Ask Questions for Letter from the Producer LIVE Part XVI! (The Future of FFXIV: ARR)

[ElisaUrsula]

Can we see something like class specializations (giving more different options for jobs to be played)?

In FFXI, you could do this to an extent (BLU/SCH as healers for example).

In World of Warcraft, I really like how they did specializations. Druid and Monk in WoW (For example) can play as Tank, DPS, or Healer.

If you like the look of Monk (animations, gear, etc) but you don't want to play them as just a DPS, you can build them in a different way to allow them to tank or be a healer (for example).

Specs in WoW gave almost all classes at least 2 different roles to play (Priests can be DPS or healers for example). This adds a lot of variety for play.

I know there are things like Cleric Stance but that is something you simply turn on/off whenever during battle. Specs in WoW are much more dramatic and let you completely change how a class is played. It is almost like playing a different class altogether (but with theme and look of the class). Can we see something like that in FFXIV?

[Umisame]

Can we get changed number of people needed for dungeons from 4 to 5-6?

Syrcus Tower works great with 1 tank, less wait time for dps, its a great idea that could be used for old dungeons. Good way to fix problem wtih waiting times for dps in dutys is to increase groups from 4 to 5-6 in dungeons with 1tank, 1 healer and 3-4 dps. I know mechanics were made for groups of 4 but just increase mobs hp for old dungeons. Less wait time = better game experience.

[Aoxaviar]

Would it be possible to make a in-game notepad? Perhaps a way to add notes to the journal?

Kahoko

I would ask that this be taken even a step further and we get a journal as a separate tab in the inventory menu so we can make notes on the fly in game, be able to use that as a copy feature for sending messages to friends via the moggle mail, and also be able to add screen shots as well, or have a separate photo album of our screen shots so we can access and share in game.

[Akhirah]

Can we expect to see extreme/savage mode of old dungeons and savage for primal fights in the future?

[Aoxaviar]

I know that currently we can have lots of characters with several platforms covered on one account. However, you can't play a character on the PS3 and have another up on the PC.

Has the dev team and the MogStation team thought about the ability to open up cross platform play on one account by allowing for players to dedicate a character to a particular platform with a limit of characters to the platform?

This was a thought that I had after posting about minor accounts for players (like myself) who have kids that also want to play while I (parents) are also online.

Please let us know what or if the dev team has talked about these aspects of game accessibility.

[Baxtalo]

When will there be more news about the Japanese Fan Festival and when we can purchase tickets?! <3

[Trugrave]

My two cents:

1. Allow SMN and SCH to allocate their own stats. And if in the future classes have multiple jobs, allow them to allocate their own stats as well.

2. Make it so that NM hunts don't end in 20 seconds............. At this point, by the time you call your mount to get to a Hunt target, it's already dead.

3. Make the game more solo and low man friendly, maybe allow companions to enter dungeons or make special soloable dungeons. This doesnt mean that content has to be easier, just scaled to handle 1 or 2 players. It seems like it's very hard to get even 8 people together to do an EX primal or coil these days.

[Eiketsu]

Will there be more bard songs?

[Youjinbou]

Will ninja be a strength or dexterity class?
Will ninja share the same gear as monk/bard? Or will it be a different classification of its own?

[epix]

Hello, I was wondering, where do you see Boss fights and the mechanics leading to in ARR? I personally loved the randomness in most boss fight(FFXI) but also enjoyed the strategy scripted fights(WoW) need(until I do the fight so many times it feels like a dance act). Do you believe there can be a melding of the two and if so would it be possible for ARR?