Ask Questions for Letter from the Producer LIVE Part XXVII! (Localization Koji Fox)

[ExKage]

From the Tales from the Dragonsong War, we know that Lolorito has also spread some of his own personal fortunes, has this changed the status quo for the Sultanate or does it remain relatively unchanged?

[ExKage]

Would a Highlander always win against a Lalafell in terms of pure strength? How do Lalafell compete against the other races in terms of physical ability?

[ExKage]

We've seen Lalafell forced/conscripted into the Garlean army (1.0 mainly). Where were these Lalafell from? Doma/Othard? Ala Mhigo? Closer to the Garlean Empire?

[RiceisNice]

MCH and BRD share too many parallels to each other, almost to the point that they are essentially the same job with some differences. Are there any plans to dehomogenize their gameplays from each other to the same extent you'd see from the three melees and both casters? Are there any plans to re-implement the original design of MCH centered around using different barrels and a more involved ammunition/turret mechanic?

[Rowyne]

MCH and BRD share too many parallels to each other, almost to the point that they are essentially the same job with some differences. Are there any plans to dehomogenize their gameplays from each other to the same extent you'd see from the three melees and both casters? Are there any plans to re-implement the original design of MCH centered around using different barrels and a more involved ammunition/turret mechanic?

Similarly, are there any plans to re-implement BRDs original design centered around mobile, fluid gameplay?

[Rahela]

Would Koji be willing to provide a family tree with the four High Houses of Ishgard, complete with bastards and their mothers, along with names and birth years? Partially because we don't have any names given for either Edmont's wife or Haurchefant's mother, and also because it can get slightly confusing differentiating between "son of House [x]" and "son of the house's current count"; for example, are Grinnaux and Archombadin brothers, even when they look nothing alike? (And if they are, why is it never brought up in the Scholasticate quests that we killed Archombadin's brother?)

[Rahela]

There's an old plot point mentioned in 1.0 by Erik;

When the oppression became too much to bear, the people revolted and stormed the palace. The royal guard cast aside their vows and allowed the Ala Mhigans to pass. A noble revolt? For the best, no? False! It was the absence of leadership and solidarity in the wake of this chaos that prompted Garlemald to attack! In the end, Theodoric was lucid enough to judge suicide preferable to death at the hands of an angry mob. He ended his own life, and with it, his reign of ruin and his own bloodline. Or so it was thought at the time! But Theodred, a nephew to the king, was hidden by his mother in a remote temple of the Fist of Rhalgr which had survived the purges, and thus he escaped his uncle’s fury.

Is this still canon, particularly the rather important part about there still being a living member of the Ala Mhigan royal family?

[Rahela]

There used to be an in-universe rumor that Nanamo was fathered by one of Mistbeard’s pirates during a raid on the royal palace on the day of the then-Sultan’s wedding. In the level 30 Alchemist the raid itself is still canon, but is there any truth to the rumor about Nanamo really being half-pirate? Because that would cause a serious uproar if she weren't really blood-related to the House of Ul.

[Stormfur]

Will we ever have the option to learn more lore about the characters we choose or other beast tribes? For example, we could take a series of sidequests about the Au Ra and potentially unlock some of their hairstyles at the aesthetician. With regard to the beast tribes, they should all have something beyond the mount that makes us want to learn about their culture and what drives them to do what they do. It wouldn't necessarily have to be a dance like the Vanu, but perhaps some kind of Amaljaa tribal tattoo, sylph-style clothing, Sahagin weapon (made with shells?) etc. Any chance this is possible?

[Anselmet]

Can we get more lore on the Fortemps brothers? Like what were their relationships towards each other? Did any of them like one another? Or what was their upbringing like? And what are their ages?