Letter from the Producer XLII

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

And to give a heads up that Beta likely isn't starting mid-Feb. Benchmark might make it by mid-Feb, and Beta prolly start by the end of Feb (my guess is on or around the 25th).

[Radacci]

And to give a heads up that Beta likely isn't starting mid-Feb. Benchmark might make it by mid-Feb, and Beta prolly start by the end of Feb (my guess is on or around the 25th).

he stated he made final checks, and now they are just doing some last tweeks. by the time he comes back at the latest, Beta will be finished already. So i don't see any reason for beta to start later than 18th. That's almost 2 weeks for last tweeks, which is more than enough. Or maybe he's just trolling, and beta starts when he comes back

[Exn]

he stated he made final checks, and now they are just doing some last tweeks. by the time he comes back at the latest, Beta will be finished already. So i don't see any reason for beta to start later than 18th. That's almost 2 weeks for last tweeks, which is more than enough. Or maybe he's just trolling, and beta starts when he comes back

Yeah, but he also mentioned twice that they are 'trying' to stay on schedule.. With mid-Feb being next week, I'd think he'd know already if it was going to launch that soon. Plus, he won't even be back until the end of next week (at the earliest), and he already said he's doing another letter when he gets back to announce the start date. Plus, were still waiting on the benchmark. So all things considered, earliest would be end of Feb. And even when it launches keep in mind that it's only going to be up for a few hours at a time on selected days.. so ppl may be at work/school/etc on the first day and need to wait until Phase 1 up-time coincides with their RL schedule. Seems like Phase 2 might be 100% up time, so that's where it will feel more like a Beta to most ppl anyway.

[Exn]

And to give a heads up that Beta likely isn't starting mid-Feb. Benchmark might make it by mid-Feb, and Beta prolly start by the end of Feb (my guess is on or around the 25th).

*bows*

/10char

[Hulan]

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

I was thinking that they seem to have greatly improved the skin shaders. Also, is that self shading I see? Honestly, though, it looks like the indoor shaders could still use some work.

[Miburo]

Have we seen any manly male highlander bros at all in ARR? I'm starting to get a bit worried that they forgot about them... Hope they're at least giving them some more haircuts than the four (pretty crappy) ones they had to choose from before. Haven't seen them in race specific gear either.

[Dragonheart]

wrong thread

[Lady]

Thank you yoshi-p for taking some of the edge off the suspense ^_^

[Biggs]

Is that last screen shot taken outside Uldah legit!? If it is in game, I can't possibly see how it wouldn't shut up just about every person (including myself) that was/is concerned about the new graphics system. Thats the sickest thing I have ever seen in an MMO and its just a bunch of people standing around camp watching a caravan go by! Please tell me this is what the game can look like with a high end rig!?