Game-watch interview with Yoshi-P

[Kuwagami]

just reposting this here :

http://game.watch.impress.co.jp/docs...27_731237.html

The majority of this interview is about the Korean version, Diadem/LoVM feedback, etc but there are a couple of points regarding future content:

• 3.15 will be released mid-to-late December.
• The "Beginner's Hall" will contain challenges for players to try to beat, e.g. rather than just having a dummy with a parser, DPS jobs will have to defeat an enemy. The idea is that implementing it in the form of challenges will encourage casual players (who don't care about parses) to try them (and get better). He wants there to be training for healers and tanks as well.
• In regards to a player-made image of a possible Beginner's Hall screen hosted by "Faust-sensei", Yoshi-P says he wants to use Faust-sensei somewhere else(!?)
• Yoshi-P promises that patch 3.2 won't have the delay that 3.1 did, and will be released in the same timeframe that 2.x patches were (so 3-3.5 months).

Some other points:

• There are big plot developments planned for the Void Ark story.
• 24-man raids will never see any significant difficulty increases.
• 4-man dungeons won't increase in difficulty because they're designed for people who don't have much time to play. It's expected that first-time clearers will take 35-40 minutes to clear (including 1 wipe), after knowing the mechanics it'll take 20 minutes to clear, and after overgearing it'll take 16 minutes.
• However, if there is a lot of demand, they will create separate 4-man raids.

as for me, I'll just say this :

However, if there is a lot of demand, they will create separate 4-man raids.

(Yes Please)