SE's new statement on direction craftingFollow

And the official statement is.......................... "No Comment".


http://na.square-enix.com/events/ffxi/tour2005/aiea/panel/index.html


Lol, if Haggan wouldn't have mentioned that the questions were preprogrammed and the answers already written before the panel took place I would have sworn the developer didn't even understand the question. :)

It's true - it would be stupid on their part to release such information. Part of the fun of the system is figuring out things like that, which is why I was pretty surprised when I read the title of this thread.

Interesting read, though. Thanks!

Is it just me, or did they practically avoid every question?

I thought the extent to which the answered was appropriate. Their answers were not of the variety "I can neiether confirm nor deny any such information at this time." I think there are yes/no answers to nearly every question if you read between the lines.

If you are going to use scripture to make a point, at least do so correctly. All you are doing is misleading people not familiar with the passage. On the other hand, don't twist the story just so you can fit it to your analogy--that's just plain wrong and offensive.

It's the world we live in, some people are offended, some people find it hilarious. These boards cannot be monitored for offensive material because let's face it, people can be offended by anything these days =P

All I can say is get a sense of humor and remember it's the internet, most arguements are opinions, so no one is right or wrong, it's what you think is right or wrong. Take everything with a grain of salt, sit back, relax, and enjoy life. You aren't getting out alive anyway ;)

Edited, Wed May 18 20:24:38 2005 by Joobishwun

You missed the point completely.

You're going to sit here and argue on the internet over a board that not even 5% of the world's population even visit, all to prove your point that this person is wrong in doing something you don't agree with.

Take a minute to think about this, seriously.

doube post

Edited, Thu May 19 03:15:20 2005 by Poweryoga

I thought it was funny.
Who cares if he depicts it correctly?
Did he get his point across? yes... so what's the problem?
It's not I'm going to start living my life acording to how he used that passage in a comparison...
give it up...
I could go and say Jesus was born, then died and leave out all the crap inbetween... but to me, that's all that happened and all I see is the end point. he died...
he seen that passage as a good point, so he used it in whatever way he wanted to... leave him be...



as for the topic...
I wish they could at least HINT at there being or not being something!


Edited, Thu May 19 13:23:55 2005 by KakarotDBZ

Saicon,



I'm so gonna get a lot of beef for this, but leave it to a christian to tell people what to do and what not to do. I'm sorry but I don't believe in man-made religion ;)

Edit: Bet you anything this is going to turn in a 10 page post involving religion, politics, and those tiny umbrella's they put in beverages.

Edited, Thu May 19 13:51:32 2005 by Joobishwun

I personally believe in the supernatural, unknown, what have you. I think that we are arrogant to think that we are the only beings in the universe, so therefor I believe in life on other planets. I also believe in a higher power, mainly due to the fact that I was taught this at a young age. However my learning has come to a stand still because of what the Bible can not teach us, that of course being after-death. We can believe where we will end up, but until you actually experience it you will be filled with doubt.

But I figure if I'm right, I'll go to a cool place, if I'm wrong, I won't exist so big deal lol

"Life is to short", actually Life is as long as life. It's neither short, nor is it long. Our expectations are what make it short. We spend half our lives waiting to become older, then the other half wishing we were young again. All I can suggest is to take life as it is, try not to dwell on the past, but at the same time don't forget it either. Life is what you make of it, regardless of how it turns out.

I hate to break it to you, but it is more like not even 0.02% of the world's population visit (assuming 1,000,000 distinct users/visitors and rounded up to 0.02% from .015xxx... %) Now that is giving allakhazam almost double the total users to include distinct visitors and take away people with more than one alla account, which may be about right or may be too generous (I lean towards too generous). Either way you are looking at 0.01% - 0.02% of the the population, over the course of allakhazam's existence (since many of those users are not active it means lower actual current numbers). Then we get into the arguement of how many of those users/visitors are interested in FFXI. Then how many are interested in the Trade Skills forum. Then how many are interested enough to check every post, in particular this post before it falls too far down the board for them to care. Then you are looking at MAYBE 1/20 of those total users/visitors, which, (as you can plainly see) puts you at about 0.0001% of the world's population.

No real point in giving a somewhat more educated percentage of the world's population that views this board. Maybe to show that this board holds no power and you don't really make your mark on the world (except maybe on God) by stating how pro/anti religion (Christianity in this case) you are.

Oh and btw I agree with Saicon that you should at least state what it says correctly, otherwise it makes no sense to use it as an example. You are not stating the story about the Jesus Christ in the Bible, you are making up a story of your own.

Hmmm...

If you do not believe in a religion then don't quote it wrong and laugh at it. That simple. Not EVERYTHING someone may say may be offensive. Remember everyone is a human just like you. Saying "Cheese sucks" isn't gonna make anyone get seriously offended (Maybe a very small % of the population will <.<) but when you quote something out of a religious book, and quote it wrong to make people laugh at it, yeah you will be offending someone. There are too many Christians in the world to post some ignorant **** like that.



Joobishwun and Kakorot(sp i'm sorry),

That's nice you don't believe in religion but just because you don't believe in it doesn't mean you are free to say it's ignorant (NOTE: I didn't quote you on that, but that's basically what you guys said).

Lemme stop. I'm done with that. It's just the internet anyway :p

I farted. Discuss.

cheese sucks

Guys, there is an "Out of Topic" forum for a reason.

Take your discussion there.

I opened this thread because I'm interested in directional theory, and I have to get through bickering on a completely unrelated topic to get there? Silly.

This is the TRADE SKILL FORUMS. Jesus may have worked with wood, but he didn't do it in Final Fantasy, so take it elsewhere, folks.

On directional theory: I think I'd be upset if SE made a definate statement about it. I love testing it out, trying things with direction, moon phase, day, time of day, etc. The mystery is part of the fun, like with Crafting furniture. If there was an actual proven formula that SE gave us, like the percentage of EXP loss with death, that would just make the whole ordeal less fun.

Saicon, do you seriously believe that anyone, anywhere thought that that was an actual passage from the Bible? Seriously...you need to settle down. If you didn't like that analogy, you certainly would not appreciate any of the following, which I find hilarious:

[http://www.penny-arcade.com/view.php3?date=1999-11-19&res=l]

[http://www.penny-arcade.com/view.php3?date=2000-09-11&res=l]

[http://www.penny-arcade.com/view.php3?date=2003-12-12&res=l]

[http://www.penny-arcade.com/view.php3?date=2004-08-04&res=1]

[http://www.penny-arcade.com/view.php3?date=2005-01-28&res=1]

Edited, Fri May 20 21:38:57 2005 by Gunno

*looks up at the GIANT conversation..*

....Holy sh*t. Who pissed off the bishop?

Anyway, I do wish they gave some idea on direction crafting, but hey, that'd just make life easier, now wouldn't it?