Gamer Escape's E3 2013 Interview With Naoki Yoshida

[Kallera]

I wonder if SE has taken a look at the system adopted by "Dark Cloud", Where its a minigame to reel the fish in. I know YoshiP wants to cut down on "stress" of button pushing, but I think a minigame similar to crafting's level couldn't hurt.

It is nice that SE is taking some thought to RMT actions in their development. Hopefully it'll make the Task force's job a little easier.

[Alhanelem]

Tad bit disappointed he told the guy "shut up" who tried to ask him something, while he was playing.
When you work in the industry, you should learn to deal with people asking you questions and not tell them to "shut up".
You say "Please excuse me I am busy".

Yea the guy was dumb for bugging him while he was playing but Yoshi should handle himself better than that.

You will never hear me tell one of my team members to "Shut up".
But I would say "Please be quiet, keeps coms discipline, let's win this"

But of course everyone will defend Yoshi their hero..

Going to have to agree with the person below, sorry:

I believe he said it as a joke between co-workers, not as a rude f u to a random guy for bothering him. Yeah, Fernhawles could've easily translated it as "Please excuse me, I'm busy" but he chose to translate as "Shut up" for comical effect.

I don't think this was a bout of rudeness but rather something specifically intended to come across a certain way. I doubt Fern would have translated that directly if it was really meant in the way you think it was- he probably would have softened it.

[Vergil_Renata]

I wonder if SE has taken a look at the system adopted by "Dark Cloud", Where its a minigame to reel the fish in. I know YoshiP wants to cut down on "stress" of button pushing, but I think a minigame similar to crafting's level couldn't hurt.

It is nice that SE is taking some thought to RMT actions in their development. Hopefully it'll make the Task force's job a little easier.

I'd honestly spend a ton of time with that kind of fishing system instead of 1.0's or even XI's. With XI, I don't miss the days when nebimonites were my only source of money, and mine never sold when fishbots put hundreds of them for sale.
Fishing in 1.0, on the other hand, bored me to death while I was leveling it. It took me the longest to get that DoL to 50.

[Deli]

:O
Must catch the naughty ferne!

[KaMuiSouZou]

I was particularly interested in this bit on minion lore as it's the first I've heard of it.
GE: What is the lore aspect for Minions? It seems strange that you come back five years later and see bombs and pointy fingers following players around. How do they fit into the world?

Yoshida: Ok. This is a first reveal here. Think of them as toys. There is a master crafter NPC somewhere in this world creating these toys – and his story will be told in the future. So you find out who’s creating these minions, and what they’re for, and why he is creating them.

[Vilhem]

Good to know the soundtrack could possibly see a release here. I love love love 1.0 music and was afraid I'd have to drop 100+ to import it ;-;

[Beowolf]

Nice interview!

Somewhat off topic... but he did talk a bit about minions and how there will be "so many"... will they take up inventory space? Because I think we're gunna have to catch 'em all!

i believe once you use a minion it becomes an action in your actions and traits menu.

[Yrusama]

I'm really excited about the worldwide release of the 1.0 soundtrack, Dalamud minion or not. I just want to have that on a disk to add to my soundtrack collection.

As for fishing, will there be any in-game advice for catching certain types of fish? I wonder if it'll be difficult for gathering databases to establish what bait/rod/weather/time/season/location is tied to each fish.

[Jacien]

This is not to say we’re not thinking of other things. For example, maybe you fish up a treasure map, and that map leads to a new quest- we are planning things like that.

I remember the development team for Zelda Twilight Princess tossed around ideas like that, but they never did anything with it.

[Catapult]

Master Craftsman...

Has Mutamix Bubblypots begun plying his trade beyond just materia, or might it be someone else...?