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

[Wargard]

Is there an Expansion coming out this year? Is an Expansion even in the works? If it is how far in development are you and what can we expect?

[Nekodar]

Is there an Expansion coming out this year? Is an Expansion even in the works? If it is how far in development are you and what can we expect?

An expansion is already confirmed to be in the works, and from interviews it's known that they will start talking about it sometime second half of 2014. Release date unknown, but likely first half of 2015.

[Serenold]

Will there ever be a chance of getting rid of the time that you summon your chocobo for? This would be really great some people (like me) who do a RP solo type thing. You know the hole lone Adventurer with his chocobo companion. Just a thought.

[R1dder]

Will we be seeing some progress made in the different ranks of the Grand Companies? Such as added ranks, rewards and a balance between high lvl gear and rewards from the companies.

[Monito]

Will you please do something about the fact that players receive up to 20 gil selling messages per hour? Like, for instance, a requirement to reach a certain level, AND certain story progress to send a /t to someone that is not on your friend list or in your linkshell/free company?

Also, will you plan to increase the blacklist size? Mine has been full since before 2.1 with all of the RMT spam /tells that I receive.

[Nekodar]

Will you please do something about the fact that players receive up to 20 gil selling messages per hour? Like, for instance, a requirement to reach a certain level, AND certain story progress to send a /t to someone that is not on your friend list or in your linkshell/free company?

Also, will you plan to increase the blacklist size? Mine has been full since before 2.1 with all of the RMT spam /tells that I receive.

You can safely remove 90% of the oldest entries in your blacklist so you can blist new people.
Banned account does not automatically mean deleted characters.

[AsbelLahnt]

Could there be an ability to see the item level's of others in your free company, or even the world? Once someone is 50 there can be a very wide range that their item level is.

You can specify the specific item level requirement in Party finder, but it would be nice to actually see the actual number that others are. If this could be a point of contention to be free reign in the server, I would like to see them in my Free Company.

[AsbelLahnt]

Could we see the return of the auction system for the market board? It would be a great way to maintain, and in some cases increase, the rate of exchange in the server.

It definitely doesn't have to be the same system that XI had, but to have an auction capability would be a nice addition to this spectacular game.

[Luther]

Now that Log Parsers are a big part of the game for people doing end game content for Multiple reasons one of the only classes that cannot be parsed correctly right now is Summoner, Will there be any support added for tracking the damage dots do so we can get a clearer picture of are contributions in the fights we participate in?

[Vespar]

Can you shed some light on personal housing for the future? Will it be purchased or quested? If it is purchased how much will it cost?