52 Minutes of Yoshi-P unleashed :D Here's my interview with our fearless leader

[Grey_Cain]

I'm just going to keep my assumption that 1st expansion will happen sometime after 2.5 since 2.3 is the mid point of 2.X contents

I'm expecting 3.0 to be a paid expansion, so not everyone will get it, and thus the 2.x line of updates will continue for as long as universal additions are made (such as hard mode dungeons, housing items, glamour, etc.). So when Yoshi says the expansion is MUCH closer than anyone expects, I think it's going to be released sometime between 2.4 and 2.5. It also explains why they aren't worried about releasing ROG/NIN on its own with no other classes/jobs until 3.0. :3

[Exstal]

Eh, took Blizzard around two years to get their first one out. And most likely our first one will be less than 2 years. And ~3 months per patch is actually on the short side.

I like how people think programming and managing an MMO is like making a burger in McDonalds or checking someone into a hotel. I believe everyone should be required to take programming in high school to know the developer's pain.

[Tupsi]

correct me if I'm wrong but wont people who have DX11 capable video cards notice a performance increase due to things being done in hardware on the DX11 client even if they dont notice a lot of visual improvements?

It's not such a huge improvement which is why he said it won't be noticeable because all it really is mainly is a graphical update.

Either this is mistranslation or Producer Yoshida is making a mistake with basic math. Maybe it's a PR wording or something. The proper aproach would be to say, that in all regions more people play on PC

It wasn't a mistranslation - There isn't a huge PC culture in Japan in comparison to the west - I'm also sure a Japanese developer would know this info

I like how people think programming and managing an MMO is like making a burger in McDonalds or checking someone into a hotel. I believe everyone should be required to take programming in high school to know the developer's pain.

Just an Fyi, XI's first expansion was out about now - Same team largely and definitely same company. It wasn't a tiny expansion either, when most people think of XI 'at launch' they think of Zilart era if they started in the west, which dramatically increased the size of XI's world.

Plus during ARR dev they said the first expansion should be out about a year after launch, so I don't think anyone thinks it's as easy as 'making a hamburger', it's more like the alternating update focus is what delayed it because they delayed the Crystal Tower in the first place.

[Lego3400]

Ninja will have stealth in Frontlines? No thank you.

It's a key mechanic to the class. It's like asking a summoener not to use DoTs.

[Tupsi]

It's a key mechanic to the class. It's like asking a summoener not to use DoTs.

You mean warlock - a summoner's key mechanic is their summons in the FF series. We have Warlock

(I get what you were saying though.)

[Exstal]

Just an Fyi, XI's first expansion was out about now - Same team largely and definitely same company. It wasn't a tiny expansion either, when most people think of XI 'at launch' they think of Zilart era if they started in the west, which dramatically increased the size of XI's world.

Plus during ARR dev they said the first expansion should be out about a year after launch, so I don't think anyone thinks it's as easy as 'making a hamburger', it's more like the alternating update focus is what delayed it because they delayed the Crystal Tower in the first place.

I see. Maybe they should have had expansion out faster given that 1.0 was done horribly wrong and, from what I've gathered, 2.0 is mostly 1.0 stuff redone with the new engine / look. Although, maybe if it was still Tanaka 2.0 would have been expansion for original XIV.

You mean warlock - a summoner's key mechanic is their summons in the FF series. We have Warlock

(I get what you were saying though.)

There is no warlock in FF universe.

[Edli]

• He can't disclose specifics about what % of players are on the PS4, but it depends on the country. In Japan, however, consoles are about 50% of the user base; there is not much PC gaming culture in Japan. In the US, it's around 25%. A lot of console players in Europe too.

Only 25% console players on US? I always thought it would be much higher.

[Tupsi]

There is no warlock in FF universe.

That's my point - up until ARR there wasn't, what we have as "Summoner" is essentially warlock more so than a summoner

Maybe they should have had expansion out faster given that 1.0 was done horribly wrong and, from what I've gathered, 2.0 is mostly 1.0 stuff redone with the new engine / look. Although, maybe if it was still Tanaka 2.0 would have been expansion for original XIV.

Pretty much - Heck a lot of what Yoshi got praised for was actually just him pushing out updates Tanaka's team started working on, Yoshi's ideals didn't truthfully come into play until 1.21 and then later ARR.

[Dwill]

That's my point - up until ARR there wasn't, what we have as "Summoner" is essentially warlock more so than a summoner

Please don't bring this argument in General Discussion. It's already enough having to see that in the DPS sub-forums.

[Tupsi]

Please don't bring this argument in General Discussion. It's already enough having to see that in the DPS sub-forums.

It's a harsh but true reality though. D: