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

[Taby]

Since the thread has not been created yet on the french forums I post my questions here:

1 - My favorite class in FFXI and in other MMOs is the Thief or Assassin type. Is there a chance that this job will be implemented after the summoner? If that's the case or not and if some work has been done on it already can Yoshida san show us some designs or early artworks of it?

2 - If my question 1 is replied positively would the skill Treasure Hunter be implemented? You can't imagine my joy when I finally got my Thief pants and the TH4 witch goes with it in Dynamis in FFXI and I'd like to feel the same emotion in FFXIV. Back at that time I even opened a little bottle of champagne for the occasion.
And on another note please make this job more appealing for parties compared to XI where thieves were only attractive when having a high Treasure Hunter skill for boss or NM drops. And of course a good back stab skill among others.

[ShinigamiKayla]

Is there going to be a new collectors edition? and if so what will it contain? will it be better then the 1.0 one?

[Dzian]

In line with questions like below. How do you plan to manage "Power Creeps" in ARR (situations where new content almost instantly makes old content worthless and obselete) Will contents be varied enough that there is never just one "best in slot" piece?

What are the plans for the longevity of end game gear pieces? When a player obtains a current best-in-slot piece, how long will it last as such before something better will be added making that piece obsolete? Are there going to be pieces that will be very difficult and slow to obtain but which will last a long time?

[Cynthis]

Are there any plans for introducing more DoL or DoH classes in the future?

[Jinrya-Geki]

I would like to state a question, but somehow the unimportant questions get answered.

Such as

"Q: In ARR, will Disciples of Magic be able to cast spells while in passive mode?"

"A: In ARR, the character will go into active mode and draw their weapon as soon as the casting animation begins."

I believe this was a quote I took from either the last live letter or before it. Seriously, of all the comments EVER made about Cjn/Whm and Thm/Blm dilemma, that question reigned supreme as the only statement made about caster changes?

As far as my live letter question: it'll be the same: What are the plans for Thm/Blm spells? I could make it more specific, but I'd be wasting my breathe at this point. The next question will probably be something dumb and as irrelevant as the previous quote above.

[carraway]

Over the course of 1.0's span, we saw dramatic improvements in terms of endgame encounter complexity and difficulty. Can we expect endgame encounters at ARR's release, i.e. Bahamut's Labyrinth and Crystal Tower, to pick up where Rivenroad (Hard) left off?

Part of the joy of playing an MMORPG at endgame takes the form of reaching a high skill ceiling, represented by: extensive planning around mechanics and itemization; having to make many decisions during combat that have consequences; and raw reaction speed. What steps are the designers taking to implement a high skill ceiling in ARR?

[Darahan]

Will we see something like "fame" for certain areas or cities again?
Like say if you quest (and therefore help the people) in an area you gain fame or reputation and unlock more or rather better quests or content from associated NPCs?

[Eldak]

Although many people have inquired about certain specs for things like the PS3/PS4.... I have searched everywhere... could you please tell us the "minimum vs recommended" system requirements for the PC version of the game.... I was able to play 1.0 pretty well with a Radeon 3870 x2 card....

[Lilith]

Will we have an Auction house or Market wards? How will the system work? Is it linked among the different cities? How will it allow for quick and easy buy/sell functionality?

[Lady]

My apologies if this has been asked:

Can we get some sort of a notification process when someone from your friend list logs on or off?