Post-Dalamud Messages from Yoshi-P!

[Huginn]

I wanted to comment about the smartphone apps mentioned by Yoshi-P. I like the idea of having viewable content on my iPhone or iPad. I very much like the idea of replacing my Authenticator with an app on my smartphone. I travel a lot and don't want to always carry my Authenticator with me. I know this is an old topic, but I thought I would reply to this thread since he mentions smartphone apps.

Please do not take this the wrong way, i am not against having an application for the authenticator/RSA key.
I do think that using an application that you can install on multiple devices to produce your authentication key is a TERRIBLE idea. The only way i would support it personally is if it were a SEPARATE key that required you to have a standard authenticator or gave the option to keep one which you could use to shut down your account or at least shut down the application controlled authenticator.

When you allow the ORIGINAL KEY to be transmitted, it can be intercepted. right now, the only way for someone to get your authenticator compromised is to gain access to the database that SE holds for authentication (in which case we would all be screwed no matter the authentication type), but when there is an mobile phone application, spyware could easily glean your original key.


TL;DR I have an unpopular opinion based on security paranoia.

[Aerenvel]

Please do not take this the wrong way, i am not against having an application for the authenticator/RSA key.
I do think that using an application that you can install on multiple devices to produce your authentication key is a TERRIBLE idea. The only way i would support it personally is if it were a SEPARATE key that required you to have a standard authenticator or gave the option to keep one which you could use to shut down your account or at least shut down the application controlled authenticator.

When you allow the ORIGINAL KEY to be transmitted, it can be intercepted. right now, the only way for someone to get your authenticator compromised is to gain access to the database that SE holds for authentication (in which case we would all be screwed no matter the authentication type), but when there is an mobile phone application, spyware could easily glean your original key.


TL;DR I have an unpopular opinion based on security paranoia.

LOL man ya you got some paranoia there, My friends use that on D3 and stuff they love it best thing since sliced bread in their eyes.

[Linkurrra]

As much as I miss FFXIV since that amazing end we all witnessed this past weekend, I don't personally feel it right to log on if the game returns next week. As someone who enjoys story-driven games, as well as emotional investment, the finale and accompanying video package was the epitome of emotional attachment to a story that played out so well over the past year. For me to just return to the game after witnessing its apocalyptic ending seems... wrong.

Again, this is just my personal take on it! I'll wait until 2.0, with the final memory of 1.0 being what took place just before and during Impact.

I would like it if they brought the servers back up and allowed the end to occur again! You know for the ppl, like me! that could not login to even experience he game last week. I was so bummed.

[Ryokyu]

keep it up you all doing a great job and i know this new FF is gonna be super great like you always do, I'm sure this time this game is gonna be really successful because i can see all of you guys are putting a lot of hard work and a lot of dedication to this game. keep the good work, and i prefer to wait few more month and see a game that i will enjoy for a long time

[Aeneas]

I would like it if they brought the servers back up and allowed the end to occur again! You know for the ppl, like me! that could not login to even experience he game last week. I was so bummed.

probably a long-shot, but I'd really like this to happen as well. I feel like I missed out on some key events.

[Ingolf]

ITT: Dox dropping

[hrdndv]

Yay servers open next week \o/

(3x bets i get chosen for alpha and beta and i wont care about 1.0 anymore lol)

This would be 11/22 from the post date, though he said 1 week after the 11/11 end in an earlier post. Well, tomorrow we shall see if 11/17 was right or not. I am not sure why I will be happy to get back in the old game, but I will... lol

If Alpha-3 starts Monday 11/19, then I may be busy. lol
If Alpha-4 (Global Test) starts Monday 11/26 I will definitely be busy!

OK... on edge of seat!

[hrdndv]

Originally Posted by Linkurrra
I would like it if they brought the servers back up and allowed the end to occur again! You know for the ppl, like me! that could not login to even experience he game last week. I was so bummed.

probably a long-shot, but I'd really like this to happen as well. I feel like I missed out on some key events.

There really wasn't anything special about the end. The Imperial forces announced that they had lost contact with their ground forces. Players continued to fight Magitek stuff. I was in the process of swinging on an Imperial guard when everything went down. I looked at my watch and it was midnight PST, exactly. That was all that happened. There were some meteors and lightning in the sky. There was a lot of confusion because players were getting dropped in server crashes. But what it boils down to is that we had a gigantic battle out on the plain that we couldn't get to, or even see until we watched the trailer. And we had a continual skirmish in Mor Dhona.

[Lucke]

Dear Yoshi,

What you have done these past 2 years has been nothing short of astonishing. You inherited a game that...let's face it, was not ready. You somehow managed to turn that mess into a game that most of us enjoy and now miss now that it's gone.

You managed to rebuild the game from the ground up in these 2 past years. That's amazing. I am proud to have been supporting XIV and SE since early release. Taking a look at where we started to where we are now...I can't find words for it.

You may think your forum posts or letters don't matter or a waste of time. Well, they do and they aren't a waste of time. It's obvious you love this game so much, and you want us to love XIV just as much as you do. We wouldn't be here if we didn't care about XIV. We want this game to succeed just as much as you do.

That leads me to my next point. Don't think we criticize the game just to do it. We just want ARR to succeed so much. Don't take our criticism as an attack.

Finally, we know you couldn't have done this alone. Your team deserves the praise too. We haven't forgotten about them.

When ARR is released, you deserve a nice, month long vacation. Take the team somewhere tropical hehe.

We love you Yoshi!
Yours very truthfully and respectfully, The Players of FINAL FANTASY XIV

[Anonymoose]

Waaaait a minute. I'm doing some lore write-ups right now and just had a flashback to this.

Isn't The Keeper of the Lake a term used, not describe Midgardsormr himself, but in reference to the monument created by his corpse and the destroyed hull of the Imperial flagship (Agrius) he took down?

I was under the impression that there was a subtle but important difference between The Guardian of Silvertear Falls and The Keeper of the Lake"

The structure formed by the wreckage of Agrius and the entangled remains of Midgardsormr is now called the Keeper of the Lake. For many religious and mythological enthusiasts, it stands as proof of the existence of the gods. For most people, however, it serves as a grim reminder of the horrific, dare I say deicidal, power of Garlemald.