Ask Your Questions for Letter from the Producer LIVE, Part V!

[Matsume]

Can you give us more information on PvP frontlines and arena? In what ways will PvP be "meaningful"? Will their be level brackets?

[HiirNoivl]

Can you tell us more information on the new materia system?

[Taika]

Can you describe your vision for the 2.0 end game boss battles? How are you planning to make "classic FF elements" vs. "current MMO standard elements" meet so that the players who are used to either one will feel comfortable? Will the 2.0 end game battles be similar to the 1.0 boss battles, namely Garuda and Van Darnus Hard Mode, in terms of mechanics and difficulty?

[Taika]

What are the plans for the longevity of end game gear pieces? When a player obtains a current best-in-slot piece, how long will it last as such before something better will be added making that piece obsolete? Are there going to be pieces that will be very difficult and slow to obtain but which will last a long time?

See also Dzian's question:

How do you plan to manage "Power Creeps" in ARR (situations where new content almost instantly makes old content worthless and obselete) Will contents be varied enough that there is never just one "best in slot" piece?

And Chinook's question:

Are you still planning to make most of old content/gear obsolete after every major patch ?

[Lirion]

Will our characters be less useless in cutscenes and actually do something? I hate being continuesly saved by other NCPs who then take over the entire cutscene with us in the back.

[Taika]

What kind of plans do you have for making the game world feel alive and interesting for players? For example, will there be reasons for players to actually travel through areas instead of instantly teleporting and how much open world content is there?

I'm also hoping for paying attention to detail when planning different areas and all areas having their own atmosphere (XI did this extremely well), and NPCs being alive and doing something instead of just standing still and waiting for the player to talk to them.

[Matsume]

Will ARR be featuring Dynamic Weather Effects such as thunder and lightning, storms, gale force winds etc?

[Ilakya]

Is there going to be more of new player selected to join the beta? or most of player in beta will be only legacy player?

[Ilakya]

Can you tell me about if there's any plan to welcome the new player into ARR? Is there any thing like free to play trial?

[Andreas-Lycaeus]

Having seen the sneak peek of the return of the Mandragora, can we expect to be graced once more by the beautiful presence of the Dhalmel?!



Also, can we expect to see any references from Final Fantasy IX cropping up? We know of things like the Crystal Tower from III and the Golden Saucer from VII, as well as there being talk of something from XIII making its way in, but with the 'high fantasy' setting, I'd love to see more from IX! A Tantalus theatre troupe, perhaps, or the Knights of Pluto?

Thank you, and I cannot wait to see what Yoshi-P and the rest of the ARR team have in store!