Allakhazam/EU Sites @ Fan Fest - Full Transcript

[Pikko]

Hi all,

The transcript from our interview is now available:

Allakhazam.com: Final Fantasy XI: Wiki: Fan Festival 2008 Developer Q&A

[Xno Kappa]

Besides the answers to the Magic Acc. questions, everything else was mostly typical SE bullshit.

[Mizango]

Sweet, thanks Pikko.

[Hicks]

How do you know these people use tools?

FFXI-App :: Index

[Ramses]

Two things stuck out to me. They are actually saying they haven't fixed kings because we haven't complained enough about it? And there is a trick to pw and you have to find it yourselves. Oh, and good luck with that. What I'm wondering is if they were able to keep a straight face while saying that or did they burst out laughing? :/

[vagus]

I hightly doubt people are gonna kill PW now since members will need pop items for mythic weapons.

[Uubu]

huzzah someone asked about AV ;; kinda~

Allakhazam.com: Will there be any clues released about defeating Pandemonium Warden, similar to the video that was released about Absolute Virtue?

We think that cutting the battle time down to 2 hours and announcing that as a maximum is enough of a hint, telling players that there is a way and you'll just have to find out for yourself. But now that it is two hours, that is passive admission that it is capable of being defeated within a 2 hour limit so... good luck.

If they were hinting that maybe need to use all 15 2 hours on him to "lock" him :X ~ not trying to turn this into a av speculation thread but a glimmer of hope perhaps.

[Seraph]

I hightly doubt people are gonna kill PW now since members will need pop items for mythic weapons.

The solution to beating PW is to realize that you can get a Mythic by not fighting him. :_:

[Loziel]

The solution to beating PW is to realize that you can get a Mythic by not fighting him. :_:

By god, i think this man has cracked it!

[Pikko]

We were told ahead of time that no answers about AV would be given, so therefore, do not ask.

[fusionx]

We were told ahead of time that no answers about AV would be given, so therefore, do not ask.

Which i found hysterical given that the OnRPG interview contained an AV question

[Pikko]

That's probably because PS are handled by different people from the rest of the media. (speculation on my part)

[Ramses]

Which i found hysterical given that the OnRPG interview contained an AV question

A question that the devs answered by showing their displeasure with the zergs of AV. They are acting really juvenile at this point with AV. It's beyond ridiculous after 4 years.

[Pikko]

And they didn't really answer it. (the part about will you give more clues)

[Vilhem]

That's probably because PS are handled by different people from the rest of the media. (speculation on my part)

I believe you are accurate Pikko.

Anyway, we figured SE wouldn't budge on AV, but there was one media person (who wasn't in our group sessions) who went totally blunt and demanding, yet still got nowhere.

When SE wants to, they will reveal more. If that

[Ramses]

And they didn't really answer it. (the part about will you give more clues)

That's the thing, they won't even say if they will give hints in the future. They won't say anything at all. Tell us what they think we are doing wrong or why they think the video didn't help. Explain why they think it is ok that nobody even tries to fight AV because it is too frustrating. Explain why they think it is our fault when nobody across continents can win in 4 years. Tell us where the fun is in this mob as this is a game we play for fun. Very simple logic should show them there is something wrong here and it would be nice if they would do even a little something about it. There is absolutely no communication and that just makes people very frustrated.

[Rainesong]

JeuxOnline: Can you tell us more about magic accuracy comparison to mind and intelligence in calculating the resist rate?

As you know, when the magic is resisted and the damage goes out, the amount of mind and intelligence have no affect on the damage that was cut. That's all we're willing to divulge.

this statement seems inaccurate unless i'm reading it wrong. of course INT plays a role in the amount of damage that was cut. if you have enough INT to nuke for 600 instead of 500, and get a 1/2 resist, then your nuke does 300 instead of 250. so in this case 300 damage was cut instead of 250 because of more INT. Clearly INT had an effect on the amount of damage that was cut.

only way i can make sense of this is that they mean after the initial damage calculation, INT does not play a role in whether the resist is 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, or 16th... i'm not sure if that is technically new info but given the convoluted nature of the language i don't trust it to mean that anyway. it's more theoretical than actually beneficial anyway...

[Ramses]

I read it as they don't affect how much of a resist, but yeah, the wording isn't completely clear.

[drwaffles]

Sounds to me like they just admitted MND and INT have zero effect on spell accuracy, which is rather interesting.

[Pikko]

Honestly, that question was extremely difficult to transcribe and probably wrong. I don't even know if I got the answer part right, probably not. The rep from JeuxOnline has a very very heavy French accent so I had to guess according to their site report what he was actually saying.