Ask Questions for Letter from the Producer LIVE Part XIV!(Lead Designer Takeo Suzuki)

Side note, why is everyone asking a designer questions that are more suitable for the Lead Artist or Art Director? Cause... they are not the same.

Anyway, I think the real question on everyone's mind is:

Are we going to begin seeing end game content and quests moving away from FATEs as the community is somewhat getting burnt out on that grind?

Will there be new "themes" for gear added in 2.3? For example, 2.2 caster gear has a clown/jester theme.

Are you a part of the "Minion Alliance" ;D

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Originally Posted by Dinh

Side note, why is everyone asking a designer questions that are more suitable for the Lead Artist or Art Director? Cause... they are not the same.

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"Lead Designer Takeo Suzuki will also make an appearance to field graphic and art-related questions from gear, enemies, emotes, to hair styles and more." <- Front page of the launcher (Though they probably didn't mean it in the way the questions are being asked) :x

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Originally Posted by Lillia

"Lead Designer Takeo Suzuki will also make an appearance to field graphic and art-related questions from gear, enemies, emotes, to hair styles and more." <- Front page of the launcher (Though they probably didn't mean it in the way the questions are being asked) :x

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Ahhh I see now, thanks! ^^b

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Originally Posted by Dinh

Ahhh I see now, thanks! ^^b

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Np but just in case, I did move one of my questions to General instead seeing it revolved around concept art. xD

Can we have the black skin from 1.0 for miqote of the moon? The current one is too grey. =(

As someone who plays a tank class... will it ever be possible to glamour items such as the gear we get from the Odin or Bahamut FATE's? How about being able to dye higher end gear? Will that be possible ever?

Will you ever add cross-server friends list? I've had a few friends leave my server but would still like to be able to play with them. Many other MMOs have this feature so it's possible.

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When will these hairstyles that were shown off ages ago be implemented? :)

In the future, can hairstyles be tailored a little more appropriately for Lalafell in mind?

I really enjoyed Final Fantasy 11's Chain Combo System. Would it be possible if you let players have their own Limit Break and allow players to chain the Limit Breaks into combos? (Similar to how skills can chain to become more powerful in Final Fantasy 11) Right now, the Limit Break is not very fun, it lacks an interaction with other players.

Also, the character development is quite boring right now. Although there are many classes to choose from, everybody ends up with the same skill and same status points, only difference is their equipment's appearance. Can you perhaps give us some choices to how our character develop or be more unique when new skills are released to the game?

Also, most of the houses already sold on my server, can you please add more zones so people can buy a new home?

Why can't black mages use glamour to make staves look like clubs and scepters?

Since we're talking about glamours, are there any plans to make them less-job specific? e.g. allowing people to disguise their caster gear as leather armor or a spiffy weaver tailcoat or somesuch.

will we be seeing items from previous Final Fantasy titles? like the soldier uniform from Final Fantasy VII?

Would it be possible for each race its own animation to implement once the player has been defeated? They all look identical, especially if a group were pounded into the ground are the character exactly the same on the ground that looks a little strange.

Will there be open world pvp in the future to accompany "Battlegrounds"? If so, then will you be creating PVE Servers so that players who absolutely hate forced PVP will also enjoy the game? Otherwise, I'm afraid thousands of players will become unhappy.

Not sure if relevant to this thread, but will there be any additions to the aesthetics of indoor housing?

This is along the lines of ambient lighting, dimming or turning lights off, I feel restricted to way the I'd like to design a room in my house due to always having such a bright light.

And perhaps something like a bath/pool that's built into the floor?

In the first Letter from the Producer LIVE, Yoshida mentioned there being a correlation chart on the size of all monsters. Being the lead designer, do you think there is any chance we could get a peek at this? I would totally love to see a monster lineup poster or wallpaper!

Gear gets repeated over and over again. For example: the i90 craftables for tanks have the (almost) same look as Dark Light gear, which is gear implemented 24th August 2013.

Can we expect the gear design team, if there is one, to be more creative and implement (craftable) gear if not for stats, for the glamour system many people seem to love?

Where do you get your inspiration when you plan on game design?

Any plans to bring more SE iconic weapons styles, like Masamune, Halphas Dominus, and Fáfnirsbane?

can we have a younger teenage looking race or adjustments for the males because every character seems too tall and looks like they are middled age. Can we get some designs inspired by riku and sora?

When looking at most of the gear sets, excluding some, they tend be recolors of another set, such High Allagan set for Bard -> Castors or Crystal Tower set for Dragoon -> Bard, or Allagan set for Monk -> Dragoon -> Bard and Healers -> Castors. Is this a trend that will continue forward or will we see unique looking armor set for each job in the future?

With the announcement of the dagger and gun class, will those classes/jobs receive a unique set of gear, or will they just get receive gear based with the role they fall under(Tank, Melee DPS, Ranged DPS, or Healer)?

Not sure if this is off topic, but are there any plans to update the interior walls? A lot of the walls look really cool but clash horribly because of the parts of the wall that can't be changed. As well, are there any plans to add partitions in the new wall themes?

Primal Player Armor and Chocobo Barding

We have primal based weapons right now and even a chocobo barding. Are there plans to expand upon this like primal player armor and more chocobo barding?

Will the Miqote Sorceror's Petasos color change to what it should be than what it is now where it looks like the Wizard's Petasos? And would it be possible for the evenstar coat for miqote to be changed to allow free tail movement instead of lookking like a balloon?

Are there any plans to create more hairstyles that are based on people with different hair textures (I.E. People who have curly hair instead of straight hair.)? For example, would you consider adding an Afro hairstyle (or Cornrows, Dreadlocks, Braids, etc.) into the Aesthetician at some point?

I mean, if you can do Snow Villiers' hair style from Final Fantasy XIII, why not Sazh Katzroy too?

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Aesthetician Additional Customizations

Will hairstyles from other races be added to customization options from the aesthetician? For example, female midlanders being able to choose this ponytail that female miqo'te have:

http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:A...RszbDtuY56XKCQ

Any plans to bring a Chocobo Race (and a system to train those Chocobos) to the game?

Are there ever any plans to bring more texture detail into the game? Some armor has hillariously pixelated textures even when zoomed out.

If not will the developers bless people modifying game files to bring enhanched textures of their own design into the game?

Will we ever see race unique animations in the future?

When are you guys going to release something new instead of recycling the same old stuff trying to pass it off as new? Sick of seeing fate this and fate that with a random primal tossed in somewhere then grinding the same recycled dungeons just to go back to fate this and fate that.

And chocobo breeding, when can we breed our own color chocobos?

Any chance you guys will 'slim down' the Daystar Robe for some gender-race combinations?

It looks horrid on certain ones (male Hyur in my case), no offense meant.

Or more slim robes in general? Or undo the erect tail from the Evenstar Robe?

will we ever be allowed to have the option to use other race's starting gear as vanity? or at least be able to choose a style appearence? like being able to wear the lalafells style
Hempen Camise on other races for the same gender?

Are there any plans for overall longer hairstyles for all races, such as long ponytails or flowing hair? About the same length as Alphinaud and Alisaie's?

Can we get red/blue boxing gloves for PGL/MNK? :D

Heya Mr Takeo Suzuki how are you? Mind telling us about yourself,like how your life begun,what you did before,and how you got to the position you have today?

So Mr Takeo Suzuki do you have designs you'd love to show off for us?