What do you hope to see in 4.5/5.0 or beyond?

From Bosses to Weapons, what do you hope to see in 5.0?

I'd really love to see some new non-robe battlemage designs for casters/ranged, more magitek-style mounts (can we get a mini-version of the flying two-legged walker magitek thingies we saw in the Battle for Silvertear Lake and others??)
I'd also like a relic weapon design for WHM (and others) that doesnt blind the ever-living heck outta ya or take away from the weapon itself with that overglow. How about instead of glow, some cool lightup sections of the weapon that maybe pulse or something.

I'm also hoping that with the introduction of Viera (and before that the Bangaa from Return to Rabanastre) that we'll atleast see a variant of the moogles in game that look like the ones from Tactics/FF12. Even just a small cameo or easter egg would please me greatly :)

What do you want to see?

I know it probably won't happen in 4.5 but I really hope Yoshi gets his head out of his ass and listens to the fanbase to fix the following:

Remove glamor restrictions altogether.
This has been something the playerbase has been asking for a very, very long time. While glamoring has gotten a tad bit less restrictive due to SE just recoloring and creating gear from other jobs for most jobs to use but even still, there are a ton of armors and clothing in the game that is locked behind job requirements and Yoshi's argument is that players wouldn't know who the tank or healer is if they didn't look the part....But we sure can glamour a bikini over heavy armor though....

Just make housing instanced.
Like Aion, PSO2 or Wildstar. That way everyone can have a house and not have to do crazy things to get one. Once again, SE has some wierd argument saying that they would like housing to be this "communty" like system where you could walk outside and see your neighbors. As we all know, most of the housing area is SUPER dead. I hardly see 1-2 people when I'm wondering around. It might as well just be instanced. People can still visit your home, you could still invite as many people as you wanted. Everyone is happy.

More interesting dungeons
For those like me who actually enjoy doing dungeons. There are some games like Aion or ESO where you can enter a dungeon and run into an NPC that can assign a quest inside the dungeon. In Aion, there is a dungeon that stands out to me called Kromede's Trial that has you play as a story character. Inside this dungeon, there are secret/hidden rooms, a guest where you have to put crazed prisioner out of their misery and you can collect "tools" that make the dungeon easier. For example, there's a wall that only be broken down if you get a particular item which you have to collect from an mini-boss. Sure you could just run through the dungeon and kill the boss, but now you have options. Something like this in FFXIV would break up the monotony of just running a dungeon and fighting a boss and maybe encourage some replaybality as well.

A Battle Arena, Stage Play Area and Haunted House in the Golden Saucer
They're already adding a railer shooter just like the one in FFVII...They may as well keep it going and add everything else from the Golden Saucer...One can dream.

I agree with the non-robe glams for casters/healers, I mean, seriously, it's been recycled so many times already... And also agree with the overglowy weapons too.

I hope to see a relic weapon not locked behind a stupid place, and that it has various ways to complete the different steps.

I hope to see less unisex hairstyles and glamours, some stuff looks awful in dudes, and other stuff looks awful in girls as well.

I hope to see many more male glams.

I hope to see real eyebrows for Highlander Males.

I hope to see more instanced battles like the one with Lakshmi in 4.1, where NPC were able to do mechanics.

I hope we can visit Thavnair, and the rest of the Eastern cities.

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Originally Posted by Renato

I know it probably won't happen in 4.5 but I really hope Yoshi gets his head out of his ass and listens to the fanbase to fix the following:

Remove glamor restrictions altogether.
This has been something the playerbase has been asking for a very, very long time. While glamoring has gotten a tad bit less restrictive due to SE just recoloring and creating gear from other jobs for most jobs to use but even still, there are a ton of armors and clothing in the game that is locked behind job requirements and Yoshi's argument is that players wouldn't know who the tank or healer is if they didn't look the part....But we sure can glamour a bikini over heavy armor though....

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I mean, yeah, looking at the weapon they're wielding is already a better indicator of what class they're playing. I don't see why armor and clothing have to be restricted as is.

Hmm, I love these threads lol. In no particular order:

• Chocobo digging game - FFXI refrence
• Real chocobo breeding/raising (I felt too disconnected with the gold saucer version)
• Instanced housing (as at least an option, can let people stay in a small cluster if they want - look at Wildstar as reference)
• If we keep going to the magitek areas I'd like to see a Zanarkand like city soon (that we can hang out in, once lore makes sense)
• Sky city, like Jeuno (or sky itself in FFXI lol), Cleyra the giant tree high up (FFIX), Castle in the sky (studio ghibli)
• If we keep seeing so many roads I might not hate the idea of Noctis car as a four person mount, but there is going to have to be some no 180 animation built it cause that'd be.. awful lol
• I'm assuming they'll add Viera but a Ronso like race would be great, perhaps a very bestial version of Viera as the other clan
• More glamour options for summoner, so that most if not all spells become very primal themed (saw an idea to phoenix theme summoner's ressurection spell for example)
• FFIX moogle buddy, they can build in the concept with their mobile app they have (but I'd like to see many features in game, like taking from stash, npc selling, etc)
• Chocobo Paradise
• Mognet
• Glamour, armoire, and achievement system becoming more unified when it comes to item storage and where to find/use them.
• Multi-dye armor (like Guild Wars 2)
• Work on making account bound things, like cash shop (like WoW has for achievements and all purchases)
• Outside of golden saucer (like you can stand on the outside of it)
• Flammie as a mount still lol (secret of mana)
• More FC housing build options, I remember them talking about build towers that offered exp bonuses way back when.. Would be nice to build relationships (like you do with the grand company) with beastmen and have a sort of Guild Wars 2 zone that your company owns and builds up as a long term group project.
• Higher resolution textures to reduce the most obvious pixels (doesn't have to be 4k)
• Higher poly models, mostly on characters, to give people toes and body shape lol

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Originally Posted by SaitoHikari

I mean, yeah, looking at the weapon they're wielding is already a better indicator of what class they're playing. I don't see why armor and clothing have to be restricted as is.

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Me neither and every time I hear that excuse, it frustrates me to no end. Not only the weapon, but the job indicator next to the player's healthbar as well.

eyebrows for highlander males will never happen cuz lore reasons.

instanced housing will never happen - maybe they will make it different for when Ishgard stuff finally opens up after the crafters/gatherers fix it up.

FFXIV moogles will always look like the moogles they are cuz they are the moogles of this universe.

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Originally Posted by Shougun

Hmm, I love these threads lol. In no particular order:

• Chocobo digging game - FFXI refrence

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Oh man YES!! THIS SO MUCH THIS! Grand idea!
Also Im a derp and thank you for reminding me of[/list ] lol!

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Originally Posted by Renato

Remove glamor restrictions altogether.
This has been something the playerbase has been asking for a very, very long time. While glamoring has gotten a tad bit less restrictive due to SE just recoloring and creating gear from other jobs for most jobs to use but even still, there are a ton of armors and clothing in the game that is locked behind job requirements and Yoshi's argument is that players wouldn't know who the tank or healer is if they didn't look the part....But we sure can glamour a bikini over heavy armor though....

Just make housing instanced.
Like Aion, PSO2 or Wildstar. That way everyone can have a house and not have to do crazy things to get one. Once again, SE has some wierd argument saying that they would like housing to be this "communty" like system where you could walk outside and see your neighbors. As we all know, most of the housing area is SUPER dead. I hardly see 1-2 people when I'm wondering around. It might as well just be instanced. People can still visit your home, you could still invite as many people as you wanted. Everyone is happy.

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And yeah the housing thing! Ive been thinking that since it first came out that it should have just been instanced like Moghouses/gardens in XI.

And if they removed the glamour restrictions I could finally make my WHM and BRD the way I want them!!

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Originally Posted by Vespar

Oh man YES!! THIS SO MUCH THIS! Grand idea!
Also Im a derp and thank you for reminding me of[/list ] lol!

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I know WoW (archaeology) made something that might feel similar but imo FFXIV is already better, in WoW you'd have to get off your mount and that's not so here. So the process, even if they kept it similar, is already a lot more fluid and thus more repeatable :3. Besides Chocobos are better lol.

Not that I'm suggesting it has to be a specific type of mini-game, just that fairly certain FFXIVs can be better than FFIXs and feel more certain that if it's similar to WoW's it'll be better even (and it's not a copy from because FFIX is older than WoW haha).

When I got to that part of the game my game got so side tracked lol, I mastered all the colors I could whenever I could and went straight to chocobo heaven :3.

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Originally Posted by Shougun

I know WoW (archaeology) made something that might feel similar but imo FFXIV is already better, in WoW you'd have to get off your mount and that's not so here. So the process, even if they kept it similar, is already a lot more fluid and thus more repeatable :3. Besides Chocobos are better lol.

Not that I'm suggesting it has to be a specific type of mini-game, just that fairly certain FFXIVs can be better than FFIXs and certain if it's similar to WoW's it'll be better (and it's not a copy from because FFIX is older than WoW haha).

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Chocobo digging would be even cooler if it was done kind of like Treasure maps are now! Like If your Choboco found a spot and collected a treasure it could have the potential of spawning a warp hole to a solo mini dungeon (Chocobo Forest maybe?) similar to how Uznair works, but where you and your boco team up and fight through to collect an even better treasure!

Seriously! You should start a request thread for that! I love threads like these. They spark so many imaginative ideas.

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Originally Posted by Shougun

Hmm, I love these threads lol. In no particular order:

• Chocobo digging game - FFXI refrence
• Multi-dye armor (like Guild Wars 2)
• Outside of golden saucer (like you can stand on the outside of it)
• Higher resolution textures to reduce the most obvious pixels (doesn't have to be 4k)
• Higher poly models, mostly on characters, to give people toes and body shape lol

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Some really good ideas here. I really "dig" the Chocobo digging game from FFIX and I think it would ecourage more exploration in the world which has been a big request recently. It'd be cool if we could discover Chocobo Forests scattered around Eorzea where we'd have to play the digging mini-game to find the ancient treasure maps. After finding the maps, we'd have to explore the world to actually find the rare treasures. Sounds like a good time-waster as long as the rewards were worth-while.

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Originally Posted by Renato

Some really good ideas here. I really "dig" the Chocobo digging game from FFIX and I think it would ecourage more exploration in the world which has been a big request recently. It'd be cool if we could discover Chocobo Forests scattered around Eorzea where we'd have to play the digging mini-game to find the ancient treasure maps. After finding the maps, we'd have to explore the world to actually find the rare treasures. Sounds like a good time-waster as long as the rewards were worth-while.

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I love the idea of that being how you get the map to find the treasure and potentially the forest. Makes the idea I just posted even more rounded out! PLEASE SE do this!! <3

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Originally Posted by Vespar

I love the idea of that being how you get the map to find the treasure and potentially the forest. Makes the idea I just posted even more rounded out! PLEASE SE do this!! <3

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Would be neat to add a scavenger hunt aspect too. I personally would like an anima (from FFX) fight.

The end of "play as an NPC" instances. I don't play these games to be an NPC thank you very much. theres a reason I enjoy making my own character/s

Crazy experimental content that doesn't fall short despite having a good premise.

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Originally Posted by Sylvina

The end of "play as an NPC" instances. I don't play these games to be an NPC thank you very much. theres a reason I enjoy making my own character/s

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Show don't tell is good story telling which the writers recently rediscovered.

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Originally Posted by TaiyoShikasu

Crazy experimental content that doesn't fall short despite having a good premise.



Show don't tell is good story telling which the writers recently rediscovered.

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I prefer show to tell when MY character does something. when someone elses character does something its only expected and right for them to have to tell you about it if you werent present. its how it works. and I don't play MMOs to play NPCs. I could just play tomb raider or something if I wanted that.

Blitz Ball Job Class

More dark based Job Classes

Going to Garlemald

The Noodle Cup Hat from FFXV

Going to the Void

Eorzea's three city state's maps expanded for further over world exploration.

Blue Mage being actually good and people not whining about it anymore.

No more resourcing sucking Eureka experiments

Nero, Gauis and Zenos armor glamour

Glamour dresser item expansion from 200 to 400 or 600.

Less stuff on Mogstation and more in game rewards

No more NPC glanour in mogstation and only in game as rewards.

Gold Saucer being fun.

-Less RNG gates to artificially extended content life and keep people subbed longer.
-Player focused design and not recurring monetary design. Note the first statement.

- That the relic weapons are not outdated when introduced to the game.
- Stop locking hairstyles behind content that when the next expansion arrives will see close to zero use. If not unlocked at once give them to that npc that was placed in the gold saucer to sell hair, it still sells just 1.
- More and better dungeons, mixing up the old formula that we have been stuck with since ARR.
- If they plan to make another Eureka. Add quests, add side quests, add hunts, add leves, add small dungeons we can enter solo or in a group. You know, just add more to do then just simply grind mobs.
- In the next PotD/HoH thing. Add more templates for how rooms can look, different size and shapes.
- Improve the housing system so everyone who want to can take part in it. (have a house myself, but I want everyone to have the same chance).
- Better fates, we seem to be stuck with them so just make them better.
- Better coloring option for equipment, if gear has 3 different colors then let us chose 1 color for each.
- Improvement to chocobo racing, let us actually control our bird, also more maps to race on.
- Remove the role actions and move the needed skills into each job that use them.
- Move away from the raid design that results in raids being more like 4 trials done in a certain order and less like raids.
- More difficulty levels for dungeons, raids, trials.
- Race and culture specific gear for every race and subrace. Other races will be able to get them just that they originate from specific cultures.

That was all I could think of right now.

Dx 12 support.

no more diadem/eureka style content
dont put hairstyles behind any type of rng

I love these kinds of threads :D *cracks knuckles*

- My biggest wish -- Old Feast rewards being obtainable with Wolf Collars (not marks, so yes, you actually have to participate in Feast and rank).

- My second-biggest wish - Azim-steppe-themed housing or a housing exterior that looks like Haukke Manor!

- My third-biggest wish - More tribal-looking gear and tattooed gear.

- More high-ticket items in the Gold Saucer

- An ordinary falcon and grey wolf mount (without the flames/particle effects)

- That ice tiger as a mount

- This is probably not going to happen in 5.x but I'd love to see a job that uses magitek. A teknomancer of sorts.