This is needed; Thank you YOSHI P!

[Abriael]

どうもありがとうございました吉田さん!

[artsi]

I've been playing since the alpha and I really want to thank Yoshi P and the whole team for this great game. It's been shaping up really nicely towards the release, and finally the day has come.

[Yamimarik]

Thank you Yoshida! <3

You and the Dev team had me at "Foxclon"... WAIT! I mean... "A Realm Reborn!" hehe :3

In all seriousness I think it takes a tremendous amount of imagination, hard work, and a strong will to remake an entire game into a new game that is actually playable by the masses and what SE and the public want! Thank you! So much for such a wonderful game, now I finally have the game I've been looking for to call home after leaving FFXI. Who knew it was another FF :3

[Koldhara]

I have to admit, like many, I got frustrated and snarky at times but this is s well made game. the server issues were just a bit too much. a big congrats to everyone...We'll forget all about the server issues here in a few hours.

[Coris]

Good Guy Karon, opening this thread and all! (Musste schon an dich und deine Versessenheit auf die goldenen Tools denken xD :'< )

To Yoshi and his team:
Keep it up, guys! The game is awesome and fun to play and the server problems will be gone soon.
It was nice to meet you at gamescom and I am still proud that I was able to shake hands with such a great man like you. Just please... PLEASE take a rest soon! You and your team deserve it!
Congratulations on this great game! (Got my CE today and it is beautiful!)

[Malackai]

To Yoshi and the rest of the team much <3

This is the first MMO in 5+ years that I am truly enjoying again, and I am already stoked for the new patches that will introduce housing. Keep up the good work, and I hope when the whole datacentre problem gets resolved things finally can come to a calm again

Most important hope you guys take some rest soon! Cant have you guys collapsing on us now can we :3?

Cant wait to get home today and pick up my CE edition of the game!

[Nero]

A good reason to bump this back to first Page; This is from the Launch-Event where he tears up. I thought people are maybe interested about what he is talking about:

From here on out is the beginning of the speech
I'm tearing up, guys.
First of all I want to say that I am sorry for us having to go into maintenance for the NA/EU servers. I want to apologize for taking precious time away from players during early access. From here on out is a long journey. starts to tear up, crowd gives encouragement

Its almost been 3 years since I took over development for FFXIV. At the time I hadn't been involved with the game that much, and I thought that it wouldn't be that big of a deal to remake it. I have always loved final fantasy and have always loved mmo's. starts to tear up again At the time, I gathered the team together and told them that we were going to remake the game just two days before we announced it to all of you on December 2nd.

I still remember it now, but at the time, we were in a studio like this one, and Souken (current director of game music) was in the background checking my mic levels. I clearly remember him standing there give me a guts pose (one fist in the air, think rocky) but at the time I had the same kind of worries as the players; how is this really going to turn out?... Isn't this going to be impossible.... pauses

But one by one I got support from all of you. It was said in the questions earlier, but normally an mmo takes 4-5 years to create and carefully plan. Earlier, Wada said his role is a tank. I had the same idea of being a tank when making this game. Up until now I have gone through each facet of the game (implies that he also bore all of the responsibility).

But I am not saying that it is just me who made FFXIV ARR. This was all due to the players around the world, the core staff here, and the hundreds of staff not here today. I came here today planning on not crying, but today we have finally taken the first step with ffxiv arr. And it is only the first step. Honestly I don't think we have any time to rest. We are working on patches and expansions.

More than anything I want to thank the players, especially those who started from the original FFXIV, and those that have joined our community. Thank you all for all of your support so far. I only hope that we have released a game that will not bring shame to square enix. from here on out there is no finishing an mmorpg. FFXIV:ARR is not a game that we made alone, but a game that we made along with all of you. From here on out we home to keep creating this game from here on out, from this place with you for 5-10 years.

I again want to say thank you for all you have done so far and we hope for your support in the future. bows

[Seishin]

I agree, thank you Yoshi P!

Please don't let all the flaming discourage you!

This game is great!

I can only thank you for turning what was once my biggest disappointment (aka 1.0) into a superb game like FFXIV ARR!

[delphinius81]

I want to use one of my 3 posts for the day to echo the sentiments of the OP. The amount of effort invested to get FF14:ARR into the form that it is in now is unbelievable. The entire team deserves amazing praise for converting the game into what it is today. Once we get through this initial server load period, I think all the players will look back and just see the greatness that the game has become. Thank you all for the sacrifices you have made. Please try to get some sleep and see your friends and families now.

[Deli]

thank you, yoshi-p 'n team
Yoshi, it's ok. Don't be sad. Even i need to spam confirm for 10 minutes at start, but you guys did everything you can. SO, you guys are still have all my support. To be selfish, I just wish less ppl come to my favorite game ;/