Questions and Feedback on the Future of FINAL FANTASY XIV

[Fear]

A lot of final fantasy players love the Summoner Class and I can see on the future plans that summonable pets are planned. Are there any plans in the future to release the Summoner class/job?

They said in the notes that it will come, I belive they said they'll make Company primals summonable when you've defeated them

[Rizon]

This was not totally unexpected. It is quite obvious that SE is in full developement mode for V2.0 and everything between now and then is geared for that event. This is a massive and expensive undertaking that they are fully committed to. Charging subscription fees now is just a method of offsetting some of these costs so they are probably not too concerned if the current population drops dramatically. Though I believe they should have honored their commitment to provide use with Patch 1.21 before charging fees I will pay to play. I have enjoyed watching the Dev Team salvage something from the initial trainwreck and begin to form it into something that appears to have a future. I want to continue watch its developement. To Yoshi-P I have only 1 request. Please try to stay on schedule. As it is I will be pushing 66 at the scheduled release of V2.0. I want to make sure I am around to see the final results.

[Fensfield]

Oh, oh, another one!

Will the environment overhaul have a thematic justification or associated storyline, or just be quietly implemented and treated, in-story, as if it's always been so?

[Khazar]

Thanks for the preview on FFXIV 2.0, i think its the way to go.

my question is if FFXIV 2.0 is tecnically prepared to allow player swiming, or personal methods of flying or sailing.

[Sorel]

OK Yoshida-san, you want feedback, well here you go.

Concept Art:
Looks fantastic in general. Good job overall. But, I am not a fan of the Male Miqo'te concept drawings. And this is why.


Conceptually and physically, Female Miqo'te are extremely feminine in form. Out of all the females currently available in the game, they are the most feminine.

Your concept of Male Miqo'te is androgynous. And as such, it overlaps Lalafell Males who currently are the least masculine male available in the game.

Also on that scale Lalafell Females are the least feminine and most androgynous of the females available in game.

See the problem? You have a style mismatch within the race and an overlap with another race. The most feminine females in the game are paired with the least masculine males. Also, now you have two extremely androgynous boyish-looking males ... Lalafell & Miqo'te.

Now I'm not saying make Male Miqo'te look like Roegadyn. But you can add one single traditional feline male feature which will make Male Miqo'te less androgynous. Simply draw them with manes. Make their hair just a bit larger and bushier than female Miqo'te. And that will make them much less boy-like, and lore-wise give the highly feminine Female Miqo'tes a historical psychological reason why they mate with them instead of more masculine Highlanders & Roegadyn or more boyish Lalefells ... no other male race has a mane.

Just some feedback.

EDIT: If you want to see an example of what I'm talking about, just google Thundercats.

[Liminality]

I know this is probably out of the question, but I've always liked playing a Lalafell (Tarutaru from FFXI); however, I find that they're not as "cute" as they used to be. They look a little too much like small children. Is there any plans to change some of the current character designs, aside from the graphic upgrades in 2.0?

[AreeyaJaidee]

To SE: Amazing... Thank you for your hardwork! I will gladly support FFXIV 2.0s development! Die hardcore FF fan since Super Nintendo and this looks like it will be a FF amongst the best FFs!

To the players who are complaining about paying: Save us your crying and good riddance, don't let the door hit you on the way out you cheapos :3

[Cape-Freak]

Guess I'll leave my thoughts here.

First, the good: version 2.0 seems to be looking pretty promising, overall. It looks like it's addressing all the main issues and is hitting most of the right notes. If everything is followed through on, it seems like it'll turn into something I'd be willing to pay for.

On minor concern is the comment regarding turning all dungeons into instanced raids. As someone who does like open world content and who also likes to be able to poke around and explore from time to time, I do hope that there will still be some open world stuff and the occasional public dungeon.

A major caveat: for me, personally, it's going to be hard to justify paying for a year of what is essentially a continuing beta while everything gets rebuilt, though that may depend on costs - I might be willing to pay a reduced cost during the rebuilding phase, but full price is going to be much harder to justify.

Either way, though, I'll definitely be keeping an eye on development and will at least check out 2.0 when it's released.

[viion]

I have no questions as the first one would be my only one.

I have one demand.

Please give a hug to the guy who did the UI for this concept. Its gorgeous.

That will be all =)

[Dubont]

When are we getting Great Swords and Scythes?