Letter from the Producer LIVE Part LIII Update Thread

[Bayohne]

Q20:
The "La hee!" from the Rak'tika Greatwood BGM is stuck in my head! I'd like to know what the lyrics are!

A20:
*Sound Director Soken answered.
I’ll leave it up to your imagination. Honestly, I don’t know either...
Let's just say that the lyrics are unknown!

[Bayohne]

Q21:
The MSQ was great, but so were The Crystalline Mean quests. Will they be continued in the future?

A21:
They are completed for now. If there are enough requests, we might do something, but for now we don’t have any plans in particular.

[Bayohne]

Q22:
Machinist's new Automaton: Queen is super cool! However the job quest didn't really explain why machinists suddenly can call out this robot. Please explain it in the lore, as well as scholar's Seraph summon!

A22:
Oda will probably talk about it, so I won't talk about it now. Personally, I want to support the theory I saw on Twitter about how the turret tried its best and turned into the Automaton.

[Bayohne]

Q23:
The Amaurot area in Tempest is very beautiful. There's a very tall building outside of the accessible southern area, will we ever be able to visit it?

A23:
The entire city is a mirage, so you can't go there. To be frank, we haven't even made it.
Please think of it as due to the limitations of its architect (and the development team).

[Bayohne]

Q24:
Is there a way to tell the difference between male and female dwarves when they are wearing helmets?

A24:
No, there isn't. There's no need to, so that's how it is intended.

[Bayohne]

Q25:
I'm curious what meol tastes like. Is there a food in the real world that would taste similar to it?

A25:
I think this varies for each person, but personally, when I was checking it, I thought it was just bread. When you go to a bakery, there's that moment when you see something and you're like "I have to have this one!" It’s kind of like that. I think it’s probably sweet. I think what you would imagine as "I have to have this!" is what meol is. Though, if you eat it, you might become a Forgiven...

[Bayohne]

Q26:
The Protectors of the Wood sidequest in the Rak'tika Greatwood mentioned coeurls and Namazu. Although coeurls can be seen in the First, I haven't seen any Namazu! Will they be appearing at a later time?

A26:
There’s a possibility that Namazu on the First are already... but there’s always the chance of survivors... I guess only Oda would know the truth!

[Bayohne]

Q27:
Is the dancer in the opening trailer Lyna? I'd like to see her dancing while wearing the artifact set!

A27:
The rough sketch of the opening movie was first drawn up in September 2017. At this time we only intended to show the new jobs and new races. However, it seems like over the course of developing the MSQ they made Lyna similar to the character shown in the video. So we didn't intend for it to be the same character, but I don’t know how the lore will be in the future.

[Bayohne]

Q28:
Due to the loot changes in Eden (Savage), we're seeing disagreements between pickup groups over the loot. For someone like me without a static, I'm worried that I won't be able get any gear aside from exchange items. Do you have any plans to adjust the loot system?

A28:
On the other hand, there’s also the chance that you win all the loot, so it’s quite difficult. In terms of sheer probability, the current system should come out on top. I think it’s at least better than having items drop for a role no one plays, so I think for now I’d like to leave things as is.

[Bayohne]

Q29:
With the addition of more jobs, it's become harder to get desired weapon drops from extreme trials. I would like the system to be changed to something similar as of those in Eden.

A29:
We discussed this before patch 5.0. We thought perhaps with the current difficulty of extreme trials, you’d probably see what you want within 10 clears... but when I personally ran it 15 times I didn’t see what I wanted, so maybe "it’s not good enough...?" is how I currently feel.