New Yoshi P Interview

[Maltothoris]

https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxivdiscus...ia_interviews/

Heres a new interview about 7.4 before the live letter. Just talks about stuff like glamour, msq, savage and Ultimate.

[Laerune]

I dont like his ideas about turning this FFXIV in a mobile version.

[jackass1203]

Yoshi mentions that recent games allow auto travel or instant warping to quest destinations. They are discussing if auto-movement would be alright to implement in XIV too.

With the amount of combat removed from the MSQ if they do this I'm just done. May as well have a video play as a MSQ and be done with it at that point.
MSQ right now is pretty much just running from one area to another picking something up or talking to someone which is very boring already.

[Veritas-Ancora]

In general they are in the process of re-evaluating things that they used to say as "well this is what it is/can't be helped" and seeing what could actually be helped, though some aspects might take up to six months. This includes things about Allagan Tomestones and if "0/450" is still something to work with in this day and age.

I think removing the restriction is a bad idea. It'll result dead queues if the restrictions are removed, people won't have a reason to keep signing in throughout the patch.

[Kaurhz]

I think removing the restriction is a bad idea. It'll result in faster dead queues if the restrictions are removed.

LOOOOOL....

At this point just delete the open world honestly.

[FeyFavilla]

Oof. Hearing how heavy his focus is on mobile games is spelling some really, really dark future for the development of this game. Auto-move and teleport? At that point just don't do the MSQ or put a big 'skip' button at the beginning of 8.0. Three big booms for him.

[AnnaUK]

Oof. Hearing how heavy his focus is on mobile games is spelling some really, really dark future for the development of this game. Auto-move and teleport? At that point just don't do the MSQ or put a big 'skip' button at the beginning of 8.0. Three big booms for him.

Is it really his choice though?

[FeyFavilla]

Is it really his choice though?

Yes? He might not have the one and only input on decisions but Joshi-P absolutely has massive influence on things that are done or not done in FFXIV. Just look at the focus on BLM, the JP data centers, the focus on the JP playstyle and the fact that this game has mostly been following his vision.
And let's be real, any stock holders and big boys in the company will be behind making FFXIV more like a mobile MMO because there's big bucks in mobile games. Why the hell do you think they have been developing a mobile version?

I will leave the game if they do this. This is why I left ESO. I absolutely HATE battlepasses and other F2P mechanics, and most people I know who play this game feel the same way.

Yeah. I do not think they will retain their base if they kill off FFXIV in favor of creating it as a competitor to the mobile market. Almost feels like they just gave up on being a proper MMO because that is expensive and a lot of work and mobile games are the easy big money option at the moment. Absolutely baffling that we on one hand have Blizzard going 'yeah we look at what other MMOs are doing actually and what their people love and try implementing it in our game' and SE on the other hand just shrugs their shoulders and goes 'You know what we should do as the MMO known for innovating and revolutionizing the MMO space? Let's gut the game completely and turn it into a mobile cash grab. Yes, that will work long term and our fans will love this!'
You will not be alone in that exodus should they go down that road, so much is clear.

[Brightamethyst]

They felt that 6.x resulted in the transition to Dawntrail being weak, which is why they went back to the x.3/x.4 split of story that they used to do.

I've been saying this all along. A very large part of DT's pacing issues (and why Wuk Lamat had to be in right up in your face every second) was because the Zero story took up all five EW patches. DT didn't get the EW .4/.5 patches to do all the initial prep. Instead, the DT leveling MSQ had to waste a HUGE amount of time doing very basic setup and characters introductions and stuff, that in any other expansion would have happened ahead of time.

[Voidmage]

So a few things:

Glamour
I find it really interesting that Yoshida still is actually against the unlocking but finally gave in (it seems that even the other devs were surprised by that).
I am completely in favor of keeping racial things restricted, be it gear or character creator, though I wished they themselves would actually stay true to that stance and stop deleting racial features in gear.

Definitely against the auto travel and instant warping. The game has already a borderline useless overworld and is an instance simulator.
That will only ghosttown it even more and is for me a very dangerous direction to think about.
Even mobile games like Genshin don't do that because in the end it's still a game. I really want them to reconsider that idea because even if it's an option, it would still effect the way others experience the game.
If the time for traveling between quests is the problem then, I don't know, go back to ARR map sizes?
The solution to boring travel should be to make it more satisfying and interesting instead of deleting it altogether.

MSQ
Sounds definitely like Krile might finally get some more love (guess the criticism was right here).
It's interesting that he also sees most of the scions as fully portrayed and I kinda hope that means room for newer characters.
It also gives me personally a bit of validation in thinking that G'raha Tia has had enough adventures with us at this point, despite what some want to think. Personally though I am mostly tired of the twins tbh.

The transition to DT was definitely weak and really hurt that expansion. As much as I liked the void story, it could have been shorter than five patches.


I like that they truly seem to consider feedback and go with the times like with glamour.
On the other hand the "chasing of the modern gamer" honestly worries me. It's akin to the "wanting to get the players who never played an MMO" which resulted in dumbed down jobs, too easy EW content and extreme safe play.
I really, really hope in their chasing for the modern crowd they don't forget that people like me actually play because it's an MMO. And to be frank, SE doesn't have the talent or money to "make their Genshin" anyway.

One thing though because it's not mentioned in the reddit digest. He did mention that glamour might not be the most crazy thing to come. Here directly from Discord:
"YoshiP has confirmed that the mindset will not be applied to just glamours but each and every aspect, as well as the fundamental rule of FFXIV as long as it adheres to what he mentioned above (business sense, doesn't obstruct the company's operation, make FFXIV even more enjoyable, etc). He mentions that don't be surprised in case there's a change of THAT degree in the future".