Comments from the Devs

[Hyan]

Letter XVI today guyz. A wizard told me its coming.

"1.19 in Mid-October at the earliest" FFFFFF

[Charismatic]

I was going to write a big long thing, but TL;DR I loved Blu in XI, but this game in nowhere near ready for it.

I'm not really sure what you mean by this but if you look at the FFXI style BLU, every class is almost like BLU except they take abilities from each other rather than from enemies. It could easily work in FFXIV but I don't think it'd have much flavor.

[miokomioko]

Yeah, mechanically, the game is very well set up for a Blue Mage as all mob abilities have most of all the appropriate data. MP/TP costs, damage types, etc.

[Draylo]

I think a lot of the visuals of the mobs weapon skills are kinda lack luster. I haven't done the special bosses or NMs but the regular mobs I can't even tell if its a generic attack or what. Or is that just me?

[Foxer]

Letter XVI today guyz. A wizard told me its coming.

"1.19 in Mid-October at the earliest" FFFFFF

So, basically, the game still won't be launch material over a year after it actually launched(assuming 1.19 isn't groundbreaking). Really can't wait to see what's going to happen once the game starts charging.

[miokomioko]

He was making a joke.

[Foxer]

Figured it out after I posted. : (

For some reason, Oct. just didn't seem like a joke date to me. : (

[avelle]

Figured it out after I posted. : (

For some reason, Oct. just didn't seem like a joke date to me. : (

I didn't read it as a joke either. Seemed entirely plausible to me. :/

[Mikelee0351]

What I meant about Blu was that the mob skills aren't as established and iconic enough, like in XI, to make Blu as fun and rewarding as it was. When it was finally introduced in XI, everyone was excited as shit to Bomb Toss, Bludgeon, Frying pan, etc... Which I think, was a big part of initial appeal, was the payback for 8000 times you had been hit by "X" skill, or everytime a crawler Cocooned and melees called hacks.

I won't argue that the mechanics of XIV would seem to mesh well with the XI version of Blu, but I think that all the mobs skills are too generic, bland, and forgettable to get me excited about Blu if it was released anytime soon.

[Kaylia]

What I meant about Blu was that the mob skills aren't as established and iconic enough.

I don't know about you, but monsters' skills -are- iconic to fan of the series. Not all of them are obviously, but everyone remember 1000 needles, white wind, self destruct, and many others from previous game.

[Mikelee0351]

Well, of course, the series classic skills are here and there, but most of what you fight is squirrels, coblyn, dodo, puk, goats, sheep, etc... mobs that do not have the classic skills, and personally, I think their vast majority are very forgettable.

[Lordender]

blu's in 14, rofl... maybe in 4 years when ps3 version releases. /trollface.

[Gadritan]

blu's in 14, rofl... maybe in 4 years when ps3 version releases. /trollface.

Inorite. Next thing you know people will be claiming that arcanist is being added.

[Alkar]

BLU was obviously planned right away considering there is ( or was?) a glitch that allows you to learn enemy attacks and set them.

[miokomioko]

Oh man, I remember that showing up late in the beta, I believe. It was pretty damn hax and it's most definitely gone now.

[vadre]

http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com...entry?e=220872

Anyone seen that guy out and about? Good to see this Garlean invasion thing is progressing, looks like Nael Van Darnus is wandering about now.

[Hyan]

Whhherrrrreee isssss the letterrrrrrr

That damn duck. Definitely stalled with that letter XV to give him breathing room.

Hopefully that means he won't miss the actual patch date by a month this time.

[Cayos]

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...515#post284515

Introducing the Official FINAL FANTASY XIV Forums Full Version

We are announcing that after the periodic maintenance scheduled to take place on August 17th, the official FINAL FANTASY XIV forums will make a transition from a beta version to a full version. Along with this transition, an additional requirement will be added to the login of the official FINAL FANTASY XIV forums.

After the maintenance, following requirements must be fulfilled to log in to the forums.

* Possess Square Enix account with an active service account on FINAL FANTASY XIV
* Have logged in to FINAL FANTASY XIV in the last 30 days (additional requirement)

Please be aware that if above requirements are not fulfilled, you are not eligible to log in to the forums to post comment or access other forum features.

[Kurokikaze]

lol thats pretty lame.

Hope they un-ban my account.

[Gokulo]

Wat
That's a good way to bring people back to game, indeed :]