Ask Questions for Letter from the Producer LIVE Part X! (General Questions)

[Sasagawa]

Will we ever see the return on Non fate open world Notorious Monsters?

Are there any plans to implement something similar to the beastman seal system from FFXI where spawn items drop in dungeon or boss fights that allow access to special fights and once the token is gone you have to get another one ?

[Steeled]

There are some options that I find myself setting/wishing I'd set on some jobs, and not on others. I was wondering if we could be able to save "Character customization" on a per job basis (and a global basis, for the people that prefer not).

Can you allow us to change jobs/classes to the jobs/classes with a similar role? So what if I want to do trash as scholar and the boss as a whitemage.

Can you allow Duty Finder to let me change classes inside an instance in case for example tank is new and I have experience running it.

Also DRG class in instance I've noticed the loot that says drg lnc war mrd gld pld i'm unable to need on loot rolls.

Sadly, this could be abused same way it was in other games. People queue as one spec and switch to another. DPS Paladins queuing as tanks then refusing to tank.

The loot you see with that problem is designed for tanking, it's just a service that drg can wear. There are plenty of pieces tanks can wear that say those same jobs, but cannot Need on, like the dps set that drops from AK.

[HollowEarth]

is the crafting system working as intended? the way that players are able to 100% guarentee 2star HQ items out of normal quality items.

[Dervy]

What about this "Unnammed Hard Mode Boss"? As you've already confirmed on a page in the Lodestone, it is indeed a Hardmode for an existing boss (presumably Ultima Weapon HM). How will this fit in with the rest of the game? Will it just be an extra piece of content for us to fight? Will it be of the same difficulty of the Hard Mode Primals, or Extreme Mode Primals?

Will this boss fight give us any gear such as Weapons or Armour?

What Item Level will the gear be?

Will there be any incentives to go back and "farm" this boss? Such as decorations for our house (like Garuda's Feather).

Will there be a story/quest behind "attuning" for this boss? Or will it just be simply added to the Duty Finder list with no quest?

Will it be an exact Copy-Paste of the original boss fight which you originally had in development? Or has this been tuned for it to be much more difficult and challenging than the original development boss fight?

[Meta]

The Armoury System is the defining feature of the game. It allows players to switch between Jobs and Classes without worrying about being locked into a specific role. However, this is not entirely the case with Scholar and Summoner because of the point allotment system.

Can the allotment be separate for each job? Or better yet, can the allotment system be modified to increase secondary stats instead of primary stats? Or can we outright abolish this unnecessary system?

Currently, the allotment system only gives the illusion of choice. All melee jobs will go full STR, Healers will go full MND, BRD goes DEX, mages go INT, and nearly all tanks go full VIT.

Scholar and Summoner are the only jobs affected by this system, especially Summoner. A SCH may benefit from INT when nuking without Cleric stance, but a SMN sees no benefit from additonal MND in endgame scenarios.

[TheDeathWish]

What are you or what plans do you have to address all the bot miners and harvesters? Since this is a bit hit on the economy

[Rikitiki]

The current Binding Coil of Bahamut lockout system is causing some social issues. For instance, when one group of players defeats Turn One, none of those group members can help others in their Free Company battle Turn One later in the week. This causes the others to feel left out and excluded from high-level content.

Do you have any plans to revisit the Binding Coil lockout system? Will the same lockout system be used in other areas?

[SorriorDragneel]

Can you allow Duty Finder to let me change classes inside an instance in case for example tank is new and I have experience running it.

Also DRG class in instance I've noticed the loot that says drg lnc war mrd gld pld i'm unable to need on loot rolls.

I really like this but i'd like to add make it so you can when someone leaves..Kills some runs when that happens.

[Endu]

Are there any plans to allow trading in Darklight gear you have grown out of for a small portion of the tomes spent on the item back?

[Zfz]

Can you show us the "look for party" bulletin board and demo it, much like how you showed us the Duty Finder before in an old Live Letter?