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

Wanted to know since we are a few expansions in... is it possible to get a light novel/novelization of the game so far? I love that kind of thing and I was hoping it was gonna happen one day. :)

Will we see zurven weapons and dancer / gunbreaker primal weps introduced>

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Originally Posted by Zwynfalk

What was the reasoning behind having the skill Living Shadow summon the form of a male Hyur regardless of the player character's race and gender?

As a trans woman with a female character, it's incredibly distressing to know she'd be forced to summon an aspect of herself in a masculine body.
This single skill has kept me from touching a job that I've previously enjoyed. Is there any way this skill could be changed visually? A helmet-less copy of the player character with the same texture treatment as now would look much better in my opinion.

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I would recommend playing the DRK story quests while leveling it (as the skill you find problematic only appears at 80, giving you plenty of time to decide for yourself) as over it's story you meet and interact heavily with the character that skill's appearance is based on in the 30-50 (as while you're giving something form with your inner darkness, it is shaped by your memories--in this case memories of that character), as well as lore as to why/how that skill works in 60-70, and the 80 post-story quest is also amazing (though unrelated to this skill in particular).

there's also major themes in the class story of learning about, loving, and forgiving oneself to look forward to, and overall it is one of the best-written class quest series in the game (written by the same woman who wrote the ROG 1-30 story, all of the azim steppe plot, headed up the shadowbringers expansion itself's plot, and a great deal more).

Will flying/mounts be automatically unlocked in all zones for New Game+ (providing we’ve unlocked them on main account)?

Will Shadowbringers continue having custom delivery turn in characters and will they be able to be glamoured like most of the others, and on that note are there any plans on letting M'Naago be glamoured since she is the only one who can't be

Is there any way we can have limit breaks redone so that they are individual instead of party based? Perhaps add a dps limit break for tanks, a buff of some sort for healers, and utility for dps while keeping the old limit break 3 animations for classes but adding different animations based on the class for the 1 and 2 breaks. The added extra break could just increase potency based on lvl of limit instead of haveing 3 new animations since those are just extra for said class.

When will the servers Twintania and Spriggan get housing?

This question is one I've wanted to ask for a long time and is very important to me. Thank you for the opportunity to ask it.

Back when I created my character in ARR 2.0 Beta, I did not know that existing 1.0 characters would have a tattoo to honor their legacy until my new character had already been geared and leveled. I have always wanted to be able to display that I was a part of 1.0 but I do not want to have to start essentially a fresh character do to that so my question is this:

May we have a way to "melt down" an existing character with a 1.0 tattoo and apply it to another existing character without one? This way the number of characters with the tattoo will stay the same, but characters that people actually want to play will be able to display the tattoo.

Thank you for your consideration of my proposal. m(_ _)m

As a request from both a roleplayer and a fan of screenshots, can the gendered poses for Victory Pose, Battle Stance, and At Ready (using Change Pose with weapon drawn) be allowed for both genders? As a Female Paladin I prefer the male Victory Pose and Battle Stance to the female ones, and I know female Dragoons would kill for the iconic Dragoon pose the males get. Furthermore I know a lot of male Monk players and Dark Knight players who want their female counterpart's change poses compared to the Monk's stance and the Squall pose.


If this can be looked into, a lot of people would be extremely appreciative, especially in the gpose community;!

As of 5.0, we have encountered numerous characters in things like role quests, raids, and so on that eventually strike out on their own to explore the world. The most prominent example would be Alpha from the Omega raid.

Would it be possible to include more NPCs in the open world wandering around after we've said our initial goodbyes? I think it would be a really nice touch to see them adventuring and meeting them in random places. Perhaps even have them assist in FATEs? Maybe not truly since some players may not have finished the corresponding quests, but sort of have them on the side also battling a non-targetable enemy much like the background fighting in dungeons like Ala Mhigo or Ghimlyt Dark.

I think this would be an amazing feature to implement, and it would successively grant life to open world areas as more expansions and characters are added.