Dissapointed With The Live Letter

[Sathona]

I wouldn't bother quoting MrKusakabe because chances of a reply are near zero.
Not naming and shaming, but in another thread he stated:

Judging by what ive read i dont care if he answers or reads it,my post was more general than strictly directed to him.
Same goes for the OP but hes a hypocrite anyway and ppl know it xD

[Barraind]

Many MMO players would kill to get this type of stuff SE does with QnA and Live Letters

Ehhhh, I dont know about that.

Things Squeenix covers in liveletters are covered by most other Devs as forum announcements, forum conversations or on PTR/Beta realms, all of which 14 avoids like the plague.


We put up with 6 months worth of "tee hee we arent giving you all the info, please to be looking forward to it" prior to an expansion where EVERY other major mmo (except runescape) makes all of that available to everyone in one sitting about that many months out, and lets people interact with it before the patch or expansion launches.


I consider "thats something we dont know if we can do" a non answer. If you ask yes or no questions and get "if the stars align perfectly we might consider it" as an answer, you didnt actually learn anything.

I would love a True Support Role but FFXIV is stuck in the holy Trinity system

Theres no third leg to the trinity in 14. Its a binary here. Theres no reliable crowd control to speak of.

[linay]

I consider "thats something we dont know if we can do" a non answer. If you ask yes or no questions and get "if the stars align perfectly we might consider it" as an answer, you didnt actually learn anything.

You've learned that it's not off the table, just not a priority for now, so there is value to keep asking about it so the developer know it is still desired. It's not like they've never given a direct yes/no answer before.

[Noodle_Trinidad]

Many MMO players would kill to get this type of stuff SE does with QnA and Live Letters

Except this isn't something rare. Many companies do this and XIV's is probably one of the most sterile in regards to dev/community interaction. It's filled with generally non-answers even with things related to the lore. Hell they couldn't even give a straight answer to the Sandwich question last Live Letter, a waste of a question imo. With the way most companies are pushing for Games as a Service you start noticing XIV isn't unique with their presentation.

If you really want to present an interaction between devs and the community that every company should strive for then Warframe would take the cake with its biweekly Devstreams generally filled with info outside of story spoilers. What SE does with XIV is passable at best.