Just don’t ask him about it
“Right now, what I really don’t want to be asked is, firstly: what is going to be the main story in 8.0. And, secondly: what are going to be the new jobs in 8.0?” Yoshida replied when asked what question he hoped never to be asked again at this weekend’sFinal FantasyFan Festival in London.
Earlier that day, Yoshida had teased the first of two new jobs arriving with Dawntrail next year:the dual-wielding Viper. The second class remains under wraps for the time being, with a reveal of the ranged magical DPS role planned for the Tokyo Fan Fest on January 7th.
While all of Dawntrail’s additions are still yet to be unveiled, and Yoshida doesn’t want to talk about what comes next before time, the developer admitted that FF14’s next two major releases are already in the works - even if it’s still very early days for now.
“When we create an expansion we’re planning two years in advance,” Yoshida confirmed. “But if, at this point in time, I was just to answer what I have in my head, it would be a bit of a pickle for me. It would put me in a difficult situation. So, yeah, let’s avoid that.”
“While I did say that I don’t want to be asked about it, I do have ideas in my head for 8.0 through to 9.0,” Yoshida said, “So I am definitely intending to still do a thorough job of developing Final Fantasy 14 further.”
