did we ever get a flood of information?

[Azurymber]

I remember there were always promises of floods of info at all the gaming conventions, followed by general disappointment. So I was wondering if that ever really happened.

I still feel like I know almost nothing about ARR, or about the end of this game. It feels like nothing at all has really changed or happened since about august.

Did I miss a massive flood of info or something?

[Antanias]

I'll say yes.

[Azurymber]

I'll say yes.

doesn't really help me much.. where/what is it?
All i've seen is bits and pieces from multiple interviews. And very very general information like "we changed hamlet".

Most games are out there bragging about their cool features. Like the new Elder Scrolls MMO is already bragging about world combat and some of the details and planning going into it.

Can anyone answer this?

What will make FFXIV unique compared to games like GW2, SWTOR, WoW, Eldar Scrolls Online, etc

Because I still honestly haven't seen anything like this :x. I mean even with ffxi, stuff like behest and conquest were pretty awesome and unique. Does ffxiv actually have anything competitive to sell the game on?

[darkm0d]

There was supposed to be some good info from TGS, but I never really saw anything big. Not sure why it never came to pass, I guess nothing really happened at TGS that was of substantial importance.

Either way, while I usually err on the side of giving dev's a lot of slack with not releasing updates, it's starting to test my patience.

We (the die-hard fans) need reasons to be excited that lead us to telling other people about new features of ARR. We need reasons to get all hyped up in social media for articles to be posted about the new features for more press coverage. This streak of rather lackluster updates is just not the way to properly hype your game.

I'll never EVER understand why a game studio thinks going silent is ever a good idea. Are they intentionally pulling at our heart strings to get us all starving for information, to which they'll then release a flurry of new info for us all to be excited over? Or are they really just sitting there going "Hmm, we can't tell them all this information because it's not ready yet".

[Darkhaund]

nope... we were let down... the info we received IMO was normal.. nothing of a flood!

[Molly_Millions]

Comparing the amount of info we have received about ARR to any other release, yes, we have. They aren't going to tell you every single detail about every single mechanic in the game. It's just not realistic to expect that.

[Azurymber]

Comparing the amount of info we have received about ARR to any other release, yes, we have. They aren't going to tell you every single detail about every single mechanic in the game. It's just not realistic to expect that.

Why not?
They have a failed game
They are re-releasing it
And their biggest pull is "NEW JOB"

How can they expect a game that already failed to sell if theres nothing awesome or impressive about it? Like why would you play a MMO like ffxiv when you have other games out there with unique and new features.

Staying so silent a few months before release just seems to shout "we have nothing really special to advertise about this game, so we hope a few cool videos of CGs will sell it"

[Gokulo]

I wouldn't call it a flow, but the amount of info we've gotten recently is pretty decent. Lots of interesting stuff if you delve into it deeper. Of course some people will never be satisfied until they get a 3hr long video and 200 page long article explaining every tiny detail. And then they will complain that it's too long.

Or are they really just sitting there going "Hmm, we can't tell them all this information because it's not ready yet".

My bet is on that mainly. Yoshida was saying we will be getting stuff like videos explaining different content etc. and there's no such stuff on the horizon yet. Hopefully they will release more stuff when the game goes down to keep people more excited.

Staying so silent a few months before release just seems to shout "we have nothing really special to advertise about this game, so we hope a few cool videos of CGs will sell it"

You mean at least half a year before release.

[Aloysous]

We got a good amount of info, I would not call it a flood though.

[Azurymber]

I wouldn't call it a flow, but the amount of info we've gotten recently is pretty decent. Lots of interesting stuff if you delve into it deeper. Of course some people will never be satisfied until they get a 3hr long video and 200 page long article explaining every tiny detail. And then they will complain that it's too long.



My bet is on that mainly. Yoshida was saying we will be getting stuff like videos explaining different content etc. and there's no such stuff on the horizon yet. Hopefully they will release more stuff when the game goes down to keep people more excited.



You mean at least half a year before release.

It's mid-october. People have said the game comes out end of january/early feb
So 3.5-4 months.
Is not "at least half a year"