Questions and Feedback on the Future of FINAL FANTASY XIV

[Jutien]

Why does SE feel its the right time to start charging sub fees for a half finished game, during the holiday season!? knowing a whole NEW version is releasing a year or so later?

[DexteraDomini]

What I find particularly amusing is that if Yoshi P. had announced only a timeline for the patches and left us in the dark about V2.0 no one would be on here complaining about paying for a half finished game. How do I know this, BECAUSE YOU'RE STILL HERE! The game in it's current state is well worth paying $13 a month for, not to mention the dev team is building a new game from the ground up to correct the things that limited this game from day one. Forty three cents a day, one, if you can't afford that you should be focusing more time on bettering your career potential and less time on MMO's and forums. Two, for a year now, 250 families have been bearing the burden for yours and everyone else's subscription fees, it's time to reward the dev team for all the hard work they have put in turning a complete mess into the current highly enjoyable version we have today. If you disagree that the current game is worth paying for, goodbye and good riddance.

[Apricoth]

Is SE planning on putting in more social items (i.e. clothing, jewelry, etc)?

Will you all have my babies collectively?

Can the crafters have an official recipe book that shows all the recipes they have ever done and be accessible at all times as opposed to what they just crafted and it disappears after doing other recipes?

In regards to whether or not SE is pushing for subscription fees to start now or later, I will be paying. It is my investment to the team to deliver on their plan of attack in making sure this is one of the more outstanding mmorpgs out on the market. I have no qualms at this time paying it. I will be angry if what has been advertised in 2.0 and everything preceding it fails to be implemented. Please don't make me feel like I have wasted my faith and my money SE. That is all I ask. I am sure many others feel the same way

Yes, Diablo III is coming out - who cares? I plan on playing that and FFXIV. lol

[Jinko]

1.) Will the game engine by using Luminous and offer DX11 features ?

2.) I noticed in the concept UI there is now a mini map with + and - to zoom in and out are you considering adding gathering nodes to the minimap like in other mmos ?

Can the crafters have an official recipe book that shows all the recipes they have ever done and be accessible at all times as opposed to what they just crafted and it disappears after doing other recipes?

This was already answered in the PDF :-
Release of an item notebook after version 2.0 to log all recipes and crafted items for consolidated, easy viewing.
Release of an item notebook after version 2.0 to log gathering level and item information for consolidated, easy viewing

[SirEdeonX]

My question is really simple:

Where's Shiva and Carbunkle?

And my second question is:

Can Odin's horse have 6 legs? Pwwwwwwwwwwwwwweeeeeaaaaase?

[ergoproxy]

My question is really simple:

Where's Shiva and Carbunkle?

And my second question is:

Can Odin's horse have 6 legs? Pwwwwwwwwwwwwwweeeeeaaaaase?

~correction: 8 legs! It must have 8 legs, nothing less, nothing more. SE do it! Do it - right!

[stoned]

jumping...swimming...u still plan on adding these? i know most people have adapted to running around every rock and cliff side but i would like to go over them like i would in any other game.

[Gorath]

1. Is it possible to implement application for mobile devices/smartphones in the future to use features like LS chat or managing retainers whithout logging into the game?
2. I dont like the quality of english voice-over. Will it be possible to download and use Japanese voice-over as an option?
3. Will i be able to join Garlean Empire faction/city in the future?
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4. Can i have a maid instead of a moogle in my moghouse?

[Elkwood]

1. Are you actually using Luminous to develop the game, or did you license another engine out to redevelop FFXIV 2.0 thus incorporating DX11 capabilities into the engine?

2. With DX11 capabilities present should you be switching over to Luminous, will you incorporate proper development to take full use of Quad, 6 and 8 core processors to alleviate some of the issues that plagued FFXIV version 1.0?

3. Will you incorporate proper programming to allow full use of SLI/Crossfire setups on the PC version allowing for greater than 60 fps on proper setups?

4. With the redevelopment of the client is it possible to have the new PC client stop time-stamping 2-300 files every 60-90 seconds as that was causing variable lag on some systems forcing people to upgrade there HDD to SSD to stop said itinerant lag?

5. What types of hardware will you be testing on to verify that GPU temps will not spike like they did in FFXIV 1.0?

6. Is the new UI pic concept art or was that an actual picture of what we can expect from FFXIV 2.0?

7. Will there be a return option in the future to replace our current physical hard media copies. Some NA/EU ISP have bandwidth caps and downloading 6+GB of Data every time we need to install is not the most optimal option. Will there be a replacement option for our hard media should we want new physical disks?

8. Are you developing FFXIV primarily for PC or PS3 will FFXIV be a PS3 client ported to PC or vice versa, SE in the past has used PS2/3 limitations as an excuse not to do certain things to the game or implement certain features.

[Seirra_Lanzce]

In my region there is only Click & Buy, and it seems they do not accept my card, will there be new payment option globally? Like PayPal or such? because is such a hassle that i need to go get a new credit card, when i already have 4, and all 4 is quite old (1yrs++) and no debt and such but i can't use it because they say my card is not usable.