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

[Kairus]

When will we see an armoire or retainer update?

This is something that we really need. I love seasonal and event gear, but it's becoming a burden to store the gear that we are acquiring. Although most players don't have numerous sets of myth and allagan gear, they eventually will. Like some of the event and seasonal gear, I don't particularly want to discard all/some pieces of the Myth, Coil, CT, and even Darklight gear.

[Sessurea]

Will crystal tower receive gear updating, like maybe put ilvl 100 gear in there ( if the ilvl cap will be 110 ) and maybe increase the difficulty if possible? It would be a shame to see CT become empty shell content, unused simply because its rewards will no longer be worth the effort. People won't spam CT for their ilvl 80 gear when they can spam Haukke hm and just get ilvl 90 piece in possibly the same amount of time ( if unlucky in CT ). Some people mention that people will still do it for vanity, but I really don't think its realistic. Having come from a game where literally every single piece of pve content got overgeared ( even casual playing could overgear tera now.... ) I just don't want to see crystal tower die, or any FF content.

TL/DR: I heavily think square need to somehow keep their current content alive and worth doing, and not be in the situation where the only things worth doing are the most recently added content. Address CT and any plans for the future with it.

[AliciaAlexander]

I have many questions for Mr. Yoshida

Is there a reason why the estate wards do not have a weapons and armor mender on site? Not every party member can fix things or will be online at the same time, it will make it problematic, especially the late hours/early morning while everyone is still sleeping.

Although you have said there are a growing number of tanks for raids and dungeons, there is still a short supply for them, not everyone wants to use their tanks or help others on the party finder, causing most players to wait for long periods of time like an entire day or night wasted with nothing to show for. It can be really frustrating and drive out the patience of most players, with or without a static coil group and those missing party members for that week, causing a domino effect of players to leave a party. Are there any incentives, rewards, and actions the FFXIV team will add that are similar to the duty roulette on the new weekly lockouts on turns six to nine for the 2.2 update?

[Nyremis]

My question is, will there be any new jobs/classes before the first expansion?

[AliciaAlexander]

Can you be clear on what new abilities are going to be available on the 2.2 update? Rumors are flying around about a weekly echo ability usage and other things I can't remember.

Why are the Elezens being excluded from certain hairstyles that the mi'quote, hyur, lalafells, and roegadyn are able to share equally? It really is annoying that eleven players are limited to something every other race has easy access to with the non playable hair stylist.

[AliciaAlexander]

After a while, crystal tower, also refereed to as crap tower, it becomes really tiresome, boring, and even maddening to play the same thing over and over again with terrible reward drops that no one wants or not getting anything for the week or several weeks, causing some players to go offline or not fight at all, which I do not blame them for during the instance. Please, for the love of whatever, stop programming monk and dragoon gear as rewards, we hate it and see too much off it. Most players are desperate for caster, healing, and other rare class gear that do not drop often. How will you fix this issue now that the myth gear are easier to access? No one will want to play crystal tower again since the crystal tower gear, philosophy tombstones and dark light gear are becoming obsolete soon and the limited myth stones might be rewarded. Even if you update the rewards of item level 100 to 110, the reward drop issue will remain the same.

[Kittykite]

Will there be an option to upgrade to a larger plot at a discounted price if you've purchased a smaller plot? For example, upgrading from a medium to a large at a discounted price.

[darkwithless]

1) Will we finally be able to put all of the event/seasonal gear in the armory?

2) Would it be possible for us to put our darklight gear and primal weapons/jewelry/relics into the armory? I worked hard to get the stuff, and it would be nice if there was a way for me to not just trash it in order to save retainer space.

3) I know that relative to the whole populous, there aren't many people like me with all classes max leveled, but will there be something more for people who have hit this wall? I really like this game but it pains me that I only really have something to do in it once a week: coil and weekly primal ex quest. Turns 1-5 unlocked will only last so long and Amdapitor township will only last so long, sad to say.

[Sessurea]

YES^ death to the Monday thing, IT SUX

[Calevr]

Treasure Maps are a nice addition but can you add more group content in the open world that is far too tough for one person to challenge alone?