Questions to Global Community Producer Toshio Murouchi

Great game!! Now I main Dark Knight, and I have for a while now. When 4.2 came out though I fell in love with the changes of WAR and questioned why didn't Dark Knight get that same attention? I went back to Dark Knight and still sticking to my main even though I feel that Dark Knight could use a little something more. Why isn't Dark Knight the highest DPS tank? even though it's offensive kit and MP cost pretty much call for it to be. Yoshie admitted that Warrior is really strong, and it is but it cost nothing to be that strong right now which is surprising while Dark Knight it cost's valuable MP to put out damage, and as of right now it isn't even the strongest. Also if Dark knight is really getting looked at, bring back Scourge with a higher potency and same additional effect would make Dark Knight a truly unique tank that i fell in love with the first time. What has the progress been on Dark Knight? When will we see these changes that was discussed last Live Letter?

The last thing I ever expected for relics to have were Materia slots, let alone 5. What was the reason behind that?

Do you have any plans on Making the Ability to use Glamour Plates in locations other than the City-States such as Sanctuaries? I understand that there may be issues surrounding a this matter but I personally have found myself annoyed at the fact that whenever I obtain a new piece of gear as a quest or dungeon reward, I have to sit through the loading screen of entering a City, then cast the Glamour from the Plate, and sit through ANOTHER loading screen so I can get beck to where I was in the first place.:mad:

Diadem gathering nodes moved to Eureka with updated Stormblood items

1. Any updates on plans for the future or destruction of Diadem now that Eureka will be at the forefront of continued updates? There were considerations for Diadem to be closed entirely but many players still find it to be a useful zone to gather large quantities of items for workshop projects and other miscellaneous crafts. If Diadem won’t be repurposed as a zone to focused on gathering large amounts of unspoiled node items and eventually closed down for good, would the same nodes players visit the zone to gather from be made available in a future zone of Eureka?


2. Please consider allowing players to begin from floor 101 in Palace of the Dead. I like the prospect of the challenge to 200, but dread time having to spend from floor 51.

1) Are the developers even aware of the problem with bots in pvp?
2) Are they going to make pvp fun ever?

Will there be new rewards for us to spend this "currency"?

There has been ongoing issues with lag on the Chaos servers for months now. It has been especially bad this past month, leading to wipes in savage on several occasions and making the game unbearable to play some days. Is anything being done to fix this? We have been vocal about this issue for a long time now, but there hasn't been any response or acknowledgement from the XIV-team. If this lag is not fixed or at least adressed by the time Ultimate is released, Chaos will be at a severe disadvantage in the race (and it will also be a great disturbance for anyone trying to clear the fight, since it already is a challenge in itself).

Rampant bot activity

There have been reports of players using 3rd party software in order to gather materials for crafting as well as participating in PvP. This has lead to a lot of frustration amongst the player base and deterred them from participating in crafting/gathering, as well as PvP. We have been told that there needs to be sufficient evidence for an investigation into said activities, yet we are allowed to provide next to none due to being unable to use video or screenshots because of possible tampering. How can anyone get a handle on this situation if we are unable to provide what would be credible evidence?

When can we expect the next increase of outdoor and indoor capacity? :o

When contacting GMs about RMT, botting or really any other illicit activity that doesn't involve chat logs, they suggest contacting the STF or they place a report to the STF on your behalf. Are there any plans to give GMs more authority when dealing with these matters?