Yoshi-P Game Focus Interview translated summary

[Chocolys]

For the curious: Final Fantasy XIV’s Yoshi-P On The Decline Of MMORPGs, On Female Players, And Future Plans

You can see underwear by taking off equipment, but after analyzing data he was able to find that not many of the female players do so on purpose.

Why would they even check for such statistic in the first place?

[Texa]

As a girl I'd really like an option that'd make it to where I'm not constantly looking at my own panties when I use glamour that has a skirt. It's not a big deal it's just something I've thought a lot while playing this. Probably more trouble then it's worth to fix in the grand scale of things that need to be improved.

Poor Yoshi sounds like he needs a vacation.

[ThirdChild_ZKI]

As a girl I'd really like an option that'd make it to where I'm not constantly looking at my own panties when I use glamour that has a skirt. It's not a big deal it's just something I've thought a lot while playing this. Probably more trouble then it's worth to fix in the grand scale of things that need to be improved.

Poor Yoshi sounds like he needs a vacation.

I'm glad you said that, and I agree with you, despite the fact that I'm notorious for never wearing pants for the exact opposite reason. I do love my short skirts, but mid-length would be absolutely great with some armors/glamours!

[Gokuhan]

As a girl I'd really like an option that'd make it to where I'm not constantly looking at my own panties when I use glamour that has a skirt. It's not a big deal it's just something I've thought a lot while playing this. Probably more trouble then it's worth to fix in the grand scale of things that need to be improved.

Poor Yoshi sounds like he needs a vacation.

I don't really mind this at all, it's a very small amount of sex appeal and only on certain things. If you wear short skirts this kind of thing isn't a surprise.

[Texa]

I don't really mind this at all, it's a very small amount of sex appeal and only on certain things. If you wear short skirts this kind of thing isn't a surprise.

It happens with literally any skirt. I'm playing skyrim on my computer right now so I don't feel like opening up my game to take screenshots just to explain, but my crafter glamour looks like this

And every single crafting stance and most mounts will show my panties clear as day with the plain long skirt. That's not sexy, especially not on a Lala, that's just awkward to look at and immersement reducing. It wouldn't be so bad if I could just change the color so it's not as noticeable but there's a thousand other things I'd rather the dev team work on.

That is what I meant.

[Atoli]

You can see underwear by taking off equipment, but after analyzing data he was able to find that not many of the female players do so on purpose.

*shrug* Well, the underwear looks very unappealing anyway, maybe that's why?
I think if they included "how many players wear/glamour bikinis" the results would be different x)
But yeah, actually, as a female gamer I DO apprechiate that it's not just obvious male-targeted fanservice all the way like with most MMOs (especially the Korean ones).
Nothing wrong with wearing something more revealing when you WANT to, but if that is ALL we have, it sucks.

The developers understand that Final Fantasy XIV’s first half isn’t that fun, but something they wonder about is whether it’d be a good idea to introduce complicated skills and systems to new players from the get-go.

I'm fairly surprised they are actually aware that the first half of ARR is kind of boring.
It makes sense what he explains as the reason, but still, I feel it is a bit of a weak response to just ignore how that makes the MMO veterans feel who join the game.

Of course there are players that say “Yoshida should just quit already” *laughs*

Good job forum, your rude remarks have reached the dev team

[SpiritMuse]

Nothing wrong with wearing something more revealing when you WANT to, but if that is ALL we have, it sucks.

Yeah. So many games only give you two options - be a dude in big bulky armor, or be a girl in a bikini. What ultimately sold me on FFXIV was that this game is not restricted like that. Armors that are bulky are bulky on both genders, and clothes that are skimpy are skimpy on both. Either way you have choice.

[Shurrikhan]

The developers understand that Final Fantasy XIV’s first half isn’t that fun, but something they wonder about is whether it’d be a good idea to introduce complicated skills and systems to new players from the get-go.

I'm fairly surprised they are actually aware that the first half of ARR is kind of boring.
It makes sense what he explains as the reason, but still, I feel it is a bit of a weak response to just ignore how that makes the MMO veterans feel who join the game.

This is the part that's gotten me thinking, too. I feel like they too often see these two larger ends of the spectrum at inherently in conflict, even when there are myriad elements that make up whether something in considered overly complicated, dull, or both, to a specific player at a specific time. A player should feel like entering ever growing domains over the leveling experience, ever excited to find out more about what makes up the systems involved, and XIV just doesn't really do that — certainly less so, as far as I can notice, than most single-player FF games. But improving interest for player A doesn't have to come at the cost of confusion for player B. It just has to be done right.

[ChiiSoSeriouz]

I think most players that are negetive regarding yoshida and the dev team overlook the fact that he's operating as both producer and director. Two positions, its the work load usually handled by two people. I'm really grateful for his motivation, without his vision this game wouldn't be what it is today and I hope he leads for many more years to come.