from reddit user /u/The47thSen
Quote:Q&A bitLore panel
- A whole bunch of skills are coming between 51~60.
- No, you don't get them every 5 levels.
- Everyone will need to re-work their rotations.
- There isn't enough space on the current HB/XHBs for all those actions. They have a plan.
- POE-cap isn't being raised/removed because IL130 is a little high in the early stages of Ishgarde. (previous off record interviews mentioned that they'll be relevant up to l55)
- next 24man raids coming in 3.1.
- FC primal summoning has been delegated to 'some time later'.
- Add-ons on back burner because 3.0 took priority. (they added too much stuff)
- No plans to show TP.
- New jobs aren't getting ZWs.
- New ZW-like quests starting in 3.1. A bit of work has been put into the story.
- New jobs will have primal weapons.
- Summoner has been heavily reworked. Something something tri-disaster.
- Expansion of armoury chest to come later.
- Number of retainers going up. 4 maybe?
- New housing wards comes after Ishgard.
- Choco rank caps going up.
- You need HW to be an Aura. No other conditions.
- New roadmap planned for Wolves Den and other PVP.
- A training mode for raids may come. Eventually.
- Thinking of adjusting Steps.
- New GS attractions start from 3.1
- No plans for DX12
Dravanian Highlands
- Ishgard is split into 2 levels. Peasants below, nobles above.
- Lower levels is filled with ruins from dragon invasions
- Mostly stone buildings.
- Upper level has many religious structures.
- 'Twelve Knights'. Remember those words.
- That statue at the back on the last row, that has a really incredible back story. (src. Koji)
- For a very long while, Esoterics(法典) was actually going to be called Aesthetics (美å¦).
Dravanian Lowlands
- Really, really out west.
- Dragons live here.
- Koji worked very hard to create Dragonspeak language.
- 6 years ago.
- The new Gunas tribe live here.
Dravanian Cloud Sea
- Downstream from the mountains so lots of water features.
- Has not been invaded by Dragons.
- Lots of old archaeological thingies.
- There's a deserted Sharlayan city. Kinda like old Constantinople. Big scholary city.
- But it feels Greek.
- They used tarot cards to predict the future.
Abarasia Cloud sea
- West of Ishgard, above the Highlands.
- For some reason there are ruins up there. Important part of the story.
- The Seven Celestial Dragons are a large part of the story.
- The snake like thing in the middle is Midgardsom. The rest are his children, the 7.
- Please look forward to how they get involved.
- Aura are not related to Dragons. Their motif are demons.
Floating Continent
- East of Ishgard.
- Huge elevation changes. Flying mounts are necessary here.
- Vanu Vanu tribe live here.
Gubra Library. (new dungeon)
- While working on the settings, I become well versed in genetic manipulation & bioengineering → Koji
Aura naming rules coming end May.
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- Yshtola's name appears.
- Sharlayan building.
Alexander Q&A
Q：You've mentioned that Alexander Normal is for people to relax and enjoy the story, does that mean they'll be cleared within a day or two?
Y: /em nods.
Q. Was Hard mode made with WoW's Mythic raids in mind?
Y: We're actually calling them Heroic internally.
Q.Does that mean there'll be something even harder?
Y: Depends on the players' clear rates and requests.
Q. So Alexander was made with player clear rates in mind?
Y: Yup. Looking at the number of player clears, we also have something called Content Costs where we basically want our content to be enjoyable by more people.
Q. How many levels?
Y: 4.
Q. Will there be higher IL requirements and more gimmicks as we go up?
Y: Yes. We designed it with what players considered fun between all 3 coils.
Q. How hard is Alexander Hard?
Y: About as hard as FCOB Savage ↠?!?!?!
Q: Will the Fat Chocobo fly?
Y: Yes.
