Live Q&A with the development team at London Fan Fest 2014

[RaquelleAvarosa]

I've roughly typed out the Q&A on notepad and here is what I managed to catch!

1) RP players would love to have an icon to show that they are in character.
A) Yes we will consider it but we have to consider the server load it will take, so we will work on it. Please look forward to it

2) Can you give us monks the option to fight bare handed?
A) We did consider having tattoos that add attribute. We will continue working on it.

3) When will we see DirectX11?
A) final optimization for DirectX 11. we hope that by the end of the year we can make a direct comparison to show the difference in graphic between directX9 and directX11. ETA very soon.

4) Will we be able to see TP of party member? to show TP for melee dps instead of MP
A) At first they didnt want to make it too confusing for new players with the UI. Now since the game has been around for awhile, we will consider it in the future.

5) How far will you support the PS3 version?
A) 3.0 will have support for ps3, but when it comes to 4.0 and further expansion, we will have to consider what kind of experience we want the players to have.

6) Configuration of flying text, will we be able to filter it and move it around?
A) Will have to talk to the other UI lead. It could be possible but it is very difficult on the programming side. Will go back and have meetings about it.

7) If someone is to go to Japan, who should they go to if they want to start working in the game industry, let's say Square Enix
A) Please look at our recruitment page!

8) Will rankings that is on the lodestone be reflected in game as well?
A) It is going to be difficult. For PS3 and PS4, it has to go through the Sony servers, since we are using external servers for such information. It will be difficult for these information to go through the multiple servers. We will continue trying to work on it so that in the future we will be able to get it in game.

9) I have been doing so many treasure hunts looking for the Spriggan hat! Where is this hat?!
A) (they seem to have forgotten about it) I think it might have been one of the original veteran reward. but since you did so many treasure hunts for it, we will put it in the treasure hunts then!

10) Will there be an item to increase the reward for the retainer ventures?
A) We can adjust the numbers that determines what retainers bring back (lowering the number for fish that retainers bring back)

11) When doing high level raids, is there a way to not have the same weapon appear in the chest over and over.
A) Mr.G did talk about this in the Las Vegas Fan Festival. While it wont be happening in 2.4, we will be touching on the idea of having tokens that players can trade in for gears instead. That is something we are considering for 3.0

12) In the future will there be a 4 raid for SCoB that gives the same drops?
A) Something like that is possible to create but we do not have that in plan currently. It is a good idea however and we will consider it in the future but we will be adjusting the rewards.

13) Can Bards have a different limit break from healers?
A) Maybe not until Heavensward, there might a new limit break in Heavensward. It was initally planned that the bard is a back up plan for when the healers are occupied.

The full answer to question 13 is that come 3.0 not just Bards but all jobs will have specialized limit breaks, at least that's what they're working on. Sounded like they said something about the gauge too but I missed it.

14) Can we get statistics for the stats we have like, crit is just a number now, we would like to know what is the % of our hits be a crit.
A) -no definite answer- we will be taking away the fun of finding out the answer on the net and sharing with other players.

15) Will you consider having competitions for designing something to be placed in game?
A) We did something like this in the past but since it was just a ring, it was easier(Meteor Survivor Ring). We will think about it in the future and when the community team starts it. There will be a lot of rules to follow since we have to make the thing work in game.

16) Rank 20 chocobo is difficult to get, will you consider making a reward to reflect the hard work?
A) We will consider putting in a reward for that.


Please do leave a comment to correct me if I missed something!

[Cynric]

The full answer to question 13 is that come 3.0 not just Bards but all jobs will have specialized limit breaks, at least that's what they're working on. Sounded like they said something about the gauge too but I missed it.

[Rumpelstiltzkin]

I have to ask why the community team even asked us to write questions. They took two from the forums, and the ones they took did not even get that many likes. As for the other questions, very few were at all interesting, but w/e I guess, they payed for their tickets so they can ask what they want.

EDIT: They are apparently having more forum questions on the stream right now so I guess they showed me haha. Wp Sirs.