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

[OvernightSiren]

Why were characters that were previously so important (Hien, Yugiri, Gosetsu) not in the MSQ at all? I know they were in the role quests but it seems more like they should have been in the MSQ and that less important characters (like Sicard) should have taken their place in the role quests.

[OvernightSiren]

Why was there so much focus on Moenbryda's parents and on resolving her death but so little focus on Papalymo? The quest where you meet his parents was a sidequest and not even a blue sidequest despite him being a more important character than Moenbryda

[poochipaw]

Will White Mage be able to further manage/refill their MP besides Lucid Dreaming?

[15725462]

Aurum Vale is a very interesting dungeon that is used till today as an important levelling dungeon. I personally love how full of monsters the dungeon is and how difficult it is compared to most dungeons.

I also enjoy the old 2.0 dungeons that required us to actually interact with the terrain. Some were mazes like Tam Tara Deep Croft and The Thousand Maws of Toto Rak. Others like Dzemael Darkhold and more importantly Sastasha are extremely beautiful dungeons, that feel as spread out and full of interactive elements, with monsters in various places, different types of monsters from actual fishkins and pirates, to saving people in the dungeons as well.

Compared to those, dungeons at present are very straightforward. Most dungeons, if not all are just going in a straight line and I completely understand the need to make such dungeons because on long term, players feel disinterested to do such contents which require such prolonged attention. However, can we not allow such dungeons to be added that are completely optional and maybe used for either tomestone or EXP farming reasons? More interactive, spread out dungeons that are not linear in their map progression and has various activities to do other than just killing monsters. I believe such dungeons will make the game feel more diverse in endgame moments where almost all content becomes repetitive for farming reasons.

Can we expect such dungeons again please?

[deadwitt]

Hello, thank you Yoshida and everyone in the dev team who worked so hard. Truly grateful for the experiences that I've been able to have in Endwalker.

Did Venat return to the star after we defeated Hydaelyn or is her soul gone forever now because she turned into a primal? She can rest now having fulfilled her purpose but I wonder if she can get a chance to be reborn again after all her sacrifice.

[7th7th]

Changing the Sage job icon for those with trypophobia was incredibly thoughtful of the team! With that in mind, and with the presence of a filter for it in other games recently, would the audio team consider implementing a misophonia filter for the game? Some players (like myself) get unbearably physically uncomfortable when wet or squeaky noises play, and I personally have to regularly mute the game whenever I queue into Toto-Rak and have to walk down that swampy hallway, or when a Namazu squeakily walks around during a scene, or more recently during the first part of The Dead Ends and for some of the Sage's skill sound effects.

Obviously it would be a huge undertaking, but it'd mean the world to players like me who adore FF14's sound design with all our hearts, but physically can't handle those parts of it that trigger that misophonia reaction.

[Oria_Dawn]

There have been few threads regarding the MP management of White Mage during duties in Endwalker. Would there be an update to resolve this situation; such as Additional charges to skills like Assize and Thin Air?
Gaining MP when using abilities such as Afflatus Solace and Afflatus Rapture would be a helpful alternative as well.

[Lihtleita]

During the ending of Endwalker, it is brought to our characters attention that we know surprisingly little about Eorzea. With that in mind would you consider restoring some of Eorzeas map that was removed during the move to 2.x, such as West Shroud, or the Open World Dungeons?

[AgeEighty]

Why does the lighting on the moon make no sense? The sun is shining on the surface but there's no sun in the sky, and it's always shining on the planet above at a different angle than on the moon's surface???

[Theodric]

Are there any plans to allow our character more freedom to maintain a professional relationship with the likes of Alisae and G'raha rather than be forced to entertain an obsession we may not even wish to consent to?