Destructoid Interview with Yoshi P

[Divinemights]

These were really some Softball questions. They might as well asked Yoshi p how his day was going, and what his favorite color was

What type of questions are consider hard ball?
Parser?
Housing?
Issues that no one cant agree on?

[SenorPatty]

What type of questions are consider hard ball?
Parser?
Housing?
Issues that no one cant agree on?

Uncomfortable questions like the ever increasing technical hang ups the game possesses and its impact on the game.

Questions like what the future of job gameplay looks like, especially concerning healers.

Questions like what 6.0 holds for viera and hrothgars. Will they get their opposite genders? Will Hrothgar players continue to buy fantasia just for changing heads/hairstyles? Will Viera finally get their "unique" hairstyles that was said that would get implemented in future patch cycles? Or at least get access to the new hairs that were released up to now.

You kno, questions that SE and/or Yoshida have been pretty to tight lipped about.

[linayar]

You kno, questions that SE and/or Yoshida have been pretty to tight lipped about.

So, questions that they will continue to be tight-lipped about until they're ready to make announcements about them? That would be a waste of an interview. This kind of interview is much better to see the design mindset. I'm happy that Yoshida confirms that story is required moving forward and that the progression system will basically be unchanged, and am ok that alliance raid will retain its difficulty (though I wonder if a harder mode will be possible).

[Divinemights]

Uncomfortable questions like the ever increasing technical hang ups the game possesses and its impact on the game.

Questions like what the future of job gameplay looks like, especially concerning healers.

Questions like what 6.0 holds for viera and hrothgars. Will they get their opposite genders? Will Hrothgar players continue to buy fantasia just for changing heads/hairstyles? Will Viera finally get their "unique" hairstyles that was said that would get implemented in future patch cycles? Or at least get access to the new hairs that were released up to now.

You kno, questions that SE and/or Yoshida have been pretty to tight lipped about.

You are expecting media journalist to waste their interview opportunity when they cares about FF14 at macro level not micro level.
Not going to happen.
The questions you are asking are micro level that impact maybe less than 1% of player base
Not every Viera or Hrothgar really care about hairstyle you know

[ADVSS]

You are expecting media journalist to waste their interview opportunity when they cares about FF14 at macro level not micro level.
Not going to happen.
The questions you are asking are micro level that impact maybe less than 1% of player base
Not every Viera or Hrothgar really care about hairstyle you know

My question to anyone taking the questions seriously, what new information did you get out of this interview? Nothing that was said was never said before. So yeah, nothing of value was asked. Nothing of value was learned.

[Divinemights]

My question to anyone taking the questions seriously, what new information did you get out of this interview? Nothing that was said was never said before. So yeah, nothing of value was asked. Nothing of value was learned.

It is just you, I got what I needed for PvP at least; you know, something we rarely got a respond from.

[linayar]

My question to anyone taking the questions seriously, what new information did you get out of this interview? Nothing that was said was never said before. So yeah, nothing of value was asked. Nothing of value was learned.

And yet people keep asking for the story to be made optional or for the progression system to be changed. This confirms that story would not be made optional and that they don't plan on making any change to the system. If you already know that, then good for you, but this article wasn't made just for you.

It's also interesting to see that they originally planned to make alliance raid harder than what they end up having, or that they still have plans for PVP when people say they've abandoned PVP.

[ADVSS]

And yet people keep asking for the story to be made optional or for the progression system to be changed. This confirms that story would not be made optional and that they don't plan on making any change to the system. If you already know that, then good for you, but this article wasn't made just for you.

It's also interesting to see that they originally planned to make alliance raid harder than what they end up having, or that they still have plans for PVP when people say they've abandoned PVP.

Youre absolutely right, the answers werent for me. Well guys now you know, "more of the same". Congrats.

[linayar]

Youre absolutely right, the answers werent for me. Well guys now you know, "more of the same". Congrats.

Yes, so now when you see others making a thread about this, you can point them to this article, thanks.

[SenorPatty]

You are expecting media journalist to waste their interview opportunity when they cares about FF14 at macro level not micro level.
Not going to happen.
The questions you are asking are micro level that impact maybe less than 1% of player base
Not every Viera or Hrothgar really care about hairstyle you know

Uh, didn't say every Viera or Hrothgar cared about hairstyles so I don't know where you got that from. Even more so on that statistic of yours...

Anywho, the fun thing about FF14's playerbase is that we're a collective of micro-interests. I'm not gonna pretend to have information from people in-game but if we're going by modes of communication from playerbase to devs on various social platforms, the repeated inquiries since shb's inception made on those questions I've listed seems to be at the very least moderate in quantity.

But I'll yield on thing at least that you and linayar are right on: barring the agreements made before an interview, even if those were asked, Yoshida and co have usually been pretty adept at dodging such questions in the past and I'm sure they'll keep on doing so until they're absolutely certain they can deliver. Or not.