Letter from the Producer LIVE Part XXXV Update Thread

[Bayohne]

Q9: I believe there are lots of NPCs in the Doman area with Asian-themed hairstyles. Would players be able to use these hairstyles? I want a top knot!

A9: There will be two new hairstyles, but there's no top knot. If there’s a lot of request for it, we'll consider it.

[Bayohne]

Q10: With the additional jobs being implemented, it will likely become increasingly difficult to receive the desired equipment pieces in raids. Will the raids in 4.0 also be divided by a tier system, similar to the Alexander raids?

A10: The new raid won’t be available upon the release of 4.0.

The equipment pieces that drop in Savage are divided by role, and the raid tier system will be continued. Of the 8 players, at least one player will receive the weapon they need. We would like to expand on this sometime before we introduce the Savage raids.

[Bayohne]

Q11: Will there be job-specific gear in Patch 4.0? If so, I would like to know how we obtain them.

A11: *The video showed CG artwork for the dark knight, dragoon, paladin, bard, and scholar job-specific gear.

In 3.0, players exchanged Allagan tomestones of esoterics to obtain their job-specific gear, but since they were job-specific, it was difficult to obtain them, and it also caused situation where player item levels were not same when they hit level 60. We want everyone to look cool when they hit level 70, so we added a new system which offers a set of gear in a box, and players will be able to choose one. Additionally, I’m sure players will request this, so I just want to mention that once you take the gear out of the box, you won’t be able to put them back in.

[Bayohne]

Q12: We’d like to hear any stories about the selection and development of red mage and samurai!

A12: Red mage was announced first, but during the development we chose samurai first. In terms of roles, there were already 3 tanks and 3 healers, so we decided to prioritize balance, and added a STR and INT DPS.

Because the story was already determined to take place in Doma and Ala Mhigo, samurai was determined relatively quickly.

The red mage in the FF series uses both “white magic” and “black magic”, so we debated how to implement it. We were also considering Mystic at the time, but we thought about how often we were asked “please add red mage!” at events, and decided to add a red mage that was FFXIV-like.

[Bayohne]

Q13: For the new jobs, will there be new weapons added from existing content such as primal fights and Allagan tomestone equipment?

A13: Allagan tomestones of esoterics/lore/scripture gear will also include the new jobs’ gear. Furthermore, starting in 4.0, all previous tomestone exchangeable gear will be available via poetics.

The Ironworks gear obtained from poetics will be exchangeable, and equipment for the new jobs will be available in level 60+ content.

Primal fight rewards from Ifrit through Zurvan will all be available, including those with additional visual effects. As for raids, gear from Gordias/Midas/Alexander are all prepared. Coil and Anima weapons will not be added.

[Bayohne]

Q14: During The Rising event in 2015, there was a mention about red mage in the Eighteenth Floor. Was red mage already confirmed to be implemented at this point?

A14: If you read the first letter of the each line from Yoshida’s dialogue in the Eighteenth Floor, it reads “thank you.” If you were able to figure this out, it may have given an impression that it was a fake message just to achieve this hidden meaning; however, lots of players believed that red mage was indeed coming, and it made us worry. I got scolded by the project manager for this. I will never do this again... Also, at that point in time, it was just a high probability and wasn’t confirmed.

[Bayohne]

Q15: In Patch 3.0 we had the Specialist system. Are there any plans to add new features for Disciples of the Land and Hand in Patch 4.0?

A15: There won’t be any new system, however, we have made overall adjustments based on feedback we received.

[Bayohne]

Q16: Will weekly restrictions on blue scrips and red scrips continue to be used in Patch 4.0, or will there be a new token for Disciples of the Land and Hand?

A16: Blue scrips will be retired. Red scrips will remain; however, we'll remove the weekly restriction from them. We will also add a new yellow scrip, and this won't have any weekly restrictions either. Therefore, the weekly restrictions for both Disciples of the Land and Hand will be gone.

[Bayohne]

Q17: With the level cap being increased, I believe the maximum amount of GP we can have will increase. Will the speed in which the GP recover increase?

A17: The speed won’t change; however there is a new trait which will increase the speed for GP recovery. Players will be able to obtain this trait through the class quest, so make sure to do them!

[Bayohne]

Q18: Will there be a new underwater gathering system implemented?

A18: All gatherers will have a new underwater gathering implemented. For fishers, spearfishing will be added.