Letter from the Producer IX (5/2/2011)

[Corrderio]

Is it amusing to anyone else how reading the forums and the state of the game is sorta like US Politics?

If Tanaka were Bush and Yoshi-P was Obama etc etc... lol

gifthorse is a retard, that's all you need to really know about him.

Though yeah, it's funny seeing these guys defend the guy that added the crap they're complaining about in the first place.

[Groovebox]

It's cute that people still think Yoshi will be adding any kind of hardcore, free-roaming NMs (that don't have 5 minute repops) to open world.

[Corrderio]

It's cute that people still think Yoshi will be adding any kind of hardcore, free-roaming NMs (that don't have 5 minute repops) to open world.

I'm pretty sure Tanaka wasn't even going to do that. He did say he was going to make the game more casual compared to XI.

[Lucavi]

Didn't turn out that way, Corr, so I take what he said with a grain of salt at best.

[Vuitton]

because camping spawn times and recording ToD is so hardcore. :eyeroll: more like bore-core. sounds like an idea that belongs on the lodestone forums.

[Groovebox]

because camping spawn times and recording ToD is so hardcore. :eyeroll: more like bore-core. sounds like an idea that belongs on the lodestone forums.

Hey, I never said I was a fan... I just thought it was funny that there are a handful of people who think this game is going to be (or is lol) hardcore like old-school FFXI.

Also, does anyone think SE will add a loot distribution system once the dungeons come around?

[Corrderio]

Didn't turn out that way, Corr, so I take what he said with a grain of salt at best.

True. I don't remember the interview, but he also said there wouldn't be any grinding in the game either. Sure fooled us.

Also, does anyone think SE will add a loot distribution system once the dungeons come around?

Maybe, they did talk about it at one point IIRC. The system isn't too bad, although it can be exploited since if an item is in my loot list I can just grief the others and keep it.

[Sagacious Sundi]

SE keeps talking about adding beast tribes. Maybe they're all have their own little dungeon area too like in XI.

I always imagined that O'Ghomoro/Paglth'an/Xelphatol will mirror the starter regions/Coerthas by having copypasta'd expansive outdoor areas, some minor dungeons, and then the appropriate beast tribe dungeon instead of a city-state.

[Cichy]

I'm guessing we will also see Sahagain sometimes soon since there is bit of a talk about them in game already.

[miokomioko]

I'm guessing we will also see Sahagain sometimes soon since there is bit of a talk about them in game already.

I'm not sure if you mean seeing what they look like or existing as mobs, but I was told that the Limsa Lominsan starter missions show them. I have yet to see screenshot proof of it though, then again, I don't imagine many people started there though, beta city and all.

[Lucavi]

True. I don't remember the interview, but he also said there wouldn't be any grinding in the game either. Sure fooled us.


Maybe, they did talk about it at one point IIRC. The system isn't too bad, although it can be exploited since if an item is in my loot list I can just grief the others and keep it.

I was hopeful about the game (based on the fact that I did enjoy Alpha and assumed - like any other MMO on the planet - that there would be vast improvements made and additional content added for the retail launch), but I never trusted him. He represents the classic old-fashioned line of thinking that has Japan's gaming companies in such hot water right now. To think that an entire country could be decades ahead in terms of innovation (especially for games), yet stagnated and allowed everyone to catch up and surpass them.

I'm siding with the youth. Get the younglings in there with heads full of fresh ideas. The era of old men deciding what constitutes "entertainment" for the youth should have long since passed.

[Lordender]

Hell, half the people over there are either functionally retarded or just massive trolls and I honestly can't tell if I'm being whooshed or not.

You want to see retarded over on the Lodestone forums, go read the thread "Mob Adjustments - Please the game is too easy".

Holyfuck, I think i lost a few braincells reading that shit.

[Kurokikaze]

Tomorrow is the start of a new work week... Let's hope for some updates god damnit. I need details on this battle system stat.

[Cichy]

Tomorrow is the start of a new work week... Let's hope for some updates god damnit. I need details on this battle system stat.

Agreed, I say alot of the times that I'd like to see ton of content but when I really looked at it the battle system is the ground zero of my unhappiness with the game. Combat is just not fun for anyone and it's going to be what ultimately can save this game.

[Kurokikaze]

Agreed. My interest in the game falls solely on the battle system being intuitive, functional and fun. I don't think I can remain hopeful for this game if this new battle system is deemed a failure.

The sad part is that I don't know what to expect... Will it be a complete restructuring of the system or is going to be bandaids here and there on the current system passed off as an "overhaul"? Remember they get one shot at this... not just because of the players but because of the development time. Whatever we get we're stuck with. Theres no reset button on this one unfortunately.

Passing out. When I wake up I expect a new post with some fucking info damnit.

[Corrderio]

I'm pretty sure we'll get something this week. Since the Umbral Era is happening within a week I'm sure they'll add something to the game for it.

[Hyan]

When should we expect 1.17b? I doubt we'll get anything before then. As for the changes, they have always done what's necessary. If something will make them fail, it's the poor handling of development or if the game is too hard to work with.

[Cichy]

I wouldnt hope for 1.17b, something connected to the Umbral Era maybe, but nothing major most likely.

Also, did anyone notice that there is a recovery from technical difficulties on different server each day? Maybe they trying to ninja something connected to the Umbral Era in?

[Corrderio]

I wouldnt hope for 1.17b, something connected to the Umbral Era maybe, but nothing major most likely.

Even if we get it odds are it'll be zero content.

As for the Umbral era and the deaspected crystals, I'm starting to wonder if the elemental archon eggs are the reason behind it. I know I'm gasping at straws, but there has to be a reason for these inventory wasters.

[Lordender]

I'm not hoping for shit before mid june but if shit happens before mid june then its a plus in my book.