Letter from the Producer, XXIII (01/23/2012)

[Koku]

Glad the team had a good New Year. Cannot wait for some info on 1.21. Hope all is well Yoshida-san~

[Nakiamiie]

(Although There actually seems to be nothing about FFXIV in this letter)

And your point is?
I'm happy to know about what they did, it helps get a more personal touch with us.
They are humans, not robots. Especially after all the bashing they sometime receive, enjoying a nice time outside work and letting the players know how they are doing is great.

[DeadRiser]

I laugh at the whole community.

I won't be like half the community and kiss *** saying that I'm happy that he tells us how life is and whatnot. Yeah it's nice to see that he's doing alright, I can understand that. But we are also paying customers that want to know what is happening to our game.

What happened to the poll? I've been waiting patiently to see what he has planned for the future and what the poll is actually about. I want to know what he wants to do about the server merges/changes. What about the next patch? If you weren't upset about seeing this instead of information on the next patch, you are lying to yourself lol. I won't lie like everyone else and say "Oh my god, NA community sucks" blah blah blah. I'm sure there are other people in other places just as pissed/annoyed. The NA community is vocal about a game they are now paying for. Blogs/personal experiences should go in a blog section IMO and not another letter. I was so happy to see Letter from the Producer on the lodestone when I got out of class. Then I was annoyed. It was a cute read, but I don't really think it's necessary lol.

And to the people calling everyone trolls/***holes/stupid and defending the letter, you aren't doing anything for your cause. Your just digging the same hole everyone else is.

[Skies]

I want to know what he wants to do about the server merges/changes. What about the next patch?

Bayohne already gave us a status update on the server transfer:

Greetings,

As Estellios mentioned, we posted some words from Yoshida on the current plan in December. In that post, we said we'd be watching the population numbers in January and planning how to proceed from there. We also said we might have an update around mid-January, but I wanted to let you know that there is a slight delay with that and we plan on making further details known as soon as we can.

Also, despite the length, that post sums up to "We're going to be late about our next update"

[Rizon]

The pettiness of people in these forums continues to amaze me. This was clearly a "Touch Base" post intended to show that they have not forgotten us with the start of the new year. I see no problem with that and, in fact, I am glad for it.
As far as supplying information is concerned I keep track of the Community Reps postings. More and more over the last 6 months we have been getting information from the individule developement groups through the Reps. Even Yoshi-P is using the forums more then long posts to update us. I would expect this to increase as time goes on. Up until the holiday break there was always a couple of posts a week from them with new information. As we get closer to the release of Ver 2.0 and the workload increases informational Letters from the Producer will be more like the upcomming update to changes for Ver 1.21 and progress reports on the developements for Ver 2.0. The individual developement groups will be providing us with information concerning the current game.
As for those of you who decided to use this post to rail against Ver 1.20b it did exactly what the letter patches were designed to do, implement things that were not ready in time for the main patch and to fix problems that were discovered as a result of the patch
This letter did offer 1 subtle hint. With Ver 1.21 scheduled in about 3 weeks <according to the roadmap> the updated changes for Ver 1.21 will be posted soon. Let the guesing begin.

[Fated]

I don't understand where the 1.20b hate is stemming from either. When have we EVER gotten a "b" patch that did virtually anything except for a minor fix here and there? I'm one of the anti-Goobbue members of the forum, but I still recognize the fact that introducing a new mount in 1.20b was probably the biggest thing a "b" patch has ever done to date.

[BolterAura]

No update about 1.21 since weeks? You need to read more
http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com...ndex.html#news

I read just fine thanks. A lore update on Limsa chocobo barding just didn't count as "meaningful update" to me.

[Chrees]

I read just fine thanks. A lore update on Limsa chocobo barding just didn't count as "meaningful update" to me.

Something about trash somehow being treasure...

[Forerunner]

I read just fine thanks. A lore update on Limsa chocobo barding just didn't count as "meaningful update" to me.

I agree. Cosmetic changes? yeah k. thats what this game needs

[Skies]

I agree. Cosmetic changes? yeah k. thats what this game needs

Given that by 2.0 chocobos will be in fact be combat companions, the groundwork for the system that will more than likely be their equipment setup is... Pretty meaningful to me?