Ask Your Questions for Letter from the Producer LIVE, Part V!

[Caladius]

Amazing work as usual, I cant wait to play. Will you be able to give us more details on the F.A.T.E system? I'd love to see some of the new content in action!

[Shadow_Sama]

Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn is the only MMO to my knowledge without a stealthy assassin type class available for play. Are there any plans to implement an Assassin / Ninja like class that offers this style of gameplay anytime soon ?

[valetarkus]

Will the chances of actually getting the item we want from chests and coffers instead of the annoying frequent "dark matter 4" be more prominent in ARR? Higher drop rates on items please!

[Bosaif]

Is there a plan to release a Final Fantasy XIV Realm Reborn application in the smart phones such as Iphones and Android systems? where we can view our quests logs information, chat with the linkshell members, view the auction house and further more, use it as a security token instead of the device!?

[Duuude007]

In what ways will crafting and gathering classes remain relevant and useful outside of their niche tool functions?

Hamlets are being fully redesigned, I am worried this means DoH and DoL will again lose relevance.

[MizoreShirayuki]

Since there is an NPC based off of Yoshi-P, can we have one based off Soken? Like a BRD that sings songs about knee socks Or an NM Hyur, whom upon defeating drops a pair of knee socks

[Duuude007]

It has been said that Grand company gear will be restricted to the GC which you are currently enlisted. Will there be exceptions, or rewards which require (for example) achieving a minimum rank in all 3 Grand companies?

The ring contest suggested a special ring that had 3 segments representing each of the 3 GCs. It would be a nice incentive to branch out a player's involvement between cities!

[Vmage]

Merits?

I'm curious if there will be some form of character advancement once we've leveled all jobs that isn't item-based.

[Atomisk]

When will Beta start?

[Ghaleonn]

PALADIN!!! Hi, Yoshi-P. I just wanted to say thank you for all of your passionate work and effort you have put into this game that we all can't wait for the official release someday, for me my passion for the Final Fantasy dates back to Nintendo era, w000t!!! I still love that version lol.

Anyhow, in FFXI I was a tanking machine premiere, I played Ninja and Paladin for like ever, haha. Loved it! But I can't say I felt the same love for Paladin in FFXIV 1.0. Is there any plans or is Paladin going to be re-designed to where it actually makes sense to play as a solid tank?

1) Paladins had major threat issues. It had no crowd control skills that could be used effectively.
2) They had like 1 primary Cure Spell and its own Cure spell which were not helpful in a long battle. It produced minimal threat as well unlike in FFXI.
3) Please remove the "Coronet" PLD AF Helm model or gives us the option to select the model helm from either "Coronet" or "Full Battle Helm" XDDDD.
4) We also need Provokega!!! LOL!!!