Ask Questions for Letter from the Producer LIVE LXIV (Natsuko Ishikawa)

[KizuyaKatogami]

At the end of ShB, how was Graha able to summon 7 WoL against Hades when it was established throughout the story that the farther he is from the Crystal Tower, the weaker he is, and he was the farthest from the tower he had ever been?(Also why was Graha given so much plot armor?).

[Kanna33]

Where did our characters grew up as child any parents or family members , home town location ,

[Etoh]

Were there any parts during your writing of Shadowbringers MSQ story that you wished had more opportunity to flesh out, but it was cut/edited instead in the Final edit??

[BobbyTastic]

What was your favorite character to write for?

[BobbyTastic]

If you could go back and expand the backstory for any character, whether you originally came up with them or not, who would it be?

[Kanna33]

Why wasn't there a option in doing the tutorial msq our characters as solders or
officer in the Garlemald military

[Veritas-Ancora]

Jobs & Main Story

With job quests (thankfully) having little to no value at all any more, do you see a greater need to implement the new jobs of the game into the main story?

Might we eventually see the job stones in the MSQ itself, instead of a side quest that no one knows about unless they Google it?

[Espional]

When the team writes dialogue, reactions, and other characteristics of the Warrior of Light, what is your philosophy in giving the players agency over their character versus actually writing in traits? Players all have different ideas for their own characters. Do you try to be vague when showing character behavior, or do you simply pick what's right for the story and let us change it with our imaginations if we need to?

For example, how do you decide that the Warrior of Light is visibly very sad when G'raha is crystallized, when players may not like him very much? Or, when your character performs a certain expression or emote during a cutscene, how do you decide what's right for that when not every player may see their character in that way?

Also, how do you feel about having things happen to the Warrior of Light? Them almost turning into a Sin Eater, even if we could predict we'd be okay because the game is an MMO, was very frightening to think about. Do you worry that it may be inappropriate for player characters to, say, suffer physical injuries or otherwise be afflicted on-screen, or are you comfortable with that kind of thing happening since they'll be okay in the end?

[Iscah]

I have been a fan of G'raha Tia since his original role in the Crystal Tower series, so I loved seeing him come back and play such an important role in Shadowbringers, and I'm glad that we can take him on an adventure at last.

However, even though we now have "young G'raha" back, it seems that his personality has been entirely overwritten by his other, older self when the two souls merged together - and that the younger self didn't get a choice about whether this happened to him. This seems at odds with a major plot point of the earlier story being Ryne having to decide whether to live her own life or let Minfilia take over.

When you planned to have the Exarch's soul merge with young G'raha, did you consider this issue of not giving him a similar choice, or do you not see it as a problem? What are your thoughts on his situation now?

Is there any separation between the two souls or is he just the one person?

[Iscah]

Did you make a detailed timeline of the "bad future" and how things happen differently?

Do you know the exact point in the story where the two timelines diverge?