Famitsu Interview - YoshiP 3 Year Anniversary Interview

[aesteval]

This game for me is like that of being in a bad relationship with someone I once liked, but i don't wanna break up until I find someone else first. FFXV is that someone else.

The massive nerfing of Steps of Faith and allowing subpar players into HW to flood the DF with noob tendencies did it for me.

Aww, you don't like it that the basic main story and game features are open to all players of the game. Too bad.

[Kaiyoko]

Aww, you don't like it that the basic main story and game features are open to all players of the game. Too bad.

No one wants to restrict players from attempting content, but there are plenty of players who want to have a sense of accomplishment when completing content. Steps of Faith and Normal Mode raids were nerfed to faceroll easy that almost any group can 1 shot it with little thought. When you're first attempting a fight wiping gives you a chance to evaluate what you did wrong and try to fix it. In the example of Steps of Faith you have a massive powerful dragon attacking Ishgard. Thematicly, the odds of winning should feel low and the situation should be grim, wiping should give players the sense the magnitude of the situation. Instead players feel they're entitled to win instantly and fights are no longer impactful.

[Istaru]

No one wants to restrict players from attempting content, but there are plenty of players who want to have a sense of accomplishment when completing content. Steps of Faith and Normal Mode raids were nerfed to faceroll easy that almost any group can 1 shot it with little thought. When you're first attempting a fight wiping gives you a chance to evaluate what you did wrong and try to fix it. In the example of Steps of Faith you have a massive powerful dragon attacking Ishgard. Thematicly, the odds of winning should feel low and the situation should be grim, wiping should give players the sense the magnitude of the situation. Instead players feel they're entitled to win instantly and fights are no longer impactful.

I agree. Those failing attempts make the victory so sweet.

Showing up, mashing a bunch of buttons and winning first try because it's easy as possible so everyone can see the story without effort? Sucks.

The whining over the difficulty for some people to clear Nidhogg NM? He should not be super easy. He is the villain of the Heavensward story. He should be a bastard of atleast the difficulty level of "I should pay some attention while mindlessly mashing buttons".

If not, why even play the game? The story, without any effort or determination, it might as well be a movie instead. Just watch it on YouTube since the effort requirements are about the same.