Final Fantasy 14’s due a new coat of paint, and if you’ve been following the ramp-up to Dawntrail, you know it’s getting one. Better lighting, shinier models, and an overall tune-up to a game that’s past its 10th anniversary by now. In a recent interview with Play magazine (thanks, GamesRadar) Naoki Yoshida—also known as Yoshi-P—let readers in on the team’s reasoning for the upgrade.

First and foremost, Yoshida says he wants to reassure long-time players that the game has a bright future ahead of it: “With Endwalker, we were able to bring one big saga to a close …  I think they would be happy to have seen that conclusion, but I think they probably must have also been a bit concerned about what will happen moving forward.”

Pouring resources into a ne…