Ask Questions for Letter from the Producer LIVE Part XX! (Heavensward)

When are you going to open EU servers?

back in 1.0 for fishing we use to be able to go spear fishing but in 2.0 that was gone any chance of bring it back in the future?

Will DoH get recipes for DoW/DoM gear with i lvl equal to top tier dungeon drops?

A recent post on reddit's /r/ffxiv/ mentioned Yoshida Naoki had been promoted to 'Executive Producer'. After Heavensward launches, how long does YoshiP think he will continue to be the Producer and Director of XIV?

Since the Zodiac Saga has been concluded by completing the Zeta quest (Spoilers to those who haven't gotten theirs). Will there be also "RELIC ARMORS" other than "RELIC WEAPONS"? I find the game too easy. Way back when the ilvl was capped to 110, it was challenging to get them and now its like drinking milk. It would be great if there ARE relic armors where a player can upgrade it and also customize its stats(Other than melding). Hope there ARE.:)

What type of new buffs will we expect Summoners to get? Also what will be different with the new Egi's compared to Ifrit, Titan, and Garuda?

Can you add Weekly Challenges for the Gold Saucer events like GATES, Triple Triad, and Chocobo Racing?

Myself and others have wondered if there will ever be an option to change from licensed to Steam over to non-Steam? I and others in the future would like a physical collector's edition and do not want to pay twice for it. Even if its for a small fee to transfer over.

Will DirectX 11 improve how glow and glare effects look? I have glare turned off on my PC because it looks so ugly (Mor Dhona is the worst with glow effects on) I wish I could also turn off the glow effect on everyone's weapons/gear on my screen (looks like someone opened 'microsoft paint' and used the spray can tool to white out areas on my screen.

Can you please add to PS4 some of the graphics settings that are on PC? I can not adjust/turn off glare effects and I can not turn off darkened edges on PS4..... I wish I would have known this before I bought the PS4 version.

Scholar:
Will new fairies be implemented in the expansion for scholar. Can they be male?

In the expansion do you plan to address the issue with Summoner MP issues?
The job is fine as far as how summoners have played out in final fantasy using both black and white magic which arcanist has both built into it but the cost of pets and if the summoner has to use their battle raise they are left starved for mp and if they die they are hurting bad. Also since you did announce levi and ramuh egis at fanfest do you plan to introduce a shiva egi? or any of the new primals? As the lore works once we beat and get their essence we should be able to call upon them to tame(shiva in coerthas due to ice element being strong there).

Can we please have more information on dark knight?

Will we be able to share personal houses and give permissions to our spouses in the near future?

What are the system requirements for the mac version?

Will Hevensward feature the same or more references to previous FF games or other media as the base game?

Will you be fixing the glaring clipping issues in the game?

From the Event and Party recruitment guide picture I noticed that a female Miqo'te is wearing a palette-swap of the female Hyur's starting outfit. Should we expect to be able to wear outfits of other races (or at least replicas with the expected palette swap)?

2.0's last Duties (Castrum and Praetorium) had a lot of cutscenes that went on for too long and made repeating players impatient, likely moving on without waiting for the newer players. Will Heavensward be able to integrate story cutscenes directly into gameplay instead of playing out separately (maybe through dialogue or voiceovers during battle?), or limiting it to only the beginning and end of a Duty?

With the addition of 3 new Jobs, can we expect an increase in both Armoury inventory slots and Retainer inventory slots to accommodate them?

Exactly which main scenario missions will have to be done to access Heavensward or will it only be a quest? I have no plans to do Coil due to the drama in end game. Considering there may be new players and/or casual players like me, will we be locked out of the new areas if we are not at the point main scenario wise hardcore players are?

When can we expect to glamour Job-specific gear onto other classes (i.e., Tank gear onto Healers, etc.)? I mean, if people can be naked Tanks I don't see why they can't look like Healers too.

I don't know if this question has been asked, but with the change to skill speed can we expect the same for other stats like Parry?

Are there plans to make the gameplay for the Bard class a bit more complex? Currently it seems a bit dull and far too easy to have a high damage output with basically no risk of messing up. I'm not asking for a nerf here, I'm asking for a more complex / challenging class.

Dears,

i believe these is a huge sum of players who plays the game around that region. therefore my question is will you be making a visit or a Q & A session for that region in Dubai

because many people would like to talk to you directly and they are huge fans of you & the game

hope you would answer this and clarify this matter to everyone :confused:

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Originally Posted by Kiara

Will you consider more Unique Stats on Items in 3.0, with more Horizontal Progression, to reduce the speed of Item Level Inflation? Stuff like "Enhances Rampart" etc.

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Dear Yoshi,

Can we please not consider this? I don't want to have to carry around multiple sets of gear for each class. :s

Will the new flying mounts have ground animations so that they can be ridden on the ground in the old zones? (since I am assuming they will be part of the Mount Roulette)

It's been touched upon in the Live Letters but the issue has gotten very little mention afterwards. Have you decided where to host the upcoming EU-Datacenter and will we receive them until, before or after the release of Heavensward?

Will you raise the difficulty level of non-raid content in 3.0? Since around 2.2, myself and other have felt that the game is becoming easier and more casual-focused. While great for new players, those of us who have played since beta want something besides Coil/Alexander that still provides an easily accessible challenge.

iLvl requirements for new dungeons have been far too low - Keeper of the Lake came out at a time when most people were already i110+.

Will the new EU datacenter mean that the Chaos cluster will be moved there, or will you populate the new datacenter with new worlds thus prompting European players to transfer their characters there?

In the Heavensward will the Summoner be made more in the image of a Final Fantasy Summoner.
In WoW the Summoner is the Elementalist Shaman which has no abilities unless their Elemental is Summoned and based on which Elemental is out the Shaman has those Elemental Abilities while the Elemental has AoE Bursts Abilities.

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Originally Posted by Armano

Could you create fights in the future that the arena isn't just a round circle/square, maybe consider to have more interactive arena, multi players, moving to different part of the arena during a fight?

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This. We should really support this.

Is there any update on Heavensward coming to the XBOX One? (Sorry if this has been asked already).

I'm going to word this very carefully...

IF...

1. We downed the hardest version of a primal
   
2. AND we had the highest reputation of their beast tribe
   
3. AND we underwent any quests needed for lore/story
   
4. AND whatever other primal-related stuff you wanted us to do.
   
5. AND couldn't summon them in anything related to A Realm Reborn

Would all be able to summon one primal using Limit Break 3?


** Clarifying: This Would Be Available to ALL Jobs, and hopefully provide Elemental-based attack **

Will we someday be able to have a look on our Triple Triad card collection in the lodestone just like our mount and minion ?

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Originally Posted by Veritas-Ancora

Would we be able to summon one primal using Limit Break 3?

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Maybe the new LB3 for SMN since meteor is now for BLM.

Since we have the Magitek mount, would there be any chance we could get a FFVI Spitfire mount in heavensward? (The Spitfire enemy from assault on the Floating Continent)

We've seen MNK armor resembles Yang from FFIV, and theres plenty of FFIV themes in Heavensward, will NIN ever see armor that resembles Edge from FFIV or Shadow from FFVI or even to change it up a bit Locke from FFVI?

1) PLEASE, could you possibly add a title or something showing you're married and who to? Like on Perfect World (at least last when I played), there was a title over our names that said "(person)'s wife/husband". I would like to show my pride for my spouse.

2) That being said, I would love it if there were more ways to interact with other players, much like the embrace emote. Instead of the emote being a normal emote that each player has to click separately and hope to god that the animations match up, maybe have it so you ask the player to hug, kiss, or carry with a click of a button and your toons start doing that animation. Then when you want to stop hugging/ etc (only kissing should end automatically), you just click 'let go' or something and you are free to do whatever. I'm in love with the idea of my spouse being able to pick me up and carry me. Could this happen?

GARDENS -
There have been a lot of teasers about crafting and gathering, but no mention of gardening. Will we be getting new crops, crosses and items to grow?

FISHING -
Are the "contracts" that were mentioned for gatherers also going to apply to fishers? Is there a chance fishers will get an offhand such as a net or a gaffing hook?

SHARDS/CRYSTALS/CLUSTERS -
Will there be a new "fuel" for crafting or will we just be using the existing items.

MORE ARMORY CHEST SPACE VS. SQUIRES/APPRENTICES -
I have heard the comments about how difficult increasing player inventory is. Any chance of getting a mobile-type retainer who can carry some of the extra armor that we will be getting with the new classes in Heavensward?

GOLD SAUCER -
Any chance for a Concierge where we can get our armor mended, access our retainers and mail? Of course, there could be other services that might turn a tidy profit for them to boot....

Will some of the broken down parts of Eorzea be fixed?
For example, Poor Maid's Mill or Swiftperch.

As someone who loves raiding, and was very displeased with the lengthy relic grind producing greater results weapon-wise with far less difficulty, do you plan to make adjustments to how relic weapons and their alternatives (raid-based or otherwise) are handled? This will determine whether/how I will pursue either in Heavensward.