Ask Questions to Main Scenario Writer Banri Oda

[Vic_Valcrist]

The DRG job NPC Estinien was really important during the MSQ in Heavensward (due to obvious reasons) and it made DRG players resonate a bit more with the plot. When Stormblood came out some of us thought that the MNK job NPC Widargelt would be playing a significant role as well, however it never really came to be. Same thing happened with the NIN job NPC Oboro. Were there any plans to have them more involved at one point? Or are there any plans to do something smilar with other jobs in the future?

[Vic_Valcrist]

Some people have found some links between beast tribes and real world sources, like with the Vanu Vanu dances being similar to certain Maori ones, the Ananta having the Hindu godess Lakshmi as their primal, or the Ixal following naming convenvtions similar to Aztec/Nahuatl ones. Are there any other real life sources that may have inspired other beast tribes? And if so, which ones?

[zuzu-bq]

Can a Fattest Cat be worked into the game as an S-Rank?

[Rahela]

Were the Qiqirn in Gyr Abania originally meant to have a larger role than they ultimately ended up playing? Do they have a primal?

[Rahela]

Please explain this help text on the Wind-Up Cid:

When asked, if he had a granddaughter, what would he like to see her named, the Ironworks founder replied, “Gertrude.”

Is there any lore significance to this? Is the name 'Gertrude' significant to Cid in some way? Was Gertrude the name of his childhood nursemaid whom he briefly mentioned in the Ivalice storyline? And why 'granddaughter' and not just 'daughter?'

… Or is the whole thing simply Koji Fox referencing an obscure meme?

[Rahela]

Do the 'rungs' on the voidal hierarchy of twelve indicate the social standing they originally had back when their world was the Thirteenth?

For example, would a peasant become a low-tier voidsent like an Imp or a Bomb, while rulers and royalty become upper-rung beings like the Cloud of Darkness and 'Queen' Scathach?

[Lauront]

Can Garlean Purebloods take up classes/jobs which rely on abilities which release aether in short bursts rather than being woven into magic?

[Rahela]

The last seconds of the Rak'tika Greatwood preview video showed a settlement that greatly resembles Eruyt Village from Final Fantasy XII. Is this a Viera settlement? (And will there be any Viera NPCs that wear pants?)

[Iscah]

Is there a list of where all the Sun Seeker Miqo'te tribes are located, and what the status of the tribe is? (Similar to the list of Xaela tribes from the first lorebook.)

[Iscah]

Is there a complete "detailed world map" planned out of all the individual area maps and how they physically fit together?

(I know there are the area maps in-game, but they are more stylised and not to scale.)