Thread: 1UP.com's new interview with Yoshida regarding 2.0

Good read.
Pretty much one of the most informative interviews regarding information on 2.0
Eorzeapedia's interview was equally as good.

The rest were so-so.

I do like the part about battle regimens.

It didn't work.

rofl

Originally Posted by Duelle

I don't consider it to be feasible dungeon design in an MMORPG, especially considering that players have a very bad tendency to pick the "efficient" route. It was neat in FFVI where you had to split your characters into three parties to climb Kefka's Tower, but it wouldn't work in an MMO with different classes lacking that LCD that allowed it to work in VI.

I don't think theres is anything that will avoid an "efficient" route mentality. But also "if" we belive that more energy should be put into avoiding the posibility of such a route we ultimately end up with Boss hallways. There is always the option of when splitting up a group that they have limited choice in which route they can take.

I'm not too sure we'll share common ground on this point. But if we're to take Yoshi-P's translated point at value, we will already be split into 3 parties.

Myself i do belive it to be feasable to have such a dungeon in an MMO. Since teamwork should be one of the main parts of an MMO. But i'll digress on this point.

Which is something I hope they do with dungeons so that encounters can be balanced around reasoinable parameters instead of parameters that would force players into having multiple jobs just for one dungeon. I'll always favor design that will encourage people to play the jobs they like at all times (or as much as possible). Allowing job/class swaps in any way goes against that.

In some ways i agree with your responce. But i'd also like to see the armory system put to some good use. Either way there are good and bad points to both. In some ways by withholding the ability to change a bit on the fly you may also disallow people from using the class they really like for the entire dungeon, instead of parts of it due to "needs".

As far as balance if you start with an expectation of anything possibly being brought i think you can balance around it somewhat. But i can also understand the concerns from one boss to another.

No need to apologize. Makes the discussion easier when the points in question are there for quick referral.

I'm glad to have a real enjoyable discussion about different thoughts on systems. Thank you ^^

I don't know that that 1up interview really told us anything new...but it did bring out the heart of Yoshi-P and the team...and the essence of what this project means to the team and the effort they are putting into it.

The questions asked by 1up weren't even anything new that many of us haven't posted time and again...yet this is one of the best interview questionings that I've read...because it's concise to the heart of the matter...

Phoenix Down he heee...goes to the heart of Final Fantasy and all the lives it raised for many years...it's fanbase...and raising a new fan base...working hard...working diligently...patiently...

Thank you both 1up and Yoshi-p

Originally Posted by Viritess

I don't think theres is anything that will avoid an "efficient" route mentality.

It's less about avoiding it and more about ensuring it has minimal to non-existent effects on gameplay. It's also about defining what should be efficient. For me it's ensuring your comp is balanced between necessary buffs, debuffs and utility. In this game it's been basically stacking WARs, WHMs, BLMs and having a BRD for refresh.

In some ways i agree with your responce. But i'd also like to see the armory system put to some good use. Either way there are good and bad points to both. In some ways by withholding the ability to change a bit on the fly you may also disallow people from using the class they really like for the entire dungeon, instead of parts of it due to "needs".

This depends on how the jobs are balanced at the end of the day. If the DPS jobs are interchangeable, then the raid loses nothing by not having X job over y job. Same thing with tanks and healers. Still, it would lead to situations where you might like being MNK but your group makes you change to BRD or RNG or BLM for some of the encounters. That's the sort of thing I abhor and would never want to see in a raid, much less be subjected to.