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.

[Deceptus]

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.

If we're in "promise the world stage" and Yoshi is saying "low priority this" "can't do that (mch box)" I fear for what the future holds /s

Your average person who rolled dps or tank as their first job tends to be more of the persuasion that healers are intimidating due to potential wipe causing factors and increased visibility of mistakes. I've had that exact conversation with sprouts and even players at endgame who refuse to touch healers because they believe due to either word of mouth or past experiences that it's an intimidating role where your mistakes can lead to your party failing to clear a boss and having to restart which to them is a mortifying possibility. Statistically healer has also been the least played role at endgame from the beginning before and after the supposed guttings. That has never not been the case so your theory that people quit healer due to simplification doesn't hold much weight. The role is no less popular now than it was in the past - the stats are about the same as ever.

TLDR it's true that your average player doesn't care as much as you might think because they believe healer jobs are intimidating anyway. Overall it does not surprise me to see this entirely ignored when they could ask about Viera/Hrothgar headgear or glamour plates.

Respectfully, a lot of "healer issues" come down to bad tanks not using their mitigations properly or completely ignoring potions in low level content (which heal for a massive amount on a low 1m CD) especially with how self sustaining tanks are these days.

[Caro178]

Respectfully, a lot of "healer issues" come down to bad tanks not using their mitigations properly or completely ignoring potions in low level content (which heal for a massive amount on a low 1m CD) especially with how self sustaining tanks are these days.

Nowhere did I say my post was my perspective - it was me sharing the perspectives of others I've interacted with to answer the question posed between Iscah and the other poster (re: why nobody asked YoshiP about healer changes). It wasn't a discussion about what exactly, if anything, is wrong with healers as a role. That's not really a conversation that interests me much because I have my own opinions as someone who played healer in savage and ultimate all through EW.

[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