Ask Questions for Director Yoji Fujito and Producer Akihiko Matsui

[Zhexos]

Greetings, everyone!

We’re pleased to announce that we’ll be hosting a Q&A segment at the FINAL FANTASY XI Fan Gathering 2020 at PAX East scheduled for February 27! In this thread we’d like you to pose questions for Director Yoji Fujito and Producer Akihiko Matsui.

Please post any questions you may have regarding the latest version update, the current FINAL FANTASY XI experience, or any general questions you may have for them!

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Wednesday, February 12 at 11:59 p.m. (PST)
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After PAX East has concluded, we'll share the full Q&A that took place at the gathering!

[larrymc]

When will we be getting upgraded empyrean gear?

[larrymc]

Any plans for upgraded Limbus battle system?

[larrymc]

SE has said that they want BST to play along side pet. Any plans to introduce gear that boosts or defends both master and pet simultaneously?

[larrymc]

What is the financial health of FFXI. Are subscribers stable, increasing, or declining?

[TullemoreAsuraFFXI]

Will we see additional locations utilized for Apex enemies? More variety of Apex enemy types introduced? Any adjustments to alleviate congestion at locations where Apex enemies currently exist?

[Mnejing]

What ever happen to Indi- Geo- Regain? Considering Adloquium and Tactician's Roll exists for Scholar and Corsair respectfully, its a little unfair.

http://i.imgur.com/y1FVz3b.jpg

[ringoko]

There aren't any food options that give both melee stats such as stp and acc while also giving mage stats such as magic attack or magic acc. Could you add some in the form of a churro? That would be pretty sweet.

[Sirmarki]

Will you ever stop people selling content for gil?

[larrymc]

Will SE consider removing the animation lockout during the BST one hour - unleash, so that pet ready commands rapid fire in a similar fashion to SMN?

[Rwolf]

Beastmasters have frequently expressed problems with activating job abilities for pets. Could we get clarification as to why Beastmaster requires extreme penalties to follow vision and why it was not required for other jobs? Examples being Ninja tanking or White Mage changes to increase Afflatus Misery usage. Thank you.

[Beastorizer]

Oh I had to come back for this.............


Greetings

Question 1: Why does BST get so many repeat pets instead of new ones?
Question 2: Will magical creatures like Xion, Bahamut, or Shinryu ever get released as summons, even if it is part of Astral Flow?
Question 3: It is possible for BST to have an astral flow type skill that allows them to summon powerful beast such as Naakuals for a brief moment?
Question 4: Do you hate BST? (Just kidding....kind of.....lol)

[Typral]

When do you plan to update Monstrosity!? :(

[Frodnon]

Why is the summoner weapon Draumstafir not normal double attack? what do the other augments on it do?

[Frodnon]

Can you increase the single attack/ability damage cap from 99,999 to 999,999?

[Frodnon]

Will we ever get different colored chocobo costumes?

[Smokenttp]

How feasiable it would be to increase delivery box/ action house itens placement sizes?
Is it still possible to add more mogle wardrobes into the game?, what about increasing macro books/equip sets slot?
Is it still possible to add new jobs into the game even without new expasion packs? (like just adding quests line ups for then).
Would it be possible to change monster HP HUDS to make it more manageable to gauge HP%s something like ruler lines at each 10%s?

[Smokenttp]

How feasible would an ability like cover to be implemented into ninja in order to make it an position oriented "off-tank" job?
About enmity generation is there a possibility for an overhaul on the sistem? mainly on the enmity that damage dealer generate, they reach the cap alot faster then the tanks making the recast from tanks ja not enough to keep up unless the tank is extremely well geared and playing at max attention. could this be alliviated a bit either by reducing the enmiity generated by damage or with alot more extra enmity spells/abilities implemented on tank jobs?

[Zenoxio]

Could it be considered to allow for automation oil to stack up to 99?

[Zenoxio]

Is there anything that could be done to improve getting into Einherjar tier 3? Specifically on Asura seems to be often congested.

[Zenoxio]

I have seen concern, at least from the western community, around players observing a substantial amount of botting occurring in the game. The community is finding these botters remain in the game for months or longer which makes it appear that nothing is being done against these User Agreement violations. Is the development team aware of this and is there anything the community should be doing differently to ensure such reports reach the correct team?

[Zenoxio]

Have there been any considerations to let Bard songs affect pets?

[Beastorizer]

Question: When will the species, quests, & areas to this system be updated? I dream of thrashing foes as a Gabbrath or Provenance Watcher. Maybe add Avatars to the mix? This fantastic feature needs to live on....

There was a 50 page outcry to update Monstrosity on the official forums. There are 38 page guides on FFXI.AH.com. Interest is clearly there.

[Typral]

When you think about it, there is so much room for TONS of content with the Monstrosity system. They could have allowed them into battlefields as participants and that could open up a lot of content options and strategies and, more importantly, fun. Maybe even a way to get the 75 cap people to be pleased, and make the leveling process really slow and needing to team up lol.

[Gwydion]

With full disclosure, will you please tell us what your plans are for Beastmaster going forward? Every aspect of the Beastmaster job feels unfinished, so I will keep my two questions simple:

1.) Will you consider removing the level cap from our pets to match our Item-Level? Our hope is to enjoy increased variety with pet selection. (The current pet selection is very limiting for Su5 Beastmasters and the pet offering in November has zero value when compared to previously released pets). If you would add a unique pet to REM weapons for Beastmaster, similar to COR/RNG bullet pouches that would help us considerably. If those pets offered a unique buff to the Beastmaster, I would be ecstatic.
2.) There are currently only 2 items in the game that offer Reward Recast Reduction and they reach the cap of -25% reduction very quickly (25/34 seconds). Please increase this cap from equipment so that we may get rid of Group 1 Reward merits and choose a more offensive stance, such as Killer Instinct as you have instructed us to do. Similarly, please consider adding Reward Recast Reduction armor to Domain Invasion or to Dark Matter augmented provided by Oseem.

Thank you!

[Darksia]

when is there going to be new DLC for the game and will the level cap go up to 135 as well as gear lvl change as well? how much can the lore of this game continue because i know alot of areas in the game has yet to be fully uncovered and can be expand upon?

[Darksia]

i for got to ask can ranger get another type of su 5 outside of that cross bow something like a dagger or axe ?

[Maledict]

Can you implement a toggle for the "New Challenge" sound and animation that plays whenever a new limited time Records of Eminence objective is offered? I have an auditory sensitivity and hearing the fanfare every time I log into Mog House/Rent-a-Room/Mog Garden can cause me trouble if I set the volume high.

I was thinking it could take the form of something like this:


USAGE: /challengeanim [subcommand]
->Toggles the "New Challenge" animation played when a new Records of Eminence limited-time objective is accepted. (Does not prevent the notification from being displayed in the log window.)
>>Subcommands:
on Play the "New Challenge" animation.
mog Play the "New Challenge" animation only when you are not within a Mog House,
Mog Garden or Rent-a-Room.
off Do not play the "New Challenge" animation.
Toggles between on and off if no subcommand is specified.

[Morovich]

A while ago you guys were talking about reducing and eliminating the XP loss when you get knocked out. While XP lost when getting knocked out nowadays is negligible, are there still plans to eliminate it altogether or has that been scrapped?

[VoiceMemo]

With so many new login furniture and other items, it's time to add a 3rd FLOOR to the mob house. My 2nd floor is already filled to the brim. See attached imagehttp://y-tech.us/ffxi/images/7.png

[VoiceMemo]

With so many new login furniture and other items, it's time to add a 3rd FLOOR to the mog house. My 2nd floor is already filled to the brim. See attached image. Are there any plans to add a 3rd FLOOR to mog house?

http://y-tech.us/ffxi/images/7.png

[Darksia]

When will the Empyrean gear +3 set be released? are we going to be able to see at any time soon?

[Selindrile]

Would you ever be willing to let a Dev explain at some point how -Exactly- treasure hunter works (As in how it affects drops)? It's something the playerbase has wanted to understand for a LONG time and it's quite difficult to try to figure out from data.

[larrymc]

Will we get new storage options (Wardrobe 5 & 6), or the possibility to equip gear stored in mog case, sack, or satchel?

[Sora_of_Asura]

Will you reconsider giving bards access to massacre elegy? Since now siren has access to elegy, something to make bard more unique.