FFXIV Media Tour- Gamer Escape Coverage

[Munba]

Yoshida explained the three story arcs that will make up the story for A Realm Reborn:

1. In this arc, the consciousness of the planet has formed into the Mother Crystal whom then speaks to the players. This is the storyline that will stretch throughout the entirety of the new FINAL FANTASY XIV.

2. Grand Companies vs the Garlean Empire. Yoshida noted that for this arc, an important keyword is “Warriors of Light”.

3. The Primals, which feed on the life force of the planet have grown in both strength and influence since the appearance of Bahamut.

It was said that pre-rendered cutscenes will be included in the game and new images of concept art were shown. Players can expect to run into not just Amon in A Realm Reborn, but also Gilgamesh and Cloud of Darkness and Cait Sith. Yoshida mentioned here that they are still interested in bringing FINAL FANTASY VII’s Gold Saucer to FINAL FANTASY XIV sometime in the future. Yoshida himself is a big fan of MMORPGs and wants to take the best MMO elements and marry them with the best FINAL FANTASY elements.

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[Fusionx]

http://gamerescape.com/2013/02/21/ha...-realm-reborn/
Hands on impressions are up!

You wanna know the name of that new mansion raid? I got you covered.
How about info on how they've re-done Toto-Rak? I got that too!

[Mjollnir]

During this, Bayohne pointed out a new bar at the top of the party list. It seems that depending on the classes/jobs in your party you’ll get a straight up stat bonus. For example a Lancer/Dragoon might give a DEX bonus to the party. It doesn’t stack, so having more than one in the party wouldn’t increase that particular bonus further. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to get more information about that.

Thanks again for your work dude!

I saw this in the vid and hoped it would be something like that! So a bonus for a good spread of jobs... Nice!

[Starlord]

This truly is a flood.. isn't it?

[Zezlar]

Gil based teleports huh. Well I suppose that is a decent counter.

[Orophin]

Gil based teleports huh. Well I suppose that is a decent counter.

Gil sinks are good.

Edit: Just read your newest write-up Fusionx. Thanks for bringing us info I haven't seen elsewhere.

[Starlord]

Gil based teleports huh. Well I suppose that is a decent counter.

Game needs gil sink, and it gives people reason to think before they use the teleport. Spamming teleport, took away some of the games immersion.

[Fusionx]

Gil sinks are good.

Edit: Just read your newest write-up Fusionx. Thanks for bringing us info I haven't seen elsewhere.

There are benefits to being a site that focuses on specific games instead of just genres and gaming as a whole

[Radacci]

i wonder why there's still an NDA now, Media has said almost everything now haha

[Fusionx]

and here's the last of it!

Interview with Naoki Yoshida
Episode 43 of Aetheryte Radio

Throw any questions in the thread here and i'll see about answering them for you.