Comments from the Devs

[Sephiroth]

The V1 crafting track isn't that bad when you hear it on its own, but if you're crafting all day and you have that on repeat you just want to throw your monitor out the window. You don't even hear more than the first 45 seconds unless you're doing lots of bolding for HQs. The track should have been in a cutscene or something. I don't want any crafting music in ARR.

[Eagleheart]

You know, I did a lot of Hard Work identifying and labeling the whole (leaked) 1.0 OST:

Thank you very much!!

( o.0) I love the crafting music. So whimsical and fun (>'')> I'll listen to it all day.

[Vuitton]

Tons and tons of dev comments on the β Forums.

[Stanislaw]

Tons and tons of dev comments on the β Forums.

And lots of salty tears. Especially on the NM thread. This one in particular is pretty good:

Its a shame that the Dev's have decided to limit how players decide to spend their time in this game. This is hand holding to the extreme, there is no need in this regardless of what the dev's say. Yoshi said options well he is taking 1 option off the table, what happened to appealing to all types of players? Well seems as though the <snip, NDA> NM's mean nothing and by that they are just cheaping what NM's use to be so sad!!

[Nadrojj]

I can't stand that place. Every single one of them want the game to be more "casual". These are all the kids who couldn't get into endgame linkshells, they want all the beast gear handed to them and they want new things to do every second of every day. I wish they'd shut that place down when there was no testing taking place so they could go back to the OF's and spam that place up.

[xopher]

Odd how I've never heard this crafting music. Not once.

[Rionel]

And lots of salty tears. Especially on the NM thread. This one in particular is pretty good:

I couldn't take it. I had to try and reason with these people... whether or not it fails, I don't care. I just had to say something at this point to counter all this BS. >_>;

[Hyan]

Notorious Monsters Test you by have special skills beyond those of normal monster. They are supposed to be Bosses on Landscape. The Punisher who Droped the Ochudo's Kote in FFXI used the Monks two hour skill. The Quiquiroon that drops the level 35 Body Armour in FFXIV had an almost impenetrable defense. These Types of Enemies required a highly skilled group to beat on level. They took considerable skill to defeat by a person fifteen levels over them.

Hopefully more dev posts like the NM one are otw, and the tears will make the flood? Is this what yoshida meant?

[Churchill]

wait a dev posted that? rofl

[Rionel]

No, a Dev did not post that, It was a beta forum tester.

[shepardG]

GOD DAMN YOU SPIDER DAN, I CLICKED PLAY AND INSTANTLY THOUGHT ABOUT CUTTING MY WRISTS WIDE OPEN AND JUMPING INTO INTERSTATE TRAFFIC.....

[Waraji]

The fk you click it then if you knew exactly what it was... OH WAIT DID U NOT READ THE PREVIOUS POSTS? Go back to OF shepardG! You're drunk!

Edit* Oom Pa / Loom Pa

[Takiwaki]

Wow that thread...
I really do not get people,

We don't want solo, we want parties cus an mmo is supposed to be social, then we get
FATE sucks I do not want content with so much people involved?
But I want to claim stuff for myself only no body should touch it, then
Then the same people bitching about immersion says its ok that I can "claim mobs" so no one else can help me...

I mean they can easily add NM leves for those that want the pop nm feel, but I do think the spawn nm camping days should die and never return.

[Deuce]

Have to keep in mind that those who have negative opinions about a product or service are far more likely to voice their opinions and voice it often. Complaints don't always correlate to a bad product and in the case of ARR I believe this assumption holds true.

I say let them complain because they're going to do it anyways.

[Stanislaw]

Kinda off-topic, but I picked up a tidbit of info off of 2ch claiming that 500k people had signed up for FFXIV's beta test (and in that same context, it was saying that ESO's beta test received 1 million).

Any idea where any of this might've been said elsewhere?

[Carraway]

Kinda off-topic, but I picked up a tidbit of info off of 2ch claiming that 500k people had signed up for FFXIV's beta test (and in that same context, it was saying that ESO's beta test received 1 million).

Any idea where any of this might've been said elsewhere?

Not sure; last I knew, Yoshida expected "a few hundred thousand" beta testers globally over the course of every phase (from some interview). ESO posted some news a while back about receiving one million likes on Facebook.

[Eagleheart]

Kinda off-topic, but I picked up a tidbit of info off of 2ch claiming that 500k people had signed up for FFXIV's beta test (and in that same context, it was saying that ESO's beta test received 1 million).

Any idea where any of this might've been said elsewhere?

I have not read any information about sub/registration numbers, but I would be pleased if that number were accurate.

I really want ARR to succeed o.o not just because the lot of us will enjoy it, but I want Yoshi P and Dev Team to have an epic success to their names.

(O.o)> This could really make Yoshi P a superstar if it goes right.

And all you guys who hate the crafting music are crazy D: it's so lighthearted and fun!

EDIT:

I couldn't take it. I had to try and reason with these people... whether or not it fails, I don't care. I just had to say something at this point to counter all this BS. >_>;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmHeP9Sve48

[Alkar]

Hold on... that lvl 35 NM in XIV required considerable skill as a level 50 to beat? <_<
I think I've played a different XIV here, these guys must come from some wierd dimension were 1.0 NMs were actually challenging at all or had particular traits other than some fancy name.

[Vuitton]

The only "easy" NM I ever had some trouble killing with risk to my life was Cactuar Jack on my BLM. If I didn't use the right rotation I'd run out of MP or my dmg->hp ability would be on CD after he did 1000 needles. You'd think convert would help here but it proved to be a risky maneuver to use solo...

[Carraway]

If anyone wants to discuss the mechanics of how Jennifer Lawrence is attractive but not really that attractive, I feel like there might be some kind of plaza where you could do that, just among friends, or whatever.