New things from German interview with yoshida

[Rosenstrauch]

Why do you want hats if you are supposed to be a bunny?

[ItMe]

So... reaper was inspired by Death Note and Bleach, and not Bloodborne then?

[Juzjuzz]

So... reaper was inspired by Death Note and Bleach, and not Bloodborne then?

It's all of them lol bloodborne is for the artifact gear.

[Shibi]

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

That's breathtakingly greedy (or ignorant) response for a game that insists on a full sub price. Oh well, their loss, I don't buy single character stuff from the cash shop. Guess I'll stop buying the account wide stuff as well.

Mostly, this an interview given in Japanese, translated to German, then translated again into English by Reddit.

There really is no guarantee that the subtext you find "ignorant" is a fair translation of Yoshi's words. After all, do you really ever expect Yoshi to say "Short answer: No?" In fact, if you run the article through google translate, it doesn't even say that, This is more like Reddit inserting shit.

What he says, according to google translate is:

Yoshi-P: To use the term alt (note: alternative character), in Final Fantasy 14 we want to make it so that players don't need alts. In Final Fantasy 14, there is a feature called NewGame+ that allows you to replay story sections you have already experienced. So even if the character's progress is already in the latest update, they can go back to A Realm Reborn and play here, for example, or even replay the entire Heavensward scenario. All of this can be done with the simple press of a button.

Of course, we also understand that players will want to change their character's appearance from time to time. For those players, we have the Fantasia potions that allow you to change the appearance and race. We offer this as a service to all players who are interested. We also understand that there are players who like to create a new character for role-playing, for example. Here we have the adventure stories where you can skip content and jump right in where you want to. And as I mentioned before, I highly recommend using the NewGame+ mode. This is a very quick and elegant process that every player should try.

Completely different to what Reddit said.

[Raiya]

To be fair, I don't think he's necessarily wrong about such being the inspiration behind their design...

The addition of male viera has allowed the race to move away from that stereotype somewhat, but let's not forget that Yoshi-P himself is on record stating that he would be reluctant to add them because, in his own words, 'a male rabbit might be kind of weird'.



He's since changed his mind and the interview in question is from 2013 but still...

Yoshi: Male Might look kind of wierd...
Dev Team: We got this boss!
*Many months of dev time later*
SE: Sucessfuly Develops good looking Male Viera.

[ReynTime]

I mean, none of those are new. Except the unfortunate mention of Bleach as part of the influence.

[Theodric]

My personal view on the matter is that I'd have strongly preferred the existing playable races to be revamped with an expanded character customisation system and improved textures. I keep joking to a friend that some of the new housing furniture looks a lot more detailed than the likes of Highlander men, especially where their faces are concerned.

It was common enough feedback over the years, too - but for whatever reason the development team decided to add not one but two new playable races at the same. Not only did they do as much, they ended up having to add the missing genders in addition because naturally when people only get half of something, a lot of them want the full thing.

The situation would probably bother me less if it weren't for the fact that at least two rival MMO's have completely revamped their character customisation fairly recently and there's a couple of upcoming MMO's on the horizon that allow me to design a character more to my personal taste.

It is what it is, I suppose. I guess only time will tell if the older playable races will get some more love and attention...

[Lanadra]

The situation would probably bother me less if it weren't for the fact that at least two rival MMO's have completely revamped their character customisation fairly recently and there's a couple of upcoming MMO's on the horizon that allow me to design a character more to my personal taste.

Out of curiosity, which two MMO's would those be? I may very well have to go take a looksie if it's one I've played in the past.

That's actually really too bad. I would rather have had mixed race(s), like Hilda (Elezen/Hyur) - which would probably have no limitations.. than viera in this state. That sort of mixed race would not only be popular, but I also doubt they'd be limited. They'd get hairs and hats just like everyone else, plus look cool. A proper elf race. What could have been..

That's the real pain for me as someone who would normally play an elf in any MMO that has them on offer. I'd love to have something like Hilda. Clearly elvish yet a lot less jarring than the Elezen and their strange, off putting (to me) proportions.

[Theodric]

Out of curiosity, which two MMO's would those be? I may very well have to go take a looksie if it's one I've played in the past.

World of Warcraft and Phantasy Star Online 2. The former already updated its character models once before in the past, though opted to do so again more recently and to a more significant degree. PS02, meanwhile, completed overhauled its graphics across the board in a manner similar to the 1.0 to 2.0 transition.

Now, I have no intention of playing either as they're not to my tastes - but I still keep track of what options exist on the market and it bothers me quite a bit that FFXIV is beginning to lag behind on such fronts.

[SturmChurro]

That's the real pain for me as someone who would normally play an elf in any MMO that has them on offer. I'd love to have something like Hilda. Clearly elvish yet a lot less jarring than the Elezen and their strange, off putting (to me) proportions.

I typically play elves as well. That and humans. I've actually always preferred midlander in this game, but I don't like their run animation. A custom player elezen/hyur really would have been nice.. I assume they'd have been way easier to implement and maintain than viera.

As an aside, hrothgar would have probably still been added regardless, as they fill that 'beast race' niche, but perhaps if it would have been a mixed race instead of viera, more resources would have been freed to do them justice. Yes, I admit to being biased. I would have also always preferred to have an elezen/hyur Hilda race. Probably even over a more properly done viera. Pretty sure I've stated so before as well.