Questions and Feedback on the Future of FINAL FANTASY XIV

Oh, yeah, and I'm sure this has been mentioned upthread: Please, please for the love of the Twelve, even if it doesn't make IC sense, link the auction houses of all the cities in 2.0 together. Please. D: This would do a lot towards stopping the "everyone Ul'dah forever" phenomenon along with a party search function - I recognise it's probably not feasible in 1.20, but at least for 2.0.

Thanks!

Question: Lots of people like PvP, will we ever get a PvP server where PKing is an option?

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Originally Posted by Bearforce

taking a pity in a multi billion $ company is a bit exaggerating, hence blizzard didnt need our money when the game is going in beta and when its released, its released a finished *product*. finished product meaning they had AH/they had a friendly UI interface, they didnt fucked upon release on what SE had launched.i know SE is not a *non-profit organziation but to continue building a game with our pockets is completely unacceptable to me.they are responsible of paying the bills and not us.but yeah feel free to spend your money where its entitled too. and i hope SE takes consideration in putting your name on the credit list in making the game.

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I'll be paying simply to avoid experiencing your existence.

When are we going to get TRUE open world >>>end game<<< content? ex: sky/sea/HNM's

I understand we will have some sort of roaming Odin fight coming in the future, what type of content and battles with him be like? Will he work kind of like the Dark Ixion fight from XI?

I'm not sure if this has already been asked, but:

Sometime in the near future, maybe within next year, will we see an expansion on the Parley system? I think it would be fun to be able to challenge eachother to Parley and maybe have weekly/monthly ingame tournament events with rankings and all that jazz.

Hey, why not? I think it would be fun.

Have you put any thought into making randomization possible for some of the current and future repeatable content in-game?

Coming from FFXI, the content that kept being "fresh" for the longest and didn't become stagnant as easily were events that had randomization in them. See: pretty much every event in ToAU.

GuildLeves would benefit from this sort of feature the most in my opinion, in the current game. For being repeatable, leves suffer from stagnancy.

Regarding the Leve system, it would be fantastic if, while implementing more randomized features you could also make the ticket system more... Fluid. What I mean by this is that if you happen to have saved up many tickets and need to use them all at once, the constant need to go back to get more Leves from town, as well as the necessity to start and finish each leve "separately" breaks the pace of the event.

By making it more Fluid I basically mean that using tickets could be made a more streamlined process. Say, if you have 14 tickets at your disposal and want to use them all, you could go to a camp of your choosing and start a single leve. However, unlike before the objectives would stack up, meaning as soon as you finish one leve's objective you would get a message asking if you want to continue directly or quit. By answering Yes a new leve would start immediately, and by completing Both during the same run you would get a "stacking" bonus, as well as the individual rewards for both Leves. You could do this as long as you have more tickets to use, but there should be a slight penalty for stacking them up- say, for example 2 minutes are taken away from the total time you have to clear the next Leve.

This means that, for the first Leve you have 30 minutes to finish it, and if you choose to stack another on top of it, the second Leve would have a time limit of 28 minutes. The next one only 26 minutes, and so on.

With these two changes, Leves would be more random in nature, thus making the content stay interesting for longer (which is important for repeatable content), plus it would be easier and less of a hassle to use multiple tickets if you have more of them stored than you could possibly use.

Anyway that's just an example. My point here is: make leves system more fluid, create ways to keep repeatable content fresh and interesting for longer.

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Originally Posted by Betelgeuzah

Thats basically the feature they have touted about the most. We don't need to hear it again LIVE. Yes, the new engine is specifically designed for active gameplay with multiple characters and effects on screen.

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You're right, I subsequently saw an interview, and yes, that has been answered. Now I wanna know if the suggestions the new engine will have generally lower quality as a result (instead of quality scaling with system power), are true, or if more powerful computers displaying more characters at once is simply one more graphical improvement.

Well, that, and since they've said Final Fantasy XIV's new engine will use lessons learned with Luminous but not Luminous itself..

What's Final Fantasy XIV's unique new engine going to be called? Just a fun query.

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Originally Posted by Fensfield

Well, here's my question, for now:

Static content (IE: Quests, dungeons, etc, that are generally the same but for set variations implemented by the developers, with significant changes happening only when development time was expended) was an answer to an old problem of technological limits making it impossible for developers to present worlds wherein things could change and players could make any sort of meaningful difference.

In the face of new technology, and games like Guild Wars 2 beginning to push the boundaries of the old static content model, and EVE Online and supposedly the upcoming World of Darkness with the vast majority of their content being truly dynamic and rooted in player behaviour, will Final Fantasy XIV, largely static content, and the 'theme park' philosophy be able to continue to offer experiences of remotely comparable quality, enjoyability, and meaning?

Maybe not a concern about the future many will share or even understand but.. that's the one's been nagging at me most.

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Love this question, please get the dev team to think about it and answer it. It's been nagging me too.

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Originally Posted by Issac

I'm not sure if this has already been asked, but:

Sometime in the near future, maybe within next year, will we see an expansion on the Parley system? I think it would be fun to be able to challenge eachother to Parley and maybe have weekly/monthly ingame tournament events with rankings and all that jazz.

Hey, why not? I think it would be fun.

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I would love to see this, sounds like a lot of fun. I always thought it would at least be a nice past-time if you could at least perform parlay between live players.

With regards to a taming class, is it possible for the tamer to have abilities that are good for solo play, but are also good to use in a party?

In FFXI, beastmaster was given several abilities to use on their pet, and yet in parties, they weren't popular because they were simply outclassed by other jobs. With the TP system in this game, is it possible for the tamer to have pets and pet abilities that could either support the party or damage the monster?

Thank you.

Edit: With that said, can pets be more durable so they can viably be used in endgame activities?

QUESTION: What happens to FFXI subscribers? Somewhere during the production of FFXIV I read on IGN that there may/would be a discount for players who subscribe to both games at once, or at least an opportunity to bundle the subscriptions. Is this still in the works or will players have to choose one over the other? I love FFXI, but unfortunately the dwindling playerbase has me running.

Since FFXIV needs Pet type Jobs, do you think The "Machinist" Job could be Implemented as a pet type job with a Mechanical Pet Automation that gets unlocked through Musketeer?

Playing with family and friends is something I truly enjoy in video games. Playing with everyone isn't all that fun in XIV since we all are at different levels, which causes for an uneven playing field making some feel like they are not contributing, and some like they are baby sitting.
Level Sync is something that can fix this issue allowing casual, mid core, and hardcore to play together comfortably. Level Sync will truly make the game more accessible and enable players to play and enjoy newly added low level dungeons as intended.

Is Level Sync in the current plans for 2.0?

Q: can the new v2.0 include alternative chat channels that players can set up to allow access to other players if desired?
similar to party and linkshell chat, but more localised. I like to set a /p casts "soandso" in my macros so that we can better organize casting rotations and such, but it congests the already limited ways of communication

although our LS uses Ventrillo, /l chat, /p chat, I would like to have more options for organizing things. I remember back in my EQ days of being in a healer rotation chat channel. although FFXIV is not anywhere near the large scale raids of EQ, separating chat for different purposes into different windows is a great way to organize things such as buff rotations, heal rotations for enmity management, and jsut knowing what other mages are doing in such a dynamic environment that FF is trying to create

Hey Just have one more quick question for the development team. Is there a merit point type system currently in the works? I really enjoyed the merit system from FFXI as it allowed you to further develop your character after reaching the level cap. BTW, you guys are doing an awesome job with the game. Thank you. :)

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Originally Posted by Ayamia

I'm more of a keyboard only gamer... All those implementations sound like I'm going to be forced to use the mouse. Will there still be some way to play with keyboard only?

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WTF? What's wrong with you? Why would anyone want to play a MMO with keyboard only?
Only reason I see is, you're retarded in some way or only have one hand.

Will the Dhalmel monsters make a return for 2.0?
It could even just be one joke NM

http://www.ffxiah.com/images/ss/full...H0nWyPesBh.png

Question: Will Dragoons have a Pet wyvern?

Question: When the client changes over will there be an alternative to downloading it? Can we get a new disc from SE? I would even pay shipping.

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Originally Posted by Raagnar

Question: When the client changes over will there be an alternative to downloading it? Can we get a new disc from SE? I would even pay shipping.

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Great question. I wouldn't mind paying shipping either if I could get a new disc.

So we cant replay these stories again ? Man..... i gotta record them.

Hello Everyone,

Didn't they say before the game comes out that XI and XIV players will gets a discount on either XI or XIV?

I have both the games and yes I kinda agree with all of you 50% game is 50% payment it is only fair for everyone.

I know that SE is making this game around the clock to make the game better and better and that is why we love the game because of there hard work (Thank you SE).

FFXIV 2.0 is a fantastic idea! Perception is everything, and this is exactly the change that needs to happen to make the community take a second look at the game. In fact, I believe it is the only thing that will save this game.

A picture is worth a thousand words, and the UI concept shot certainly speaks loudly. This is very exciting to see! It seems that the dev team finally understands global MMO standards, and wants to bring them to us.

However, I have both postitive feedback, and serious concerns.

1. UI: As a PC gamer, and a keyboard/mouse user, one issue I've had with FFXIV is that it has never felt like a PC MMO. It looks like that will change in 2.0. I'm glad to see standard UI elements, such as the party unit frames in the top left, additional chat log tabs, menu buttons in the bottom right, a more refined mini-map with zoom controls, earth-time clock, gil display and more. I am concerned about the action bars, however, as I had believed the dev team was working on all three being displayed at once? This issue is imperative to keyboard/mouse users, and that's not exactly what you see in the concept shot. Other than that, the UI is beautiful and, despite what some are saying, quite modern and clean. Well done.

2. Mouse Controls: Mouse controls are still a point of contention to keyboard/mouse users. Will we have right-click support in 2.0? Meaning, when you right-click on NPCs and interactable objects, will you be presented with a pop-up menu of options? Also, mouse controls are still not the MMO standard. Currently, left-click drag does nothing, while right-click-drag pans the camera if you are stationary and pivots (moves) your character if you are already running. Instead, left-click-drag should pan the camera while right-click-drag should pivot (move) your character. Will mouse controls be revisited?

3. Freedom Of Movement: Will 2.0 allow our characters to live and move in a free environment that includes actions such as jumping and swimming? I hope so. I would like to be able to perform these actions and not be so tied to the ground.

4. Quests: I am used to quest-based leveling that you see in other MMOs. While I realize that the game is moving more toward a model that gives players a choice of ways to level, FFXIV is still lacking when it comes to sidequests. I would like the option to level almost exclusively by questing alone. Currently, that isn't possible. Will more quests and stories be added?

5. Voice Acting: Voice acting brings characters to life. I had believed FFXIV was originally to include more voice overs, but there are only a few cut scenes where this happens. Do you have plans to fully voice all cut scenes and add greeting dialogue when you interact with an NPC in 2.0?

6. Linkshell Management: Linkshells feel like little more than chat channels. Will we get more robust linkshell controls like guilds see in other MMOs?

7. Payment: This is my biggest concern. The dev team still does not believe FFXIV to be up to Final Fantasy standards, yet it has been announced that subscriptions will start up before the end of the year (before the job system is even implemented). How can paying a fee at this point be justified? Are we expected to pay the full fee of $12.99 or a reduced cost until 2.0? Also, will the recent announcement about easier payment options in FFXI be extended to us? Will we have new payment options?

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Originally Posted by Darkvalkyr

I'm speechless.

And to also be part of this change?

SE, take my money.

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^ this

Bravo SE, Bravo!
...hurry up though... a year is a long time for gamers...... few of us are patient i'm sure.

The roadmap shows Linkshell system from September to November 2011. does this mean we are finally getting Linkshell management tools and such in 1.20? Our linkshell is growing so fast and reaching the 129 cap soon with no method to clear out the inactives other then to reform the ls in a new pearl which then looses all the info on the lodestone and start dates and the positive in the LS list on the menu etc etc.

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Originally Posted by DantesAmore

The roadmap shows Linkshell system from September to November 2011

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It's the 2.0 development roadmap. So, we won't see those features implemented before 2.0 is implemented.

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Originally Posted by Rowyne

7. Payment: This is my biggest concern. The dev team still does not believe FFXIV to be up to Final Fantasy standards, yet it has been announced that subscriptions will start up before the end of the year (before the job system is even implemented). How can paying a fee at this point be justified? Are we expected to pay the full fee of $12.99 or a reduced cost until 2.0? Also, will the recent announcement about easier payment options in FFXI be extended to us? Will we have new payment options?

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Correction, is not only to FF standard but an MMO standard, which Yoshi has already stated after 1.20 patch, it is nearly the standard of what Final Fantasy feel.

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Originally Posted by Betelgeuzah

It's the 2.0 development roadmap. So, we won't see those features implemented before 2.0 is implemented.

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Actually most changes we will see before 2.0. Yoshi-P said this in last interview.

Could we have an adventurers guild representative at each camp, that could hand us the leve's from that camp? It'd be less running back and forth and more party play on the fly. Thus less time it takes to get things going.

The dev team has take this game from garbage to grandure in the months that Yoshida has tooken spearhead producer of FFXIV. Due to their current great work and awsome future plans they have coming for us, they will have my FULL support. As for my question, do you plan to release anymore info on the roadmap to 2.0 or perhaps some more real-time rendered screenshots? :D

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Originally Posted by Raagnar

Question: When the client changes over will there be an alternative to downloading it? Can we get a new disc from SE? I would even pay shipping.

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Was about to ask the same question - I'd prefer to have the client in "hardware" too. Wishful thinking: getting the FFXIV CE 2.0 xD

According to the QA
Q: Please tell us about the planned timing and your current thoughts on the adjustment of food effect.
A: Adjustments to the food effect are already in the plan for the patch 1.20 or 1.21. As of now, we are trying to determine when and how much of an adjustment should be made. We should be able to deliver the details some time soon.
Regarding their effects, introducing a food item with a great effect may force every player to eat the item to participate in content. To avoid that issue, striking a delicate balance will be required. So, we are planning to add different, food-like effects from what we have now.

the weapons with a great effect did force every player to use it. (as a blacksmith)
the armors with a great effect did force every player to use it. (as an armorer)
so as goldsmith & leatherworker & weaver.
why not as a culinarian?

if you make a food like an optional choice, most of players will ignore it as well as today.

What's the need of a culinarian in Eorzea?

Final Fantasy XII had these awesome target, and enemy target lines, any chance of bringing those into XIV 2.0? :)

is there anyway you can add switch-target while fighting? i cant even use my weapon skill on another mob when locked on one already anless i put my weapons away then switch-target but by that time i am dead... oh wheres my Dancer class? i miss that class i missed it so much i logged out of ffxiv and logged into ffxi just to play my dancer class :cool:

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Originally Posted by Rowon

is there anyway you can add switch-target while fighting? i cant even use my weapon skill on another mob when locked on one already anless i put my weapons away then switch-target but by that time i am dead... oh wheres my Dancer class? i miss that class i missed it so much i logged out of ffxiv and logged into ffxi just to play my dancer class :cool:

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There is a quick work around to this, although I admit it is at times tedious to work with; what I did was I went into configuration and chose for my targeting to only toggle between targets that have engaged me then what you do is, first, you "unlock" the current target and switch to the next using tab or d-pad, if you're on a gamepad. This method won't let you target anything else besides what is being fought.

Besides that I think there should be an agro list of sorts where one can choose between targets; as a Gladiator it can get very hard to provoke a particular enemy if its on someone else if there are many enemies in between.

Oh, here's a minor one that's been bugging me:

Why aren't we allowed to go out onto the walkways in front of the airship docks? The view from there must be amazing.

Limsa Lominsa has a small walkway leading out of its docking bay and around the wall of the main tower, and Gridania has a little platform roped off from which we could have gotten a great view of that massive water wheel assembly.

Meanwhile, Ul'dah.. Ul'dah is just plain weird. What's that huge walkway jutting out of the citadel if not the airship docking platform? I know this must sound like a bit of a rant but from day one I've looked forward to going out on that walkway and looking over the city, and now we get some.. strange internal docking area that, unlike the other cities, isn't even visible from outside.

Is this because of limitations on the current game engine that prevent us from looking out over the cities? Will it be changed come v2.0? If that walkway off the Ul'dahn citadel isn't a docking platform then what the heck is it for?

And will the Lominsan and Ul'dahn airship docking areas be non-instanced in v2.0 so that people outside the docking area can see airships coming and going, and people inside the docking areas can (draw distance issues aside) look out and see people in the city below?

This is obviously possible, as it's already the case in Gridania, however Limsa Lominsa and Ul'dah don't even support the illusion of being in the same part of the game world with faux airship arrivals and departures in the city zones proper.

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Originally Posted by Fensfield

from day one I've looked forward to going out on that walkway and looking over the city, and now we get some.. strange internal docking area that unlike the other cities isn't even visible from outside.

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I've been wanting to that from day one as well. I was extremely disappointed with how very little accessibility the city has and how it feels a lot like a "hub" than a city. San D'Oria or any other FFXI City had a much more livelier feel than Ul'dah does, I'm not saying it should be more like FFXI, I think FFXIV should be a game in its own but it just doesnt feel like a city...

I think this could be changed by adding accessibility, perhaps making the city a zone on its own; showing Civilians homes and perhaps Guards switching shifts and such.

And for the sake of spooking flamers and trolls, I am not proposing this as a priority, of course I'd first like to see a working, playable and stress free game. But this additions would also make the whole experience feel more complete.

SE you owe your fans more than you are giving them. you know you are remaking the game because it was no what people expected. and you know the finished product is not till 2.0 do the right thing wait for 2.0 and the finished product everyone expected at release, do not charge for beta test. this is not a request this is a demand. remember that the people you run off now may not forgive you for it.

I really like the materia system. I'd like to know if they have any more plans for end game character development.
Also a lot of mmo gameplay seems to revolve around a repetative grind making it feel more like a job than an entertaining gaming experience. I wonder what Yoshi-P thinks about this in regards to FFXIV.

i was wondering if there are any plans on changing how gear is coloured so as to make it easier to customize your characters look? like for example create or buy the gear and then use synthesis with a dye to change its colour.