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

[Sutorcen]

Will the Mac version require a new service like PS4 and Windows do?

[Sutorcen]

Will there be a Game of the Year edition for the PS4?

[Zephen_Kellen]

I vastly enjoy tanking and will remain tanking for as long as I play this game. Will there ever be any sort of enmity game apart from tank swaps? Example, times where the DPS have to watch their DPS not to pull off tank, or were they need to use a move or mechanic to transfer their hate to the tank? Just something more for the tanks to do?

I do complement you highly on the Shiva tank swap mechanic, that has been on of the most organic feeling ones to me thus far, but I would like some more meat to the enmity system rather than hit 1,2,3 and you'll not lose hate on the boss. Just a little something for us tanks to feel like we are more than just a brick wall that throws a brick lightly at the boss.

Thank you for your time.

[Bixby]

Will we ever be able to search the crafting log by name?

[Bixby]

Can you please make it clear which crafting master books we've already purchased and/or give a warning about re-purchasing a master book?

[SiegSinclair]

Can you please fix the broken duty finder system? I often make preformed parties with friends, or actually almost all the time. If one of them withdraws, it counts for my withdrawals for the day, and after 3, I get 30 min penalty. Then I have had issue making 4 man preformed with FC members where we queue up (full PREFORMED), and then they withdraw to change class, and I end up getting a 30 min queue because I already got the penalty for it, so one withdrawal is enough.

At the VERY LEAST, don´t let it apply to preformed party member if someone else withdraws. Not sure if this is a bug or an intended design.

[polyhedral]

1) When will T5 and SCoB be clear-able via duty finder?
This issue alone has divided the community into two groups. Those who have the time and extremely dedicated groups that can clear it after dying 100+ times, and the rest of us that don't/can't nor care too even bother with it.
You've tied the main story into these fights, which has frustrated those loyal customers from 1.0 alpha/beta who haven't been able to experience the majority of it.
You introduced savage coil, yet, the same people who crave challenge and are against any coil nerfs won't even do it.
You've spent a lot of effort into making the main story out of reach, and even more effort into making the savage version nobody outside of the 1% will even bother trying.
Your entire initial approach to this game was to undo some of the negative responses FFXI received, yet, here we are again, and I'm feeling like I'm attempting to get FFXI Sea access just to view main story cut-scenes we've waited years for.

[polyhedral]

2) What is the point of having so much spell speed on summoner poetic gear? We only have 4 spells that take more than 2 seconds to cast, one of those being resurrect. Even with high spell speed, it seem rather useless as as summoner.

[SiegSinclair]

What sort of buffs will dragoon be getting?

[polyhedral]

3) Where is piety on any of the new gear, when the final coil fights take so long summoners are basically using energy drain instead of fester to keep up?
Let's not forget we're also expected to swiftcast + resurrect while maintaining dps in these extremely tough battles. All the spell speed in the world won't equal to what fast cast gave us in FFXI.