Letter from the Producer XLII

[Radacci]

Well I am in love to say the least. If its even close to possible to run it looking anything like that, I have some serious upgrades to add to my desktop in the next few weeks. Makes me sad to think thats an extreme visual, but what your saying makes sense. I have little experience with benchmarks as I ended up playing XI on the ps2, then the xbox360 (both of which do not do that game justice)

Based on what your saying though, is it possible thats what the game will look like when its at the far end of its life cycle? What I mean is, as the game begins contending with better and better software over the course of its life, won't it (for a time) keep getting better and better looking before it maxes out?

I'm pretty sure you'll be able to play like that from the start, if your comp can handle it.
Didn't 1.0 kinda look like that anyways at max settings?

[Molly_Millions]

...I have some serious upgrades to add to my desktop in the next few weeks...

Just did that to my machine last night. 2X GTX 660 TIs running in SLi. I'm hoping to be able to run the game on max settings with 3d surround.

[Tonkra]

i think beta is going to start either on the 15th of february (friday) or on the 18th of february (monday) ... thats around mid february... and then the beta goes for about 1-2 weeks till the end of february..

25th february is too late for the announced "mid" february.. and especially when the beta should run for 2 weeks.. and then 2 weeks for the dev team to work on it till beta in mid of march.

so i say its going to be either the 15th or the 18th

[Radacci]

f-elezen looks baaad.
long neck, small head...her boobs is almost bigger than the head, and the head isn't much thicker than the arms. looks stupid. So does the hair

I think Yoshi will be back, and announce beta date by thu-fri next week. And then it will start sometime the week after.
But whatever, i'll probably have to wait for May or something to get in anyways QQ

[Tonkra]

f-elezen looks baaad.
long neck, small head...her boobs is almost bigger than the head, and the head isn't much thicker than the arms. looks stupid. So does the hair

Havent Elezen/Elvaan always been very "griaffe" - alike?

[3Jane]

f-elezen looks baaad.
long neck, small head...her boobs is almost bigger than the head, and the head isn't much thicker than the arms. looks stupid. So does the hair

I think Yoshi will be back, and announce beta date by thu-fri next week. And then it will start sometime the week after.
But whatever, i'll probably have to wait for May or something to get in anyways QQ

The figure certainly does look a little odd. The whole thing isn't helped by the poses which are clearly designed to show off particular attributes. Looks like they are ignoring the player demographics and going a little cheap for presentation. Lets hope that doesn't apply to the rest of the game.
The hair was a bad choice, but that was just to expose the front view. Even taking the hair style into account, the proportions really do need work. Although having said that, I think the excessive proportions of the chest give the torso an apparent extra bulk which isn't there. As for the neck, yes a little too long. The what I would guess is the starter gear doesn't help this impression either. Looks like they have taken Flo-Jo as their fashion inspiration
Although I am certainly looking forward to the Betas and the subsequent launch of ARR. I do feel more than a little apprehension as it all approaches. Change and development can be good, especially with the growth of the game from 1.0 to ARR. I just hope they haven't taken the lovely bones of 1.0 and boiled them down for soup, leaving us with a rather greasy mucky broth.

[Tonkra]

As for the neck, yes a little too long.

the neck of an elvaan in FFXI was also always "too long"... is that anything new, really?!

elvaan always did not have the best "proportions"

[3Jane]

the neck of an elvaan in FFXI was also always "too long"... is that anything new, really?!

elvaan always did not have the best "proportions"

Probably, I just haven't noticed.

[indira]

i have a problem now and alot of other people cant stop playing FFXI on Asura lol.
Damn you SE!!!!!


but cant wait to jump back into FFXIV, from the small pics looks like the cleaned up graphics alot.

[Altena]

TBH I think the main point of the live letter was to show that they made hairstyles cross-race..