1UP FFXI Dev Team Interview During Fanfest

[Thistle]

If he really was making up that make-a-wish thing then milkman is not just an idiot, he's a fucking terrible horrible person.

But it's an inside joke, so that makes it okay.

[rath]

If he really was making up that make-a-wish thing then milkman is not just an idiot, he's a fucking terrible horrible person.

Doesn't make a wish post granted wishes somewhere? I seem to recall them doing something of the sort when they took my nephew to Disneyworld.

Edit: They do list recent wishes, and so far there is nothing about FFXI and bee-mage.

[Zilong]

I think someone already point it out a few pages ago, but "inside joke" is no justification of shitty question.

You don't ask some bullshit that only 5 people in the entire world probably knows about on an interview where at least few thousand people would read and hope for some sort of decent information out of.

[Melios]

I was pretty impressed with the way the ground HNM questions were handled. Mielke didn't give them much room to squirm, but the devs' Avoidance Skill is higher than his Questioning Skill. It was my previous impression that the devs were unaware of what happens with ground HNMs(specifically kings), but it's become clear that they know full well what goes on, and are making a conscious effort to do nothing at all. The only question left is: Why?

I'm guessing they want the playerbase to focus on other HNMs and end-game events, rather than pointlessly hover all over Dragon's Aery.

[Toksyuryel]

I'm guessing they want the playerbase to focus on other HNMs and end-game events, rather than pointlessly hover all over Dragon's Aery.

Yeah man ridills are just so pointless.

[Zilong]

Nowadays, it seem all it's good for is zerging on DRK anyway with GA being what it is after the 2h update.

Of course, that same update makes E-body even more godly than it already is though...

[Melios]

Yeah man ridills are just so pointless.

Well, when you consider the frequency of the weapon distribution compared to amount constantly seeking the weapon.....it is pretty pointless in the long run since only a select few are going to get it.

[Toksyuryel]

Well, when you consider the frequency of the weapon distribution compared to amount constantly seeking the weapon.....it is pretty pointless in the long run since only a select few are going to get it.

Run.

[Franzer]

i'll play bee mage if this is the af

[Kenji]

Variety of questions? Half the interview is devoted to stupid shit about the DLC we already knew.

It's called "making the interviewee feel good." I already explained this. You ask them stuff about stuff they want to answer. Sometimes quite a bit. It gets them excited and wanting to answer your questions. Then you pop them with a hard question about, say drop rates or king camps.

You're in an interview, not an interrogation.

Did you actually read the interview, or are you just continuing your little anti-BlueGartr temper tantrum to every post you can find?

And this is why real discussion suffers. This is why people try to seperate us in red states and blue states, republican and democrat, conservative and liberals. It's much easier to lump someone into a category with a label, and forever talk past them, then to understand there is more than just a false dichotomy. There are gray areas, and people actually wanting to understand each other's position, instead of painting them with a broad brush.

To give you the benefit of the doubt, I never said I hated BG. I never said I was against BG. You can be for the improvement of something, without being against it. Hard concept for some, who just want to toss someone in a box. And apparently, an improvement is coming(or coming back, I should say), so it's a start.

To paraphrase Sun Tzu: A man is at his most vulnerable, when he thinks he has you all figured out.