MASSIVE Player Growth Revealed! ❤️Yoshi-P's Tough Call❤️ & Our Live Letter Highlights

[@Cybertech134]

Yoshi-P made me look good at work, actually. Turns out, I had scheduled the 19th off work for Endwalker using PTO, but that's the week before Thanksgiving and we're usually swamped with work. I rescheduled citing how much I was needed at work that day and asked to move it to the 3rd. Easiest reschedule in my life

[@brighteyesseven1071]

Well played.

[@aries4378]

gg

[@dacbiet]

gg

[@ninjathehuskey4373]

Pog

[@CoachEd]

Ah yes. All coming together now. Only thing better is an Urianger type of email. Thoust my assistance be needed so i will moveth my vacationeth.

[@Laharly]

Seeing the chat spam "A smile better suits a hero" when Yoshi-P started crying was a thing of beauty

[@BryanCarthell]

I had no idea that was happening! I’d’ve lost it if I saw that during the live presentation.

[@neronthetyrant]

yeah that was cringe as hell please don't superimpose one-liners from a videogame onto an actual human being that isn't just written for entertainment, that's just really bad taste. It's like if I justified something by saying "It's my ninja way!!", just don't.

[@bigguy9151]

@@neronthetyrant you follow shoeonhead, opinion discarded

[@Vanessa_exe]

@@neronthetyrant except it's not cringe because context matters when it comes to phrasing?

[@influentialdetour]

@@neronthetyrant knowing Yoshi-P and his passion for the game though he probably loved that the fans were saying it

[@wheeloftimem8481]

Endwalker is not delayed. Moogle event is extended 2 weeks.

[@kylescott2235]

THIS GUY!

[@Cheedynamic]

Deffos, some very epic silver lining!

[@gateauxq4604]

Based.

[@octopin3278]

Based

[@ThatNiueanGuy]

best part ever lol

[@llwonder]

It’s pretty crazy us WoW noobs came to FFXIV right before the next expansion. And the fact that they had most of the next expansions completely finished before the games population exploded. It was no real marketing on Square Enix, but rather a community driven hype train. It’s pretty neat to see this unfold

[@sarthakagarwal8964]

Ikr how often do u see something like this in the gaming world. Probably once a decade

[@llwonder]

@@sarthakagarwal8964 last I remember was valheim. Not much before that, it’s like a grassroots movement lol

[@Nirual86]

actually, they did do some pretty aggressive marketing for the expanded Free Trial right around that time. But yes, most of the explosion came from the online community.

[@zavvie7749]

Welcome to content that actually has a set schedule, friend

[@llwonder]

@@Nirual86 I didn’t know a single thing about FFXIV when I started, other than occasionally seeing a clip or two on KZbin from bell. I was a dedicated WoW player (still am to some degree) but blizzards horrible state has slowly eroded my passion and displaced me as a fan. I ignored the competition for far too long

[@Asin24]

To be fair, releasing the normal version of the raid near the end of december isn't that big of a deal. Normal is very much a casual thing to do that queuing up with randoms won't be a massive deal. The fact savage is now happening January 4th is a way better timeline then it was before.

[@Platxx]

you also have to understand that majority of their population to date has been japanese/ eastern Europe, alot of them dont celebrate new years or christmas.

[@connor_obrady]

@@Platxx The holiday specials would confuse you otherwise wouldn't it?

[@NoulisVraxati]

@@Platxx what eastern europe countries dont celebrate christmas and new years? :S

[@Dahras1]

@@Platxx That's not true. NA is by far FFXIV's biggest official server (which is why it has 3 data centers). I'm pretty sure the only reason the schedule was that way was because they have a fixed expansion cadence and couldn't release the game as late as January, so made the best of what they could.

[@jamesderbutler]

@@Aaron.Arcanum Yep. I mean, my group is casual and we don't make extra plans for first weeks anyways, we just see how far we get in the 6h we put in every week, but we probably won't raid between the 24th of Dec and the 1st of Jan anyways. People have family and kids and all that jazz, which obviously is more important. Having the normal Raids drop on that week instead is so much better. You can do P1-4 (I at least believe that this will be the shortening people will use for Pandemonium regarding all the other raids :P) on normal easily solo with randoms. We'll probably just breeze through it together right on the 21st or 22nd. So yeah, I am pretty okay with the delay, as I'm sure many savage raiders are. It's actually something people in my group already had voiced concerns about before the delay was announced.

[@shiroikami2690]

"Yoshi has clout"... yes. Because he's one of the SE Executive Officers as the leader of Creative Business Unit III, as well as part of the internal committee that oversees the entire FF franchise.

[@Nirual86]

He's also on the board of directors of SE, all of which he earned as a result of turning FF14 around.

[@Eamil]

He's also on the board of directors.

[@pikliGN]

He is also the producer of FF 16

[@user-ud1bp4vw2z]

He is everything SE want

[@Dravanaar]

Hes also a awesome game designer!👌

[@Section.9]

It still absolutely blows my mind that I’m sitting here… watching Bellular.. cover FFXIV. And it is a wonderful thing. Thanks for all you do m8! Best of luck with your new game! You’ve come so far, and it’s been a pleasure following you for the last few years!

[@jaeusa160]

@3:40 Nah, this isn't WoW. The normal mode raids are very casual approachable content with no serious prog. It is 100% fine the normal mode drops at a terrible time, it's not going to negatively impact anyone really. Savage being delayed til after New Years is probably a boon for most, it's not fighting family and travel time. Honestly, the raid delays are probably better aside from people having scheduled time off around different dates.

[@jtspender]

Yep, most Savage raiders I've heard from are thrilled.

[@hensem4891]

well sadly many people already scheduled thier time off based arround initial date, i wish they announce it more early

[@rodrigobogado8756]

Well, to be fair normal raids in WoW are also very easy and casual. The problems are the lfg and that most WoW players in that modes are not so good players, in part because the game doesn't teach much and people always expect you to have addons

[@Dharengo]

@@rodrigobogado8756 I like to refer to normal raids in FF14 as "Challenging and casual".

[@elixwhitetail]

FF14's normal raid tiers are always more challenging than core storyline, but far less challenging than Savage/Extreme. It's a nice little step up in difficulty for casual players, which make up the majority, and a stepping stone to the savage tier for the hardcore endgame raiders to chew on. I expect to clear the normal Endwalker raids the same day I start them; I probably won't do the savages but no way in hell do I expect I'd clear even one of them on the same day I started it without being hard carried.

[@shaggymuffin349]

Super excited for your game, hope for a good showing on the 11th!

[@Esotaric08]

what's on 11th?

[@IgneousP]

@@Esotaric08 0:20

[@h.singular9613]

As long as it doesn't fall for the EGS pitfall, I'm excited.

[@LuLuTheGremlin]

Really hype to see more info on your game release bellular!

[@Pmak]

Hi Lulu.

[@danmarshall4812]

Lulu Pog

[@steweygrrr]

/cheer

[@TrowGundam]

Seeing Yoshi-P so depressed was really hard. I'm lucky that swapping my vacation time around is fairly easy, but I feel for those it isn't. I'm hoping with the new housing system, I might actually have a chance to get a home. I loved that Pint video. Its so cool seeing so many of the WoW creators I've enjoyed getting to try out one of my favorite games, and actual enjoying it.

[@cylesteasunrise3199]

Ishgard housing is 6.1

[@KLGChaos]

Same. Was able to move my vacation back two weeks. Now I've decided to do something New Game Plus stuff finally as a refresher. Some of this stuff I haven't seen in 8 years.

[@Tobeh]

The “will take a bit longer” on the EXP recalculation was a major understatement. They said they would have to rewrite over 60 billion numbers and it would take an estimated 3 weeks of the servers being offline. I’ll take losing 25% of a level thanks.

[@spiritas5372]

Nice to see passion and attention to detail for a game for once.

[@Kasaaz]

From the written part it really did feel like part of his concern was one of continuity, etc. I don't know if that's just a quirk of the translation or not, but if it is it really does show a huge attention to detail.

[@spiritas5372]

@@Kasaaz continuity is important with a game this story driven, everything needs to click. Not focusing on that is one of WoWs big issues.

[@MelaniAlarcon]

Final Fantasy in general is all about passion and attention, but that doesnt mean they fuck up sometimes XD

[@spiritas5372]

@@MelaniAlarcon of course they do, running an mmo is an ever expanding experiment. The difference is how they respond to fucking up.

[@MelaniAlarcon]

@@spiritas5372 hahah yes but i meant for all Final Fantasys in general are like that, also this is not their first MMO, FF11 is older and still going (is older than WoW)

[@DarkKnightofAnime]

Honestly I know it’s probably not gonna happen but Yoshi seriously needs to take a vacation or even just a week off from working once Endwalker releases cause the man looked like he was running himself ragged for us

[@Mark-nh7zg]

Yeah, knowing Japanese work culture they'll have to basically strong arm him into taking a vacation for that to happen unfortunately.

[@Kalysta]

@@Mark-nh7zg I hope his team isn't the norm for Japanese work culture and forces him to take a 2 week vacation. Even if all he does is just play the game he just released...he needs to do it stress free. We need this wonderful man around for decades to come :D

[@anacreon212]

he looks 30 years older then when he did at the beginning of arr. I think he has been running himself ragged.

[@Kekira]

He's mandating vacations for staff for I think a month once it releases.

[@DarkKnightofAnime]

@@Kekira okay I’m glad that’s the case but is Yoshida himself gonna take one as well?

[@erinxyes]

I booked leave for the early release so a little disappointed, but not as disappointed as I am with you for watching the launch trailer for Endwalker without finishing Shadowbringers!

[@afadingdream9675]

This. I made sure to have self control and only watch trailers for expansions once I beat the ones that came before. Really poor choice on Michael's part.

[@jamvng]

hope you can reschedule it. and if not, hopefully you find time to play EW still!

[@drakelx]

Yes! While the plot points that were spoiled aren’t exactly massive, IMO the emotional beats are! End of 4.0 and 5.3 will have a lot less emotional build up if you watched the trailer, especially so for the latter!

[@Kelenae]

cant wait to see what your game is Bel

[@TheHeartlessFour]

Started playing FFXIV in late July, and I can’t put it down. Just finished the MSQ, now leveling a DRK, grinding Tomestones, and working on Anima weapons. The game is so fun, and engaging. And the story is SO FUCKING GOOD!

[@Dahras1]

I think you misinterpreted the PvP changes. They weren't saying that all jobs have the same PvP kit, with only an Adrenaline Rush to distinguish them. They were reiterating that, as in current, PvP kits will be different from and more simple than PvE kits on a given class, and saying that Adrenaline Rushes will no longer be shared by role and will instead be unique per class.

[@tangentkatz]

Yeah...this is a pretty big miss. I'm guessing no one on their team PvP's much so they didn't understand why adrenaline rush changes were phrased that way.

[@HanabiraKage]

I think it also only affects Crystal Conflict?

[@YoukoZuki]

@@HanabiraKage It will apply to all PvP contents. Don't really see why it should only contain in the new pvp mode.

[@Dahras1]

@@HanabiraKage If you mean the Adrenaline Rush changes, it isn't clear. My personal interpretation is that Adrenaline Rushes will be job-unique in all PvP modes, as it doesn't make sense for them to maintain a separate system for Crystal Conflict and their more casual Frontline and Rival Wings modes. That being said, we're not sure.

[@hellfrozenphoenix13]

@@tangentkatz yeah, that was a GIANT mistake. Its basically just "simplified PvP kit, Adrenalime Rushes are now unique per class". And I am happy for that, its a nice detail and may breathe more life into the pvp.

[@yurioorlov177]

Theres more then SEs faith in Yoshi, its the games community faith in him. He has never lied to us, he always is as upfront as he can be, and by and large is a honest man with his community and it shows. He says they need to more weeks, we all nod and go go on then do whats needed, it sucks but do it and we avoid a repeat of Stormblood launch.

[@svenstevenson2245]

He's done right by the community, he has earned the goodwill the player base affords him. It sucks for those who planned time off for EW launch, I think its ok for them to be angry about it, long as they aren't taking it out directly on the devteam.

[@13kumiko]

Being upfront was literally the entire reason ARR came to be, its great that it hasent changed.

[@benjaminford5043]

"Any EXP in a level will be removed" _laughs in all 80s for War and Magic_

[@Crusina]

same had to get the amaro mount after seto

[@NessieNice]

That, and all 80s for DoL & DoH~

[@Omegaphoenix128]

Someone kill me. I'm grinding the last 4 classes to 80 and still half way to go with 7 DoH......... Gotta do it though.

[@KLGChaos]

Same! Now I'm just doing New Game Plus and gathering moogle tomestones. @Melichior At least you've got the easier grind. I didn't it was back in early Stormblood and it took months of constant grinding, beast tribes and leve turn ins to get all my gatherers and crafter to 80.

[@heylookitsnana]

The manga was an April Fool's joke, and now they're making it real.

[@SuperRamos619]

Now..... for the fighting game and the tactical game to be real...

[@elixwhitetail]

I can't wait for the Omega personal assistant, but I hope they disable the more dangerous features. Like telling adoption jokes in front of the children.

[@VideoGamerNerd]

@@SuperRamos619 Nuts to that, Favor System when?!

[@lordlundar]

@@SuperRamos619 Oh yes please! :D I especially want that chiptune version of "RISE".

[@MelaniAlarcon]

i hope it looks amazing as Final Fantasy Type-0 manga was...

[@tsyuko7098]

I think he is so sad also because of other reason than delay. Isn't there some moon event IRL on original date? He wanted to align it perfectly to match EW theme...

[@tzengi372]

Spear fishing new endgame! YAAAAAH!

[@geekwars3998]

3:35 That actually doesn't matter at all. It's not gonna piss off anyone. There is no week 1 Savage raider who would really care about normal mode release date. There is no normal mode prog. It's just super casual content that you can clear blindly on the same day it's released with random group of players using the Duty Finder (similar to LFR for our new friends coming from WoW). The gear dropped from normal is not what we use for week 1 Savage prog either. We use pentamelded crafted gear, which won't be available until Savage opens in January anyway. All that really matters is Savage release date, not normal. And that date was set to January, after holiday season is over. So, everything is all good for the raid schedule.

[@rambogodofwar9158]

For me it would off bin beta over the holidays cos I'm off work I'm not really fussed but my raid team where ready for it over Christmas lol

[@adamshira6368]

Im kinda happy about the gathering changes, nothing makes you angry more than having 95% HQ rate and getting 4 normal items >.>

[@games12444]

It sounds like a laughing matter of “Oh psh that’ll never happen”. Unfortunately, it does! A lot…

[@lordlundar]

@@games12444 Yeah I swear they took hints from the Xcom games.

[@KLGChaos]

Yep. It's a symptom of the RNG algorithm they use. Over large sample sizes it's very accurate, but in smaller sizes it tends to be very streaky.

[@Qazqi]

@@KLGChaos That's... randomness in general. You expect streaks to happen every so often. It's pretty likely they use a standard PRNG such as mt19937 on the backend, but we'll never know.

[@KLGChaos]

@@Qazqi From a post way back in 2015, they apparently use 3 famous RNG algorithms in the game. They specifically mentioned Mersenne Twister. They also spoke of Gambler's Fallacy and Cognitive Bias. It was a good read.

[@Rakka5]

“Unfortunately I did watch the launch trailer” why would you do this to yourself maaaaaan

[@gandalf8216]

He's a WoW refugee. You know how it is/was, the cinematics are good with or without story and there is no real story in the game. I'd call it an old habit.

[@rachiefases]

He's obviously one of those people that thinks it's a good idea to read the final chapter of a book before they've even reached the halfway point. No idea why anyone who was invested in the story would spoil themselves this way.

[@NibelungJ]

95% of the trailer for uninitiated is just living on the hype of the music and shiny lights. There is only one relevant spoiler that may impact his playthrough of Stormblood/Shadowbringers (spoiler below): . . . . . . . He now knows who will live through the expansion.

[@ironwolfsaber2739]

he's accidentally seen the shb trailer and he's in stormblood at least. The endwalker launch trailer spoils two characters, one of whom he's already spoiled on due to the nature of his job.

[@naikyou]

@@rachiefases I think that comparison doesn't work well. Reading the final chapter before reaching the halfway point would be more like boosting from the middle or end of Heavensward to Endwalker. What he's doing is more like reading the three lines on the back cover of the final volume of a book series before getting there. Not a lot to read into without the proper context other than having confirmation about characters being alive, oh well.

[@TheNazoShanic]

I hope someone slapped Micheal for watching the Endwalker launch trailer before even getting into Shadowbringers

[@cyanmage1]

To be fair with no context their isn't a single spoiler in that video

[@elixwhitetail]

@@cyanmage1 Except if characters appear in the trailer you know they don't die.

[@cyanmage1]

@@elixwhitetail true but just making it to 4.1 will let you know zenos is still alive so minor spoiler and the trailer showed that also

[@elixwhitetail]

@@cyanmage1 Did you sleep through the entire "are the Scions going to die before they make it home from the First" arc of Shadowbringers?

[@cyanmage1]

@@elixwhitetail that was 6 years ago and he is well past that come on man at least pay attention to where he is in the story for context on what is going to be a spoiler

[@seekittycat]

Can't wait for your game Bellular! Endwalker was suppose to launch with the lunar eclipse so he was probably super disappointed. I'm glad he decided to delay and do his best.

[@rodrigobogado8756]

There is a SOLAR eclipse in December 4

[@Opusss]

Humbling yourself unfortunately is one of those things westerners, especially younger folks don't understand the value of. I think many see it as weakness, when in fact it can be the complete opposite. Fans would go to war with and for Yoshi and that makes him stronger than all of Bliz.

[@BknMoonStudios]

Western philosophy and values are based on "the individual conquering his surroundings and reshaping the world to his will". Eastern philosophy and values are about "abandoning your desires and working in harmony with the world".

[@Raptor747]

I would disagree. I think a lot of people, especially the young, appreciate someone powerful humbling themselves, as long as it's genuine. But it differs based on, in large part, conservative/progressive divides.

[@Shyzenth]

@@BknMoonStudios you mean modern western world, old western world and ancient greek had some amazing philsophys.

[@vanyel_etc8695]

Eating humble pie is one of the strongest things that we can do, alongside lifting each other up. I don't really care for the western vs Eastern thing, as globalisation really skewed that line, but being humble is extremely hard when you're proud of something, especially something you've worked on for an entire decade.

[@skerrus]

Can't wait to see your game and your thoughts on Shadowbringers AKA Feelsbringers lol.

[@shakeweller]

I predict feels.

[@Gentlemenprepper]

I spent 2 years in Japan there business practice are 1000000 times more professional then the US practices from the dark ages. My respect to Yoshi P and there team

[@Xbob42]

I do question your ability to determine the level of professionalism of an entire nation's business practices by 2 years in one and any amount of time in the other, especially when unable to correctly type "their." I imagine the level of professionalism you encounter in any nation is going to greatly vary from business to business, let alone from city to city, state to state, prefecture to prefecture, etc. I know what excessively long hours and then basically being coerced into drinking with your boss after work every night has been a relatively normal thing in many business areas in Japan for a long time, and often leads young men to be away from home for far longer than they would like to be. I don't think any nation really has things down as nicely as we'd all like them to be. I don't think anyone at Konami would gush about professionalism, for example.

[@Mystra]

@@Xbob42 Well I think it's generally accepted that Japanese culture is polite and professional. I bet that Japan looks down on Konami, as they should. Konami WAS professional until the leadership was changed. Now they are clowns. Every nation has clowns.

[@Xbob42]

@@Mystra Well, yes, Japanese culture is polite, not entirely sure about professional, but that's not exactly what I'm talking about here. I'm specifically talking about workplace environments and behaviors enforced via either written or unwritten rules, like the drinking one mentioned above. There's no rule at any company that you need to go out with your boss and drink, for example, but for many people they do it out of a sense of obligation, which I think is quite unhealthy, work follows them everywhere and never seems to let go. Surface level politeness is all well and good but in the long-term it's the behind-the-scenes behavior that's important. Another example is that in, say, tech related fields, seniority is everything, so however the top guy was trained to do something is how it's done, and since it's a lot more common in Japan to work at a company for as long as you can (including your entire life, thankfully I hear this is becoming less common) that person may be there for literally decades holding the company back. To give a more specific example, you need only look at the very subject of this video: Video games! The reason a lot of Japanese ports of PC games seem to have the same exact issues (game logic being tied to FPS being chief among them, along with FPS caps in general and sometimes resolution caps) is because a whole bunch of dudes in the 80s and 90s learned to code that way, and continue to have/teach their subordinates that that's the way to do it. Slowly, very slowly, this has been undone by most Japanese companies making PC ports over the last decade or so, but for a while it was awful. Of course, that doesn't mean it's gone away. Square Enix, the super professional and polite company we see here, releases a ton of shoddy ass ports of their non-mainline games, replete with the aforementioned issues related to FPS. Want Type-0 at higher than 30 FPS? Suck a fat one. World of Final Fantasy? Eat it. Want Kingdom Hearts 2 to stop crashing so much? Tough shit, Timmy. Sorry, I'm rambling, my main goal here wasn't to demean a culture or promote another, I'm just saying that if a company is good and professional, give *them* the credit, not an entire nation or society or whatever. Let people own their victories and their failures. Yoshi-P is an amazing director and producer, for example, and it's not because of Japanese culture or because Tokyo produces a bunch of humble boys, those sorts of things may have had an influence, but we should give credit to *him* for who *he* chooses to be.

[@gunman292929]

Thankfully, I was able to reschedule my PTO to the week of release. A bit shorter now that I can't piggyback off of Thanksgiving but still better than no PTO for an MMO launch!

[@VLarraechea]

That’s a lot of hearts for the title.

[@ashesofaranea]

Idk what you mean. It needs more hearts 😁

[@VLarraechea]

@@ashesofaranea It’s a title, not a comment. XD

[@RocRolDis]

You should've seen all the hearts when Yoshi-P started breaking down.

[@darelith]

The Rank 6 part of the Requirements for plot purchasing for a Free Company is based on the Free Company Rank, not individual player ranks. It's to make it so you can't just form an FC to just get a house right away.

[@jatoetenel]

When Yoshi P showing all the art pictures it have his charm that he is showing to the camera that way and with Photo paper and good quality inkt. I LOVE IT!! :)

[@JordansoBASED]

7:28 yeah, npcs travel and kick it with you, that's suuuuper dope for FFXIV

[@codernerd7076]

The Garo gear is not new, it was one limit event that maybe will be returning talks are in process. Square Enix gave us a new number in its last earning call, MMO sales experienced “sharp growth” in the last six months - to the tune of 32.5% year-over-year increase - thanks to a tidal wave of players swamping Final Fantasy XIV

[@srdragan317]

sad that u watched the trailer but well , happy to see u as hyped like us

[@owlamancer]

I started watching you in my Wow Days, in which i also played FF14 off-time, it's nice to see you also hopping on the FF14 Train and doing news on it too.

[@treesuschrist1782]

Lots of good news overall. Excited to see your new game, and even with the slight EW delay, lots of good changes and new content coming. Overall, a good time to be both a Bellular fan, and a FFXIV fan.

[@MugiwarasNakama]

the reason why Yoshi P does the print out thing is to prevent leaks and also to add a bit more of a personal touch to his QAs. It feels more personal to have Yoshi P personally share something he would have sitting on his desk than to just show you a excel slide for everything. It's kinda like how instead of making a pre-recorded video when showing off gameplay in the live letter instead they have Yoshi P pick up a game controller and just play the game himself.

[@JackgarPrime]

Congrats on the progress with your game!

[@Ikohyu]

Glad to see you enjoying the game, you've been really hooked since HW. You're progessing so fast now! :P

[@SugaMot]

Honestly, as someone who works and goes to university all week, the new housing lottery system makes me feel like I actually have a chance at getting a house

[@Seraphima249]

Bellular: I watched the Endwalker Launch Trailer anyway... Me: Oh no..... Oh. Oh noooooooooooo - Matt where was your spoiler shield :(

[@stevenbasarowich3429]

The xp downscaling means we get a normal big patch update maintenance. They announced they'd have to put the game into a 3 week maintenance just to boost everyone up to the next level. I'll take the time to grind out the next level instead because that is a massive amount of time to be down.

[@Far_Dee]

It's nice to see Bellular seem genuinely excited for things.

[@davidhoffert3652]

His last game fired all his friends and he has been on a hate revenge mode for months because of it. If blizz didn't close blizz-eu we wouldn't be here at all.

[@jesser.3702]

This Live Letter was something like number 67, they've been doing this for yeeeeeears. It's great.

[@Nirual86]

yeah they started right as Yoshi-P took over. Thats over 10 years ago.

[@stefannedevski6760]

And there is going to be another one after Endwalker’s launch.

[@ashlebeau9802]

I was SO so heartened by the overall reaction of the players in Twitch chat. "A smile better suits a hero" spam. Everyone I know has been super understanding. For me, it means that I might be able to finish leveling all my crafting jobs, which would have me pumped!

[@aaron0312]

Hi there! I'm a fan from Taiwan, can't wait for your stormblood & shadowbringer thought! And your game looks amazing btw! Keep up the good work my king

[@kosak7059]

Followed you for a while when I started wow back up but fell off when I stopped playing. Love to be back on the train again! Can't wait to try your game out, and glad you're enjoying FF!

[@hansyolo8277]

Can't believe we finally get to see yall's game, been interested since I first heard about it a couple years ago 11:52 I don't get how people can be upset that they're losing their in-between level XP. Literally just finish your single level. That's a lot better than a few extra DAYS of maintenance.

[@PyromancerRift]

I have the game since day one of initial release. I never stick around for more than a few month. And i came back to the game a few month back, preordered the Xpack and learned everything i needed to learn to survive in that game.

[@Luna-ii4mx]

Love the hearts in the title

[@uponhorizonspast]

Yoshida appears to be a fantastic example of the kind of person we all want to see more of at the top positions in gaming (and non-gaming) companies.

[@KabukiJava]

Even though I can’t move my pto around I understand why he had to move the date you only get one shot at a release and I’d much prefer it release the way the team thinks is best then get it a few weeks early in time for my vacation. I hope he knows how many of us support him and the team. 🥰

[@Willias]

Yeah, this is mostly my opinion. Sucks that these weird white knights feel the need to be so damn judgy on how people use their time off though.

[@Direwolf1618]

When Yoshi-P speaks, you really feel like its him talking and he truly cares, I don't understand a word he says but he can convey the emotion and sheer love of his baby. Compare it to the coporate bullshit from game Devs from "Other Games" that probably don't even play them, its like yea. No wonder ones star is ascendant and the others is falling.

[@SyndicShadow]

Yoshi-P continues to impress me with his humility, care for his craft, decision-making and regard for the community. You take all the time you need, Yoshi! We actually trust you.

[@Ctar99n]

"It'll work cause Yoshida's working on it" says a lot when all you gotta do is say Yosh-p will fix it to calm people down xD

[@Epurus]

I managed to change my holiday days without any issue. Works in my favour cause I booked off two weeks so I go back to work for 3 days and them am off till 11/01 for the xmas holidays! A whole month to play this game is soooooo good 🤤🤤

[@danmarshall4812]

Raubahn (Savage) and Pipin (Ex)? Screw that we want Tataru (Ultimate) :D

[@Kalinstarz]

Was that a joke or a spoiler?

[@Oni_Ji]

For some context around the HQ material removal. As a max-level omni-crafter. There was not a single recipe in the game that could not be HQ'd with 100% certainty with only normal materials (assuming you have the appropriately materia'd gear). This includes the expert recipes used to make current battle and gatherer/crafter gear. Which meant that any HQ materials you obtained through gathering or retainer ventures were essentially the same to you as normal quality, only they would take up one additional slot in your inventory/retainer. So in order to save space, we would have to whack-a-mole convert every HQ material we received down to normal quality to save space. It was a lot of extra busy work for little to no gameplay gain.

[@balazsszucs7055]

30% growth in a time with no content updates. Endwalker will explode.

[@Olemannen88]

When are we getting Bellular and Matt in high school spin off manga?

[@jessesutton7985]

The delay means I have one more paycheck to try and fix my computer or buy a new one so I can play FFXIV again. Selfishness aside, I think its much better overall to delay the game for a better launch. The alternative probably looks something like the game being somewhat broken for at least 2 weeks anyways. This is a staggeringly large expansion both in terms of story content and new/revamped systems. There are a lot of moving parts so it's not hard to see how they could have been blindsided last minute by a major issue. So yeah, even if I were able to play right now, I'd be perfectly fine with the delay.

[@Shiirow]

well the xp change just gives you more incentive to get in that last ding before endwalker so you dont lose any tasty experience points.

[@NellanaMaethor]

Yay! I've been waiting super patiently for another vid on this channel

[@milanhvozdik3379]

Can't wait for the game reveal

[@FreeCityOfAtero]

Rydia's gear for casters is something I've been hoping for since 2013.

[@user-lk3gn4dn9o]

Damn your game looks gorgeous Bellular! Also love the channel intro

[@blehisaword]

With the downscale experience thing, it has occurred several times in World of Warcraft. It was 1 experience thing, and I cant recall a time they've mentioned it.

[@HungryWako]

One thing to note is Pandaemonium stuff was always gonna release on the 21st, but on the original schedule it was gonna be the savage version which was a much bigger problem ^^' clearing normal should just take an evening, not days of prog.

[@texanjoecoffeehouse8141]

Bellular watched the EW trailer? No! Bad! Bad! Back to the MSQ for you!

[@hub1986]

ya it was great idd hes so awesome Yoshi

[@demacherius1]

We have to take into account that he had to delay because they put in so much not planned extra contend that they had no time for QA.

[@kylescott2235]

Yo congrats on making a Game, lots of luck and well wishes to ur team!

[@serisothikos]

"I've been told not to watch it, but I *did* watch it" how dare

[@UnashamedlyHentai]

"I did watch it" Holy shit, you spoiled A LOT for yourself. Hopefully the lack of context makes it not mean much, but damn, shouldn't have done that. :(

[@zelos666]

Yeah, he just spoiled himself multiple big reveals from Stormblood and Shadowbringers. I have no idea why he did that.

[@vaidenkelsier7757]

@@zelos666 I mean....like, yes, but also no. Context is everything, and these trailers are so vague that it doesn't ruin the experience, just fuels the fire.

[@elixwhitetail]

@@vaidenkelsier7757 On the other hand, now he knows who survives to 6.0.

[@HMNNO]

Congrats on your game's release! Glad you're able to get some time in your busy schedule to play some FF at the same time you're working on your game

[@marcomarcon5936]

YOOOO CONGRATS ABOUT YOUR GAME GUYS YEEEEHAW

[@GreyFox23]

For you Retail Warriors. Stay strong. Stay Healthy. It sucks you guys don't get enjoy the game as much as you wanted to before blackout dates and holiday shifts. But we wish the best for you and everyone else hurting from these changes.

[@larskoenig6021]

theres a nice meme trending with yoshi-p apologizing per bow and aragorn tolding him "you bow to no one". if you want some hits right in the feels look at this years fanfest :o

[@Canucks4us]

These pandemonium dates are actually much better. 21st is just normal which you can usually clear in a few pulls. Savage being the 4th of January avoids Christmas prog. I’m no world first raider or anything, but this makes it so much easier for my static.

[@SydneySE_]

Looking forward to your continued journey in FFXIV! Also congratulations on your new game, can't wait to buy it to support you and your team.

[@Double_Cheeseburger]

Oof you watched the trailer….. that’s definitely going to color your experience going forward

[@dungeater9241]

I'm so happy about the delay, gives me an extra week to clear TEA.

[@Aliddotia]

You watched the launch trailer?! Bad Bellular! Don't spoil yourself!!

[@Mystra]

The active player number only takes into account level 60 or above. So I would say it's low in the ball park of active players, even removing trials. I subbed at level 10.

[@stevenh9474]

I have no idea how Yoshi knew I needed the extra time to grind the Moogle event, but what a total hero. Gonna get that jacket with his name stitched in, and my magic purple hawk is named "Yoshi" now.

[@rogthepirate4593]

It's allright. I already moved my vacation back 2 weeks, no biggie. I can wait, I trust him. When he deems it necessary, it's necessary.

[@CaptainGarlicHD]

My condolences on watching the trailer, you are gonna have a slightly less interesting moment with the next expansions xD

[@ClowJunior]

Oh the memories of Pipin Tarupin (Extreme).

[@elixwhitetail]

Roses are red, the servers need improvement _A system error occurred during event movement_ - Raubahn's Gate (Extreme)

[@TheMeGuy1]

Actually, the Pandaemonium coming out on the 21st is something a lot of high-end players are happy about because the Savage difficulty, and therefore the main raid tier is pushed back to January 4th, after all of the major holidays. Before, Week 1 of raid was basically around christmas time, which would've been an even worse issue.

[@misslethal2355]

MICHAEL I am going to shame you here for watching the launch trailer. SHAME. SHAME.

[@jonathanfrakes1284]

14:05 - Lol @ Pint's video. "Now, now keep camping! You wouldn't want to go back to Torghast, would you?"

[@sirhc1528]

in the German version of the launch trailer it sound more like a "i try this new thing, see you all later". like it happens the same as with Lyse. so, I'm not really worried and it would be a reasonable decision of the character.

[@chriskarpetas]

Perhaps taking the seat of his father in the Forum? Or something to that extent?

[@flamingosalad3541]

Normal mode dropping on 21st is whatever, that content gets cleared at your pace and is made for everyone to go in and experience it.

[@Ghangis24]

Glad they are bringing Garo gear back. Looks badass on a DRG. Definitely an event you don't want to miss out on.

[@alexandermartinez732]

I have never played ff14 a day in my life and yet this game has my full attention, especially the lead

[@alexandermccalla5098]

YES! Was waiting for that Garo collab to come back! When it first dropped, The Feast was the main means of getting wolf marks. I cap on marks too easily now and would love to finish my other sets. Would appreciate a new set for SAM. I think gear sharing with MNK was a mistake solely for glam purposes.