Gold Saucer-related
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We’ll be sharing more details about Lord of Verminion during the latter half of the show.
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The mini-games we are introducing may be familiar to those of you who played FFXIV 1.0. They are the mini-games associated with gathering that were available in FFXIV 1.0.
There was a debate internally amongst the developers about whether the chicken hat should be a crafting recipe for culinarian or not, but someone brought up the question of who would be doing the repairs, so we decided to make it a prize for the Gold Saucer. There are a lot more rewards besides the images shown here.
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As far as the odds of obtaining rare cards for Triple Triad goes, it’s not that we want to decrease the rarity of rare cards. When content is popular, many users participate often and the number of times users attempt to obtain rare cards is high, so that makes it easier for them to be obtained. But for players who start later, the content isn’t as popular as it used to be, and that makes rare cards turn up with even less frequency. That’s why we’re making adjustments to accommodate this.
Furthermore, with this patch, Gold Saucer objectives are being added to the Challenge Log, so players will be able to earn MGP on a weekly basis and can plan out how they are going to collect MGP.
Guest: Item Team Lead, Yousuke Hayashi
Titles worked on: FINAL FANTASY XI/FINAL FANTASY XIV
A: Hayashi: We’re a department that creates the data that is related to every item that’s found in the item inventory such as gear, food, medicine, etc. There are about 500 to 800 items that are added with every normal patch, and around 500 items are being added with Patch 3.1. Patch 3.0 was a large scale update, so around 2,000 items were added with that one. With gear for example, we create data for everything from the picture used as the icon, the color of the icon, to the stats and name of the gear. Additionally, we create a drop table to determine whether that item will be dropped by monsters or found in dungeons, etc.1:38:50
Q: Tell us what exactly it is that the item team is in charge of.
Yoshida: We agonize over the drop tables every time.
Hayashi: We use all sorts of methods every time, but we just can’t seem to find the right answer. The items team’s job also deals with tradable gear for Allagan tomestones, rewards for quests, and everything else that is related to items.
A: Hayashi: During last year’s “The Rising”, the designer prepared an illustration, and it included an illustration of some Scion members gathered for a party that was also used on the special website. On the right end of the illustration was a picture of wind-up Louisoix and wind-up Bahamut fighting with each other, and a certain producer/director looked at it and said, “Can’t we make it so that they’re like that in the game?” It was the day before the data was finalized for the version update. As a member of the item team, the day before the deadline is a time when we don’t want to make any adjustments, but we’re always creating things the way we like to in the “Minion Alliance”, so we couldn’t say no and it was decided that we would make the adjustments. Incidentally, it was an order from the producer/director, so we asked the effects team for help too, and made it so that wind-up Bahamut breathes fire when it gets into a fight.1:41:03
Q: If you have one, what is your favorite minion, and what minion did you have a hard time creating?
Yoshida: That’s how my reputation gets worse and worse amongst the development team.
A: Hayashi: When the heavy hatchling that you can get in exchange for MGP is waiting, it performs a sniffing motion, but if a culinarian cooks nearby, it will perform the sniffing motion more frequently. I suspected that players might not notice this.1:43:57
Q: Could you tell us about any hidden features of minions that players still might not be aware of?
A: Hayashi: There are.1:45:25
Q: Are there plans to added minions for each if the primals?
* Showed an illustration of primal minions in the video.
This is the Ifrit minion and it will be added in 3.1. Additionally, this won’t added in 3.1, but this is the Garuda minion. We also have plans to add Titan’s minion. If possible, I’d like to add a primal minion with each patch and ultimately have all of the primal added to the game.
A: Hayashi: FFXIV is a numbered title and part of the main series of FINAL FANTASY so traditional items like phoenix down were included, but even so, this is a MMORPG, so when we have to create a strict battle balance for things like raids, we can’t allow for a situation where the battle balance is ruined by items like phoenix down, which has a raise effect. I’m terribly sorry, but such items are difficult to use at the moment.1:47:18
Q: Are there plans to make adjustments to items that users don’t use very often such as medicine like phoenix down, elemental materia, and potions?
Yoshida: In other words, it’s just there to give it that FINAL FANTASY feeling.
Hayashi: Yeah. Not just phoenix down, but we get feedback from everyone about another good use for elemental materia. If a good idea comes up when the development team discusses the issue, we’d like to make adjustments. Please give us a little time.
A: Yoshida: If that were possible, it would be easier to just increase inventory space. Every player would have to acquire item obtainment information data, which would be very difficult.1:48:57
Q: Are there any plans to add a feature where any item you obtain once is recorded in some sort of a directory, and even if you get rid of that equipment, you can use a glamour prism on anything in the directory? With a feature like this, users could create a lot more room in their inventories.
A: Hayashi: There are plans for that. I’m thinking that it might be nice to add it to the Disciples of the Hand recipes with Patch 3.2. It’s currently being considered.1:49:44
Q: In a previous interview with Yoshida, it was said that, “Gear for each race might be made dyeable.” How has progress been for that since then? Also, is it possible to make Allagan and High Allagan gear dyeable for glamor purposes?
Yoshida: You’re going to implement it?
Hayashi: …We are.
A: Haysahi: On the stage at Fan Festival last year, I promised that we would make head gear, so that’s what we did.1:50:48
Q: Hayashi, you’re in charge of community items as well. Are there any new items?
* Showed an illustration of new gear in the video.
Paissa is pretty popular lately, but gaelikitten is cute too, so we made this new head gear. Also, it will be made so that the gaelikitten minion rides on top of a player’s head, so I’d like players to use the minion and the head gear together. As someone in charge of items and minions, I’m proud to say that we were able to make a very nice combination.
A: Hayashi: The amount obtained will not increase as level increases, but a trait called “Nymeia's Ward” was added to miner and botanist in patch 3.0; it is a trait that increases the amount gathered for items that don’t have HQ versions, namely, shards and crystals. It might be different from what was requested, but it has been implemented.1:52:56
Q: Are there plans to add a bonus wherein the amount obtained when gathering shards increases in proportion the level of the Disciplines of the Land.
Yoshida: Wouldn’t the fact that players are making this request mean that the effects aren’t that great?
Hayashi: The chance of it activating is around 10%. With regards to the odds of it activating, we’ll consider what it should be if we receive further feedback.
A: Hayashi: Throughout the 2.X series, there was gear that was originally intended to be added during version 1.0, and since they were added without any changes made, there are one-handed versions of some weapons. In general, with the exception of paladin, each job has one weapon associated with it, and we’d like to continue implementing weapons in this way.1:54:09
Q: There have been hardly any new one-handed conjurer's or thaumaturge's arms for a while. What’s the reason for this?
With one-handed weapons, we set parameters based on when shield and weapon are equipped together; so individually, the performance values per single unit are lower in comparison with other weapons. Also, there's the added issue, when weapons are added to content rewards for example, of having to obtain both pieces in order for the item level to go up. For these reasons, we decided on only two-handed weapons for conjurer and thaumaturge.
Regarding the “Malevolent Mogwand”, which is one of the popular weapons that players would like to glamour but are unable to because the weapon is one-handed, a two-handed version with the same design has been created and we plan to introduce this in 3.2. Please provide us with opinions and feedback on any current one-handed weapon which you would like to see as two-handed.
A: Hayashi: We had plans to introduce this since the start of A Realm Reborn and it all depends on the dev. team’s availability, but we have been prioritizing other content and the implementation has been pushed back. We still need to work on adjustments with the programmers in each department so we’re not 100% sure if we can implement this by Patch 3.2, but we are hoping to so please wait a while longer.1:56:51
Q: When can we expect to see the furnishings that can play your favorite in-game music?
A: Hayashi: It won’t be for Y’shtola and Ysayle but we are planning to sell this as an optional item.1:58:27
Q: Are there any plans on implementing Ysayle’s hairstyle? Or Y’shtola’s from Patch 3.0 for the players?
* An image of a Minfilia outfit and hairstyle was shown on the video.
We plan to sell the Minfilia set which comes with both the hairstyle and equipment.
Minfilia’s equipment and hairstyle will be specifically for female characters, but if we receive more requests, we’d like to add in more sets.
A: Hayashi: Thank you for your patience!2:00:31
Q: There was a mention that the “bent ear” version of the bunny crown from the Gold Saucer would be introduced, but is there any progress on this?
* An image of the “bent ear” version of the bunny crown was shown in the video.
I stayed late night at work to take this screenshot. We first tried with a Miqo’te, but the hipline didn’t appear good due to the tail for the screenshot.
A: Yoshida: Baby Opo-opo. I was able to obtain this minion quite quickly, and I really took a liking to it since it climbs up on your head.2:01:44
Q: Yoshida/Hayashi, please tell us your favorite minion.
A: Hayashi: I like the Tiny Tapir you can obtain from the retainer venture. When I play FFXIV privately, I don’t play with my co-workers but with players I met in Eorzea, and one of the players I know gave me the Tiny Tapir as a gift. The drop rate configuration isn’t too high since I did this myself but since I received this as a gift, it’s still in my memory.
Yoshida: It makes me happy that it’s possible to speak openly with players you meet in-game.
A: Hayashi: Having spoken on the stage about minions during Fan Festival and making appearances on the Letter LIVE, many may think that I am the leader of the Minion Alliance; however, that’s not true. I’m just simply a member that does various things such as setup and lead the meetings, and diffuse situations when the passionate Minion Alliance members begin heated debates.2:04:20
Q: By the way, what kind of position do you hold as part of the Minion Alliance?
Lord of Verminion
A: Yoshida: We’ve received requests for an “Observation Mode” in PvP as well, and for Patch 3.2, we were thinking about adding this feature for Wolves’ Den 2, which may not make it in 3.2, but this is absolutely necessary so we will try to implement this in one of the future 3.X patches.2:05:49
Q: Are you planning on implementing a feature where a player can watch other players battle like an “Observation Mode”?
A: Hayashi: There are minions that could be obtained as bonuses from special packages and some minions that are unobtainable now, but we will not make these minions overly powerful. Also, in a game of Lord of Verminion, it’s more important to think about all the aspects of a minion such as the type of the minion, stats, what type of type they’re strong against, and the cost. Each minion will have its own unique stats and it will be up to you to decide which ones to use.2:06:28
Q: Are the minions obtained as a bonus from special packages and online purchased items stronger than other minions? I’m worried that there would be a huge disadvantage between players who do or do not have them.
Yoshida: You really don’t need to worry too much about it. We prepared minions with similar stats from the minions no longer available, so all you need to do is obtain those. It seems that the players think the rare minions are stronger, and if you don’t have them, you may lose but that is a misunderstanding and as Hayashi has explained, it also depends on your minion vs. your opponent minion’s compatibility.
* The video shows off gameplay of Lord of Verminion
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In regards to Lord of Verminion:
Yoshida: There is a new area within the Gold Saucer, where you will find a new device for Lord of Verminion. Interacting with this device, a window will appear where players will have the option to choose from modes such as Verminion Challenge and Play Guide, where they will be able to learn about the game. We’ll go over the tutorial within the Verminion Challenge mode to explain the basics of Lord of Verminion.
Players will not be able to play this game while in a party. Additionally, you will not be able to choose your opponent.
First, you have 20 seconds to set up your minions. This is where you select the first minion to dispatch. Players are given 60 points in the beginning, and will need to decide which minion to call forth with these points.
Arcana Stones are placed across the map. Players will win the match by destroying all of the opponent’s Arcana Stones. Additionally, there is a 10 minute time limit per match, if the players run out of time, the player with higher Arcana Stone stamina will win the match.
Players will prepare for the match at the beginning setup phase. You will be able to select minions to call out from the hotbar. Selecting a minion will register them to be called forth when the match starts. Once the match starts the amount of points players can spend will also increase to 240. You can choose any minion you would like to call forth to battle with using these points during the match.
In this example we have called forth the minion from the gate in center, gate B, but you’ll be able to call them at other gates as well. Players will call their minions at the gate closest to the opponent’s Arcana Stone. Players are able to register multiple minions at once to call forth; however, there is a recast time, so the minions will spawn in order, instead of spawning all at once.
Next, let’s go over minion movement. In order to move your minions, you will select them and select where you want them to head towards. The controls for Lord of Verminion are simple, you select a minion, and tell them where to go. Players will also be able to select multiple minions at once to have them all move together as well.
Battle is initiated automatically once minions come close each other. Since they’re minions the battle animations are fairly simple. When opponent’s minions come near your Archana Stone, they will start attacking it. If you don’t act, your Arcana Stone will be destroyed, so you’ll need to select minions nearby and have them move close to the opponent’s minion to start fighting. Plush cushion will attack as well.
Moving onto the types of minions, Baby Behemoth is a monster type, Wayward Hatchling is an animal type. Monster types are strong against animal types; however, if you have four animal types against 2 monster types, you’ll have a high chance of winning against the monster type.
Also, these minions come with a special skill. Players will be able to execute these special skills by selecting the glowing minion and pressing the special skill execution button. You’ll need at least four of the same minion to use these skills. And, these skills do not execute automatically, so players will need to manually control them.
Minions will vanish when their HP hits 0. You can restore minion HP by moving the minions back to your gate. While your minions are inside the gate, they will not take any damage from the opponent; however, your minions cannot attack the opponents either. Additionally, you’ll be able to transfer minions from one gate to another. For example, if the opponent starts engaging, you can return your minions to your gate, then dispatch them to the nearest gate in which the opponent is in.
Your minions will start attacking an opponent’s Arcana Stone automatically when they’re near it. Additionally, minions have special effects towards facilities. For example, Mammet #001 can deal great damage against opponents Arcana Stone, so you’ll be able to take away their Arcana Stone’s HP really quick. On top of this, there are facilities known as Shields. Players will be able to lowerthe opponents Arcana Stone’s defense by destroying these Shields.
And that is it for the tutorial. It would be best to learn from actually playing the game, so first try out the tutorial. Please note that the tutorial was done in turns; however, in the actual gameplay you will see both you and your opponent’s minions spread across the field moving simultaneously. If you pay too much attention to one section of the field, you may be getting attacked in another part of the field. It’ll be more important to watch over the entire field rather than individual minions stats.
A: Yoshida: When disconnected, that disconnected user will lose the match. The system isn’t able to tell if the user purposely disconnected or disconnected due to some type of error. Therefore, if the connection is lost, it will be decided as loss, and that alone will be the penalty.2:19:32
Q: Are there any penalty towards those that may disconnect right before losing the match?
A: Yes. There isn’t any situation where you’ll need to have minions added in Patch 3.1 to win the match.2:20:15
Q: I believe there will be new minions in Patch 3.1, but would we be able to enjoy this content with existing minions?
A: Hayashi: You register the minions you want to call forth onto your hotbar, but for Wind-up Leader minion will be the character associated with your Grand Company. If you’re enlisted in the Twin Adders, Kan-E Senna, if you’re enlisted in Maelstrom, Merlwyb will be called forth. If you are not part of a Grand Company, you won’t be able to put it on your minion hotbar.2:20:33
Q: When using minions that have multiple designs, such as Wind-up Leader, or Minion of Light, will only one design appear or all of them?
As for Minion of Light, while the name will be Minion of Light, it will display three types of minions, warrior, black mage, and white mage on the minion hotbar. You will be able to register them separately.
Yoshida: The minion hotbar is a special hotbar specific to Lord of Verminion. You’ll be able to register your favorite minions and call those minions during a match. Editing the minion hotbar after completing the tutorial will allow you to call them from the next match forward. While editing your minion hotbar, you’ll be able to see specific details for each minion, such as their special skills, and special effects against facilities to see how much they will affect them. You can bring up the minion hotbar editor from character, under minion guide.
A: No. There are only minion types.2:24:40
Q: Do Tank/DPS/Healer roles exist for minions as well?
A: Yoshida: We would like players to collect various minions to play, so there isn’t any growth type of feature. However, when new minions are introduced, combination from that minions effect may affect others.2:24:53
Q: Are there any growth type of feature which increases the player’s or minion’s level by battling repeatedly?
A: Yoshida: No. We would like players to collect minions from various places in the game. Lord of Verminion is a game where you get to use those minions.2:25:25
Q: Would it be possible to obtain existing minions as a prize from Lord of Verminion?
A: Yoshida: There are minions which can be obtained through tournament achievements.2:25:51
Q: Are there any minions which can be obtained only through tournaments, similar to Triple Triad?
We have implemented a rate matching feature in Lord of Verminion tournament which will increase depending on player’s win-loss ratio. Players with close rate will be matched. There are special tournaments rules, such as chocobo minions only matches.
A: Yoshida: As I mentioned earlier, new achievements will be added.2:26:42
Q: Will there be any achievements added for Lord of Verminion?
A: Yoshida: When comparing those two choices, it’ll probably be the number of minions you possess. By possessing more minions, you probably have several minions of each type, as well as minions with various facility effects. Therefore, it will be more important to have many types of minions and understanding their specialties rather than having a rare minion. There isn’t a case where you won’t be able to win because you don’t possess a particular rare minion.2:26:55
Q: In order to win a match, which is more important: rarity of your minions or the number of minions you possess?
2:31:55
Changes to Materia Melding in patch 3.2
We’ve been receiving a lot of questions from players and I’ve spoken to a lot of people at events, but we’re aware of the situation where those who are clearing raids early are using advanced materia melding for accessories. The development team recognizes that there are two problems regarding this. The first is that while it’s not forced, it’s become a kind of standard for tanks to advanced materia meld VIT and STR materia to boost their HP and DPS, and this is becoming a burden. The second issue is using advance materia melded accessories and then finally getting your hands on the raid accessories to find that they are not as strong as what you already have. We feel that this needs to be addressed, and as a result of discussions, we have decided to resolve these issues in Patch 3.2.
Despite the fact that weapons and armor have already reached the maximum main stats, it will no longer be possible to advance materia meld armor and accessories made by crafters with STR, DEX, VIT, INT, MND, and PIE materia. However, this doesn’t mean that advanced materia melding will no longer be possible. It will still be possible to meld materia into the slots that are available on equipment. Moving forward, our plan is to make it so advanced materia melding is used to boost sub-stats.
Additionally, to coincide with this, we’ll be increasing the stats on the higher-tier equipment that can be made by crafters, which will be implemented in Patch 3.2. Up until now this equipment has been balanced based on the fact that it would become extremely powerful when materia is placed on it through advanced materia melding. However, due to the fact that advanced materia melding of main stat materia will no longer be possible in Patch 3.2, we’ll be increasing the stats of this equipment, and they will be useable for challenging raids early.
Furthermore, due to the fact that advance materia melding high-tier accessories made by crafters make them extremely powerful, we’ve been staggering their implementation with the raid implementation by a patch, but with the aforementioned changes, we will be implementing all of the high-tier equipment in a single patch.
I’m sure there are many of you concerned about what will happen to the prices of materia, but from Patch 3.2 onwards, we will be adding materia slots to raid rewards and equipment that can be purchased with Allagan tomestones. While it won’t be possible to advance materia meld them, you will be able to increase the stats with the materia that you like.
The reason why I am bringing up system changed for Patch 3.2 ahead of time like this is because I am sure there are many of you who are looking forward to the addition of new accessories in Patch 3.1, but due to the materia-related changes in Patch 3.2, we will holding off on implementing these accessories in Patch 3.1.
Materia-wise that is all we will be doing; however, we will also be adjusting the damage calculations for tank roles in Patch 3.2. The details have not been finalized just yet, so I’m not able to discuss the adjustments in detail right now, but I believe those of you who are tanks and raiding at the moment can roughly imagine what we will be doing. We’ll be bringing tank’s damage calculations up to a more appropriate state, and this includes the issues with enmity.
Overall, our idea is to have everyone enjoy raiding, and we would like to use this opportunity to resolve issues such as the large burden of being coerced into raiding on a specific job, raid rewards being weaker than the equipment you are challenging the raid with, and the other larger requests we’ve been receiving from players.
Please also note that we will not be removing the armor and accessories that have already been implemented into the game. We determined that existing equipment will not be a problem once we implement the changes in Patch 3.2.
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