statement quoted above. I just hope they don't resort to oversimplifying the game for the sake of procedural consistency. That would be extremely sad indeed.

R

[Holland]

The negativity has been a slow burn since the combined announcement that they're charging us but that the game won't be up to snuff for another year. .

There has never been this "combined" announcement that you speak off. Please leave your opinion out when you're trying to quote anyone.

There is an announcement that fees are starting next month, nothing on your "second" one though.

[Sephrick]

There has never been this "combined" announcement that you speak off. Please leave your opinion out when you're trying to quote anyone.

There is an announcement that fees are starting next month, nothing on your "second" one though.

By combined I mean they told us in the same announcement that 2.0 was coming out in late 2012 and that they'd be starting subscriptions shortly after 1.20. Not sure how you can accuse me of making up anything there as not only was it a major to do here but Yoshida literally flew around the world to discuss it.

Saying it won't be "up to snuff" till then isn't so much an opinion when the new defacto community rep/dev response is "we'll fix it in 2.0."

[Rubicon]

The negativity has been a slow burn since the combined announcement that they're charging us but that the game won't be up to snuff for another year.

That said, there's not much they can do. No amount of information will be enough as there will be more questions than answers till 2.0 is out.

This negativity is the reaction that comes from people slowly realizing that they can do no more than wait and choose to pay about $160 for some prequel lore or pack it in and come back next year.

The development team is between a rock and a hard place. They can make detailed promises now, and possibly disappoint later; or keep quiet now, and seem methodical and concise later. Either way, they're going to lose people. What it boils down to is acceptable loss, which staying tight-lipped now will provide.

What they really need to do is focus on meeting their own deadlines. Since 1.18 they've had a terrible time doing so. Which looks far worse than keeping specific information a secret.

After all, no one but themselves are setting these goals, so attaining them should be easy.

Ignore dude because you are 100% right. SE can either lose players due to trying to please people and under-delivering later or by disappointing us now and making a tight product in the end. I'd rather leave now and come back when it's ready. It goes back to the devs meeting the deadlines which is hard to do with so much QQ-ing over the rebuilding the team is trying to do. Why don't we accept that FFXIV 1.0 is not the game we are looking for.