Thoughts on the Yoshi P AMA?

[NekoMataMata]

Apparently Yoshi P answered questions from a JP crowd. A bit random but nice.

The whole Q&A is posted everywhere from the main XIV discord to the main subreddit but I'll put it below too. Miuna from the main XIV discord did the translations, there could be inaccuracies. Don't shoot the messenger, please and thanks.

Q: We want more housing exteriors!

A: After we're done with 7.0! There are so many graphic updates we need to touch that we couldn't get to new exterior designs yet

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Q: Please add more hats for Viera!

A: We're working on adjusting the system for Viera and Hrothgar wearing head gear, please wait patiently!

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Q: Making 2 dyeable slots for gear seems like a lot of work, is it fine on the memory end?

A: The programmers and designers are doing their best, I have more to show during the next Fanfest so please wait a bit more

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Q: Yoshidaaaaaaaaaaa I need more inventory spaaaaaaaaaaaace

A: We're working on the increase of item slots in your house, that has priority right now, but we will keep improving

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Q: I don't have enough glam plates! There will bne new jobs and all, please add more plates

A: Similar to the inventory space, it's on the list, but not a priority right now

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Q: Add a feature that renders your character model with priority please

A: You guys know if we did that we'd be drowned in complaints telling us we're putting effort into the wrong things

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Q: I really liked Eureka and Bozja, really looking forward to the new big field content in DT

A: Thank youuuu, please look forward to it!

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Q: Can you do something about the lunch box MCHs are carrying around their hips

A: Those lunch boxes are filled with love, we can't remove them....

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Q: It's a life long memory when I cleared e8s with you during one of your Walk with YoshiP streams

A: Once the 7.0 development has calmed down a little, I will come back to do more savage with you guys

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Q: YoshiP, I am kind of a cat person

A: Unfortunate, I like wolves

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Q: I am terrible at jumping puzzles, how can I improve!

A: Turn your camera into the direction you're jumping to and work on the precision and not the speed. Speed will come naturally

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Q: Please add more options for char creation

A: That will be some time after the graphics update!

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Q: "When does 7.0 come out?" "October can still be considered summer right?"

A: Even for someone like YoshiP, October definitely is not summer anymore

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Q: Please host an Event in Hokkaido

A: We will have FATE events in each region again

(Hokkaido is that big Island up North in Japan)

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Q: I really want to hear YoshiP sing at Fanfest

A: There is a reason I never tried to become a professional singer....

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Crowd: Thank you YoshiP. please take care of your health

Yoshi P: Thanks everyone, we will have lots of challenging content not just in 7.0, but in 7.X as well and we hope you will be enjoying it!!

Lot of it's expected news and probably only the first half of the questions are even really relevant(or maybe two thirds). I mean there is a lot of good news, but having to wait is unfortunate too. I already feel like there's a lot of things that I'm waiting for in regards to housing.

[Amenara]

Character creator revamp hype.

[Ath192]

Crowd: Thank you YoshiP. please take care of your health

Yoshi P: Thanks everyone, we will have lots of challenging content not just in 7.0, but in 7.X as well and we hope you will be enjoying it!!

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I hope they mean it when they said challenging. Tired of the game being a snooze fest. I also like the emphasis on 7.X, means they at least know the game is lean content wise after the expac releases. Impossible to know if its PR talk but it seems they know they messed up.

Also looking forward to character creation updates but I wonder if it will be a revamp or just a few new options here and there.

[Rehayem]

Crowd: Thank you YoshiP. please take care of your health

Yoshi P: Thanks everyone, we will have lots of challenging content not just in 7.0, but in 7.X as well and we hope you will be enjoying it!!

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I hope they mean it when they said challenging. Tired of the game being a snooze fest. I also like the emphasis on 7.X, means they at least know the game is lean content wise after the expac releases. Impossible to know if its PR talk but it seems they know they messed up.

Also looking forward to character creation updates but I wonder if it will be a revamp or just a few new options here and there.

Keep your expectations very low. They said something similar about the 24-man being as difficult as Orbonne and Nier raids, it ended up being the easiest (Thaleia)

[Ath192]

Keep your expectations very low. They said something similar about the 24-man being as difficult as Orbonne and Nier raids, it ended up being the easiest (Thaleia)

Oh, they are. But I'm ready to move on if it disappoints on the scale Endwalker did for me (gameplay wise, the story was fine by me.). Luckily just the fact that there will be large scale field content is already an improvement.

[Limecat]

Hoo boy, additional glam plates are a low priority despite us currently having no spares, and two more jobs on the way?

[Oizen]

I'd be careful believing these one off answers from tiny interviews before an expac drops. We're currently in the "promise the world" phase and they're going to say exactly what people want to hear.

I don't want to just call them liars about things like this but development takes a while and plans change so don't get too excited about anything because this is all probably a very long time off.

[DiaDeem]

I like the answers.

Don't get me wrong, there's stuff I definitely wanna see that's not here specifically, but people tend to really underestimate how hard game development is. It's not just writing three lines of code and then pulling a lever, and I always try to be mindful of how much work it can be sometimes. Devs are just people, the same as everyone here.

That said, please more AA options <3

[TaleraRistain]

*cry* more glam plates aren't a priority

Glad it's at least on the radar

[Shougun]

Ideally smarter inventory space and QoL space, I don't need more exactly.. as much as I want space that 'just works'. Like helping me keep it organized, so I don't have the same material across three different inventory systems lol, or not having to deal with as many tokens and baits, etc. A complete glamour log would be great, though obviously that's actually a lot of 'slots' (but its smart inventory too, as opposed to ours which is not smart at all).

I always find the challenge thing funny given as soon as we have challenging content that vast majority avoid it like the plague and complain about it. I mostly think we don't need more really hard stuff (savage+ and beyond), we just need better balance to content players do day in and day out such that it doesn't become too face roll BUT STILL IS regularly complete-able with an average team. Doesn't seem to be, to me, that actually HARD stuff is really desired because its instantly ignored or lambasted or sometimes both, except for a minority (nothing wrong with them, keep making that stuff, but it never seems to be a majority thing). Not hard content then, just 'engaging' content seems to be the actual desire. Not so easy you fall asleep basically. Not so hard that you lose all the time and feel like you cant pop a quick content piece out before heading to bed for another day's work.