Ask Questions for Letter from the Producer LIVE Part XXIII!

[Faytte]

Parry remains a stat that no tanks seem to want on their gear, despite being the 'tanking stat'. Are there any plans to improve parry rate or replace it with a new tanking mechanism? Parries issues are...

1) A completely useless stat when you are off tanking or soloing, useless in easier content
2) Too rng based, its total mitigation is largely irrelevant in fights (about 20 parry rating=1% chance to mitigate CERTAIN attacks for 20% damage. So your 80 parry rating on pants=.8% mitigation on certain attacks. The mitigation difference between a full parry build and no parry is about 2% mitigation against such attacks.

Secondly with the introduction of a Discipline of War class that is CASTING spells (with cast bars) will you review
1) Casting interruption
2) Shields not being able to block during spell casting. Paladins, White Mages and Black Mages can all equip shields, and are all spell casters (to varying degrees) yet none can use their shield during a casting animation.

Vitality is another stat that tanks only equip 'as much as needed' and then go for either melded accesories or dps accesories, something you see in no other role in FFXIV. Will tanking accessories be updated, maybe to give some amount of vitality AND strength (say, 60% of the total value?) such that tanks are not having to buy 2 sets of accessories due to the nature of needing 1 set of gear on progression and another on farm, where other roles merely equip the best gear for their role (Heal throughput, damage, etc).

[Mimilu]

Why am I so pretty?

[DarkStaoneDragon]

I remember YoshiP saying something about hiring Grand Company NPC's to join you in dungeons, when will that be implemented? (didn't feel like going through all 59 pages to see if it was asked already, sorry if it was)

[Delfina]

1) I want a character animation when I play harp or harpsichord, any plans for this?
2) would be nice to play many songs on a instrument
3) I want those Noble clothes, will they become available?
4) When are we gonna be able to share a house with our eternal bond partner?

[Karisma]

When are you going to let us use Chocobo while signing duty finder?
Also, is it possible to have Phoenix down in battle? Instead of relying on healer/summoner to raise people during battle, dps and tank can use phoenix down to raise the dead.
I really enjoy Pvp Frontline, I really wish there's an update on the game system soon. Including the queuing line (since I have been trying to get in for days, and couldn't get in)
Would be nice if there's another FF XIV fan fest in Canada too (like Vancouver for example) :-D.
I really want to meet you Yoshi P! This game really inspire my work as an artist.
My Artwork was chosen to be displayed on the Las Vegas last year, thank you very much! I hope you would do another one again this year.

[EorzeaHero69]

When are we gonna see Omega?

[Samano]

Ninja runs out of TP extremely fast now, faster compared to Monk and Dragoon, or any other Job, any plan to address this?

[Chukkaque]

I love the themes/songs for the final boss and the theme Dragonsong. Is there anyway for us to download or purchase these songs?

[ScarecrowJames]

Can we expect to see more Soul Crystals to Allow classes to have more variety of Roles. Such as the newer Dark Knight Class having a DPS Variant Soul Crystal with a Great sword or Giant Scythe like in FFXI instead of it being a tank.

Or a more DPS oriented Archer Job Like Ranger(FFXI) instead of the support/DPS Bard Job.

[Bishop81]

Any timeline for SMN pet glamour system and new housing wards?