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

[Virga]

Looking to the future, will armor in Final Fantasy XIV feature capes or cloaks? This is a feature that is greatly desired by the game's community.



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[Docj]

March 21 2014 you announced add-on support was coming. The only add-on I wish I had is a dps meter. Is this coming to the game? Can this particular add-on be made so it ONLY tells a player their own dps?

I only want to be able to improve myself not compete with or be able to brag to party. I certainly don't want to see other players being harassed for their poor performance; allow a dps meter to let them know their damage is low.

This feature should be in the game by default in my opinion, not even an add-on.

[Velo_Vandore]

I've found most groups in the duty finder prefer to skip cutscenes and also optional area's / trash mobs / chests. I understand that they are interested in progressing quickly but I don't enjoy playing that way and have found it very difficult to get a group together for a relaxed run some days, even with my free company and a linkshell dedicated to relaxed runs.

I have tried the party finder which I feel is a great tool, but it seems unfortunately casual players are not generally making use of it so any "slow and easy", "story focused", "newcomers welcome" party I try to organize gets little to no attention. Will we see any of these playstyle preferences appear on the duty finder? Particularly, I would love to see an option on the duty finder to specify whether I will want to watch cutscenes, as I often reach new content by the time it's being farmed heavily already.

Related to my question above - Do you have any plans / idea's to encourage all players (not just high level, serious groups and top tier content learning groups) to use the party finder more effectively? Particularly for causal runs in early endgame content or lower as described above. My suggestions would be:

1. In the duty finder menu, an icon with a number inside could indicate how many party finder groups are currently recruiting for each duty.
2. Allow me to recieve notifications when party finder groups are available matching my specific preferences. i.e I could register to be notified for any slow and easy run in Praetorium, Wanderer's Palace and Haukke HM.

I think if all types of players were encouraged to make better use of the party finder, we might see less problems resulting from conflicting interests in the duty finder.

[IzzyMabelle]

I would like to ask if there will be a improvement for Focus Target? For example as a healer i would like to see stack/buff from the boss. Instead all i see is dots/debuff from my DD's(which is useless to me). It will great improve my play style as a healer, especially on end game content like First Coil Turn1 Cacadeus' Stacks and buff. Also on Second Coil Turn1 (T6), I would like too keep track the stack from Rafflesia.

[Kondor]

Players now have to do 3718 wins on PVP to make rank lvl 40 so its a horrible high value of matches what we need to do. Many players now use bots and 4vs4 match farming and now are born my questions:

Have you plan resolve problem with too expensive grind in pvp before Front Line will come to life? Like increase pvp experience, skills for all on lvl 1 or others changes mechanic to increase popularity of pvp - like giving for wining tomestones, gil, materials for crafting - simply just add npc who will trade wolf mark for this goods and then pvprank are higher than better good we can buy.

[Kondor]

After patch 2.2 gear ilvl 70 can be framed form dungeons like braflox where people farm mythology anyway, so they use GC delivery to trade those items for GC seals, but finding this items in that list are just annoying. Can we have change that mechanic and simple "sell" items to that NPC?

[Dragoon4life]

I feel like this is old content, so these Fates should be accessible, by Dropping more and be viewed normally on the map instead of guessing. Or can the items be obtained by different means. I personally have only seen Both Fates once since I started playing last Oct. and love all the Items.

On another note two new ones would be cool as well to keep things fresh. Maybe a Gilgamesh and/or Yojimbo Fate. The same concept of special currency to get special stuff of course.
Genji and Onion Armors would be badass.

[DuoMaxwell007]

1) Will myth drop rates be changed to be equal to what Philosophy rates were before they were taken out? i.e 10 myth for castrum and preatorium, with an added 200 myth (so 300 total) from main scenario roulette) and w00 myth from high level and low level roulettes?

2) will Atma drop rates be mad higher? Or at least increasing for ppl who already have one atma but wanna get multiple atma weapons. For example changing it so that having atma weapon increased will drop atmas in fate but at an increasing chance higher than doing it with Zenith?

3) Will we EVER see armor and weapons that do more than just increase stats? things like double attack rate, shield block rate, having additional effects like poison, hp drain, defense down etc etc?

[Arzaelin]

Will players who started in 2.0 ever get an opportunity to fight Nael van Darnus? Perhaps in the same way Ultima Weapon was challenged again?

[Dragoon4life]

I agree, acquiring Atmas needs a major fix. Its based off of luck RNG which the majority hates. I loved the process to getting the relic, and then to zenith. PLEASE bring back the joy of leveling up Relics.