Ask Your Questions for Letter from the Producer LIVE, Part V!

[Zetsumei_Tsunarashi]

How do you respond to criticism from those that believe the PS3 hardware is holding back the developers from adding features such as additional hairstyles.

After 10 years FFXI has finally dropped support for PS2 and now is able to perform critical overhauls to systems such as the UI. Which were previously impossible due to 'PS2 limitations'

What assurance can you give that FFXIV will not suffer the same fate ?

[Lavados]

I would like to know more about housing. I know way back when, In Ultima Online when you bought a house you were able to give certain people "Permissions". Like for example if you were in the same guild, you could set up chests that only a few people would have access to. And then another for like community. I was curious if it was going to be similar.

[Gildarts]

will Warrior job have major change in term of Skills and play style? and would like to have information on Monk and how the job will change.

[Lasada]

With PVP content. Will you be separating the pvp skills from the pve skills?

ie: lancer has true thrust. True thrust does 192(X variable number) damage to monster targets and 192(Y variable number) damage to player targets. This allows tweaking to happen to the skills on 2 sides, meaning pvp and pve can be balanced separately and players don't have to feel punished if they pvp and are hit with a pve nerf, or vice versa.
As a result if players are doing ok against monsters, but they feel they are doing too much against players. You can reduce the Y variable number only and leave X where it is.

[Lasada]

With regards to the Gold Saucer(or however you wish to name it) area. Will fan favorite mini games be making a return? Possibly with little twists? I know that, I for one, really loved the submarine mini game along with the bike racing mini game, many others enjoyed the snowboarding game. While motorbikes may not be as prevalent in FFXIV (Although they might become so if ARR dictates it) Why not revisit the bike mini game while riding a chocobo? Would a magitek submarine work for a sub game?

[alkhemyXIII]

Role of deities in storyline… Will there be content geared towards the deities? i.e. Deity specific quests, gear blessed by specific "gods", etc…

[Wilan]

The Red Mage is one of the most classic and iconic jobs of the Final Fantasy saga. Is there any chance to see it implemented in A Realm Reborn in the near future?

[mbncd]

Are there any plans yet for when Musketeer will make it into the game? Will the Musketeer guild still be in the new Limsa if it's implementation has been indefinitely delayed?

[mbncd]

Will there be a fishable pond in either private and/or free company housing?

[mbncd]

There has been mention of levelling up retainers. How will this be done and what will be the costs and benefits of doing it?