5th Anniversary Talk Section

The Talk Section began with the nostalgic Play-Online startup screen. Six developers came out for the Talk Section listed here:

• Tanaka Hiromichi - Producer
• Kawamoto Nobuaki
• Ogawa Kouichi
• Mastsui Satoshi
• Aiba Ryouyuu
• Sage Sundi

First, they showed us a 5th anniversary memorial video, which announced the new expansion: Wings of the Goddess. The video made it official.
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Below are my notes on the rest of the discussion. I was scribbling like mad so if there are some mistakes, I am sorry.

• Aht Urghan missions from here on will greatly involve the Dark Rider
• The management came to understand how much an MMO can cost since the intital stages, but Tanaka added, "With a movie you can lose a lot more..." (lol Spirits Within?)
• They explained the design process for a new monster, Vampire.
  - "Initial drawing" took a few weeks
  - "Modeling" took a few months
  - "Motion" is a secret
  - "Texturing" is done along with Motion
  - "Programming" is still unknown because their in the middle of it

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Questions taken prior to entering the assembly were now answered in "Letters From Adventurers"

Q: This Beastmaster is feeling very lonely. Won't you give me a companion?
A: Yes, we will. We will definitely help you very soon. We are also adding new magic for existing jobs in the next expansion.
I'm not sure what this fan's problem was, but reading between the lines he wants more pets and party activity. Sounds like something is coming for BST in the next update.

Q: Promathia Missions are still difficult. Won't you give us some relief?
A: We will implement something in June. Items to weaken the enemies and experience point bonuses.

Q: Salvage and Nyzul Isle are too hard!
A: We'll adjust them in June. Imbued Items (Cells) will become easier to get.
A: We'll will add Temporary items you can buy with Tokens from Nyzul. In addition, will fix how your record erases on the 100th floor, instead only clearing it after defeating the boss.

Q: Will we be able to re-choose our Divine Might earring?
A: We have plans for that in June. Besides Divine Might, we are also considering other items that may pleasantly surprise you.

Q: I want a tuxedo.
A: If the demand is there.
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Next was a chart that shows where all the items that were changed to BCNMs drop. The Japanese BC names are often wildly different and I don't know every BC name to begin with. So I'm going to look them up in the meantime. I figure everyone here pretty much knows what comes from where anyway, so enjoy the above stuff while I do that.