Ask Naoki Yoshida Your Questions for the PAX East 2023 Panel

[Connor]

Are there any unexpected surprises for ffxiv’s future? Any hints about the 10th anniversary, for example?

[Connor]

Are there any plans to address Bard’s job design in future? It’s currently a patchwork of mechanics taken from previous expansions and squished into the one job, and doesn’t feel very helpful as a support anymore

[Connor]

Lastly can Scholars get the additional effects of Galvanise and Biolysis up from PvP added to PvE? I want to support the party please Yoshi-P

[Payadopa]

Are there any plans to make the open world more interesting, like implementing Critical Engagements from Bozja?

[Contiguouskittycat]

I've always felt bad for Cocobusi from the Thaumaturge questline, and for other people in the world like him. Is there any training or therapy that would let him try thaumaturgy? We see Arya from the Red Mage questline learn magic again even though she lost her arcane aptitude, so maybe he could follow her example?

[RaideDuku]

Have you thought about making a tabletop version of FFXIV? I have many friends that don't play video games, but do play tabletop, and I'd like to have them experience the story one way or another.

[RaideDuku]

Any chance we can get past (or future) tribal characters as merchants for our home? They're much cooler then just normal people. And I'd like to hire a Tonberry chef for my kitchen!

[TheDarkestShadow]

Could you tell us a little bit about the new classes we can expect to see in the new expansion. What were some of the jobs you considered adding but either could not or will release later.

[TheDarkestShadow]

Whenever i am in a dungeon i often run ahead of my group in eager excitement to give personality to my character i would often use the play dead emote to show she had tripped and fallen. I have always wanted an emote where my character is running and she trips and falls flat on her face. Are there any plans on adding traversal emotes, or something that we can use while moving (somersault for example)

[TheDarkestShadow]

Who is your favorite character in all of FFXIV? How has it changed throughout the life of the mmo and who do you think it could become in the coming expansions. If you could hang out with one of a day who would it be?