So everyones talking about the lottery what about our own personal island?

[HisShadowX]

So yeah, when they announced we were going to get our own personal instanced Island I was excited. I decided to come back in Feburary because I figured the launch was going to have issues and of course my own personal island is not there. Now people are upset about the lottery system, but I only care about my personal island.

When are we getting that? I don't want to compete with the housing system as is.

[LittleImp]

They're releasing in 6.2 IIRC, which should be coming out in august or september.

[IdowhatIwant]

So yeah, when they announced we were going to get our own personal instanced Island I was excited. I decided to come back in Feburary because I figured the launch was going to have issues and of course my own personal island is not there. Now people are upset about the lottery system, but I only care about my personal island.

When are we getting that? I don't want to compete with the housing system as is.

Island is probably not going to be what you think it is

[Frizze]

All that theyve said about the island since announcing it is that you should lower your expectations. And that it will most likely be part of the 6.2x patch content. So august-october. But dont expect much.

[Lauront]

All that theyve said about the island since announcing it is that you should lower your expectations.

Oh, they have no need to worry there... already doing that.

[LukaRoselia]

All that theyve said about the island since announcing it is that you should lower your expectations. And that it will most likely be part of the 6.2x patch content. So august-october. But dont expect much.

They should honestly just can it then. That's not something you want to hear from game developers.

[Knot_D]

They should honestly just can it then. That's not something you want to hear from game developers.

Because player's expectation is way beyond the reality, often, so of course devs had to put PSA like that.

[Krotoan]

They should honestly just can it then. That's not something you want to hear from game developers.

Managing customer expectations realistically is a very uncommon thing.. but is not BAD. I would much rather hear "It's not as feature rich as you guys seem to think" or "If you are expecting animal crossing you should scale that back" than "I AM SO EXCITED FOR ISLAND SANCTUARY! IT'S GOING TO BE FABULOUS!". Overhyping and vagueboosts aren't good for overall quality.

You want the case for the opposite of what the FFXIV team just did, go look at the announcement for Diablo Mobile. Yup.. "don't you guys have phones?". That's what happens when you manage expectations poorly.

[HisShadowX]

They should honestly just can it then. That's not something you want to hear from game developers.

There have been numerous games over the years including the Final Fantasy Series where you have a pulse of what people want and what the developers want. With games like ff12, and 13’s obsession with focusing on lightening they choose to focus on a hallway simulator and a Mary Sue no one really liked with three total games.

Also there were two other developers one that’s known for city simulator games. When this one company announced a Mafia simulator the development team wanted to move away from the simulator but keep the previous simulation games engine. During launch their main consumer based was upset people got refunds and the game sold poorly and the publisher did force them to make the game into a simulation but by that time everyone left.

The development team here whether we want to admit it or not has listened to every important points the consumers of this game and made it more accessible. More trusts and getting rid of older systems like the cross class system.

Housing has been an issue in this game since I started playing in 2013. They could easily make an instanced housing system and let us pay real money for a castle or whatever sort of like elder scrolls but I think Yoshi P is not trying to Nickle and dime us but in this aspect I would pay for player housing in this game and I know many others would as well but we know that would kill the current system which honestly should be destroyed

[Frizze]

They should honestly just can it then. That's not something you want to hear from game developers.

Yeah, from the minute this idea was announced some people have been expecting a full-on Animal Crossing system and more! A full house to fully decorate inside and out, an island to customize to your exact desires, a new gardening interface, a way to let all your minions and mounts out to play, and so much more feature-creep that a system developer would run screaming to the hills. I am expecting an island, hopefully where nothing attacks me. Whatever they deliver beyond that... ill decide if its good or bad once ive actually seen it.