Ask Questions for Letter from the Producer LIVE LX (UI Designer Kei Odagiri)

[Sicno]

Q2: Is it possible to add a feature that allow you to set specific key bindings for each of the 4 HUD layouts available in the game?

There is an option already, in the keybinds go to System and scroll down about midway, there's "Switch to HUD Layout 1/2/3/4"

Edit: Oh wait, I may have misread your question. You mean that for every layout the keybinds are different when you switch them? That may be interesting.

[Sabrenn]

Hello,

Would it be possible at all to revert the changes to how Jonathas, the NPC for achievement rewards in Gridania hands out said rewards?

Before, I was able to simply talk to him to receive my achievement reward, but now I have to go through every single different option to find the correct category.

I'm not sure why the change was made but it seems very counter-intuitive.

Please make it easier to receive the items again by just talking to him!

Thank you very much.

[NaiaLalita]

I would like to suggest a collectible item UI addition!
It is possible other people have suggested this already (I did not have time to read all 10 pages of posts)

For items like music, minions, mounts, and fashion accessories, it would be very useful for their to be a visual indicator in the tooltip to indicate if you have already obtained/redeemed that item.
Similar to how they can show your current inventory count, or how items that can be dyed show their current dye color.

When you go to use such an item that you have already collected, it gives you the "You have already acquired [that item/action]" error -- would it be too difficult to have that data referenced and displayed? It would be very useful and time-saving, compared to manually searching your Minion Guide and Orchestrion Log, especially.

[Sicno]

Could there be an indicator on the icons of gear that's already finished spiritbonding so we don't have to hover over every single piece of gear one by one? And on the note of spiritbonding, could you please remove the "warning" when finishing a spiritbond and going back to 1% to make it more distinguishable from the "retrieve materia" option? Right now both actions can accidentally get mixed up, both are related to materia and worded VERY similarly (retrieve vs extract), both offer a "warning" and there's no negative to finishing a spiritbond anymore (the gear is no longer lost) so that warning feels unnecessary.

[NaiaLalita]

Could there be an indicator on the icons of gear that's already finished spiritbonding so we don't have to hover over every single piece of gear one by one? And on the note of spiritbonding, could you please remove the "warning" when finishing a spiritbond and going back to 1% to make it more distinguishable from the "retrieve materia" option? Right now both actions can accidentally get mixed up, both are related to materia and worded VERY similarly (retrieve vs extract), both offer a "warning" and there's no negative to finishing a spiritbond anymore (the gear is no longer lost) so that warning feels unnecessary.

I know of two different ways to handle this that exist in-game already.

First, there's the equipment/inventory UI. When your gear hits 100% spiritbond, the dots in the UI turn white. The alignment of the dots directly corresponds to your gear slots in your Character window, so it is not very difficult to navigate straight to the correct gear that can give you a free materia.

Second, there is the Materia Extraction/Materia Creation window. This is under Actions & Traits > General, and can be assigned to a hotbar for quick access. This is the preferred method to use if you're afraid you might "Retrieve" a materia rather than "Extract" one.

[ErikTheRedXIII]

Would it be possible to add Gearset and Macro as a subcategory under the Hotbar text command? As it is right now, we have to manually drag-and-drop those elements on to hotbars and it would be far more clean if we could assign their slots via text command.

[Sicno]

I know of two different ways to handle this that exist in-game already.

First, there's the equipment/inventory UI. When your gear hits 100% spiritbond, the dots in the UI turn white. The alignment of the dots directly corresponds to your gear slots in your Character window, so it is not very difficult to navigate straight to the correct gear that can give you a free materia.

Second, there is the Materia Extraction/Materia Creation window. This is under Actions & Traits > General, and can be assigned to a hotbar for quick access. This is the preferred method to use if you're afraid you might "Retrieve" a materia rather than "Extract" one.

I've always had the inventory grid hidden but the 2nd method will be very useful, thanks!

[Jincy]

Could we get more than 4 chat filter tabs, please?

[Kimiko_Matsuki]

Can we have a different colors in the damage numbers ?
like magical attacks are blue
and physical are orange
magical damage taken purple
physical damage taken Red
that would be great for knowing what damage we are taking in the fights .

[OvernightSiren]

Is there any update on egi-glamours? I would be happy even if they need to be purchased from the mog station.

Alternates for Ifrit (Melee egis):
- Shiva (Using the ice sword and shield)
- Ravana

Alternates for Garuda (Ranged egis):
- Leviathan (Garuda's big ground aoe can be replaced by a large blue watery aoe from Leviathan)
- Ramuh

Alternates for Titan (Tank egis):
- Bismarck

Honestly, you could even not include Ravana and Bismarck and just keep it to the 2.xx egis and I feel like so many more people would be happy. Would love it if a dev could touch base on this...I've asked in the last few Q&A live letters but my question's been missed since it's likely not a priority.

Even glamours for the demi-Bahamut or demi-Phoenix would be amazing. I have always loved Summoners throughout the Final Fantasy series, but I'm sad that my favorite classic summons (Ramuh and Leviathan) cannot be summoned.