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

[Madruck]

With Heavensward coming out in less that 3 months, is there a time in where we will know certain details about the expansion prior to release such as how to become one of the new jobs and how the new gearing system is suppose to work?

[rainichan]

I'm not one to ask for FFXI things in FFXIV as they're two separate games, however with Steps of Faith giving us a dragon to fend off, it reminded me of the one thing I loved most in XI: Besieged.

So my question is: will we be seeing something similar to Besieged (which, there was something similar then in 1.0 with Hamlet Defense if I remember correctly) while we're in Ishgard?

[Ronyx]

At what Level the new jobs Dark Night, Machinist and Astrologian will start? Level 1 perhaps?

[Joaru]

I'm very interested in the Machinist gameplay. Since we already have the Party Support DPS Bard, will Machinist be more of the Crowd Control DPS? Is it possible to give us a clearer picture of what will make Machinist a different playstyle compared to Bards?

[mbncd]

Will chocobos get a level cap increase along with us? Or will he have a new buddy that can grow a little higher with us?

[alfangel]

Will be more Companions?
Will be the minion arena available someday?

[papichulo123]

Will our higher level gear over 50 be equippable at level 50 or since the new cap is 60 will it be 60?
Eg. My poetics gear says I need to. E level 50 to wear now will it say 60 when heavensward is introduced?

[BrokenWings]

• RMT/bots has been an issue for quite a while and seem to be increasing tremendously. Will Heavensward implement any new systems to combat this problem?
• Can we get a sneak peek at a couple new job abilities? Even a generic description would be nice.
• Will lvl50 dungeons/raids/trials give EXP?
• Are there any updates on the benchmark software release?
• When can we expect preliminary patchnotes?

[mbncd]

What, if any, updates can we expect between now and the expansion?

I know there isn't any more story incoming but will we see restrictions and requirement eased up at all in the next couple of months? For instance, less hand in tokens needed for newer items from Talan (like happened with the earlier items) or the removal/loosening of the the tome cap?

What sort of general quality of life issues may be improved upon?

It's been a while since we got a sizeable purely quality of life update. This dry spell before the expansion might be the perfect time, while also introducing some system ground work for said expansion in steps rather than all at once in a glitch riddled early launch day.

[Ruri]

Will we be able to have more slots on our blacklist to block RMT tells? Mine is full and it is a pain to delete old blacklisted users one at a time to clear up more room.