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[Sin_Nombre]

Can you change the rendering priority of mobs and players? Right now when many many players are in an area, mobs do not show up. If this was just graphical, it would be fine, but it's done such that our aoe spells do not hit them either. For instance, I will cast blizzard II when I know there are 5 mobs around me (if I change camera angle they show for a second), and none of them get hit. This is a serious problem because, among other things, it means that you do not get credit in fates.

[StudReaver]

Are there plans for company wars or big scale player fights, I imagine not full companys but I'd like to think that if theres goin to be 24 player instances for crystal tower then it would be great if we could have 12 on 12 company ( or even non company) battles for rewards like wagered gil or company credits.

Thanks for the game. Lovin it.

[Shadow_Sama]

{Ninja} {Can I have it?}

[Anapingofness]

Sorry if this has been asked but here goes.

1. Are there any plans to address the discontent felt by many Legacy Players (and certain 1.0 players) in being "locked out" of the "special" storyline in ARR? To be more specific, I refer to that only certain people got the Legacy opening and are therefore recognized as Warriors of Light. Many people who did not receive this opening supported and continued to support FFXIV's relaunch. Their support should be recognized.

2. Are there any plans to add a kick feature to parties?
For example, in light of the recent patch certain players have chosen to enter a dungeon and AFK most if not the entire run - having the ability to remove such players or even abusive players from a party would be beneficial to the rest of the party.

3. Are there any plans to penalize players for rage quitting groups/being removed from the party (if such an action was implemented)?

4. In player housing will we be able to interact with furnishings?

5. Going along with player housing are there any plans to establish a garden?

6. Any idea when the rest of the class mounts will be implemented?

7. Any plans to curb the amount of gear players get from quests to about level 10~15? Currently, the amount of gear players get from quests and dungeons make for crafting gear to be nigh useless- especially at low levels.

8.In regards to Materia, are there any plans to allow players to meld their most valued stats to their gear? For example, STR for DRG. The fact that one can hit the "Materia Cap" so quickly is a bit alarming.
Also, is it possible to increase the amount of stat bonus Materia gives? Currently the amount of a stat that Materia gives isn't anything to write home about and that lackluster effect only increases as the Materia tiers increase. Tier IV Materia should be giving +10~15 to any given stat, maybe even +20- not +6~9 to a stat.

In anycase, thanks for your time!
Good job on ARR, so far so good.

[Reika]

Will 2.1 see the addition of lvl50 guildleves?

[Anapingofness]

Another quick question, is it possible to have a loot list (a la FFXI) so that we don't lose an item we are farming for should we suddenly notice that our inventory is full?
That way we can quickly check our inventory and discard any useless items that may have accumulated during a farming session.

[Castrato]

Are there any future plans to give Fisher a secondary weapon like a tackle
box? It could also help free up inventory for all those lures and bait by giving them their own inventory space.

[mbncd]

Any plans to add crafting/gathering quests (real quests, not levequests) outside of the once every 5 levels guild quests? Same question but regarding FATE's for the crafting/gethering classes (of which I believe there are currently 0)?

[mbncd]

Can you change the rendering priority of mobs and players? Right now when many many players are in an area, mobs do not show up. If this was just graphical, it would be fine, but it's done such that our aoe spells do not hit them either. For instance, I will cast blizzard II when I know there are 5 mobs around me (if I change camera angle they show for a second), and none of them get hit. This is a serious problem because, among other things, it means that you do not get credit in fates.

This question but also including NPC's. Many times I've waited for ages in town or at crowded camps for NPC's to appear, but everyone's grandmother and carbuncle has to load first.

Will we ever be able to set the order ourselves of what/who loads first between NPC's/items, monsters, party/friends/FC/LS/etc, other players, pets/minions/buddies/followers, etc?

Sorry Carby, you'd go to the bottom of my list...

[veveaucent]

1. Any plans to improve your abysmal English language customer support?
2. Many player do not realize that a good portion of RMT spam is coming from hacked accounts. The accounts are being hacked even though these players are careful and have not engaged in RMT or other suspicious activities themselves. There are many players that as a result have been suspended and banned. What are your plans to help these players get back into the game?
3. What are your plans to help these players increase the security of their accounts?
4. Is your server side security compromised?

PS: I love the game and have yet to encounter even a single bug. This game is amazing but since even before release SE has struggle with accessibility issues, although many of the server side issue are coming closer to resolved the RMT issue and hacked account issues are enormous, please resolve them quickly so you can hang on to this amazing community.