Ask Questions for Letter from the Producer LIVE LX (UI Designer Kei Odagiri)

Is it possible to have some ability to disable the notice when trading in Wondrous Tails the popup that I "cant receive all the experience points" from them? Or...at the very least, auto-disable itself if the recipient is already max level on all classes?

can tab targetting be made better?

Performance

Any plans to add other jobs like Dancer to the performance system?

With the release of additional wards in 5.35 will we see the suspension of relocation as this housing was released to accommodate the influx of players? If not why? You are just ensuring people and fcs who already have housing can snag plots that are meant for people without

With the release of additional wards in 5.35 will we see the suspension of relocation as this housing was released to accommodate the influx of players? If not why? You are just ensuring people and fcs who already have housing can snag plots that are meant for people without. Not to mention those people who relocate leave open plots with the hidden timer defeating the purpose of the additional wards

It would be nice to completely separate our own buffs from the general buff section. Just like how de-buffs can be split. People like making their own buffs bigger, at the cost of seeing ally ones taking up the big space too.

We should be able to use keywords when searching through the crafting log.
For example, I only want to craft the Neo-Ishgardian set for healer, but if I search either "neo-ishgardian" or "of healing" I get results that are irrelevant (they are either other class sets or different level).
If type "neo-ishgardian healing", it yields no results. The search feature is too strict.

Would it be possible to sort the chocobo barding alphabetical for each section head, body, and legs.

Could you add a "New" tab under the recipe search tab or add an symbol annotating something is new next to the item(s) that were added since last patch.

There is a filter for each sub section of each Disciple of Hand for finding an individual head, hands, waist... Would it be possible to add a filter or tab to search the entire Disciple of Hand list of heads, hands, waist.

Can we change the private state to FC state or the posibility to share the house with at least 10 people?

I'd like the minimap (the round one) to be able to zoom further out than it currently does, as well as the option to resize it to view more area like the square map.

At the moment it is required for seeing the location of gathering nodes, and even then it's rather annoying to use as half of the time the next node is just depicted on the edge of the map as it is "too far away".

Its pretty useless right now in PvP modes like Frontlines and Rival Wings where being able to see a much larger area (and further zoomed out) mid-combat is critical.

Right now, if you have a consumable item (like a potion) on your hotbar, it displays the number you have in your inventory.

When you use the item and it is on cooldown, it displays the cooldown timer instead.

Is it possible to display both while it is on cooldown?

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Originally Posted by SchwarzwaelderTorte

Inventory Management: Materias, Baits, Relic Weapons, Duty Tokens, Armoire

- My Chocobo Saddlebag is full of gatherer, crafter, and dps materias.
- One of my retainers is full of duty tokens (totems, coins, books etc) and fishing baits.
- I would like to collect all the relic weapons, gear and tools from all expansions, as well as the deep dungeon weapons (also for glamour purposes). At the moment this would take around 324 item slots total, which is a bit less than 2 retainers.
- Sometimes I try to put relic weapons, relic gear, or glamour I'm getting through MSQ in the armoire and I'm surprised to see they're not accepted. It's starting to take a lot of space in the glamour dresser.

I'm therefore wondering:
- would it be possible to have dedicated inventory windows for baits, materias, and duty tokens, the way crystals have their own inventory system and capacity limit?
- what determines which gear can be put in the armoire? why is the ARR relic gear the only relic gear that can be stored this way? why can't the glamour we're getting through quests be stored, when gear we get through achievements and seasonal events can be?

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To add up, we also need a dedicated inventory for dyes. It would be nice to have them available at all times, and the glamour dresser should be able to access it too.
I really don't understand the lack of better inventory management. I get it that SE probably wants people to spend money on retainers, but it doesn't look very appealing to buy more retainers when the current inventory system is so clunky and very outdated.

Let us desynth items from retainer inventory

Hi! Thank you for taking the time to answer our questions, Odagiri-san!

Could we be able to use the duty finder to queue with multiple jobs at the same time, where the duty finder chooses the job you play based on what is needed the most at the current time?
I think this could be particularly useful for queing for certain duties with token rewards (raids etc. where you do not get job specific rewards), specific duties for quests and for content when there might not be very many players playing (giving the matchmaking systems more options to create a full/light party).

Thank you for your continued effort!

Once again, thank you for taking the time to answer our questions! It is a part of Letter from the Producer LIVE we appreciate very much!

Could we be able to place, and interact with, more items and equipment on our hotbars?
Example: Being able to equip items or gear by clicking them on a hotbar, such as the Yo-kai watch and the Ehcatl Wristgloves (Ixal Beast tribe).
If you are frequently changing classes (by using your gear sets for duties etc.), then you needed to manually re-equip these items from the armory chest when returning to doing the apropriate content. I forgot to put the Yo-kai watch back on several times because of class changes for duties during the current Yo-Kai event. The same goes for the Ehcatl Wristgloves, as I only remember to put them on when I get the warning from trying to craft the beast tribe items without them equipped.
Currently, you can put equipment on a hotbar to help remind you, but it doesnt do anything and you can't interact with it on a hotbar in any way. It feels like a waste of hotbar space to just have the items there.

Perhaps making this possible could be with text based commands (like a /equip (item) for equipping items), then making it possible for players to create macros for this purpose!

Thank you again for your continued efforts to make the game as good as it can be, and for your willingness to listen to the players!

Can we have a icon that appears above defeated allies and foes in frontlines. For example have it have the color of the team that got the kill. It would help people realize how many of their team have died to make better decisions when to advance or retreat.

Remember Square-Enix Token One-Time Password at Startup

I admire that you can now "remember devices" on the websites, but can you apply that same system to the Authenticator?

I want my device secure, but I would really like my machine to be remembered so I don't have to wait to play when I forget to charge my phone.

UI & 4K Resolution Coming?

There's no doubt: 4K is here. nVidia and ATi are changing the world.

We've been asking about uncompressed textures and UI quality redesign for several years, now. Will 4K be considered for the future of Final Fantasy XIV?

Pop-Out Chat (Multiple Monitors)

We all have multiple monitors. As a Streamer, I need to hide my FC chat, but I don't want to ignore them either.

Can you allow chat to pop out in a separate window of the game? This would allow me to see a larger version of my chat window on another screen.

This would seriously reduce clutter on the screen and make us all so very, very happy.

Would you ever consider putting important dots that affect gameplay (Like Bard and Summoner) or DoTs that can be kept up at all times (like healer DoTs) on a seperate Class UI element to make them easier to follow instead of having to follow tiny debuff icons. I understand that that would cause problems when switching to other targets that dont have the debuff but still, just asking for future posibility.

This is Black Mage specific
Is it possible to add a timer for our Thundercloud proc to the Job Gauge instead of the little buff icon? It would make things less hectic if you have all your timers in one spot instead of keeping track of two things while also avoiding boss mechanics.

In order to fully appreciate the need for some Adventurers to expand their borders, could you introduce Level 80 FATES in Eorzea? Also, could you suspend some Gathering Node locations, i.e. Iron ore in Western Thanalan? This would introduce the idea of drought, famine, overpopulation, catastrophe in areas considered exempt from these natural occurrences. For example, in California, United States, wild fires have destroyed millions of acres of land forcing these people to migrate elsewhere. I think people who stay in ARR have a false sense of security. Please teach a lesson where ignorance isn't bliss but can be very detrimental.

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Originally Posted by Beskar

Hello there!
Is there any chance we can have parts of the UI fade out when combat is triggered? I have actions bars that are not combat related and would like to have them fade away in combat to free up more space on the screen. This also applies to say the inventory slots, money etc.
Thanks!

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This is a good suggestion and I would like to expand on it a bit!
Could we get a setting that lets us adjust the opacity of HUD elements depending on the two main situations a player finds themselves in; while in combat and out of combat?
As this player said, there are actionbars etc that are not relevant while in combat and having those fade away would help free up more space! The same goes for out of combat though, there are a lot of actionbars etc that are not relevant and having those fade away would allow for a cleaner UI and let the player appreciate their surroundings more!

Is it possible to make an option available from the Hall of the Novice window to request back into the Novice Network? Or a "nearby mentors" window? sometimes new players change their minds on how much they need the chat channel or are overwhelmed and it can be a pain to find a Mentor to invite you around the game. I play with several friends newer than me to the game but I'm not a good teacher myself, especially for ps4 players. It can get frustrating.

Would it be possible when posting multiples of the same items on the Market Board for the MB to remember what price you set for the 1st of those items so you don't have to manually type in price for the same thing 10... 15 times.

This has been bothering me for a while, I came from other MMOs and it usually the same.. is quite a success recipe... if you are clicking in a spell you don't need to dismount first or target first, the game will try to find the closest target and dismount you automatically. Because it knows you want to fight... it is a pain to have to dismount and then target and then use a spell...

PS: a click to move would be great as well

When customizing my HUD layout the Duty button and Action are in a separate category now. So when I'm moving them around the other HUD boxes disappear and I can't tell if they are overlapping or not unless I have a duty action at the time. Could you put the duty action button and bar with the other HUD elements so I can more easily make them not overlap?

Any plans for a world chat feature only available after completing a certain quest etc?

We have dark and light UI themes, will classic final fantasy blue be added next? or even more colors?

First I would like to say that Soken absolutely knocked it out of the park with this expansions music. My question is, are there any plans to do a dungeon or raid based on either Chrono Trigger or Xenogears?

I would love to hear him remix the music from either of those games.

Can Bard to get a skill thats similar to Bane that spreads DOTs to enemies?
Will craftable Zurvan weapons with special effects be added?
Is the Triple Triad deck limit going to get raised?

Playing on controller, the only major thing I think could benefit quite a few up and coming players would be the ability to copy a full hotbar set to another job when applicable. We can definitely share certain bars but having them be separate BUT identical for the most part is useful.

For example, I have every crafting class at level 80. When I began moving to get everything to 80, my layout would change between each and every one of them although they all have identical skills at this point in the game, just different icons. This meant it would take time to get everything set just like I wanted instead of playing the game. That time tripled as I was playing on controller.

An option to "mirror" a crossbar from another job, matching everything similar while not adding job specific actions I think would help for people like me who like all of our buttons in the same place regardless of the job we are on. My tanks also have their provoke and other actions on the same buttons as well.

Besides that, THANKS for making controller play possible when I know that must have been a huge hurdle for UI design.

I don't have a question. I just want to thank the UI designer for bringing back the (hidden) ability to resize the chat bubble text. It's so helpful for someone with low vision like me, and a lot of times little changes like that might not seem like much, but they are super useful!

Hello! Could we see the hunt log include hunts (NMs)? Currently the log is used for classes and hasn't been touched in a while, I think it could be convenient and pleasing on the eyes if the log was organized and focused around hunts, such that you could track which hunting bills were active and as well which hunt targets you've killed.

Thank you!

Thread for reference (more details / words): https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...f-Key-Items%29

Regarding some small quality of life changes, as damage and healing values soar ever higher, will we see some form of shorthand option make its way into the game? For example 100,000 to 100K, 1,000,000 to 1M. I think it could serve as a viable alternative to a stats squish.

Can we get cross-world free companies?

Have you considered a "Static Finder" that is similar to Party Finder, except the recruitment lasts longer with options for "Voice Chat Required, Listen Only, Defeated Striking Dummy"?

Why is the Free Company Finder and Event Finder on the lodestone where nobody can see it instead of in the game itself?