Ask Questions for Letter from the Producer LIVE Part XI! (Various Other 2.1 Content)

The current Disciple of the Hand abilities: Brand of X (i.e. X being Earth, Fire, Ice, Lightning, Water, or Wind) only affects a very small selection of items (e.g. Brand of Water only affects Vintage Picatrix - Aspect: Water).

Can we expect better use for these Brand of X abilities?
Will they be extended to a wider range of existing items? (e.g. Brand of Lightning usable for crafts involving Lightning Shards/Crystals/Clusters)?

Do you have any plans to reduce the amount of time DPS wait in Queue waiting for dungeons? (45+ mins queue times across all languages and servers is a long time to wait for a 30-40min dungeon run)

similar to the way the echo system works to boost stats for story instances that we cannot beat, is there any way we might be see eventually see the ability to challenge some of the pre-existing content with a sort of major stat reduction? e.g. being able to re-attempt attempt the Binding Coil of Bahamut but with something like a 20%-30% "reduction to all stats" debuff? or even something like challenging dungeons such as Wanderer's Palace with a major debuff for an increased tome gain?
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is there any talk about being able to customize the color or priority of the monster cursor? also, as a melee dps ps3 player, i find that some of the graphical effects of certain abilities like Shadow Flare and Flaming Arrow can sometimes make it very difficult to see which way a monster's arrow is facing. unfortunately, even with the affects of everyone set to do-not-show, shadow flare's giant bubble (and more specifically, it's dark/smokey effect on the floor) still shows up. while this isn't too much of a problem in dungeons, this can become a huge problem in coil where my DPS (and ability to contribute) is dependent on seeing which way a small, red circle-and-arrow is pointing underneath the smokey floor affects of shadow flare. if i could perhaps change this cursor to a neon green or even just be able to set its priority above other affects, this would aid myself and a lot of other melee DPS i know with this probelm

The current Potions (e.g. Potion of Mind/Vitality/Intelligence/etc, Elemental Resistance Potions, etc) have a very short duration of 15 seconds and an extremely high cooldown of 5 minutes, making them impractical for actual use.

Will there be changes to the duration and cool-downs for these potions to make them viable?

Will there be additional Grand Company Rank Promotions and Quests?

When can we transfer from Legacy worlds to Non-Legacy worlds? I would like to transfer to play with friends and I can't.

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Originally Posted by Seymour_Rainecourt

I am a moderately colorblind/color-confused player. A very large portion of the time, I am unable to see the indentations/markings for enemy attacks/AoEs, and aside from that, the zone I'm in and the type of ground I'm standing on only adds to the invisibility. I've memorized a good portion of enemies' attack patterns/abilities and solely rely on memorization alone to avoid things, though it can often make it difficult for me to focus on other aspects of battle and rarely, tire me out.

May players receive the option to alter the color and intensity of the AoE indicators? It would certainly help out a good number of players and immensely.

Red can be a difficult color to spot in most environments.

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I am colorblind as-well, and Red is one of the harder colors for me to see especially on some of the environments. Please let us select the color and intensity in the menu, pretty please ;););););)

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Originally Posted by Asukai

When can we transfer from Legacy worlds to Non-Legacy worlds? I would like to transfer to play with friends and I can't.

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This. I wish someone would just give us a date. I started with 5000 gil and a level 8 lancer. If I knew I was going to be stuck I would have just created a new character.

I love the world, it is very interesting to explore, but for the leveling and the endgame player, the world feels very safe. There is nothing dangerous to fear, no monsters I am worried I can not escape from. As long as I am within 2-3 levels of a monster I know I will win the fight every time.

Many games have "Elite" monsters that are slightly stronger than others, making one consider them when travelling. This can increase the challenge for the solo player looking to test their skills in the field, or for weaker or lower level players to go with a friend or two as companions. I do not wish for parties to be mandatory everywhere, but it would be nice if you could maybe make bringing a friend feel more important?

Right now, there is no challenge. You can ride your chocobo anywhere safely. Will more challenging, smarter monsters appear in the open world? Especially the Beastmen zones?

The players are stronger than you think! Please treat us respectfully! We are powerful!

i look everywhere and cant get any info but it was stated at one point and has been talked about so when is it being implemented and whats it about? likei know the basis but is there buffs i heard there is tp to your mate but...like when is it? and will there be a cool marriage cinematic?

It seems that in many outdoor zones or places in general- the music plays only briefly for under about a minute. And then suddenly the area is silent save for sounds of nature or other miscellaneous noises. The world feels quiet for the most part. There are some bits of music I hear for locations such as the Floating City of Nym that stop playing after about 20 seconds or so. Is this intended? Are there/will there be ways to have areas with music continue to loop the theme?

Are you planning to improve the ease of tracking Chocobo Companion exp progression?

Determining whether your companion's xp bar is a few pixels closer to ranking up is tedious to say the least.

Are you going to add Cash Shop? Im worried and many other players to! I DO NOT want a cash shop in this game!

Make every piece of armor available to be dyed like af/myth/dark light dungeon dear etc

I'm most interested in PvP what details can u give us regarding this, skill changes changed to what? rewards for winning? how do u gain more moral?

There has been constant talk of a marriage/wedding system coming to this game and I would like to know if the rumors are true? If so when can we expect it to arrive?

Will there be any improvements to the stat allocation system? Currently it adds zero benefits, but actually hinders people who want to play Scholar and Summoner.

Don´t know if this was answered on the first part of the letter.. But with the duty roulette will we be able to enter dungeons solo? Would like to explore dungeons at my own pace and not sometimes (always) in a rush.

When can I look forward to using my Leviathan Egi on my SMN?

I do not know if this question has been asked or not and I don't want to sift through 30 pages of posts... So if this has been asked, you can skip this.

Odin and Behemoth Fates and any future large Fates

Due to how the game prioritize the 'spawning' of things that show up in the screen; Pets -> Players -> Enemy mobs, it is near impossible to actually see Odin and Behemoth unless you're at a certain position or very close up. And even if you're very close up, sometimes they just disappear. Will this problem ever be fixed?

Will the Allagan Round Shield be going up to i95 so stats like STR, VIT, and Parry when combined with the Allagan Blade match that of the Allagan Battleaxe?

If not,

Will the Allagan Blade increase these stats beyond what they would normally go to if the shield stays at i90?

Is it possible in the future that there will be a Red Mage or Onion knight?

With the Wandering Minstrel being added in 2.1, it seems he shall be a vessel for over-dramatic rematches with past foes. What kinds of other battles might we see from him? Perhaps rematches from 1.0? Legatus' from the XIVth Legion?

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Originally Posted by Mrhappy1227

With the Wandering Minstrel being added in 2.1, it seems he shall be a vessel for over-dramatic rematches with past foes. What kinds of other battles might we see from him? Perhaps rematches from 1.0? Legatus' from the XIVth Legion?

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Also, wiill you be implementing a way of tracking Chocobo experience? I find it really difficult and I ultimately lack the resolve to level a chocobo because I can't see the progress.

- When we purchase an item in the market board we are redirected back to the previous page. Will there be a fix so that we stay on the item listing page?
- Can we be given the option to hide certain UI elements, such as the EXP bar and the Quest Log to clear unwanted clutter on our screen?

- Will we can see 'Friend List' when we still in dungeon and use /tell ??? cause sometime I have something secret to tell my friend but I can't use /tell in dungeon...

- Why all new artwork (include old artwork) don't have Scholar class in artwork. We can see only Whitemage... it has a lot of Whitemage in that artwork. All Scholar so sorry very much....we aren't mia's son!!!! :(

From... Grandmaster of Scholar Guild in Eorzea :mad:

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What about housing? Very interested in its process. What are requirements for it? Who should hold the money for house? Should they be in a Company's chest or in the leader's pocket? It would be nice to know the details of process of house buying.

Are there any surprises in store for us in 2.1? Stuff that hasn't been elaborated on or showed to us?

Will we be able to upgrade our Relic +1 to Relic +2 on Patch 2.1 ?

Is there going to be an in game bulletin board where I can see and post party recruitments for fights like Bahamut's Coil, Chimera relic and Hydra Relic?

Is there any plan to make an auto-sort option for inventory and gears slots? I know there is an "Auto-sort" option in the Character/System Configuration, but I don't think it does help. I am requesting for having them on inventory and gear slots, so it won't be problem without moving them around. Please, can you do that?

Thank you.

Thank you everyone for submitting questions for Letter from the Producer LIVE XI! As the LIVE letter has now come to a close, we shall also be closing these threads. Thanks once again!