Ask Your Questions for Letter from the Producer LIVE Part IX!

[Reih]

With the current state of the job distribution in the game, some of the classes/jobs that are hard to find are tanks and healers. With the majority of people playing DPS classes, are there any plans to make these classes more reliable. At the moment the rules of the game are set in stone and makes it inconvenient for many people to form parties. I guess the main question here would be: Will SE consider a more flexible approach to jobs or even add new ways for DPS classes to either take a tank or healing role?

[Reih]

One of the aspects of Final Fantasy games I really enjoyed was that I was able to explore the world around me. With the current state of the game what people are doing is redo all FATE battles and return to the same instances over and over. Are there any plans to release content that will go more into exploring and fighting around eorzea? Otherwise I feel the areas done by this game are lost at the moment. There's no real interaction between the locations throughout the game and the player.

[Reih]

In final fantasy 11 there was an option that would allow you to craft in groups (Synergy). Will there be a similar system introduced in this game where crafters can get together to achieve better goals?

[sirdayne]

How will (crafting) buffs work in housing? Is it item based or location based?

Example:

• You place Cooking furniture. You gain bonus to Culinarian quality/experience.

OR

• You cook in the kitchen. It grants quality/experience bonus for Culinarian.

[slipmac]

Question 1: After making loyal final fantasy fans sit thru this mockery of a final fantasy title. Are there any plans to get to the roots of what makes a final fantasy game a "final fantasy" game in a new mmo geared to more strat based combat/hardcore or non amusement park?

[Rawrrior]

Non housing related questions:
1. Will Free Companies get a set of achievements that FCs can work together to get? Examples:
- # of times the FC has mined/ fished/ wood gathered/ etc
- # of times the FC has synthesized crafting items
- # of times the FC has done dungeons together with 3 or more members
- Complete all dungeons at least once as a FC group
- Obtain 1 of every maxed class in the FC, and other types of achievements that can yield rewards like trophies for homes, new icons to use in FCs crests, perks, companions, mounts, or vanity items? Gives players something to do together with their FC.
2. Will we ever get the ability to see the Market, purchase, put up for sale, or see if what we put up sold on our smart phones?
3. Any plans for expanding our inventories? Or possibly make it so our crafting materials get pulled from retainers as we craft?
4. Will we ever be able to make bardings for out companions? Would be wonderful if we could! Be something nice to collect as well.

Housing related:
1. Will we be able to display achievements/ trophies earned either by our self, or as a FC (see question 1 above) in our homes?
2. Will we be able to have our companion lounging around our homes outside or inside?
3. Will we be able to craft in our homes? Will we be able to initiate buffs in our homes that contribute towards it?
4. How exactly will housing work? It's a small area for thousands of players. Would we just walk up to where our houses are (the plot) and become instanced to see our home? Or will there be many instances that house a number of houses so others can see how our houses look on the outside?
5. How will inviting our friends to our homes work? Will homes be able to be opened to the public so anyone can just walk in?

Thank you SE! Thank you Yoshi-P!

[slipmac]

Question 3: Are there any plans to bring back legacy controller style. The pluss controller configuration is anoying.

[ArchimedesVandiir]

Will there be any adition of an offhand for fisher like an HQ Militia Tacklebox with 40 slots to store bait only with maybe some perception and gathering on it and some materia slot options like the other gathering and crafting classes have? Would be nice since everyone has an offhand but us and bait takes up like 40 inventory spaces if I carry a stack or lure of every type of bait.

[slipmac]

Question 2: Will yoshi ever give us dates he can actualy produce?

[Yoohre_WildRiver]

Will we be able to use color dye on furnature? IE. An oak sofa, we dye the cushin' red,or blue ..etc etc?