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And Lo, The Third Seal Was Opened

McQuaid, Garriot and now Jacobs are free to roam the world.

So, um, hey guys. Want to come over to my garage for a game of table tennis or something? Maybe later, for shits and giggles, we can form a company. There will be a cheese plate.

Bug #4316: The Bug Reporting Tool Is Broken

Vanguard's developers recently needed to do a poll to tell them that, hey, maybe players would like some bug fixes to the notoriously rushed game instead of a new mount or two.

From the announcement thread:

Player - "Neph's list could be cut and pasted or a myriad of other threads could be picked apart... why this route? is there not an endless list in the /bug dialog sent by players in game?"

Developer - "This way we are hoping to get the most high profile bugs that the players want fixed right away. Digging through /bug does not tell us just how important or how many people are seeing this problem."

Which makes perfect sense because having a proper bug tracking tool is really not as effective as trawling through a thread where a small percentage of your players will post.

More Crystals, More Spawns, More Obsessing Over Mithra Buttocks

Since the trailer-induced brain explosions of "Final Fantasy XIV??" have subsided, some pieces of information have been making their way out and it seems the developers have leveled up:

+ "The developers attribute the long-lasting success of Final Fantasy XI to the Job System, and plan to learn from it and greatly expand off the concept."
+ "Career loners will be happy to know solo play is getting a lot more attention this time around."
+ "They laugh as they admit that "growth" in Final Fantasy XI would often amount to an endless cycle of shoot-pull-kill, shoot-pull-kill.  The new MMO will focus on the variety and accessibility of methods to grow one's character.  This includes an emphasis on attracting people who are not as familiar with online games with a smooth progression of content."

My biggest reason for looking forward to FFXIV and that'll have me buying vast quantities of whatever drink/toy/fake sword/date sim marketing product that is pushed out with the game's release?

No PlayOnline.

And there goes half my hits.