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Final Fantasy XIV <\/strong>director and producer Naoki Yoshida (Yoshi-P) recently made an appearance at Korea\u2019s G-STAR 2025. Talking to local outlet Inven<\/a>, he shared his future plans for a \u201csecond rebirth\u201d of FFXIV. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Yoshida, with FFXIV having entered its second decade of operations, the development team has some significant announcements prepared, and the idea behind them is (based on machine translation) \u201crethinking everything from scratch.\u201d Yoshida explains that, with players\u2019 disposable time dwindling in recent years, FFXIV will have to adapt to their needs and desired playstyles. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMMORPGs are a genre built around investing lots of time, so I think they don\u2019t fit very well into today\u2019s era. There are already many long-time veteran players who are ahead of everyone else, and catching up to them requires enormous time investment, which many people simply can\u2019t manage. I think it’s unfair that a player can’t experience the fun unless they invest hundreds of hours.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Still, Yoshida thinks MMORPGs have room to continue thriving, if they change. \u201cI want to hear how long players can stay logged in, and what kind of play they actually do once they log in. The game needs to adapt to that.\u201d Through future updates in FFXIV, Yoshi-P aims to give players \u201csomething to look forward to each time you log in, and satisfaction that matches the expectations.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While FFXIV is already designed to allow short and incremental playing sessions, Yoshida wants to make the way it works even more intuitive. His goal is to design an environment in which even beginners and mobile game players can understand how to play to get the kind of entertainment value they want within the time they have available. \u201cThis is purely an example, but imagine that when you log in, the game asks you \u201cDo you only have two hours to play today?\u201d, \u201cDo you want to get stronger today?\u201d, or \u201cAre you in the mood to enjoy the story today?\u201d And based on your answer, the game suggests how to play.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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While he\u00a0doesn\u2019t\u00a0go into the specifics (not wanting to give competitors any hints),\u00a0it seems Yoshi-P\u00a0is looking\u00a0for ways to tailor FFXIV to players with different priorities and help\u00a0make\u00a0even short gaming sessions rewarding,\u00a0rather than\u00a0leaving\u00a0players to their own devices amidst the game’s years’ worth of content.\u00a0This second rebirth of FFXIV is something Yoshida would like to realize in the not-too-distant future.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Final Fantasy XIV director regrets making the game \u201ctoo stress-free\u201d for players\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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