February 5th Announcement, Realistic Expectations Thread

[MachaYum]

2 more days, everyone. I’m looking forward to seeing what “high expectations” means to Yoshida.

[Yencat]

I’m looking forward to seeing what “high expectations” means to Yoshida.

Glitter stickers for gpose, please look forward to it.

[Recon1o6]

Glitter stickers for gpose, please look forward to it.

as much as i wish this wasn't the case and the ui team could spend time doing something more useful to the majority (fishing tug fix for power/precision on certain fish, magic/physical split, retainers) it probably will be.
currently they have a big project on for slo mo in gpose.

[linayar]

2 more days, everyone. I’m looking forward to seeing what “high expectations” means to Yoshida.

Looking at the words in context with the question asked of Yoshida:

Gamer Escape: In February you’ll be hosting the Final Fantasy XIV Showcase, and of course we’re expecting something special. Given that Fan Fest was not able to happen, should we expect something similar to that in terms of announcements? Might we see three Fan Fests worth of new information, or might we see things a bit more spread out? Additionally, how many shirts can we expect you to wear?

Naoki Yoshida: Shirts!! Come to think of it, I don’t think I wore very many T-shirts this year…

The Announcement Showcase is meant to be a platform for a large announcement, so feel free to have high expectations. Although we will be revealing a significant amount of information at the Announcement Showcase, we do have a digital Fan Festival planned in May, where we’ll have even more information to announce.

In any case, I didn’t realize my T-shirts were a topic of discussion for players. Guess I should start thinking about my wardrobe early… (laughs)

It would seem to me that it's more referring to how many announcements we're getting as compared to what we would've gotten with three fan festivals. So, with a digital fan festival coming later, a high expectation for this week's event would likely mean a minimum number of announcements equaling to at least 1.5 fan festivals (not counting repeat announcements that they would have for the second and third fan festivals).

If it's really about the number of announcements like the context would suggest, then it doesn't necessarily have anything to do with fulfilling specific fan requests. At the same time, it would include expected announcements (new MSQ, new raid/trial/dungeon, etc.), which could still be considered large announcements (in significance for fans of the game, not just large in number) depending on the details provided.

[Lauront]

Looking at the words in context with the question asked of Yoshida:



It would seem to me that it's more referring to how many announcements we're getting as compared to what we would've gotten with three fan festivals. So, with a digital fan festival coming later, a high expectation for this week's event would likely mean a minimum number of announcements equaling to at least 1.5 fan festivals (not counting repeat announcements that they would have for the second and third fan festivals).

That's what I believe he's probably referring to as well, but there's some ambiguity in the phrasing. It could've been worded more clearly. Either way, I am going in with rather minimal expectations.

[Vahlnir]

Looking at the words in context with the question asked of Yoshida:



It would seem to me that it's more referring to how many announcements we're getting as compared to what we would've gotten with three fan festivals. So, with a digital fan festival coming later, a high expectation for this week's event would likely mean a minimum number of announcements equaling to at least 1.5 fan festivals (not counting repeat announcements that they would have for the second and third fan festivals).

If it's really about the number of announcements like the context would suggest, then it doesn't necessarily have anything to do with fulfilling specific fan requests. At the same time, it would include expected announcements (new MSQ, new raid/trial/dungeon, etc.), which could still be considered large announcements (in significance for fans of the game, not just large in number) depending on the details provided.

Yeah, I'm not expecting him to give us the earth, moon and stars. But I am expecting some pretty big stuff. Maybe not a ton of it, but what will be announced will in my opinion be very significant.