Korean FanFest Yoshida Interview

[Talael]

Korean Fanfest was a few days ago and they did an interview with YoshiP, during this interview, Yoshida said that he believes FFXIV will continue to grow simply because "other games don’t have the weight of 10 years of growth behind them." This statement is concerning to me, as it seems he believes the game will keep being successful despite everything we have now (questionable story, tedious jobs, lack of content).

He also said that the current state of the jobs is due to fans complaining about the difficulty in Heavensward And that he already has the story for 10.0 ready. He hopes to continue FFXIV for another 20 years.

You can find the full interview below, note that it must be translated if you dont speak korean.

https://www.gameinsight.co.kr/news/a...ml?idxno=33448

[ovIm]

Korean Fanfest was a few days ago and they did an interview with YoshiP, during this interview, Yoshida said that he believes FFXIV will continue to grow simply because "other games don’t have the weight of 10 years of growth behind them." This statement is concerning to me, as it seems he believes the game will keep being successful despite everything we have now (questionable story, tedious jobs, lack of content).

He also said that the current state of the jobs is due to fans complaining about the difficulty in Heavensward And that he already has the story for 10.0 ready. He hopes to continue FFXIV for another 20 years.

Honestly, it is less concerning to me. Reading through the interview through an online translator it seems like Yoshi-P does want the game to continue moving forward because it already has a long history, not despite the issues we currently feel. And imho, a producer who still wants to create something is definitely better than someone who has given up. Despite some of my other posts in here, i wish for FF14 to be the best game ever.

I do kinda hope we get to see epic patches leading up to 10.0, though only time will tell if SqEx can deliver on their promises.

Google-Translated Link here, beware of possible inaccuracies.

[Ath192]

Yes, we know that people who can't be bothered to learn to play have been complaining about it for a long time. The question is why on earth would you listen to people who don't want to learn to play your game? Just because they log in for a couple of months and spend their money on the cash shop doesn't mean dumbing down the game for them is good for it in the long term.

[AlucaDragonheart]

He also said that the current state of the jobs is due to fans complaining about the difficulty in Heavensward

Well, there goes any hope for the supposed job reworks for 8.0 then.

[CidHeiral]

Well, there goes any hope for the supposed job reworks for 8.0 then.

To be fair, the awful state of encounter design was also because of people complaining over the years and they successfully reversed course on that this expansion. I want to give them the benefit of the doubt for 8.0 but a lot of their job related decisions in Dawntrail haven't filled me with a ton of confidence.

[Doragan]

He also said that the current state of the jobs is due to fans complaining about the difficulty in Heavensward

Now that has to be a freaking joke..

[Jeeqbit]

He's not wrong to say that the game has a 10 year advantage over new MMORPGs. It's just the truth. Countless MMORPGs were presented as the one that would kill WoW and didn't manage to even survive in many cases, in part due to not being able to match its decade or more of content (and sometimes due to an uninteresting IP).

Now, should they address the fact veteran players feel bored? Of course. But that doesn't mean he's wrong to say that the game has a 10 year advantage over others. It just does. Even the new MMORPGs that everyone was hyped about seem to have run into this issue where they just don't have the backlog of things to do even for new players and that will just take time.

In this game you can see new players go through 10 years worth of MSQ or sidequest lore, get lost in crafting/gathering, the gold saucer, old field operations, extremes, savages and ultimates, old grinds or all the 100ish dungeons at this point and 22 jobs, or get lost in a decade worth of glam and house decorations and so on. Again, I get many veteran players already did all of this that interests them and are bored, but all this being around for new and returning players is still an advantage so it is a fair point for him to make.

[Canadane]

Well, there goes any hope for the supposed job reworks for 8.0 then.

Current state, not future state!
(hopefully)

[Daeriion_Aeradiir]

Yes, we know that people who can't be bothered to learn to play have been complaining about it for a long time. The question is why on earth would you listen to people who don't want to learn to play your game? Just because they log in for a couple of months and spend their money on the cash shop doesn't mean dumbing down the game for them is good for it in the long term.

If said people outnumber you 10:1, as a business you'd be stupid not to listen to them. Especially when their cash shop habits are also paying for the subs of players who no longer play.
Square-Enix is a business, as people like to forget, and their current model has brought them insane success much to the chagrin of many doomsayers.

There's a reason the entire video game industry has been trending towards casualization for many years now. It's where the money is.

[Fourbestintoner]

Who complained about the difficulty of the jobs in Heavensward? Those people never existed, we just had pld and whm crying their jobs were underperforming