Letter from the Producer, XXVIII (05/28/2012)

[Duelle]

When a Company is trying to get their game into the light.. there's really no such things as "lies". If they "feel" that Not showing the Trailer there and its better to show it at gamescom, but still show alot of stuff at E3 Regarding FFXIV in General to people who don't know, so new people can see the new improvements of the game. Then so be it. It doesn't make them "liars" they just think that this is a better route to go.. the only thing us players need to do is accept it.

This. Chances are they're trying to get their foot in the door with any info they might be displaying at e3, with the hopes it starts drawing interest in the game again, then show the trailer at Gamescon to a hopefully already-gathered audience. Sure, lolGuild Wars 2 and all, but it makes sense from a marketting perspective.

XIV has literally vanished off the face of the earth media-wise. Sure, you can blame that partly on the fact that TOR launched this past december and all discussions, insults, flaming and raging have been related to TOR, but few outside of those who beta-tested XIV have been keeping track of it. SE needs to step in and remind the world that XIV is still aroudn, that they are working on it and that it might be worth a second look. When you do something like that you don't want to rush in and go solely on hype created by a CGI trailer; not when that was part of the chain of events that got you in trouble in the first place.

[Gidonoidon_Sur]

Very disappointed... I actually cared about E3 this year.

[Jinrya-Geki]

When SE either makes Fire and ice not so god damn useless on bosses and hit as hard as the Thunder/Thundara combo, my expectation will go from .001% to something higher. Atleast fire and ice lines, I am not even asking for the rest of the spells anymore, cause that's obviously asking too much...

It's pretty sad when most MMOs have more than two spells on Wizard/Mages and they all do the same damage but different resistance for different situations. When SE can't even get one of the most basic class/job to an MMO right that should be a clear sign someone doesn't know their job.

[Donimo]

This letter was pretty disappointing and I hope there is something new (or anything at all) to show off at E3. The game could really use good publicity.

Wallpaper woes:

[Malakhim]

This letter was pretty disappointing and I hope there is something new (or anything at all) to show off at E3. The game could really use good publicity.

But on top of the letter not being so great, even the chocobo wallpaper was half-assed. The designer sloppily repeated the original illustration's background texture without caring about variation. I swear it looks like work done by an intern.

Wow, really dude?

This is what you're nitpicking about?

Do you constantly have a black cloud hanging over your head?

[Donimo]

I just noticed that they were made by Yoshida himself apparently so I'll let it slide! If it was put out by a designer on their team, then yes I would be more critical of an employee paid to do marketing materials.

[Hyrist]

I just noticed that they were made by Yoshida himself apparently so I'll let it slide! If it was put out by a designer on their team, then yes I would be more critical of an employee paid to do marketing materials.

Eh, my left third is typically covered by Icon's anyways. I'm not all that concerned. The expression of personal conviction was more of a bonus for me than worrying about the quality of graphic design.

You want a better wallpaper? Make one. Most people seem to have photo Editing tools today anyways.

[dascorp]

this is so lame... i was expecting a lot more information.... /wrist

[Keyln]

One interesting note is that a strong majority of people feel that the speed of levels is just right, and not too fast. Square should take note.

Also, I'm interested to see how the jobs portion of the poll turned out.

[AkiRouscelia]

I think we need some clarity on what we're actually going to get at E3. I hope a Community Rep shows up in damage control mode to give us the facts.