Letter from the Producer LIVE Part XXXVII Discussion Thread

[AlexanderThorolund]

I'll admit dissipation was a bit niche at 60 but from 61 to 70 is absolutely amazing. It's saved so many runs and mega pulls.

[Amariel34]

Please add my voice to the list of SMNs wanting Sustain back. Or allow chocobo companions to heal pets. Anymore, when I solo, I just tank myself and let my chocobo heal me. Sometimes works, sometimes doesn't. But I would REALLY REALLY love to have Sustain back please, SE.

[Vanfrano]

Love how everything is "too difficult to implement" or "would cost a lot". At least we're not paying a monthly sub for this game.

[usalia]

Love how everything is "too difficult to implement" or "would cost a lot". At least we're not paying a monthly sub for this game.

ye this what we get in a f2........ wait a moment it not a f2p but p2p.
really how bad the team or the game engine/net code need to be that any thing most mmos now day have is to hard to implement.
how much money the #2 mmo on the market makes that any thing would cost a lot (lot more that the game makes?).

[KageTokage]

WAR is going to be a lot more fun to play with no more gauge loss. I could see stance dancing to maximize Upheaval damage being a thing now.

I'm also glad they recognized MCH's shortcomings, because I enjoyed using it in 3.x.

[Zeonsilt]

I'm glad about MCH changes, as well as DRK and WAR. Not too happy about PLD, but he is indeed the best tank atm, hands down.

[Berethos]

Love how everything is "too difficult to implement" or "would cost a lot". At least we're not paying a monthly sub for this game.

I've yet to see a developer say making an MMO was easy, and I've lost count of the number of times a certain bigger developer has used a similar set of excuses for either why they haven't made certain changes or haven't implemented something yet (not naming any names, but "updated character models" took several years to see them added).

Also, come on...we get one of the most consistent patch schedules in the business right now, with a solid amount of content, plus iterations of stuff moving toward more diverse offerings. It's not like we go 14 months between a final patch and an expansion and then get told some thing or another was too difficult to do or they couldn't get to it in time, or that doing this other thing that was cut would have "cost a raid tier." Wonder where I've seen that happen, though...

[Berethos]

really how bad the team or the game engine/net code need to be that any thing most mmos now day have is to hard to implement.

I'm curious as to which particular features you feel FFXIV doesn't have that exists in the majority of other MMOs...notably features that exist in very similar formats, rather than being similar as a concept (i.e. glamour log) but differing significantly from game to game.

[Reinha]

Q25. The inventory and Armour Chest expansion has helped a lot, but would it be possible to increase retainer’s inventory as well?

A25. The number of items available has increased in Patch 4.0. We’re making sure that important data isn’t lost, and also so that it can’t be exploited, so it’s difficult to just simply add more slots. Currently, the disparity between those who use a lot of retainers, and those who don’t, is quite large, and we’re a bit worried about this. We would like to observe the amount of retainers being used post the launch of 4.0 before we make future adjustments.

About time they acknowledge the lack of inventory space. This is a subscription game and it is not ok that a significant portion of the player base have to rely on a paid extra service to play properly. Inventory is not just a cosmetic feature, it's a basic function of the game that's needed to play effectively.

If they gave us a glamour log or an Armoire storage expansion, the inventory issues that prompt people to rent more retainers would be greatly diminished. The "glamour history" feature will be nothing short of pointless if it works like teleport history or the contacts list.

[Jaibamon]

I am happy that two of my questions got addressed in the letter.

1) We will be able to sort our Linkshells, soon[TM]. Getting cross class linkshells will be a big improvement to the community of this game, so I understand that is a bigger priority and I support that.

2) Being able to get notifications from events and stuff from The Lodestone in-game. Just RIP my dreams, they just told "the technology isn't there yet" again. As long as we don't get interactivity with The Lodestone in-game, all those features the site has will not be used. Nobody uses blogs, events, FC posts or recruitments because you can't access them in-game. It hurts me that some useful tools that can help the community aren't just being used.

Something so simple as text alerts in the chat window about an upcoming event, or an new FC post would be enough to make it work.