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

[Akujin]

Can you please shed some more light on what exactly you mean by "ability to adjust parameters" for the final stage of the weapon - does this simply mean adjusting the base native stats on the weapon as we personally desire, similar to how we can allocate stats to our Jobs in any field we desire. Or will this include trading a stat from our weapon that is not native to the weapon itself. For instance, Stardust Rod uses Vit, Int, Det and Spell Speed. Would we be able to Remove Vit and replace with Crit Hit?

[Mrhappy1227]

Since feedback on the prior two quests (Atma and Animus) was the reason that Novus upgrades were held back, what changes have been made from how the Novus quest was originally designed to its current implementation?

[Mrhappy1227]

Will Daily Hunts, Primals, Coil or Crystal Tower have any part in the upgrades after the Animus Weapon as it increases in Item Level?

[Surian]

I am worried that all my hard work and effort, not to mention Myth Tomes, i put into my Atma and Animus weapon will have very little value anymore if the difficulty is dramatically reduced.

What can you say to reassure me i didnt waste months of time gathering something i could get in an hour now in 2.3?

[AarinEphemera]

Will there be Extreme Primal battle requirement for next upgrade? Please say no

[Mireille]

The relic weapons in XI were game changing weapons whose final form had very difficult requirements in order to attain them. Currently the Zodiac weapons are second best compared to dungeon drops. Can we eventually expect the Zodiac weapons in their final form to be the best weapon available for a class, but super hard to upgrade to their final stage? I guess what I am really asking is what is the grand vision for these weapons over the long term life of the game?

[Bason]

Will stat points be expanded upon? currently there are only 3 ways to split stat points; full main stat, full vitality or a mixture of the two. the system as it stands serves no actual functionality in terms of customization.

[jcmascolo]

Would it be possible to cap the number of FATEs necessary to optain an ATMA ? For instance, integrate RNG into obtaining an ATMA for first 49 FATEs in a specific zone but 100% drop rate on the 50th.

The RNG is killing my casual play style. I can manage doing a fixed number of FATEs, specific FATEs, specific dungeons, killing a set of specific monsters, obtaining fixed number of Myth tomes, etc., but not knowing if I'll need to spend 5 minutes or 5 hours doing FATEs to get an ATMA and maybe not getting one is not fun at all and feels like a waste of my time.

[Krisds]

As mentioned before, we were hinted that "sphere scrolls" were going to play a role in the next upgrade for the Novus. Will these, or any task in the Novus upgrading process, involve any real-time elements that will force players to wait a certain amount of real- time hours before continuing the next step?
(Ex: We have to wait 18 real-time hours before being able to obtain another map from a node.)

[DoubleT]

i guess ill be the first person to ask a non-zodiac related question lol... in xi, i made quite a bit of gil from breeding chocos. will we be able to sell breeding cards or eggs in this game? i hope so. and with the gardening at the fc house, only 1-3 people can really handle the gardening at a time, will the choco breeding stables be something that everyone at the fc can use at the same time to breed their own birds, or will it be one person at a time, like how gardening currently is? (an yes i realize that anyone in the fc can plant whatever they want if they want, but if you want to grow good stuff, its best to leave only certain people in charge of the crops so they know what all is planted when)