Thread: Ask Questions for Letter from the Producer LIVE Part XXXVII! (Exploring Patch 4.0)

Hello FFXIV staff! Amazing work on Stormsblood!

I was just wondering-- with the new expansion we have been introduced to Kugane following many Japanese themes such as attire, housing items, and even a greeting emote! On that note, would the team be open to consider adding perhaps a yanki zuwari ヤンキー座り ("Yankee sitting", or what we might know as "the classic Japanese punk squat") idle pose in game? What better way to get into the spirit of being in Kugane than to sit around looking like a bunch of thugs?

Additional in-game photo of the pose provided for reference: https://gyazo.com/334150adcd4c48490a05022b7600642d

Thank you very much!

With regards to Dark Knight,

The job at 70 feels good, but if there is anything that level 60 and below content indicates, it is that so much of our pre-60 kit is incredibly underpowered and has not evolved with the game at all. Too much of the job's power was removed across the board and then messily stuffed into a couple of powerful, overtuned abilities between level 62 and 70. We continue to have abilities that are weaker than other tanks' counterparts, and piecemeal, half-measure abilities and effects requiring multiple actions/inputs aimed at replicating what other tanks can do with a single button press.

Moreover, with DRK being the de-facto middle-child tank for 2 years now, with its place in content mostly guaranteed not through its own merits but due to the inferiority of the alternative, you've yet to give any real love to the job and make its players feel powerful in a way that fulfills any kind of player fantasy or that isn't usurped by another job.

Is there any chance that we will see a buff to DRK's pre-60 toolkit to make the job less imbalanced and bring it up to speed with the other tanks, particularly Paladin?

As the players Job level increase as well as the iLevel gear, can we expect a level increase in the Clan Hunt A-rank & S-rank monsters for Realm Reborn and Heavensward content? There are players that can solo or pull the monsters rendering the hunt party finder to be less effective on sharing a kill. There is far less teamwork involved in lower leveled A & S ranked hunts. Hunts that are easily killed by the player can pose an issue with gaining Allied & Centurio Seals on purchasing items from the NPC. This is tough for players that are new or seasoned. Can we have a fix for that?