Ask Questions for Letter from the Producer LIVE Part XIV!(Lead Designer Takeo Suzuki)

[Gildrein]

Hey everyone!

We're pleased to announce the next Letter from the Producer LIVE Part XIV focusing on the many exciting updates coming with Patch 2.3! This next Live Letter will take place on Saturday, May 24, 2014, from 4:00 a.m. (PST) / 11:00 (GMT)!

In this thread we'd like you to specifically pose questions for Lead Designer Takeo Suzuki. In addition to collecting your questions in real-time via Twitter, we will also use this thread to gather your questions ahead of time and answer them during the event.

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For more information regarding the Letter from the Producer LIVE, please read the following: NA/EU

Please note that once the event is over, we will be closing this thread.

[Starkbeaumont]

how did you came up with the idea to mix mythical beasts with high technoloy like you did with enemies from the Binding Coil of Bahamut?

[Vejjiegirl]

August, 31st 2013, a FFXIV player Vandark(Forum Name), created a topic on this issue,
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...done-about-it!

The topic reached a grand total of 83 pages of discussion in which you responded with the below quote:

Hello,
Lead designer Takeo Suzuki here.

We understand that you all care deeply for the detail and shape of your characters, and while the development team is really happy about this, we would like to keep the specifications for character’s butts as they are.

I’d like to explain a bit about why we changed the shape of character model’s butts. It all began when Yoshi-P and the character team sat down and reconsidered what should be prioritized for players when we moved from 1.0 to A Realm Reborn.

Based on this discussion it was decided to place emphasis on the below:
New races (male Miqo’te, female Highlanders, and female Roegadyn.)
Increase the amount of content and the amount of reward items (equipment and weapons)
(We want to make a team that can create more than four times the amount of rewards compared to what there was originally.)

As a result of thinking about what could be done to fulfill the above objectives all while converting everything over and optimizing all the data by completely remaking the graphics engine, we decided to reduce the cost by simplifying items that were too complex when making them. One aspect of this was the graphical display of waist equipment.

I deeply apologize for those of you who were really partial to what Miqo’tes looked like in 1.0, but this decision was made so we could relaunch with new races and a lot of new equipment. We will be implementing a wide variety of really cool looking equipment moving forward, and we appreciate your understanding on this.

My Question is:

"Now that FFXIV a Relm Reborn is already almost into Patch 2.28 and has been out for months, are there any plans to restore the lower body of characters to what they looked before 2.0? OR would it be possible to add a slider or allow us to choose between the two in the future?"

[Sasha]

Could we get some dye-able skirts that don't have leggings, along with shoes that come with varying lengths of socks?

[Kilyua]

Something like a Ifrit blacksmith hammer, leviathan fishing rode or a titan sledgehammer for miner......etc. more clothes also...thank you.

[ThirdChild_ZKI]

More skirts and skirt styles would be good! Piggybacking off of that, now that we can glamour our gear, many players enjoy using the default race clothing. Do you plan to or would you consider making it dyeable like the Darklight gear?

[ThirdChild_ZKI]

I ask this everywhere and whenever I can: Can we have an ADS or other Allagan-themed mount?

[Mrhappy1227]

When deciding an overall theme for a set of gear, where do you draw your inspiration from?

[Fawkes]

Why do miqo'te tails look the way they do in the Evenstar Coat?

[Fawkes]

Why does some gear have a cut out in the back so the miqo'te tail doesn't clip through and others do not?