Categories of Questions for Letter from the Producer LIVE, Part V!

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PART V. MISCELLANEOUS:

Miscelaneous

After official release what is the first thing you will do Yoshi-P? Start work on the expansion or enjoy the master piece that you and the team made? ^_^.

Is Ruki single?

You've mentioned earlier that Arrows will be abolished in A Realm Reborn. If so, what does the "Pack" slot (bottom left) hold? A (Gobbie) bag which will increase your inventory space perhaps?

Will we be able to re-obtain any lost/discarded AF gear? (Either through doing the quests again, or simply talking to an NPC)

We will be able to get a official baby behemoth plushie some time in the future =o?

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

If you guys could put one feature into the game that you personally wanted to see in an MMO, what would it be?

Will we be able to obtain a Mentors Status in 2.0?

A while back you instructed your staff to play other mmorpgs, have any of them or you tried FFXI reccently?

Will we be seeing any in game sports soon? Such as Ballista or Blitzball! And if so would we be able to customize our own team uniforms and banners?

Hi,I will be moving from place to place over the next few years. Currently people were having their accounts suspended very easily for different IPs. How does you plan to handle people who access the game from different IPs in the future?

Will path companions be in the new version? And will they be usable in the standard game, and will we be able to control and upgrade their gear? Will they also have adventure content of their own, ie quest for a new ability or command function?

Will there be any sort of account based sharing of items or banks of some kind? If I wanted to move something from one character on account A to a different character on account A, an account B had to play middleman in trades with a maximum of 4 slots. This was cumbersome at best... With legacy and premium players having 8 character slots per world, I expect many will employ the use of mules even if they hadn't previously. Even without mules but simply role-playing with different characters may require the sharing of rare items between characters on a single account. As such, a much more manageable system for this would be appreciated.

Game Codes

will ingame item codes that we get from buying the game, like the garlond goggles, continue to effect all characters in that service account even for the future item codes that are bound to be released? Or will it follow the FXI route of only going to one character?

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.

If you have the 1.0 CE and you make a new character in ARR will you recieve the bonus items on that character aswell?
Or will they be stuck on my old character?

Longevity

will ARR be a mmo where we can live and play in it for years like ffxi or will it be a toss away mmo like most mmo's being released?

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?

So far there have been mentions of things common to other games such as housing, pets and breeding, common job types, FATE's (someone said there were similar things in GW2 and other games, though I'm not familiar with those things personally), pretty graphics, raids, etc. What revolutionary content do you have planned that will really set ARR apart from all other games? Something that can only be found in this game and not as a mishmash of features from other games we've seen many times before.

Though I will be judging ARR on its own merits, it certainly doesn't exist in a vacuum. What elements do you think make ARR a more engaging and worthwhile experience to rival, current-gen MMOs like Guid Wars 2?

Marriage

Will the Marriage Quest be implemented at launch?

Has the team decided on whether or not to incorporate same sex marriage at launch?

Has there been any decision on whether or not same sex characters are going to be allowed to marry in-game?

Missed Quests

If you already have a job unlocked from 1.0, will it possible to complete the quest for that job? I don't like missing out on story content, even if it doesn't make sense to be handed the Healer's Robe I already have.

Will it be possible to do any of the new story/class quests even if we completed all the previous class quests in 1.0? For instance, if I completed all the class quests for Gladiator back in 1.0 would it be possible for me to do new the ones if the story/questline has been revamped?

New Mobs

Having seen the sneak peek of the return of the Mandragora, can we expect to be graced once more by the beautiful presence of the Dhalmel?!

Will moogles be present in A Realm Reborn in any capacity other than mail carriers?

I'd very much like my own pet moogle.

Can we see Horses play larger role in ARR rather then just odin such as...

I don't think its been asked or if it has then oops but...I know its been hinted. pointed at, and talked about but can i look forward to in the future,Running away from a slow moving, lantern waving, knife holding, little fish like death machine? Aka the Tonberry? lol

Trains

Could you tell us more about the train system? Are they connected to all major city or any new city in the future?

Train transportation! Will it be available for use/testing during beta? If not during the beta test will it be available for the release?

Also will the train be a CS like the airship rides were in 1.0 or will it be more like an actual ride with a nice setup like this maybe?

or this

Will the train transportation if available at beta or release (assuming it is not going to be a CS) have monsters to fight at some point like a random encounter (like the pirates that every now and then showed up on the boat rides in FFXI)?

Also is there a chance of Doom Train to be tested during beta? Maybe as a F.A.T.E. encounter where it pulls up to the station or along side it instead of the normal train.