Interview with Yoshi P

Hello all,

Just some interviews that came out recently

https://blog.playstation.com/2021/06...ki-yoshida-qa/

https://gamerescape.com/2021/06/07/f...ctors-edition/

https://www.pcgamesn.com/final-fanta...-interview-wow


Mr. Happy overview

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGHhs2UxMc4

Alchemist was in the running.
Had it's potions turned into crystal balls.
Those turned into the flying daggers.
THEN it was rebranded as Sage?
Hahahaha that's interesting. I love seeing the backend of job development.

Lots of interviews keeps asking similar questions.

Reaper gameplay, Sage, male Viera...
It's just a personal wish but I'd like one of them to ask about current job design and the future.

pcgames ask more about Yoshida's view about the MMO market.
Props to Gamerescape to ask about the Collector Edition!

Some interesting stuff in all of them, thanks for sharing- of course everyone would love to have more thick details on the expansion but that's going to be answered by themselves when they want to answer it themselves lol (not by someone asking them for it).

I chuckled for this one though because the forums, community at large, what have you, loves to make it a team death sport, like the rest of everything to be fair (not this game unique, just a weird human thing to do):

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You’ve mentioned before that when redesigning Final Fantasy XIV you looked to World of Warcraft as an example of a successful MMO. What aspects of the WoW model did you end up bringing to FFXIV?

If there was no World of Warcraft – which is a game we look to as a great ‘mentor’ of sorts, and respect deeply – FFXIV’s strong recovery wouldn’t have been possible.

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Naturally this doesn't mean copy paste, but inspiration, yet showing again that WoW, among other MMOs (which he is aware and references many others, and shows them respect too), has had influence and it's not some grand sin to reference since Yoshida himself views games as a learning opportunity (as he should, its free high quality research- you'd have to pay significant money to get this level of market and prototype research and it's all free, I'm glad he looks out to other games because not doing that would be like trying to do a marathon with one leg). Of course I also feel this is how SE works with us, often I feel our feedback is represented in design with their own twists (especially when you make a time scale of about 6 months to a year, if not longer depending on request). Inspiration, good.

On the whole inspiration and journey of crystal balls to funnels thing, I wonder if we had any influence on that - there was a thread on unique weapon concepts and I had posted both LoL champion with the swords that float behind her, FFXV's noctis, and then kael'thas with his crystal orbs, pushing for a weapon concept that involved floating objects, and then later posted Geoknight which used crystal pylons (floating behind the back). Of course it could just be circumstantial but it was a bit.. "wait a sec. . . " lol.

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Originally Posted by ItMe

Alchemist was in the running.
Had it's potions turned into crystal balls.
Those turned into the flying daggers.
THEN it was rebranded as Sage?
Hahahaha that's interesting. I love seeing the backend of job development.

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The development process can go in unexpected directions, obviously. lol But yeah, I thought that was amusing too.

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Originally Posted by Shougun

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I'd wager Materia from the Dissidia game also played an inspiring role for Sage.

Even though I'm still disappointed we don't get chemist, I'm more at peace now since it's been confirmed that they did intend to make chemist at first. Shame it wasn't working.

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Originally Posted by Kozh

Even though I'm still disappointed we don't get chemist, I'm more at peace now since it's been confirmed that they did intend to make chemist at first. Shame it wasn't working.

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They also intended to make Chemist in Heavensward.
It was one of the first jobs they worked on.
It just ended up evolving into AST and MCH.
They seem surprisingly diligent about making Chemist happen.

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Originally Posted by WhyAmIHere

I'd wager Materia from the Dissidia game also played an inspiring role for Sage.

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Absolutely, also every time I look at her dress I just lol. Although I never played that game, but am familiar with her as soon as I saw her (dress XD). Also probably should mention Gundam, which they have quite the similarity to.

I think that's the fun part of inspiration though, like charging up a laser by bouncing it off a bunch of mirrors or something.

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Originally Posted by ItMe

They also intended to make Chemist in Heavensward.
It was one of the first jobs they worked on.
It just ended up evolving into AST and MCH.
They seem surprisingly diligent about making Chemist happen.

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Can't remember who started this but I read fungi as one idea, and there was the thoughts on Honey Lemon from big hero 6- moving away a bit from the poison identity one might have of shrooms I thought it might be a cool basis for a chemist who makes this living magic they chuck (via some mannor) at allies and enemies. Giving everything a rapid growth / living edge, like if you tossed a CC spell at a monster it might turn into rapid growth similar to what you see in Guardians of the Galaxy 2 with the main villain when he spreads his seed on the planet. Opportunity for a visual in magic we've not quite explored (giving magic a living viscous physical sense, you could try to add a lot of weight "creep / expanse, general thick and weighty magic / entity"). Take away some of the alien vibes but adding some thoughts of Zerg (and of course turning magical, just those thoughts on living substance, like The Expanse, the tv show). Maybe the wapon could be a sort of pronged like Kunai that with magic form spheres when the player infuses them with magic (some sort of aetherial chemistry, living magic) able to throw living magic at their enemy (reason then to use the spheres is to prevent it growing/reacting when you're not ready for it to, so it gives it a sort of lore reason). Then the weapons can be adorned on the player when not in use, and not look like a big of balls on the character lol.

Another one was perhaps they go Garlean, magitek medic based, and like with MCH you'd be able to generate supplies with aether, again with some Honey Lemon inspiration then, but like the player was creating an aetherial chemical compound on the fly. Personally thought a little roomba buddy might be cute, which could interplay with some of the gadgets of the job.

No real questions about Ultimate content being cut and what they're going to do to fix it.