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

[Arky]

Will you be making it possible to change your surname to your partners? This is important!

[pa1kia]

If an eight-armed Gilgamesh fight is added, will he drop some kind of weapon loot unlike what is currently available, and if so, will he be using the very weapons we'll have a chance to loot during the fight?

[Caillum]

I understand that Coil and Crystal Tower are the two main "raids" right now, but are there plans to add more in the future (patches, expansion, etc)?

The lockout system in Coil can really hurt a Free Company, and it feels like we are having to make static groups within our FC to clear content effectively. Other games (i.e WoW, Everquest, Rift, etc) get around this lockout system in different ways, but the main way is to have multiple raids that allow you to have more than one main option a week. I feel that having possibly 3-5 raids would help keep the endgame crowd busy, but also make for a better endgame environment overall. Right now most people are logging in to clear Coil, and then simply not playing the rest of the week.

[Caillum]

Are there any plans to make raid content feel more epic feeling and/or rewarding?

I've played many raiding based games, and they have multiple long and elaborate raid dungeon settings. They tend to have multiple unique boss encounters (5-15 bosses), mixed with puzzles, trash pulls, and other unique content. It could take a few months to finally figure out the whole raid, but at the end you feel like you've really accomplished something. Coil is great dungeon, but it feels just like a regular leveling dungeon at times. There isn't much more than a couple pulls, then a boss and on to the next turn. I feel like Crystal Tower has more of that epic feel and better overall raid feel to it, but due to it being a low ilevel, it doesn't have much of a lasting appeal to most players. It's basically became a glamour farm for most players, or they did it simply to do it once or twice.

[Caillum]

Are there any plans to adjust/add to the stats system in the game?

Right now certain classes go for maybe 2-3 stats, and basically avoid using any other stats because they simply aren't as useful. For example, Skill Speed is basically avoided by most Jobs because it actually can end up hurting your damage or it's simply pointless to stack it. So gear with that stat becomes basically useless. This is making for a lot of cookie-cutter builds, and makes it really hard to feel like you have any control over the type of style you want to play. I understand it can be hard to balance this, but it would be nice to have a bit more freedom.

[Caillum]

Are there plans to add more arena locations/types (besides Frontlines) for PvP? If so, is there any plans to make the arenas have dynamic effects added to them (i.e traps, falling debris, etc)?

I've been really enjoying PvP, but fighting in the same arena every time can get a bit boring. It would be interesting to have some unique places to fight and make it more than just worrying about PvP, but also having interactive effects added to them. For example, having an arena modeled after Ravenroad from 1.0 with falling meteors and such. It would make for some dynamic fights and also be an awesome location to fight at.

[SableBales]

with regards to the gun class, will it use 1 pistol, dual pistols or a rifle type weapon?

[Lunavi]

SE: What willl the level cap be in the next expansion?

[Lunavi]

SE: When will the expansion be released?

[Lunavi]

SE: How big is this next expansion? Will it expand the game with as much content as the content of 2.0 or is it way smaller?