The /random QnA with Yoshida @ Fanfest

I just noticed this after watching MrHappy's video. Even if I'm not going to FanFest, I'm wondering if there are healers going themselves because if somebody can actually throw a question about Healers, then that would be the most difficult question to answer since this will be after we get updates for 7.5's Patch.

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Originally Posted by HyperiusUltima

I just noticed this after watching MrHappy's video. Even if I'm not going to FanFest, I'm wondering if there are healers going themselves because if somebody can actually throw a question about Healers, then that would be the most difficult question to answer since this will be after we get updates for 7.5's Patch.

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Somebody needs to question him about rewards too.

Don't get your hopes up for hard hitting questions, they're all going to be screened. Sounds like they'll be sorted into 'easy' and 'hard' questions and they'll randomly select questions from each pile.

I imagine both of these topics will come up at FF in some shape or form.

I believe there is a 99% chance that there will be no healer questions and if there are, they will be limited to fluff.

I did want to mention that there was a Q&A but nobody seemed to care despite a lot of prior requests for it to return.

"random" lol

Why would Yoshida reply differently than the countless times he's been asked about it already in the past? Most infamously "just go play ultimates if you're bored".

But if such a question is ever selected, I'm 100% expecting the reply to be verbatim what he said on the subject after Abyssos.

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Originally Posted by YoshiP

Right, we are told that (healers) are free, which is why healers tend to focus on firepower instead, and we should give healers more situations where they need to heal, and we increased the healing work required... I mean for the entire expansion and we did it but as expected this happens....so what are we supposed to do now hahaha...oh god if any I should be the one trying to discuss with you guys here. Aaaaaaahhh I mean yeah I knew this will definitely happen (long sigh). I mean I thought we've achieved quite a good balance here....(long ponder), Well yeah I mean if I have to start decreasing the difficulty and I'll get comments saying it's too lax (laughs). Well I will need data...either way we did indeed increase the intensity for sure, although this was the balance that was asked of us......I mean this is personal disparity, yeah, there are healers who are completely fine with this tuning, and there are other healers who would go "this is too hard I can't do this".

Yeah I apologize but please allow us to continue ponder on this matter and find out what is best and this is what we can do for now.

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Or a lot of words to say literally nothing beyond "we're at a loss there".

Yeah, I've read the summaries of old fanfest Q&A and even watched old media tours with Yoshi-p and if he does not to talk about it he will just rapidly deflect or mention they're pondering your feedback and thanks for a asking them before moving on to the next topic. It's in his best interest that he will be always vague if the topic is too challenging or difficult to explain to an audience or makes FFXIV look badly in public.

I want to believe that maybe this time they WILL listen to feedback and take the hard questions because of the slump Dawntrail put the game into and they want to truly course correct, but you know what they say about wishing in one hand and spitting in the other...

Wouldn't get my hopes up beyond a question along the lines of "Yoshida, which healer do you think has the coolest looking artifact armour ?"

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Originally Posted by Aidorouge

I want to believe that maybe this time they WILL listen to feedback and take the hard questions because of the slump Dawntrail put the game into and they want to truly course correct, but you know what they say about wishing in one hand and spitting in the other...

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Lol

They ain't taking hard questions.

Even if they do -- I don't think they'll get a worthwhile or meaningful response that actually addresses the question.

Hiya, I come from the future. Here's some of the questions from the Q&A:

#1 - What have you learned from the Echoes of Vana'diel Alliance Raid Series? Do you think the team had a good time bringing our Warriors of Light back to FFXI?

#2 - The dual dye mechanic introduced in 7.0 has given the players a lot of freedom, not to mention the later universal removal of gear restrictions in the Glamour system. Have you gone out of your way to get any dungeon sets for your personal character?

#3 - What would you say are the biggest challenges when it comes to creating content for a wide variety of players?

#4 - I recall you said in an interview that the overall number of rewards would be increased by 50% by Patch 7.3. However, players have tallied up the number of rewards and compared it to previous patches (including Endwalker) and found that they are around the sa- *GUNSHOT*

*Sounds of something heavy being dragged away from the microphone*

#4 - Duty Support has been a great help in trying out roles a player may be too frightened to test alongside real people. Do you think players take long to lose this anxiety born from lack of experience?