Ask Questions for Letter from the Producer LIVE Part XXVIII! (Exploring Patch 3.2)

Glamour

I'd really like to have some items that you can use and that could gave you for example some "angel wings" glamour for like a week (like the ones you get from the eternal bond ceremony).
I really need wings in this game and not the SMN ones!!

Housing

As we get more items and furniture for housing, the space in our houses for all those items it's getting lower and lower. Are you planning on expanding the limit of items you can have in a house?

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Originally Posted by caith-sid

do you have plans on adding relic armor to the game that work just like the relic weapons

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As one who likes the relic grind (but also casual player who has difficulty getting it done due to personal time) I really like this idea as a way to augment armours related to savage raids.

I haven't read everything posted, so forgiveness if this has already been asked:

Why didn't red scripts get unlocked with the 3.2 patch?

It seems out of character with how unlocks have worked in the past.

I haven't read everything posted, so forgiveness if this has already been asked:

This is more related to gathering 2.0 areas with a lvl 60 gatherer, why did the dev team not provide an increase in HQ gathering of these nodes with gatherer gaining lvl 60?

It seems detrimental to those of us who are gathering that darksteel ore, or example, is still a 15% HQ when I have cleared the lvl 60 miner.

I haven't read everything posted, so forgiveness if this has already been asked:

Bamboo sticks at Camp Bronze lake (and all 2.x rare gather's), why didn't the dev team change these from rare to hidden after a player gets to lvl 60 botanist?

I get rare items, but since it is old content related to players who have cleared more advanced content, why not change the drop rate?

When 3.0 was being sold to us (prior to launch) Yoshi-P made comments regarding chocobo leveling beyond level 20.

What is the current situation regarding this considering that with the add of the Non-Mind, we are being provided with ways to potentially max our chocobos?

When 3.0 was being sold to us (prior to launch) Yoshi-P made comments regarding Grand Companies and the continuation being up in the air for obtaining champion status of the 3.

What is the current discussion regarding this and/or are there any plans to implement these extensions prior to 4.0?

I haven't read everything posted, so forgiveness if this has already been asked:

With Ishgard rejoining the Alliance (end of 3.0) and the addition of played content (Grand May lee) are there any plans to provide access to a grand company (Americ's Knights perhaps) of Ishgard?

With the way content is going regarding that storyline, it seems that is the next logical step.

With the creating of side story content:

The 2 new adventurer's guilds

Will we see any potential for expansion off of a (to myself anyway) lost storyline which is the actual adventurer's guild?

I know that many seem to see it as also part of the storyline related to the Scions, to me however, it was the basis which we left helping out the city-states locally to aid the Alliance instead (the Scions storyline).

Will there ever be a statement, or perhaps in game ranking for how useful certain classes are in comparison to others? I ask due to the ever lingering stigma associated with astrologians, and how "bad" they are.

Forgive me, the above question was specifically for progression raiding. Myself and many other astrologian mains have noticed an extreme case of "astrologian can't compete with white mage for progression. Wait until it's on farm, then you can go."

With the increase of total Triple Triad cards each patch the Random rule can be more crippling than fun when playing against NPCs. Will there ever be a queue of acceptable cards to play for random and allow the level of the deck to be utilized?

For example (queue for random has 30-50 preset cards) and there would have to be a minimum cap for 1 and 2 star cards so that 3-5's wouldn't be overplayed.

I really enjoy Triple Triad, please consider Yoshi-P.

P.S. Please make a forfeit button :D

Considering that the current MSQ looks to be arcing from ending the dragonsong war before 4.0 and then doing a backstep (related to known storyline) and having us go and liberate Ala Mingo (and about MFing time considering how much we have heard about it in 2.0 and even 3.0 to date):

Are there any plans or conversations happening that will open up Iydlshire and The Hinderlands through a side story quest?

Between the Goblins, Scions, and even the a particular batty old lady (and her brooms considering they are really talkative), there exists quite a bit of points for shoot off.

I am aware that Alexander is the raid of 3.x series.
I am also aware that the Illuminati and the Goblins of Iydlshire are very clear cut.

However, to me, there is the potential for Illuninati who don't agree with the black cat's master regarding to how the organization works.

So, are there any plans or conversations regarding a goblin beast tribe coming out of the Hinderlands?

After all, in the Eastern Hinderlands, there is quite a setup that after the MSQs to get us to Iydlshire but nothing taking us back there besides a couple of goblin related missions to allow entry to Iydlshire.

Are there going to be any upgrades to retainer menus? I would love for it to say how much gil you have on each retainer when you interact with the summon bell. This would be awesome for times you're in a dungeon or offline; to know if your items sold without having to go to each individual retainer. It would be really easy to implement. Example: Ibanez. (selling 8 items till 3/12/2016 gil 43,000). Also, I really like the sub command customization feature. Any chance this will be coming to retainers as well? I know a lot of people that just like to send retainers on quick ventures and they have to scroll down to find it. Being able to put things in the order we want would be awesome. :)

Can you tell us anything about growth elements and upcoming new, unique content?

MATERIA MELDING

Given the changes to the materia melding system, would the dev team consider removing the requirement that a character be a certain level in a crafting class before they are able to meld materia to their gears themselves? Currently, you have to be level 60 in MULTIPLE crafting classes to meld all of your progression/endgame gear yourself.

I wanna know if we can fly in patch 2.0 area someday

Sorry if this was already addressed, but couldn't find where it was. Why did you decide to make Minfilia's/Yda's attire into a one piece (Head/hair aside) while the rest of the Scions' attire iare split into pieces? Especially Minfilia's attire as the price for the Lightning/Snow attire is the same yet those attires come in pieces and are dyable.

With the latest update, the tank classes were changed to having VIT increase their damage output. Can we expect similar changes for other classes (Particularly SMN/SCH)?

We've seen gear pieces that were previously class/job exclusive have a version made specifically for glamour (Kirimu Coat, etc.). Do you have any plans to do the same for other gear pieces (Serpentskin Thighboots, the Arachne set, etc.)

What was the reasoning behind the difficulty setting selected for the i220 crafted equipment?

Would it be possible to implement a raid roulette or current material drops for dungeons and raids that have orchestrion pages? I am finding it extremely difficult to acquire pages in areas such as Binding Coil and Crystal Tower areas due to long queue times and lack of players interested in running coils.

Please consider further changes to the Diadem.

Right now the queues are very long, and most people do not want to work together. Allow players to enter solo (via duty finder!) without an FC airship, and allow players to group inside like a normal zone. Maybe make some changes to the way spoils work.

The Diadem is a very neat bit of content, with a variety of rewards that aren't JUST gear rewards. It's unique and should be easier to access.

Would it be possible to allow for using hempen chamise from the other races? I just changed back from Au'Ra to Miqo'te but I do miss the look of the Au'Ra hempen chamise.

Awhile ago you mentioned having been in talks to possibly bring blitzball to FFXIV, has any progress been made on that front?

I love the world of Eorzea that you have created and I love traveling with chocobo porters.
Can you please connect all chocobo porters so we can travel to any corner of Eorzea in one go?

Usually during bosses I place Eos/Selene on a specified spot to maximize healing.
Can you please add to Eos/Selenes AI that if she is placed on a specific spot and suffers a knockback that she returns to her spot where I placed her?

Slight expansion to my earlier bard question.

Would it possible to get some kind of figures as to the player base numbers and how it compares in HW to how it compared in ARR.

Jobs that seemed popular in ARR seem rare to see in HW, and jobs that seemed quite rare now seem common place. so I think it would be interesting to see some figures to see, how many players play a job in 60 content in comparison to how many played that job in 50 content. and perhaps any thoughts on any differences?

Its annoying that the music is related to where I am standing or I have my camera adjusted. I understand the desire to make it sound like a real Jukebox, but that isn't working. Can you change it to "just change the music playing"?

Is it possible to implement some additional features like "Shuffle" or "playlist". There are so many great songs in the game and I don't want to click through the whole list evertime I heard too much of one song.

I like the new Emotes Victory and Battlestance very much, but the battlestances for SCH and SMN seems not well designed, cause they require glasses to look right. This is kind of a problem when gearing up with the new gears avaiable. I don't want to glamour glasses and hide the head piece for the other job wearing the same piece just to make my battle stance look right.

So is it possible to add job-related glamours instead of just gear-releated?
Or can the emote be adjusted, so that this glasses doesn't matter anymore?

I had several runs now on all modes and the Diadem is kind of dead. The Adjustments are not very suitable either for both hunting and gathering. It would be nice if the time limit can be increased again like 45 minutes for easy, 60 minutes for normal and 75 minutes for hard. The current time limits are pretty bad to get enough spoils for Materia V. 30 Minutes on easy are also not suitable for gathering, people like to collect a lot or split the runs into hunting first, gathering at the end. And that's only possible in hard mode, which is not very suitable for gatherers without the ability stealth.

Can you adjust the time limits or add some extra modes like "gathering party" or "extended time" to the Diadem?

During one of the last Letters it was mentioned that the way to obtain the i210 Versions will be adjusted in 3.25. Can you give us some informations about that?

I understand the idea, but people are using the Network as a server-wide chat-room and there are only a bunch of new players. I had to put the Network in an additional tab which makes it quite useless for me. plus, I don't know how I can be of any use for new players. In my opinion is way too overcrowded with veteran players.

Are you planing to adjust the mentor system in some way?

Grand Company new ranks and Mercenaries that fights with us - ! Can we have it? !

It's more than time.

Will the original class-based jobs ever return back to their respective class guilds for future quests if only to continue storylines?

More or less always I have to keep an eye on a specific party member, but it can be hard sometimes.
Could you please add a function that you can use to mark objects (for example other players) that only the player him/herself could see?

Will we see the 2014 Moogle attire on the cash shop this year? This is something I would personally like to see added. (the helm mainly)