Developer Interview (Dengeki Feb. '09)

[Elmer the Pointy]

There was an interview in this week's Dengeki magazine, so I broke party and split it into three.

1) December Update / General FFXI
2) Moblin Maze Mongers
3) Jobs / Level Sync

電撃Playstation: Developer Interview (Feb. ‘09)

[orinthia]

There was an interview in this week's Dengeki magazine, so I broke party and split it into three.

haha perfect!

[brisk]

Get ready for AV/PW Round 3! And SMN fixes look really nice, but knowing them, they'll probably break it when its released.

[Korremar]

The two strongest monsters in the game, Absolute Virtue and Pandemonium Warden, continue to reign over players as insurmountable challenges. Do you have plans for any adjustments?

Itou: There are no plans to simply weaken them or lower their difficulty. However, we think there may be adjustments to the circumstances surrounding the fight, in line with the recent two hour time cap that was added. Still, we plan to add more powerful monsters like those that are designed to really test your limits. Really, we want to increase the number of these types of bosses, and adjust them together.

So, are you saying there’s a possibility that a powerful enemy like Absolute Virtue or Pandemonium Warden will appear in a Wings of the Goddess area?

Itou: Yes, there is.

In before thread degrades into a storm of bitching.

[Okan]

In before thread degrades into a storm of bitching.

I don't mind a very powerful boss in WOTG areas, as long as they stick to their 2 hour cap crap and not some 18+ hour event... Unless I completely misunderstood when the 2 hour cap is really supposed to mean.

[Maxxthepenguin]

Speaking of Vouchers, it seems Voucher 01 is currently used as the best one best gaining Marbles. Was this how you planned for it to be used?

Takeda: Originally, we planned it to be for gaining experience points. It turns out that this Voucher is the only one that matches monster levels to the lowest member of your party. We hear many people use this as a way to rack up Marbles, when originally, we planned for it to be a place to Level Sync and gain XP. We thought it would be good for people who couldn’t get a complete party together; they could hop in a maze and gain some quick experience. Using low-level characters to gain Marbles was an unforeseen bit of ingenuity on the part of the players, and it doesn’t bother us.

Nice

[Raineer]

Unless I completely misunderstood what the 2 hour cap is really supposed to mean.

You get to use your 2hr's once, COR be damned.

[Not Kuno]

Matsui: With Fields of Valor as the beginning, I’m looking to increase the amount of casual gameplay users can enjoy, while also thinking of other activities for those who are already level 75. Before many people were asking for things to be easier, but now people seem to want more tough and challenging battles like they experienced long ago.

[Correction]

Buh. You killed elmer's server. I blame alla.

[Thistle]

You get to use your 2hr's once, COR be damned.

I bet all CORs are going to be banned for getting 2hours back. ; ;

Goodbye, cruel world!

[BRP]

Man, using dungeons repop timers is not a good excuse for not adding FoV there. Just change their repop timers.

Interview was interesting, but it doesn't really say much about the future we didn't already known.

[vagus]

thanks for the post Elmer. GJ as usual. Respect Knuckles. ^.^m

[Spira]

nice interview thanx

[Cloudius]

I thought so too, that more and more players are asking for that. Players are able to do so much more now, and each Job seems to have their own opinions.

Matsui: For the benefit of these players, we really have to prepare a place for them to demonstrate their power, so first we have to get a foothold on what the area will be. It’s not something I can do all by myself, but it’s a project I want to undertake this year.

Gendai: Starting with new Avatars, there’s a mountain of things I need to get done, but like Matsui said, we need to make a place where endgame players can really show what they’re made of, and I’m going to putting my energy into that project.

They make it sound like they don't have Wotg endgame planned out and ready, who are they kidding?

[Lampoon]

There was an interview in this week's Dengeki magazine, so I broke party and split it into three.

Carefull Elmer, you might get banned for duping!

[Uzor]

What's this "new bar spell" announcement in the interview they said were revealed during the fanfest last year? I must have missed that announcement...

[Skjie]

Carefull Elmer, you might get banned for duping!

That would be the joke. Congratulations for ruining it.

[SephYuyX]

What's this "new bar spell" announcement in the interview they said were revealed during the fanfest last year? I must have missed that announcement...

Non elemental tier II Bar Spells are in .dats. Maybe theyll actually be worth using.
Also there are those multibars, IE: Baraqua, Barterra, etc.

[SenseiFF11]

What's this "new bar spell" announcement in the interview they said were revealed during the fanfest last year? I must have missed that announcement...

Because you probably read the NA festival. It was announced at Kourakuen Fan Festival 2008, in Japan. If you want to read the Live Blog from Vana Fest in Kourakuen:[url=http://www.jpbutton.com/?p=1086]JPButton

[Virtuous Saint]

I love the fact that they will be adding something with PW and AV strength to WoTG, people want easy battles that test you in almost no way, that simple strats can be effective against... There needs to be a few things in the game that test the player ability. We have beat PW, and ya AV secret is still unknown, but that doesn't mean it can't be killed; we all know it can, simple fact is non of us know how.