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

[Elmeron]

Botters seem to be a problem in some of the NA Worlds, and people have been reporting that there has been the same botters since the beta of 2.0! That is very concerning to me as is the problem (already mentioned, several times in this thread by the community) with RMT spam.

It is severely hurting my ability to form friendships in the game, and I even had a good friend of mine thinking that I was ignoring her, which upset her, which in turn upset me! Such a problem shouldn't exist, it is hurting current friendships, and the ability to even gain future friendships, as a lot of players (including me) have tells on a completely separate tab and often miss the tells that come from other players.

I seriously hope this isn't just brushed aside and ignored in the Q&A. The way this problem is handled in the expansion will be the deciding factor of mine and quite a few other player's decision, when it comes to staying with the game.

Otherwise, continue the great work on FFXIV!

[Veritas-Ancora]

Can Godbert please suplex the Phantom Train?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmW0bWXUaGo

[Astiara]

Are there any plans for joint private housing for those who took part in the ceremony of eternal bonding?

[Avenger]

The login screen has basically been an ugly web page since the 2.0 launch. It still has many deficiencies:

1) It's not nearly as beautiful as the character/world selection screen or FFXIV itself (or the FFXI/PlayOnline login screen)

2) Even if you're already logged into PSN, you have to retype your password (and possibly a single-use password) every time to log into FFXIV (rather than saving the password and having the single-use password automatically read from software or a USB key)

3) Besides too much typing, many clicks/button presses are required to start the game (and you can't just keep hitting "x" because you need to select buttons on the first login screen before you can press them!)

4) Lodestone/topics videos are still not playable on PS4.

[Avenger]

Whenever I switch between PS4 and PC (and hopefully Mac, soon!) I need to re-do all of my hotbar settings, macros and gear sets, because they are saved locally and there doesn't seem to be any way to share, upload, or download them.

Currently you can transfer data from PS3 to PS4, but not the other way around, and not to or from PC.

Are there any plans for allowing you to save hotbar/macro/gear settings on the servers?

Also, are there any plans for making it easier to transfer HUD settings from one PC (or Mac) to another?

p.s. I also echo everyone else's thanks (!!) for the ongoing hard work of everyone in the FFXIV team, not just in creating FFXIV:ARR but also continuing to improve and expand the game in fun and exciting ways, and also keeping in touch with the community on forums and in events!! I do hope the dev team and everyone who works so hard on the game can take some time off to rest, relax and have fun (and hopefully have time to play FFXIV just for enjoyment too!!)

[Veritas-Ancora]

Please Allow Responses Back to Rejected FC Applicants

Players have reasons why they're rejecting an applicant to the Free Company. Please let us have a way to tell them.

[RegentP]

In 3.0 will the grand company and FC actions have an Increase in Action tier and addition action usages in actions?

[RegentP]

How closer was Samurai to being finish? I still want a long sword DPS class.

[ArtyomFang]

Any news on how the jukebox is coming along? I'm eagerly awaiting it!

[ArtyomFang]

I recently read that PS2/Xbox 360 servers for FFXI will be shutting down and that focus will mainly be on fixing bugs and balancing jobs. With this happening, does that mean that there is a chance that some of the development team from FFXI will be moved over to the FFXIV development team?