Who would you like to see as a Guest Creator for FFXIV?

[Jandroid]

Naoki Yoshida has mentioned that he has two primary reasons for bringing in guest creators to Final Fantasy XIV: (1) It has a big promotional element that can be used to market new content and (2) to bring in new design ideas outside of the usual development team which would help deliver a new type of experience for players. Judging by development interviews that I've read, it seems like bringing guest creators when possible is something they would like to do looking forward.

Here are some of the guests, both inside and outside of Square Enix, that has developed content for the game:

Yasumi Matsuno - Return to Ivalice
Notable Works: Tactics Ogre, Final Fantasy Tactics, Final Fantasy XII
Role: Scenario Writer

Keita Amemiya - Return to Ivalice
Notable Works: GARO, Kamen Rider series
Role: Boss Designer

Tetsuya Nomura - Eden
Notable Works: Final Fantasy VII-VIII, X, XIII, XV, Kingdom Hearts series
Role: Character and Boss Designer

Yoko Taro - YoRHa: Dark Apocalypse
Notable Works: Drakengard series, NieR, NieR: Automata
Role: Scenario Writer

Yosuke Saito - YoRHa: Dark Apocalypse
Notable Works: Dragon Quest X-XI, NieR, NieR: Automata
Role: Supervisor

I would personally like to see Hironobu Sakaguchi, the creator of Final Fantasy, to be a guest creator to make new original content for the game. It would be interesting to see what kind of original content the father of Final Fantasy could make for a modern Final Fantasy game that he has never worked on before.

For art, I would like to see Hideo Minaba and CyDesignation come in and do some designs for FFXIV. Hideo Minaba previously worked on Final Fantasy Tactics, Final Fantasy IX, and Final Fantasy XII. He's currently the artist responsible for the hit series Granblue Fantasy. If anything, I would like to see CyDesignation handle the art direction for future Final Fantasy titles such as Final Fantasy XVI since it's practically a superteam consisting former Final Fantasy artists including Akihiko Yoshida.

Tetsuya Takahashi of Monolith Soft would also be great as either guest artist or scenario writer. He's known for the Xeno series such as Xenogears, Xenosaga, and Xenoblade. He also worked as art director for Final Fantasy VI and Chrono Trigger as well as concept art for Final Fantasy VII. Since Square Enix allowed Tetsuya Nomura to design a character for Xenoblade Chronicles, it would be cool if Tetsuya Takahashi could return the favor and design something for Final Fantasy XIV. Since he's a big fan of mechs, it would be interesting to see him contribute something for PvP such as Rival Wings or something completely new.

Who would you guys like as a guest creator for the game?

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

Tri-ace

Only ones I want, the guys behind star ocean, radiata stories, and valkyrie profile.

[AdventZero]

Todd Howard, cause I want to see Skyrim get released on the Final Fantasy XIV.


Real answer: Whoever wrote the FFXI:CoP story, that was a really good story and seeing them in charge of something like a 24 person raid story would be cool. Might even give them a reason to do something with Iroha again, since far as I know she's still in Erozea. And since magic and Avatars (Primals) worked so much differently in FFXI vs. FFXIV it would be interesting to see a character like her interacting with the world of Erozea a bit more.

[Nandrolone]

Todd Howard, cause I want to see Skyrim get released on the Final Fantasy XIV.


Real answer: Whoever wrote the FFXI:CoP story, that was a really good story and seeing them in charge of something like a 24 person raid story would be cool. Might even give them a reason to do something with Iroha again, since far as I know she's still in Erozea. And since magic and Avatars (Primals) worked so much differently in FFXI vs. FFXIV it would be interesting to see a character like her interacting with the world of Erozea a bit more.

*Thinks about Oblivion NPCs* lol

[Jandroid]

Real answer: Whoever wrote the FFXI:CoP story, that was a really good story and seeing them in charge of something like a 24 person raid story would be cool. Might even give them a reason to do something with Iroha again, since far as I know she's still in Erozea. And since magic and Avatars (Primals) worked so much differently in FFXI vs. FFXIV it would be interesting to see a character like her interacting with the world of Erozea a bit more.

Yeah, that would be interesting. I can't really find the credits for Final Fantasy XI: Chains of Promathia but if I were to make an assumption based on what I saw online then the writer is either Masato Kato or Nobuaki Komoto. If it's Nobuaki Komoto then he wouldn't be considered a guest since he's currently the lead game designer of Final Fantasy XIV and the former director of 1.0 before Yoshi-P stepped in. Masato Kato on the other hand, would be one hell of a guest creator since he worked on Chrono Trigger, Chrono Cross, and Xenogears in addition to Final Fantasy XI when he was with SquareSoft. Kato is currently a freelancer so it would be amazing if he works with the Final Fantasy XIV team!

[Heliantheae]

Kenichiro Takaki, the director of Senran Kagura.

[MoofiaBossVal]

Toshihiro Kondo (or current Trails director, Takayuki Kusano) for a Trails raid. Maybe it could be set in North Ambria in late 1205. The players could be appointed as deputy Bracer, brought in to help evacuate citizens and minimize damage. Would have your typical Trails hallmark of the player returning to a town hub with a large number of NPCs who update their dialogue after every story beat. Perhaps the hub could be a city block of the capital city, Haliask. The 24 man raid content would involve the players holding the line against crazed, vengeful Northern Jaegers, the forces of Ouroboros testing their war machines, and against bloodthirsty Erebonian officers. Perhaps during one section, the player could capture a Soldat (humanoid mecha) and use it.

Alternatively, it could just be Operation Jormungandr but from the perspective of the ground forces involved, with the players as the vanguard.

[Jandroid]

Kenichiro Takaki, the director of Senran Kagura.

Yeah he's also an interesting choice lol. If I recall, he quit his previous company because they were restricting the amount of sexual content in the Senran Kagura games. Ironically, his next work doesn't appear to feature excessive sexual content as he is now with Cygames working on Project Awakening which appears to be a game similar to Dragon's Dogma or a Monster Hunter game.

[TheGrimace]

I still want more Iroha in some form. Some raids based on XI would be fun.

Real talk, Masato Kato would be nice. So would Takashi Tokita of FF4 and CT. Hell, both of them. Not even using their previous games as base stories for 14 plots, I have faith they could both come up with some really cool stuff gameplay and plot-wise.

[grinkdaboy]

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