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

[Debeh]

I know that I'm not alone in saying that the Duty Finder is sometimes a double edged sword. It's a wonderful concept for new players and solo play but I can't help but feel like the balance is still a bit off for each class type; Tank, Healing, and DPS. There are still times where I can wait up to 30 min for a dungeon as a DPS and get in nearly instantly as a Tank or a Healer.

So my question boils down to, With the introduction of new classes will there be any plans to rebalance the DF system as far as wait times or are we just kinda stuck waiting to get into Roulettes/Dungeons while cueing solo?

[Coldbrand]

Can you fix the neckbeard tuft on Roegadyn Face 3's beard? It wasn't until a late stage of beta that it appeared and it looks hideous. Likewise can you make it so tattoos and facepaint can work simultaneously again? They did in earlier 2.0 beta then stopped and now you simply cannot see tattoos when you have face paint on. I loved creating contrasting art on my character's face but can no longer do this (effects all races.) Also any tweaking to clipping errors would also be nice; with hair or armor/weapons. It's stupid that gae bolg clips on relic armor (the ultimate dragoon look used in marketing material.)

[Coldbrand]

Could you add the option to mute all audio, as well as specifically music with a keybind? I like to listen to my own music for combat but then switch back to game audio when cutscenes come up.

[Coldbrand]

Can you make it so we can use our legacy chocobo as the primary chocobo for barding and companion? It feels awkward that there are essentially two Wawaros. If I started with the FC chocobo and he was wearing my chocobo's armor and has his name; who exactly is the legacy chocobo? I'd like some kind of solution to the plot hole created by this.

[Coldbrand]

Could you make it so we can mirror the eye eyepatches cover? Seems simple to implement. Depending on scars/tattoos/face paint/eye color some players likely would enjoy this as a stylistic option. Maybe there are even real life players who lost their eye in real life who'd enjoy being able to mirror their loss. I prefer wounds on the left side of my character for similar reasons.

[Beetle]

Once tanks & healer mounts have been in the game awhile can we start seeing dps job mounts rewards

[Coldbrand]

If you are seriously considering adding wyvern to Dragoon can you please at least put in a democratic process where those against the decision can object? Most FFXI DRG veterans who go all the way back are still reeling from the nightmare that was the vanilla/Rise of the Zilart era where after Penta Thrust (via the multi-hit ws changes) and Meditate were weakened immensely we became victims of constant harassment and faced intense stigmatization. If you do this again it's almost guaranteed that we'll have to deal with the same process because the balancing act of handling a damage dealing class that also has a pet is a very difficult one. As you already alluded to this would also mean wakening the Dragoon themself; I do not want this, I do not care about having a little blue rat that dies to a faint gust. Dragoon has ALWAYS been defined by our jumping attacks. Jump is Dragoon; not the wyvern of FFXI. If you're looking to expand the design space of DRG look towards Lancet, Super Jump (or adding invincibility frames to jump attacks as you should; your concerns over a ridiculous niche strategy are deluded and insulting), Dragonheart, breath attacks (conal elemental damage would help our somewhat awkward aoe and reinforce the theme of piercing armor), angon, or Freya's Dragon party skills/unaspected thematic damage.

Finally when Dark Knight and Samurai are released what will you be doing with blood for blood and invigorate since neither of these are really DRGs traditional design space and effectively belong elsewhere? Would you ever change sub jobs/class requirements or hand over skills? I feel this may be appropriate in some cases. (MNK feels unrelated to DRG)

[kazzel120]

You mentioned in the last live letter about Novus weapons having a flashy new look.

Is this just a reskin or will we see an entirely new look to them?

[Beetle]

Can you make Atma obtainable through other means & make Atma used for other things besides Relic.

[DDReaper]

Hello,
Thanks for answering our questions

As a bard, I find it difficult to know when I should sing "Army's Paeon" because I'm not aware of current TP status in my party. I exactly know when to sing "Mage's Ballad" thanks to the MP bar in the party view but bards don't see the PT bar of others in the party view.
Why is that ? and will it be "fixed" for bards ? (as i think they are the only job to need to know the number of TP other members of the party have)

Would it be possible, in a future patch / extension, to get other ways of interacting with other players, and by that I mean "playing" with them at games such as triple triad ?
I think it would be great to be able to play triple triad with everyone you meet in the same way we loved to do in FFVIII or FFIX.

Thanks you for taking the time to answer my questions and thanks for the great work you all do.