Comments from the Devs

[Gokulo]

i thought he was joking <_< and lol ^

If the international testes wer to start on the 26th then they would probably start sending the invites soon.

[Thiefami]

Yea so...I think it's safe to say the entire "story" behind the chars in the CG cutscene was entirely made up on the spot because people were asking. It sounded like he was making it up as he went along.

"yea there was a guy with the party in the past but he got KOed and HPd and then the hume echo'd in just then and found the bow he dropped and everyone else just ran with it, also the elvaan male just kinda decided to hang out with another group"

Just say "they're meant to be generic stand ins for the players during fancy cutscenes and we didn't want to make brand new ones each time" and be done with it.

That's pretty much what I got from it. Tidbit about the ascians was interesting though.

[shidobu]

If the international testes wer to start on the 26th then they would probably start sending the invites soon.

yea i wasn't expecting anything till like 48hrs before any testing started not 5 whole days lol

[Gokulo]

yea i wasn't expecting anything till like 48hrs before any testing started not 5 whole days lol

I think some jp invited might've been send earlier, but yeah, 2 days would be a pretty good bet I guess.

[Gokulo]

http://www.polygon.com/2012/11/21/36...nal-fantasy-14

Good text, plus:

A Realm Reborn is due out next summer worldwide, and if it's a success, then Naoki Yoshida will have engineered one of the most astonishing turnarounds in video-game history. "This may make me a failure as a businessman," he admitted, "but to be honest, sales are secondary to me. My drive here is to regain the trust gamers had for us. I have confidence [we'll succeed], or else I wouldn't have taken on this project in the first place."

[Lucavi]

I wish him luck. Nobody wants the stuff to fail, but nobody wants to pay for an inferior product either.

[Fievel]

I wish him luck. Nobody wants the stuff to fail, but nobody wants to pay for an inferior product either.

Yup this pretty much sums up how I feel too.

[Kurokikaze]

http://www.polygon.com/2012/11/21/36...nal-fantasy-14

Good text, plus:

This man knows what hes doing. Great interview.

<-- Been rocking this avatar since Dec 2010.

[millionsknives]

That was a pretty candid and revealing interview. I've never heard anyone at SE put it as blunt as Yoshi just did:

So how did Tanaka and Square Enix let things get so bad in the first place? "To put it bluntly, I think it can be summed up by saying we were conceited," Yoshida said. "We had server troubles, technical troubles, a lack of international marketing and research, a lack of communication with gamers. There were many problems, but they were all caused by the general idea that 'we're okay, it's the FF brand, we made FF11 work.' That was the feeling not just with the FF14 team, but with Square Enix in general. That's why I said that, before anything else, we had to apologize to gamers, so that's where the official announcement in December came from."

Even after two years, I still find Yoshi-P to be a breath of fresh air. I think he could end up turning the entire company around. If ARR is a success, he's gonna need a fanmail address haha.

[shidobu]

he's gonna need a fanmail address haha.

this

And if the game impresses me enough ima buy a gdamn second copy just to support the man. Give it to one of my bros

[Shuichi]

That Yoshi. He's the man. SE picked the right man for the job. Can't wait to see what kinda PvP skills Yoshi has.

[Gokulo]

this

And if the game impresses me enough ima buy a gdamn second copy just to support the man. Give it to one of my bros

Yeah, similarly, if I'm impressed by what I see when I get my hands on the playable version I'll buy the PS3 ver at least.

[Kurokikaze]

Yeah, similarly, if I'm impressed by what I see when I get my hands on the playable version I'll buy the PS3 ver at least.

If it all pans out... PS3 collector's edition here. I'll be giving the reg code away to a friend as well.

Gotta support the effort here.

[Eagleheart]

I plan to buy several copies to support Yoshi P, provided that 2.0 is as awesome as I am expecting. o.0 I have faith in Yoshi P!

Also, it might just be me, but I think the polygon.com site is down. @_@ Was hoping to read the article... damnit.

[miokomioko]

I sure hope they add an in-game way to receive registration code items (Asuran Armguards/Onion Helm/etc.) instead of only being given to newly created characters.

Also, a few dev comments:

- Incapacitation will be back in ARR, through both physical and magic-based attacks, but the wording implies that it may be something you only find in major battles and bosses.

- You will be able to open your map and click on a teleport destination (aetheryte or aethernet) to immediately teleport there. Awesome.

[shidobu]

- You will be able to open your map and click on a teleport destination (aetheryte or aethernet) to immediately teleport there. Awesome.

loved this feature in GW2

[Skai]

Best thing ever and hope more MMOs in the future adopt that traveling system.

[Sephiroth]

I really don't know why they bothered putting the servers back up. I just logged in and there are 16 players on the entire server. I keep thinking I'm using the search wrong but it's set to all statuses, all regions, all classes, all companies, all languages, 1-50.

Better hurry login and take some screenshots if you need to because it won't last a week.

[miokomioko]

The only reason I'll log back in is to scour cutscenes and random NPCs for interesting lore dialog before it's indefinitely lost.

[Oreth]

Does anyone have the public apology SE issued as i think i missed it or vaguely remember it. Was in my phase where i was so dissapointed with FFXIV i didnt even follow what was happening or what changes where coming down the line!