Ask Questions for the Letter from the Producer LIVE: NA Fan Fest(Exploring Patch 3.4)

[Delmontyb]

Right now it seems that FATEs come into play more with seasonal events, but outside of those events (Yoi-Ki-Watch) at a high level there isn't any real gain from running a fate.

Are their any plans to add Tombs or other drops from FATES for players who are at level cap? Not that I'm asking to do only FATEs, it just seems silly that the only way to keep players engaged with them is with these events or Relic weapons.

Thanks for your time and consideration.

[DSCH]

I have a question about some of the music of 3.4. The music of Xelphatol resembles a theme from Tchaikovsky symphony no. 5. Was that at all intentional?

[Sweetkins]

I have friends who I am afraid to recommend Final Fantasy 14 to because of the extremely linear and long (PLUS mandatory) main story quests, thus I most often than not play alone or with very few others. If somehow the MSQ (apart from dungeons) could be easily skipped (and without getting any of the rewards of course) I am sure I would be able to recommend the game easier. They all play World of Warcraft because of it's freedom and alternatives to how you unlock certain things. Will something ever be done about this? Also, having to go through hundreds of quests just to unlock the ability to play an Expansion you've bought with real money is tedious and frustrating, especially for new players that want to join high-lvl content. I have friends who can play only a few hours a week, having to go through MSQ:s would take months for them before being able to play with us.

(Edit: I have friends, whom I recommended the game to, that have quit playing because they can't get through the MSQ.)

[ClaireFaye]

I have two questions. The first is that even if we're done with Ishgard, will we still be able to have some kind of scene with Edmont? It's just that we had patches that involved his sons and they both changed for the better, I was just wondering if we could have something like that with Edmont as well? I felt that he had become something like a second father to the scions and I think that it would be a good way to end Heavensward. Maybe something to think about for 3.5? And second, is that we now know that there are other worlds out there, if the warriors of darkness are from the first, which one is Eoreza? And will we be seeing more warriors from other worlds?

[LARGEST9ght]

Will you consider having beast tribes that are for just gatherers miner, botanist, fisher. In the future?

[Guhigh]

In the various mmo I've been playing, I nearly always ended up as a mitigation tank. Those other mmo also had tank killing/cripling/crits mechanic that were linked to a defensive stat. If you had enough of that stat, the hit became a normal high HP damage strike. if you didn't you received some nasty debuff like 20% armor value reduction (stacking), enmity reduction, automatic crits from boss... Please not that this is in addition to any tank swapping mechanic the boss might have.

Do you plan to implement mechanic such as crushing blow in the future and use parry as a defensive stat to protect against such mechanic ?

An other use for parry could be to reduce tanking CD (only) and increase mob damage output. so staking parry will allow you to use your defensive CD more often. You could still go for a dps tank, but your healer will clearly feel it.

[Zohar_Lahar]

With Xelphatol being a dungeon in the latest patch, does this mean that these beast-tribe regions (such as Paglth'an) are not planned to become open-world regions in expansions?

[Morningstar1337]

With Xelphatol being a dungeon in the latest patch, does this mean that these beast-tribe regions (such as Paglth'an) are not planned to become open-world regions in expansions?

Probably. It likely that once we are finished with Ala Migho we have to go into Garlemald, the heart of the empire to deal with them once and for all, and that there are places in Hydaelyn that have potention for the plor of the expansions afterward, such as Sharlayan, Othard and alternate dimesnions, so getting the Beastmen strongholds outta the way as dungeons would likely be they way to go.

[PotatoTree]

In Aquapolis, can you add an additional "save" where when you trigger the trap and get kicked out and the screen fades to black, Yoshi-P's face would pop up and say "NO RECOMPOSE" and it will teleport you into the next room?

[PotatoTree]

I know we're not supposed to be getting any more beast tribes this patch, but can you reconsider and add the little Allagan nodes from the Helix as a beast tribe? I love those little things.