My new interview with Naoki Yoshida

Hey everyone. I finally managed to interview Yoshida-san on a variety of topics, and I thought I'd share.

Interview: Naoki Yoshida Discusses Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn’s Past, Present and Future


Good (and unexpected, at least for me) news for fans of Nobuo Uematsu's music. I did promise a small surprise yesterday :cool:

PS: couldn't help but having a special guest in it, thanks Vergil :D

i like the question asked the Server was very nice so one day we can jump world to world that nice :). I bet that be 5+years but w/e lol

Never know how long it'll be. As long as the possibility is there I'm happy. :D

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Originally Posted by Abriael

Never know how long it'll be. As long as the possibility is there I'm happy. :D

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yep i agree.

*ctrl+F: fish*

"Nothing found"

"... Fine, I'll read it anyway."

EDIT: Good interview.

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Originally Posted by LlenCoram

*ctrl+F: fish*

"Nothing found"

"... Fine, I'll read it anyway."

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That few a tad over my head...

I'm just being an ass :P. Ignore me. I thought it was a good interview.

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Originally Posted by Zenaku

i like the question asked the Server was very nice so one day we can jump world to world that nice :). I bet that be 5+years but w/e lol

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I know. I can't wait to see what they'll do.
I met so many awesome folks on Twitter and the forums, and I'd like to talk to them ingame similar to Blizzard's "Real ID" system.

lots quality, in-depth, questions.
thx ^^

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Originally Posted by Vergil_Renata

I know. I can't wait to see what they'll do.
I met so many awesome folks on Twitter and the forums, and I'd like to talk to them ingame similar to Blizzard's "Real ID" system.

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Same here. I actually proposed a serverless system here a while ago and some people wanted to eat me alive lol.

Of course a lot of them brought the argument that SE's tech doesn't support it, which now has been proven false.

I'm especially sad that with server divisions I won't be able to play with my Japanese friends. I'll have to wait a while to see them again in game >_>

By the way, thanks for letting me use the Mini Minstrel pic, Vergil :D

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Originally Posted by Deli

lots quality, in-depth, questions.
thx ^^

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And he said "stay tuned!" only twice. The drinking game would not work well with this one :D

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Originally Posted by Abriael

By the way, thanks for letting me use the Mini Minstrel pic, Vergil :D

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You're welcome. :p

VERY well done interview, Abriael! You asked pretty much all the right questions. Also, the info I read about city state vs city state got my blood pumping! I'm super-excited right now!

Also, whoa. You weren't kidding when you said you were in the business. An interview with Yoshi!? :eek:

Much props, Ab. Much props.

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Originally Posted by Abriael

Same here. I actually proposed a serverless system here a while ago and some people wanted to eat me alive lol.

Of course a lot of them brought the argument that SE's tech doesn't support it, which now has been proven false.

I'm especially sad that with server divisions I won't be able to play with my Japanese friends. I'll have to wait a while to see them again in game >_>

By the way, thanks for letting me use the Mini Minstrel pic, Vergil :D



And he said "stay tuned!" only twice. The drinking game would not work well with this one :D

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You could play on a JP world but you would lose your EU/NA friends. because i think big % are willing to play on the server most near to to them.

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Originally Posted by SkyeWindbinder

VERY well done interview, Abriael! You asked pretty much all the right questions. Also, the info I read about city state vs city state got my blood pumping! I'm super-excited right now!

Also, whoa. You weren't kidding when you said you were in the business. An interview with Yoshi!? :eek:

Much props, Ab. Much props.

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Haha thanks. According to a commenter they're "uninteresting questions from a fanboy".

Guess what it takes to be "not a fanboy" nowadays. Oh well... :D

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Originally Posted by Zenaku

You could play on a JP world but you would lose your EU/NA friends. because i think big % are willing to play on the server most near to to them.

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Yeah, also my Japanese isn't nearly good enough to be able to play in a Japanese-only server without feeling estranged. A serverless approach would solve the problem so I'm hoping for it.

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Originally Posted by Abriael

Never know how long it'll be. As long as the possibility is there I'm happy. :D

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Really liked the question about the Servers, nice to hear that there is a possibility in future, but i'd like to have that asap, new generation MMO starting from GW2 and now TESO will have this feature.. Imho this will stop the conflict berween player who want regional servers and who don't :)

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Originally Posted by Dragonheart

Really liked the question about the Servers, nice to hear that there is a possibility in future, but i'd like to have that asap, new generation MMO starting from GW2 and now TESO will have this feature.. Imho this will stop the conflict berween player who want regional servers and who don't :)

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Don't count on it lol, I tried proposing it long ago. It just started the conflict between those that like it and those that think that such a setup would somehow single handedly destroy the community for some mysterious reason.

'Cause having more people to socialize with is obviously bad for the community 'rite?

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Originally Posted by Abriael

Don't count on it lol, I tried proposing it long ago. It just started the conflict between those that like it and those that think that such a setup would somehow single handedly destroy the community for some mysterious reason.

'Cause having more people to socialize with is obviously bad for the community 'rite?

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That is because FFXI/XIV players are the most closed mind in terms of MMO experience (not anyone of course) without any offence :P

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Originally Posted by Dragonheart

That is because FFXI/XIV players are the most closed mind in terms of MMO experience (not anyone of course) without any offence :P

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The reason i don't want it at start is because of leaderboard. I have to do some servers vs servers in PVP and stuff. But at the end does not really matter it wont make ARR any less from TESO for not having it. Yoshi-p seem to be doing it right making sure he can support things later on from day one so there no issue. So they don't have to tell there player base sorry we did not plan this right so we can support it our bad lol.

As long as there support we get it one day.

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Originally Posted by Abriael

Yeah, also my Japanese isn't nearly good enough to be able to play in a Japanese-only server without feeling estranged. A serverless approach would solve the problem so I'm hoping for it.

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That brings up a good question. If we know people on another server, will we be able to message (in-game) and coordinate with them to play cross-server content together? Duty-finder will show us who wants to play "now", but it would much more useful if we could pro-actively ask friends (or new friends we met in previous duty-finder content).

Oops, that just made me think of a question about cross-server friends lists, etc. I better stop.

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Originally Posted by ArkhamNative

That brings up a good question. If we know people on another server, will we be able to message (in-game) and coordinate with them to play cross-server content together? Duty-finder will show us who wants to play "now", but it would much more useful if we could pro-actively ask friends (or new friends we met in previous duty-finder content).

Oops, that just made me think of a question about cross-server friends lists, etc. I better stop.

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If it's like other group finders in other games, no, there won't be any communication prior to the formation of the group. Would be nice if there was a way though.

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Originally Posted by Abriael

If it's like other group finders in other games, no, there won't be any communication prior to the formation of the group. Would be nice if there was a way though.

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Ya did yoshi-p said in a interview while back that sadly you can't add players from other worlds :( or maybe i read that wrong.

Which sucks but w/e :(