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

[DiaDeem]

PlayStation Store Pre-Order
Will Heavensward be available for Pre-Order through the PlayStation Store along with the early access code?

[Renoiria]

SUBJECT: Zantetsuken for Dark Knights

Can you please make a version of Odin's Zantetsuken for Dark Knights?

[shinra_kuonji]

A lot of dungeon and said gear looks very samey because it cannot be dyed. Will this change so, for example, I could dye my Alexander drops?

Also, with the added efficiency of DX11, would it be possible to dye different parts of a single piece different colors?

[Rhazyphon]

Will the new jobs (Dark Knight, Machinist and Astrologian) go through the same process as current ARR jobs to obtain their Zodiac weapons? Would you encourage current players to begin collecting the necessary items (dungeon drops, Radz-at-Han Quenching Oil, etc.)?

[JustinHiryu]

PlayStation Store Pre-Order
Will Heavensward be available for Pre-Order through the PlayStation Store along with the early access code?

People are looking for this. I would like to be able to pre order the digital collector's edition. Please, make it available.

[Tiva]

1. Can we get an official announcement about the continuation of the relic quest line? I've seen 1 brief quote and LOTS of speculation about this. I'd like a more concrete statement to be made. Is the quest going to continue from where it left off or will there be a new quest line with a new weapon? If a new quest line, what benefits will players that currently have their relic zeta be allowed?

2. Will any of the steps for the current relic zeta be altered/made easier to allow players to catch up on this quest line before the expansion? Players returning for the xpac or players who want to change jobs my appreciate this.

3. Are addons confirmed for 3.1? Are players going to be able to develop addons? Or will Square Enix only develop them.

4. Can we please be allowed to dye raid/dungeon gear?

5. In light of new classes and jobs being released, and likely more to come in future patches/expansions, will you consider expanding raid group sizes? Expanding to 24 man may be too much, but 10 man is a good compromise. Parties could be increased to 5 players to allow this.

[Tazzy]

Can you explain little bits and pieces of each class maybe? Like will the Dark Knight use STR or INT, since its mentioned that he is a magic wielding, and how will the turret works with machinst? Will they work in a way where we can choose to have a machinst or bard as support? And hows astrologian going to work, I like the idea behind using cards on a healer for buffing if it will be a buffer healing class!

[Anapingofness]

Can you tell us a bit more about the starting level of the new jobs?
Please let us know if the new jobs will start at level 1 and have job quests every 10 levels or every 5 levels, but more of them.
Personally, I feel that if the new jobs should start at lvl1 because we have plenty of ways to get exp really quickly in FFXIV. Furthermore, they will help the queue times of the lower level dungeons.

[Azures]

Will we be able to upgrade from the standard edition to collectors edition during early access ?

When is the heavensward benchmark coming out ?

[DiaDeem]

Current Zodiac Weapon Quests in Heavensward

Without going into specific details, are there plans to make the current quests for the Zodiac/Relic weapon easier/more streamlined/accessible for the expansion? And if so... will there be any kind of reward to us getting the Zeta weapon before Heavensward?