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Some major changes
🕑 Added 2023-10-25 12:20:23 +0000 UTCHello everyone, I will express myself primarily in Chinese and then use a translator to assist with English for this announcement, chinese original text i will put it in below, after the english text.
In a nutshell, there will be three major changes to my outfits release schedule in the future:
1. The monthly Simple Series will be discontinued, I wish to increase the frequency of updates for the Vanilla Megapack (though it won't be updated monthly, but this changes could freeing me up a few days to work on it). I will still do casual and simple-style outfits, but they will be released under different names and in the form of early access in the future.
2. In the future, outfits will be Krauter and Tre body only. NSFW and overly complex outfits will be limited to Krauter.
3. There will be changes to Patreon memberships starting from November. The Mango and Lemon tiers (the $5 and $10 tiers) will be removed. Moving forward, there will be only one basic Patreon tier:
$12 Juice - This is the basic tier that allow access to all my mods, with a commitment to creating at least three outfits every month (for most peoples can ignore the higher-price tiers since they are more lean towards as pure support).
As for male character outfits and Lalafell outfits, I will no longer set a specific monthly quota. In other words, there may be several sets in one month, or there may be none at all. However, in the long run, I can guarantee that the output for Lalafell and male outfits will decrease. I would still accept lala / males commission whenever i opened tho, accepted commission will not be affected as well.
This way, I can be more casual and flexible in choosing outfits and make progress on commissions and clearances faster (as most commissioned outfits are only suitable for tall female characters).
I would also advise Lalafell and male character players to consider canceling their Patreon subscriptions and instead, purchase sets individually on Gumroad or KoFi if you ever interested on the outfits in the futures
In the future, Lalafell and male character outfits will be released separately, similar to Thavnairian Starteller and Akeha (though ultimately, both male and female files will be available on the same page). This approach can reduce a lot of psychological barriers and stress for me to work on them.
The Mango and Lemon tiers will be removed on the night of October 31, Malaysia time.
The above is the announcement. The following is a more emotional sharing. If you're not interested, you can ignore it.
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Thank you for all your support. Sometimes I receive gratitude from Lalafell Hro and male players. I am truly grateful. I am also thankful to the fans who gave me warm messages during the last two months about my vent.
Creating outfits for multiple races really consumes a lot of extra time and effort. A single outfit for all races may take me double or even triple the time to create. Yet the return I receive does not justify the time and effort put in. Sometimes I even wonder if the reason some outfits are subpar is because I make them for all races.
There's also unnecessary pressure. For instance, my friends who only make outfits for tall female characters never receive messages like, 'Such beautiful outfits never include males'
Most modders only create outfits for their own races and body types. I've been playing Lalafell less and less now. When I first started playing FF14 in ps4 i mainly played as a Lalafell, but the longer I stayed in this community, the more unnecessary pressure I felt. But that's another topic.
In terms of income, I can't afford to hire upscalers to create outfits for different races and body types. Moreover, my outfits often required difficult of weight painting. It's not as simple as copying body weights. So, in reality, I can only do this on my own. So yea, i'm starting to feel more and more overwhelmed.
I've heard the saying, 'Twenty years from now, only your child will remember the days when you worked overtime and didn't spend time with them.' I think there's truth to that.
I've maintained this pace for two years. At least, in these two years, I can prove that I've really tried. This decision comes after struggling for a long time. Thank you for your patience in reading this.
Like really, thank you, thank you for all the supports, really QwQ
大家好，以下公告我會以輸入中文為先，然後翻譯器輔助為英文的方式表達。
從簡來說，接下來我的衣服推出路線將有三大變動：
1. 每月的簡約系列取消，我想加強香草裝備Megapack的更新頻率（雖然也不會月更，但少了義務推出簡約係列可以讓我騰出幾天去更新它），以後我依然會有休閒簡約風格的衣服但是會以不同名字然後早鳥的形式推出。
2. 往後衣服以Krauter和Tre為主，NSFW和過於複雜的衣服也只用Krauter
3. Patreon這邊關於會員的變動，從十一月開始，Mango和Lemon階級將會刪除（5$和10$的階級） 往後Patreon的基本階級只有一個:
12$ Juice - 入手我全部mod的基本階級，每個月允諾會製作至少三套衣服（比較高的另外兩個階級偏向純支持，對大多數人而言可以忽略）
至於男性角色衣服和拉拉的衣服將不再硬性規定每個月一定會有多少套，換言之這個月可能會有好幾套但也可能完全沒有，不過長遠來說我可以確定拉拉和男性衣服方面的產量會降低，拉拉和男性衣服的委託我依然會接，已接受的委託也不受影響
也因此，拉拉和男性角色玩家我會建議取消Patreon的訂閱，改成只是在以後如果有感興趣的套裝推出才在Gumroad或KoFi單買
往後拉拉和男性角色的衣服也會像Thavnairian Starteller和Akeha那樣分開發佈（但最終都將可以在同一個頁面下載男女兩邊的檔案），這麼做可以降低許多我在製作時的心理門檻和壓力
Mango和Lemon會在馬來西亞時間10月31號晚上刪除
以上是我盡量從簡的公告，以下是比較情緒的心情分享，不感興趣的可以忽略
感謝大家一直以來的支持，有時也會收到拉拉，大貓，和男性玩家的感謝信息，真的很感謝你們 也很感謝前兩個月我崩潰時給了我很多溫暖信息的粉絲們 因為多種族真的花很多額外的時間和心力，一套全種族可能要我兩倍甚至三倍的時間去製作，然後數據上所獲得的回饋真的不符合時間成本 甚至有時候我還會懷疑某一套衣服之所以那麼差就是因為全種族 還要面對不必要的壓力，比如我只做大人女性的朋友就從來不會收到“這麼漂亮的衣服永遠沒有我們男性的份”的這種道德綁架的信息
而且我收到這個抱怨的那時我前兩套都有支援全種族，看到抱怨的時候我整個就是“啊我其他全種族的衣服都是笑話就對了”
大多數modder都是只做自己用的種族和自己用的身型，拉拉我也越来越少玩了，剛开始玩FF14我是主要玩拉拉的，但待在這個圈子越久每次玩拉拉就有越多不必要的壓力，但這是另一個話題了。
我在這裡的收入也無法支持我去聘請upscaler來為我做別的種族和身型，加上我的衣服經常對權重要求很高，不是單純複製身體權重就能了事的，所以現實層面上我只能獨力完成這些，真的有些越來越力不從心了
我聽說過一句話“二十年之後只有你的孩子會記得你當年每天加班不陪她”，我覺得也在理
也保持這樣的節奏兩年了，至少我可以用這兩年證明我真的嘗試過努力過，這次的變動是掙扎許久之後做的決定，感謝大家的耐心觀看 真的，非常感谢QwQ
