Quote Originally Posted by User201109011315 View Post
To say that Yoshi may spoil the story implies that we want Yoshi to give us spoilers, when actually, all we want is an overarching vision for the game. For example, Tanaka managed to give us www.finalfantasyxiv.com without spoiling anything. He managed to convey all the key features about a crafting-intensive, player-operated, game with an armory system etc, with details on these features without spoiling any of them. And he generally gave reasons for why he did or did not implement something. So it just seemed like you were missing the point of the thread if it occurred to you that a vision was synonymous with spoilers.

In my defence, I was only trying to help you not be irrelevant.
Nununu here's the point:
In a single player RPG a dev/director/producer can say "We want this game to have this and that and this and that and this", they create the story from start to finish, then they make it. You buy the game, you play it from start to finish, end of story.

In an online game the world can be ever-changing and constantly evolving, therefore no one can say their vision for the future, as none of it would be certain. Each expansion pack released will add more scope to the game, more story, with no end, there is no start, there is no finish, just ever-increasing scope.

The only vision Yoshi could offer would be:
"In the future I hope this game becomes a huge diverse 'immersive' (I hate using that word) world full of things to do and places to explore, with fun and enjoyment for all."

Anything more than that is spoilers.