Ask Your Questions for Letter from the Producer LIVE, Part V!

Will we ever see spells, weaponskills, & skillchains simular to that of FFXI. Sry but FFXIV has nothing in the way of spells, weaponskills, & skillchains and hopefully will see that in ARR...

Would like to see (your charatcer's name) so and so skill has increased by 0.1 again...

I don't know if anyone ask yet, will FFXIV ARR be on PS4?

Can we get an expanded explination on how the battle system/weaponskill cooldowns will work? I would like to know how strategy and skill is going to play a part like managing tp with weaponskill combo timers such as in 1.0 instead of mashing the same one or 2 buttons every 3 seconds in 2.0.

How do you plan on keeping the balance between lower base damage weapons (Swords, Fists) and higher base damage weapons (G. Axe, Lance, Bow) when building TP is no longer relevant? A while back you explained that TP will regenerate over time, but you never went into detail so are we to expect something like the speed of the weapon will factor in how fast TP will regenerate over time or will it be a flat rate regenerated across the board?


It's just a concern because, if the TP regeneration rate is the same for all jobs then 2-handed weapon wielders will have a ruthless advantage over other 1-handed jobs in almost all instances.

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Originally Posted by mbncd

Will crafters and gatherers be able to make any real impact on the world around them? For example, a miner could clear a collapsed tunnel in a dungeon and a crafter could fix a door. Those in a party with the gatherer and crafter who had previously unlocked a passage could now have access to additional content there from treasure to boss fights. I can think of dozens of other things gatherers and crafters could do (aside from stocking their own retainer/stall) and would love to see such avenues explored by the non combat classes.

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I would love to see this as well. I understand XI is getting content similar to this with Seeker's of Adoulin. Will it be possible to at least have a frontier-type area/expansion in the future?

Do you have any big things to unveil in this producer letter, such as a new job, area, or boss? Bahamut inside Dalamud was quite a shock. I wonder if you can top that. :D

If you already have a job unlocked from 1.0, will it possible to complete the quest for that job? I don't like missing out on story content, even if it doesn't make sense to be handed the Healer's Robe I already have.

Will it be possible to do any of the new story/class quests even if we completed all the previous class quests in 1.0? For instance, if I completed all the class quests for Gladiator back in 1.0 would it be possible for me to do new the ones if the story/questline has been revamped?

Will there be any unique festivals/celebrations in ARR that were not in 1.0? Like "Meteorfall Day" which celebrates the anniversary of ARR?

Will Housing be available to our other characters we create on the same server or just one house per character?

Will there be a x64 bit version for the ARR?

I have a low memory GPU would be great to use my system ram for processing.

When will we be able to explore the revamped maps of version 1.0 areas other than Gridania and the Black Shroud, or possibly some completely new areas?

In what ways will you be making classes more relevant in comparison to jobs? (Examples: having new jobs arise from existing classes, utilizing different weapons, availability of skills to use in combat, etc.)

In version 1.0, I always found it annoying when using moves like Firaga on a group of mobs, but the specific mob I was targeting died before the spell finished casting, causing it to "fizzle" and not hit the remaining mobs. Some other moves like Flare, Holy, and Steel Cyclone could be used without having to specify a target, and did not have this problem; you simply stood amongst what you wanted to hit, and used the move. Are there any plans to utilize "ground-targeting" or a similar system for similar AOE moves and spells?

What new types of character customization, both in terms of aesthetics and combat abilities, can we expect to see?

Will there be a clearer understanding of how stats (such as Craftsmanship vs. Magic Craftsmanship) and things like time/moon phases affect gameplay?

How will materia be changed in ARR? Will it continue to merely just be stat-stacking, or will it actually bestow us with unique abilities, like in FF7?

The market wards and retainer system was one of the most frustrating experiences of 1.0 for me and many other people. Can you tell us more about how you will be changing this system for ARR?

Can we see some in-game footage of what player housing will be like?

We have already seen the renovations to the basics of crafting and gathering functionality. What new gameplay aspects can we expect to see (similar to hamlet defense) for DoH's and DoL's to make them more relevant? (Examples: creating various aspects of player housing, building airships, high-level blacksmith gives bonuses to GLA/PLD's sword damage due to more knowledge of the weapon, FATE(?) events that involve repairing damage to a camp after a beastmen attack, etc.)

A while back, we saw concept art for job-related gear for chocobos. Will goobbues and other possible future mounts be able to use the same job-related gear that chocobos can, or at least have some unique form of their own barding? Also, will they be able to fight alongside us as well? I would personally love to see my goobbue decked out in plate armor tanking mobs for me!

GREAT HOPES: I have always been a fan of user created in-game content. Would you consider a developer toolset for ARR, where players could download and edit the 'skin' of ones own character (example: adding unique war paint to the face and body, or something stupid like an evil clown face)? There are not enough unique presets currently IMO.

For advanced users of Photoshop, some of us could also have fun experimenting with the look of character clothing and perhaps weapons !!!

The possibilities to engage the ARR community are endless! Later, perhaps 5 yrs from now the toolset would allow uploads of user-created dungeon raids, treasure chest animations, or new primal battles. OMG I'm rambling ....

With player housing being in seperate instances, the special add-ons to housing, and the massive congestion in the market wards, is there a possibility of being able to station a retainer at our homes to sell goods in a small stand out front? If this is at all feasible, it could reduce the market ward congestion significantly, as well as give players a real reason to wonder around the housing areas. Imagine visiting a famous free company's headquarters to buy the rarest loot, or stumbling onto a tiny house owned by an expert crafter that has all kinds of rare things for sale.

With 1.0 and I'm sure ARR it seems all gear has some kind of stat bonus, would it be possible to make non-HQ gear stat less thereby making materia attachments/HQ more interesting and possibly encouraging more double and triple melds?

Is there a possibilty of scaling down the materia to just 3 tiers instead of 4 and limiting melds to just 3x not 5x. How about rewarding materia orbs for guild leves, quest or even from behest, the orbs would be scaled according to level/rank of the quest or mission or leve?

So far there have been mentions of things common to other games such as housing, pets and breeding, common job types, FATE's (someone said there were similar things in GW2 and other games, though I'm not familiar with those things personally), pretty graphics, raids, etc. What revolutionary content do you have planned that will really set ARR apart from all other games? Something that can only be found in this game and not as a mishmash of features from other games we've seen many times before.

Will the main story line been more epic and awe-inspiring than that of 1.0?

One thing I hated in 1.0 was that the main story was entirely solo and mostly underwhelming. No epic shadowlord style battles or even low level dragons in giddeus style fights. Just a great big solo walk in the park that felt like you hadnt really done much at the end of it.

You finished the main story in 1.0 and felt kinda dissapointed or "is that it? surely there must be more" Will ARRs main story be something more challenging and gripping. (dare i say something like CoP standards, one of the best ff storylines both online and off)

Will Gobbus jump?

I don't think its been asked or if it has then oops but...I know its been hinted. pointed at, and talked about but can i look forward to in the future,Running away from a slow moving, lantern waving, knife holding, little fish like death machine? Aka the Tonberry? lol

If you have the 1.0 CE and you make a new character in ARR will you recieve the bonus items on that character aswell?
Or will they be stuck on my old character?

Foxclon: Do you guys generaly ignore questions in this thread that are more then two or three lines? If not, it would be advised.

Will the battle animations for charecters improve in Beta better than Alpha's battle animations? Alpha's battle animations seemed a bit lifeless. I can understand if they dont improve in the first phase, having the release of all races.

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Originally Posted by Radnar

Will there be a Capture-The-Flag PvP mode?

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I would like to expand on this.

Team Based:
Capture the Flag?
Territory Control? I liked Ballista and Brenner:) Just not having to meet that days lvl requirement / alignment with certain city . . . specially before lvl sync. But by that time no one played pvp in 11 at least on my server.
Attack vs Defence?


Single Player:
Some type of death match?
King of the Hill ~ Start match with X points, Lose points for being at the top of a hill, first one to reach 0 points wins?

Will there be PvP specific battle stats and PvP specific gear?

lol more of a joke question but a question none the less, You think we could get a /hammertime emote? ^.^

Edit: see sig below lol


VVV

1. Will physics be expanded on for something more than light swaying of hair and cloth?
2. Is there the potential for Oculus Rift support in the future? See also: Lockergnome

I'll have more questions later, but just tossing these out there for now.

Will there be, at the start or in the future, zones which mix both PvE and PvP?

Will we see materia expanded to grant or enhance abilities and spells like in FF7 as well as simply boosting raw stats?

Will there be some form of Reputation system like in another mmo?

When will we be able to see some Arcanist and or Summoner gameplay footage?