About Beta invitation

[Abriael]

Why redo the graphics engine? WHY???

Because the old engine was an unscalable piece of crap built mainly for console and unable to match the needs of a MMORPG displaying more than a bunch of characters at the same time, or any varied open areas without the excessive use of tiling.

The original story writers were MUCH better than the new team, you can clearly see that because the cutscenes from the Main Storyline were drastically better than the Grand Company storylin.

My eyes just rolled so hard that they're now stuck at the back of my skull.

The original storyline was the perfect climax of *boredom*, with the player reduced to the role of a secondary character unable to do anything on his own. Luckily Team Yoshida corrected it.

And about the quality of the cutscenes, the camera-work and animation are a LOT more dynamic in the Grand company storyline. The first introduction of raubahn, the appearance of Garuda, all the cutscenes involving Van Darnus grab the crap included in 1.0 and trounce it quality-wise.

Seriously Square, this should be a FF game first and a social game second, not the other way around, the original team understood that, the new team does not. It doesn't help that they listened to the social game fans that complained nonstop in the forums.

Here's a reality check for you: The original team (actually the original leadership, because the team is not that different) created the most spectacular failure of the history of MMORPGs.
The new leadership has very good chance to create the most spectacular turnaround of the history of MMORPGs.

It's rather evident who between the two is more competent and who was completely detached from reality.

[Abriael]

These aren't generalizations. This is just calling it what it is. In one way or another everyone is after the same thing or else it wouldn't be an issue.

To claim anything otherwise would be inauthentic.

Translation of the above: "I know everything, I can read everyone's mind, I know everyone's motivations, and if you dare to say I'm wrong, you lie".

Yeah. Guess what? It doesn't work like that.

[moriandrio]