Interview - Cost, Hiring, FT, Hardcore and Casual, Ultimate, Cosmic, Future of FFXIV

[Exmo]

We need a man of action, not a man of PR

What does this mean? Are you expecting him to fire all the other developers and make an MMO by himself? It's software development not WWII.

[Supersnow845]

Did he say 7.3 WILL fix forked or just a vague “we have plans to maybe do further difficulty fixes”

This post, r/ffxiv and r/ffxivdiscussion all seem to disagree on this point

[Jeeqbit]

Did he say 7.3 WILL fix forked or just a vague “we have plans to maybe do further difficulty fixes”

Google Translation:

Fork Tower was actually created under the assumption that it could be cleared by 24 people if the strategy was established, and that the remaining 24 people could aim to clear it with support. However, there was a gimmick that collective required responsibility, so we felt that we had not made enough adjustments there. Therefore, the goal of 7.3 is to adjust it to the form that we were originally aiming for.

Firefox Translation:

The folk tower was built on the premise that if the capture was established, it could be cleared by twenty-four people, and the remaining twenty-four people were expected to aim for clear even if they followed up. However, there was also a gimmick that became a joint responsibility, so there was a lack of adjustment there. Therefore, it is a policy of 7.3 to adjust it to the shape that was originally intended.

[Alice_Rivers]

Did he say 7.3 WILL fix forked or just a vague “we have plans to maybe do further difficulty fixes”

I wouldn't read it as Forked Tower will be fixed, just adjusted in the hopes that 24 members will be able to clear.

As far as "cost" goes, rather than he shouldn't have said it, especially if he knew in advance that it was going to land poorly, he should have been clear about what "cost" specifically. You would think the creative director, producer and apparent lead marketer of an MMO would understand that words matter, perhaps he should also have run it by the translator first to ensure they're on the same page.

[melbye]

Sounds like Snowballs

[Supersnow845]

That still leaves me confused

It doesn’t sound like “forked normal” of course but forked mechanics are so intertwined with their personal responsibility design that making it “carryable tour duty” like BA would basically involve a ground up rework anyway which apparently they don’t have the time or money for

[AmiableApkallu]

It doesn’t sound like “forked normal” of course but forked mechanics are so intertwined with their personal responsibility design that making it “carryable tour duty” like BA would basically involve a ground up rework anyway which apparently they don’t have the time or money for

Remove the raise restriction and eviction upon full wipe, redesign the relatively few(?) mechanics that require baiting, rescale DPS checks to be 24 players + (0.5 to 0.75) * number of players past 24… and I think you'd get something that six knowledgable, coordinated light parties could help drag others through — or at least prog more successfully and with more fun than, "lol, snowballs/fireballs, gg tyfp."

(I haven't done BA, so I don't have a feel for what "carryable" means there.)

[Bryson]

Remove the raise restriction and eviction upon full wipe, redesign the relatively few(?) mechanics that require baiting, rescale DPS checks to be 24 players + (0.5 to 0.75) * number of players past 24… and I think you'd get something that six knowledgable, coordinated light parties could help drag others through — or at least prog more successfully and with more fun than, "lol, snowballs/fireballs, gg tyfp."

(I haven't done BA, so I don't have a feel for what "carryable" means there.)

Jesus at this point, why not just ask for a FT Trust Duty lol
Unironically asking for punishment to effectively, not even be possible in a raid is an interesting take to say the least.

[AmiableApkallu]

Unironically asking for punishment to effectively, not even be possible in a raid is an interesting take to say the least.

I take it you've never done anything via Duty Finder, or CLL, or DRN, or Dalriada? Because, lol, punishment "not even be[ing] possible in a raid" already has a long history in this game.

[Bryson]

I take it you've never done anything via Duty Finder, or CLL, or DRN, or Dalriada? Because, lol, punishment "not even be[ing] possible in a raid" already has a long history in this game.

what point do you think you're making here?

just because x happened in the past, doesn't mean that has to be the normative standard for everything to be measured against moving forward?

cleared ft, recleared ft. It wasn't difficult.. idk what to tell you.