FFXIV App <3

[Aysun]

will it just be a data pull read only or will we be able to interact with the game i.e. buy stuff out of the AH, talk in LS, invite new people to the ls, craft etc.

I think they should only make it possible to do interaction if you log out in your residence. Then the content could be like a small room 2d that lets you do the same mini games in the current game on a hand held like crafting provided your mats are in your inventory already, or you switch over to the AH app and buy some more. God that would be awsome. I might actually not hate crafting if i could do it on the bus, at work, at a wedding mahaha.

This. Let us do things and chat from our residence if we logged out there! Crafting would be cool too.

[Dreamer]

pocket-craft is the holy grail! You would win so many people over from other MMO's if you had something like this. "Did you know you can play final fantasy 14 on your cell phone?" BOOHYAHH 100,000 subscriptions.

Loooooove this idea so much.

[Catapult]

A couple of suggestions, for the future FFXIV app:

• LS chat: Allow the FFXIV app to be integrated into the chat system, so when you log on you choose a character, after that you will be inserted into your character's LS chat channels, I would love to annoy my LS with the random things I am doing :P
  
• Authenticator: Add an authenticator to the app to allow you to use it instaid of a security token, other MMOs do it so there should be no problems, also you can even reuse the algorithm from security tokens, just need to run an algorithm that uses the IMEI of a phone rather than the model number of a security token, then it will be unique to each device.
  
• Make an app for all smartphones: Too many apps are either only on one smartphone, e.g some apps are only on Iphone, whereas others are only on android. It would help the whole community if the app was on iPhone, Android, Windows Phone and Blackberry, there is no reason to make it exclusive to one type of smartphone.
  
• Keep it updated: I have seen alot of apps that take awhile to get updated to new APIs (still having some problems running apps on android 4.0.3 (Love my custom firmwares)).
  
• Keep it reasonably priced: Please Please Please don't over price the app. It would be best to keep it free if possible, but if it isn't possible please take alot of time working out how much people will pay (better yet ask the community a little close to the date)
  
• Allow Apps2sd: This works atleast with android possibly other smartphones, too many app devs overlook apps2sd, but it is one of the most important features especially if people have phones with low memory.
  
• Allow us to use the market wards: With the market ward search and retainers, allow us to search the wards, buy just as the buy from search interface works, including the tax if you see fit, also allow us to manage retainers bazzar, possibly even exchange items using the app if possible.
  
• Allow us to manage our SE account: This would allow us to, for example, add crysta, change payment options, activate a service account, or cancel our service account if for some reason we couldnt get access to our PCs
  
• Allow us to craft from a phone: this could be the same as FFXIV crafting, would be best not to have a complete animation, just icons to show how the craft is going, so a little orb, the colour it would be ingame, and a way to show sparking and unstable elements, nothing too fancy or it will be a battery drain.

Ok that was more than a couple, but oh well. These will make the app awesome and a must have for anyone who owns a smartphone and plays FFXIV, I know it would be alot of work, so feel free to roll them out as updates, but the authenticator and LS chat are what I would see as a priority.

Brilliant news this will be happening though

This x 1000!

[neorei]

also you can see the fourms very nice on mobile phones can you also add that?

[Rizon]

Since this old thread got bumped, I’d like to let you know we are planning to have an app for smart phones that is linked to game data. For example, we are thinking about having a background created by Akihiko Yoshida and making the following information viewable:

• Character information
• Friend information
• LS member information
• Free company information

…perhaps in the future, something related to housing information and such as well.

Though we are not able to share any details on this just yet, if you have any feedback please let us know.

Good information. Any chance that this App can be applied to Pads such as IPad and Kindle?

[Bongeh1986]

originally it was mentioned that we'd be able to manage retainers from an app. looking at 'information' about our characters is something that can be done on xivpads, the lodestone and other sites already from a browser.

[Whax]

No Miqo'te Hot Pics of the week feature?

[WilyKat]

Definitely need linkshell chat support. Managing retainers bazaars would just make me feel like Michael Douglas in Wall Street- but I wouldn't complain

[ArnoMorley]

I'd personally like to move some in game widgets to a smartphone/tablet.
I appreciate the functions of the widgets but I hate having so many taking up screen space, feels like you have to play the game looking through a window.

Idk if a wii u version of ff14 has been given consideration but it would have a touch screen they could put the command bar on (make it so much more fun to use). They could apply that same concept to a smartphone/tablet. Having all 3 bars displayed at once and being able to touch them to use them would be a sweet alternative input method.

[HYPER]

Authenticator/Security Token would be the best. Please include that in the app!