Letter from the Producer LIVE Part XXIV Update Thread

[Bayohne]

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[Bayohne]

In regards to adjustments to astrologian

We'll focus on adjusting the power of astrologian healing.
Additionally, we're making adjustments to the duration of party-supporting actions. You should be able to feel the power boosts more clearly, so please look forward to it.

[Bayohne]

Status of the Beginner Hall

The Beginner Hall (tentative name), is essentially a training mode. We’re currently in the midst of fleshing out what kind of training would work for each job and the training regime. We don’t expect to make it in time for Patch 3.1, but we would like to implement it in the subsequent patch.

[Bayohne]

Monk Adjustments

We've been receiving requests to be able to instantly reach the maximum amount of Chakra stacks while not in battle; however, having an ability that would allow for this between fights in dungeons and such would be much too strong, so we’re still in the midst of making adjustments. First we will be making adjustments to the effect duration and effect potency of Greased Lightning.

[Bayohne]

PvP Matching

We’re aware of comments saying that you’d rather we not focus on the lore aspect of PvP matching, but by removing the Grand Company restrictions it may cause fixed matches to be made, and we’re worried about this. This is why it is set the way it is now. With that said, we are considering removing the Grand Company restrictions.

[Bayohne]

European Data Center

We're planning to open the European data center in mid-October. We need to carefully copy over the data for the Worlds that are shifting over to the European data center, so we will likely need to perform maintenance that will last 3-5 days. We'll be making an announcement with details in the near future.

[Bayohne]

TP Bar for Party Members

We've added a feature that displays the TP bars of your party members on the party list. While the numerical value will not be shown, you'll be able to get a good sense of how much TP your party members have. With this addition, due to display limits, we decided to shift party bonus displays that are not high in priority to the party overview while in battle. This is scheduled to be implemented in Patch 3.07.

[Bayohne]

Favor Adjustments

We’re planning to make adjustments in Patch 3.07. Additionally, we’re looking over the effect duration as well. You’ll be able to do these in a shorter amount of time.

[Bayohne]

Plans for Land for Housing

We’re thinking of ways to make empty lands. First, we would like players to create houses on these empty lands, then once the moving feature is implemented, we’re looking into either adding more land into existing housing areas, or to create new housing areas in Ishgard.

[Bayohne]

Regarding the dark knight "Darkside" effect from the job video

Originally there was a dark flame-like effect added to the feet of the dark knight while under "Darkside," and while this was a cool effect, unfortunately while testing in various situations, such as while mounted, it looked unnatural and we adjusted it to what it is currently. However, when we add in new actions we may add this effect back in.