DevTalk: Time's Running Out. Bring Out the Gimmicks (Sephiroth, Kefka "Dream" BCNM)

[Delsus]

Perhaps you misunderstand me. People quit, and have quit by the thousands because there is nothing to do and the battle content sucks.

Sephiroth BCNM and Kefka BCNM and Magus BCNM would give players a reason to stay.

Hey, it made Kingdom Hearts pretty cool, didn't it?

It actually wouldnt make people stay, most will probably just say that its turning into a cheap game because its loosing money now, there taking devs away from it for other projects, devs are loosing thier imagination.

These are the sort of lables the game doesnt need right now, as i said I would be interested in battlefields, just they shouldnt be made cheap, and with a lack of imagination.

[Sephr]

Holy christ no.

...Maybe Gilgamesh.

[Corrderio]

No thanks. As much as I liked Kefka I don't want some gimmick just for a desperate attempt to bring more dumb fanboys into the game.

[Cairdeas]

I could see them bringing lore into it. When you enter the fight Cosmos is in the center of the arena. She looks up at you and says something like. "The balance of the universe is imperiled. Assist me in training these warriors for their final battle." then she disappears and a random Hero or Villian from past FF's spawns and you have to fight them. It doesn't name them it just calls them something like "Lost Hero" or "Lost Villian" and they have a FFXIV based appearance with signature skills present.

[Jinko]

You lie !

Time ran out months ago.

[Demacia]

Only as a special event in the distant future. I wanted something similar to this for FFXI.

[Captaindownsyndrome]

BCNM yeah, but with Sephiroth? No. I think it would make Square look bad and FF XIV look cheap. It needs to be a bit more creative than that.

I wouldn't say interest in this game is fading at all. I think there is quite a bit of excitement within the community for the upcoming changes. When Square decides to talk about the PS3 game inteterest will be generated again, maybe they will do that at E3.

but there are Sephiroth in the game hell there more then one lol

http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com...hiroth&stgt=77

[Rhomagus]

I disagree with this proposal, especially from the premise that it worked for Kingdom Hearts and Dissidia. Those are very different games, and have no basis in any of the respective characters' realms. You shouldn't expect to canonize what happened to Cloud in Dissidia and Kingdom Hearts to Final Fantasy VII. The compilation of FFVII is different as it is specifically meant to add onto the story of the original game. The fan service games were made specifically for fan service reasons and they are respected accordingly.

I also think they would lose as many players as they would gain if they implemented such a system, but ultimately, it would cheapen the experience. Loose connections I'm fine with i.e. the materia system. Considering Yoshida's "use it if it works" philosophy but only if there is a purpose for it, i.e. "there needs to be a practical purpose for the giant cake before two cooks can make the giant cake".

Cairdeas's proposal, while trying to give the concept legitimacy, in my opinion falls short of expectations when it comes to good storytelling. Introducing Cosmos herself with her motivations intact is fan service enough without the additions of Sephiroth, Kefka and the like.

Cid, moogles, airships, Gilgamesh, summons, and the use of similar system concepts is plenty of leeway to keep fans interested. These things need to exist first before iconic characters that defined their respective Roman Numeral'd games. Even before that? The promises the original team made. Only after those options have been exhausted would I think it to be plausible, and only form a financial perspective, to introduce such a system. Then again, if it gets to the point where that is the only thing that would "save" the game, one should really start asking themselves if they really think it's worth it to pay a monthly service fee to continue to play such an obviously flawed game.

[Rentahamster]

but there are Sephiroth in the game hell there more then one lol

http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com...hiroth&stgt=77

http://i.imgur.com/YsHB7.jpg

[Corrderio]

but there are Sephiroth in the game hell there more then one lol

http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com...hiroth&stgt=77

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