Famitsu interview with Yoshida after NA's FanFest

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Originally Posted by Thunda_Cat_SMASH

Let anyone that bought a jump option have absolutely nothing from the previous expansions. No trial roulette, no leveling roulette, no access at all to anything from Heavenward or ARR((except arr jobs obviously)), not even emotes. That's all I want.

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Won't this kill ARR and Heavesward content?

On another note, they mentioned that the battle system will change. From what I understood, we will be clicking less buttons. New battle system should be easier and I assume it will be easy for new players to catch up to it. Still need to wait and see how things go.

This sucks cause I've been waiting for some mog station sales to get the moogle mount, zu mount, and the two new outfits. But if they add this potion, I might no longer be playing. *sighs* This really stinks...

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Originally Posted by bswpayton

Jump potion doesnt even matter anymore nobody does old content it seems. Are they run it unsyc so its basically the samething as a jump potion.

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Nobody does old content? That's odd, I can't say I've had issues getting into any of the roulettes, which also consist of 2.x content.

Unless you mean content that isn't related to the MSQ or any of the roulettes, but that content would stay the same, regardless of a jump potion being added.

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Originally Posted by Yeol

Won't this kill ARR and Heavesward content?

On another note, they mentioned that the battle system will change. From what I understood, we will be clicking less buttons. New battle system should be easier and I assume it will be easy for new players to catch up to it. Still need to wait and see how things go.

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Not necessarily, seeing as roulette's are still there. If the roulette's weren't there, then I'd be a bit more concerned. On top of that we don't know what these will cost yet. If they're anything like WoW's character boost ($60) then that could also be an offset as well.

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Originally Posted by Yeol

Won't this kill ARR and Heavesward content?

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Not particularly. Alot of it has been dead already since 3.x released, so it would hardly make much of a difference. More than anything though, if they're skipping to a point in the timeline where they already passed said content, they shouldn't be allowed to access said content. It makes no sense to do it IMHO.

Is it so hard to just give realm reborn dungeons more exp? That's better than jump potion..

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Originally Posted by Ghastly

Is it so hard to just give realm reborn dungeons more exp? That's better than jump potion..

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Not...really.

In a way, you're damned if you do, damned if you don't. They are forcing you to do ARR content storyline either way. Experience can do oh so much but you're still going to be gated behind having to do all the content.

This alleviates the idea of forcing the player to jump the leveling grind and just blow through the ARR content unsynchronized, if they so choose.

It'll be a balance: Pay 60$ (going on a random number from another game that has the same system; I've no clue what their purchase point will be) and allow a user to play as fast as possible and plow through quest, or spend a fairly big amount of resources trimming down the fat.

And it comes down to that: There is a load of content for users having to go through to access the latest content. Period. And that is a bigger block than the experience is. Really, it's not my leveling that was an issue when I leveled my alt. It's the gating of content behind the MSQ.

(Also be noted that I have no issue with that. At all. While I wish we could skip content after having one character do it all, I'm fine with doing it with an alt.)

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Originally Posted by Ghastly

Is it so hard to just give realm reborn dungeons more exp? That's better than jump potion..

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This have been suggested many times. Also, the MSQ is a geat way to get EXP. It is the amount of quests that people have to go through and certain features/content being locked behind quests is what worries people most.

Sorry if I missed it but what picture are they referring to when they say
Zenos yae Galvus and gunblade?

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Originally Posted by Yeol

Won't this kill ARR and Heavesward content?

On another note, they mentioned that the battle system will change. From what I understood, we will be clicking less buttons. New battle system should be easier and I assume it will be easy for new players to catch up to it. Still need to wait and see how things go.

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For players interested in that content, perhaps this would shepherd them towards FCs that are not so end-game minded, and have members who enjoy ARR content still?

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Originally Posted by Kosmos992k

For players interested in that content, perhaps this would shepherd them towards FCs that are not so end-game minded, and have members who enjoy ARR content still?

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I'm not entirely certain how that would work if you can't access ARR content at all.

Am I the only one that's happy the Ascians won't be too involved in 4.0?
I'm honestly kinda sick of them.

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Originally Posted by RukiaFae

I'm curious where all the extra money for this expansion pack went if they only added 2-3 jobs, no new race, and less side stories. I really do hope they do a complete overhaul of the character customization. They added a lot of stuff in HW with a smaller budget.

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Do people even read? 250 MSQ + 100 NSQ <=> 100 MSQ + 250 NSQ.

I'm kinda curious how often jump potions are actually used by new players in other games. $60 (or whatever SE goes with) plus the cost of the game seems like a lot of money to drop up front for something you may not like and stick with.
I'm not bothered either way. I like questing and leveling so I'd never use this option (and honestly I'd prefer for SE to give players in a rush the option to skip quests rather than having the quests condensed or removed).

As for the interview as a whole the main thing that stood out to me was less Ascian involvement in Stormblood. I'm getting kinda tired of them being behind everything and I hope the expansion focuses more on the relationships between the people of Eorzea, the Garleans, Beast Tribes, ect.

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Originally Posted by Exiled_Tonberry

Am I the only one that's happy the Ascians won't be too involved in 4.0?
I'm honestly kinda sick of them.

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I was too slow! But you're definitely not alone there.
I've got one friend who sighs pretty much every time they're on screen.

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Originally Posted by Thunda_Cat_SMASH

Let anyone that bought a jump option have absolutely nothing from the previous expansions. No trial roulette, no leveling roulette, no access at all to anything from Heavenward or ARR((except arr jobs obviously)), not even emotes. That's all I want.

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Scorched earth....I like.

I'd also like to see a special icon above the character for the first 20+ hours that they play to denote their jumped up status - so people know what level of play to expect.

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Originally Posted by ErdrickLoto

I'm not entirely certain how that would work if you can't access ARR content at all.

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Why would you not be able to access ARR, or are you saying that players who buy StormBlood and a leveling potion have no access to ARR content at all?

That really would destroy ARR content over time.

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Originally Posted by Rubieus

Sorry if I missed it but what picture are they referring to when they say
Zenos yae Galvus and gunblade?

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http://i.imgur.com/1AWMx3g.jpg

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Originally Posted by Laerune

- Tattoo's in general, I dont care if legacy players will cry about it.

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What is there to cry about exactly?
- We have an exclusive calamity tattoo design.
- The Scions have an exclusive Sage tattoo design.

I'm all for keeping exclusive designs and adding more designs for everyone, to include multiple in various locations on the character models.

The team has plenty of lore to go off of for design options and player choices.

I'd think for the "jump to 60" pots, they'd make them only usable once a character already has a job to 60 (note: character, not player). Granted, I predicted something like that for WoW's leveling potion, and was completely off the mark there. I can hope they won't do it here because of how important the story is to this game, but we shall see.

I actually hope they don't get rid of classes entirely. Several of the classes actually have better storyline and fantasy in their quests than their job counterparts, and I'd be sad to see them go.

Guys a jump potion doesnt matter really because so much content is already skipped now are done unsnyc anyway only players that wana learn will learn others will just get carried.

People seem to be ignoring the fact that most people who buy a potion already have a class at 60 have probably gotten a sample of what the class is like through palace of the dead and is just trying to trim the fat and not grind all the dungeons they've already grinded. and guess what having a class already at 60 is probably going to be a requirement before you can even buy said potion.

I hope the jump potion is like 40$ each with an eternal title that says "The Jumper"

Yoshida's descriptions of Eureka the Forbidden Land leave me with a feeling of "no, not for me." It actually sounds like the relic weapon is going to be gated behind the kind of stupidly and pointlessly difficult Notorious Monster crap that so many FFXI players seem to crave. All that Open World Danger (tm) to make the place scary. So now instead of the relic being a path for non raiders to play steadily and achieve something, it becomes something that only top tier players in top tier gear will pursue. No thanks.

...For the love of god, plz no. I like the relic weapons because they're a stress free alternative. Why are you gonna force pointless open world content on something that was originally just fine and fun?

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Originally Posted by Kosmos992k

Yoshida's descriptions of Eureka the Forbidden Land leave me with a feeling of "no, not for me." It actually sounds like the relic weapon is going to be gated behind the kind of stupidly and pointlessly difficult Notorious Monster crap that so many FFXI players seem to crave. All that Open World Danger (tm) to make the place scary. So now instead of the relic being a path for non raiders to play steadily and achieve something, it becomes something that only top tier players in top tier gear will pursue. No thanks.

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Another relic????? ..... I hope our Anima can be evolved or turned in to start it or i'm not doing it.

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Originally Posted by Thunda_Cat_SMASH

...For the love of god, plz no. I like the relic weapons because they're a stress free alternative. Why are you gonna force pointless open world content on something that was originally just fine and fun?

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Here is the section that has me concerned;

• On Forbidden Land of Eureka, Yoshida doesn't think that it's a place everyone would like to visit, equating to a ghost house where "why would I want to purposely visit a scary place like that". However, even if players were not to go because "it's a scary place why would I want to", it's a place that is to create curiosity because "even if it's scary, there is still something to look forward to". Yoshida answers the question using the couple dating logic for this.
  
• Forbidden Land of Eureka may be the place that is created as a "theme park" where one can do their next relic weapon through here. Yoshida on that issue, mentions that, up till now, weapons are all upgraded through using existing content but players may be sick of this by now, and since they are also at its limit of tying new content using existing content to clear, hence the devs have agreed on "creating a specific attraction park (area)" for the next relic weapon content. And since Zodiac Weapon and Anima Weapon is a "Time To Win" based content, they found the name Forbidden Land quite appropriate for it. The concept behind it came from Final Fantasy III, which Eureka is a land sealed by strong weapons and magic, hence they thought of using it as a content in 4.0 that aims to have players invest their time without getting burned out. The content is also aimed to be challenging, which he cited the 72-hour notorious monsters as one of the key features.
  
• The image shown in the keynote on Forbidden Land of Eureka is not finalized.
  
• It's also a content made for FFIII fans, so that they can feel some nostalgia.

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Originally Posted by Thunda_Cat_SMASH

...For the love of god, plz no. I like the relic weapons because they're a stress free alternative. Why are you gonna force pointless open world content on something that was originally just fine and fun?

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Stress free??? Fun??? I will shank someone if I have to farm 24,000 tomes again while only having ARF as a viable option.

Welp. I may very well be letting my sub drop after stormblood.

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Originally Posted by Genaxx

Stress free??? I will shank someone if I have to farm 24,000 tomes again while only having ARF as a viable option.

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Yes, stress free. I'm settled in for the long haul currently with three relic weapons on the i230 step, one of which is almost at I240 and I have 75 crystal sand, and farming more daily. It's completely stress free.

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Originally Posted by Thunda_Cat_SMASH

Welp. I may very well be letting my sub drop after stormblood.

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What if they make the Tome weapons easier?

So you people want the same silly repetitive quests which keep asking the same old things again and again? People were complaining that the game became boring and repetitive without risks and imagination. Yoshi decided to risk with Eureka. People crying before even they see what exactly is this then want the same old stuff again and again. Just lol

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Originally Posted by FinalWolf

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Ah well shucks. that doesnt look very gunbladey to me. oh well.

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Originally Posted by Kosmos992k

What if they make the Tome weapons easier?

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I don't want an easy weapon though. I like the relic precisely because it's a lengthy grind I can do at my own pace. Time weapons are too fast and easy to scratch that itch, it's like buying a McD's cheeseburger when you want something meatier instead.

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Originally Posted by Riardon

So you people want the same silly repetitive quests which keep asking the same old things again and again? People were complaining that the game became boring and repetitive without risks and imagination. Yoshi decided to risk with Eureka. People crying before even they see what exactly is this then want the same old stuff again and again. Just lol

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It's almost like the community isn't a hive mind and different people like different things? I've never once felt the relic weapon was uninspired or boring and I never complained about it.

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Originally Posted by Riardon

So you people want the same silly repetitive quests which keep asking the same old things again and again? People were complaining that the game became boring and repetitive without risks and imagination. Yoshi decided to risk with Eureka. People crying before even they see what exactly is this then want the same old stuff again and again. Just lol

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It feels kind of early for a new relic weapon, idk. If all this hard work we had gets invalidated at least give us a head start on the 4.0 relic even if it seems notoriously different and difficult.

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Originally Posted by Riardon

So you people want the same silly repetitive quests which keep asking the same old things again and again? People were complaining that the game became boring and repetitive without risks and imagination. Yoshi decided to risk with Eureka. People crying before even they see what exactly is this then want the same old stuff again and again. Just lol

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That's why I don't do relics. They are boring, not fun or active at all. I literally fell asleep during the previous sleep.

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Originally Posted by Neophyte

Do people even read? 250 MSQ + 100 NSQ <=> 100 MSQ + 250 NSQ.

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Ok my fault exact same number of quests with 3X the budget. I just made a statement that since they are not doing a new a race and per rumor, having about the same amount jobs, where did all if the extra money go. I'm hoping they put it towards some major quality of life changes. We don't have much information yet so we can only speculate. I know they did a lot for HW with a much smaller budget so I would think if we are not getting 3x the quantity, then we are getting 3x the quality.

Just a quick glance at the chat here, people sort of are already freaking out about the lvl jump potion(which I'm not really for or against them, personally I'm sort of... neutral about it for now.) But people might want to read the actual interview and not just the first post....

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The outline of leveling progression to level 70 is done. The issue however is whether Jump potions will be implemented or not. Otherwise, the pickup point will be the same as 2.5 -> 3.0 (All main scenarios have to be cleared beforehand).

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On next segment, Jumping potions. Yoshida mentions that the ratio of agreement in implementing jump potions are 7:3. If they do implement this, the devs will decide to allow jumping potions only up to a certain level (which is level 60).

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To me even though that last quote says 7:3... there still seems to be a bit of disparity between if this will actually come to fruition or not. Personally it doesn't scream 100% to me, but who knows stranger things have happened from Yoshi lol.

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Originally Posted by Lunafreya

Another relic????? ..... I hope our Anima can be evolved or turned in to start it or i'm not doing it.

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I'm assuming you started in 3.0, since it shouldn't really come as a surprise that 4.0 will have a new relic weapon.

When the 3.0 relic was added, players were allowed to turn their finished zodiac weapon (the 2.x relic) in to skip the first step of it (the fate grind step). It's probably safe to assume that the 4.0 relic will see something similar.

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Originally Posted by RukiaFae

Ok my fault exact same number of quests with 3X the budget.

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You're taking that example way too literally. Yoshi is just saying that if 2.x had roughly 57% of its quests related to the MSQ, then 4.0 will have roughly 71% of its quests related to the MSQ.

Very disappointed that they gave in to the "I want endgame now" crowd..

I just hope they make it like.. $80 and you are lv60 but with weak i145 gear. No side dungeons unlocked and only MSQ to King Thordan.

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• They might get rid of classes by 5.0.

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Eh. Kind of lame. I liked how the Class -> Job System worked. But given they already basically ditched that in 3.0, and are going to further disregard any actual benefits for Classes by making previous "Cross-Class" skills shared between roles in 4.0...

Makes me wonder what will become of the old Class and Job questlines come that point. Though if they're adding level jump potions, they'll probably just disregard having to do those entirely, and automatically give you those skills with no input or quests to be required. Which will make the problem of players who don't know a damn thing about playing their job 100x worse. And speaking of...

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• Level jump potions are very likely to be added and will jump to 60.

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BOOOOOOOOOO

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Originally Posted by Nezerius

I'm assuming you started in 3.0, since it shouldn't really come as a surprise that 4.0 will have a new relic weapon.

When the 3.0 relic was added, players were allowed to turn their finished zodiac weapon (the 2.x relic) in to skip the first step of it (the fate grind step). It's probably safe to assume that the 4.0 relic will see something similar.

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I started the game like i'd say 1 month before Heavensward. I rushed the ARR storyline in about a month and got to the expansion rather quickly to play endgame with friends that have been playing a year or 2 already. I finished my zeta nerfed the day anima came out. I knew there would be a 4.0 relic but not right away. Don't we still have two steps to go for our anima?