Gamewatch YoshiP Interview Summary

[Vejjiegirl]

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Quoted By defucchi:

Full Inteview HERE however I just translated the summarized version by a Japanese matome site here. This interview is from the London Fan Festival.

Regarding Samurai

• They had an idea to make Samurai a tank. However because the Heavensward (I think they call it Souten no Ishigard in Jp) theme is dark, they felt a dark knight was more fitting for the role.
  
• Inside of YoshiP the Samurai feels more like a DPS than a tank.
• Since they released the Ninja job,they didn't want another Japanese style job
• They decided to skip Samurai for now but since a lot of people request it they are still examining whether to add it in the future

Implementation of Dark Knight

• Strong image of FF Tactics and Ogre Battle
• Image of the two handed swordsman Guts similar to that from the manga Berserk.
• Thought about making it a DPS but ultimately settled on tank
• Can't talk about why DK has no class
• Will be available to chose at the start of the expansion

Regarding unannounced job

• Making the new job too simple is not going to be interesting. (Thank you AkirraKrylon)
• If you look at FF series of the past carefully you can imagine what it will be
• I will talk about it at the TokyoFanfest

Other Stuff

• Heavensward trailer has some 2.5 contents so some of them will be implemented before the expansion pack
• It will be a connection to the current story like the current story did to 1.0
• Will talk a lot about patch 2.5 at Tokyo Fanfest
• Odin battle will be added right after the fanfest is over.
• The Odin battle at fanfest will be "hard mode" while an extreme mode will be implemented for the game.

Regarding Flying Mounts

• You will be able to fly over the entire map of the new area
• However in 3.0 you will NOT be able to fly over the current game maps.
• There will however not be a limitation if you use the airship
• Rewards will be given so that you can fly over the whole area right away
• When you reach the level cap (new one?) it will be very rewarding
• There will be adjustments made to mount variety. The basics are done but they are tweaking the gimicks and types.
• There will be no air battles other than for story/cutscenes etc
• You will not be able to fight field mobs in the air etc.
• Adventurers will be able to go to the Dragon World (dragoon world? lol)
• They keep their policy from 1.0 that you can go to places that have been "named" (aka you can't fly to a random unknown area?)

Regarding the New Primals

• Since we've mostly used up all the old classic FF primals we figured we'd do something new
• Since Bismarck is a beast type, we decided Ravanna to have a cool insect type design
• The battle is meant to include the new job which means the base level will be 60