Bit of an update done to the XIV website.

[jesseleewelch]

At the end of the day, the combat system and economy will still be the most important thing to the MMO, and what people will come back to for progression. I want people to want crafters!

There are a lot of ways to make people want crafters, and removing classes like fisher and miner are not required to do so. There just needs to be some re-balancing. Here are a few ideas...

1) Materia Materia Materia. Cannot say this enough. By soul-bonding with gear and breaking it down for materia, you are essentially turning gear into consumable quantities. Since different gear offer materia of different bonuses and strength, there should be demand for a wide variety of items.

2) Allotment of materials. Perhaps stopping by the alchemist's guild will earn you a daily allotment of free materials to work with. The materials you get would depend on your craft level and the amount you get would depend on your rank with that guild. To clarify, when I say guild I mean like... "The Blacksmith's Guild", not a player guild/linkshell/thing.

3) Ensure a wide variety of consumable items that will be in demand for each craft. Alchemists can pump out healing and mana potions, potions to provide buffs, etc... Clothcrafters and Armorcrafters can pump out gear for people to buy and soulbond with for valuable materia. Woodworkers can make housing furnature and specialty arrows (i.e. - ice arrows, sleep arrows, poison arrows...) that are consumable and better than the endless supply of base arrows. I think there is a way to make every craft valuable in this way.

[Holy_Dragoon]

Oh man, that Magitek drawing is top notch. I love all the new screenshots too =)

[Catapult]

Derplander Warrior is among the screenshots. ^_^

[Cedri]

I now feel well represented as a Craftsman. Thank you cactaur.

[HiirNoivl]

*huggles Hvinire*

;_; ow.

[Antanias]

New Beastmen screenshots added to the main site.

[Cynthis]

lol, I think I just found the design for my FC

[Sabi]

Sahagin D:

[shane239]

They have added Bahamut, Odin and a Bestiary to the main site. Along with new images of the city states.

http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/

[Alaltus]

So am i right in thinking the FFVI like Magitek/Machina are called Reapers in FFXIV?

edit: oooo found a typo already!

Odin:A fell knight clad all in black, Odin roams paths long forgotten beneath the canopy of the Black Shroud.
There are none now alive who know the truth of when or by whom this elder primal was first summoned into the world. Ever vigilant as he sits astride his mighty steed, Sleipnir, it is said that Odin is drivenly solely by the desire to do battle with worthy foes.

shouldn't it be driven solely?

edit: Bahamut

Held in duress for aeons within the lesser moon, Dalamud, the elder primal Bahamut broke free of his captivity when the celestial body was wrested from the heavens to descend upon the Battle of Carteneau. Once freed, the terrible being wrought fiery destruction across the length and breadth of Eorzea, his devastating rampage marking the beginning the Seventh Umbral Era. In the midst of the chaos, however, Bahamut was enveloped in a blinding white light and abruptly disappeared from the skies. None claim to have seen the primal in the five years since.

Shouldn't it be beginning of the?