Ask Questions for Letter from the Producer LIVE Part XXIII!

[ArtyomFang]

Has adding 8 man dungeons been given any thought to somewhat dealing with the many DPS players waiting for a group?

[ArtyomFang]

How is the jukebox coming along? I'm eagerly awaiting it!

[Karatecatgrl]

Can we have a baby tyrannasaur minion with the claw tail that will pick up and throw the other minions like the 2nd boss in Sohm Al?

[Mokai]

Once the Heavenswrd expansion begins to settle in, could we look at better integrating the new jobs in line with the rest? By this I don't mean power balances, but rather making them feel like a part of the core class system rather then "extra stuff". A few examples:

- Giving DRK, MCH and AST hunting logs.
- Flagging some DRK/MCH/AST skills as cross-class for other classes to use, even if none of the (current) jobs can take advantage of them. (Also giving DRK/MCH/AST base, gemless classes if required by the game code to make this possible)
- Offering Series 1 Artifact Gear to DRK/MCH/AST at levels 45/50.

See where I'm headed with this? I really, really loved how Square Enix went back to add DRK, MCH and AST weapons to the 2.0 Primals as well as the tomestone vendors. I really hope we see more of this backwards engineering tendency in the future to help new jobs feel better integrated into the system.

Thank you for your time in reading this! =)

[Lahdi_Oolong]

What does (Spoiler's) shield monument say? The texture doesn't have enough detail even at high settings to make out the Eorzean text besides what is probably the name.

[LadyKairi]

So we can see that more people are joining the game, and the worlds are getting crowded as result and some worlds even have new character restrictions. Do you have any plans to resolve this issue so people don't have to spend money just to play with friends? And do you have any plans to give back to people who's free trial period was wasted just trying to get on their friends' world?

[ChocoChick]

Can you please talk about FFXIV graphics and its future?

We had an upgrade to DX 11 which is a good step, but currently textures up close are terrible and round objects are very jagged. This is quite a turn off so to speak when viewing cut scenes.

Are you worried about FFXIV graphics looking outdated in the long term? Are there any plans to prevent this?

[fireslash]

can we have more old people scolding the warrior of light?

[Raider]

Are there any plans to make Machinist look better when your character runs with there weapon out? Looks a little silly at the moment.

[Raise]

Housing
All housing plots on a few highly populated servers eg phoenix are full and have been for quite some time, with company crafting many people are missing out when will new plots/wards become available? or another solution become available?

Gear
Also when are we likely to see the artifact 2 gear and will this then be obsolete by the time its released as people are already getting scrip/tome gear?

When the new relic weapons get introduced will we get any bonus for having completed the previous even if aesthetic?

Grand Company
Also will there be a grand company chest in ishgard? and for that matter a new ishgardian grand company?

Also on the topic of grand companies when will there be more grand company ranks so we can get a higher promotion?