New Q/A: Potential changes to Castrum/Prae; stance on add-ons; Blitzball

https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme...rivate_dev_qa/

Figured I would share this here. A subsequent concern is in a separate interview, the devs apparently mention gating Prae/Castrum. Please do not do this. It will only result in people kicking anyone who watches cut scenes or never queuing into Main Scenario, period. Just make it a solo-able instance.

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-> They're thinking about adding barriers that will open only when everyone's arrived. And since it will make the donjon longer, they may also increase the reward.

http://ffxiv.jeuxonline.info/actuali...shida-gamescom

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All normal dungeons should let you solo or group up so you can soak in the story solo or with small group of friends.

Then for any Hard,Extreme,Savage, Super Savage, Ultimate, party only. I'd rather not have blitzball. It's either going to be exactly like X or a simulation game which I care for neither. Now if I get a multiplayer FF tactics with minion versions of myself and story characters or monsters, I would be ECSTATIC!

blitzball or snowboarding? I remember hearing stuff about snowboarding in the past but they actually are considering it? Hot damn, I'm all in for snow boarding. That may even include some awesome glams and boards, maybe even at some point hoverboards.

SE PLS...
http://es.web.img3.acsta.net/r_1280_...47/1817190.jpg

Edit: To be honest, I hardly ever mess around in the GS but snowboarding would actually get me to go there.

Come patch 4.1, players will be able to take squadrons in to duties with them so I think this whole idea of gating main scenario duties won't be relevant unless you choose to still run it with other players, and even then it's purely just theoretical.

As much as I'd enjoy Blitzball and Snowboarding, I wish they'd update the existing mini-games. It's been years since Chocobo Racing was introduced, and we still only have 3 tracks.

Gating Praetorium and Castrum instead of FIXING them will kill the roulette entirely

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Originally Posted by Kurando

Come patch 4.1, players will be able to take squadrons in to duties with them so I think this whole idea of gating main scenario duties won't be relevant unless you choose to still run it with other players, and even then it's purely just theoretical.

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This wouldn't really apply to new players though since you don't unlock Squadrons for quite some time, you'd then need to level them.

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Originally Posted by Bourne_Endeavor

This wouldn't really apply to new players though since you don't unlock Squadrons for quite some time, you'd then need to level them.

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They could allow them to be unlockable about the same time as retainers in class versions. Level with them starting in Sastasha, they sync to whatever the dungeon level/your level is. Then at about where they unlock now have jobs unlockable and their own artifact armors. Just make the tombs give less tombs than a light party but everything else gives same rewards including xp. It would be like SE version of delves.

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blitzball or snowboarding? I remember hearing stuff about snowboarding in the past but they actually are considering it? Hot damn, I'm all in for snow boarding. That may even include some awesome glams and boards, maybe even at some point hoverboards.

SE PLS...

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I'd prefer whatever interactions in snow be for exploration like Mounts are for flying except built for traversing snowy regions. Same for water stuff like submarine, deep caverns, scuba diving, etc,etc.

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As much as I'd enjoy Blitzball and Snowboarding, I wish they'd update the existing mini-games. It's been years since Chocobo Racing was introduced, and we still only have 3 tracks.

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Sort of agree here. Most contents have an expansion upon the foundation. How about larger zones, less railroad cones, ability to take your own choco to the races, flying races, etc,etc.

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Originally Posted by Kurando

Come patch 4.1, players will be able to take squadrons in to duties with them.

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source? because I really doubt it since FF14 is still pretty much an alive-on going mmo.... only on the verge of dying mmo need to inject NPC for party.

For blitz ball, I'd want the option of team management and spectating. I absolutely despised that mini game in FFX and don't want anything to do with playing it.

But if I could just manage a team of players and find the right stats and send them out in a similar fashion to the squadrons, I would be ok with it.