Dualshockers' Gamescom 2013 Interview with Naoki Yoshida

[Noroi_Kisaragi]

Get speculating on that thing in 2.1 they can't tell us about

What makes you think they haven't told us about it? We already have tons of confirmations about what crystal tower was SUPPOSED to be, and what it is TURNING INTO now.

ORIGINALLY, as mentioned HERE, crystal tower would be exclusive to hardcore free companies like myself, and yoshida was considering not having it be on the duty finder:

Additionally, at the beginning of that video, Yoshida said you would need a full set of primal gear to even ATTEMPT crystal tower, and that you would need fully decked out crystal tower gear to even ATTEMPT bahamut's labyrinth.

That is what endgame for ff14 was SUPPOSED to be, now they have changed their minds:
We have confirmed that the plans now are:

>Maze of Bahamut is now accessible before crystal tower, you can beat it w/o crystal tower gear
>They already plan on nerfing maze of bahamut in 2.1
>Crystal tower is being nerfed to be enjoyed by everyone, they are tying it to duty finder and balancing it around complete randoms

Now the speculation starts:

>You likely won't need primal weapons for crystal tower
>"Challenging endgame" will only exist in 1 dungeon at a time, since they plan on nerfing bahamut's labyrinth everytime they add a new floor

It's really sounding like this game isn't for me. It's starting to sound like Abyssea 2.0, only made into a game. And if you were a hardcore ff11 player, you already know what Abyssea did to the game. It's a shame, since 1.0 of this game was really quite difficult at points.

[Kytetsu]

Great stuff, thanks for the OP

[Abriael]

What makes you think they haven't told us about it?

Besides the fact that the just told me that there's something he can't tell me yet?

Oh yeah. There's that.

And LOL @ Difficult. If you think ANY MMORPG (including 1.0 AND FFXI at any stage of its lifetime) is "difficult" you never played truly difficult games. MMORPGs, included the ones mentioned are a matter of repetition and time investment much more than "skill". The definition "difficult" doesn't apply to them, unless you're just quite bad.

Please do stop behaving like having a degree of success at some MMO makes you in any way special.

[Skies]

Noroi just to put some hope in your heart
In that interview Yoshida said that he expects less than a 100 players to finish the Binding Coils of Bahamut.

Maybe because, despite being accessible, the step in the progression ladder before it isn't in the game yet, thus making it literally impossible to be prepared for it. Thus only the most excellent players would be capable of finding their way through it while underpowered in relation to their plan.

Have some hope

[NefarioCall]

Thanks.
/10char

[Vaer]

stuff

Perhaps they decided to tone some of the latter stuff down when they found out people were having trouble with the beginning story quests. Sadface.

And it's been known for quite some time previous content will be nerfed when the new stuff comes out.

[Abriael]

Perhaps they decided to tone some of the latter stuff down when they found out people were having trouble with the beginning story quests. Sadface.

No, they said clearly that they tested it first hand.

[Duelle]

Interesting interview. I believe this is the first time I've heard anyone at SE suggest that Wada was the one to blame for 1.0 more than Tanaka.

Also good to hear that the new president of SE is more of a gamer than his predecessor.

Wada's gotten plenty of flack for the general direction he led SE when he took over. It was just one more item in a long list of odd decisions.

Despite his questionable decisions and his love for Lightning, I did grow to appreciate the fact he actually chose to make himself visible by appearing in the live producer letters, which I took as a way of saying "I'm aware of this and I care" (even if the cynic in me writes that off as PR).

Whoa "I expect less than 100 people will beat Binding Coil of Bahamut before first update"? Challenge accepted!

Maybe it's my WoW experience talking, but that tells me it may be tuned a la pre-nerf M'uru (tuned right on the line between "overtuned to be unbeatable" and "very difficult") or they went the pre-nerf C'thun route (overtuned to be unbeatable).

[Abriael]

Maybe it's my WoW experience talking, but that tells me it may be tuned a la pre-nerf M'uru (tuned right on the line between "overtuned to be unbeatable" and "very difficult") or they went the pre-nerf C'thun route (overtuned to be unbeatable).

Remember that Yoshi is an experience MMO gamer. personally I doubt that he just ramped up the stats. Most probably it's the mechanics that are the most challenging part.

Either way, we asked (actually demanded) for it.