Comments from the Devs

[Kensaki]

haha mid august that would be bad. But yeah i think we'll see it early july.

[Niiro]

Considering they said something along the lines of "releasing new 1.18 info every week til launch" I'm expecting 4-5 minimum.

[Cichy]

So the job system not coming till post 1.20... meh meh meh more waiting

[Kensaki]

Yoshida's post on jobs translated:

Hey everyone, this is producer/director Yoshida.

I seem to recall there being a discussion about what each class will become job-wise in a previous thread. While it's still a bit too early to talk about the specifics, I will let you know a bit about the plan. Once it becomes possible to publicize the specs, I plan on making a post in battle mechanics section, but since job implementation will be taking place post-class balance adjustments, it is going to take some time. (Planning for post patch 1.20.)

Matsui, Gondai, and myself, are creating this plan, and the early jobs are based on "party balance."

In other words, here is the basic premise:

• Tank
  Attacker
  Damage Dealer (Nuker)
  Healer/Crowd Controller　
  Buffer/Crowd Controller

The above are just the foundation, and of course it doesn't mean that these are the limit of what types of roles we'll feature. I hope that this gives you something to discuss and speculate about.

[Tomino]

Jobs are schedule for... post 1.20?
Does this make them a xmas release?

[Hyan]

Probably slightly past September since the schedule won't hold.

[qpoiuwer]

Weren't jobs on that list of things they were definitely going to have done by the end of summer? I don't remember where that list was so I can't check.

[vadre]

All that was on the list of 'to-dos' by the end of summer was the standard BS about cost analysis and pre-planning. It doesn't actually say job implementation sadly.

I don't think they're planning on every patch taking as long as 1.18 has to come out, I guess there's a lot of content being developed for this one (2 dungeons and hubs / possibly a quest chain to do with Cid and companies among other things), whereas 1.19 seems like it's going to be more alogorithm work and stuff.

I'd expect 1.20 to come much sooner than christmas personally, though who knows, Gozilla could attack and we'll be at least another 2 weeks behind.

[Toth]

I logged onto the game yesterday for the first time in a while, did the parlay mission with the beastman (which was actually a lot of fun) and did a random Behest. Unfortunately, the game is just empty....

I was hoping that the jobs class would really spice up the battle system but 3 patches away makes it seem too far. And it begs the question: if patch 1.18 falls to excite the fanbase and falls flat...will 1.20+ even come?

[XalienLevi]

I was hoping that the jobs class would really spice up the battle system but 3 patches away makes it seem too far. And it begs the question: if patch 1.18 falls to excite the fanbase and falls flat...will 1.20+ even come?

so dramatic. 1.18 is only part of the plan. You can ask this question again when the PS3 release is announced.

[Vuitton]

...will 1.20+ even come?

Oh, and a translated YoshiP post.
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...563#post205563

Hi all, this is producer/director Yoshida.

First off, I’d just like to say that I am not by any means saying that characters shouldn’t have to level, or that we should get rid of leveling up itself, or that leveling is boring. If there was anyone that took it this way, I apologize. I myself am a huge role playing gamer, I love MMOs, and I’ve even worked on a recent Dragon Quest title, so I understand the pleasure and fun aspects of character growth. With that said, this does not mean that we are getting rid of it.

Of course, when you consider the unique characteristics of MMOs, planning to reach the level cap within a week isn’t entirely accurate. The ideal image is one where if you play every day for 2 hours or so, you will be able to reach the max cap on one class in about 3-4 months. Naturally, if you make detours or spend a whole day just chatting with friends, the distance and time to reach the cap will increase. One of the important things we would like players to think is “if I keep playing, I too can reach the highest rank.”

I was a hardcore EverQuest player and I know of the struggles involved in getting to that point. Truth be told, I really loved it. However, dying and losing 2 weeks’ worth of EXP, going insane trying to make EXP parties... I don’t think those features are important in the future of FFXIV.

While this is only concept phase right now, we are planning to increase the rank cap for growth once every 1-2 years, and will be implementing elements such as additional classes and jobs in the future.

However, I think what you’re all really concerned about is whether or not the end-game content and reasons for growing your character are going to be worthwhile or not. All I can say to that is that I will give it my utmost best!

Additionally, in the midst of the current battle adjustments, I think that rapidly inserting content (specifically battle-related content), when taking into account the overall situation, can be considered a pretty rash decision under normal circumstances. Since the foundation of game design is usually to first focus on finalizing the battle system, and then to implement content that utilizes the finished system, we are running a lot of risks launching the instanced raids and the Ifrit battle at this time. ^^;

I want to state just how much we appreciate all of you that are playing in these conditions, and let you know that we’ll continue with our best effort to implement content alongside the battle and foundational-related fixes.

[Arximiro]

I logged onto the game yesterday for the first time in a while, did the parlay mission with the beastman (which was actually a lot of fun) and did a random Behest. Unfortunately, the game is just empty....

I was hoping that the jobs class would really spice up the battle system but 3 patches away makes it seem too far. And it begs the question: if patch 1.18 falls to excite the fanbase and falls flat...will 1.20+ even come?

Pretty sure they still consider the game in development at this point. If it fails at PS3 release then you may have something to worry about.

[Jak]

Gah! Well.. plenty of time to get my jobs I want to 50, I guess.

[Toth]

Nice video Vuitton lol Luna ftw

Good points everyone.

[Kensaki]

Oh, and a translated YoshiP post.
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...563#post205563

Beat you by about 7 posts lol.

[Gokulo]

Beat you by about 7 posts lol.

I knew I wasn't going insane. So many reposts of different stuff here lately I was getting lost D;

[Vuitton]

I see Kensaki's post quoting Yoshida regarding the jobs. I don't see his post quoting what I shared. There are 2 different posts by Yoshida that were translated.

[Gokulo]

Ah well, it's in the Producer Letter topic.

[Hyan]

Yoshida at it again. I hope he at least sleeps late.

[Gadritan]

Considering they said something along the lines of "releasing new 1.18 info every week til launch" I'm expecting 4-5 minimum.

I'm starting to wonder if that wasn't mistranslated. We're getting info about a feature everyday.