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04/28/14 Famitsu recap of Nico Nico Chou Kaigi Event (FATE in TOKYO)

Source: http://www.famitsu.com/news/201404/27052460.html

Q: Did you complete the atma farming portion of the Zodiac Weapon Story?
Takai: Got all 12. In the end did about 450 F.A.T.E.s.
Yoshida: Participated in about 300 F.A.T.E.s but haven’t gotten any yet.

Q: When will new glasses be added?
Yoshida: One of the core members is starting to become the developer in charge. That person is currently going around other staffs to have this made.
Takai: Within development, there are many that wants to make glasses. Different types of glasses will probably be released in time.

Q: Today you we won’t get any trailers?
Takai: Sadly, today we have no plans to release any new trailer. The preparation for the trailer release is on the way, we’re working on new trailer aimed for patch 2.3. There might be some movement at the timing of E3.

Q: When will level cap increase?
Yoshida: It’s still far out. It’ll probably be after the release of “new something”.

Q: When is the release timing for the marriage system?
Takai: Within development, the marriage system is currently being talked a lot.
Yoshida: Marriage is planned to take place at the Sanctum of the Twelve. Currently, the final modeling is being worked on. The service will not start in patch 2.3, but should be ready not too far out. The transparent brides veil is being worked into small details, it may have wavy effect.

Q: Is there a divorce system?
Yoshida: Newlyweds will need to prepare two rings by the day of marriage. If you throw away this item you should be able to divorce.

Q: Will additional lands be added for the housing?
Yoshida: We are planning to add in patch 2.3. The optimization measure that was placed in patch 2.2 for the internal housing process (instance share) is working good, and looks like there isn’t any technical issue as well, so should be able to increase land.

Q: How will personal rooms work?
Yoshida: For personal rooms, first the Free Company needs to have the house. Next, specific member needs to select a command to “make a room” to make members individual rooms...... the flow is something like that. Currently we’re looking into how the players enter the rooms, either you go directly to your room from the entrance, or maybe first go through the main hall first to get to individual rooms. The size of the room is little bit bigger than the Inn rooms from the city nations. Players can freely decorate the interior of their rooms. The player can set an option to allow everyone from Free Company to be able to enter the room or not.

Q: Please tell us about personal housing!
Yoshida: The requirements to own one is be level 50 and have your Grand Company rank increased to certain rank. In patch 2.3 release we first want to release the personal rooms. Personal housing will come later but release timing should be too far out. (For personal housing) 850k gil won’t be enough. We won’t make it as expensive as the Free Company housing.

Q: Please let us know the future of PvP!
Yoshida: In patch 2.28 we have plans to change the PvP system. Currently, you start without any personal actions for band new PvP players, but to make it more casual, we’re going to change is so you have these actions from the beginning. Also we’ll make it where you can freely switch around the points earned from ranking up. Front Line which is planned for release in patch 2.3 (battle between 3 teams) is probably good place to try out PvP before getting into the real PvP. PvP is not limited to 24 players, there may be much more.

Q: When is patch 2.28 releasing?
Yoshida: It’s planned for May.

Q: How is the DirectX11 support coming along?
Yoshida: After this Niconico Chou Kaigi 3 event, we have the media tour in Australia. Once I get back from there, we’re planning to do the quality check for the DirectX11 version. We progressed into the work, it’s not confirmed yet but we should be able to release by end of the year.
Takai: One of the guys that goes to Bahamut with me is in charge of the programming and he’s getting really busy recently.

Q: Any plans for further Crystal Tower update?
Yoshida: In patch 2.3 there will be continuation. Currently the map check and boss check is completed.
Takai: For old school gamers there are some features in there that might surprise/excite them.

Q: Any plans to update the Duty Roulette in future?
Yoshida: First we’ll make it so the Ex. Leviathan can be matched through the Duty Finder. For the 3 ex primals that was released in patch 2.2, we want to make them little bit easier. After that add a new category that included these battles in the Duty Roulette...... that’s the ideal flow.

Q: Will the amount of furnitures we can place in the housing increase in future?
Yoshida: (Due to some issues) in reality it’s hard to do this. This is the same reason why you can’t use the Duty Finder while having your buddy Chocobo out.

Q: Will the day come where we can see trains running on the tracks laid out in Thanalan?
Yoshida: We don’t have any plans for trains to run yet.

Q: Takai-san, what kind of work are you involved in currently?
Takai: Doing development work and playing FFXIV ARR at the same time. Once I get home I get in the Duty Roulette. Next do the Beastmen Dailies, then do treasure hunt G4...... that’s about when I hit my limit for the day.

Q: Please add Goblin scenario to the beastmen dailies!
Yoshida: Goblin scenarios is coming at much later time. It’s pretty big, we’re planning to make a big announcement in future.

Q: Any plans to expand the inventory size?
Yoshida: It involved the save data space so it’s hard to do. Currently we’re prioritizing the content updates, but once we have a method to resolve this issue we would like to look into increasing inventory.

Q: Any plans for red Chocobo, colored Chocobos?
Yoshida: For Chocobo color, there is a new feature coming for the housing, a stable is planned for release in patch 2.3 or patch 2.35. Using this facility, you give certain foods to Chocobo so they can break through their limit, or feed certain food which changes the color of their feathers...... we’re looking into that direction. Maybe if you train the Chocobos in these stables it’ll help their growth. As for two people riding on Chocobo’s together, we’re currently looking into this.

Q: Is there any other new planned features?
Yoshida: In patch 2.28 we are planning to increase the poses for the adventurers. On top of that you’ll be able to choose a random pose from them.

Q: Please add a content which can be played with 2-3 players!
Yoshida: We’re releasing a new feature in 2.3 which can be played solo to about 3 players.

Q: Will there be Nanamo minion?
Takai: There is a team called Minon Aliance in development, I think I’ve seen them making Nanamo minion.

Q: Will there be more hairstyles for the adventurers in future?
Yoshida: There will be new ones in the next patch.

Q: Do you have plans to increase the output amount of Alagan Tomestone: Mythology?
Yoshida: For Alagan Tomestone of Mythology, just like Philosophy what we have right now isn’t final. In patch 2.28 or patch 2.3 the amount you can obtain will change, and it’ll become easier to obtain them in stages.

Q: Do you have plans for any collaboration event?
Yoshida: We received request to do collaboration with FFXI, we I’ll discuss with Matsui (FFXI Producer) and plan something out.