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This question may not exactly have to pertain to the next patch, but It has been nurning in my mind for a while now. At the moment we have our Chocobo companions, which we can level up to help us along our journey. At the moment the only reason most are even thinking of leveling their chocos is for the barding, but I dor one enjoy playing with my choco and would love for there to be new and exciting things to do with it beside using it as a healer for solo content... So my question is, what are the future plans for Chocobo/other companions. Will there be content that you can only do with them such as 4-man dungeons involving 4 people and their chocobos in an open environment taking down mobs/bosses and unlocking either chocobo specific gear and or player gear? I feel like this would get more people involved in the chocobo scene and give them a reason to level them besides just for barding.

will the Gilgamesh fight be accessible?

Also, I'm aware that chocobo breeding will be making an appearance sooner or later and assuming that chocobo stats will be passed on to their babies, will there eventually be higher ranks for chocobos past 10? And... will we ever see different colored chocobos, and racing? I know I'm not the only person thinking of these things, but it'd be nice to have some fun ways to make money besides the constant grind and mindless crafting.

Will anything similar to FFXI's Besieged ever be added to the game? Something where many players could fight side-by-side to defend something? Not more of this small party dungeon stuff, but something more open, less claustrophobic. Something that people could join in at any time after it starts - no waiting in a queue..

It would be nice to receive Tombstones from the fates, and why do I have to finish the storyline to do High Level Duty Roulette? It gets really monotonous doing the same dungeons over and over again. I get bored really fast with repeativness.

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Originally Posted by Tintizzy

Hello,

In Patch 2.1 the warrior got some upgrades to make it more comparable to the Paladin while doing End Game Content.

My question is why is the Warrior still not as good as a Paladin? When you get down to the nitty-gritty of things. My I-82 Paladin will stay alive a lot longer then my I-83 Warrior in every contest I would put them in. With that being said I believe it comes down to the number of cool downs the Paladin has VS a Warrior.

My secondary question is will there be any improvements made to the Warriors cool down list for Damage Mitigation?

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I can't understand why Warrior requires two Disciples of War sub jobs and not given Disciples of Magic as a sub (like CNJ) so they at least have cure and stoneskin. If no one heals you, tanking a fate, you're in trouble.

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Originally Posted by Jollyy5

Will Disciple of War classes be further balanced? Dragoons for example are considered so bad that no one wants them in raid/progression groups, which kind of ruins the game for me.

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Dragoon is pretty Squishy for the up close combat required. I tried "The Aurum Vale" twice, with one instance being abandoned after several failed attempts at Coincounter, and the other giving up after 3 failed attempts on the final boss. I'm currently leveling CNJ to 50, just to complete "The Aurum Vale" (pretty sad). I have a level 50 PLD, but I've yet to tank for an instance, because I don't feel I'm familiar enough with all the dungeons layout, and exactly what needs to be cleared, and what can be overlooked.

1 - are there any plans to add in higher item level for crafting classes, something like item level 70+ crafting equipment ?

2 - are there any chances of players getting their npc companions like from V1.0 back?

3 - any plans on adding mounted combat into the game, if yes any ideas as to when ?

1) More Random Factor please , similar of FFXI , in fighting a boss or normal mobs they act randomly and they execute random weapon skills on us . Also I would like to see more random NM in the open world that has random factors to make it appear , it will make things more interesting this way. And to make things more fun make random drop rate !!!! <people will hate this lol>

2) Mercenary Quests from Players to Players , questing things to be done for them in return they give something in return but I dont know how you can implement it but it could work with the current system of Steam offline trading ? if you can have a look in here

http://store.steampowered.com/news/11395/

Mercenary Quests from Players to Players , questing things to be done for them in return they give something in return but I dont know how you can implement it but it could work with the current system of Steam offline trading ? if you can have a look in here.

http://store.steampowered.com/news/11395/

The gil issue is because of lack of crafting and gathering. Stuff is just to easy to get. I hate to say it but its true. When you make it so its very easy to obtain the supplies and make it HQ almost every time, people don't see the profit in it and treat it as a NQ. Again hate to say it but crafting HQ items is to easy. On top of that, people keep reducing the price on many things that were worth farming and now they are not because because its just easier and almost cheaper to just buy them because you get almost 10k gil on one dungeon run and repairs cost 2.5k-3k gil on iLv80+ gear when they are running low after 4-5 runs. As of now, people that craft can't make gear w/o binding materia to it close to get close to iLv80+ gear. If they do try to sell it, people just use the stones to buy their armor because they don't want to or don't have enough gil to buy the set and stones are easier to get than gil.

So again hate to say they need to make the armor you buy with stones cost more or reduce the amount of stones you get to balance out the gear you get with stones vs the gear you can get threw crafting. Places like CT and Coil should lower their drop rates on gear and add hard to get supplies so people that can lot on them to make gear iLv80 stock to iLv90 gear with materia and add some customization to the stats. The housing also killed the economy because a lot of FC's and players are hording gil to get their house because they cost so much.On top of that they are talking or making it (not sure haven't really looked into it yet) that you can personal buy your own house. How much the FC houses are, people that have a lot of gil are trying to get more gil to be ready to buy their very own house. Lately in this game I haven't had the need for gil. I can make it very cheep or farm dungeon to get better gear.

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Originally Posted by Sigvaldus

can have chain skilling back, like in ff11?

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Please, NO. If you want to be tied down to the repetitive Weaponskills required by Skillchains and the parties Job classes, then go back to FFXI. I, myself, am enjoying the relaxed fighting style this game offers. I get tired of being forced to perform he same Weaponskills in a predetermined order of execution, and having my eyes glued to the chat log, looking and waiting for skills used by the mob and party members. Using macros to display chat, letting party members know when to start the skillchain. Yeah, the animations from the Magic Burst.
Don't get me wrong, It CAN be fun, but after hours and hours, sometimes days, of grouping, it can get to be more like work then a game.

The only thing I use gil is cheep supplies, teleports and repairing gear. Other than that if I feel like the supplies are going for a to much, I farm it and keep the NQ and sell the HQ to still make profit. But most of the time, by the time I get back the price dropped so much I fell like I just wasted my time because people try to get a quick sale buy price matching off each other so items that cost 10k per pop are now 500 gil or lower with in a day or two. They really need to go back to the FFXI auction house ways again to help balance out the game a bit. I know its easy to monopolize the market but hay some times that good thing. If you are into making gil off the people that are monopolizing its a good way to go. That's how I made most of my gil in XI. If they don't fix the basics of the game many people are going to leave because they are bored with it quick and mad because the fell like they wasted their time on their crafting or gathering jobs.

Sometime in a future patch I would like to see the condition corrected with Marking mobs, using others to do your dirty work with finishing off mobs, and then receiving bonus experience / credit. It's annoying to see an entire fate spawn Marked from AOE before you can even buff. It's especially annoying for myself as a tank, to cast Protect and Stoneskin while some Archer or Magic caster gains the mob's hate, which can be difficult at times to get back while chasing after a mob being kitted.

Another thing I would like to see changed in a future patch, is the amount of time some skills and potions are active. 10 to 20 seconds is a really short duration. Is there any real issue with allowing these skills, and potions to be effective for a more realistic duration like, say 60 seconds or in a case like PLD's Sentinel or Tempered Will, just let them last 5 to 10 minutes. Is that really going to change the game that much? This other request is in the same category, so I'm going to include it in this thread. When you cast Stoneskin, and Protect, then enter a Fate the requires Syncing, those buffs disappear, and then require casting once again (to be better prepared) before engaging the mob. Can this be addressed? The skills that are not available at the synced level should disappear, but not ones that are available for use at the synced level.

This is a bit of a loaded question.

In his current iteration, Odin is a bit of an enigma. We know his history and why he was sealed away. We know his seal was shattered and that he is now free. We know he was a ruthless fighter before, yet he currently wanders the shroud without directly attacking Gridania. It is said on the website that he may simply be looking for a worthy opponent, but thats where it all ends. We are left with a bit of a cliff hanger after completing Odin's background questline in the Waking Sands, which we can only assume will be a pre-requisite to future content.

My question is, will Odin be expanded upon in the future? He is a Final Fantasy character who has some rich history and inspiration, immense power and threat. He is also currently very under appreciated. You've already shown interest in releasing Primals in a FATE format but can the opposite be done for Odin? Will he be expanded upon in future main story developments?

I have a few questions.

First is are you planning on putting in more jobs and classes into the game? if so when will we see them possibly and what jobs/classes will they be?

Second how are you going to fix PvP? I wonder this because I grow tired of fighting against ranks far above my own. I wonder this only cause I am rank 6 I do not mind the constant stun/sleep (though I think sleep should have some debuff in pvp only) but I tire of fight rank 30's 40's when I am no where near that rank. Also are you going to drop the prices of PvP gear or increase that amount of Marks one get for winning or losing?

It was previously stated that Final Fantasy XIV will be coming to the Steam gaming network. When will this happen, and will existing PC customers receive a code to unlock the Steam version without needing to buy the game again?

I'm not sure if this has been posted before, but will a name changing feature ever be available?

Will there be a level cap increase in the near future?

Hello,

If Hallowed Ground is to be an Instant Cast, why is there a wait time between the use and the actual applied Hallowed Ground?

Dear Yoshi-P

Are you ever going to add in set piece gear. Like World of Warcraft and Rift had 2 and 4 set pieces that once you acquired either 2 or 4 of the set pieces the set would empower and ability or passive effect.

i think a refresh buton on pf would be nice aswel.
for quick search youre party.

greetings Donovan Killa

Is addon support coming out this patch?

because I think this will polish everyone's gameplay alot if it's implemented.

Do you ever plan to implement different songs for certain mounts? Example; the Magitek Armor playing Terra's theme from Final Fantasy 6.

Are there going to be more quests restricted to which grand company we picked but not just grand company quests like "no longer a pup"

Is there any plans to add an emote where we can do the pose that Hildibrand and the dapper zombies do.

Free Comapny chest sorting? Any idea when we can look forward to that badboy?!!

Will equipment ever be changed to incorporate set bonuses instead of the the only set bonuses being for Grand Company gear?

When will the latency issues be fixed so that those of us who are affected won't have to pay an extra monthly fee to another company just to play a game we enjoy? Regardless of whose fault it is, you guys at SE would get a much better response from ISPs than us customers ever will. Please help us out on this front and let us know what can be done to address these issues. Thank you.

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Originally Posted by KamenOmega

Dear Yoshi-P

Are you ever going to add in set piece gear. Like World of Warcraft and Rift had 2 and 4 set pieces that once you acquired either 2 or 4 of the set pieces the set would empower and ability or passive effect.

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Take a look at the gear the grand companies offer... Set bonuses are on those.

Any thoughts on possibly moving Odin into a trial environment much like Ultima's Ballad eventually? I feel like someone so iconic to Final Fantasy has been trivialized so early in the game's life.

My issue is titan extreme. garuda EX = easy. garuda HM + ifrit HM = easy.

Titan HM and EX = fkd up b/c of one simple fact: latency caused by being on top of that pedestal so far off the ground, requiring more bandwidth, causing more latency.

Solution: put titan on the ground like other primals, but instead of that stupid pedestal, put lava around the outside? or some other low latency causing effect.

RE: pingzapper and other VPN programs: why should i have to pay a company outside of Squeenix in order for their program to work properly?

How is the development of the vanity system coming along and when will it be implemented?

When will this be updated to actually include more facial hair options and other facial features?

Currently there are no new facial hair options for male characters. I either look french or in a early stage of puberty. We need to have full beard options (this means multiple full beard styles) on ALL races!

Is chocobo breeding coming any time soon? Or at least a way to respec chocobo skills?

will there be a option to hide jewelry?

Will there be more elaborate Grand company bardings in the higher ranks?

Will there be a spawn similar to Odin for Thanlan and La Noscea?