Live Letter 70

[Semirhage]

That's a reasonable reason to swap someone out. Doing QC testing with someone who's in the top 2% of players isn't representative, so having someone less skilled or new to the role is a better option. I'm in R&D and when I need to test something late-game I'll ask someone here who hasn't worked on the project to get an idea how the first time or average user does instead of someone on my team who's very familiar with the thing.

That is a good mindset to have. Testing with high-end players only is a good way to lose perspective for newer players.

So with that in mind, why is Yoshi, an orange parsing Black Mage, not a detriment to the testing team? **whisper whisper** it's because he's a DPS, the only role Square cares about.

[Vahlnir]

I'm pretty excited about the new PvP system and its rewards. I'll definitely be grinding that out asap. And the Garo event making its return with rewards for the jobs added since the last time it came around is wonderful. The new Alliance raid looks like it'll be neat and the gear doesn't look half bad. Not going to lie though, I actually feel insulted by their choices for Hrothgar hair additions. Seriously, why any of those? If the Bozja hairstyle had made the cut I'd be willing to let the rest of them slide.

[Sathona]

Im so happy i picked Azeyma as my patron~
Thanks XIV Team :v

[Morzy]

AST being busy is WHY I love the job. If they dumb it down *more I'm going to be real disappointed. :<

I feel you. I loved Monk back when it had Greased Lightning to manage with the positionals.

[Alleo]

I wonder if we really just get there to just kill these "gods". IMO I would like it more if these fights are just tests of our strenght and that it does not come down to just killing things again.

[angienessyo]

While I'm excited about the new content, I wish the dev team would have at least one person main ninja so I don't have to relearn this job over and over because they keep making big changes.

[CidHeiral]

what the hell was that about dragoon and astro being too busy? dragoon isnt too busy, its nice to be a little bit busy, dont change dragoon O.O

Completely agree.

[IDontPetLalas]

That's a reasonable reason to swap someone out. Doing QC testing with someone who's in the top 2% of players isn't representative, so having someone less skilled or new to the role is a better option. I'm in R&D and when I need to test something late-game I'll ask someone here who hasn't worked on the project to get an idea how the first time or average user does instead of someone on my team who's very familiar with the thing.

That makes a lot of sense.

however, how does that logic apply here since that would pre-suppose that the healer being replaced had been someone who had completed Ultimate level content, and unless I'm mistaken, they fell into the much more common category of players who had completed Extreme level content?

Let alone the logic of seemingly having such a small pool of testers at SE, or not having dedicated designers for each job.. wait..that wouldn't be connected, would it?

[Rayne6665]

Cant wait to see whats the dungeon gears and weapons looks like! Also, im excited we be getting a NieR Automata Pod as a mount xD

[Illmaeran]

I feel you. I loved Monk back when it had Greased Lightning to manage with the positionals.