Letter from the Producer LIVE Part XVI Q&A Updates

[Bayohne]

Q50: Komoto, were there any instances where players’ reactions were different than what you had expected or anything in particular you felt was difficult when developing an online game?

A50: For things that we have to estimate ahead of time, we set a certain range and arrangements are made roughly within this range. However, there was a time that we inconvenienced players due to a mis-estimation beforehand, and I apologize about this. For example, the short supply of gil for patch 2.0.

[Bayohne]

Q51: Komoto, do you have any updates on the Eternal Bond system?

A51: The developers in charge are currently working very hard. They put a lot of effort into the system such as the cut scenes, quests, customizable options, etc. The system should be implemented in patch 2.4 or one of the sub-patches of 2.4. Please stay tuned!

[Bayohne]

Q52: I would like to place an armoire and the Unending Journey inside my personal room. Are there any plans in the future?

A52: We are planning to make this possible in patch 2.4.

[Bayohne]

Q53: Will you be implementing furnishings that will let us store equipment or racks that we can decorate with equipment for private chambers?

A53: Currently we are not thinking about introducing racks that you can decorate with equipment. We understand the requests for increasing the space of Company Chests, but if we were to give too much memory space to private chambers, it would become difficult to increase the availability of land. So, to start off we would first like to add more land and we will be looking into this carefully.

[Bayohne]

Q54: The magicked stable brooms are too costly at the moment. Can you make it so that we are able to clean the stable with the "magic broom" minion?

A54: We sincerely apologize for the cost of the magicked stable broom as it was much higher than what we expected. We will be adjusting the recipe of the magicked stable broom so that they can be created at a cheaper cost. Additionally, we are considering selling them in NPC shops so that players do not sell them higher than that price.

[Bayohne]

Q55: The vegetables for chocobo raising can only be obtained through gardening, but do you have any plans to make adjustments so that there are more ways to obtain them in the future?

A55: Currently we do not have any plans. We will make adjustments as we keep an eye on the balance between the value of gardening fields and chocobo raising difficulty.

[Bayohne]

Q56: I would like to be able to obtain the new crafting tools that were implemented in patch 2.3 without having to desynthesize.

A56: We currently do not have any plans to do so. However, we may consider other ways to obtain the tools in the future.

[Bayohne]

Q57: An extended version of “Slumber Disturbed” was playing in the Tam-Tara Deepcroft (Hard). Are there any plans to introduce extended versions of songs in the future via new dungeons?

A57: Yes, we do have plans of gradually introducing extended versions of songs.

[Bayohne]

Q58: Please make it so there will be differences in how you can raise a chocobo (stats, etc.) when combining different vegetables to feed to your chocobo.

A58: Currently we are not looking into something like this. As it's possible for anyone from your free company to feed your chocobo, there could be a possibility where someone feeds your chocobo the wrong kind of food. Considering our direction for chocobo raising, we wanted to make it possible to take care of each others chocobos, and that is how we made the current system.