Ask Questions for Letter from the Producer LIVE Part XX! (Heavensward)

[Noxerus]

Relic Weapons
Without revealing anything new about the relic weapon progression in Heavensward, will the current steps for the relic/zodiac/zeta weapon chain/questline remain the same(this is useful to know for anyone currently working on their relic weapons in anticipation of Heavensward)? Also, will Dark Knight, Machinist, and Astrologian's relic weapons also start with "A Relic Reborn" like all the other classes?

Cross-Class Abilities
To help us better prepare for the new Heavensward jobs, can you reveal to us which jobs the new ones will get cross-class abilities/spells from?

[anomoty]

Are there any plans to allow players to use the Duty Finder with a companion out in 3.0?

[Vespar]

Will we start the new jobs from level 1? I've heard conflicting reports on this in various interview's with Yoshi-P.
I would love to start from level 1 and enjoy the new job from the very beginning.

[Vespar]

What will happen to our gear's item levels?
Will it be adjusted, or will the new gear just continue on past the current item levels?

[Ashyl_Frost]

Will we ever see in-game voice chat implemented?! Such as party voice chat and/or voice Linkshells, with the ability to mute single or multiple players, and be able to enable/disable voice chat altogether if we wanted?

I ask this question because me and my friends are having serious trouble communicating during tough battles because we all play on different systems, crippling our way of communication since we can only type. And for the ones who do voice chat have to download a separate app on their PC or mobile device just to voice chat with each other, which a lot of people are still not able to do with the lack of having a computer or mobile device. I find it very frustrating with the lack of communication options since this is an online-only game, so communication is very important compared to games that don't rely on interacting with real players.

[Vespar]

With the expansion, many players will be returning. I fear the servers may become unstable or crash due to the load. As it stands now, on weekends and free login weekends, many players are dropped from the server at random due to the load. Will we see new servers or a free server transfer happen to alleviate worlds with high populations?

[Zumi]

A long time ago you guys promised that we would get an add on API for user created addons. Can we expect to see the add on API in Heavensward?

[Vespar]

With the expansion, will the 2.0 world get some upgrades? Such as extra aethryte crystals in certain places. (ie. Whitebrim, Hyrstmill, etc)

[Vespar]

Will you ease the materia melding process, so newer players can catch up on stat requirements especially for crafting and gathering?

[Nyalia]

Desynthesis questions (surprising from me, I know):

Will we be seeing any wearable gear (as opposed to food/potions) with the "Careful Desynthesis" stat in 3.x? The possibility was mentioned a while back.

Will we still be able to have three desynthesis classes at the maximum level in 3.x, or will we have to pick two? For instance, if the max desynthesis skill level raises to 150 but the maximum combined cap only raises to 400, we would only be able to have two skills maxed, rather than the three we can currently have.

Are there any plans to make it easier to switch between desynthesis classes on a single character? Currently, we have the ability to instantly wipe all of our progress in one class, but we can't get it back if we do so except by leveling it from scratch again.

And lastly, in 3.x, will there be items only obtainable by desynthesis that are required for endgame crafting, but only available to a couple desynth classes? That happened in 2.x with Mastercraft Demimateria, and it would be a real shame if we had to reset one of our maxed desynth classes just to be able to access a 3.x version of the item.