Ask Questions for Letter from the Producer LIVE Part XVIII! (FFXIV: ARR)

[Terin]

Are there any plans to expand upon Face options and such for existing races, or will you focus on new races to get new options?

[Aoxaviar]

Since this is the end of the Binding Coil, Please tell us what the plan is for the binding coil moving forward.

I am a player who hasn't had the time, and the ability to go gear crazy in order to keep up with the progression of the Binding Coil. However, I am a player who loves the lore and wants to do it (I have gotten thru Coil 1/Turn 3 cleared.)

I haven't been able to find groups doing run thru turns 4 and 5 in order to get through them and move my story along.

1. So, will Binding Coil stay in game after the upload of Patch 2.5 to allow players (like myself) to be able to the end of it, or will it be removed?

2. If the current decision is that it will stay (since CT is ending in 2.5), has the dev team decided on if/when they will remove Binding Coil from the game?

[ThirdKeyOfSun]

I know it was stated SMN would acquire Leviathan and Ramuh Egi in the 3.0 expansion. Seeing as there will be new primals in 3.0 though, I was wondering if you might be able to confirm whether or not Shiva Egi will be included with Leviathan and Ramuh pets? Allowing summoners to acquire all of the 'old world' (2.0) primals sans King before diving into a new world of primal lore would be much appreciated. Thank you for your time~

[mithena]

feature i was wondering about is other mmos like elder scrolls online have the option to add
face paint or tattoos to other parts of your body besides the face to further customize your character
i think this would be a awesome idea and also would increase the use of the aesthician (not sure if i spelled that right )
i know you have some already in gear like in the male sea side talisman and the preview of rouge gear
but i would like it on my character instead of restricted only to gear if it helps you could even make
different tattoos or body/face paint designs available by unlocking different achievements or doing
different quests that would in turn also give more life to the achievement options

[Daniolaut]

When will we see an auto hide chat log?

One where its hides the entire chat log after a set amount of time, with incremented settings such as 10 seconds, 20 seconds 30 seconds etc.

[mithena]

i was hoping for different mounts you can use in battle besides chocobo this could give new diversity
and you could add different things like a class for each time of battle mount like for example the
magitek armor could be dps partner and gobbue battle mount could be a tank partner and so on i also
think it would be cool if you could level up each battle mount individually so you can use them for
different situations and give them each unique abillitys to use this would also increase use of
veteran programs and instead of mounts being only a cosmetic use they could be practical also

[mithena]

when will we be able to fly and will there be mounts like the eyball and bombs that you can use to fly in the air

also i saw a black chocobo that flys in one of the fan festival streams does that mean that there will be a certain breed of chocobo we can use to fly

[mithena]

i would like to eliminate the no cross class armor glamor rule since certain jobs have certain
designs that i would love to use like for example i love the way odins armor looks as well as blm/smn
weathered sol top and would like to use one of them for my bard or scholar but because of the rule
that says you cant use armors in glamor that you cant equip basically meaning only tanks can use the
glamor for odin armor and only blm/smn can use the weathered sol armor and i think that really sucks
and would love for that to be changed so that it could give more diversity to character customization
since there are no good armors that i like for archer or scholar

[Enthy]

When will we be able to turn off battle music?
When will we be able to turn off large notifications such "FATE JOINED, QUEST COMPLETE"?
When will we be able to turn off glow effects on weapons and armor? (not just for self, but for others on my screen)
When will we be able to adjust the opacity of ground Area Of Effect indicators?
Will we ever be able to identify players that are on our same server by a glance in Duty Finder? (maybe an icon next to their name or have it displayed when you examine them)

[Kiara]

At the Fan Festival, Yoshi P mentioned being able to finally allow players to go back to Final Coil (End Game Contents) more than once a week, to help others (Thank You!):

* Can you give us an update / info on this new System and when we can expect the lifting of Final Coil / End Game Weekly Lockout to help out friends / FC mates?

Thanks!