Live Letter Good News?Follow

If they had announced one million dollar to everyone who plays the game, they would still be complaining on the beta forums. Personally, I'm even more excited about the game. Can't wait until next weekend!

I didn't think the things they said were that surprising.

Like I didn't think Crystal Tower was going to be in at launch day.

I don't go there because the forum layout is bad; I can never find where I want to go. The horrible stories of the clientele don't help either.

The live letter was fine, and the content that was presented should keep me busy for a while.

Maybe, but we're the old men/women of the community now. Just shake your fist at them and move on.

Personally, I am super excited that PS3 users get the ability to take screenshots in Phase 4. As a longtime FFXI PS2 player I really missed capturing all those new and exciting moments (first level ding, FATEs, new friends, etc.). Just beyond excited to have that.

Also loving the Veteran bonuses, what a great idea.

As for the Beta forums, take the opinions there with a block of salt. I would venture a guess that most of the trolls there are in it for the free playtime and will vanish when the sub fee starts. Besides, we've got Zam ;)

It's more civil here without a doubt.

Complaints don't bother me in and of themselves. If every thread on the beta forums were simply expressing a desire for more free time or concern that end game isn't ready enough, I wouldn't bat an eye. It's not even that people disagree with those viewpoints that bothers me. A spirited debate is fine and sometimes makes you think of things you hadn't thought of before.

It's that those disagreements get taken to a whole other level of desperate rage. Those boards are smothered in it. It isn't enough to say you felt misled, it's that SE HAS LIED TO YOU!!! 11!!122@3 and anyone who doesn't pick up a torch and/or pitchfork is the enemy. It isn't enough to say you like the game, it's that those who want changes are breaking your immersion. It isn't enough to say you wish things were better, it's that those who are satisfied are getting in the way of the gameplay you want to see added.

Sure, we have trolls and whiteknights around here and the occasional silly fight, but it's nothing compared to how insane I've seen it get on SE's official forums.

Went there yesterday morning when I got off work. First page was mostly cring over the fact P4 was only a weekend, and they all thought it would be a week or more. The no end game rants were there too, but not as heavily at that time. I found it funny cause nothing ever was concretly said regarding P4. I never really did like the official forums just to many threads on the samething. I think alot of the news that came was of no surpise to a majoity. There were some good and bad but thats was ok with me. As for here its usally is more civil. The majority of people here seem more willing to help people understand certain aspects of the game, or try to convey thier point of view without turning into a child and pouting. Mods usally try to keep thigs civil.

Like that they are adding bonuses for subscition length, and new news on jobs and classes. P4 was kinda depressing but its nothing world ending. No end game is understandale to me, it will be in quick enough. Overall still excited thankfully I have vacation that first week cause I always take it that week now I will have something to do.

I went and read most the QQ threads on the beta forums than I used the chrome Google translate thing and visited the JP and German general forums and know what I found..?

Only one thread where people were upset about the live letter than a huge thread laughing at the English forum for being such baby's.

I enjoyed the live letter. Sure I have some reservations about some things but in no wag upset or feel duped by se. I can't wait for my beady eye mount haha solo awesome .

If I compare zam with the beta forums the times I wanted to hit my face with my monitor or with the wall are considerably lower.

So yea, the bottom line is you're wrong.






Edited, Aug 9th 2013 8:10am by Teravibe

I took a peak over there last night. The issue I have isn't the complaints about the shortened beta or the solo-friendly atmosphere of AF gear or even the nerfing of endgame content for the duty finder or the lack of fishing being a real class. It was the people who literally couldn't find one positive thing out of the entire letter, and instead resorted to doom and gloom about how the game would immediately fail because of the letter. It's the people that were actually complaining about the unicorn mount ("that's so gay!" was a common theme), complaining about the rewards for subbing, complaining about not getting to see pvp, complaining about anything and everything that made me cringe.

The truth is, NONE of us know how any of the things mentioned in the live letter will actually play out in-game. Perhaps the AF gear will still be very challenging to get solo, perhaps endgame will still be incredibly challenging or tiered in difficulty, perhaps fisher will be more fleshed out than we think. I just get really annoyed when people immediately jump the gun and complain about things they can't possibly understand.

they want the game of there dreams and nothing can live up to it. I came across a few "Im not playing this game anymore" threads due to the live letter.. I feel really bad for these kids when they get into the real world and have real issues instead of nit picking every detail over a video game.

I seem to recall Blizzard's forums were the same way, it's nothing new, the official forums attract the most people. I used to post on the Playstation forums back when I first started playing FFXI before I found Zam and they drove me nuts as well.

Nothing to do with me for the most part, you guys should take the credit