Ask Questions for Letter from the Producer LIVE: E3 Edition!

[Hiruke]

Why do some fights appear to punish the player for being too good at dps? In particular, the last boss of Haukke Manor (Hard) and Leviathan (Extreme). For Haukke, if you dps the boss and the two sister adds too efficiently, the boss will immediately run over to the last add, eat it, and wipe the PT. For Levi, if your dps is too high, the last Tidal Wave will kill the entire PT no matter what. This is very bizarre game design.

[leteton]

Why does it take so long to be able to store seasonal items in your armoire?

In addition to lvl50 job specific gear, will we be able to store ilvl90 job specific gear in there? Allagan gear? Green colored dungeon dropped gear? Relics? Primal weapons?

I ask because without being able to store these items, we are almost being forced into paying an additional subscription fee for another retainer since there just isn't enough room.

[BobbinT]

Sorry, this has been bugging me for some time now. Even made a thread about it awhile ago.

Can XIV plan their updates/patches so that they're not collided with XI's own events? One of example are the XI's double experience campaign which has already collided several times with XIV.

I know both games have different teams. But since they both are under same SE banner, I thought this could be discussed over maybe? I want players can enjoy both MMO to the fullest extend without getting overwhelmed by each other. And this is just matter between XI & XIV, not going to include the whole MMO markets.

Thank you.

[Cidel]

When you release the next event/festive gear that includes yukatas (you are planning to, right?), have you considered making them dyeable?

Would be nice to have one event where players don't all have the same thing on and have some semblance of individuality with their outfit coloring outside of 3 or 4 different colors.

[Odeda]

With the marriage system coming, will same-sex marriage be possible?

I don't know what the Japanese players general opinion of this are or if they're indifferent about it, but it would mean a great deal for the Western audience.

[leteton]

Any plans on implementing FATES that have actual mechanics? For example as a LONG time Final Fantasy fan, I am disappointed that these supposedly epic fights with Behemoth and Odin are only epic in that they spawn more rarely and take a lot of people throwing themselves at them. Other than needing a lot of people there is no challenge whatsoever.

I understand these two FATES are already completed, but if you plan on implementing similar FATES would you consider adding at least some sort of mechanic that requires people to play a game rather than spam three buttons? They wouldn't have to necessarily be really difficult mechanics (although ideally it should be considering the lore behind these examples).


Is the reason you don't do this to keep the game easy so more people play, for server issues, development costs? I'd like to know why!

[HakuroDK]

Hey there! This is a question about the design of the next part of Crystal Tower. During the last Live Letter, you showed some concept art of the new Crystal Tower. I don't know about you, but I immediately got a Final Fantasy IX vibe off of them, as I saw areas that looked to be inspired by the Desert Palace, Pandaemonium, and Memoria.

Was this intentional or just a coincidence?

[Veritas-Ancora]

The bag/poster of Shiva that Bayohne showed off was AWEEEEESOOOOOOOOMMMMEEEE.

Can you please sell it as a T-shirt on the Square-Enix store? Please please please??

[Trishin]

Will there be more combo actions/bonuses with the current abilities and skills, each class/job has? Or are there plans to introduce more actions/bonuses once the expansion releases?

[Trishin]

Many abilities, spells, traits and skills were removed from FFXIV 1.0 but some remained, will there be more introduced before or after the expansion?