Questions and Feedback on the Future of FINAL FANTASY XIV

[Preypacer]

As far as the addons go, just think of it like the windower plugins from FFXI. If they are little things like that and don't allow people to take it to the extreme i will be good with it.

Well, some of those windower plugins for FFXI were used for botting or otherwise exploiting the game, too... :-p

They need to be careful of that.

[Kio]

Thank you for continuing support of the game, even through the least favorable of conditions. I hope the team is able to stay warm this winter.
I have to say, I was completely taken by surprise at the 2.0 announcement. I was both very excited and satisfied at the amount of Final Fantasy related content that was shown, but also dismayed that my most highly anticipated features (pets, player housing, etc) may not come til sometime in 2013!
I was under the impression that a lot of the 2012 scheduled tasks were coming far sooner.

I understand that v1 will be getting retro fitted content as it becomes available, but I fear that it won't be enough, paired with the subscription costs, to keep most of my friends who are already very much on the fence playing. At least until the official new version comes out. The exclusive story line doesn't seem like enough incentive to them, when we barely have the numbers to play the current one.

I've made a list of collective concerns from myself and my friends. Hopefully someone is able to read through them.

• Will the reinstated subscription fee be the same as originally intended? Many people feel that a reduced charge is more reasonable.
• Will direct credit card payments be made an option for all regions?
• Why continue to use the extremely limiting armoury system in 2.0? Will there be a way in the future to expand the variety of weapons each class can use or introduce novelty weapons all classes may use? (Such as in FFXI)
• Will region specific servers become an option in 2.0?
• Will the new character creator use sliders?
• Will Free Companies have to consist of people only from the same Grand Company?
• If server population should fall any more for the current game, is combining servers something planned?

It doesn't appear to me that Dragoon will receive a wyvern partner at this time, and that's fine for a few people. But please allow a wyvern pet similar to XI to maybe become available for another class like a beastmaster! I miss my Soryu dearly.

[TheVedis]

Is a max level/level cap increase planned for players to go beyond 50 at or before 2.0 is released? And if so, what level are we looking at being able to reach when it happens?

[Lienn]

I got a question that popped yesterday...the wildcard you guys have in the sleeves...the feature that is intented to keep people here even with the start of billing system at the worst moment possible...is that the start of map redesign?

I'm sure you guys aren't this naive or reckless to just pick an arbitrary date (like when the free period is completing one year) to start charging without something that would actually appeal the players enough to stay...so i'm really curious about what it is...because it's not the jobs...so all left is the map redesign (since class balancing would never be it...i'm just smelling another disaster when class balance becomes live) or Ishgard.

[Joshua0399]

Will we have to pay for version 2.0 like an expansion or will our client be updated into version 2.0? Also PLEASE dont make this game full of instance like fields. Only missions,quest,raids, and any other content with fighting. I dont want this game to be like a guild wars, i like running around in the fields and running into friends, or teaming up with someone that is killing the same NM as you.

[Djeserit]

I got a question that popped yesterday...the wildcard you guys have in the sleeves...the feature that is intented to keep people here even with the start of billing system at the worst moment possible...is that the start of map redesign?

I'm sure you guys aren't this naive or reckless to just pick an arbitrary date (like when the free period is completing one year) to start charging without something that would actually appeal the players enough to stay...so i'm really curious about what it is...because it's not the jobs...so all left is the map redesign (since class balancing would never be it...i'm just smelling another disaster when class balance becomes live) or Ishgard.

When they started the free to play period they said that they would start charging when they had an adequate roadmap for the future development of the game. They are doing exactly what they said they would be doing a year ago.

[NefGP]

Wait, what video?

I only saw the PDFs and screens/artwork. Can someone PM me the link?

[Fayette]

Not sure if this has been asked yet so I'm sorry if it has ^^ When V2.0 comes out, will SE keep classes in FFXIV or will they just implement the Job system as the way to go like in FFXI?

Also, when whatever the downfall of the current Eorzea is, you guys mentioned one-time live events. How will current players see these events? Will they be unlockable cutscenes through quests or will there be a scheduled time where a live meteor or something comes crashing down on us? ^^

Question about Dungeon and Primal Gear: Will this gear still be achievable in V2.0 or will it be gone forever and only those who obtain it now - Nov/Dec 2012 will be able to have it?

Will we receive an explanation or some conclusion to the starting movie for the current FFXIV with Bahamut and the ship and what we see in Mor Dhona or will that still be apart of V2.0?

[Preypacer]

This is a request as much as a question...

Will we be seeing more interesting layouts for dungeon type areas? In other FF games, including XI of course, each dungeon seemed to have its own style and theme, and in most all cases, some very well thought-out layouts.

Thus far, with the exception of Shpoeshae (or however it's spelled), the dungeon areas seem to be just meandering paths and rooms with very little thought put into them. I remember going into Casiopeia Hollow for the first time, excited to see my first FF-style dungeon in XIV, only to be rather underwhelmed by the overall "blandness" of its layout. Graphically it's beautiful... could use more variety.. but graphically beautiful.

I really enjoyed how in XI, dungeons had multiple floors with holes to drop through, staircases or smaller areas with limited access from different entrance in the overworld map (such as Eldiemme Necropolis and Batalia, or Horutoto and Sarutabaruta, etc). Or even the crazier layouts that would make me wonder how the designers even thought them up... like Pso'xja.

Mind you, I'm not asking for duplicates of those areas... but for dungeons with a similar degree of thought and variety and "cleverness" in their design.

[Luneyune]

Will the new area designs facilitate our ability to jump? It would be fun to climb the terrain like that sometimes (kind of like xenogears jumping)