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

[Rillifane]

Any plans to allow crafters to choose between using mainhand tool or offhand tool for "looks" when performing a synthesis (like in 1.0) instead of it being selected based upon the recipe chosen?

And by extension, if the above is implemented any plans to make main hand and offhand high quality results different (like in 1.0) e.g. main hand produces HQ item for 1 material, but offhand high quality would produce additional amounts at normal quality.

[Kyxa]

due to how buffs from scholar doesn't stack with each other, unlike white mages with regen and medica II. What were the developers thought on this when they designed and released the job since it's really bad to have more than one scholar in a party? Will there be any known/confirmed upcoming patch regarding the issue with controlling/ordering pets?

[frostmagemari]

I don't so much as have questions, but rather concerns about the state of the game. I understand that these look like separate questions and/or concerns, but they all fall under the same topic to me.

I understand that you (Square-Enix) wants this game to be a safe and friendly environment for all that play the game, but perhaps you're going too far with that notion; Further, perhaps you're not really achieving your intended goal.

-We're not allowed to send mail to non-friends to prevent RMT, though the RMT employees seem to be doing just fine even with that restriction.

-We're not allowed to use /tells in dungeons because they want to prevent harassment, though, if someone wants to harass people in a dungeon they won't use /tells, they'll do it to their face for the whole group to see; Nor does it stop them from harassing the character if they are on the same world as them(after the dungeon).

-We won't be allowed to see the names of adversaries in PvP because they want to prevent harassment, though for the main part in pvp, harassment takes place not because someone beat you (or that you beat them); More often than not it occurs as shaming ex-team mates or simply bragging about how good you think you are (and then you're called out on it).

-We're prevented from dye'ing (almost) anything but our crafted armours because they think it will dilute the intended look of everything else. If that's the case, why are we allowed to dye anything if there's a way you want everyone/everything to look?

-We're limited in the amount we can say, or how often we can speak on the forums even so far as to having to earn the right to speak at all by leveling... I have not seen a reason for this, but i do not think any excuse that is given can justify limiting your paying customers in this manner.

You (Square) have done a lot of good things with this game, but in your zeal to 'child-proof' this game, i believe you're both diluting the experience and not giving your customer base enough credit.

Will there be people that harass, or troll or otherwise disrupt our gaming lives? Of course there will be, there will always be those people; though, there are far fewer of those kind of people than there of us non-abusive customers, but the trolls will always stick out to us because it's human nature to focus on the different or the upsetting. The key isn't to attempt to shield our poor and 'innocent' selves from this kind of behavior, but rather give us the tools to deal with it when it happens.

Please developers, give us working tools to deal with harassment or gold-sellers instead of attempting to shield us from the world as if we cannot handle it. We are all adults, and those that aren't are technically being allowed to play by their parents since minors are not allowed to have accounts; so it is the parent's responsibility to care for their children, not yours(Square-Enix).

[Perpixel]

Fix Warrior please. Nobody want to group with us to the point that its sad. Let us enjoy the end game content.

[Funky]

More Macro Icons!

Can we have some new additions that arnt specificly used by any other action/skill etc.

[13olt3]

I know this topic has been covered but is there a possibility of an Australian server? In most MMORPGs Australians are at a disadvantage due to having to play in servers distantly located. Playing PVP and PVE (Moving out of redzones) is sometimes hard if not fatal in both cases.

[Littlevivien]

Can we have more info on what we can change in the barber shop beside hairstyle & color?

[Citizen_Thom]

Are there plans to address recipes and cost in materials of these recipes in the near future. Some of the 2* recipes require 9 special items some 18 or more in total. The problem I have right now is that the 2* crafted weapons are hideously underpowered compared to their relitave cost to make.

The low cost in seal of GC weapons and easy drop from primals means these weapons are bybassed completely. Sure you can meld to it but by the time you've put all that effort in you could have your relic or relic+1

I like both your ideas, on better balance for WAR (Eventhough I'm planning on playing PLD when tanking); and on making some adjustments on the economy for crafters.

I'm a couple levels away from being able to meld things to my armor, and there will be 30 more levels after that. Some ideas: Treasure Chests drop a little less (not a lower rate, but rather, only some things, so crafters can do the remaining pieces), and NPC's need to charge less for materials and more for products in order to assist crafters on the way. Crafters aren't close to breaking even even on lower level items.

[KirbyPink]

Are you going to Nerf Titan Hard to make it easier for some people?

[Cython]

How did the stats/attributes end up the way they did instead of something more fitting to their body structures and general descriptions, closer to this:

Elezen Wild/Dusk
STR +21/20 VIT +18/18 DEX +23/24 INT +22/23 MND +16/18 PIE +20/18
Hyur Mid/High
STR +21/23 VIT +20/22 DEX +20/20 INT +21/18 MND +18/20 PIE +20/17
Lalafell Plains/Dunes
STR +16/15 VIT +16/15 DEX +22/20 INT +22/23 MND +22/24 PIE +22/23
Miqo'te Sun/Moon
STR +20/19 VIT +20/17 DEX +22/21 INT +18/19 MND +18/22 PIE +22/22
Roegadyn Sea/Hells
STR +23/25 VIT +22/21 DEX +18/16 INT +17/18 MND +21/21 PIE +19/19
?
Based on limb size/thickness, leanness, lifestyle/culture and assuming that the various races don’t have wildly differentiating laws of physics between them; an average heighted Elezen would have equal or more muscle mass then an average Hyur, more than a Miqo’te, less than a Roegadyn, and quite a lot more than a Lalafell (who honestly look like a 6 year old could beat them in arm wrestling) for example.