Comments from the Devs

**Spider-Dan** · 2012-01-19 18:42

Originally Posted by Seravi Edalborez

Goobbue can't be named, boo.
Disabling help text on actions is kind of ok, but it takes the names off too so you need to know what the pretty icons mean. This is also my beef with the other help text: turning it off also turns off buff descriptions if you mouse/cursor over them on self/others.

I think you are, um, doing it wrong.

I read it as: you're supposed to turn off global help text and turn on action help text (since action help text is completely independent).

**Seravi Edalborez** · 2012-01-19 19:15

Action help: turns off action stuff (duh), including names
Global/regular help: turns off the "no shit" descriptions, and buff descriptions on the buff bar/party member's bars
Underlined is what I want on. Buff descriptions aren't a huge deal I guess though.

**Patriarch** · 2012-01-19 19:28

I stared at enough goobbue ass leveling bst

not paying $12.95 to sit on one

Cmon 2.0

**TacoTaru** · 2012-01-19 19:53

Good thing it isn't $12.95/month then!

**Rocl** · 2012-01-19 19:59

So is it me or is the Wandering Minstrel Yoshida's model from the Firefall Faire backgrounds?

**Kensaki** · 2012-01-19 20:00

Logged on grabbed my goobbue lamented lack of people logged off. I'm ready for 1.21.

**Ambrosia** · 2012-01-19 20:40

Well don't worry too much about Mr. Goobbue. Considering that he is obtainable up until Version 2.0 goes live, you can probably wait till September/October (assuming there are no delays)... log on and collect (almost) anything and everything that won't make it for Version 2.0. Since the team is probably double and triple timing their efforts for Version 2.0, don't expect most of the content to be extensive. Especially with mounts and vanity items, expect them to be more in the line of go to NPC, talk to NPC, get item. Done.

**Raldo** · 2012-01-19 20:44

Originally Posted by Ambrosia

Well don't worry too much about Mr. Goobbue. Considering that he is obtainable up until Version 2.0 goes live

Do we have any confirmation of this? It's possible they could make him go away after a patch or two.

**Burningthought** · 2012-01-19 20:45

Originally Posted by Raldo

Do we have any confirmation of this? It's possible they could make him go away after a patch or two.

Its in the patch notes. Its assumed up to 2.0.

Originally Posted by Square-Enix

* Please note that the goobbue mount can only be obtained before the release of FINAL FANTASY XIV Version 2.0.

**blythe** · 2012-01-19 23:19

At the very least they'll be available until 1.21, which might be a patch worth paying to try out anyway with jobs and all that. That and hopefully server merges will be sorted out by then (late February I guess?)

**Burningthought** · 2012-01-19 23:30

Originally Posted by blythe

At the very least they'll be available until 1.21, which might be a patch worth paying to try out anyway with jobs and all that. That and hopefully server merges will be sorted out by then (late February I guess?)

I quoted Yoshi with the merge being late jan./early feb. but I expected more news on it already. So i'm guessing sometime next month.

**Burningthought** · 2012-01-20 14:36

Originally Posted by Bayohne

Greetings,

As Estellios mentioned, we posted some words from Yoshida on the current plan in December. In that post, we said we'd be watching the population numbers in January and planning how to proceed from there. We also said we might have an update around mid-January, but I wanted to let you know that there is a slight delay with that and we plan on making further details known as soon as we can.

Called it.

Bah while I'm here I guess:

We asked Yoshida about the reasoning behind making the goobbue mount so easy to obtain. Here are a few of his reasons for this decision:
The mount is only available for a limited time
Players that only play as Disciples of the Land and Hand were taken into consideration
While it's easy for veteran players to obtain, we also considered new players that would want to start playing because they can receive a goobbue

Yoshida also mentioned that future mounts won't be so easy to obtain, so prepare yourselves! Another thing to pay attention to is what our friend the Wandering Minstrel actually says about it when you obtain it.

Makes sense to me at least, I don't know a lot of players who only play as DoL/DoH though, but I could definitely see the new player thing being a legitimate reason. I have a few new people who just started playing in my current linkshell.

**Patriarch** · 2012-01-21 11:18

Pardon the ignorance here, I haven't played in a solid 2 months.

These mounts, regardless of temporary satisfaction, are only going to be obtainable pre 1.20, yes?

My main question, will they be available post 1.20, just no longer obtainable? As in its just a trophy piece to show all the strapping new players that I was there for the pre-murdonic years?

**TacoTaru** · 2012-01-21 11:22

You have your patch numbers wrong so I'm not sure which you're referring to. They are going to usable forever as long as you obtain it before 2.0 is my understanding.

**Patriarch** · 2012-01-21 11:30

Originally Posted by TacoTaru

You have your patch numbers wrong so I'm not sure which you're referring to. They are going to usable forever as long as you obtain it before 2.0 is my understanding.

sorry, at work 2.0 is what I meant, etc. Ty though. Guess I will sub for a month and get my goob

**Niiro** · 2012-01-21 13:03

Please don't, that's exactly what SE wants, offering limited time useless shit to get people to resub for 1 month (which is the most expensive compared to buying subs in bulk).

If anything wait until a patch is released with actual content and resub then, you get your stupid fucking gobbue that you'll never ride (unless you enjoy not being able to see where you're going) while also being able to check out new stuff of actual substance.

**Raldo** · 2012-01-21 13:41

It could be SE's clever way of gauging how many people are willing to pay for frivolous things such as mounts, but not for the game itself. Such as what would happen if the game went... free to play.

**Patriarch** · 2012-01-21 13:59

Originally Posted by Niiro

Please don't, that's exactly what SE wants, offering limited time useless shit to get people to resub for 1 month (which is the most expensive compared to buying subs in bulk).

If anything wait until a patch is released with actual content and resub then, you get your stupid fucking gobbue that you'll never ride (unless you enjoy not being able to see where you're going) while also being able to check out new stuff of actual substance.

this is my plan. I still have crysta from launch, so ill toss some in the pot and come back before 2.0 comes to collect all my future afk gear.

**Niiro** · 2012-01-21 14:26

Good, because this

isn't worth 10$.

**Corrderio** · 2012-01-21 14:27

How the hell can you ride those when they block off 75% of the screen?

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