New things from German interview with yoshida

[Catwho]

I have one character designated as the "completionist." All my titles, achievements, etc come from that. Last I checked I was #22 on my server for achievements on that character, which ain't bad. Mogstation minions? That character. Mounts? That character. Nice glams? That character, unless an RP character "needs" something specific.

All my RP characters are usually one job wonders, maybe with a couple of gathering or crafting classes leveled when appropriate to their back story.

I don't mind pouring money into my hobby. I think about my friend, who flies drone planes. He got a brand new plane for $200 and crashed it beyond repair an hour later. Or my friends who spend thousands of dollars on MTG cards, only to have them become useless a month later due to a rules change. In comparison, the occasional $20 for a special occasion outfit for a character isn't unreasonable.

[Dyvid]

From a german interview with yoshida, translated over by the kind folks on the reddit discord

https://www.buffed.de/Final-Fantasy-...rview-1372927/

Q: A lot of players enjoy making new characters, but get scared of having to redo everything. Are there any plans to make Achievements, Minions and Mounts or even Glams account wide?
Short A: No
Longer A: There is NewGame+ if you want to play the story again, there are Fantasia if you want to change your looks and if you want to make a new char for RP get a level boost on the Mogstation

Q: You announced that Male Viera will be added in 6.0. A lot of players are still waiting for additional hairstyles or the option to wear hats on Viera or Hrothgar, are these being worked on and potentially introduced with the addition of Male Viera?
Short A: Not yet
Long A: First off, the reason why Viera and Hrothgar can't wear hats right now is the following. We have very standardized specifications when it comes to head gear and the unique design with the long ears on Viera doesn't always meet these specifications. If we allowed every head gear piece, it would lead to clipping or other errors. The unique design of Viera and Hrothgar just prevents us from allowing these pieces, if we want to follow our specifications
Nevertheless, we are aware of player feedback and we are definitely not the kind of dev team that ignores their players feedback. (Healers would like to know your location)
There were a few things we said would be impossible to do, but we worked hard on it and made it possible in the end... I hope to have some good news soon.

Isghard housing available in 6.1


TLDR
Reaper has 3 types of actions, scythe, avatar, joint scythe+avatar
Its sounding like a burst dps
Anime influence, bleach for one example

No plans to make game more alt friendly

Hats later for buns/lions, finish the genders first

In regards to hat. I think they should at least make Job Relic/Artifact Armor hats work on all races.

[GeminiReed]

Long A: First off, the reason why Viera and Hrothgar can't wear hats right now is the following. We have very standardized specifications when it comes to head gear and the unique design with the long ears on Viera doesn't always meet these specifications. If we allowed every head gear piece, it would lead to clipping or other errors. The unique design of Viera and Hrothgar just prevents us from allowing these pieces, if we want to follow our specifications
Nevertheless, we are aware of player feedback and we are definitely not the kind of dev team that ignores their players feedback. (Healers would like to know your location)
There were a few things we said would be impossible to do, but we worked hard on it and made it possible in the end... I hope to have some good news soon.

I've been doing software development for 30 years now. You don't ignore hard requirements like this and expect to keep your job but that just seems to be par for the course in the games dev niche. I had thought Square was better than this, boy was I wrong.

[Lanadra]

I've been doing software development for 30 years now. You don't ignore hard requirements like this and expect to keep your job but that just seems to be par for the course in the games dev niche. I had thought Square was better than this, boy was I wrong.

Did you perchance miss Final Fantasy XIV 1.0? Marvel's Avengers? The Mankind Divided Augment Your Preorder scam?

[GeminiReed]

Did you perchance miss Final Fantasy XIV 1.0? Marvel's Avengers? The Mankind Divided Augment Your Preorder scam?

I would have thought the hard lessons learned with 1.0 would have stuck. I guess not.

I know little about Avengers but aren't they a separate studio under Square? Due to Square's hiring requirements I know they struggle finding people so I'm not super surprised that didn't get their A team. Shame, I had some interest in that. As a matter of practice I stay away from new MMO's until the studio can demonstrate they know how to deliver a solid experience.

Mankind is completely off my radar.

[Iscah]

I've been doing software development for 30 years now. You don't ignore hard requirements like this and expect to keep your job but that just seems to be par for the course in the games dev niche. I had thought Square was better than this, boy was I wrong.

It's exactly what they've been saying from Day 1. They couldn't make Viera look exactly the way they wanted AND let them wear hats, but they hoped to make them somewhat compatible over time.

[MagiusNecros]

As for the reaper thing...that's pretty obvious.

Scythe attacks
Voidsent oGCDS
Player+Voidsent is just that "symbiote" mode that I assume is a dps burst phase.

It reminds me of Berserker Guts, Hollow Ichigo, Eddie Brock/Venom and what have you.

I'm looking forward to learning more about both Sage and Reaper and what lies beyond what they've shown us.

[KizuyaKatogami]

I’m hoping for them to give more info on sage. Seems like they just devoted a lot of time to explaining Reaper and all we got for sage was “augments self attacks and shields”

[Mahamon]

I’m hoping for them to give more info on sage. Seems like they just devoted a lot of time to explaining Reaper and all we got for sage was “augments self attacks and shields”

Us, healer, is a third-class citizen. We don't even get our special mount like a tank. ¯\(°_o)/¯
There's no new healer for 2 expansions straight. And now that it's coming they don't even get mentioned.
This feels almost like being a middle child. You only exist when you fail. XD

[DPZ2]

I’m hoping for them to give more info on sage. Seems like they just devoted a lot of time to explaining Reaper and all we got for sage was “augments self attacks and shields”

Go read the original article (use the translate button on your browser if you have one).

With the Digital Fan Fest firmly in mind, Reaper was obviously the more newsworthy Topic for the Interviewer. The questions are those of the publication. Yeah, sure, be disappointed that no direct questions about Sage were asked, but blame that on the Interviewer, not SE.