Thread: Please Share Updates on 8.0 Job Design

Originally Posted by Naraku_Diabolos

it isn’t an issue with what we have. It’s YOU that’s bored..

YOU is part of WE, mind you.

Players have different perceptions of the content. This is in any kind of game... now, if there's a growing number of people dissatisfied with the status quo, it may be a problem for them. It's up to the company to see if they want to act upon it which may be a change of paradigm, like... talking (not revealing) about the changes before the Fanfests, for example, which can be seen as some sort of damage control.

Originally Posted by Raikai

YOU is part of WE, mind you.

Players have different perceptions of the content. This is in any kind of game... now, if there's a growing number of people dissatisfied with the status quo, it may be a problem for them. It's up to the company to see if they want to act upon it which may be a change of paradigm, like... talking (not revealing) about the changes before the Fanfests, for example, which can be seen as some sort of damage control.

Yoshi-P is going to talk about 8.0 in the future, and will not mention it before a 8.0 reveal because that WILL steal the thunder for the rest of the Patch 7.x cycle. For the graphics upgrade, we were shown that before 7.0, but it was a necessity because it affects everything in the game. Job identity is an aspect and feature for future game content, but it’s not in the same category as how the graphics needed to be upgraded.

Originally Posted by Naraku_Diabolos

Yoshi-P is going to talk about 8.0 in the future, and will not mention it before a 8.0 reveal because that WILL steal the thunder for the rest of the Patch 7.x cycle. For the graphics upgrade, we were shown that before 7.0, but it was a necessity because it affects everything in the game. Job identity is an aspect and feature for future game content, but it’s not in the same category as how the graphics needed to be upgraded.

Spoiler: 8.0 was already in the planning stages before 7.0 released, because that's how live service game development works. By the time they start actually showing any part of 8.0, the majority of the bones will be set because they need to get to work on finalizing the concrete details for the rest of the patch cycle.

Originally Posted by Naraku_Diabolos

Yoshi-P is going to talk about 8.0 in the future, and will not mention it before a 8.0 reveal because that WILL steal the thunder for the rest of the Patch 7.x cycle. For the graphics upgrade, we were shown that before 7.0, but it was a necessity because it affects everything in the game. Job identity is an aspect and feature for future game content, but it’s not in the same category as how the graphics needed to be upgraded.

I don't want to see what is the PLD new shiny gauge or how BLM will get a fourth polyglot stack because that's going to be the main resource for a new void rotation...

I just want communication on a more philosophical level. Let us know what issues you think the game has, let us know what kind of direction you plan. Nothing concrete, I just want to understand what those game designers are thinking.

They can do such a thing without spoiling anything, and if they're good with it, people will actually look forward to something in 8.0.