Questions From Playerbase [Thread For Devs!]

[Magic-Mal]

Many players have been displeased with the questions asked at the latest Q and A at PAX... many questions were unoriginal or too simple.

However, depending on the amount of support/attention a question/request/content has, it CAN reach Yoshida and his team(P-U, Hempen Styles, Egi Glamours, i280 weapons, Gordias etc). And I believe if we, as a community take the time to create an organized space specifically for questions and not bickering, they may read our questions and make mention of them at a later date


I'd like to start this now and ask if anyone who is interested in posting here, to please keep posts clean and stick to the suggested format below only. Please refrain saying anything that is NOT a question.





System[Sound, Visual, Performance]:


Gameplay[Actions, Class Balance, Jobs, Gear, PvP, Gathering, Crafting]:

Will there ever be Level 60-compatible status potions akin to the Potent Poisoning Potions in Stormblood? Will there be Level 70 equivalents as well? It seems to be an abandoned concept and they are actually quite useful in raids and battles alike.

With adding 2 dps jobs and new tank mounts to SB you seem to emphasise other roles more than healers, Do u have any specific items/mounts ideas to entice healers to remain healers or other roles to play healers

Would it be possible to create a job with a faster global cooldown? (1-2 seconds)
Explanation: A lot of people would like this option, and yet it would be optional to play so those who prefer a longer GCD could play other jobs. Also, if the job started from level 1 then new trial players would get a taste of faster, more rhythmic combat and it could convince some of them to stay in the game when they otherwise wouldn't.

What is being done about chat possibly returning to PVP? Right now it seems like the PVP forum is being sorely neglected in the grand scheme of things. We have a lot of suggestions to improve it, but it feels like no one is listening. Will we ever have the opportunity to earn past Feast rewards?

The limit break action has been losing its punch lately in the face of recent content. many actions are often bordeline useless or scripted into the fight, which sort of deflates its purpose as a powerful attack the party can decide to use. will there be adjustments on the 3 limit breaks' action and effectiveness?

Regarding the buff to Enochian, will we see something similar with the dragoon class? Similarly to black mage, aside from the damage buff (to jump) we are locked out of fourth tier attacks when Blood of the Dragon does fall off due to mishandling the rotation/falling through the cracks in a fight's mechanics.

Character[Stats, Creation, Race, Naming, Titles]:

Do you have any plans to implement the following two things?
- Buff and debuff timers visible on party status bar. As it is now, you can only see timers by focus targeting or hard targeting party members.
- Ability to adjust buff priority on party status bar. Right now, the priority appears to be party defensive CDs > stance buffs > everything else. If there were an option to move, say, Berserk to the front in priority, it'd be a major quality of life change for Bards looking to prevent Pacification through Warden's Paean. As it is now, other buffs usually shove Berserk out of visible range on the party buff bar, and many top Bards have now taken to using third party programs to call out when Warriors activate Berserk without a macro, so that constantly hard targeting the Warrior to check if they're using the buff isn't necessary. I'm sure such an adjustment would help Astrologians too, throwing their offensive cards on whoever has their buffs up.

I, and I'm sure many others, would love to see our clan choice have an impact in the game. It seems in Stormblood when we go to Azim, we will see Au Ra in their native lands and get to learn a bit about their culture. I have a soft spot in my heart for the U Tribe in Forgotten Sands. I've never seen a Keeper of the Moon clan though.

Social[Emotes, Player Status, Cross-World, Party/Duty/Raid Finder, Chats, Free Company]:

Are there any plans on implementing an Incognito player status that would *only* hide a player from the search feature in-game? If not, is it possible we could have something like it?

Will the emotes that our squadron does during training be made available to us? Follow up question, what about the pee-dance emote that we see in Limsa and during the halloween event?

Not much to add here, although I'd love if the devs could let us have more linkshells.

With the new district opening in Shirogane, and assuming that the current system stays the same, new players that join a FC will be able to teleport to the FC house but will not be able to leave the housing district.
This is fine my question pertains to the cost of travel back and forth. Even with the reduced rates for porting to a FC house it will still be a burden for new players.
Seeing as how they can't earn allied seals until they are able to hunt would it be possible to remove the trade restriction on Aetheryte Tickets, and make them purchasable for GC/ FC seals, so we can distribute them to new players and allow them to use the fc house as intended without it being a burden?

Playable Content[Dungeons, Raids, Open World, Quests, Other Instanced]:

I'd like to see more puzzle-style quests like in Palace of the Dead. Please no jumping puzzles though. They are nearly impossible for those of us with no depth perception

One of the more common observations is that Azys Lla is that... It's quite barren a zone, even though it is the largest of all of the Heavensward zones. Perhaps it is intentionally designed that way to promote the rather desolate feel to it, but I have to wonder... Was Azys Lla originally designed with other content in mind? If so, would you be willing to tell us about what other content was originally planned for that zone, and do you have any plans to revisit them at some point?

The high level content has seen a dearth of hard enrages, causing people to take checks on dps to an extreme(skip soar, healer dps, etc.) will fights be adjusted to help challenge the role of tanks and healers more directly?

Could we get more quests like The Greatest Story Never Told? Perhaps even a full side quest chain made of riddle quests that are not the same for everyone.

• Regarding the lore of the dragoon, seeing as the climax of the dragoon's storyline was Heavensward, where can we see the job's story continue from here? Will we find another "sect" of dragoon in the world, acclimated to fighting a very different kind of dragon to the ones we've seen? It's difficult to see the reclusive Ishgardian elite knight venturing out into the world, but it would be intriguing to see where the plot goes from here!

• Regarding the Dark Knight job, I found particular enjoyment in the introspective elements of the Dark Knight 30-50 questline. Will we see a similar introspection into our Heavensward adventures in the 60-70 questlines?

Glamour:

I really hope Samurai gets some iconic armor rather than just cloth! (although the cloth looks great too!

Will there be a system that allows someone to save a glamour set for each individual class rather than shared across the board, like for example the tank classes?

Will we ever get another Moogle costume?

Housing[Furniture, Interior, Exterior, Market]:

I'd love to see more travel-themed artifacts -- items that we bring back from various places we've traveled as a reflection of the culture. Like the oriental altar that can be crafted or the items you can buy from various beast tribes. That stuff is GREAT! As for other housing ideas, I'd love to see weeping willow trees added.

Other[Mounts, Minions, Companions]:

When will Sleipnir fly?!?!?!?!?

Are there any plans to implement a tiger mount? . Like the tiger found in Hullbreaker Isle(Hard)?

Tiger mount and minion please - bonus points if we can possibly get one that looks like the elemental tiger in diadem!

One fondly remembered feature in 1.0 was the path companion, a npc of your choosing that shared the trials and tribulations with their own personality and attitude. Will Path Companions be reappearing in Stormblood?

Would it be possible to make mounts, minions and achievements (or certain non story related achievements) acount wide, or make it an option for people who want it?
For example, if you have all the Garo mounts, but your alt can't get them yet because he is too low in level, will you just never be able to have them for that alt even though you worked for them? And same for other event items you actually have on one character but not on another.
If there is a reason this is problematic, could you explain why, please?

Outside Game[Forum, Lodestone, Live Letter, Fanfest, Events, Merchandise]:

Will there be improvements on customer service? The last Q and A shown someone having problems with someone getting though support. My friend really wants to speak to someone above the NA call center GMs for an unfair suspension over simply telling someone stop harassing her.

Are there any plans to remove the character limitations on the forums?

at PAX East 2016, they mentioned they were working on a phone app that would allow you to manage your retainers and such while offline. Is it still in the works?

• Have you ever had guacamole?

• What is your favorite soda? Do you drink soda?

• What class are you looking forward to playing
  • Stormblood in, if you go through it?
• What is your favorite job in the game? What was your favorite job to work on and balance?

Keep all questions to their respective category. And try not to ask too many questions per post!