Letter from the Producer LIVE LXVIII: Ask Your Endwalker Questions!

[ilustralun]

The issues Endwalker confronts are universal, but did Soken’s struggle with cancer and Yoshi P’s love for his best friend have any influence on the themes, questions, and concerns Ms Ishikawa & writers brought to Endwalker’s story?

Life is tempered by suffering, despair and grief, so these are things everyone eventually has to come to terms with, but I wondered if they wrestled with/asked themselves any of the questions posed in the story or if they learned or reconciled anything about themselves regarding despair and grief they wanted to share through the development of Endwalker. I'd heard that the team got together to discuss the themes of Endwalker and wondered if they could share any specific examples of personal contributions they might have made.

Thank you for this opportunity - and for making a story so dear and meaningful to me!

[astrabun]

What plans do you have for Dark Knight? or what are your general thoughts on the current state of the job? I personally feel that while it might be good in the dps department it feel rather lacking defensively and some abilities feel useless or just generally unfun to use.

[astrabun]

What is your current philosophy with positionals on melee jobs? I would just like to hear what you guys are thinking in regards to that to know what to expect going forward with melee dps.
Possibly the biggest question I have is in regards to Raiding and general rewards

[Canubirt]

My question is will there be any changes with healers coming later in this expansion.

The reason for this question is simply the healers in the forums of both english and japan are entirely dissatisfied with how healing is currently and the fact that a current savage has been cleared by a team of 8 tanks is a problem.

[Rulakir]

Can you confirm the WoL's Azem is still intended to not have chosen a side during the Final Days and, if so, will we ever see how events unfolded from their point of view (perhaps via first person perspective Echo flashbacks)?

[primalmeridian]

Would you ever consider adding a skateboard/hoverboard mount? Possibly with a kickflip animation when the player jumps/lifts off to fly?

[primalmeridian]

Now that the current story arc has ended, the Scions have formally disbanded and are now doing their own separate work across the realm. In the next story arc, will the Scions continue to be the core group of characters that accompany the Warrior, or will the Warrior of Light be gathering a new group of allies, with the Scions working more in the background/on their separate goals?

[youne]

Since coming to work on FFXIV, the current team has been working in the shadow of 1.x. Now, finally, the story begun in 1.0 has concluded and you're free to start your own, brand new story. How does it feel? Liberating, or maybe a little daunting? Are you excited? Or because the world's lore is still the same, does it not seem like a big difference?

[Jon_The_Wizard]

If we're going to new places and considering that the Garleans and Allagans reach was limited, what sort of new threats would you like to see us facing?

[QooEr]

How do you consider if an iteration of a job, or a rework of a job, has been successful? How do you determine if a job needs to be adjusted or reworked?