Random Thoughts.....What Are You Thinking?

Is Mario Evil?

Medium well is my favorite. Just the right amount of pink, but not too much. Actually somewhere is between medium and medium well.

Closer to what I like, but it's a hard balance to obtain.

I'd like to try that cooking a steak on lava thing that I saw, but I don't have the space/equipment to give it a whirl. (Or the patience).

Nu Mou, Assassin, Level 17

Thanks, first test done.

Anyone wanna give me another combo?

This might interest some of you

Closer to what I like, but it's a hard balance to obtain.

I'd like to try that cooking a steak on lava thing that I saw, but I don't have the space/equipment to give it a whirl. (Or the patience).

Japanese police have arrested a man accused of bursting into a lawyer's office and cutting off his penis with garden shears before flushing the organ down the toilet. Local media reports said Kozukai Ikki, a 24-year-old Tokyo graduate student, may have been acting out of revenge over his wife's romantic involvement with the 42-year-old.

Lesson learned: Don't flip a monkey.

In addition to the Gold Saucer content, we're also working on implementing a totally new play style called "Sky Island Exploration," which is unlikely anything we've had before. However, we've always added three instanced dungeons in each patch before, but it will be two starting with the next patch. Instead of producing a bunch of similar type of content, we'd rather spread out the cost of our development to new types of content.

Is there anything else you can discuss about 3.1?

Yoshida: The new series of 24-man raids will begin there as well, but I can't really talk about the direction of any of that content as that's information we'll start to reveal at the 14-hour broadcast for the second anniversary. There will be a fairly large update for the Gold Saucer which will include quite a bit of new chocobo racing and Triple Triad content. We're also looking at increasing the payout of MGP and to allow players to buy multiple weekly lottery tickets. We don't know whether this will all make patch 3.1, but we're looking at a number of ways to increase the earnings.

Will you be adding to any of the existing attractions?

Yoshida: We will be. Another one of the items is balance adjustments for chocobo races. In addition to the Gold Saucer content, we're also working on implementing a totally new play style called "Sky Island Exploration," which is unlike anything we've had before. However, we've always added three instanced dungeons in each patch before, but it will be two starting with the next patch. Instead of producing a bunch of similar type of content, we'd rather spread out the cost of our development to new types of content.

Will there be a new type of content in every patch?

Yoshida: The production cost of instanced dungeons is not that high, so we think those will continue to be included in every patch. We're trying to understand our workflow and overall schedule and upcoming new elements better so we can understand if it makes sense to pool certain costs from two patches and have one large update. We are planning to add a bunch of content in the 3.X series that's unlike what we've had before. Perhaps some of the content will fail, but at least we can say we're trying a bunch of new things. I think we developed a pretty solid foundation of gameplay with the 2.0 series, so now we're proposing new things we haven't done before.

You've been saying some of the things you're expecting to add for a while now, so what kinds of things are planned for the 3.X line-up?

Yoshida: We have things like the Grand Company platoon and content using Magitek armor, and we're looking at the calendar and carefully planning it out.

Will the content that uses the Magitek armor have anything to do with that mysterious arena in Ishgard?

Yoshida: Some things from previous updates will lead into it, so we've already made allowance for it. You might see some if you pay careful attention [[I think he references some specific area in Ishgard here, theological school or something, not sure of the translation]].

The main story in the 2.X series included lead-ins to the 3.0 storyline. Do you plan to do the same during the story of the 3.X series?

Yoshida: Like in the 2.X series, we'll continue to place hints towards the 4.0 series in the 3.X main scenario. I think it's been pretty serious so far in 3.0, but we were able to have some more joke material in the 2.X series, so we're doing our best to include that kind of content as well. With the favorable reception to 3.0, I think everyone's expectations of the story are rising, so we want to make sure that we maintain an interesting story throughout the 3.X series and further expand on that with 4.0.

JPGames.de: There were plans for a jukebox in the housing area. Many people spent a lot of time there and they hear the same music. Is there an idea to allow changing the music?

NY: Actually, there is a feature called Orchestrium (slightly unsure if that is the exact name), where you can choose the current BGM (Background Music) and you can switch to what you want to listen to. We are working on it already, and we have a concept already. However, we currently must focus on so many things, so it will be pushed back a little bit. We won’t be able to make patch 3.1, but we are working on it.