Letter from the Producer, XXXVII (10/26/2012)

[Inanna]

Maybe I'm just seeing things but it looks like Mages and Archers were able to attack from the hill tops in this photo.

I really hope they got rid of height restrictions ><

There's no reason why magic or ranged shouldn't be able to cast/shoot up or down.

[Elexia]

Perhaps these big mobs are part of leveling quest since the character is missing alot spells? Taking a approach similar to GW2?

Stated in the letter it's to show the engine can handle more. Needing "big enemies" in basic leveling is more of a western approach to MMOs lol. You usually start "small" then work your way up to tougher enemies in most eastern MMO design.

[sharazisspecial]

Well i think its great way to show of graphics and hook new players . To have these epic, huge, good graphics mobs they can fight during their leveling instead of rats and stuff. Since i remember during 1.0 the whole "we fight nothing but rats" was a big complaint.

If they had iconic big FF mobs during leveling up it would be epic.

[Soukyuu]

I really hope they got rid of height restrictions ><

There's no reason why magic or ranged shouldn't be able to cast/shoot up or down.

There is... because people like to abuse cliffs/monster AI. The only reason it's so annoying in 1.x is because the height restriction is ridiculously small.

[Renala]

I was gonna make a post about the hp's and mp's, asking if they were low level, but then I spotted the level on the bottom. Also, nice to see water re-introduced.

[Elexia]

There is... because people like to abuse cliffs/monster AI. The only reason it's so annoying in 1.x is because the height restriction is ridiculously small.

This. If it was basic range like in XI it'd be abused to hell if there's no universal hitboxes...which will pissed people off they get hit and complain that people shouldn't get hit above or below an enemy..

Bah.

[Rizon]

Reason why all name is blury is simple ..they said nobody is allowed to tell that they can play in alpha test. So they posted the picture with all name blury so we dont know who are in the alpha cos we are not allowed to know

Don't think so. As Yoshi-P stated this was an internal test so they were probably using characters generated specifically for it. More likely it was just a poor transfer to the letter.

As to the content, the screen shots are showing me things that look very promising. Outdoor raids, large scale raids, new bosses ect. As I said looks very promising.

[leomax]

ADAMANTOISE!!!!! \o/

[Babydoll]

This. If it was basic range like in XI it'd be abused to hell if there's no universal hitboxes...which will pissed people off they get hit and complain that people shouldn't get hit above or below an enemy..

Bah.

I remember when 1.0 first came out we actually could shoot from tops of hills and stuff. ARC was so OP way back in the day lol. Not sure if anyone else will remember haha

I am glad they are changing this though...we certainly should be able to shoot/cast from hill tops or from below, etc.

[Elexia]

I remember when 1.0 first came out we actually could shoot from tops of hills and stuff. ARC was so OP way back in the day lol. Not sure if anyone else will remember haha

I am glad they are changing this though...we certainly should be able to shoot/cast from hill tops or from below, etc.

Yeah lol back in stamina days. Hopefully they keep an eye on that this time around.