Letter from the Producer LIVE Part XXIII Q&A Update Thread

[Bayohne]

Q70. Do you have any plans to improve the graphical quality of PS4?

A70. We’re thinking about gradually implementing code related to the DirectX 11 improvements onto PS4 as we keep an eye on stability.

[Bayohne]

Q71. After 3.0 launched, my inventory and Armoury have been super full. Do you plan on adding more inventory space?

A71. I understand everyone’s request, but since additional inventory space would increase the data transmitted, there is a risk for server crashes, so this isn’t something we can do right away. We’re optimizing aspects with every patch, so we will continue to look into this for the future. Until then, we would like to add a feature that stores and retrieves whole gear sets to and from retainers, and make other quality-of-life changes to retainers.

[Bayohne]

Q72. There are times I can’t tell if an enemy’s attack is physical or magical. Would it be possible to change the color of the damage so we can easily distinguish this?

A72. We have no plans to separate this as we would like players to investigate this as part of strategy. Also, the element changes many times while developing, therefore it’ll be difficult to do this even if we looked into making this type of adjustment.

[Bayohne]

Q73. Can you make it so the chocobo in our stables are more lively (such as sitting or” kwehing”)?

A73. While I can't answer with a definitive time frame, we would like to do this if we have the opportunity. I’ll have the motion team look into it.

[Bayohne]

Q74. Can you make it so the horns and face options for Au Ra are separate?

A74. Right now it’s not possible since separating these would stress system processes. In regards to color as well, it’s currently using the maximum memory specifications, so it would require core system adjustments. We will look into it once more.

[Bayohne]

Q75. Do you have plans to increase the availability of glove-type monk weapons in future?

A75. We're looking into further changes for the monk weapon to make it fit more to the fist. We’re looking into increasing glove-type weapons, so please hang in there.

[Bayohne]

Q76. Do you have plans to introduce an afro hairstyle?

A76. We're going to add this in Patch 3.1. We actually had it nearly ready to release, but the number of polygons were too high. We're currently making adjustments to this, so please look forward to it.

[Bayohne]

Q77. Can you increase the maximum amount of macro lines and the number of macros we can save?

A77. Macros are managed on an account-wide basis and not by individual characters, and due to this it will take us a bit of time to test to make it possible to store more macros by compressing the data. We will give an update on our progress on the forums in the future.

[Bayohne]

Q78. Do you have plans to make it possible to sell items on the market board, or send retainers on ventures, without switching between each retainer?

A78. The server that manages retainers are calling each retainers individually when you need to give orders. So calling four at once would cause lots of stress on the server. As mentioned earlier, we need to place some type of limit on the stress somewhere to get features like glamouring directly from retainer inventory. We’re considering these with the server loads in mind, so we ask for your patience. Additionally, we’re looking into making it possible to sell items directly from retainers.

[Bayohne]

Q79. How is the feature to see our party members' TP coming along?

A79. We're currently working on this so that memory is not completely consumed, and we're planning to just show the bar, not a value. We're aiming to implement this in Patch 3.1.