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

[polyhedral]

4) Do you realize now, that gating the main story behind grouping in such a toxic community divided is a bad idea?
People are avoiding new players like they are lepers, leaving the duty finder and roulettes as soon as they see so called "under geared" characters, even though they surpass the require item level sometimes by even i10 levels.
I'm not asking for all content to be easy and a walk in the park. I'd love to see very challenging content, but not tied to the main story that's been building up ever since I first logged in back in 2011.
Perhaps you could create more events like FFXI's Dynamis, which was optional, but required so many people, even new players at end level could participate and learn from others.

[polyhedral]

5) If you do continue to make very challenging content in the future, that requires vocal communication and 3rd party applications like Team Speak and Ventrillo, could you consider adding in game voice chat so we can at least talk to PS3 and PS4 players as well? At this moment, many console players are left out of these events solely because they can not talk to others in their own party about the battles. This has lead to a few groups even requiring playing on a PC only for raids, excluding console players.

Something has got to give SE......

[HakuroDK]

Will there be the possibility of adding Aetheryte to certain well-traversed areas in Eorzea such as Whitebrim Front and St. Coinach's Find, as well as Aetheryte Shards in Ul'dah's Markets and Limsa Lominsa's Blacksmith and Armorer's Guilds?

[HakuroDK]

In regards to the "Green Sprout" icon next to the names of new characters, would it be possible to limit that "Green Sprout" icon exclusively to new players with new accounts? I would like very much to help new players, but I do not want to come across as condescending to veterans.

[Sutekhseth]

What are you doing to ensure PVP longevity in the game? I've been in queue for Frontlines for 4 hours.

It just seems people are uninterested in this.

Would you be willing to consider, for pvp, consolidating server/realm groups to bolster the population of pvp?

[Sutekhseth]

Are there any plans to make "Join in Progress" a mandatory selection for Duty Finder?

It's infuriating to wait 50+ minutes in dps queues only to have the tank drop shortly after entering; and then having to wait for a new tank which often times ends up with the party falling apart.

Is there anything in the works for maybe encouraging players to join in progress? Perhaps a gil or tome reward?

[HakuroDK]

Could we possibly get a Lore Log detailing past events, previously visited locations, previously met people, previously defeated monsters, and others? I know the Lore Team really wants to make it and many players would love nothing more than to read about the world that the Lore Team has breathed life into.

[HakuroDK]

On the subject of Glamours, would it be possible to bind gear designs to a kind of "Master Glamour Prism" to store and retrieve without needing to hold onto several different pieces of gear at the same time?

[Guhigh]

Will the relic quest continue in heavenward, an if so will it be everyone starting from nothing for there 3.0 relic. or will we be able to continue upgrading our 2.x relic into 3.0 version of it. (with an optional quest line to get an equivalent base weapon for the 3.0 relic quest)

[Littlevivien]

Has the idea of primal inspired armor like for example a garuda armor set ever been thought of?