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

[finnegandadaeon]

Are there any plans for a card system astrologian rework? Right now this new card system takes a lot of time from healing, with its several redraws and single buff card disposition, Its pretty hard to trying to keep on when you also get into hard healing savage phases, especially if you are a controller player.

[KokonoeAiyoko]

Can we get Yotsuyu's hairstyle?

[Sei_Konsetsu]

Could we finally get access to the balcony on the houses that have it?

[SwissArmyKnife]

Can SE give Steam players a way to buy themselves a new non-Steam version of the game and get out from under Steam? I literally haven't played a game in steam in over two years, but I have to reinstall it every time I buy a new expansion, and I don't want to do that anymore.

[Reiryuu]

There are many MMOs/Games where healers have a variety of methods of healing. From RIFT's healing souls with various methods both ranged and melee to its Chloromancer Mage soul, to Overwatch where Ana heals with a sniper rifle and Wildfire has a gunslinging healing class. Why is the dev team so fixated on this dichotomy of "direct heals" and "barrier heals," and can we move away from this in the future?

[Austratus]

I keep checking the patch notes since Heavensward for new minions hoping for one based on the Living Liquid from Alexander (Liquid Flame, Salt and Light, etc) will ever get released. Will you please consider making one?

[Duskane]

would you consider removing the rabbit/fail mudra with weapon skill for Ninja QoL?

[Phafi]

Can you allow players to complete Eureka with no level or item level sync?

[kidalutz]

Have you considered adding a system similar to system similar to the WoW Token from World of Warcraft, the CREDD from WildStar, or the PLEX from Eve Online?

I highly hope this never happens the MB is already godawful the token idea would just make it worse.

[FallguySoldier]

TRADE BETWEEN ALT CHARACTERS?

Can we finally trade items and gil between our alt characters? I feel like this would be a great QoL for players that have multiple characters especially now that we're in 5.0 heading onwards.

The reasons why I propose this idea:

1. It's safer to trade items yourself. As much as we like to think we live in a perfect world, we can't always trust others even within our own FC's, and attempting to sell your items on the marketboard just to "buy" it via your alts is extremely risky.
2. It's much more convenient and efficient. You don't have to rely on others to trade goods between your own alt characters. Trade on your own time, not theirs.
3. The idea is to allow our main characters to "grandfather" our alts.

All that being said, the following criteria must apply to avoid abuse:

Trade only between characters within the same account, datacenter, and world
E.g., A player that has four characters: A and B in Cactuar, C and D in Exodus. Characters A and B can trade with each other, just like how C and D can trade with each other as well. However, A and B cannot trade with C and D, and vice-versa.
Trade only items that are marked as tradable/sellable
To impose reasonable limits as to what can be traded.

The way I envision this feature to look like is a trade bank of sorts. It could either be accessed via the menu like the Chocobo Saddlebag, or a furnishing like the Free Company Chest, or even an NPC like the retainers, just to give some ideas.