This is all pretty clearly the same sort of language he's using in this Kotaku interview, too. He's basically saying almost the exact same things, just without explicitly singling Microsoft out.
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FFXIV Yoshida interview with Kotaku: wants 2+ more expansions, crossplay, more
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This is all pretty clearly the same sort of language he's using in this Kotaku interview, too. He's basically saying almost the exact same things, just without explicitly singling Microsoft out.
Kent
Member
Realistically-speaking, it probably won't be in the next expansion - largely due to the fact that it could only really be classified in the broad DPS role for the game, and we just got two added in one expansion, which is shafting queue times royally.
If next expansion is two more jobs, it's likely to be a healer and tank (
Mystic Knight and Chemist please
That said, Blue Mage is my favorite job in the series - especially the FFXI implementation. I'd love to see it translate well to FFXIV.
I think Blue Mage could actually be a cool tank. Hell, I tanked wyrms a couple times on FFXI using BLU (I know, different games). Could be interesting if they went that route.
I thought the issue was stated to be MS requiring an "Xbox users only" option with all crossplay games? I am positive there was an article and thread about it
Yeah here it is... MS blocking it in 2013, it seems
http://m.ign.com/articles/2013/07/09/why-final-fantasy-xiv-isnt-coming-to-xbox-360-or-xbox-one
Yeah here it is... MS blocking it in 2013, it seems
http://m.ign.com/articles/2013/07/09/why-final-fantasy-xiv-isnt-coming-to-xbox-360-or-xbox-one
He's 44. Japanese developers don't get paid that much either.
Blue Mages have made a career of letting themselves be hit by attacks, and Mighty Guard is already the level 2 Tank limit break.
Seriously though, Blue Mages have always been a hybrid physical/magic job, and have traditionally used several damage mitigation and hp drain abilities. If the dev team wanted, they could easily make Blue Mage a tank job. Of course, Samurai could have been a tank too, so it mostly comes down to the vision of the devs.
Liliana Eileen
Member
He's been trying to get this on Xbox since the 360 days, lol.
Microsoft, what are you doing? I know you're reading this, Phil.
Microsoft, what are you doing? I know you're reading this, Phil.
hosannainexcelsis
Member
To elaborate on this for people who haven't followed the Stormblood OT:
Today I let the title screen run on for the first time and got the Stormblood opening movie complete with credits and all. I didn't notice the staff changes back when I finished 3.5 probably because I skipped the credits immediately to get on with it, since SB was coming out. Lol.
Some... really surprising changes.
- The Assistant Director roles are completely gone
- Minagawa is no longer Lead UI Designer, but is now the Art Director. FFXIV has not had this role since 2.0. Akihiko Yoshida was the art director for 1.0, but he was "lead artist" for 2.0, and subsequently off the team from 3.0 since he left S-E.
- The main scenario writers are now the world lore creator and a HW scenario writer.
This means... Hiroshi Takai, Mitsutoshi Gondai, Kazutoyo Maehiro are all off the game as leads now. For the 3.5 credits, all 3 were listed under "development supervision" instead. The last time FFXIV lost a major lead between expansions was Niinou leaving after 2.0, and he ended up directing Dragon Quest Builders.
Could this be an indication that part of the FFXIV team is now working on another new project?
Reminder: Takai and Maehiro previously worked together on The Last Remnant, which Takai directed and Maehiro was the lead designer.
There's definitely a possibility that there's another project in the works at Square-Enix Business Division 5. Yoshida wouldn't be directing it, but he would be in a hands-off supervisory role as he was on Dragon Quest Builders.
Zomba13
Member
Yeah. Before all the Xbox cross-play and the stuff Sony said recently I always assumed it was something on MS end that stopped it seeing as we got the crossplay already with PS3/4 but now it's obvious that the problem is Sony letting the PS4/3 crossplay with Xbox and not the other way around. I'm guessing the FFXIV stuff was a deal already in place because of the PS3 version and Sony couldn't go back on it or something.
B-But the ball...
Crossplay is not easy to implement as people think, color me surprised
Liliana Eileen
Member
I don't think he will retire for a while now.
ZombiePlatypus
Member
Hopefully it'll get a considerable amount more than just 2 more expansions.
hosannainexcelsis
Member
Yoshida is saying he needs at least 2 more expansions to tell the overarching story he has in mind; he shouldn't be interpreted as saying that there'll only be 2 more expansions and then XIV is done forever.
The Last Wizard
Member
Fine by me, just all classes adderd should be tanks and healers as the dps queue has gotten ridiculous.
KeyBladerXIII
Member
I'm too deep in to not see this story through. Keep the expansions coming Yoshida, if you run out of space on the continent, make another.
AuthenticM
Member
I don't want Yoshi to be forever bound to FFXIV. Let him finish his story with the two other expansions, and then give him a single-player mainline game to direct. The guy has fucking earned it.
The people blaming Sony for lack of Xbox cross play are hilarious.
Yoshida has been saying for years that the problem is MSs policies but apparently now because of Minecraft and Rocket League it's suddenly Sony's fault.
If I remember correctly Yoshida had 3 stipulations: must play on SEs servers only, must play with all other platforms and only FF14 subscription required to play (probably the sticking point here).
Yoshida has been saying for years that the problem is MSs policies but apparently now because of Minecraft and Rocket League it's suddenly Sony's fault.
If I remember correctly Yoshida had 3 stipulations: must play on SEs servers only, must play with all other platforms and only FF14 subscription required to play (probably the sticking point here).
It still blows my mind how utterly fascinating both the writing and localization are in FFXIV. It's a divide in quality the size of an ocean compared to other large scale FF games.
The narrative maintains a consistent tone that respects both the lore, setting, and player audience while clearly adhering to a highly structured and planned storyboard guideline that flows naturally. No inane tangential or purposefully redacted cuts to confuse the audience and create the impression of depth without substance(see XV, XIII, KH...)
On top of that, FATES and flavor text are full of well structured puns and humor that are above typical cheap meme jokes. It's remarkable and rarely gets credit.
The narrative maintains a consistent tone that respects both the lore, setting, and player audience while clearly adhering to a highly structured and planned storyboard guideline that flows naturally. No inane tangential or purposefully redacted cuts to confuse the audience and create the impression of depth without substance(see XV, XIII, KH...)
On top of that, FATES and flavor text are full of well structured puns and humor that are above typical cheap meme jokes. It's remarkable and rarely gets credit.
UltimaKilo
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If they brought the game to Switch, I might consider getting back into it. The game was OK to me. Not being open world really made it difficult for me to keep playing.
family_guy
Member
Although I hate paying monthly fees for games, I just might get back into this after dropping out after the free trial.
SUPARSTARX
Member
Would be interesting to see this work on a Switch but yeah, PC master race for MMORPG's.
Hopefully in the near future we could get crossplay for FFXIV. I'm enjoying Stormblood a lot.
Hopefully in the near future we could get crossplay for FFXIV. I'm enjoying Stormblood a lot.
Well your guess is wrong since it's been publicly stated what the issue is
LordBaztion
Member
Come on Phil, whatever are your reasons to not let this on Xbox, you can make an exception like MS did with the previous version.
I think some people are reading into the two expansions comment a bit much. He just said he wants to stick around until the end of the current story, not that he (or the game) is necessarily going anywhere after. He's already said there's room for expansions after the current story is concluded:
Garlemald stuff may last up to 6.0.
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Garlemald stuff may last up to 6.0.
pretty done
Member
Doesn't it already have crossplay? I remember console people getting yelled at for their long loading times during Prae
CaviarMeths
Member
This man is the hero the Final Fantasy brand needed. Sounds like he'll be working on XIV for another 5 years or more. I'll follow him wherever he goes.
Basically it's the same deal in SFV where you have the option to block PC and only play with PS4 users ?
Drilbit777
Member
If nintendo is okay with cross play then theres no reason to not put ffxiv on switch
Heh, same here. I hope they do it, though. My wife has been asking about this for a while and I don't see how Nintendo would give them any grief about porting the game over and crossplay. I think there has to be more going on here which is why it hasn't happened yet.
WOW @ some of you people spinning this into a "fuck Sony" crossplay thing. You've no idea what you're talking about and are simply embarrassing yourselves. The situation regarding FFXIV has been explained numerous times by Yoshida. It's not the same bone-headed decisions that Sony is making regarding other crossplay games. With that in mind, you're far more likely to see it come to Switch before XB1. As for Switch - it's a new platform. Give them some time to get the game up and running on dev kits first.
Onto the actual interview, I imagine we'll get to 7.0 before the next MMO comes out. I'd imagine that would be FF17 or 18. I wouldn't be surprised if 11 was still running at that point and still had subs...
Onto the actual interview, I imagine we'll get to 7.0 before the next MMO comes out. I'd imagine that would be FF17 or 18. I wouldn't be surprised if 11 was still running at that point and still had subs...
It's obvious given the DQ10 situation that Sony is in general getting a bit weird, and that's unfortunate, but that doesn't mean that prior MS weirdness isn't still rolling and the mention that they're negotiating with Phil in particular suggests MS is still the blocker for 14.
Lack of specs/versatility, even though I understand the design motivation, is still really my biggest disappointment with ARR.
Lack of specs/versatility, even though I understand the design motivation, is still really my biggest disappointment with ARR.
Somebody needs to ask about some (optional) graphical improvements in one of these interviews. Maybe improved water, or an optional HD texture pack for PC and PS4 Pro, for instance...
I'm honestly fine with the poly count the game has now, but the pixelated mess of textures in cutscenes will never not bother me.
I'm honestly fine with the poly count the game has now, but the pixelated mess of textures in cutscenes will never not bother me.
this very nuch.