Famitsu Interview - YoshiP 3 Year Anniversary Interview

[Kallera]

Then SE should simply nerf it more. Most people don't care if content gets nerfed hard after their the next tier is released. I remember T7 in Coils considered by some the worst fight in SCoB, but the nerf after the new tier came out, it became a joke of a fight after that.

You don't get it. You're giving those players nothing but bordem and seperation in the face of endgame. why should they try to improve when the game is punishing even on lag, and the players from the top deride them on content they already can do easily and feel stuck with doing? Heavensward has been resulting in player being taught that because they are unable, they should be unwilling to do it. When that happens, the pfs and player pool runs dry.

[Velhart]

You don't get it. You're giving those players nothing but bordem and seperation in the face of endgame.

And story mode that doesn't last past a month for many players is that solution? Most beat it within 1-2 days, then only reason to go back in is to get gear that will be replaced quickly by tomestone/crafted gear. Well then again that midas gear item. Only needed to do A8 for that though.

Casual players already have plenty to work off of. Relic quest, Palace of the Dead, Diadem(or at least when they fix it), primals, hunts, Aquapolis, various story side quests, card collecting, and much more. Midcore/Hardcore? EX primal and four raid bosses.

[TaranTatsuuchi]

I hope they don't get rid of some skills. HW dungeons are far easier than ARR, due to having those skills. SMN 60-70 skills are a godsend.

I hope his statement means they aren't adding new skills to the jobs.

Since you know the summoner skills we'll use them as an example.
Dreadwyrm Trance and Deathflare. (iirc the names correctly)

These could be trimmed down into a single skill.
Upon activation it places you in Dreadwyrm Trance.
Upon a second activation, it activates Deathflare.

Since Deathflare drops you out of Dreadwyrm anyway, once you get it there isn't a need to have Dreadwyrm able to just toggle itself.

You keep the same functionality, and trim up to have one less necessary hotbar slot in use.

[Sandpark]

And story mode that doesn't last past a month for many players is that solution? Most beat it within 1-2 days, then only reason to go back in is to get gear that will be replaced quickly by tomestone/crafted gear. Well then again that midas gear item. Only needed to do A8 for that though.

Casual players already have plenty to work off of. Relic quest, Palace of the Dead, Diadem(or at least when they fix it), primals, hunts, Aquapolis, various story side quests, card collecting, and much more. Midcore/Hardcore? EX primal and four raid bosses.

You can't really blend midcore with hardcore. Midcore don't have the schedule flexibility or practice times of a hardcore, so the statics mixing both don't work. That's why duty finder doesn't work for extremely difficult content.

Midcore need content that isn't faceroll easy, difficult but lenient mechanics, but still be puggable.