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

[mbncd]

Will it be possible to request secondary (and beyond) melds of other players without trading, like the single meld request feature that existed in 1.xx?


PS. Sorry if this has already been asked, I'm still only on page 5/8 so far, just wanted to ask before I forgot. If it has already been asked, I'll delete this post when I get up to it.

[Eshih]

Any plans for a new job for the Archer class? Bard is weak sauce!

[mbncd]

Will there be costs associated with free companies for creation and/or upkeep of either the FC itself or for FC housing?

[mbncd]

Will it be possible to claim/reclaim account tied items via moogle mail delivery? For example, items connected to codes that were previously only available on characters made after entering the code like Onion Helm or promotional items like Hermes Shoes.

[mbncd]

Armourer and Blacksmith have the same guild and a lot of overlapping recipes. Are there any plans for either combining these classes into one class, or separating them more to give them each their own identity?

[strallaalaa]

will anything get caps in it? dungeons, missions, party play stuff, maybe even quests so that mini bosses are relevant as well and exciting to fight, or even NM's that are for low levels? caps for at least a long period of time and it becomes harder to find people at least?

[strallaalaa]

if this game bombs like all the other mmo's out there(or even if it doesn't) do you have any plans on going back to ffxi routes and bringing us a mmo like ffxi ever again?

[mbncd]

Will it be possible to tie Goobbue to our account so that characters created in 2.0 can still unlock it on their level 30+ classes if that account previously unlocked it on an older character? Many people will be rolling new characters with 2.0 launch and don't want to lose their friendly mountains

[mbncd]

Will crafters and gatherers be able to make any real impact on the world around them? For example, a miner could clear a collapsed tunnel in a dungeon and a crafter could fix a door. Those in a party with the gatherer and crafter who had previously unlocked a passage could now have access to additional content there from treasure to boss fights. I can think of dozens of other things gatherers and crafters could do (aside from stocking their own retainer/stall) and would love to see such avenues explored by the non combat classes.

[mbncd]

With the introduction of Bind on Use to all our non U/U gear, will there be more valuable methods of disposal of said gear aside from turning it into materia (which is great, don't get me wrong, but isn't always an option) or NPC'ing the gear for a handful of gil or throwing the items away? Ideas proposed by the community include desynthesising and trading more gear in for some sort of reward like fame or points or lesser items of some sort (that are still less of a waste than the other luck based or immediate options).