Ask Your Questions for the Mini Letter from the Producer LIVE at TGS!

One question, and follow ups,

1. Will we get the Dark Knight before year's end?
a. What weapon?
b. Gladiator Job?
c. Will Raubahn Aldynn and his Bloodsworn be involved?

So any chance your ever going to close the security holes in the Game Client/Square Enix Account Management (doubtful SEAM because FFXI is unaffected) to stop people's accounts from being compromised?

After all your security hole has compromised 1000s of accounts who cannot ask questions on this thread

What are you gonna do about all of these gil spammers? So far today I had to blacklist 6 people.

Any chance of making large-scale FATE targets take rendering priority? Like actually being able to see Behemoth/Odin before you're already dead? Is especially terrible for PS3 users who cannot 'upgrade'.

Any chance the North American Division of your Company will try to stop doing their best to drag an amazing game into the mud? (The NA Community Reps are amazing tho)

MY opinions
I think that the released without patch 2.1 makes FFX14-ARR feels unfinished or incomplete, I feel as this patch should already been released with the game itself and been test before hands. This patch holds most excitements and the creativity of Square Enix. I was very disappointing the fact that PVP itself wasn't released with the game and that we have to wait for this in patch 2.1, This is disappointing for me because PVP makes competitions and makes we want to get better gears then just hitting max levels and also makes me want to crafts materia into my gears!(Most people would argue with me that they would do this for dungeons runs and not pvp but for me it's all about PVP! That makes a MMORPG to ME!);) Kinda disappointing but will be expecting this hopefully not in 6 month! I like housing idea so much, I feels as the housing idea, Square Enix puts up a lot of it's time and effort into it! The talk of the housing and free company housing(Heard there was free company housing too right?) sounds amazing! I also hope to get a sneak peak at the hidden and untold part of the 2.1 patch! :)
2.1 Patch released dates must be known!
How will or Square Enix Balance the Classes? (Very interesting to know) So like Conjurer vs Scholar, Conjure mostly heals only so?

A while back you said that you would announce Musketeer in 2013. Ive been waiting for that class for a couple years now since i purchased ffxiv 1.0.

Can you finally announce the class and its jobs as well as show some concept art for it?

Any chance for an in-game display size adjustment for PS3 users on HDTVs to alleviate the screen cropping? You already wasted funding to support 4:3 compatibility without having the native 720p display correctly.

is summoners Enkindle ability recast timer going to be shortened?

Summoner has a really low instadamage abilities and its very difficult for summoners to take out adds on bosses.

Enkindle recast should be reduced from 300 seconds to 60 seconds.

The damage on Enkindle egi abilities is too low to be a 300 second recast.

Is there any chance in seeing Terra (from FF6) in her Esper form as a Primal battle down the road?

AS a avid MMO player from several different games, I just want to say that it is a honor to finally play a game that has artstyle expected in a Final Fantasy Series and a class higher than any other MMO out there, My question is, Being a avid player of Final Fantasy 11 and knowing how the Class system worked there, could you please explain if you guys are planning on making addition classes with jobs or are jobs going to made through current classes like to be a Dark Knight you would do Maruader and Black Mage or are thier going to be additional classes added and mixed with current classes?

If the Account Information Compromise is actually from a '3rd party source' being hacked and not directly a FFXIV: ARR breach of security, why are no FFXI-only accounts effected? If the hacked source is a 3rd party and not the responsibility of Square Enix, how do they know all these FFXIV: ARR accounts exist and then RMT are using the information so quickly?
And why is there no source information on the supposed 3rd party that was hacked?

With the addition of new primal fights, can we expect to see additional Egi Summons for the Summoner Class in the future? Or maybe a 3rd Tier of Summons, that might be bigger than the Egi?

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Originally Posted by GurrenLagann

Can you make it so that you can hide Tank Armour (The one where you cannot equip helmets)? The armour I'm talking about is the one where you cannot equip helmet, like DL one. You cannot take it off whatsoever. I want to see my character's face.

And is it possible to change the Chocobo's mount music to the Porter's music? I like that one more..

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^^^this. yes please let us have the option to change the music

Could you please make some sort of inventory sorting system ? (pretty annoying to place items from 1 backpack slot to another)

Will the Chocobo Raising be similar to the way it was in Final Fantasy VII? Not precisely in process, but in results such as the types of Chocobo (Mountain, River, Gold, etc)?

Will we receive a type of farm to go along with our land corresponding with the different crafting and gathering classes? i.e. a garden to pick vegetables and ingredients from for cooking or a rock patch to mine ores from.

Will you ever be planning to add a voice chat functionality, even if only for party members, to FFXIV:ARR?

In regards to the RMT spamming and account hacking, is it possible to ban their IP addresses even if it is temporary to start with. To prevent them from logging in on someone elses hacked account and continue spamming?

As of right now trying to chat with other players in towns is next to impossible, even with blacklisting as they just create a new character and start the spamming over again.

I agree with guyaume on this, the end game content is unplayable with this kind of lag even on fast connection (40mbps fiber). This doesn't happen with other MMOs I've played. So here's the questions:

Q1: Are there any plans to reduce the lag?
Q2: Can you implement a way to measure the latency in milliseconds?
Q3: Can you implement an info menu/bar to measure the DPS?

is PS4 beta will be full game like previous Phase 4? and progression will be limited like phase 4?

Round 2! A few more things i'd like to know!
1. Are there any plans for a Magitek Engineer Crafting "Job" that can make gun-type weapons, magitek armor (not the mechs)that includes bonus skills/spells and robotic companions?
2. Will you add alternate types of Bahamut for Summoners to have one as an Egi? (i.e. neo bahamut, bahamut fury, etc)
3. Will you work in a 3rd teir of specialization that allows each job to wield Gun-type versions of their weapons including new weapon skills?
4. When you finally open up the Garlean Empire territorys will we find Kefka there!?

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Originally Posted by Khazar

Any plans to the market economy? there are a lot of devalued items that are not worth to sell also people dont seem to understand that everyone dont want a 99 qty stack.

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I think a better question is - will we ever be able to sort the results by total price instead of individual price.

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Originally Posted by EriksBlue

What are you gonna do about all of these gil spammers? So far today I had to blacklist 6 people.

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and... will we ever be able to select a name in the chat log and have an option in the submenu "Report and B-list"!

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Originally Posted by veveaucent

2. Many player do not realize that a good portion of RMT spam is coming from hacked accounts. The accounts are being hacked even though these players are careful and have not engaged in RMT or other suspicious activities themselves. There are many players that as a result have been suspended and banned. What are your plans to help these players get back into the game?
3. What are your plans to help these players increase the security of their accounts?
4. Is your server side security compromised?
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Umm... There is already the option of a security key that you can get free for your smartphone(or a physical one for about ten bucks). I have never heard of this being hacked, but I could be wrong.

Any plans to revamp the materia affixing system. i.e. Drop the gear and materia with an NPC that gives levequests to crafters that can then affix the materia for you. When it is done you get it in the mail (or a notice to come pick it up from the NPC.

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Originally Posted by KingTroxik

Could you please make some sort of inventory sorting system ? (pretty annoying to place items from 1 backpack slot to another)

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^^ This. And I like what you have done so far with the armory and the red and green x's, but could you put these red and green x's on weapons as well?

Will there ever be a quick way to change between job's without completely changing gear. It gets time consuming trying to keep my ACN, SMN, SCH gear-set updated all the time. I would like to have one gear set for ACN, and 2 subsets that only change out the job stone for SMN and SCH. This would be ideal for leveling purposes.

Will we ever have the option of queuing multiple classes in the Duty Finder? This would drastically reduce queue times and help players progress in the game. Also will there ever be a random duty option with rewards like in other MMO's?

Any prediction for voice chat on the PS3 system and the subscription month will be available for direct payment on PSN ?

What is your plan to combat latency issues for EU players in Titan, if any ?

When will we have the ability for our Free Company housing to build an airship/boats?

http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/g...Interview.html

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We are planning several stages for the implementation of player housing. This content will be closely linked with the “free company” system, which you can think of as being similar to the guild systems often found in most MMORPGs. First, a house can be owned as collective property for all of the members of a free company. Later, we plan on allowing these houses to be owned by individuals. Players will be able to customize the exterior, interior and garden area of their house. Gardens will be expanded via new content such as gysahl greens gardens and chocobo stables. At the same time, we’re also looking into the ability to create airships and boats (by crafting) within housing. As such, the housing system in FFXIV will be updated with each patch and will develop to serve as important “lifestyle-related end-game content.”

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When can we plan to see musketeer implemented?

Will there be any changes coming regarding Bard limit break? I understand we support our group, but I think most bards (self included) would love a DD limit break.

Any chance on 2 player dungeons?

Can you guys make it so I can dye my AF gear or such exclusive gear in the future?

When can we buy cards to pay for subscription, if I don't want to use my credit card?

Thanks game is amazing.

When can we expect the Addition of new jobs/classes such as Beast Master and Samurai?

Can i know when is the Dark Knight Class coming in?

For pvp will people start out with basic pvp only skills and work their way up to better skills or do they have to use pve skills then buy pvp skills with the points you earn from the arena?

Will the best gear for PvP be obtained from PvP or will some of the PvE pieces still be better?

In a future patch will you guys allow us to join the garlean empire and if so how will you guys go about doing this whether we have to start a new char or are able to use an existing char and do some quest that lets us join them?

Will you make a server for roleplayers please?

What action will you take to get rid of Gil sellers effectively?

Could you do something more with airships and boats like in FFXI?

Will there be more distinguishable differences between classes in the future? I don't feel like a dragoon!