I wonder if we're due for a website update next week

[Naraku_Diabolos]

I actually like the female Highlander. It's actually a very good headshot they have for her.

[bobbygunz]

I am just amazed at what they have accomplished in just two short years. I don't expect much more till Beta at least, after that just a build up till launch in early 2013.

Black Desert began development from scratch in september 2010 (the time of ffxiv's initial release) and quite frankly they seem to have achieved much more with a staff of only 50 people than SE have with a staff of over 200. It's actually kind of alarming how little SE appear to have done by comparison. Regarding ARR, we have evidence of only one zone under redevelopment (The Black Shroud) and a more-or-less direct photo-copy of a generic MMO's quest spam system.

[Teuciont]

Black Desert began development from scratch in september 2010 (the time of ffxiv's initial release) and quite frankly they seem to have achieved much more with a staff of only 50 people than SE have with a staff of over 200. It's actually kind of alarming how little SE appear to have done by comparison. Regarding ARR, we have evidence of only one zone under redevelopment (The Black Shroud) and a more-or-less direct photo-copy of a generic MMO's quest spam system.

Enjoy all that glorious Korean MMO content.

Oh. Wait.

[bobbygunz]

Enjoy all that glorious Korean MMO content.

Oh. Wait.

Someone's not racist at all ...

[Gokulo]

It's gonna be sub-mediocre like any other Korean MMO there ever was. At least for us, because them Koreans love their crazy grinders.

[Avraym]

You seem like an intelligent person, I wonder why you think that programmers and PR teams are the same people? Information does not take time away from production, and considering how ignoring feedback worked out for the original launch, community information and discussion is crucial here.

No your right, ARR beta will defenetly be in Dec 12 or Jan 13. For sure.

[Arkine]

It's gonna be sub-mediocre like any other Korean MMO there ever was. At least for us, because them Koreans love their crazy grinders.

The battle effects and equipment style looks amazing though.

[Wolfie]

At least they've learned from Tanaka not to set a hard deadline and force themselves to deliver an unpolished turd.

[bobbygunz]

At least they've learned from Tanaka not to set a hard deadline and force themselves to deliver an unpolished turd.

Polish is one thing, and certainly the lack thereof was responsible for FFXIV's original failing. I mean, after all, you couldn't even gain experience points properly on release, there weren't even any boss monsters. The game was very devoid of content, and lacking in basic elements (to this day, menu lag persists).

But polish is one thing, game design is another. The reception so far to FFXIV ARR on the internet has been so lukewarm, and not purely because of the bad impression it made originally, but also because it's not really advertising itself as anything even remotely interesting. I mean, it will be a leg-up on the original in terms of polish (probably), but what else? "make friends" i think was its selling point in the previous trailer. Might as well have just said "this is an MMO" for all that's worth.

Hopefully they update the website with all the stuff they have yet to disclose (which Im presuming there must be a lot of... because surely what we've heard so far can't even be remotely all there is).

[PSxpert2011]

FINALLY SOMETHING ABOUT FEMALE HIGHLANDER... even though it isn't much. I want to see an in game model!

I don't understand why the DEV team has to go through the trouble of designing a female highlander... *Highlanders are basically Hyurs but better built and probably have no trouble stealing the girlfriends away from them tiny midlander "male counterparts". Female midlanders are just in awe at the (ahem) "size" of the Highlander, why should they be an exception in being part of *their clad??


Highlanders preferred catch of the day is either a Miquote, female Elezen or Female Hyur... the Highlanders reputation is: They have no preferences in race,mmmmmm