LOLPATCH 1.16a

[Hooptymobile]

Apricoth, my reply is not a direct response (concerning fear mongering) towards any of your comments. Many of the first few pages of replies are what my points are concerned with. I do not know how to quote phrases (not exactly forum-savvy).

Regardless 9/11 brought America to its knees and 3000 people died but I dont recall it causing any gaming companies to shut down, for a week, lol.

This is my take: If they want success they will fight for it; if they dont (so be it).

[Shaone]

Regardless 9/11 brought America to its knees and 3000 people died but I dont recall it causing any gaming companies to shut down, for a week, lol.

Apart from one of the biggest gaming companies in the world.... the New York Stock Exchange was closed for nearly a full week.

[Elexia]

Apricoth, my reply is not a direct response (concerning fear mongering) towards any of your comments. Many of the first few pages of replies are what my points are concerned with. I do not know how to quote phrases (not exactly forum-savvy).

Regardless 9/11 brought America to its knees and 3000 people died but I dont recall it causing any gaming companies to shut down, for a week, lol.

This is my take: If they want success they will fight for it; if they dont (so be it).

9/11 was hardly on the scale of what happened in Japan, Haiti and even Australia.

[Abriael]

Regardless 9/11 brought America to its knees and 3000 people died but I dont recall it causing any gaming companies to shut down, for a week, lol.

I don't recall 9/11 causing a nuclear crisis and a major power outtage through the country, that brought rolling power blackouts for months and similar events.
While 9/11 was an extremely tragic event, it was also a localized disaster, it didn't destroy power plants and other service centers that influence gaming companies and their operation.

So yeah, apples to oranges.

[Fieros]

I skimmed your post.

Was pretty much the most "lol" comment I found in 27 pages. Especially after I had just finished reading every word of the post it relates to.

[Onidemon]

The problem is not patch 1.16a .... it's a hot fix patch not a full update. But at least SE could have given us the changes that will be in patch 1.17. Even if they haven't finalize them all, we could at least get a preview. Yoshi-P also has not made any new letter or comments or anything to keep the community up to date.

Everyone is left in the dark and all we get is a quick hot fix that makes everyone feel even more hopeless for FFXIV's future....

[Evenstar]

The problem is not patch 1.16a .... it's a hot fix patch not a full update. But at least SE could have given us the changes that will be in patch 1.17. Even if they haven't finalize them all, we could at least get a preview. Yoshi-P also has not made any new letter or comments or anything to keep the community up to date.

Everyone is left in the dark and all we get is a quick hot fix that makes everyone feel even more hopeless for FFXIV's future....

O poor poor guy ... the guy released a letter less than two weeks ago. What do you expect him to do? Hold our hand every day? Kiss you a good night? They said we will probably get more information about battle changes this week. They stated 1.17 that was scheduled to be released end of March is pushed back for about two weeks. They even told us they will release companies information just before the release of 1.17. What else do you want, seriously?

[Onidemon]

O poor poor guy ... the guy released a letter less than two weeks ago. What do you expect him to do? Hold our hand every day? Kiss you a good night? They said we will probably get more information about battle changes this week. They stated 1.17 that was scheduled to be released end of March is pushed back for about two weeks. They even told us they will release companies information just before the release of 1.17. What else do you want, seriously?

You're quite the retard are you?

Look at how much info SE has given us since the forums went live.... not after the earthquake. Since the forums went live they figured out they don't need to update us that often anymore since we got a place to keep busy while complaining. Look at the previous letters and info from SE, we were getting stuff almost a couple of times per week. Now it's once a month and the trend will continue u can bet on it. It's a bad move on SE's part to not let us know what is coming up in the future because that kinda on info is what will keep players around.

[Evenstar]

You're quite the retard are you?

Look at how much info SE has given us since the forums went live.... not after the earthquake. Since the forums went live they figured out they don't need to update us that often anymore since we got a place to keep busy while complaining. Look at the previous letters and info from SE, we were getting stuff almost a couple of times per week. Now it's once a month and the trend will continue u can bet on it. It's a bad move on SE's part to not let us know what is coming up in the future because that kinda on info is what will keep players around.

February 28: Letter from producer IV
March3: Letter from producer V and patch 1.16
March 7: Forums went live
March 11: Earthquake and tsunami hits Japan
March 13: Servers go down
March 16: Letter from producer VI
March 25: Servers back up
March 28: Patch 1.16a

The forums went live just 4 days before the disaster. So give them a freaking break. We even got a letter from the producer when the servers were offline. Three days after the servers were up we got a small patch. Next patch should hit somewhere next week. What the hell do you guys want, seriously. It is not like taking your dog out for a walk in the park this is game developing and it is obvious some of you guys have no clue how a company works.

We also learned the following (from letters or forum posts)
*They are working on the battle system changes and we should get more information about that this week.
*They are working on the maps (redesign) and character collision issues.
*Patch 1.17 was schedule to be released somewhere at the end of March, but was pushed back two weeks.
*Before patch 1.17 goes live we will have more information about companies.
*They are going to add a hide/show button for the aggro indicator.

The ONLY thing they didn't do is state EXACTLY what is in patch 1.17. Which is a good thing. They will release the patch notes when they think its ready for a release. Otherwise they might have to eat those patch notes if they can not make certain changes in time ... I rather have them promising nothing than promising stuff and not being able to deliver.

So the past month they did all the above things, so what else do you want them do? Is that really not enough information? It is almost as much or maybe even more communication Blizzard has with his players and it is 1000% more than we ever had in FFXI. So please stop acting so damn spoiled.

[Corrderio]

So the past month they did all the above things, so what else do you want them do? Is that really not enough information? It is almost as much or maybe even more communication Blizzard has with his players and it is 1000% more than we ever had in FFXI. So please stop acting so damn spoiled.

I really don't expect much, but I wouldn't mind a quick post about what to expect in a few weeks. Companies are nearly done from how it sounds and we still seem to have zero information. And while the battle system changes are up next it'd be nice to know what will be changed. The drop from 15 to 8 people max in a party? The advanced (traditional) classes? Making classes more unique? There's a ton of stuff that can be touched on when you say "battle adjustments" so it'd be a bit nice on what to expect.