Letter from the Producer LIVE 53: Ask Your Shadowbringers Questions!

[ExKage]

Will you consider changes to cross-world linkshells or FCs so that they can be more data center broadened?

With how some servers are more congested than others, we are looking at world visit but this still lacks a lot of the social benefits such as easy FC housing, FC buffs, easy FC chat, and knowing easily if people are online.

[FleurRedorian]

1) When can we expect housing to open up on Twintania and Spriggan?
2) I ask this every time but it won't hurt to ask once more, can we please have a persistent version of /embrace so we can remain hugging our partner please?

[milkyy]

Looking back at the raid design up until now, there has been a shift in how the raids are designed, going from "going in a raid" to pretty much queueing up for single instanced bosses. What was the ideology behind making raids more like trials rather than a full raid experience and is there a possibility that you'd you back to creating "dungeon-like" raids again?

[CookiesNCreams]

Will ffxiv development make crafting more challenging ever again? Actions such as Prudent Touch, and Preparatory Touch add very little challenge to more experienced and serious crafters.

[Rahela]

Were you expecting Dulia-Chai to be so adored by the playerbase? Would her popularity be reason enough to consider bringing in more fat NPCs?

[CookiesNCreams]

Viera and Hyur Midlanders have the same exact hempen camise and pantalette outfit designs. Does this mean all races will eventually have the option to pick a certain Hempen design regardless of race?

[whiskeybravo]

HP reduction is the "Cost" like MP is.
Invulnerability is the "effect" after the animation.

They wouldnt have done that, unless there was some issue that came up, preventing it to be otherwise.
(but using your HP to invuln sounds more DRK than GNB. Then living dead seems more WAR, with WARs original healing potency increases, self healing, and refusal to die in the job quests. And Holmgang coulda been GNB. Even more so with the bind, since its meant to be the "anti artillery" job.)

Doesn't seem like the place for this conversation, but it doesn't change the fact that Superbolide is currently a high-risk cooldown in dungeons.

[ExKage]

Please share with the Merchandise team that NA consumers would like to purchase a lot of the items that are sold in Japan for XIV as well as the UFO catcher / crane game items.

[Rahela]

I would like to formally request a snail mount using the same model as the Ymir/Yumemi/Sea Gelatin enemies. Alternatively, a miniaturized version of it for a minion?

[kholusia]

Do you know when you will be adding the other hairstyle options for Viera? I would like to have more variety + mogstation hair for my character. Also do you know if Viera will be able to wear hat accessories or hoods anytime soon? I want to be able to add hats to my character's glamours but I can't right now