Letter from the Producer LIVE 53: Ask Your Shadowbringers Questions!

Since we are going to have Nier Automata themed Alliance raids, we will probably get gears based in the serie.

A lot of fans were asking for a Nier event, expecting 2B, 9S and A2 glamour gears to be used with all classes and jobs.

But since it will be a Alliance Raid, I started to worry if you will be putting, as a example, 2B as a SAM gear, same you did with Ivallice themed gears (Balthier body piece is for Bards/MCH).

Can we please have 2B/9S/A2 level 1 glamour gear for all jobs and classes as quest reward?

Any plans to strip the UNIQUE status of rings bought with Tomes or obtained in Raids so that we may equip 2 of the same ring?

I wasn't able to find a post by searching for the specific question of can the new races have more headgear love? I would love to wear Amon's giant hat as a bard or even a simple cowboy hat (with ears poking out for both examples) for my Viera to run around in the run-down mining towns of Amh Araeng. Love the incredible amount of work that's gone on with the expansion and can't wait to see more work done on the new races/gear!

Are there any thoughts on lowering the amount of equippable ring slots to one and doubling the stats and materia slots on the rings, in order to help save armory chest space?

#1: Will you ever consider adding another full (non limited) job, during a current expansions patch cycle?

#2: With enough feedback, can Blue Mage have a chance at becoming non limited in the future? If not, what are to future plans for the job and limited jobs as a whole?

Currently there are no Relic Replicas for sale for the last step of the Eureka Weapon (the last stop from Eureka Hydatos), when will we be able to purchase Replicas for the finished Eureka Relic?

1) Could the dyes be simplified so that there are not so many? By this I mean one single blue dye could be used for multiple blue shades, single for red, single for green etc. The only exception being General Purpose dyes which would keep their unique shades as they do currently.

2) Please allow us to keep wishlists we have for the Marketboard after maintenance has taken place. Perhaps save it to our Lodestone if it cannot be saved in-game, least then we still have a record of everything.

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Are there any plans to alter or remove the rng timer from open plots? As it is, it's terribly hard to get a house, leaving people waiting many hours to try to obtain one, only to walk away empty handed. I know its to curb reselling, but its punishing the community for something they didn't do, and while apartments and fc rooms are a thing, it shouldn't be the *only* thing.

Considering alot of people have not taken the astrologian changes well, are there any plans on changing the card system or maybe reverting it back to how it was?

When does Spriggan/Twintania get housing ?

Would love to know if staff is even considering adding male viera as a playable race.

Hi!

I have two questions.

1. With so many players upset about the Scholar and Astrologian changes, what are your plans on balancing these classes? (Also, if the plan was to get healers healing again, why give WHM such a powerful DPS kit? I have always done my main story as a Scholar and it was so incredibly boring to only have two attacks. The story was amazing but instanced fights were so dry.)

2. When can we expect access to the hairstyles we have earned in game on Viera? I spent weeks farming the Eureka one, and feel a little upset I cannot use it.

Thank you

Will Viera be getting more hairstyles in the future? Or will we continue to be this limited?

Any plans regarding removing the gender lock to clothing? There are many great glamours in the game that are barred due to the player character's gender, and it would be amazing to see those restrictions removed to add more opportunities for creativity in customization in the game.

Could we get weapon display cases/furnishings that let us place our cool looking weaponry on display?

Specifically thinking about all the neat looking books for ACN/SMN/SCH, but other weaponry too.

In the future, would it ever be possible to implement the ability to add individual hotbar keybind setups for each job?

The reason for this question comes from the fact that I require a very specific "flow"/placement of actions for each job due to the influence of my OCD, and that's often difficult to establish because I'm restricted to a single keybind setup across all of my hotbars. It occasionally throws off my performance and my ability to enjoy the game to the fullest as a result.

I love The Crystarium, it's already one of my favorite cities and the inn room there is realy nice! But I always have to go somewhere else to change hair.
Would it be possible to add an aesthetician to The Crystarium inn? It could be a quest with a Jandelaine's doppelganger or even Feo Ul.

How about an option to remove the MP bar if the current job doesn't even use that either? Cut it off from the party list too, since that can get cluttered. Don't need to see bars that are ALWAYS full. Or how about being able to move HP and MP bars independently from each other? Oath/beast/blood gauge can also substitute MP as the secondary bar.

Some questions:

1) Why are EU timecards so difficult to find? I used to be able to easily find them on sites like Play Asia and ozgameshop, but since late 2018 they've been unavailable on both, leading me to dig around trying to find them. I understand that they are available via the Square Enix store, but unfortunately the Australia storefront does not allow payment through PayPal and myself and many of my friends do not have bank cards accepted by the storefront.

2) What is the likelihood of Final Fantasy XIV merchandise becoming available for purchase in the Australian Square Enix store? As it stands the only FFXIV related items we can purchase are the games and timecards, and having to get any official merchandise means having to buy through third party retailers, leaving things to be rather expensive. (For example, the only store that I am aware of that sells the OSTs sells them at AUD$110 each, and purchasing the Encyclopedia Eorzea also set me back that amount, though AUD$30 of that being shipping costs.)

3) Regarding the way to get the amaro mount, will you consider changing the requirements to obtain it? Many friends and fc mates were dismayed to find out that it was locked behind getting all DoW/DoM classes 80, making it prohibitively alt-unfriendly to obtain (for all of us who RP) and just a general pain to obtain in general.

4) Great Serpent of Ronka plush, Yes/Yes?

So I know that both the voice actors for the Crystal Exarch in JP and EN can sing, and singing connects to that specific character, will we be able to hear the Exarch sing someday?

would it be possible to add a toggle to cycle from a cross hotbar to the WXHB like we were toggling from crosshotbar 1 to crosshotbar 2

maybe even go as far as to put the WXHB in between individual cross hotbars in the cycle

EX: Crosshotbar 1 ( tap R1) ---- > WXHB ( tap R1) ----> Crosshotbar 2

I know someone will say i can just hold buttons or tap them in quick succession but i would prefer to be able to cycle them in the way the normal Cross hotbars can be cycled for consistency and reliability

I've been playing this game for 3 years and i can say from ARR to ShB i've enjoyed every minute, especially Stormblood & Shadowbringers, with that said what i want to know is, will more trust NPCs be introduced in the future

Would you consider adjusting the spell animations and sound effects of Despair and Xenoglossy? The 2 new spells for Blackmage. In contrast to how devastatingly potent those spells are, the sound effects and spell animations for Despair and Xenoglossy feel very lackluster, especially when compared to Fire 4, Flare and Foul. Despair is the most powerful fire spell we have, yet its sound and animation doesn't reflect that potency. Please consider the change, Yoshida, I know you're a Blackmage main too.

Can we expect some more harsh measures against the crescent bot population on the servers?
Game is gaining a lot of attention of the media lately and this bots teleporting around like they came from some Dragon Ball Z game really hurts the game reputation. There is even a video of a streamer that can't leave Uldah to start his quests, cause there is a lot of bots trying to go outside as well and turning the whole map into congested status.

The way a few of the jobs have been changed this expansion has brought them further away from their job fantasy and lore from the game (I.E. Bard and Astrologian). Are their plans to bring them back in line with the fantasy of the job and lore, or is that planning on being retconned to fit the new adjustements to said jobs?

(Also, can we please have Time Dilation and 4.0 Celestial Opposition back and fix the cards. Thank you)

Question:

Is there any chance we can get the option to save a hairstyle to our different glamour plates? As i'm sure i'm not the only one who feel like using a different hairstyle for different jobs.

Are there plans for a real Hempen Set for Viera and Hrothgar instead of having to have to use sets from other races? I was personally very disappointed to not have something special for Viera.

1. When will they add more facial hairstyles for males? I always wanted to have a long beard on my Roegadyn.

2. Can you make MSQ Roulette cutscenes skippable ONLY if all players are not new to this particular dungeon(s)?

3. As NieR themed Alliance Raid coming in 5.x, will they have any gears/glamors on 2B, 9S, A2, Adam, Eve, Commander, Emil, 6O, 21O, etc? What about Pod 042 or Pod 153 as minion? Any NieR themed mount as well?

4. What about weapon display as a housing furnishings? I know that mannequins is a great start to with it, but what if we have our favorite weapons because of its looks and such that they want to display it on weapon racks or plaque for bladed weapons, staff weapons, ranged weapon and glass display case for grimoire and codex weapons, globe weapons, and fists weapons. I think it would be really awesome to show off their favorite weapons.

Is there a way that you can make the game friendly to people who suffer seizure disorder?

Guildheists.
Will we ever see a return of them? With ever increasing skills and mechanics added to the game, specially with shadowbringers changing things up. Why hasn't it been used as a testing ground for mechanics, varying scenarios and some lore?

Crafters and gathers
Level 80 stories on the source were left out. Are there any plans to add them or add a collector's side story akin to Kurenai and M'naago? Or are we out of luck?

There was talk at one point about alts being able to share housing with our main and to be able to be added to our Friends List. Is that currently still being working on and if so can you give us a timeline possibly for when it might be implemented.

Is there any plan to adjust the priority system to always have hostile mobs like A ranks have the highest priority in situations where there are a lot of players present? It is annoying to have the mob you are fighting randomly disappear especially with shadowbringer A ranks that have a lot of one shot mechanics that will still kill you even if you can't see them. It would also be nice to have a toggle option to hide other player's companions and minions to help with the culling issues when there are lots of players in an area.

I really enjoyed Shadowbringers' Main story thus far however, in the final moments of the MSQ, the relic/artifact gear had a good 15 mins of fame. What are SE's plans for this gear and will they be kept relevant throughout the expansion rather than nearing the end?

Another question about the hunt in general is could we have a hunt board added for each expansion that shows the last time something was killed? With a lot of older hunts being soloable by level 80's it can make for a very frustrating situation trying to figure out what it is worth trying to spawn or look for. This is especially true of hunts spawned via limited resources like Maps and leve allowances.

Will Gunbreaker and Dancer also get Primal weapons added? (With and without glow)

Hello!

A quick question in regards to the mentor program, with a little extra bit first.
So the mentor system was meant to incorporate a sort of system where new players could find the help that they needed within the community regarding whatever field they wish to pursue, be it gathering, crafting, or combat based classes.

That being said, would it be possible to re-incorporate the mentor system without it being encased with the achievement system so that the only motive to being a mentor is, hopefully, only the purest form of dedication and enthusiasm for the game.
Stripping the system of all achievements as well as removing systems which seemingly have been overtaken by different social circles, like the Novice Network, I believe would make the mentor system operate in a much more efficient manner. Altering the logo as well, I feel, would help filter out the system as well since the "crown" is more of an achievement badge at this point.

An additional idea coming to mind, adding subcategories to the "mentor" system in the form of Tank, Ranged Phys, Caster, Healer, Gatherer, Crafter Mentors.

TL;DR: Would it be possible to re-instate the A.M.A.N. System from FFXI or introduce a system similar to it?
Since it was a system devoid of any sort of incentive to take up the program outside of just wanting to help others as well as incorporate a class-based category system to it

For Reference to the A.M.A.N. system:http://www.playonline.com/comnewsus/200404228190.html

We have a lot earring that are one ear only. And I feel that is a bit odd, specially on female characters. Is there any reason for that? Can we start to always have two ears earring?

Summoner currently had so many things to manage. Egi-Assaults, Energy Drain, dumping Aetherflow stacks, DoTs, Trances, Summoning. It feels all over the place. Do you have plans to change or remove some of these systems to give SMN a more defined playstyle?

Will you be making it so that AST can gain seals if another party member is in combat even if the AST themselves isn't flagged as in combat?

FC Chest Expansion - Would love to see a few additional pages added to the chest so we can share more with the FC. Currently, we reserve page 3 for Officers only or supplies to upgrade workshop & airship, so that really only leaves 2 pages, and they fill up fast. Rather than discarding extra orchestrion rolls, minions, crafted food and potions, or just crafting materials, would be nice to share with the newer members. Would be fine even if it cost us FC points, (we have so many being wasted anyway because we can't spend them fast enough), on a monthly basis or any other type of system.

FC Buffs- Can we please get either a way to prime FC tier 3 buffs quicker, or at least 2 at a time? It takes so long as it is, but at least if we can charge 2 at a time, that would give us enough for just the weekends, when most people can play. Or consider letting us buy them using FC points from Grand Company like we can for Tier 1 & 2. This would also help those FC's who can't buy a house as well.