Ask Questions to Character Concept Artist Ayumi Namae

[Izanagi_Fiaresu]

What is your favorite thematic armor?

[Etoh]

There are many classic homage or references to previous FF major characters or NPCs throughout FFXIV (crystal tower....ivalice etc).
How do you go about designing these characters using FF14 assets but at the same time, still capturing the essence of being recognizable. Do you have to consult with character designers of previous FF?

[Etoh]

How to you get inspirations of major NPCs?

[terrell00]

So I really feel that we need more gear for casters and healers that are robes and coat like and more like DoW gear. To be honest not really many casters and healers wear robes. Especially with there glamour i feel it would be a nice change of gear and would look and feel really nice with these classes, and possibly encourage more people to try these classes out.

[Twistbeard]

Are there any plans on changing the "Tales of an Adventurer" level boost from 60 to 70 in the next expansion?

[MisoHamster]

Hi FFXIV Team!

About Yotsuyu's kimono outfit, it was really beautiful! Sorry if this was asked many times. Will we ever get Yotsuyu's outfit for purchase or earn it in game?

[hart021]

Will the namazu get a primal to summon? I would think their primal would be model in gold like the statue on the mikoshi as well as have the same mikoshi mount music. The ultimate attack Confetti-for-all would start playing sitar and be slower with the same music. 4 totem Adds would spawn needing to be killed to mitigate dmg from it. They have an attack called Ready-the-confetti. The confetti lingers on the ground and causes debuff. Wasshols would cause aoe. They would target players spewing confetti. The 3rd bell chime is when u have to be out range to avoid dmg when targeted. Festive cheer is a buff ability that stacks 8 times boosting attack power. Can be silenced. The melee attacks are called bash and tailspin. I call it the calamitous carnival and the boss namatsuno.

[Spiswel]

Could you add an option in the Glamour Dresser to sort or filter stuff by jobs or roles?

Right now, all roles and jobs appear in a mixed order which makes it a little difficult to create glamour plates based on a specific role or job.

I would like there to be an option to display only the items from a specific role.

[Haventale]

Between NPC's like Ilberd, X'rhun, and the character creator, I've noticed that regardless of race, men from Ala Mhigo don't have eyebrows. I was wondering if there is a cultural reason why Ala Mhigan men shave their eyebrows, and if so, what is the significance of doing so?

[Ramesses]

Thank you for all your truly brilliant concepts designs Ayumi... the phenomenal work that you and the entire development team put into the concepts designs are what makes this game richly vibrant.

First question please... with the upcoming expansion, how did you go about developing the design intent for the Garlean Empire?