(NEW?) Wishlist Thread!

Not sure if there's something similar already, but nothing came up when I did a quick search earlier, so I figured I should create one myself.

Basically in this thread we will list down what we wish to see and/or improve in the future while following a basic, organized format which I'll describe below.

Type: Simple / Complex

• Simple: Something already existing or existed in the game before which can be implemented without major changes (ex. re-adding of Chocobo Mask)
• Complex: Something that required major changes on the coding of the game (ex. queuing for dungeon while Chocobo is summoned)

Category: System / Dungeon / Companion / Vanity / Macros / Items

So the basic format will be something like this:
<Name> (<Type>, <Category>)
<Basic Description / Suggestions (optional)>

Please feel free to add on to the list and hopefully we can catch the eye of developers and help make the game even more enjoyable than before! :o

Without further ado, I'm gonna start the ball rolling!

Chocobo Mask (Simple, Item)

Odin Round Shield (Simple, Item)

Odin Cape (Simple/Complex, Item)
I believe this wasn't implemented because it's graphical intensive for the PS3 and lower specs PCs, it would be nice to have it even if only visible to the users themselves. Maybe set it in such a way that only those who set the graphic settings to Ultra are able to view it?

Sleipnir (Simple, Item)
I don't mind farming 50 Mantles for this, please let us have it! >_<

Fantasia / Name Changing Potion (Simple, Item)
$5 USD each seems about right for me. More users buying = better profit for company, it's a win-win situation. I just wonder how much workload all those frequent changes will place on the servers... Maybe a 1 month cool down (2 or 3 months for name changing potion) per potion or something?

Preventing players to leave / Applying 30 mins DF lockout to players that leave the dungeon while others are still viewing a cut scene (Complex, System)
Recently there's been a raising numbers of tanks and healers who left the dungeon right away if it isn't Ifirit / Titan (story mode) while another player is still in the cut scene. Doing so enable them to re-queue without any penalty. As a DPS I can't describe enough how annoying that is after queuing for an hour before finally entering into a dungeon.

Numeric Digits on Hot Skill Icon (Complex, System)
Placing a translucent numeric digits for skills that are still on cool down make it easier to identify how much longer til the skill is back up again. Sometimes you think a skill is ready to use but the silver tick just decides to troll you -_-

New Macro Tags (Complex, Macro)
This one needs a little explanation. Basically I'm hoping that we will get two types of macro tag where:
1. <m.ac> tag, will do nothing if it fails to execute.
2. <ac> tag, will perform like a normal action if it fails to execute.

ex.
/micon "Stoneskin"
/ac "Stoneskin" <t>
/ac "Stoneskin" <tt>

Let's say I'm a PLD OT, this macro used to work if I tried to SS the MT while targeting the boss, because when /ac "Stoneskin" <t> fails to execute, it will fall through to execute /ac "Stoneskin" <tt>. However, a recent patch render it useless as it now behave like the normal action. So when /ac "Stoneskin" <t> fails to execute, it will just cast it on myself instead, and failing to run /ac "Stoneskin" <tt>. Having a seperated <m.ac> tag helps to solve this issue, and will probably help me save a benediction again if the target user run out of range T_T

Upgrade Materia system(Complex,System)
I'd like a more interesting concept for the materia system. Something along the lines of : new materia types ( job-specifique, support) and linked slots to be able to combine some materia power ( ala FF7).

I forgot to mentioned this on the first post (and couldn't edit since I already hit the character limit), but this is a wish list, not a demand list. Whatever ideals / suggestion posted here are just something we hope to have to help enhanced our enjoyment of the game, so please do not rant or bug our friendly staff if your ideals / suggestion doesn't get implemented. Also, I do not claim credit for any ideals / suggestions here. Some of these are what I read elsewhere and agreed with. I just started this thread hoping to consolidate everything and hopefully to catch the developer's attention and maybe help make the game a little better. With that said, please don't hesitate to share whatever brilliant ideal / suggestion you might have! :D

[] Only join running in progress (Simple, System)
Allows a player to queue up for running content only. Could prevent tanks or healers from queueing and draw back instantly since they didn't get a running instance.

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[] Materia iLvl (Complex, System)
Assign ilevels to Materias, once they are melded into a piece of equipment the iLvl increases by that amount.

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Originally Posted by kiraan

Upgrade Materia system(Complex,System)
I'd like a more interesting concept for the materia system. Something along the lines of : new materia types ( job-specifique, support) and linked slots to be able to combine some materia power ( ala FF7).

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This is a nice ideal. I was hoping that if we meld a specific item in a specific order, we can get some bonus effect. Maybe say a penta melded Vanya Robe of Healing with a specific order and materia will gain an extra bonus of 5% chance the next stoneskin will be cost free or something. And while we are at it, maybe a full set of gear will gain some small bonus as well. Like full Fuma MNK set will have permanent Fist of the Wind effect, but it doesn't stack. Nothing overkill, but something small to change the playing style a little will be nice.

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Originally Posted by Seraphe

[] Only join running in progress (Simple, System)
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This might be a little pushy.. It will suck for the good tanks and healers that wanna farm for a specific item from the first boss and every time they queue for running instance they got a mid or end progress queue. And this remind me of:

Duty Finder Lockout for Players who withdrawn from DF X number of times within Y number mins
It's really annoying when you queue you finally get the missing tank / healer after waiting for hours and then you run into a player that is fishing for in progress queue. Then after they withdrawn you got to re-queue again. I believe there's a priority queue for this kind of situation but sometimes it can still take too long during off peak period. Maybe lock out the player from DF for 15 mins if they withdraw 3 times within 5 mins or something.

Upgrade Combo system aka Skillchains (Complex, system)

Thats something i really miss as a party experience. Nowadays, you can do your rotation alone without even looking at others members, its just you versus the fight. The skillchain system was easy enough to make people play together and attain a better group cohesion. It might limit in some ways too the spammy festival we're experiencing.

You would even fell more pressure on certains fights, like you have to wait for your BLM to get enough MP to unleash is powerful spells on the magic burst, but the timing is really short and the boss is about to launch a deadly spell...You proceed to start the skillchain, magic burst is enabled and pam, 1 second before the boss abilty, the BLM spell goes off and you win!

Well, thats the kind of stuff i'd like to see more emphasize, a real group play, not playing solo with 7 others people

This could be pretty tough, because SE have to keep the balance between causal and hardcore players. It's going to become even tougher if you factor in random strangers from DF as well. However, if they can add in as a small bonus on top of what we have now if we successfully pull said party combo off, it might actually work for the best of both world. So static skilled players can benefit and causal players wouldn't get their head bitten off for falling behind.

Grid system for unlocking Advanced jobs (Complex,System)

I'd like to see a sort of grid sytem where you recquire different jobs ( even more than 2) to unlock the quest to start the new Advanced jobs. And i'l like them to start from level 1. No more class -> jobs for the Advanced ones. A system like this would allow more different kind of jobs to be added.

I know it can be time consuming for beginners if let say they want to be a ninja, but it requires to have job A and job B, meaning they have to level 2 classes. But please let stop with the instant gratification, you want to be a ninja, you have to work for it, its a mid term goal. It should be fun to get there and a journey in itself.

Simple: war upper body gear that doesn't cover the head so it can be used with vanity system to mask coffins.


Complex: Open world dungeon that everyone can tackle how they want. At the end there's a portal to an istanced boss but it gets unlocked in the duty finder only when the player reaches the portal.

My biggest wish for this game:

Complex:

Total redesign of the SMN, to make it less 'generic MMO necromancer' and more Final Fantasy Summoner styled.

Step 1:

Convert ACN from being a damage type into a healer type. Give them leeches and Succor at early levels like CNJ gets. SCH becomes the natural job progression of the ACN.

Step 2:

SMN is now a Damage job based off of a healer class. Replace these little garbage pets with big powerful primal pets, but with a healing mechanic involved. The Primal spawns with 50% health, and that health drains away quickly. In order to keep the primal up and fighting, the SMN must constantly heal it to keep it's health from dropping to zero. At 0 HP, the pet despawns. On the other hand, the SMN must be careful not to overheal their pet. If the Primal ever reaches 100% health, it immediately stops and activates it's ultimate AOE attack, nuking everything in the area, then despawns. 90% of the SMN's damage now comes from their pet. SMN is no longer a DOT stacker, but does still have Bio and Ruin to throw around between healing their pet.

Enabling Herklaedi (and multi-slot gears) for Vanity (Complex, Vanity)
This is going to be a little long, so please bear with me. As of now we don't know much about the upcoming glamours system yet, so this is purely speculation and deduction based on the intel we have now. Based on what I observe, the glamours system work this way:
1. Get a crafter to "copy" a vanity gear into the glamour data bank
2. Pick a base gear and saved vanity gear from glamour bank
3. Consume a vanity crystal of X grade respective to vanity gear's item level if the listed conditions match and apply vanity gear skin.

The issue with this system (if my hypothesis is correct), is that the vanity "status" is tied to an individual base gear instead of a whole set (think back to how colors isn't tie to a gear set long ago), hence multi-slot occupying gears became an issue.

I'm proposing to have the vanity gear be save as a set as well, then have vanity skin as priority over the base gear. In the case when vanity gear isn't apply, just default skin to base gear. Then the rest as follows:

1. If vanity gear is apply 1-to-1 slot over base gear, just overwrite the skin respectively.

2. If vanity gear occupy more slots than base gear (ex. Herklaedi), just overwrite base gear and lock out the respective vanity slot.

3. If vanity gear occupy lesser slots than base gear (ex. empty head + Armor of Light body over Heavy Darklight Armor), just overwrite applied slot on base gear and make remaining "free" slots appear empty (like how it will look like when nothing is equipped)

Sitting Positions (Simple, Animation)
There are plenty of NPCs already have unique sitting positions; it'd be nice to be able to use emote commands so that when your in a sitting position you don't look like you've had a brain aneurysm

Better class customization (Complex, Gameplay)
With cross-class skills your afforded some different customization, and with the rare chance you can use materia your offered it again, but over all your looking at the same cookie cutter builds. I'd like to see different play styles for different jobs. The warrior for example, could have two different splits, one where its focus is Damage, another for Tanking. The Paladin could be split between Tanking and Healing, Monk could be split between Support and Damage, etc. etc. Each job has the potential for these kinds of different specializations, which don't necessarily pigeon hole you into a certain play style.

Uniqued/varied items and gear for grinding/dedication purposes (Complex, Gameplay)
The current beastman factions are neat, I'd like to see more of it and spread out across the entirety of the game. Quests, factions, rare item drops, etc. all of it to give you a sort of focus or end game goal to work towards besides collecting the same gear every one else has.

Improved PvP (Complex, Gameplay)
As it stands right now PvP isn't all that great; it can take forever to random queue for it, and it's just kind of like a poor mimic of WoWs Arena system. I'd like to see something more akin to battlegrounds, larger fields with a game actually played that focuses on the characters competing against one another. Also an improvement to the Arena system, perhaps a spectators area where you can watch matches and place bets on them, or something.

I think we are getting more jobs customization in the form of Dark Knight, Ninja, Samurai, Red/Blue Mage, etc in the future, but I do understand what you're trying to say though.

Chocobo Package (Breeding / Racing / Respec / Dungeon) (Complex, System / Dungeon / Companion)
I really love the companion system, but as of now, it leave much room for desire. I know the Chocobo respec is coming on a future update, however there is too little chance to utilize the companion system as of now. I heard that Golden Saucer might be coming on patch 2.3, so I was hoping we can get a full Chocobo package along with the classic Chocobo Racing mini game in Golden Saucer. Some ideals include some puzzle mechanism heavy dungeon for players to interact with their feather friends.

Maybe a easy (1 player + 1 Chocobo), normal (2 player + 2 Chocobo) and hard mode (4 player + 4 Chocobo) special dungeon where Chocobo can earn EXP at a special rate and players getting special vanity gears, crafting materials, Chocobo bardings and on rare occasions, key item to be used for Chocobo breeding that will in turn resulting into different stats for Companion Summon or Chocobo Racing. That will really spice up the Companion system, since it's pretty much useless now due to multiple restriction and the fact that it's pretty much useful only when solo leveling alts.

Lore Journal (Simple / Complex, System)
Similar to the video cutscene journal book in the inn room, hopefully we can get a book that record all the lores of FFXIV. Like stuff about the elder primals, class & job quest, how the relic came about, etc.

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...obvious-things

this thread 180 pages, even gets answers sometimes

Ahh, I didn't try searching for Suggestions. Maybe a moderator can merge the threads together? Thanks for the link Thaliss!

Increase Gil reward by double or triple.

Mark huntings (ff XII) I posted it long ago.

Any info on new classes/jobs (SE barely mention any of these.)

Having ability to dye ALL gears (AF, coil and etc).

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Originally Posted by SokiYagami

This could be pretty tough, because SE have to keep the balance between causal and hardcore players. It's going to become even tougher if you factor in random strangers from DF as well. However, if they can add in as a small bonus on top of what we have now if we successfully pull said party combo off, it might actually work for the best of both world. So static skilled players can benefit and causal players wouldn't get their head bitten off for falling behind.

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It worked with out a hitch in Random Pick Up parties in FFXI. You just will need to make Macro signifying when you use a skill or adjust your chat logs.

Hell, even randoms were able to time a 12 Second Cast Freeze for a Burst.

Ignore the player base (simple,system)

Seriously. This thread. Wow.
Just, keep doing what you're doing SE.

Crafting Classes Self Sufficient (complex, system, pipe dream)

I'm not talking about crafting classes being able to make everything from scratch without the need of other materials. That would be stupid.

No I mean the ability to make HQ gear, which unless your stacked with a bunch of HQ mats, requires leveling up just about every other class to get some skill that will let you HQ items.

I want to be a weaver. I want to make clothes. I do want to be a cook, and have to slog through cooking to reach Cul 37 to get the skills I need to make HQ clothing. I would much prefer that as you go up in level and gain more stats and abilities in your class, you can work your way to getting HQ on your own.

But like I said, this is really just a pipe dream and I don't see it ever changing.

Only real wish is for any info on whether or not we are going to get more classes/jobs for combat based on what we have already seen on npc's. I hope that we get specialized classes like samurai, ninja, time mage, gunner, and champion/duelist classes added to really bring some spice to the lineups... Very worth the effort and money in my mind.

MAGITEK BALLISTA!

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Originally Posted by Seraphe

[] Only join running in progress (Simple, System)

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Hell no. I vote they make it a daily attempt only to fix the problem you spoke of. One attempt and if you leave you can't go back in until tomorrow.

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Originally Posted by SokiYagami

Duty Finder Lockout for Players who withdrawn from DF X number of times within Y number mins

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Yes. Just.. yes.

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Originally Posted by kiraan

Upgrade Combo system aka Skillchains (Complex, system)

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Not going to happen. Too complex for run-of-the-mill "what does MMO stand for" type of players.

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One of my own: Crafting recipes that are equal to current endgame gear. Not sub-par as with i70 gear. And yes, I know materia would make it better. My point. Crafting should be the best. Just make them cost a lot more tome items to craft.

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Originally Posted by Synra

My biggest wish for this game:

Complex:

Total redesign of the SMN, to make it less 'generic MMO necromancer' and more Final Fantasy Summoner styled.

Step 1:

Convert ACN from being a damage type into a healer type. Give them leeches and Succor at early levels like CNJ gets. SCH becomes the natural job progression.

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I disagree with making the Summoner a gimped healer they should stay a dps. The Summoner's should eventually get the ability to summon the Primals at the cost of mp and once there MP is drained the primal does it's ultimate attack and leaves. Also we should be able to make pacts with the Primals so reduce the cost if summoning them and if the player uses the Primals ultimate attack it leaves the field.

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Originally Posted by OrganizationXIll

One of my own: Crafting recipes that are equal to current endgame gear. Not sub-par as with i70 gear. And yes, I know materia would make it better. My point. Crafting should be the best. Just make them cost a lot more tome items to craft.

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Pretty sure this will be coming in 2.2. 3 stars crafting gear that is ilvl 80/90 with materia slots, and probably tier V materia as well

Gear Set BonusComplex (most likely) I'd love to see gear that lowered specific class cooldowns or buffed certain class abilities (eg -5 sec on Rampart CD for PLD)

24 Man Pre-made Raid ContentComplex I want to be able to queue 24 man raids as an FC so I don't have to deal with i55 BLMs being dead weight and causing wipes.

World BossComplex I want to see roaming world bosses with even cosmetic rewards. eg Nightmare Pigrim from SWToR a world boss that re-spawned 3 hours after the last kill.

Objective PvPSimple PvP where the goal is more than just to kill the other team. This game has amazing class balance in PvP and I'd love a not-boring way to play it.

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Originally Posted by SokiYagami

Pretty sure this will be coming in 2.2. 3 stars crafting gear that is ilvl 80/90 with materia slots, and probably tier V materia as well

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Yes i90 crafted are coming in 2.2. However, so are higher tiers of purchased and dropped gears. i110 gear would be my guess with i115 weapon from turn 9.