Camate
10-01-2013, 09:05 AM
Hello,
I understand there are a lot of questions about whether or not we will be adding new abilities and magic to the game, and below is a comment from Akihiko Matsui regarding this topic.
Matsui here.
I believe the development team already stated that adding abilities is impossible because recast timer slots for all jobs have been used up.
That’s correct that previously we were in a situation where it was difficult to add new abilities as we had reached the limit for recast timer slots. However, while it differs from job to job, we’ve succeeded in increasing the amount of slots and it is now possible to add abilities. We will be making a careful decision as to whether or not we use up this limited space to add abilities taking battle balance into consideration.
With the current growth system, will more abilities and magic be added?
Magic-wise we will be adding new blue magic spells during the November version update. Additionally, though I cannot promise you a specific time frame and this is something we are planning for the future, instead of simply adding higher-tier versions of existing magic spells since our magic slots are limited, we’d like to introduce different kinds of magic to enable new play styles.
I understand there are a lot of questions about whether or not we will be adding new abilities and magic to the game, and below is a comment from Akihiko Matsui regarding this topic.
Matsui here.
I believe the development team already stated that adding abilities is impossible because recast timer slots for all jobs have been used up.
That’s correct that previously we were in a situation where it was difficult to add new abilities as we had reached the limit for recast timer slots. However, while it differs from job to job, we’ve succeeded in increasing the amount of slots and it is now possible to add abilities. We will be making a careful decision as to whether or not we use up this limited space to add abilities taking battle balance into consideration.
With the current growth system, will more abilities and magic be added?
Magic-wise we will be adding new blue magic spells during the November version update. Additionally, though I cannot promise you a specific time frame and this is something we are planning for the future, instead of simply adding higher-tier versions of existing magic spells since our magic slots are limited, we’d like to introduce different kinds of magic to enable new play styles.