Ask Questions for Letter from the Producer LIVE Part XVI! (The Future of FFXIV: ARR)

[Kace_Eisold]

Also, for the sake of the roleplayers who didn't have the chance to delve into the lore before starting a character, might we be seeing a potential Namingway NPC to grant us name changes? Or like Namingway token or something of the sort?

[xRiseOfUchihaX]

Whatever happened to the gun class? I wanted to be like Balthier..

[xRiseOfUchihaX]

I thought that both a dagger and gun class were confirmed but we only get the daggers ninja class I love it but still I wanted to be Balthier as well

[Bionetto]

Any chance to add more customization to items. ATM everyone has the basic stats and there really isn't any difference. Will we be seeing items to boost abilities to make 1 player different from another? One BLM can boost fire dmg while another can boost the chance of a fire 3 prox? This is just one example of somethings that would be nice to add in the game.

[ChronaDuelar]

I've love to be able to customize the looks and equipment of the merchants in my Free Company's house. Are there any plans to let us do that in the future?

[Kirkiko]

I would love to be able to customize my friends list. Like change the order of my friends or put them into groups or even able to add notes to beside there names (Only you can see them). Also can we have a shout (kind of thing) that selects all your online friends so you can talk/shout to them at once ? I know you can use a ls for this but most people (including myself) who cannot make/join anymore linkshells.

Are there any plans to make something like that in the future?

[Autp78]

Could we ever see some form of political system in the game. Like something that could stir up a little drama/conflict amongst players of the Three Grand Companies. For Example, maybe GC's could actually fight over territory with resource buff's integrated with in front lines. Maybe GC player elected leaders could decide what buff's players of their GC could get such as, they conquer this land +10 perception on all DOL.

[LordLynar]

Hello, love the game and it's story. My question is are we going to see more of the Empire in the future and something along the lines of more Weapons (Omega, Ruby, Emerald as a few examples) that the Empire is "unearthing". Also anything on bigger party play like 16 man dungeons??
Thank you for putting out such a great game and keep up the good hard work.

[Aoxaviar]

1. Game content for player based Facebook personal and Free Company Facebook pages?

2. Plans for website tools for Free Company websites?

As a player and and a MG of a free company, I think having access to certain game aspects like the fc chat board, character pics and bios, would help with the community at large and also give free companies a way to talk outside of the game world due to real life.

Please let us know if there are plans for this type of supported content moving forward width the game.

[Sovjohn]

The Final Fantasy series has built, through the years, a very specific list of "iconic buffs and debuffs" used in several games.

These include the Petrify / Stone, Poisoned, Confused, Berserk, and others.

So far, we have seen several of these debuffs (or variants) being used in ARR, in various locations.

Is there a chance you can build a raid boss centered around the Zombie debuff? This could need the healers to do "DPS" via heals in order to kill the boss, and the rest of the group could be temporarily granted a "Healing Stance" which would convert their attacks to heals.