Ask Questions for Letter from the Producer LIVE Part XXV! (Exploratory Missions)

[Molic]

Can we get a real raid for this game and not a instanced fight that has a single boss/room in it?

[Zeno_McDohl]

Will we be able to pilot our FC airships as opposed to it being a cutscene/teleport?

[LiveVoltage]

What was the thought process behind making exploratory missions area's server wide instances where partys who get there first can go through it and pick it clean before other groups? Why couldn't exploratory mission area's instance on a individual group basis but tie a weekly cool down or something to farming these mission instances? (like make players only able to participate in a certain amount of missions each week.) it makes a bit more sense that way as players can still access the exploratory mission content and get loot from the places without having to worry about having to fight other groups for loot and it prevents the abuse of one super dedicated group controlling and farming the living heck out of these exploratory zones before everyone else as well as control the amount of mat's/loot that are farmed out of it weekly.

[Megaius]

How does DRK work with STR gears and accessories while using Grit and Darkside? Is it possible to pull a big mob or the boss with STR gears and accessories during dungeons, raids, and trials (Primal HM &EX)?

[Altanas]

Is this going to work on a pure "rng and claim" system, or will it work on a "farmable item used to pop a NM, with tiers of NMs popped this way" system?

[niwaar]

How many Exploratory Mission sectors will there be with the launch of 3.1? (The previous information made it looks like there would be between 1-3, but other information made it sound like there would be as many as there are current Airship Venture sectors in 3.0.)

Will there be a time limit on this content? Either time on the island or limited # of missions you can explore per day? both?
If there is, how do you justify it if you can come across an area that has already been cleared by another FC/Group?

Please explain thoroughly how loot will work in this content. Is the content for a max of 8 players? Is it "claim, kill and loot" or is it "everyone tag in and loot"?

[Veritas-Ancora]

Will Exploratory Missions have anything to do with the Relic?

[Shiki_Lockhart]

Does the airship level/rank affect the outcome in RNG or any advantage over a lower lvl/rank airship? Lets say my FC airship is lvl 50 and there would be another FC with lvl 25 airship, in this case what would happen?

[MsKirsten]

Will we be able to adjust party composition/job change during exploration? Essentially if someone is DCed or dropped out of exploration party? Will it have 24 party raid restrictions whereby no leader change allowed and need "finding member" system for dropping out ones?

[MsKirsten]

How is the loots allocation being determined? Lootmaster or simply a random allocation?