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

[TheGrimace]

1.0 Ul'dah story spoilers:

Will we ever see who shanked Niellefresne at the end of Ul'dah's 1.0 storyline? There's a lot of speculation as to who it could have been. The figure was wearing a black robe, so there is a possibility that it could have been an Ascian... but the figure also cast a shadow, so their likelihood of being an Ascian is quite a bit lower.

That said, the finality of "death" has always been questionable in Ul'dah. There have been many stories of the undead armies of Sil'dih. There are still plenty of zombies in Thanalan, as well of some that are fully capable of rational thought. I'm wondering if we'll see more of Sil'dih and its legacy in future stories and dungeons.

I was thrilled to see F'lhaminn in the game and to take her earrings to be fixed. Even just having that was a great nod back to 1.0, so as to say, "we have not forgotten about you guys!" Thanks!

[Seif]

Will the game get more questlines with one continuous story and cutscenes?

[Mitesee]

Hi! Please do consider my proposal. thank you.

Story wise - We can have the Grand companies turn against one another due to conflict of interest. While we can separate Eorzea into 3 factions belonging to 3 Grand companies.

In my opinion, Player Versus Environment (PVE) is not enough to generate enough excitement and to sustain interest for players.

PVE is normally quite systematic therefore resulting anticipation and players might grow bored after that. PVP can help sustain the game whilst waiting for more PVE content to be generated.

How about having Players versus Players (PVP) on a larger and more casual settings?

For PVP, there is a lack of anticipation and every fight is exciting as each players are unique and have their own fighting style.

Thanks for reading this and i hope you do consider this.

[Veritas-Ancora]

Do the Students of Baldesion have anything to do with Gaius Halm Baldesion's history in Second World (FFV) and its lore, or is it just a name?

*Crosses fingers for studies on the Void*

[Septimus]

Is there going to be a larger discussion regarding the nature of the Primals? Right now we have Primals, Elder Primals, Primal-like Beings (Good King Moggle Mog XII), and the Twelve. Gaius Van Baelsar made a comment likening the Twelve to the Primals, this is a rather large plot point that deserves a lot of follow up whether or not he was correct.

[therpgfanatic]

1. Currently the Twelve do not have any real presence in the game or storyline. Unlike the Primals who have been in 25 years worth of Final Fantasy games, we players have no attachment to The Twelve. Are you going to change this anytime soon, and start introducing The Twelve as actual characters that players can interact with?

2. Are more FF nostalgia dungeons going to appear like Crystal Tower? I hope so. I'd like to see Ultimecia's Castle from FF8 and Kefka's Tower from FF6. Maybe even Doom Castle from FF Mystic Quest (that would be a rad reference, and I think the final boss Dark King would be pretty cool, too, since he transforms into a giant spider thing).

On that note, I've noticed some remixes of classic Final Fantasy music. Do you plan to do more remixes for battle themes? I personally would like Jenova's battle theme from FF 7 to be in some boss battles.

[Calevr]

I am not sure how it would fit in now but would you consider bringing more romance into the story of Final Fantasy XIV?

[HiKaizer]

Who is the male Roegadyn "Hoary Boulder" that was introduced in Rising Stones standing near Yda and Papalymo? Will he be introduced in upcoming content and play a part in any stories? As a Roegadyn player the fact they were the one race not represented in the Scions characters was always disappointing.

[Rein-]

What ilevel will we be able to craft? Also will we see level V materia?

[Inanna]

Hello Kazutoyo,

What are your favorite stories you've enjoyed and what tales have most influenced your writing?

I have deeply enjoyed ARR's story, characters, NPCs, quest and lore and wish to know more about the person leading this project. Like YoshiP before, I do not think we know much about you. Please share with us a little bit about one of the many people contributing to ARR's world.