Interview of Naoki Yoshida during the Japan Expo

[Zyph]

Craaappppp....everythign sounds like WOW crap... more pets??? and mounts???
I dont get anything... Im freaking confuse!!!
Instanced primals that you claim on open world??? what if u lose the fight???
Leveling should be a way to meet people and socialize while you fight and have fun.... Not a DIABLO III shit where you can have only one way... leveling by doing the storyline?? WTF!!!!

This is kind of what I thought though with about 66% less punctuation.

[Zenaku]

Craaappppp....everythign sounds like WOW crap... more pets??? and mounts???
I dont get anything... Im freaking confuse!!!
Instanced primals that you claim on open world??? what if u lose the fight???
Leveling should be a way to meet people and socialize while you fight and have fun.... Not a DIABLO III shit where you can have only one way... leveling by doing the storyline?? WTF!!!!

It does not matter what we think lol everything you said people want that where the market is people want the same boring shit and don't care to try out new and fun ways. I knew yoshi-p would make this more like WoW all the update we having now look and remind me of FFXI but come 2.0 you have to level by doing quest and dungeon? no real open world stuff? ya sound boring but w/e that where the money is i'll still enjoy the game at least it more towards PVE then PVP and there storyline

[Zyph]

It does not matter what we think lol everything you said people want that where the market is people want the same boring shit and don't care to try out new and fun ways. I knew yoshi-p would make this more like WoW all the update we having now look and remind me of FFXI but come 2.0 you have to level by doing quest and dungeon? no real open world stuff? ya sound boring but w/e that where the money is i'll still enjoy the game at least it more towards PVE then PVP and there storyline

And I also thought this, but with about 66% more punctuation.

[Zenaku]

And I also thought this, but with about 66% more punctuation.

ya sorry i don't have the best grammar

[Zezlar]

Good interview but there is one thing I find troubling and it's the 200 quests. I know it was a scenario but still. Please for the love of ODIN. Do NOT make this game like all the billion crappy MMOs out there where all I do is run to some place Kill XX mobs, Collect XX items. I don't like it. I would rather have 10 quality drawn out quests with voice acting then 200 pieces of crap.

[Elexia]

Good interview but there is one thing I find troubling and it's the 200 quests. I know it was a scenario but still. Please for the love of ODIN. Do NOT make this game like all the billion crappy MMOs out there.

You read this interview, yes? You should know it's too late. Hope you enjoyed XIV being something different even if it wasn't a success~

[SuzakuCMX]

You read this interview, yes? You should know it's too late. Hope you enjoyed XIV being something different even if it wasn't a success~

Different....than....FFXI? Everquest?

What's so different about it o.O? That it failed so horribly and they publicly apologized and are trying to rebirth it with massive changes.

[Gramul]

Good interview but there is one thing I find troubling and it's the 200 quests. I know it was a scenario but still. Please for the love of ODIN. Do NOT make this game like all the billion crappy MMOs out there where all I do is run to some place Kill XX mobs, Collect XX items. I don't like it. I would rather have 10 quality drawn out quests with voice acting then 200 pieces of crap.

Hopefully the quests will be a little less generic then the standard generic fanfare of generitude.
Maybe something clever like an escort mission but you can't let the guy see you, or a quest that involves taking an item solo through a zone with crazy high level monsters, relying on your skill to avoid them, or maybe getting a vague description of an item someone wants and you have to figure out what it is.
I don't give a rats ass about voice acting. Just make the quests original. Make it a party mix instead of stale chips.

(It won't happen. All MMO's are doomed to have kill XX for YY drops.)

[bobbygunz]

They've lost their mind. There is this misperception out there that players like quest grinding, but if the quests are terrible, then players will enjoy it less than actual grinding-grinding.

[Elexia]

Lots of quests...and people expect them to be..quality and not copy/pasted? People expect them to be "balanced" and actually promote party play.

How naive~