Letter from the Producer LIVE 53: Ask Your Shadowbringers Questions!

Wanted to know since we are a few expansions in... is it possible to get a light novel/novelization of the game so far? I love that kind of thing and I was hoping it was gonna happen one day. :)

Will we see zurven weapons and dancer / gunbreaker primal weps introduced>

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Originally Posted by Zwynfalk

What was the reasoning behind having the skill Living Shadow summon the form of a male Hyur regardless of the player character's race and gender?

As a trans woman with a female character, it's incredibly distressing to know she'd be forced to summon an aspect of herself in a masculine body.
This single skill has kept me from touching a job that I've previously enjoyed. Is there any way this skill could be changed visually? A helmet-less copy of the player character with the same texture treatment as now would look much better in my opinion.

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I would recommend playing the DRK story quests while leveling it (as the skill you find problematic only appears at 80, giving you plenty of time to decide for yourself) as over it's story you meet and interact heavily with the character that skill's appearance is based on in the 30-50 (as while you're giving something form with your inner darkness, it is shaped by your memories--in this case memories of that character), as well as lore as to why/how that skill works in 60-70, and the 80 post-story quest is also amazing (though unrelated to this skill in particular).

there's also major themes in the class story of learning about, loving, and forgiving oneself to look forward to, and overall it is one of the best-written class quest series in the game (written by the same woman who wrote the ROG 1-30 story, all of the azim steppe plot, headed up the shadowbringers expansion itself's plot, and a great deal more).

Will flying/mounts be automatically unlocked in all zones for New Game+ (providing we’ve unlocked them on main account)?

Will Shadowbringers continue having custom delivery turn in characters and will they be able to be glamoured like most of the others, and on that note are there any plans on letting M'Naago be glamoured since she is the only one who can't be

Is there any way we can have limit breaks redone so that they are individual instead of party based? Perhaps add a dps limit break for tanks, a buff of some sort for healers, and utility for dps while keeping the old limit break 3 animations for classes but adding different animations based on the class for the 1 and 2 breaks. The added extra break could just increase potency based on lvl of limit instead of haveing 3 new animations since those are just extra for said class.

When will the servers Twintania and Spriggan get housing?

This question is one I've wanted to ask for a long time and is very important to me. Thank you for the opportunity to ask it.

Back when I created my character in ARR 2.0 Beta, I did not know that existing 1.0 characters would have a tattoo to honor their legacy until my new character had already been geared and leveled. I have always wanted to be able to display that I was a part of 1.0 but I do not want to have to start essentially a fresh character do to that so my question is this:

May we have a way to "melt down" an existing character with a 1.0 tattoo and apply it to another existing character without one? This way the number of characters with the tattoo will stay the same, but characters that people actually want to play will be able to display the tattoo.

Thank you for your consideration of my proposal. m(_ _)m

As a request from both a roleplayer and a fan of screenshots, can the gendered poses for Victory Pose, Battle Stance, and At Ready (using Change Pose with weapon drawn) be allowed for both genders? As a Female Paladin I prefer the male Victory Pose and Battle Stance to the female ones, and I know female Dragoons would kill for the iconic Dragoon pose the males get. Furthermore I know a lot of male Monk players and Dark Knight players who want their female counterpart's change poses compared to the Monk's stance and the Squall pose.


If this can be looked into, a lot of people would be extremely appreciative, especially in the gpose community;!

As of 5.0, we have encountered numerous characters in things like role quests, raids, and so on that eventually strike out on their own to explore the world. The most prominent example would be Alpha from the Omega raid.

Would it be possible to include more NPCs in the open world wandering around after we've said our initial goodbyes? I think it would be a really nice touch to see them adventuring and meeting them in random places. Perhaps even have them assist in FATEs? Maybe not truly since some players may not have finished the corresponding quests, but sort of have them on the side also battling a non-targetable enemy much like the background fighting in dungeons like Ala Mhigo or Ghimlyt Dark.

I think this would be an amazing feature to implement, and it would successively grant life to open world areas as more expansions and characters are added.

Hi, In the live letter n°2 Yoshi.P have say "Character and pet must be taken into considering when balancing. This means that the attributes for dragoon will be weaker compared to non-pet jobs." But an Scholar is not weak compared to the White Mage. And with Shadowbringers, The Machinist and the Darknight have a Pet too now. Do you think it's faire for the Dragoon and his missing wyvern ?

Do you think it's impossible to give the Dragoon his Wyvern pet promise since Live letter n°2 ?

Can we hope an real graphical update with Directx12 ? Do you have some pictures ?

The game as it is,its great to be able to create all classes on your main,but i realised over the years that the game is not Alt friendly at all.Alts can send things on main or take,dont share anything at all(mounts,minions,anything) and alts gotta finish the huge MSQ all over again.Any plans to limit the main story quests in the future?Its been bothering all new players as well.

Is there any possibility of enabling Viera to display Hjalmr (Odin Helm Glamor)?

With Shadowbringer's adjustments, Aetherflow was changed to a higher level, and it was also changed to where it cannot be activated while casting a spell, and also cannot be activated outside of battle. Further, even if your team is in battle, you cannot activate it unless you are yourself in the battle. This causes problems and prevents emergency healing using Lustrate. Are there any plans to fix this?

Why in each FFXIV expansion we don't get new trophies to unlock on PS4?

I'm sorry to say that I really do not find the Role-Playing duties very fun or interesting in the slightest-- the latest one with Thancred where movement is restricted so often especially. Is there a chance we will be able to skip these in the future as to me, they really weakened the story. It's not like the duties are very hard, either.

Any plans to revise MCH Air Anchor to give a 10-second, 10% Damage Down or Vulnerability debuff to mobs?

Can the EXP from Castrum Meridianum get adjusted? People keep leaving it in 5.0 because Praetorium is so much more EXP per roulette...

Are there any plans in the future to fix the movement settings for standard type (Character-based) for controllers on the Playstation 4

Are there any plans in the future to add an in game bestiary with 3-D models and descriptions

After trying Eden savage, healers seems to be forced to DPS yet again. Was that on purpose?

Any plans to implement test servers so that you can gather player feedback before making sweeping changes?

Hello Yoshi-P; is it possible to stop the housing transfer loophole? With it, those who already have a house can just cut and buy a house from under people who've been waiting upwards of 8 to 12 hours at a single lot for a chance to get said housing. While I understand figuring out a system that'll help everyone is hard, this seems... unfair.

Are there any plans to look into the issue with Bard’s job identity? Currently it feels less like a Bard than more like a Ranger

Will we ever see the addition of Grand Companies for Cities such as Ishgard or Kugane/Doma?

Is it possible to add simple command to turn off MCH heated animations? For our character only, server side.
It's the only job with such drastic animation changes. After unlocking these animations it feels like different job.

Are there any plans in the future to lock items and gear that way you don’t accidentally sell or donate them

May we get more Viera hairstyles, please? I LOVE the straight-haired one that came out in 5.0 and would like something similar, if possible.

Would the dev team ever consider making Voidsent Egi glamours?

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Inventory Sorting

Will we have some adjustments/Quality of Life changes in Inventory Sorting in the future? Managing multiple inventories isn't very user friendly, especially when using the Glamour Dresser feature. It'd be great to be able to sort items in a faster way, toggle bigger icons for easier looking and search for name/class/level, for example.

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To add to this as a new player it would be great if we could craft and use materials from our retainers without needing to take them out.

Can you please add an active help for PS4 / PC users when you add in mechanics to certain duties that require extra actions such as Cruise Chaser or Lakshmi that pops with an acknowledgement on how to use the skill and why it's needed.

Is there any possibility that at some point in the future, we can have all of our skills by level 50? In order to keep the amount of buttons the same while still giving us new stuff on our way to the level cap, Shadowbringers had to turn a lot of basic quality of life improvements into 70-80 skills. Considering how much time we spend in level-synched content, I think the annoyance at not having our full toolkit at lower levels far outweighs the pleasure we get from unlocking parts of that toolkit at higher levels. It also builds bad habits on new jobs when our rotation changes drastically from 50 to the level cap.

One common complaint among new players is that it takes a long time to acquire the skills needed for your class/job to be fun and interesting. By contrast WoW heavily front-loads your earned skills, you typically have your full basic rotation by level 40 or so (Out of 120), with mostly enhancements/talents after that. Can you do something like that in FF14?

When are we likely to see Housing plots become available for residents of the new EU Servers? (Twintania/Spriggan)

Thank You!

With many players unhappy with the changes to Healers (yet again), and Healer design possibly in the worst place it has ever been (based on Adventurer In Need), would you commit to playing a Healer as your main?

More wearable new and old head gear for Hrothgar/Viera, when?

Since 5.05, hotbars have begun disappearing and resetting to the generic telport/return/auto-attack/sprint. First it was DNC. A day later was GNB. A different account occurred after that, then BLU on the second account. HUD components have also begun disappearing randomly. Is this is a known issue and are there plans to fix it?

Why no new jump puzzles were added in Shadowbringers?