Ask Your Questions for Letter from the Producer LIVE, Part VI!

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Originally Posted by Velcromium

What aspects of FFXI do you plan on transitioning over to ARR? More specifically, implementation of various lvl NM's. Also I think it would be really cool if one city had a casino, with various mini-games one could opt for when tired of lvlng/crafting.

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They already have plans of a casino ding-dong. It is called the "Golden Saucer".

Will the new SE Software Token (phone app) be able to be used interchangeably with the physical token (whichever is convenient at the time) or if we elect to use the phone app, will we have to disable our physical Security Token?

Can you tell us what other elements from other Final Fantasy games will Final Fantasy XIV: ARR adapt?

Random Dungeon?:

So I can't find the information about Crystal Tower and Bahamut's Labyrinth however, I've been informed in regards to the Crystal Tower that there'll be additional floors added in the future periodically. However is there any plan to make these, or any other dungeons random?. What I mean by random is something along the lines of Nyzul Isle from FFXI which every floor/entry into the instance would randomly generate a floor with different monster types, floor layout, objective, etc. Will we see anything similar upon release or in subsequent expansions?

Notorious Monsters; community reaction

So we've already seen that the development team has no plans to reintroduce notorious monsters or other rare/unique monsters roaming Eorzea outside of FATE as simple additional content however, due to the player feedback regarding the team's response and possible feedback regarding FATE upon release, will the development team ever reconsider if the general consensus remains that we would like additional unique/rare monsters that are not part of an instance or FATE?

Can you explain the FATE system in detail for those not in beta. We understand there are a variety of different types ranging from small mobs to notorious monsters, how will they be classified, how will you know the difference between them? Have HNM been addressed or will they only be integrated into Fate/Quests/Raids?

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Originally Posted by Seirra_Lanzce

This should be delete, there isn't any news about this outside of NDA info... . because that discussion comes only from there.. I do not think there any article out side stating this info.

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Disagree, the last live letter and various interviews from the NA media tour say otherwise. Yoshi was quoted as saying NMs will only be in FATE, as for HNM they have not been addressed, although they could be the exact same thing.

How will drop rate work in relation to the new loot pool?

Example: Will you have to deal the most damage, or heal the most amount of HP to have it increased etc? Will there be items and/or jobs that increase the chances?

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Originally Posted by Blackpearlguy

Disagree, the last live letter and various interviews from the NA media tour say otherwise. Yoshi was quoted as saying NMs will only be in FATE, as for HNM they have not been addressed, although they could be the exact same thing.

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Oh :P ok thanks~

A while back Yoshi mentioned Primals would be kind of a roaming overworld type NM, could you perhaps elaborate how they will function compared to the old Primal Battles? Such as can anyone join in? How will claiming and loot distribution be worked out? And what kind of determining factors will play in who get's the Primal's aid if multiple groups are fighting it at once?

Can we have books relate to the lore as a collectible inside the game?

What primals are going to be available at ARR launch and how will the fights work compared to 1.0? Will the fights be instanced or a FATE battle?

Content Wise, can you tell us what to expect from DOL/DOH when we play it. Will there be more to it then leves and crafting/gathering when the game is released?

Such as, are there any concepts set into the game for release which will add another dynamic for gathers in terms of obtaining let's say rare materials, and for Crafters will there be any recipes which can only be produced through finding them?

Since data is being carried over from Beta phase 4 to launch my question is,

Do 1.0 players have to make their one time race/gender(and possible name change) in Beta phase 4 or at launch?

Will you have a main city hub (like how uldah was) and how are you going to deal with that kind of stress on the server if there is one.

Will we see the glorious return of the Dhalmel?
http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__...e2/Dhalmel.jpg

Can you show us a little example of what we can expect by the "Super High" graphics settings? I understand you are still working on them but I'm very curious to see what kind of difference it'll be.

Can we expect the storyline of ARR to focus again on the Echo? The storyline was really intriguing me prior to the Grand Company and Seventh Umbral Era stories, and seems to have just been dropped, never to be mentioned again.

How will the stroylines between new players and legacy players vary?

It has been mentioned in the past that it will be possible for us to change our races, genders etc.. Will this be explained as part of the story?

Will there be an option to reset the levels for some of our classes? I would like to get to fully experience everything ARR has to offer without having to start a new character, which includes the levelling quests.

Prior to ARR, we had the option of choosing what city-state we were affiliated to. Now, it seems that this is going to be dictated by which class you start as. Will there be city-state specific storylines, and if so will new characters have the option to select one regardless of what class they choose to play? Will this be explored through Grand Companies? How will this effect Legacy characters?

Will there be a "duel" type feature that is popular in other MMO's that allows players to have friendly, one-on-one PvP battles with each other anywhere in the game?

Yoshida-san mentioned in interviews last year that Dalamud was originally going to be used in a future scenario, but when plans for A Realm Reborn were made those were obviously scrapped in favor of the Seventh Umbral Era storyline we got. I know this is a bit of a stretch, but...

Is there any way you could tell us what the original plan for Dalamud was?

Are we going to get subs now?

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Originally Posted by Curjos

Prior to ARR, we had the option of choosing what city-state we were affiliated to. Now, it seems that this is going to be dictated by which class you start as. Will there be city-state specific storylines, and if so will new characters have the option to select one regardless of what class they choose to play? Will this be explored through Grand Companies? How will this effect Legacy characters?

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It's been stated that we'll choose the city-state we want to affiliate with by joining the relative Grand Company. The starting city is just, as the name says, the starting city.

Can we get an update about the possible release of the mogu mogu earrings outside of Japan?

Not sure if this has been asked, but do you just take questions off of twitter? D: kinda seems like you do.

I've asked this before but, can I have my Ninja now ? :)

If we're married in the game, can we share a house together ?

What can you tell us about Guildhests?

When will they be available?
From where will they be available?
What sorts of encounters will we engage in?
What sorts of rewards will we receive?

Has there been any discussion on adding content alluding to or directly garnered from the Playstation video game Final Fantasy IX?

When will the Benchmark support SLI and CFX for scoring? I'm dying to know how well my system will run FFXIV using both of my GPUs.

You mentioned possibly adding a new race such as "Viera". FFXIV game play allows you to level multiple jobs thus not requiring you to create multiple characters. Do you plan on introducing a new race at the start of ARR? If not, will you allow characters to change their race in the future?

Many players have already leveled all the jobs to 50. With only having one more job introduced at the release; it will not be long after the release that most players will have Summoner at 50 as well. When will the level cap be raised?

Can we see a sneak preview of what Coerthas and Mor Dhona look like?

From phase 4 to release will charactor data & in game data like items & levels obtained in phase 4 carry over into release like other mmos usualy do?

Will there be a lot of possible colours when breeding Chocobos?

Sorry if this has been asked, I don't have much time to read the entire thread =( But I REALLY want to know..CAN WE CHANGE OUR NAMES?? at least the one time name change!?

I always ask the same question lol.

Will there be references to other Square-Enix games like Kingdom Hearts, Chrono Trigger and Dragon Quest ?