Ask Questions for Letter from the Producer LIVE Part XVIII! (Exploring patch 2.4)

I just really want to know if you guys are going to make samurai a tank class or not. Pretty please make samurai a tank! Please! Please! Please make samurai a tank!!!!

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Originally Posted by Osmond

Is there any plans in increasing the potency of tri-disaster from SMN as it feels more of a useless ability for that job than blizzard II?

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Going off that (and I know it seems meaningless given how the element wheel is treated) but can you make Tri-Disaster deal damages aspect-ed to Fire, Ice and Lightning?

Also, can Arcanists/Summoners have access to a move that inflicts the DoT status, Electrocution, Burns, Windburn, Dropsy, Frostbite and Sludge?

Are there any plans to make the primal/Coil housing items bind to player instead of to plot? It would be nice to be able to move house without losing 10-20 mil on items that break if picked up.

Will the weddings be a lottery like in FFXI, how much will it cost for the ceremony and the Dress/Tux etc?

Can the team consider making job specific run animations or animations in general for different jobs? (Like ninja)

Will any more Garlond Ironworks employees like Jessie be introduced in the future? If so, would they be taken from any of the NPCs that appeared alongside Cid in 1.0?

(For those that don't know, the Ironworks had a good deal more named members in 1.0, but none of them have carried over into ARR; there was Foreman Ebrelnaux, Norbertillon, Fraideoux, Nymiene, Suzari Sorezari, Kopel Yorpel, Jijina, Yayatu, Bardo, Aergfloh, Saelbmoht, E'bolaff Dhogo, and L'trimmna. It would be remarkably easy to have any of the persons listed above appear in future patches.)

In cases of a light party with 2 bards there is no way to use the damage dealing LB. Is there a way Bard can get a damage dealing LB?

Can we get 4 man Light Party Raid difficult similar to Coil?

With the rumor of DRK being a stand alone job. Maybe SCH could get a similar treatment. While SMN may seemingly follow the lore of Arcanist and SCH does not. Is there any plans to allow us to add the 30 point stat allocation to each job respectively? The class stat bonus(INT) and even the job animation under Arcanist in character creation suggest SCH is completely a secondary or isolated choice. I love both jobs and would like to not have to choose between them.

Is there a chance that Pacification After Berserk for Warriors can be removed? I just don't see a reason behind the pacification for an important WAR ability when there is already a 90 seconds cool down.

Will you give us an ability to use our weapons while riding our mounts in a future patch, if it's not possible on Patch 2.45 or 2.48?

While I doubt it I must ask. Since there are going to be flying mount will there be a chance fore any kind of a aerial combat?

Assuming there are things that will attack us in the skies like now when we're mounted.

I know that 2.4 already increased the mounts drop rate, but the probability is still very low. I farmed a lot Levi ex and Ramuh ex but never seen a single mount drop. So could the develop group increase the drop rate large enough? Thank you.

Is there plans to add new jobs to already existing classes? If so, how would they differ for classes like conjurer? Would conjurer's new job just be another healing class with some minor changes?

Will the Heavensward expansion cost as much, less, or more than A Realm Reborn?

now that oil and sand of time aren't as popular as they once were, would you make it possible for us to turn blood-spattered mark logs back in for seals?

Since Ninja has traits like reduced falling damage and increased movement speed, is it possible to see traits that might make your character jump higher or even jump twice? maybe a future job trait for Dragoon???

What is the Dark Knight's tank mount?

When will you release info about adding in the final ranks for the grand company rankings?

I forgot to buy an exclusive seasonal event item from the event vendor, which is not part of the seasonal quest event.

Would these items return in the next seasonal event, or are they going to be always on the cash shop now?

Are there any plans to improve the client so it doesn't close the game when you encounter a Lobby Error? Or a feature which saves your password/auto-launches the game when you open the launcher?

1: Are there any plans to make useful Barding for our Chocobos?

Currently all personal Chocobos are referred to in as "he" (male). Are the rumors true about Chocobo breeding and if so will we be able to then chose a gender for our current Chocobos?

The prices for a small house in a Legacy Server (namely Excalibur) are outrageously high (4 million + gil). It has been suggested, at this Lodestone Forum thread, that an apartment complex may be preferable. What is the chances of this happening?

I am sure each world has bots. On Excalibur there are several known bots and I know that these bots have been reported many times, not just by me but by others as well. Why is nothing being done about these bots?

What steps, if any, are you doing to better combat RMT? Lately they have taken to not only spamming /shout and /tell but also sending a friend request, forcing real players to not be able to quickly blacklist them.

Can a "Report RMT" option be added in which it will automatically blacklist the RMT in question thus freeing the Black List up? I know many who have their Black List full and are unable to Black List any more RMT. Perhaps even adding a feature in which if a person is reported as an RMT their ISP is tagged and locked out, as well as a tag on the ISP/character that reported them? Then allow for real gamers that were falsely reported to prove that they are innocent ( I know you can see past chat logs) and RMTs to be properly blocked as well as punish those who falsely accused innocent players? I know this last bit is a lot but is it possible to look into something like this?

Many claim that Square Enix allows RMT to proliferate on the servers because they (SE) are getting paid from these RMT (monthly game charge everyone pays). What is your reply to such a statement?

Why don't the lavender beds subsections have their own ferry NPC? It feels weird to warp to parallel dimension just so you can exit the area!

I was told my favorite card game Triple Triad was being added into the game.

But is it possible that Blitzball from FFX could ever be implemented into the game?
I think that would be amazing to have.

Could you please release Wallpapers for Patch 2.4 content similar to what you did for 2.3 and before? We are really looking forward to them!

In 3.0 will we see more primals roaming around outside of trials like we did with Odin?

Patch 2.4 has brought a good deal of challenging content with it to Eorzea, but like every other even patch since ARR's release, has made it very hard and tedious for the more casual players to enjoy the game due to the currency change and rate lower tier gear can be obtained.

Will the development team strive to address this balancing act in the future for even numbered patches?

An iconic feature of "Jump" skills during the Final Fantasy Series, namely IX and Tactics its the capacity to reach the oponent regardless of the obstacles in front of the character, and the immunity to attacks while in midair.

Could one of those (or both) properties be considered for the future of Dragoons?

Glamours is one of the most amazingly lovely features ever.
However, it doesn't make any sense that DoW classes can't glamour DoM gears and viceversa.

I know that it was originally told as a measure "in order to avoid confusion" so a WHM wouldn't look as a WAR and a PLD as a BLM. But truthfully this is only an important matter at PvP environments, and in Frontlines, Glamours are already allowed.

So, why not allow Glamours to cross-class?

With the SCOB nerf out would it be possible to merge the changes with the Echo buff somehow so that players who would like do those encounters with their original difficulty had a chance to do so simply by unclicking Echo?

FEEDBACK/QUESTION
With patch 2.4, buying Fantasia changed -- instead of only being able to purchase each option once but every character on your account got a fantasia, now we can buy limitless of any option, but we only get 1 fantasia for one character.

My question is: Why wasn't the price lowered to match this change? (For clarity, I have many characters, and before I could have bought a Fantasia for $10.00 and gotten one for each one of my characters. Now if I spend the same price, I get only 1 for one character. I think it is rather lousy to make such a change without some adjustment regarding the price.)

With 2.4 we saw some new bandana's come into the market, one masked, one not... my question is: Are there any plans to make /visor possible on bandanas with masks!?

please? ( ; _ ; )

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Since the suppression of restriction to 1 item per week on syrcus tower, both oil of time and sand of time are nearly impossible to get without a pre-made 8 player party.

Would it be possible to limit the number of sand of time and oil of time you can get to 1 per day/run or multiply the number you can get, so at least everyone could have a fair chance to get one.