Your questions for the Letter from the Producer LIVE

What about a companion app for PS Vita/Android/iphone? Maybe for crafting on the go, messaging and other accessorial purposes.

I'm wondering how allusions to other Final Fantasy titles will be handled in ARR. For instance, Red XIII mounts have been hinted at as possible or adding the Golden Saucer -- will these be out of lore elements to ARR or will the team work on a way to make them inner lore for FFXIV? It would really kill the story immersion of FFXIV being a separate title than past games if you add in things just for the sake of a nod to fans without explaining how it works in the lore of this title. That sort of thing has been done on many past titles and I would like to see some thought put into this rather than just something to gain kudos from players of past titles. Thank you.

Are you and the team willing to at least consider doing some things differently than the FFXI players demand. After all this is not FFXI but FFXIV. I like some of the things being done but will there be some definitive aspects that differ from FFXI or will this game be just a polished carbon copy? I played XI but I want XIV to be its own game.

Will new classes be mundane copies of other Final Fantasy titles (such as insisting that Dark Knight MUST be a GLD job) or are you open to some new takes on old things (such as having Dark Knight be a LNC job)?

What sort of things will be done to regulate and improve in-game economy besides the auction house type system and the gil reduction process? What is to keep the many current players from asking current list prices for the items instead of decreasing their prices by the 10% that the rest of the game will face?

Would Square Enix ever consider releasing a compendium of FFXIV lore in an eBook or physical book form sometime down the line so that players can really get into the story aspects of the game? So that we can know what different races and tribes think about the Primals and the Twelve and so we can know better the history of Hydaelin?

Did you people even read the rules in the OP? seriously...7

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Will there still be single player, or solo events, for the player with less time to play the game?

How exactly will forced active mode affect a mage's ability to gain mp back, not run out of mp too quickly and perform as their position requires?

Will the Arcanist have more just Carbuncle as its pet/avatar?

Will the Summoner have to unlock the "essence" of a primal before they can use it?

Will the servers still crash constantly as they currently seem to be doing? Or will you spend some of that precious time making this game playable ? This is a serious serious issue and if it isnt a priority how many players from 1.0 do you expect to return if it isnt fixed?

I really love these LIVE letters. Will you keep doing them in 2.0?

Can there be an option to turn off the tutorial at the beginning of the game?

What's with all the server crashes and disconnects from the game and how come it takes so long to teleport from one area into another?

Will our old characters have all the rest bonus applied while sleeping in their beds dreaming of FFXIV ARR credidted when FFXIV ARR launches? :o

why decide to kick everybody on EVERY server at the same time to make a filter for the HOW MANY people who came back on the 8th-10th, 10 MINUTES before the event?

why couldent you have done that on the 9th?

did anything change since the 9th to the 10th?

What is your official response to the poor implementation of the "Hour of Reckoning" event? It was effectively a series of server crashes.

This is lame... >.>

What are you going to do about the party system and evolve the way people cooperate with each other?

Why won't my mother come home?

Will we see the final event of the 1.0?

Do you know a good way of getting coffee stains out of wallpaper?

Tell us more about the Arcanist class that will be launched with 2.0.

If I wanted to and if I had the money, can I rent out a server for only me and my linkshell mates and make it private?

WIll there be zombies as mobs in 2.0 and the status effect of "zombie"?

Will you apologize in all 4 supported languages for that failed final event?

Ya i pay for this i cant login to exp the event kinda sad about that. =(

How do you feel that your final even failed so miserably because your servers arent made to support an MMORPG? will this be fixed?

Well to be honest i was logged in Dark Amy waves at me then i got d/c looking for her, havent been able to login since and only 40min left.

final battle more like final let down, couldn't even log in to take part, disappointment at this. i did wonder if the producer would get stick for this, doubt he will but hey i'll make sure my dissatifaction is heard.

Dont be to harsh with them im sure most their energy is in arr just hope if there is an event item or something, for CE holders like myself who were trying to be apart of it should get the same, and or maybe a login cs of the event.

Will there be more /dance emotes in ARR ?

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Originally Posted by Aerenvel

Dont be to harsh with them im sure most their energy is in arr just hope if there is an event item or something, for CE holders like myself who were trying to be apart of it should get the same, and or maybe a login cs of the event.

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if they werent advertising the ending for the entire game to come and experience i could understand not being harsh on them. but this is just pathetic. Oh and im pretty sure they invited some people back even if your account wasnt active to experience it.

doubt alot of people will return to 2.0 after this

Will Alchemists be able to craft a wide range of fireworks ?

Ya but still if you pay attention the whole reason they had to redesign it was because of the UI issues, I do understand having owned a marketing company how it works, your right they probably let alot of people down and shouldnt of advertised it because they do know of the UI issues. However in people lust to sate their own they point fingers at people who probably oppossed the idea in the first place. SO i stand by the dont be to harsh aspect of it no ones perfect we are just trying to be.

The Hour of Reckoning event was a shambles to say the least. Will there be flashbacks in ARR to detail Eorzea's last hours?

A lot of people tried their darnedest to defeat Hard Darnus before the end of 1.0, and were trying to beat him right up until the servers shut down. For many, this was due to a lack of players available to help in the final days of 1.0 service.

Is there any possibility you could reconsider your previous stance, and keep this battle (and its reward) in 2.0 for Legacy subscribers?

While I expected not to be able to get on for the final battle, extending The Raven Nevermore for Legacy subscribers into 2.0 would satisfy many of them, I believe.

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Originally Posted by Ravidrath

A lot of people tried their darnedest to defeat Hard Darnus before the end of 1.0, and were trying to beat him right up until the servers shut down. For many, this was due to a lack of players available to help in the final days of 1.0 service.

Is there any possibility you could reconsider your previous stance, and keep this battle (and its reward) in 2.0 for Legacy subscribers?

While I expected not to be able to get on for the final battle, extending The Raven Nevermore for Legacy subscribers into 2.0 would satisfy many of them, I believe.

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Agree with this. I just barely beat the normal darnus fight by the final save. I never really got a decent chance at hard mode :/. Besides, the fact that that earring is so good, should by itself merit the content being brought back after 2.0.

I just want to say THANK YOU for the AMAZING end cutscene. Job well done !!!!