Answering some questions

[Radacci]

The reason for asking this was for an answer better than "Probably not".
The ACN/SCH fiasco needs clarification for one, even though I'm sure they'll announce it soon if they do intend on adding it in for launch but that's besides the point. I know people are curious whether they have plans to add any new classes soon (DoH/L included) so I left the question vague. If they have nothing to say on the matter then they won't answer the question.

And frankly your reaction to some of the questions was generally rude and uncalled for, for example LlenCoram's question about fishing and temperature. We KNOW that weather has an effect on fishing, and in XI different RL seasons increased the frequency of certain weather types in game, so it's by no means a question that should receive such a condescending remark. Sure, the maps won't change with the seasons but that wasn't really the question, was it?

To be honest a lot of these responses were condescending and patronising, and I don't really see a reason why this thread needs to exist.

well yah, for release...i highly doubt that there will be anything else than Arcanist/Summoner.
Scholar fiasco...it's just people over analyzing stuff
But since they want to add some casters before DoWs, Scholar might be next in line.

yes, i just saw in LL, that they mentioned water temp, which shocked me it sounds strange they would do that.
subtitles are acting strange too, sometimes it doesnt show some text, so when i click back, there's subs i didn't see before, so i missed that earlier.
so i removed that comment.

well sure, but i think people need to take a moment first to think about their questions.
Yoshi is quite restricted in what he can talk about, such as showing arcanist combat, yet people keep asking about stuff that he cant comment on. especially content that's not even finished, if even started.
and lots of the questions are stuff you could reason out with common sense.

and the post exists, to answer peoples questions; that Yoshi probably wont answer, or have answered already.
so i think it's better if people ask here first, and if there's no answer, then you can post it in LL-VII thread.

[Fantasia]

well yah, for release...i highly doubt that there will be anything else than Arcanist/Summoner.
Scholar fiasco...it's just people over analyzing stuff
But since they want to add some casters before DoWs, Scholar might be next in line.

yes, i just saw in LL, that they mentioned water temp, which shocked me it sounds strange they would do that.
subtitles are acting strange too, sometimes it doesnt show some text, so when i click back, there's subs i didn't see before, so i missed that earlier.
so i removed that comment.

well sure, but i think people need to take a moment first to think about their questions.
Yoshi is quite restricted in what he can talk about, such as showing arcanist combat, yet people keep asking about stuff that he cant comment on. especially content that's not even finished, if even started.
and lots of the questions are stuff you could reason out with common sense.

I'm going to give you credit for your well-mannered response, heh.

But seriously, a lot of these questions were asked because they need an actual answer; I know some of them HAVE already been answered, but maybe you could just respond to the ones which we do know the answers to, instead of just answering them with speculation. After all, isn't that what we're trying to avoid? More speculation?

Just seems to me like a lot of things answered with "maybe" and "possibly" are quite redundant here, since those questions you answered as such are the ones we need answers to in the first place =b

[JillyBean]

But seriously, a lot of these questions were asked because they need an actual answer; I know some of them HAVE already been answered, but maybe you could just respond to the ones which we do know the answers to, instead of just answering them with speculation. After all, isn't that what we're trying to avoid? More speculation?

Seriously. Speculation sucks. I avoid it at all costs and it annoys me greatly.

That being said, I'm going to "speculate" here at the comment by OP that we are "over analyzing" the SCH thing (that "Wheel pic" I presume.)

(Here comes the speculation! Disclaimer: It is just my opinion, and not stated as fact!) We are not over-analyzing the SCH thing. That pic IS OF SCH AF. If that image is from a legitimate source, I will be surprised if SCH at launch/first patch is not confirmed very soon. I'm not going to speculate what class it comes from, though.

[Fantasia]

(Here comes the speculation! Disclaimer: It is just my opinion, and not stated as fact!) We are not over-analyzing the SCH thing. That pic IS OF SCH AF. If that image is from a legitimate source, I will be surprised if SCH at launch/first patch is not confirmed very soon. I'm not going to speculate what class it comes from, though.

I like you, you make sense xD

[JillyBean]

I'm extremely interested in knowing how and when we will be picking servers. Could you show us an example of this process? A large number of my friends and I are really confused as to how we should go about our planning at the moment and we don't want all the information to come out with only a few days to organise ourselves.

- Will we be able to test multiple server regions before making our decision?
- Will we be able to transfer our characters in the future, if we feel we made the wrong choice?
- Will we be able to play with our friends from other worlds in instanced content (ie, can we specifically pick who we want to play with if we are all on at the same time)?
- Will there be any servers specifically labelled as 'international' for those of us from 1.0 servers to congregate on and avoid being split up?
- How are you planning to encourage people to play during the inevitable 'quiet hours' on regional servers?

All my questions are kind of based around that. I trust you guys to make a great game, I just want to play it with the friends I have made in 1.0 (from multiple regions of the world) and the rest of my friends from my site (who are also from around the world).

In addition to my dear friend's excellent questions regarding the future of server selection in relation to our 1.0/Legacy characters:

• Is there a chance that servers will become "full" and we could be locked out of a server previously agreed upon among our friends, allowing well organized friends and linkshells to actually get separated, despite all planning efforts? What measures will be put in place to make sure that this will not happen?
  
  
• Will server selection take place in advance of launch (with an "application process") as is hinted in this thread? http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...orld-Transfers
  
  
• Will 1.0 or Legacy characters have a first server choice or some type of priority to select from the worlds/servers that are reserved for existing/imported characters (not "new character servers")?
  

Will the marriage quest be implement at launch, and if not at launch, how soon?

My two questions are important (well the first one is; the second is purely selfish lol) and I sure hope they start answering them... I notice Radacci didn't try to tackle them.

I've posted them every time! They've never even come close to discussing these two issues. :/ I'm very obsessed with the server issue.

[Radacci]

My two questions are important (well the first one is; the second is purely selfish lol) and I sure hope they start answering them... I notice Radacci didn't try to tackle them.

I've posted them every time! They've never even come close to discussing these two issues. :/ I'm very obsessed with the server issue.

I think you'll get the info before OB it's still a bit away.
They would stab themselves in the foot, if they didn't give people time to organize their LS, and plan what servers to go to etc.

They have mentioned that you'll be able to change server during first 6 month or such; as to how many times, i dont know.

there will just be regional servers, but i'm sure (as it tends to be in other games) that US servers will be international servers, where N/S US, EU etc gather. You can ofc pick whichever server you want, except the new ones, unless you want to make new chars there.

Well...i think they mentioned that duty finder is cross-server...not sure. If so there wont be quiet-times.
Even though in WoW you can party, and even chat with people, cross server...i'm unsure if that will be possible, at least at launch. Something to suggest otherwise.

I don't think SE can or will do anything specific to combat full servers, like that.
maybe they will keep a limit on how many chars can be made on any one server, to begin with, as to spread out people equally, and over time raise nr of people on a server.
So i guess, if such a thing happens, you might need to wait for them to increase the limit.
Or maybe support could help you out.
But well, you got all of phase 4 to sort it out

Hmm, well it depends on if we need to pick final server again after phase 4, or not.
If not, legacy wont get first, cause i assume phase 4 starts at same time for all.
Otherwise legacy get early access (possibly^^) and can pick whichever server, first.
And they aren't reserved to legacy/1.0. new people can join *old* servers too, but you cant import 1.0 chars to *new* servers.

I think it's good questions, that need answer.
But they always talk about housing instead ^^
But yah, i think all this will be clarified before phase 4.
From the link about transfer, i'm reading that as: you can server-swap freely, for a time, so that you'll end up where you want to.

[Radacci]

Seriously. Speculation sucks. I avoid it at all costs and it annoys me greatly.

That being said, I'm going to "speculate" here at the comment by OP that we are "over analyzing" the SCH thing (that "Wheel pic" I presume.)

(Here comes the speculation! Disclaimer: It is just my opinion, and not stated as fact!) We are not over-analyzing the SCH thing. That pic IS OF SCH AF. If that image is from a legitimate source, I will be surprised if SCH at launch/first patch is not confirmed very soon. I'm not going to speculate what class it comes from, though.

well i meant over analyzing it, as in: it's just arcanist, or is it 2nd job for arcanist, is it sage, why does it have book, it looks like this or that class, no it's scholar, no it's not, bicker bicker
She holds a book, and has scholar AF (as if the hat didn't look scholarly enough) ofc it's scholar now we just wait for official info on it (which yoshi won't do in LL, cause PR team gonna chop his head off )

[Radacci]

I'm going to give you credit for your well-mannered response, heh.

But seriously, a lot of these questions were asked because they need an actual answer; I know some of them HAVE already been answered, but maybe you could just respond to the ones which we do know the answers to, instead of just answering them with speculation. After all, isn't that what we're trying to avoid? More speculation?

Just seems to me like a lot of things answered with "maybe" and "possibly" are quite redundant here, since those questions you answered as such are the ones we need answers to in the first place =b

ya i know speculations are bad
but i think it's safe to assume that they wont answer anything about scholar, until they at least make some official notice about it; so it just feels pointless to ask about it. At most they might say: oh we might be adding scholar at some time in the future
When i say *probably* only summoner will be in at release, it's cause i'm 99% sure it will be. Arcanist isn't even finished yet, which is why they can't show anything about it, so since no other class has even been talked about, the chance of any more jobs being there at release, is very small. But as you said, thats just speculations too it kinda depends on when the game will launch.
But this is also why i roll my eyes at some questions, and occasionally end up with those snide remarks -.- and why i didn't ask any questions myself yet
i just think people should think their questions over, a bit, before posting them; and i should think about my replies first ^^