Ask Questions to Main Scenario Writer Banri Oda

[NeffyChan]

Question about housing.
When will auto demolishing get reactivated on NA servers? It is a torture to try to win a house with 20 people as competition trying to buy the same house in a time from 30mins to 22 hours.... some people apparently also use auto clicker. We really need the auto demo back

[matsjc]

Question regarding furnishing. Is there a plan in the future where we can convert crafted items into a furnishing for display inside our house as a memento or a keepsake and being able to intetact with it by displaying the name of the person who crafted it?

[MarioChiefCXVII]

I myself was looking forward to possibly seeing a redemption story for Fordola and was honestly expecting it this expansion, but after 4.1 and a brief mention in 4.2, we haven't hear anything from her. Just wondering if you have any plans for her in the future?

[Rahela]

One of the biggest enemies we've fought in the game is still Vishap, but how did he get to that size? Supposedly it occurred through through 'selective breeding,' but dragons don't require mates to reproduce. So how would selective breeding happen in a parthenogenetic species like the Dravanians?

[manamoppet]

The Hypno Crown has been in many Final Fantasy games. Will we get to see it in FFXIV someday, either as a story element and/or equipment for ourselves?

[Relia]

Do you have any plans to implement stealing as a mechanic? As a staple mechanic in many Final Fantasy games, it would make sense to have a "Thieving Log" for thefts from monster, bosses, or primals.

[Bonbori]

In a recent interview, YoshiP said that the gunblades used by Gaius and some Garlean officers are closer to "guns with bayonets" than to the gunblades wielded by the upcoming Gunbreaker job. This made me wonder:

- What about Regula van Hydrus's weapon? It doesn't look like a bayonet. In fact, it (and Regula's fighting style) resembles the gunbreaker gunblade more than it does a Garlean bayonet-gunblade. Is there a connection? Was Regula actually a Gunbreaker?
- (Not really lore related but...) Is there still any chance at all that we might see the Garlean Officer/Gaius gunblade ("Heirsbane"?) as a glamour option for Machnists and/or Gunbreakers? Wink-wink, nudge-nudge... grovel-grovel?

[Zetsumei_Tsunarashi]

In ARR we saw the inclusion of the binding coil of bahamut story which had many implications for the main scenario quest. As this content was very challenging, a lot of players complained that they couldn't experience the whole story of FFXIV. This prompted a change in Heavensward where the savage raid content did not feature any storylines that were related to the main scenario. However, at the same time, the normal mode raid difficulty was introduced, which allowed many more players to easily experience the raid storyline.

With the inclusion of the normal mode raid difficulty, do you think we can begin to expect the 8-man raid storyline to be more closely related to the main scenario once again ?

[Lauront]

How does the corruption the Voidsent endured change their personalities and minds? Are they so twisted as to be forever corrupted?

[Zearin]

Any plans to involve more of the Job NPCs into the MSQ much like how Estinien, someone who was a major character in the Dragoon story played an important part in Heavensward? I remember getting teased in the Stormblood trailer where Oboro, a Ninja NPC was seen with Alphinald but felt disappointed that in actuality that one scene was the extent of his entire involvement in the MSQ.