So, the Firmament...

[Sotatsu]

Also, I'd looove to see your source for this "Heavy Hint" which was most likely a PR brush off.

https://gamerescape.com/2019/06/16/e...naoki-yoshida/

Quote:

Gamer Escape: We know that Ishgard Reconstruction is going to be considered crafting and gathering endgame content. Can you elaborate more on what this means? Will it be only level 80?

Naoki Yoshida: First and foremost, how this will be flagged as far as completion will not be by individual player, it will be flagged based on the entire world. The basic concept is going to be that all of the players within a particular world are going to rebuild Ishgard. Of course you can contribute more if you have a higher level crafter or gatherer, so in that sense you would be able to contribute more. There is also an element, however, where if your character does not have the crafter or gatherer jobs sufficiently leveled, you can purchase something like a lottery ticket that will allow you to participate in the reconstruction. Also, as more of Ishgard is reconstructed, there will be festivals that will be held, kind of like a seasonal event, and players can participate in those events to obtain additional rewards.

Finally, there will also be a ranking system where, if you are one of the top crafters or gatherers, you will have a title that can be awarded to you or a tool that you can obtain, sort of reminiscent of the ultimate battle weapons. So that will be an element for the top crafters and gatherers to attempt to achieve as well.

Gamer Escape: Is Ishgard reconstruction available at 5.0?

Naoki Yoshida: That will be implemented at 5.1.

Gamer Escape: Is Ishgard housing related to this system?

Naoki Yoshida: It’s up to the players I think…

[Endeleon]

https://gamerescape.com/2019/06/16/e...naoki-yoshida/

Quote:

Gamer Escape: We know that Ishgard Reconstruction is going to be considered crafting and gathering endgame content. Can you elaborate more on what this means? Will it be only level 80?

Naoki Yoshida: First and foremost, how this will be flagged as far as completion will not be by individual player, it will be flagged based on the entire world. The basic concept is going to be that all of the players within a particular world are going to rebuild Ishgard. Of course you can contribute more if you have a higher level crafter or gatherer, so in that sense you would be able to contribute more. There is also an element, however, where if your character does not have the crafter or gatherer jobs sufficiently leveled, you can purchase something like a lottery ticket that will allow you to participate in the reconstruction. Also, as more of Ishgard is reconstructed, there will be festivals that will be held, kind of like a seasonal event, and players can participate in those events to obtain additional rewards.

Finally, there will also be a ranking system where, if you are one of the top crafters or gatherers, you will have a title that can be awarded to you or a tool that you can obtain, sort of reminiscent of the ultimate battle weapons. So that will be an element for the top crafters and gatherers to attempt to achieve as well.

Gamer Escape: Is Ishgard reconstruction available at 5.0?

Naoki Yoshida: That will be implemented at 5.1.

Gamer Escape: Is Ishgard housing related to this system?

Naoki Yoshida: It’s up to the players I think…

Sounds like a humongous PR brush off to me.

[Jojoya]

Sounds like a humongous PR brush off to me.

Think what you want, just as the rest of us will think what we want. We'l know who was right once the Reconstruction is completed.

I'm confused you're even playing this game when you view its development team as a bunch of con men.

[Ishgardian]

I'm confused you're even playing this game when you view its development team as a bunch of con men.

Being good at Public Relations doesn't make you a "con man", Jojoya.

Public Relations speaking is all about artfully avoiding confirming or denying a fact your audience might be upset about it - and no one wants to have to deal with upset audience/clients which in turn may affect one's "product" sales.

I think the issue here is that taking "leading but ambiguous" responses from the dev team as "confirmation" is exactly what happened with male Viera. They gave vague answers to questions that players thought must mean it was coming and they were just being deliberately fake-secretive about it... and look how that turned out.

Yes it looks like it could be a housing ward.

Yes they've given answers that imply it may be coming.

But don't assume it IS coming until they outright say it is, or you still may be setting yourself up for disappointment.

Well said, Iscah!

The confirmed fact so far is that Firmament is an end-game content for crafters and gatherers. In a Newsweek article it reads,

Restoration of the Holy See of Ishgard

This endgame story content for Disciples of the Land and Hand will continue throughout the game's 5.x updates. "Of course, this won't just be doing tasks, there'll be a storyline attached to it. So perhaps you'll get to see some of those characters you loved from Ishgard," Yoshida teased.

Link here: https://www.newsweek.com/final-fanta...eynote-1315624

Perhaps we get the first housing settlement in Ishgard *after* the reconstruction has finished, which will probably come out with the release of the next expansion and it will definitely be used as a selling point.

The thought that gatherers and crafters would help in the building of a new housing district for the players sounds very weird to me.

Just my two cents.