Bad communication

[Vidu]

Personnally I hate when nothing is said. I can't know if I might enjoy a game if I can't really see what it is about. Annuncing an expansion without showing much is like taking profit of your liking for the game to make you buy something you are not sure to enjoy. That's why I barely buy any game without having played a demo first.

Then wait two days after release, read the tests and patch notes and decided after that wether you want to buy the game or not. Easy as that. If you're only after information on wether or not you want to buy the game, that should work out fine.

Personally I dont care about all this preview-stuff when it comes to this game - I enjoy playing FFXIV for almost 4 years now, I know SB isnt going to change that, so why should I be worried about buying it? Even with the changes coming, it will be "more of the same" in the greater context. I dont need or even want to see every dungeon beforehand.

I get that people want to be excited and want to be given reasons to be excited and from what I can tell: we got plenty of information during the last few months. People really need to calm down about this and how they didnt got to know everything before the expansion goes live.
"Nothing has been said" is so, so wrong...

[Claviusnex]

Personally I dont care about all this preview-stuff when it comes to this game

I don't care for it much either. To me it kind of ruins the surprise of seeing the new content for the first time so I avoid it as much as I can. I like the franchise which hasn't disappointed me to date so I see no reason it should in the future as long as the same folks keep running things.

[Etisha]

If you think Square's communication is bad, you have not been following how silent Blizzard is to their player base. Coming from WoW, I'm overwhelmed with how chatty and nice and social the devs (and players, for that matter) in this game are. Be thankful that it's as good as it is!

[RichardButte]

If you think Square's communication is bad, you have not been following how silent Blizzard is to their player base. Coming from WoW, I'm overwhelmed with how chatty and nice and social the devs (and players, for that matter) in this game are. Be thankful that it's as good as it is!

Holy crap, THIS.

Also, I'm far less concerned about communication and more concerned about how often the developers actually listen to us, and for the most part, the XIV team has been doing exactly what the players have asked for at nearly every turn.

[Tsukino]

You should have seen what it was like for FFXI. Uphill, both ways, snow, etc.

[Lexia]

You should have seen what it was like for FFXI. Uphill, both ways, snow, etc.

Oh yea XI update process was horrible, it could turn into a whole day process just trying to update.

[RukiaFae]

This is really becoming the microwave generation. People want everything right now. SE's job is to promote and hype up the game, not give you every little deal about it. Reporters provide you with some inside scoops and their personal review. If you can't decide to get the game from the information you received then you wait until after the release to make your decision. This is the whole purpose of an early release. The people who know what they want get to experience the game early and then hype it up more for others to buy it after the actual release.

What more do you people want? They have given us everything except the final actions specification (because one those could change and two they don't really matter to the public aka people who don't already own the game). The only thing we are missing is for them to show us the complete story line.

[Rinuko]

The only thing im disappointed about when it comes to communcation is the lack of information about DoL/DoH since they are undergoing some changes according to the preliminary notes.

But again, I wouldn't make a Q_Q thread on a forum about it.

[Felis]

The only thing im disappointed about when it comes to communcation is the lack of information about DoL/DoH since they are undergoing some changes according to the preliminary notes.

But again, I wouldn't make a Q_Q thread on a forum about it.

Have I missed something? Except some QoL things (like no GP cap on non-DoL) they still work like before 4.0
The only big change is the return of the spears for fishers.
And SE spoiled that infos some weeks ago already with the picture of the Fisher AF.

[RaijinSupreme]

like... the patch notes are out.

Have you tried like.. not being upset all the time?