Ask Questions for Letter from the Producer LIVE Part XXVIII! (Lead UI Minagawa)

[Verrin]

When will the beach chair finally be usable & get their own sit emote?

[Knahli]

Would it be possible to introduce an optional feature that can be toggled on or off(default set to off) to each person's preference where a modest animation/visual effect appears above any Bard currently playing a song? In 72-man raids it can be quite tedious to try and find out if Requiem is being played by a non-party member and distracting to try and figure out when and if it has ended - let alone if another Bard has already picked up in their place.

[Knahli]

May we have an option to hide debuffs applied to a target by non-party members, at least in raids?

[Knahli]

Could we have a feature added where we may have multiple UI layouts for the same Job/Class? Maybe adding something like "Adjusted Soul Crystals" which is simply a variant of the same Job, only with an entirely fresh set of hotbars attributed to it. This would help tremendously with PvP players at the very least.

[Knahli]

Can Ranged characters please have the ability to manually aim their Limit Break without being constrained to targeting something first and in addition have the AoE graphic displayed for them? Given that they have a more situationally-based and weaker Limit Break, this would be an enormous help to better plan, understand and utilise the maximum effectiveness of a given Limit Break in both PvE and PvP content.

[Knahli]

This is a really big one for me..... can we please, please please have the eight character limit per server lifted? Currently, my subscription pays for up to 40 character slots which is incredibly generous, only I have no intention of really using most of those slots because I am at home on my server and have no desire to play other characters elsewhere. The only benefit to this setup is using them to create disposable characters to merely test appearances and voices on open servers before trying to create the finalised version on congested servers like Balmung.

There should be no drawback to a single player having more characters on the same server being that they can obviously only use one at a time. Though even if it comes down to paying a premium similar to having extra retainers, that would be better than nothing at all.

Edit:
To elaborate a little on my reasoning, I enjoy the fact that players can play any and every class on one character and eliminate the need to maintain multiple characters. While I do not engage in it myself, I appreciate the convenience it offers to others. However, I am strongly driven by the aesthetic appeal that this game offers in every avenue. As such, I like having different personalities, styles and charismas attributed to the different classes that I do play. I like pursuing a particular design aesthetic across these different areas as opposed to being limited to just one, single character. Currently I have seven characters at end-game but must reserve my final slot for a potential, future race though I would very much like to create even more characters than I already have. I am an altaholic at heart and there's little I would love more than to be able to pursue that even further, given how much I love this game's character design.

[fantasticm]

It is nice that the chat logs are very easy to customize, and it is nice to be able to change the size of the window quickly and easily.

Please consider allowing users to change the size of the text entry box as well. It is fine for short messages, but not being able to adjust the height of it can make typing longer messages a real pain.

[Malen]

Right click name -> Report spam

This may be the single greatest thing WoW brought to MMOs. It doesn't clog up blacklists, and when it hits a certain number of players that report it mutes the person until a GM can look at it. If you're worried about player abuse, you can set the threshold really high, maybe 50 or even 100. It's quick, elegant, and gets the spammers out of the way of the average player.

Is there any chance we can get this ever? If not, please explain why not.

[Fate_Testarossa]

Is it possible to get another marker like the A,B and C markers? I think there's a lot of boss fights where a 4th marker would come in handy. I'm thinking about fights like Ratfinx Twinkledinx where you make use of all 4 cardinal directions.

[Gallien]

Will we ever get the ability to edit our interface to the extent that you can do so in other games, such as World of Warcraft?

Will we ever get the ability to exclude buffs/debuffs on the party frames that we don't want to see?

Can you guys add HoT/debuff durations to the spell icons on the party frame window? It would be nice to be able to see when Regen is going to fall off without having to manually target someone.