Comments from the Devs

[Hyan]

I don't think that justifies posting potentially false information... and we already got a taste of that during the real beta. However, both have their advantages and disadvantages.

After being a part of that farse... I can't see why anyone would want to be hyped with pics like these:

http://img2.mmo.mmo4arab.com/news/20...weapon(29).jpg

http://www.ffxivarmoury.com/images/c...xiv-archer.png

http://www.buycataclysm.info/wp-cont...14_weapon1.jpg

I'm sure it worked brilliantly in their concepts.

[Zettofaia]

Hyan brings up a very good point here, which is the reason I'm actually not happy about having a company section on the official forums, because it's merely there for speculation and "wish-lists", considering everytime they talk about companies it feels like they have the system all set and ready to launch when the time comes. It's not in their best interest -especially now- to make us even more disappointed...

Those pictures still give me a sad. =(

[Hyan]

Choose your gripe.

I mean, as always the "opposite way" is the "better way" but we already saw what the "opposite way" is like and it's not pretty. Perspective people.

Still would be nice to see that archer pic actually working tho.

[Cichy]

Oh what could've been...

[Lucavi]

The way I see it.. People are going to complain regardless.

"The way I see it... ...well...? ...Its all.. pretty blurry."

[Corrderio]

Alt-Tabbing could happen: http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...l=1#post108951

We spoke with the dev. team to find out what's being planned in regards to being able to alt-tab out of fullscreen and they said that they are looking into it, but that it'll take some time to address.

[sruon]

Crystal Tools : it does everything but alt-tab.

[Hyan]

With all the things that seem to be changeable, now that the game is shipped out what isn't?

[Zettofaia]

I'm actually really excited about this...

Also, I don't think you can even get more backward with this allegedly next-gen engine. I don't know, I feel that they're just using it as an excuse to delay working on other things until they're done with the battle system overhauls (which isn't a bad idea), the engine can't possibly be so bad that it needs extra work to run a delivery system....

[Hyan]

I think that has to do with the servers, not the engine. And it doesn't even mean it can't be done (it was already coming back in Oct.-Nov.), but they want to improve the servers first. Which do need improving.

anyway, we still don't have the grand companies impleneted in-game. so my bet is that is 1.8. 1.9 is battle system overhaul, and 2.0 might be the dungeon/raid.

Raids come with the first battle system overhaul.

Raids are also linked to companies somehow iirc. So some incarnation of it will probably arrive with the raid content... if only to give a purpose to the whole thing.

[Vuitton]

crystal tools is just the graphics engine isn't it? and the only thing next-gen about a graphics engine is well, the graphics. and to be fair the graphics are rather "next-gen" for an MMO. there is no MMO prettier than FFXIV. Maybe TERA is the closest thing to competition in that.

their server side capabilities to handle delivery systems and other server side data handling is not crystal tools, and who knows what it is. something worse than FFXI's at least. no delivery system, and a patched in pseudo-AH, and we just now got retainer position memory for ward resets.

anyway, we still don't have the grand companies implemented in-game. so my bet is that is 1.8. 1.9 is battle system overhaul, and 2.0 might be the dungeon/raid.

[Zettofaia]

I want to be done with those fixes so I can see what kind of direction they'll take and the vision they have for the future of XIV.

Too bad it won't happen anytime soon. =(

[Zettofaia]

double*

[Siatdiat]

crystal tools is just the graphics engine isn't it? and the only thing next-gen about a graphics engine is well, the graphics. and to be fair the graphics are rather "next-gen" for an MMO. there is no MMO prettier than FFXIV. Maybe TERA is the closest thing to competition in that.

their server side capabilities to handle delivery systems and other server side data handling is not crystal tools, and who knows what it is. something worse than FFXI's at least. no delivery system, and a patched in pseudo-AH, and we just now got retainer position memory for ward resets.

anyway, we still don't have the grand companies implemented in-game. so my bet is that is 1.8. 1.9 is battle system overhaul, and 2.0 might be the dungeon/raid.

LOL

[Vuitton]

so does that count as a spam/+1 post?

oh you bolded something in the quote. i guess i'll borrow from Rachel Black's Friday and give it a twist:

It's 1.8, 1.8, 1.8. Can't wait to get down on 1.8. After 1.8 is 1.9 and 2.0 comes after that. Fun Fun Fun Fun We So Excited

[Lucavi]

Crystal tools... hah. Oh well.

[Siatdiat]

so does that count as a spam/+1 post?

oh you bolded something in the quote. i guess i'll borrow from Rachel Black's Friday and give it a twist:

It's 1.8, 1.8, 1.8. Can't wait to get down on 1.8. After 1.8 is 1.9 and 2.0 comes after that. Fun Fun Fun Fun We So Excited

First of all, the current patches were 1.17 and 1.17a right? So why you jumping back to 1.8? Second of all, the next in the sequence is and was 1.11, this is not math. 2.0 would be an expansion content or something.

[Lordender]

First of all, the current patches were 1.17 and 1.17a right? So why you jumping back to 1.8? Second of all, the next in the sequence is and was 1.11, this is not math. 2.0 would be an expansion content or something.

I think you got trolled :D

[solracht]

First of all, the current patches were 1.17 and 1.17a right? So why you jumping back to 1.8? Second of all, the next in the sequence is and was 1.11, this is not math. 2.0 would be an expansion content or something.

Don't you mean 1.10?

[Vuitton]

see i am not the only one who can't count, haha. oh well. i still liked my 1.8 song lyrics