Letter From the Producer IX.

[DeadRiser]

As if. Quality over quantity, I say. I'd rather wait a long time for the real stuff than get more unfinished product, and in the meantime I'm enjoying the fillers.

It would be nice to know what kind of battle stuff they are implementing... he said in the letter 'battle stuff they have planned'... that's it >.> urghhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[GabbaGabba]

AF quests had a good story behind them. COP had a good story, TOAU had a good story, zilarts story sucked but meh, WOTG had a good story. Rank10 missions had a decent story. All of this content was challenging, unlike WOWclone dungeons that aren't experts/heroics(and those are easy after you get gear FROM those dungeons ._.) BCNM's were unique boss fights. RSE wasn't anything special but it was another low level gear option and something for you to do besides leveling. Basically, at least it was different. I don't know about most people, but after playing WOW for 5+ years I don't feel like playing the same MMO until I die.

pretty much everything you listed came out as an expansion. AF wasn't in the game until after lv50. just because they aren't not releasing storyline missions doesn't mean they wont release it in the future. Again everything is waiting on the battle system changes.

[Lyndis]

I was thinking we were going to be getting the big update at the end of the easter event. As it was said the archons would be coming at the end of it. It seems that what they've actually done is just made Eorzea have a real time storyline that we witness. So we'll probably see the companies form and stuff during the next month like it's said in this letter and maybe other lore based events throughout the month of may.

I am slightly disappointed that we're not getting any real updates this month but the fact that Eorzea has a lore that progresses in real time is amazing. That's exactly the kind of thing I want out of an MMO. Makes the place feel so much more real.

[Gramul]

I'll wait until the dungeons are released to give any real formal judgment on them.
Though I never really got to the dungeons in XI, so my view won't have any real points of comparison.

[GabbaGabba]

You're wrong kind sir we all know WoW came up with everything first including dungeons.

Rift thought about doing instanced dungeons before WoW even came out so technically it was Rift's idea, WoW just came out with it first

[Shiyo]

Level30 dungeons are low level, yes. 1-20 takes less than a day, 20-30 might take a few days. Low level. Low level NM's are ok because they aren't COPYING ANOTHER GAME. Seriously, does everyone just want to play and do the same things over and over and over and over and never change? I'd like them to reinvent the wheel personally, I'm not up for another SOLO QUEST 1-LEVEL CAP - > grind dungeons! - > grind heroic dungeons! - > grind raids! - > AFK until next content patch! game. Might just be me though, who knows.

[Xatsh]

30 is sorta low level when you think about in.

If you look at the SP curve and time requirements 1-24 can litteraly be done in a day or two in leve partys and alittle grinding. 30 can be gotten to in about 2-3 more days. (1-30 is only like 20-25% of the way to 50 in terms of overall sp).

Then again it is in the middle of 1-50. So it is all how you look at it. but I think 30 is a good place for a dungeon. That level is easily achievable by players in a rather limited amount of time.

[Totobi]

Level30 dungeons are low level, yes..

30-50. 30 -to- 50

[Victor]

Quality, huh? Did you just happen to forget their trackrecord for the last 7 months of development? I don't even feel like arguing, this game is eating my soul.

[Shiyo]

30 is sorta low level when you think about in.

If you look at the SP curve and time requirements 1-24 can litteraly be done in a day or two in leve partys and alittle grinding. 30 can be gotten to in about 2-3 more days. (1-30 is only like 20-25% of the way to 50 in terms of overall sp).

Then again it is in the middle of 1-50. So it is all how you look at it. but I think 30 is a good place for a dungeon. That level is easily achievable by players in a rather limited amount of time.

But why do we need to copy another game with content? Why couldn't they added content to the game that wasn't leeching off another? Why are all MMOs turning into the same thing? Can't we get something different, something unique, AND fun, for once? Please?