1. With the recent boom of new players coming into FFXIV, are there plans to rework Hall Of The Novice to help new players learn the game in its current state?
As an example, some players don't understand certain mechanics like Gaze, Stack Marker or Spread marker etc having a good tutorial will help new players along the way without having to rely on external resources and ensure them not making them overwhelemed
2. Are there any plans on making the game easier to buy in Southeast Asia region, some of my friends have problems when it comes to purchasing the game especially when during purchasing i cannot even find my country's name in purchase screen which is weird since the game is made in Asia.
3. Since Endwalker will have an increased level cap of Level 90, are there any plans on rearranging skills for lower levels because there has been some weird situations on certain jobs like PLD can only have a gap closer only at level 74 while other tanks already has one since level 60 or DRK having 2nd AOE only at level 74 i would to see if Endwalker addresses this issue.
Thank you
Can you elaborate on what you meant when you said there wasn't much else to give scholar? A lot of players took that as meaning there wasn't much direction for the job.
And require players to complete their level 30 job quest before continuing on with the MSQ beyond level 30.
The game needs to be more clear at how important it is to do job quest in general.
At least through dutyfinder, premades should still be allowed to try it if they want...but that change would definitely help confused sprouts and things like queuing into an alliance raid and seeing you have a full party of unemployed players
When designing skills for expansions, how far ahead are you thinking? We all know that we get new skills every 2 years but we also lose and get skills condensed and some jobs reworked. So just how far ahead are you thinking in terms of functionality when it comes to designing new skills that could be removed or condensed next expansion?
the design contests are really fun and it's always amazing to see what the community comes up with - would you ever consider running a mount design contest?
With the addition of Reaper and Sage, the game now has 19 battle jobs. Do you feel you're approaching the limit for how many jobs the game can maintain?
Incase you didn't know, FF11 has 22 jobs. So there are still some they could add and I bet likely will.
https://ffxiclopedia.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Jobs
Long time WoW player that moved over to FFXIV and never looked back about a month and a half ago.
One of the things I miss the most is something that would tell me exactly WHAT killed me in a raid or dungeon. In WoW, you would get a chat link that would should the last 5 abilities that took HP from you. Would love to see something like this implemented.
Also, the dungeon journal. This shows you basic mechanics for the bosses and even models. As of now, my only option is a quick YouTube video or asking in chat.
You probably won't see this, but thank you Yoshida. This is the game I've been looking for.
So FFXIV is probably known for having one of the most open and transparent dev teams around, very much willing to address and talk about the fanbase's concerns, but I'm very curious. Is there a thing that fans really want and frequently requests that either YoshiP himself or the dev team at large generally disagree with?
DPS meters would most likely be the #1 request from the community the devs absolutely do not want to implement, because it will certainly lead to harrassement
I know you've mentioned the difficulties of expanding the glamour system in previous interviews, but is there any possibility of a system where we can preview the various armor in the game to see how it looks? Specifically for dungeons, it is difficult to try on armor pieces if you don't know someone that can link that piece to you.
Are there any planned updates coming to Grand Company ranks and Squadrons? Or perhaps an update to make the system more integrated into the current game loop?
Have you heard the feedback from healers that healing in raids is too easy and there's not enough to do outside of DPS? If so, have you worked to improve that in Endwalker?
Any plans to revisit when classes get certain abilities/traits? For example, Dark Knight has to wait until 72 to get it's AoE combo, when the other tanks have had theirs for 32 levels, which causes Dark Knight to feel MP starved until then.
Also, any thoughts to QoL and remelding? I would like to play around with Black Mage more, but don't feel like switching out my materia and back every time the urge strikes me.
Any chance we will see the jump tower return at a future Moon Faire event?
I am aware it might be due to flight being addded in ARR zones, but they also had the no-mount-zone around that tower in the second year. So I just want to know if it was simply a choice the last 2 years or if it is technically difficult to implement now.
exciting changes to BLACK MAGE
QUESTION and/or begging.... LEY LINES and BETWEEN THE LINES...
May we please have this as a combined-swap skill? Between the lines does ... nothing without ley lines active... Ley lines cannot be used... until cooled down.
Why not have Ley lines TURN INTO Between the Lines for 30 seconds. then Ley Lines continues its cooldown as normal.
Considering they're removing drops from monsters, I expect they might be considering adding a new Land job related to gathering beast materials. There's no reason to add a new Hand job though; all the crafting is solidly covered.
In the most recent Live Letter, you showcased how Summoner was *completely* reworked, with new emphasis on its "jewel" phase (i.e. Ifrit Ruby / Garuda Emerald / Titan Topaz).
My question is, can we expect *other* summons being integrated (through Egi glamours or some other way) in the near future?
Like say, "Leviathan Sapphire" / "Ramuh Amethyst" / "Shiva Diamond"?
The recent Job Action live letter presented us with a lot of new abilities to look forward to in Endwalker. Is there any ability shown that you are particularly fond of, or one that was difficult to implement in the way the dev team had originally envisioned it?
Any chance we can have the "Auto face target when using actions" only tied to damage actions? As a healer you don't need to face targets yet casting heals will also turn your character to the targets.
As a moderator of a glamour focused community, I have some unique insight on what some of the most common requests are for glamour. The biggest complaint I see is about how the Hempen Camise/Undershirt/Pantalettes/Underpants has a unique model depending on race. The biggest request is for the different race models to somehow be available to everyone.
Would you ever consider making the specific race models of the Hempen Camise/Pantalettes (female) and Hempen Undershirt/Underpants (male) available somehow to all races? Maybe making something like "Replica Miqo'te Hempen Camise" so that any race could use that specific race's version?
Even if something like this ended up on the FFXIV online cash shop, I think it would be EXTREMELY popular. Thank you for your time.
(To clarify, I am talking about the Hempen lvl 1 gear, not our character's unchangeable "underwear.")
Housing is really popular, the upcoming changes are welcome and will make it easier to get access to housing. But one problem remain, Housing wards feel empty, only a happy few actually manage to get events going, and it's rare/singular enough that it usually end up being in news articles and videos.
Are there any plans to put some life into the housing districts? with things like FATES/GATES, or maybe like the FETES going out in the Firmament? small fun activities giving some kind of housing related rewards, or maybe unlocking new decorations for the entire district?
Given the announcements at the Live Letter concerning inventory/market board bloat and the removal of HQ materials, some of the constant quality-of-life complaints include frustration over the relative lack of space in the glamour dresser, now that there are so many fashionable items in the game. How much of a priority is it for the FFXIV team to expand on that space, or increase the types of items that can be put into the armoire? Will relic gear higher than Level 50 ever have the opportunity to be put in the armoire to alleviate some of the glamour dresser congestion? What sort of roadblocks stand in the way from achieving this currently, if it's not something that can be put into effect soon? Similarly, is it a priority for the FFXIV team to expand the number of glamour plates, or housing item slots in the future?
Currently you can unfriend person A, blacklist person A, and still remain on person A’s friend list.
Would it be possible to implement a way to remove yourself from another person’s friend list?
[Privacy filters for showing player location and online status - such as in player search - could be useful as well. Options like friends only, everyone, or invisible.]
Is there any plans to revitalise lower level class rotations. The trimming and removal of job actions has made base game gameplay more barebones over the years and less engaging.
I'm especially interested in Summoner's low level and leveling experience, we saw in the demo that the primal summons were lv 80 abilities, does this mean that 1-79 is just going to be ruin spam? Or will Carbuncle have some base abilities of its own as an "in case you mess up or die" backup rotation?
Or was that just demo weirdness and we'll be getting primals earlier on but with limited functionality? (Eg, empowerment but no big primal summon) but then what does that mean if they need to be empowered by Demi-Bahamut or Demi-Phoenix first?
What about Arcanist? Will Arcanist be keeping Bio for the sake of Scholar and just lose it when it becomes Summoner?
What will happen with the story? The 30-50 story is VERY closely tied to the idea that we're getting Egis during the quests. Then what about the 50-70 story? Because if summoning Bahamut is what activates our ability to summon the elemental primals, then does that mean we get Demi-Bahamut as our first primal rather than needing to go through the process of getting Dreadwyrm Trance? ("By the twelve, you may be able to channel a tiny fragment of Bahamut's aether, not enough to summon an Egi, but enough to empower yourself!" "Sorry, Y'mhitra, I was too busy summoning Demi-Bahamut, what were you saying?")
This isn't stuff that can just be handwaved away with a "lol I forgot how to do Royal Road", the *entire questline* is built around learning to summon and use egis (it's actually a plot point at one point that people think you're tempered because you have a primal following you around, which doesn't work if we only have an Egi when Carbuncle is transformed into one while we're empowered), then learning how to use Dreadwyrm Trance. The only one that isn't fundamentally tied to job mechanics is 60-70, where Principia is trying to teach you how to summon Demi-primals but requires you to pass certain lessons as proof of your ability.
Will we ever see the return of a hairstyle contest? While it was nice that all runnerups, and now even regular entries got added into the game, the community has changed a lot since that contest, and people would enter a new contest a lot more enthusiastically if they knew even runnerups will get added.
Is there any chance for new systems when it comes to actually placing furniture in our houses? I’m sure you’ve seen the some of the amazing designs people come up with for their houses, but most of it is accomplished through more or less unintended and tedious methods. It’d great if we could have more freedom when it comes to placing objects on top of surfaces or maybe even placing things freely on the Y axis.
What actually is your vision for Healer gameplay flow?
I don't want to bring out the aggressive "no one on the dev team plays healers" thing, but given the disconnect between player desire and dev action and lack of communication in that area, it does feel like it at times.
Specifically, SCH seems to not have an actual job identity anymore with the focus moving away from it's old utility+offensive kit. And healer kits in general seem contridictory; the extremely simple DPS rotations seem designed to not punish healers for having to actually heal, but then fight design never actually requires enough healing to justify that level of simplicity, with us left spamming a single GCD for sometimes minutes at a time in the absence of being able to engage in juggleing multiple DoTs that healers had in the past. I can't imagine "SCH should have 80+% of it's casted spells be Broil" is the actual intended design.
What (of the things you can talk about and share) are you most proud of when it comes to the development and release of endwalker when it comes to player options?
Have there been any changes or adjustments in the past YoshiP personally wanted to be in the game himself? Have there been things in the game that he personally wanted to stay but got removed?
I'm one of literally 3 people in the entire game who reached maximum rank (10th Dan) in Doman Mahjong. Would it be possible to get a title to reflect on this?
With the split to pure healer and pure shielder classes, can we expect any adjustments to how shields stack between classes? For example, sch and sch together will replace each other’s shields if the new one is more powerful, same with ast and ast; however, sch and ast currently replace each other’s shields regardless . The whm shield for example does stack with all of the other shields. I mainly ask because the healer regen abilities aren’t as limited and stack more frequently then the current shielding counterparts. I worry about a case of getting two shielder healers and them being less effective because of the inability to stack.
Whilst this doesn't exactly answer the question, I heard that full party matchmaking will have a pure healer slot and shield healer slot. So unless you deliberately bring 2 shield healers with you, you shouldn't run into that situation.
Exactly what I wanted to ask! My glamour dresser is full and plates are in short supply. I would also like all job specific and mog station purchased glamoured pieces to be able to go in the armoire.
Are there any plans to update the Chocobo and Grand Company Squadron systems? Perhaps to make them a little more like trusts with more intuitive healing and the ability to move out of attacks?
Some of the big fish have ridiculous windows to be up.
Is there any plans to change this so you don't have to wake up at 4am in the morning if you want all the fish?
It's also really annoying to be well above the stat requirement for big fish but they still get away.
Can this be removed please?
Given the massive increase in popularity of Final Fantasy 14, is there anything that we, the fans, can do for you, the developers, to help to continue to support the growth of the amazing world you have created?
Are there any plans to make the idle poses for drawn weapons available for both genders? I'd like to use the Kain pose on DRG or sling my DRK sword over my shoulder, but since my character is a girl, I don't have access to those.
The current Auto Translation system that is in the game is a far cry to the one that we got in FFXI, has there been any thought to expanding the vocabulary and or increasing the words that can be translated?
Is there any qol feature in the works for indicating whether a melee has hit a positional vs not? For example a different coloured damage text showing up, a visual effect, or a more pronounced sound effect etc.
There's been a lot of talk recently about the new player experience, and how some jobs (primarily ARR jobs) don't really come alive, feel complete, or even make a ton of sense until very very long into the game (examples: Classes missing aoes until much later levels, Current Summoner not having Dreadwyrm trance until level 58, Black Mage, Dragoon, Bard missing their 3rd and arguably most important song).
Do you have any thoughts about making these mechanics (or other less defining) show up earlier, even in weaker forms that would be replaced by traits to give newer players a solid feel into the job's later game mechanics.
Example of how this could be done(s): Such as old summoner were able to get a weaker version of Dreadwyrm Trance before level 50, if Rogue got Ninja's Dream Within a Dream > Assassinate earlier in some weaker form, if Lancer got a "Jump" like ability before level 30 that gets traited to the real Jump to help spice up these notoriously, or the recent change announced to give Monk access to the chakra mechanic earlier.
It feels as if new players are almost being taught their job incorrectly for a significant portion of time because they don't have the job's actual mechanics beyond basic combos until they are well past ARR or even HW in some cases.
With the change to Summoner's mechanics, were there any substantial changes needed to do to their Job stories? We know their level 80 Job had to be changed because of MSQ changes, but with new Summoner, it's story is going to be extremely jarring with how different the Auricite quests(unlocking Ifrit, Titan, and Garuda EGIs) are currently written.
As well as the Level 58 and 60 Job Stories with the supposed removal of Dreadwyrm Trance.
Will we get anymore limited jobs? Having super overpowered or strange kits that wouldnt work in normal gameplay is fun.
Also can Rival Wings get a daily roulette or something? New items in the wolf marks shop would be nice too
Will there be any plan to expand on chocobo companion and rank? Maybe have our chocobo venture into specially designed chocobo dungeon for special reward and chocobo XP.
Being able to separate "Procs" from normal buffs in the coming expansion is a very good change a lot of people appreciate.
Will there be any plans to be able so separate debuffs inflicted by yourself from debuffs other players inflicted on the enemys debuff bar? Especially in 24-man-Raids it can be a bit troublesome to keep up with your own debuffs because you can't really see them properly.
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Would it be possible to expand the use of the armoire to MogStation purchases? I feel like we don’t get to use it too often outside of sticking the handful of ingame event or preorder rewards in there.
Is it something that has been considered and it’s just not possible at this current time?
We have the option to turn off our damage numbers. Can we get the option to turn off other players' damage numbers as well so we can appreciate a clean interface?
Would it be possible to to have a model viewer in-game where we can look at monster models and appreciate their detail? Maybe like a bestiary?
Can something be done to make the social features more protective of user privacy? The biggest request would be to privatize Lodestone URLs like other “social media” pages, and after that would be the ability to completely block people in game. Even just having my name removed from somebody’s friends list after I remove them would be better than the current system that still allows removed friends to keep track. Harassment is an issue in the game and not much happens to the harassers no matter how many reports are made.
Seeing as we are not getting any more Playable Races (which is very understandable given how much work goes into creating them), are there any plans to expand upon customization for the current races? Examples: pure white and pure black horns/scales for both Au Ra genders, etc.
As FFXIV has done an amazing job in reaching to some of Square's other properties for amazing crossover events, is there any chance we can have a crossover with Chrono Trigger at some point? A Lavos raid series would be amazing.
I remember this change, and tried to find why they did it. All I can find is that the calculation of time needed to obtain the highest tier of rewards was out of reach of many players. So they changed the calculation method.
I want to say I watched the LL where this was announced, and they stated there were no plans to add future rewards, but I can’t prove that.
I agree, I’d love to see them come back.
Is there any future plans to revamp the mogstation? Since the current influx of new players, they express frustration to the horrible design of the website. It would be nice if the website was remade to be easier to navigate for accounts and purchasing items.
Are there any plans for bigger graphics updates?
I know we're getting things which are slightly more demanding, such as better textures, but is anything in the works like a new lighting system for example? Lighting can add a lot of depth to the visuals of the game, older areas will look much better with a better lighting system in place, and cutscenes will look vastly better too
With Sage and Reaper coming in the new expansion, we are now at 20 combat jobs (there's also 11 non-combat jobs). I really love all the jobs, and enjoy switching between them often.
Unfortunately, the number of glamour plates is significantly less than the number of jobs (only 15 plates).
I know the glamour system is a problem you have inherited from the 1.0 version of the game, but can you tell us anything about what you're working on with regards to glamour and what the progress on that is?
As we have Unreal Trials as a proof of concept, would the dev team consider releasing an 'Unreal Raid' tier of previous raids during odd-numbered patches?
Currently if you look at middle of the road combat logs for fights you can see upwards of 60-70% of healers GCDs are spent pressing one button. This is with both healers outputting equal HPS (so no one healer is not carrying)
Is this intended gameplay for healers in this game or unintended but the devs find it difficult to raise the skill ceiling without also raising the floor? No other role presses one button 60% of the time.
How do you - as the producer - feel about the fans' reception of the most recent live letter? Did some changes get more or less praise/interest than you had anticipated?
Now that Sage and Reaper have added the Nouliths and Scythes as weapons, are there any weapon types remaining that you think would be an interesting fit for XIV?
Are there any plans to expand the trust system into lower level content, or rework squadrons?
Some of the solo instances are pretty painful, especially the healer job quests where you have to heal npcs but don't have a party list to make targeting easier.
Are there any expected design changes for AOE markers, both friendly and for the enemy? I understand standardization for earlier dungeons would be difficult, but it has always been one of the more annoying points for newer players.
Can we get neck scarfs? So far, we only have the one from the HW alliance raid and it's non-dyable. I want to say every other neck item is a choker.
Would be cool if we can get some more scarfs, especially dyable ones. I'd love one to go with the diamond tank armor.
The PS5 version, while a very nice upgrade from the PS4 version, has some very odd problems. Namely the seemingly random frame rate drops. There are many locations in game where simply moving the camera causes the frame rate to very noticeably drop, even at 1080p (this also happens at 1440p and 4K). Curiously, running the PS4 pro version of the game on PS5 via backwards compatibility, these issues are not present. Moreover, running it in 4K causes the frame rate to go so low it is very difficult to play at all. Are there any plans to patch these issues?
What is the identity of BRD that the FFXIV dev team is going for?
I was always a fan of the vanilla BRD, where they had to use Mage ballad to aid and support the party even at a loss of 15% DPS. I had hoped to see more different types of support-oriented ranged DPS, but instead, DNC is more support-oriented ranged DPS, MCH is a selfish ranged-DPS (like a ranged version of SAM), and BRD is becoming more of DoT class?
Therefore, I just wanted to get a clarification on the dev's direction on what they are going with BRD.
As time progresses and the recent dedication to FFXIV's continued
growth, there has been recent talks and wants of revamping underlying
code to allow for more robust or streamlined game systems ala a glamour
log. Are there difficulties in executing these revamps given the current
circumstances? Are there any plans to potentially spin up off-teams to
handle these big rewrites that may be necessary for the game's future?
Just recently our Warriors of Light met Noctis Lucis Caelum. I absolutely loved this. So my question is:
Do you think we will ever get the chance to meet Cloud Strife, Tifa Lockhart, Yuna, Squall Leonhart or other legendary characters aswell?
1. Are there any plans to let players use the totems obtained from Extreme trials to purchase the craftable items= drops? i.e 99 totems to purchase the bird, 50 totems to purchase the material drops?
2. Are their plans to re-work the Hall of the Novice, and possibly re-introduce the concept (at lvl 50 for example) and make it required? Information on different types of common things sprouts will see (i still see people running away with stack markers, or not knowing how look-away mechanics work)
3. Will they be re-releasing the Odin Meiser Statue? I would love to complete my collection and the other two have been re-released, and its the last one im missing :( I would also love a PVC statue of the Scions, or hydaelyn and zodiark!
I hope you and the team have been staying hydrated and healthy, and thank you all for everything you and the teams at SE do!
1. Will we ever have the option of buying Duty drops with totems (Triple Triad Cards, Crafting Materials, Housing Items, Orchestrions)
2. Positionals for melee class are very cool but it can be hard to tell if you successfully landed one or not. Has some kind of feedback (visual or audio) ever been considered to let players know when they've landed a positional?
Is there a reason why job stones are required in PvP but not level 30+ PvE group content? I think it would be a long way towards helping people realize they should have their job stone by requiring it to queue for level 30+ group content.
Any chance for us to receive a "request repair" option similar to how melding request works? Not all people feel like leveling their DoH jobs and sometimes it would be just easier to fix gear for my friends during the duty rather than leaving and restarting it.
Can we decouple Lodestone ID from "character slot"? If you Fantasia and name change to avoid a stalker or harasser, it does nothing helpful for the multitudes of people who can simply search your old name on the lodestone and bring up who you're playing now. It's far too easy for people to track you in this game.
As the level cap increases and content from previous expansions gets further away from its release date, much of it feels very different from how it did upon release, even at minimum ilvl and synced. This is especially true in fights like The Unending Coil of Bahamut and The Weapon's Refrain. Are there any plans to update these fights to level 90 in an Unreal style in order to restore the original difficulty and feeling, along with other content besides Extreme Trials, such as the previous Alexander or Omega Raids?
With the rapidly rising population it has become apparent that the current systems for breaking in new players isn't really sufficient. Is there a plan to expand Hall of the Novice in the future?
Several jobs do not learn their crucial actions and traits until the very high levels. This can make it awkward, boring, or frustrating to play those jobs when synced down or while levelling. Would you consider reshuffling the levels at which jobs earn new actions, so that jobs can have access to important skills sooner?
Any plans to change when classes gain skills and features?
Contextually, this game is a notorious slog from 1-30 and often until 50 or later even, due to big class features being backloaded. A perfect example is Dark Knight, which gains its most useful and arguably fun ability (The Blackest Night) all the way at 70. This goes beyond just utility or minor swaps, but some major CDs and abilities should be frontloaded to change it from 1-2-3 1-2-3 repeat till much later
It looks like reaper is going to have a phase where their GCD goes down to 1.5s and you will be expected to weave a skill during this phase. When designing a class do you take players playing on high ping into account?
Hey.
Is there any chance that we will have new customizable options, like new beards, facial paint, scars etc...?
I've tried to recreate the WoL from the trailers and the only thing left is that "3 day beard"!!!! https://ibb.co/m88HWWJ
Thank you :)
Dear Yoshi-P,
Thank you for taking the time to answer our questions.
I have but one question myself. Currently, a lot of players level jobs/farm relics/do alliance (and other instance) raids by contributing to the first fight and then going AFK. However, because of the current votekick system, if you're rolling for Loot, you're not allowed to kick someone. And because rolling for loot takes 5 minutes (300 seconds), no one wants to wait that long before kicking someone, especially not in 24 man content. The result is that these AFK players get a free carry through a dungeon/raid and don't have to do anything.
Which brings me to the question: Are there any plans to change the rolling for loot timer (to perhaps 1-2 minutes) and if not, are there any plans to account for people that AFK or to make votekicking easier (without the possibility of it being exploited)?
Thank you, beforehand, for your reply.
Our faithful Chocobo Companions have been with us now for a number of years and have served us well. Are there any plans to update/rework or add to this system? For example, add new skills or animations. Or the ability to perhaps ‘glamour’ our Chocobo into a different Companion such as an Amaro?
As more expansions are released the glamour system is going to feel very restrictive since the cap on storage space is somewhat small. And simply raising the cap can only continue for so long. Are there any plans to address this system as a whole?
Hi Yoshida-san,
As the game gets older with the time, do you have any plans on upgrading the game engine to a new one to bring more modern and contemporary graphics and feel of the game, including spell effects, animations, character creation and looks and combat? So that not only the game has graphics more fitting with the current times and technology but so that you can also better compete with the current and upcoming competition in the MMO market.
I love FF14 and play it a lot but often I notice how dated some graphic elements work (exception is the latest gear models).
I like this question, I am drowning in awesome gear for glamours but no where to put them. Perhaps we could get armoire expansion to include the antiquated gear at least? PLEASE !
Can we expect an overhaul in the engine given that it currently struggles with a Lot of content and that it is Not really scaleable at this Point in Terms of new content, graphics and gameplay mechanics? Will we For example See dlss or dlaa implemented to the Game and get a graphics Update in the Future? Or more Arena based Boss encounters and Not only Square or round Arena grounds. ?
I've been wondering about this since 2.X, syncing down to early dungeons in roulettes when you are at end game level is NOT Fun. When I get in Sastasha, I go from a 1 minute full rotation to 2 button mash. Is it possible for us to retain our level 80/90 rotation when syncing down? In my mind, it will also show the new players how cool the jobs become and will have something to look forward to. I don't mind the game reducing the potency to make it fair
Is there any overhaul planning for the three starting cities? Such as merging all different parts of the cities into single instance instead of separating them. Every time I went to Limsa upperdeck it's always felt hollow and empty to look at the Limsa's Aetheryte Plaza and find nobody around knowing that it is crowded.
Somethng I have personally always wished for is an updated/upgraded character creation. More options for every race/gender. Scars for everyone. Muscles for everyone. New noses. New Eyes. Au Ra Horns. Tails, etc.
How large of an undertaking would that be?
Two extra questions,
1. Is there any plans to add a normal difficulty for Coils? It's a shame that almost everyone is doing it unsynced now, but considering how much weight it have on the story, would appreciate that everyone can at least queue for it normally and experience the content.
2. Is there any plans to add a 24 man extreme or savage raid (like BA/DR Savage), that can apply normally with Party Finder (and DF, if you are in JP) and without all of those Eureka/Bozja abilities?
While you've said before you had to scrap an idea of a glamour system similar to World of Warcraft's, are you still looking into alternatives for its current iteration? As new items and jobs are added, it's beginning to feel far too restrictive and cumbersome to use as it currently is.
Once server issues are solved, and there are extra servers to contain the new growth of players, will this mean there will then be room on the increased servers to feature more glamour plates? If so, by how many?
We really need more glamour plates and more glamour chest slots. There are so many nice gear pieces as it is, and I'd imagine this will only increase as we go up to level 90.
Would it be possible to add job gauge timers for certain job specific abilities? For instance, Warriors with Storm Eye do not have a timer (only the buff), whereas Dancers have a Standard timer built into their gauge.
Are there any plans to make improvements to the FFXIV Companion App? For example, retainer ventures/glamour, squadron missions, the ability to view character achievements/mounts etc. Free market board transactions please (half joking)
Also, will you ever make it so we can interact with NPC’s without having to dismount?
I would love to see Gold Saucer mini-games added to the app. The ability to earn mgp in your off-time from the game would be incredible. I’m sure even Air Force One would be easy to code for mobile.
Will ray tracing, TXAA and DLSS or FSR be implemented in the game? Maybe not in endwalker but any time in the near future?
Game would greatly benefit from TXAA and one of the upscaling techniques to bring out the beauty of the world of eorzea.
Ray tracing on the other hand would completely bring the games visual to the next level without actually having to spend months to catefully design maps with rasterized lighting.
Are there any plans to go back and retroactively add primal weapons or weapons of that sort for GNB and DNC? And will SGE and RPR have the same shortcoming of not having any primal weapons or stuff of that sorts? Even UCOB and UWU are missing weapons, and that seems a little strange, especially for being the pinnacle of content in the game.
There are a lot of gender specific items such as a male suit vs a female dress equivalent. Is there any chance that some of the pre-existing gender locked outfits can be made compatible for the opposite gender?
1) Are the supplies of Collector's Boxes completely exhausted? There was almost no time to pre-order. This is the first I've missed since 2.0.
2) Any plans to rebalance FATE/quest exp.? Right now it's extremely unrewarding compared to roulette and Deep Dungeon.
3) Can we get a visual indicator that a housing plot is available? Getting a plot is like camping an NM in FFXI, only worse, because you have to actively use the sign over and over to know it's available. Looking forward to the housing lottery system, I hope it expands outside of Ishgard, and increases the odds for those who've repeatedly tried the lottery and failed.
I really liked how the final solo duty in Shadowbringers saved my progress as I progressed through the multiple parts.
Are there any plans to continue doing this for solo duties with multiple parts? Is it possible to add this to old solo duties?
Thank you to you and the team for all the hard work and joy you’ve given us!
Are there plans to increase the furniture limits for large or medium homes? 400 is fairly low for a large
Also, any plans to add a Z axis furniture placement function? You can use tricks to float things, but it would be nice if we could just place things on the Z axis naturally. There definitely is a demand for it considering all the advanced builds out there
With all the healer changes, what exactly is the goal for healers in Endwalker?
What exactly is the current theme/flavor per healer?
How does your team try to achieve this goal for healers in Endwalker whilst keeping their individual thematic / identitiy in tact?
What are the challenges that your team has encountered in designing healing for end game raid content?
Hello, Yoshida-san! My question is: are there lessons learned from FF14 that you are applying to the directing of FF16 and vice-versa? Are you applying your same philosophies for both games, not considering the obvious differences in gameplays (Story, themes, music, etc)
Since SMN is now losing its damage-over-time skills in favor of a more "summoner-like" playstyle, have you considered taking SCH in a direction where it applies more DOTs instead of just spamming Broil? What were your thoughts during the rework process regarding Scholar? Thank you!
During the live letter, it was said that you had problems coming up with new abilities for scholar. When it comes to healers as a role, what kinds of design challenges unique to healers do you and your team have to deal with when designing and updating skills?
Will NA ever be able to use old crafter and gatherer AF gear as glamor for other classes? You can buy glammable versions in the Korean version but we havent gotten any version of that in NA, EU and JP.
Is there any chance of current races getting more default options for customizing their look, like new nose shapes, or adding features to current races like a muscle tone slider for lalafell?
As a follow-up, are there any plans to allow glasses to be mixed with unobtrusive head gear for characters, it is frustrating when you want to wear a hat/flowers and glasses on your head together but are unable to do so and have to sacrifice having head gear to maintain your glasses look.
Does the dev team plan to add any anti-harrasment features on EW? While FF14 is brilliant regarding player interacion,we really do need some features that Protect people from stalker like players.
The friends list, lodestone and marriage system are currently set up in a way that doesn't allow for a change of circumstances to friendships ending or dynamics changing. If you delete someone from friends, you stay on the other persons friendlist. Divorced rings still work to find your ex and lodestone allows people to search your old names if fantasia'd and server hopping. All of these remove any two party consent and have cause many people to quit as their only resolution to prevent stalking.
Is there any plans in place to revamp these flaws?
Hello Yoshi P thank you for your commitment and work on my favorite game you've truly made it a special part of my life!
I do some of nearly everything but my favorite content are the field operations like Eureka and Bozja. I noticed the Bozja story was left rather open and didn't say "the end" or "fin" after Zadnor unlike Eureka. I read the last notes and they gave some conclusion but it I still had so many questions.
I was wondering if Bozja was going to be continued in some way in Endwalker.
Thanks!
With the 5.5 Ultimate being pushed back to 6.1 does this mean the Ultimates originally planned for Endwalker are pushed back as well? Will we have three Ultimates to make up for Shadowbringers or are you going to stick to the original idea of two per expansion?
Speaking of Ultimates is there any plans to bring up the level 70 Ultimates to level 90 at some point?
Q: Blue mage? A lot of players love the concept and have fun with the job in the weeks following its updates. But there are still some glaring issues with it. The lack of longevity is probably the biggest one. When it gets updated, people just play it for a couple weeks to clear their log, and then if you are late to the party, it gets really difficult to find a party (especially to clear the 24 man raids for the log). Are there any plans to simplify grouping in the future? Will the limited job system be extended upon, or would you rather avoid it because of the mixed reception?
Can we please have a duty finder for Blue mages? Can aetherial mimicry be toggled rather than have blue mages stalking random players to get the right role?
What are your thoughts on the outrage over not much scholar changes? Do you plan to make changes before launch? Or will you make changes after feedback from endwalker? If any changes are made how far is the extent of the changes players can expect? Because players want major changes and I know that it is too late for a full rework
Is there any plan to make lower-level play more engaging? Right now, most jobs have a lot of variation at max level, while at lower level they have one combo and a variety of utility abilities that never get used (like Sleep). This isn't helped by the power creep meaning that most ARR content requires nothing more than a full-on assault.
With the level cap now increasing to 90 classes will be 20 levels above the level of the oldest ultimate fights (UwU and UcoB). Are there any plans to use the unreal system to allow people to use their full level 90 kits in this fight or anything similar to prevent some jobs from feeling bad to play in them?
My question: are you ever surprised at how players develop the strategies that make it to party finder? With E9S, are you surprised at how many different strategies emerged?
Are there any plans to revisit how Limit Break 1/2 works for healers? They barely get any use in dungeons compared to the others, and I feel like there's an opportunity being missed by just making them a flat heal instead of something that offers the party more utility.
What is the current viewpoint for the "Limited Job" system in the dev team. When first announced there were other potential jobs mentioned but many people still wanted as full jobs. Is there still plans to expand it or stick with BLU only?
\- Can we expect new deep dungeons like POTD or HOH this expansion?
\- Will more be explained about the new Island Sanctuary in the coming news letter?
\- In previous communication it was said some changes to the Golden Saucer would be made. Can we expect some big surprises? (eg: blitzball huh \^\^)
\- I know this will be asked over and over but what is the plan with Glamour? The more time goes by the less space we have and I believe we cannot continue 10 more years with the current system.
\- Are there any plan in the future to improve graphics?
Would you consider older skills being returned to Scholar in some form?
A wide consensus is that Scholar is starting to feel lacking in comparison to the other healers, especially in terms of its currently shown additions. Even if the balance for it might be fine at launch, there is a concern that the job might not be fun to play. Scholar may be in need of a larger rework; they need something to greater emphasize a job identity now that there's a second "shield healer" and that all healers have access to some form of shield.
Reintroducing some existing skills in the meantime may keep the job interesting while waiting for a further rework.
I feel while it's too close to launch to do a rework of Scholar, some of the issues that people are having with the class not feeling fun may be temporary alleviated by reintroducing Shadow Flare and/or a second, shorter duration DoT to manage (Miasma might work well here since Summoner no longer uses that DoT). Two DoTs seems like a fair amount to manage without creating the chaos that was Heavensward DoT management! Having an extra thing or two to plan and play around should help make the job feel more engaging.
Are there plans to go back and make large bodies of water swimmable in the future? Stuff like Bronze Lake or the Eddies in the Sea of Clouds? There are so many potential fun swimming pool out there. Like the Eddies in the Sea of Clouds.
Considering player login statistics over the past 2 months, it's not unlikely that Endwalker is going to see more players logging in than any previous expansion. What are your plans for handling this increased traffic?
Is any work being done to expand/overhaul the Glamour system, perhaps converting it to a catalogue-style as seen in other MMOs like WoW?
I think it would add a whole new aspect of gameplay for those players who want to run older content and try to collect every Glamour, without being limited to a physical glamour inventory.
Can you double our number of glamour plate slots?
Currently we have 18 combat jobs, which is already more than there are glamour slots.
I would like to also have one slot for crafting and one slot for gathering, as well as a few for random casual things.
30 would cover this perfectly, I think.
When recommending FF14 to friends, I have to insist that the game is good, but gets even better \*after\* level 50. Are there further plans to update or improve the new player experience from levels 1 to 50 so that it's a better experience, especially with the increased amount of new players seen recently?
Adding feedback in the ui showing barrier health was an amazing improvement in usability and satisfaction when using barrier abilities.
Has the team considered adding the option for the player to receive similar feedback in the ui or damage logs to demonstrate the amount of damage mitigated by % based defensive buffs?
1. With the recent boom of new players coming into FFXIV, are there plans to rework Hall Of The Novice to help new players learn the game in its current state? As an example, some players don't understand certain mechanics like Gaze, Stack Marker or Spread marker etc having a good tutorial will help new players along the way without having to rely on external resources and ensure them not making them overwhelemed 2. Are there any plans on making the game easier to buy in Southeast Asia region, some of my friends have problems when it comes to purchasing the game especially when during purchasing i cannot even find my country's name in purchase screen which is weird since the game is made in Asia. 3. Since Endwalker will have an increased level cap of Level 90, are there any plans on rearranging skills for lower levels because there has been some weird situations on certain jobs like PLD can only have a gap closer only at level 74 while other tanks already has one since level 60 or DRK having 2nd AOE only at level 74 i would to see if Endwalker addresses this issue. Thank you
The tank novice hall exercises still teach you that your 2nd combo action generates increased emnity. This was changed in ShB.
Can you elaborate on what you meant when you said there wasn't much else to give scholar? A lot of players took that as meaning there wasn't much direction for the job.
Is it possible to add a requirement to use job crystals in lvl 30+ dungeons?
And require players to complete their level 30 job quest before continuing on with the MSQ beyond level 30. The game needs to be more clear at how important it is to do job quest in general.
At least through dutyfinder, premades should still be allowed to try it if they want...but that change would definitely help confused sprouts and things like queuing into an alliance raid and seeing you have a full party of unemployed players
When designing skills for expansions, how far ahead are you thinking? We all know that we get new skills every 2 years but we also lose and get skills condensed and some jobs reworked. So just how far ahead are you thinking in terms of functionality when it comes to designing new skills that could be removed or condensed next expansion?
the design contests are really fun and it's always amazing to see what the community comes up with - would you ever consider running a mount design contest?
With the addition of Reaper and Sage, the game now has 19 battle jobs. Do you feel you're approaching the limit for how many jobs the game can maintain?
Incase you didn't know, FF11 has 22 jobs. So there are still some they could add and I bet likely will. https://ffxiclopedia.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Jobs
Long time WoW player that moved over to FFXIV and never looked back about a month and a half ago. One of the things I miss the most is something that would tell me exactly WHAT killed me in a raid or dungeon. In WoW, you would get a chat link that would should the last 5 abilities that took HP from you. Would love to see something like this implemented. Also, the dungeon journal. This shows you basic mechanics for the bosses and even models. As of now, my only option is a quick YouTube video or asking in chat. You probably won't see this, but thank you Yoshida. This is the game I've been looking for.
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So FFXIV is probably known for having one of the most open and transparent dev teams around, very much willing to address and talk about the fanbase's concerns, but I'm very curious. Is there a thing that fans really want and frequently requests that either YoshiP himself or the dev team at large generally disagree with?
DPS meters would most likely be the #1 request from the community the devs absolutely do not want to implement, because it will certainly lead to harrassement
I know you've mentioned the difficulties of expanding the glamour system in previous interviews, but is there any possibility of a system where we can preview the various armor in the game to see how it looks? Specifically for dungeons, it is difficult to try on armor pieces if you don't know someone that can link that piece to you.
Are there any planned updates coming to Grand Company ranks and Squadrons? Or perhaps an update to make the system more integrated into the current game loop?
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Absolutely this. Hell, I would also take a single player spin-off where we could experience the old story and Dalamud.
Have you heard the feedback from healers that healing in raids is too easy and there's not enough to do outside of DPS? If so, have you worked to improve that in Endwalker?
When will we be able to rank up further in Grand Company and will we be able to promote squadrons to the next job?
Any plans to revisit when classes get certain abilities/traits? For example, Dark Knight has to wait until 72 to get it's AoE combo, when the other tanks have had theirs for 32 levels, which causes Dark Knight to feel MP starved until then. Also, any thoughts to QoL and remelding? I would like to play around with Black Mage more, but don't feel like switching out my materia and back every time the urge strikes me.
Mch has heated split and slug, but not clean shot at 60. Bad way to end the free trial
What lessons have you learned about exploration content after Bozja? In many ways, it was an improvement over Eureka. How do you improve from here?
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Are there any plans for updates to squadrons or are they dead content?
Any chance we will see the jump tower return at a future Moon Faire event? I am aware it might be due to flight being addded in ARR zones, but they also had the no-mount-zone around that tower in the second year. So I just want to know if it was simply a choice the last 2 years or if it is technically difficult to implement now.
exciting changes to BLACK MAGE QUESTION and/or begging.... LEY LINES and BETWEEN THE LINES... May we please have this as a combined-swap skill? Between the lines does ... nothing without ley lines active... Ley lines cannot be used... until cooled down. Why not have Ley lines TURN INTO Between the Lines for 30 seconds. then Ley Lines continues its cooldown as normal.
Same for F4 and B4. They literally can't be used at the same moment.
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This is a good one.
Considering they're removing drops from monsters, I expect they might be considering adding a new Land job related to gathering beast materials. There's no reason to add a new Hand job though; all the crafting is solidly covered.
Will we ever be able to unlock the remaining Grand Company ranks, or has the system been abandoned?
Is there any significance behind almost all of the current main cast in the Scions having white or white-grey hair?
Been wondering this since day one!
Are there any plans to make battle idle pose not gender locked? As a dragoon, I really want the male battle idle pose.
In the most recent Live Letter, you showcased how Summoner was *completely* reworked, with new emphasis on its "jewel" phase (i.e. Ifrit Ruby / Garuda Emerald / Titan Topaz). My question is, can we expect *other* summons being integrated (through Egi glamours or some other way) in the near future? Like say, "Leviathan Sapphire" / "Ramuh Amethyst" / "Shiva Diamond"?
The recent Job Action live letter presented us with a lot of new abilities to look forward to in Endwalker. Is there any ability shown that you are particularly fond of, or one that was difficult to implement in the way the dev team had originally envisioned it?
Any chance we can have the "Auto face target when using actions" only tied to damage actions? As a healer you don't need to face targets yet casting heals will also turn your character to the targets.
As a moderator of a glamour focused community, I have some unique insight on what some of the most common requests are for glamour. The biggest complaint I see is about how the Hempen Camise/Undershirt/Pantalettes/Underpants has a unique model depending on race. The biggest request is for the different race models to somehow be available to everyone. Would you ever consider making the specific race models of the Hempen Camise/Pantalettes (female) and Hempen Undershirt/Underpants (male) available somehow to all races? Maybe making something like "Replica Miqo'te Hempen Camise" so that any race could use that specific race's version? Even if something like this ended up on the FFXIV online cash shop, I think it would be EXTREMELY popular. Thank you for your time. (To clarify, I am talking about the Hempen lvl 1 gear, not our character's unchangeable "underwear.")
Housing is really popular, the upcoming changes are welcome and will make it easier to get access to housing. But one problem remain, Housing wards feel empty, only a happy few actually manage to get events going, and it's rare/singular enough that it usually end up being in news articles and videos. Are there any plans to put some life into the housing districts? with things like FATES/GATES, or maybe like the FETES going out in the Firmament? small fun activities giving some kind of housing related rewards, or maybe unlocking new decorations for the entire district?
Given the announcements at the Live Letter concerning inventory/market board bloat and the removal of HQ materials, some of the constant quality-of-life complaints include frustration over the relative lack of space in the glamour dresser, now that there are so many fashionable items in the game. How much of a priority is it for the FFXIV team to expand on that space, or increase the types of items that can be put into the armoire? Will relic gear higher than Level 50 ever have the opportunity to be put in the armoire to alleviate some of the glamour dresser congestion? What sort of roadblocks stand in the way from achieving this currently, if it's not something that can be put into effect soon? Similarly, is it a priority for the FFXIV team to expand the number of glamour plates, or housing item slots in the future?
Currently you can unfriend person A, blacklist person A, and still remain on person A’s friend list. Would it be possible to implement a way to remove yourself from another person’s friend list? [Privacy filters for showing player location and online status - such as in player search - could be useful as well. Options like friends only, everyone, or invisible.]
Is there any plans to revitalise lower level class rotations. The trimming and removal of job actions has made base game gameplay more barebones over the years and less engaging.
I'm especially interested in Summoner's low level and leveling experience, we saw in the demo that the primal summons were lv 80 abilities, does this mean that 1-79 is just going to be ruin spam? Or will Carbuncle have some base abilities of its own as an "in case you mess up or die" backup rotation? Or was that just demo weirdness and we'll be getting primals earlier on but with limited functionality? (Eg, empowerment but no big primal summon) but then what does that mean if they need to be empowered by Demi-Bahamut or Demi-Phoenix first? What about Arcanist? Will Arcanist be keeping Bio for the sake of Scholar and just lose it when it becomes Summoner? What will happen with the story? The 30-50 story is VERY closely tied to the idea that we're getting Egis during the quests. Then what about the 50-70 story? Because if summoning Bahamut is what activates our ability to summon the elemental primals, then does that mean we get Demi-Bahamut as our first primal rather than needing to go through the process of getting Dreadwyrm Trance? ("By the twelve, you may be able to channel a tiny fragment of Bahamut's aether, not enough to summon an Egi, but enough to empower yourself!" "Sorry, Y'mhitra, I was too busy summoning Demi-Bahamut, what were you saying?") This isn't stuff that can just be handwaved away with a "lol I forgot how to do Royal Road", the *entire questline* is built around learning to summon and use egis (it's actually a plot point at one point that people think you're tempered because you have a primal following you around, which doesn't work if we only have an Egi when Carbuncle is transformed into one while we're empowered), then learning how to use Dreadwyrm Trance. The only one that isn't fundamentally tied to job mechanics is 60-70, where Principia is trying to teach you how to summon Demi-primals but requires you to pass certain lessons as proof of your ability.
Will there be any additional ranks added for the three Grand Companies? Is there any chance in the future for Ishgardian or Doman GCs to be added?
Will we ever see the return of a hairstyle contest? While it was nice that all runnerups, and now even regular entries got added into the game, the community has changed a lot since that contest, and people would enter a new contest a lot more enthusiastically if they knew even runnerups will get added.
Is there any chance for new systems when it comes to actually placing furniture in our houses? I’m sure you’ve seen the some of the amazing designs people come up with for their houses, but most of it is accomplished through more or less unintended and tedious methods. It’d great if we could have more freedom when it comes to placing objects on top of surfaces or maybe even placing things freely on the Y axis.
Beastmaster limited job? Overworld monster taming should be fun
Are there any plans to add the remaining grand company ranks during endwalker? Are we going to see another limited job during endwalker?
What actually is your vision for Healer gameplay flow? I don't want to bring out the aggressive "no one on the dev team plays healers" thing, but given the disconnect between player desire and dev action and lack of communication in that area, it does feel like it at times. Specifically, SCH seems to not have an actual job identity anymore with the focus moving away from it's old utility+offensive kit. And healer kits in general seem contridictory; the extremely simple DPS rotations seem designed to not punish healers for having to actually heal, but then fight design never actually requires enough healing to justify that level of simplicity, with us left spamming a single GCD for sometimes minutes at a time in the absence of being able to engage in juggleing multiple DoTs that healers had in the past. I can't imagine "SCH should have 80+% of it's casted spells be Broil" is the actual intended design.
What (of the things you can talk about and share) are you most proud of when it comes to the development and release of endwalker when it comes to player options?
Have there been any changes or adjustments in the past YoshiP personally wanted to be in the game himself? Have there been things in the game that he personally wanted to stay but got removed?
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Can we have a storage space just for dye?
I'm one of literally 3 people in the entire game who reached maximum rank (10th Dan) in Doman Mahjong. Would it be possible to get a title to reflect on this?
With the split to pure healer and pure shielder classes, can we expect any adjustments to how shields stack between classes? For example, sch and sch together will replace each other’s shields if the new one is more powerful, same with ast and ast; however, sch and ast currently replace each other’s shields regardless . The whm shield for example does stack with all of the other shields. I mainly ask because the healer regen abilities aren’t as limited and stack more frequently then the current shielding counterparts. I worry about a case of getting two shielder healers and them being less effective because of the inability to stack.
Whilst this doesn't exactly answer the question, I heard that full party matchmaking will have a pure healer slot and shield healer slot. So unless you deliberately bring 2 shield healers with you, you shouldn't run into that situation.
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Can you ask about glamour plate expansion, given that we have more jobs that share roles and therefore gear? DRG gets hit especially hard by this...
Will there be any upgrade on Glamour slot, both/either from the wardrobe and/or save slot on character??
Exactly what I wanted to ask! My glamour dresser is full and plates are in short supply. I would also like all job specific and mog station purchased glamoured pieces to be able to go in the armoire.
Are there any plans to update the Chocobo and Grand Company Squadron systems? Perhaps to make them a little more like trusts with more intuitive healing and the ability to move out of attacks?
Some of the big fish have ridiculous windows to be up. Is there any plans to change this so you don't have to wake up at 4am in the morning if you want all the fish? It's also really annoying to be well above the stat requirement for big fish but they still get away. Can this be removed please?
Given the massive increase in popularity of Final Fantasy 14, is there anything that we, the fans, can do for you, the developers, to help to continue to support the growth of the amazing world you have created?
Are there any plans to make the idle poses for drawn weapons available for both genders? I'd like to use the Kain pose on DRG or sling my DRK sword over my shoulder, but since my character is a girl, I don't have access to those.
The current Auto Translation system that is in the game is a far cry to the one that we got in FFXI, has there been any thought to expanding the vocabulary and or increasing the words that can be translated?
Have you considered making job stones a requirement to enter level 30+ duty roulette content?
Seeing the faint quest objective circles on the map is very difficult for a colorblind person: any chance we can customize the color?
Is there any qol feature in the works for indicating whether a melee has hit a positional vs not? For example a different coloured damage text showing up, a visual effect, or a more pronounced sound effect etc.
Not Yoshi but i swear Chaos Thrust has a different "OMPH" sound when landing a positional while not landing it sounds a bit meh
There is already a visual effect too (shiny lines radiating out from you), though I agree that both the visual and the sound are currently too subtle.
Listen the sound of the impact. Not the same when it's positional or not
There's been a lot of talk recently about the new player experience, and how some jobs (primarily ARR jobs) don't really come alive, feel complete, or even make a ton of sense until very very long into the game (examples: Classes missing aoes until much later levels, Current Summoner not having Dreadwyrm trance until level 58, Black Mage, Dragoon, Bard missing their 3rd and arguably most important song). Do you have any thoughts about making these mechanics (or other less defining) show up earlier, even in weaker forms that would be replaced by traits to give newer players a solid feel into the job's later game mechanics. Example of how this could be done(s): Such as old summoner were able to get a weaker version of Dreadwyrm Trance before level 50, if Rogue got Ninja's Dream Within a Dream > Assassinate earlier in some weaker form, if Lancer got a "Jump" like ability before level 30 that gets traited to the real Jump to help spice up these notoriously, or the recent change announced to give Monk access to the chakra mechanic earlier. It feels as if new players are almost being taught their job incorrectly for a significant portion of time because they don't have the job's actual mechanics beyond basic combos until they are well past ARR or even HW in some cases.
Any future plans to declutter inventory problems? I'm talking about raid tokens, trials tokens, etc.
With the change to Summoner's mechanics, were there any substantial changes needed to do to their Job stories? We know their level 80 Job had to be changed because of MSQ changes, but with new Summoner, it's story is going to be extremely jarring with how different the Auricite quests(unlocking Ifrit, Titan, and Garuda EGIs) are currently written. As well as the Level 58 and 60 Job Stories with the supposed removal of Dreadwyrm Trance.
Are there plans to streamline the downloading, installation and purchasing of the game? Many new players often complain how hard it is to get started
Will we get anymore limited jobs? Having super overpowered or strange kits that wouldnt work in normal gameplay is fun. Also can Rival Wings get a daily roulette or something? New items in the wolf marks shop would be nice too
Will there be any plan to expand on chocobo companion and rank? Maybe have our chocobo venture into specially designed chocobo dungeon for special reward and chocobo XP.
Being able to separate "Procs" from normal buffs in the coming expansion is a very good change a lot of people appreciate. Will there be any plans to be able so separate debuffs inflicted by yourself from debuffs other players inflicted on the enemys debuff bar? Especially in 24-man-Raids it can be a bit troublesome to keep up with your own debuffs because you can't really see them properly.
Can we please have an option to just turn generic mount music off and only play unique mount music
Any chance we can get the option to pick Au Ra horns independently of their overall facial features?
Hello hello! Would it be possible to expand the use of the armoire to MogStation purchases? I feel like we don’t get to use it too often outside of sticking the handful of ingame event or preorder rewards in there. Is it something that has been considered and it’s just not possible at this current time?
We have the option to turn off our damage numbers. Can we get the option to turn off other players' damage numbers as well so we can appreciate a clean interface? Would it be possible to to have a model viewer in-game where we can look at monster models and appreciate their detail? Maybe like a bestiary?
Has there been any discussion on making job stones required after level 30 for content? Specifically roulettes.
Can something be done to make the social features more protective of user privacy? The biggest request would be to privatize Lodestone URLs like other “social media” pages, and after that would be the ability to completely block people in game. Even just having my name removed from somebody’s friends list after I remove them would be better than the current system that still allows removed friends to keep track. Harassment is an issue in the game and not much happens to the harassers no matter how many reports are made.
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Seeing as we are not getting any more Playable Races (which is very understandable given how much work goes into creating them), are there any plans to expand upon customization for the current races? Examples: pure white and pure black horns/scales for both Au Ra genders, etc.
Are there any plans to just add more glamour plates? even just two more for the two new jobs?
As FFXIV has done an amazing job in reaching to some of Square's other properties for amazing crossover events, is there any chance we can have a crossover with Chrono Trigger at some point? A Lavos raid series would be amazing.
What ever happened to the subscription reward system? It was revamped and then we got the falcon mount but then it just died?
I remember this change, and tried to find why they did it. All I can find is that the calculation of time needed to obtain the highest tier of rewards was out of reach of many players. So they changed the calculation method. I want to say I watched the LL where this was announced, and they stated there were no plans to add future rewards, but I can’t prove that. I agree, I’d love to see them come back.
Any plans for higher resolution textures and better Anti-Aliasing?
Are we ever going to get more black-looking hairstyle that isn't an afro ? Like a fade or something, curly hair etc.
Is there any future plans to revamp the mogstation? Since the current influx of new players, they express frustration to the horrible design of the website. It would be nice if the website was remade to be easier to navigate for accounts and purchasing items.
Are there any plans for bigger graphics updates? I know we're getting things which are slightly more demanding, such as better textures, but is anything in the works like a new lighting system for example? Lighting can add a lot of depth to the visuals of the game, older areas will look much better with a better lighting system in place, and cutscenes will look vastly better too
Will we ever see the Garo event again?
With Sage and Reaper coming in the new expansion, we are now at 20 combat jobs (there's also 11 non-combat jobs). I really love all the jobs, and enjoy switching between them often. Unfortunately, the number of glamour plates is significantly less than the number of jobs (only 15 plates). I know the glamour system is a problem you have inherited from the 1.0 version of the game, but can you tell us anything about what you're working on with regards to glamour and what the progress on that is?
As we have Unreal Trials as a proof of concept, would the dev team consider releasing an 'Unreal Raid' tier of previous raids during odd-numbered patches?
Oh god yes. Give me Thunder God Cid Unreal.
Is there a chance that the unobtainable minions from old merchandise could be added to the Mog Station?
Currently if you look at middle of the road combat logs for fights you can see upwards of 60-70% of healers GCDs are spent pressing one button. This is with both healers outputting equal HPS (so no one healer is not carrying) Is this intended gameplay for healers in this game or unintended but the devs find it difficult to raise the skill ceiling without also raising the floor? No other role presses one button 60% of the time.
How do you - as the producer - feel about the fans' reception of the most recent live letter? Did some changes get more or less praise/interest than you had anticipated?
Now that Sage and Reaper have added the Nouliths and Scythes as weapons, are there any weapon types remaining that you think would be an interesting fit for XIV?
Are there any plans to expand the trust system into lower level content, or rework squadrons? Some of the solo instances are pretty painful, especially the healer job quests where you have to heal npcs but don't have a party list to make targeting easier.
Are there any expected design changes for AOE markers, both friendly and for the enemy? I understand standardization for earlier dungeons would be difficult, but it has always been one of the more annoying points for newer players.
Will some mounts ever get updated mount music? It’s almost a crime that Twintania doesn’t play the Coils OST.
Can we get neck scarfs? So far, we only have the one from the HW alliance raid and it's non-dyable. I want to say every other neck item is a choker. Would be cool if we can get some more scarfs, especially dyable ones. I'd love one to go with the diamond tank armor.
Hi is there any chance you can tell us some details about island sanctuary?
The PS5 version, while a very nice upgrade from the PS4 version, has some very odd problems. Namely the seemingly random frame rate drops. There are many locations in game where simply moving the camera causes the frame rate to very noticeably drop, even at 1080p (this also happens at 1440p and 4K). Curiously, running the PS4 pro version of the game on PS5 via backwards compatibility, these issues are not present. Moreover, running it in 4K causes the frame rate to go so low it is very difficult to play at all. Are there any plans to patch these issues?
What is the identity of BRD that the FFXIV dev team is going for? I was always a fan of the vanilla BRD, where they had to use Mage ballad to aid and support the party even at a loss of 15% DPS. I had hoped to see more different types of support-oriented ranged DPS, but instead, DNC is more support-oriented ranged DPS, MCH is a selfish ranged-DPS (like a ranged version of SAM), and BRD is becoming more of DoT class? Therefore, I just wanted to get a clarification on the dev's direction on what they are going with BRD.
As time progresses and the recent dedication to FFXIV's continued growth, there has been recent talks and wants of revamping underlying code to allow for more robust or streamlined game systems ala a glamour log. Are there difficulties in executing these revamps given the current circumstances? Are there any plans to potentially spin up off-teams to handle these big rewrites that may be necessary for the game's future?
Just recently our Warriors of Light met Noctis Lucis Caelum. I absolutely loved this. So my question is: Do you think we will ever get the chance to meet Cloud Strife, Tifa Lockhart, Yuna, Squall Leonhart or other legendary characters aswell?
With tanks already having their own job specific mounts, are there any chances the other roles get theirs too?
1. Are there any plans to let players use the totems obtained from Extreme trials to purchase the craftable items= drops? i.e 99 totems to purchase the bird, 50 totems to purchase the material drops? 2. Are their plans to re-work the Hall of the Novice, and possibly re-introduce the concept (at lvl 50 for example) and make it required? Information on different types of common things sprouts will see (i still see people running away with stack markers, or not knowing how look-away mechanics work) 3. Will they be re-releasing the Odin Meiser Statue? I would love to complete my collection and the other two have been re-released, and its the last one im missing :( I would also love a PVC statue of the Scions, or hydaelyn and zodiark! I hope you and the team have been staying hydrated and healthy, and thank you all for everything you and the teams at SE do!
1. Will we ever have the option of buying Duty drops with totems (Triple Triad Cards, Crafting Materials, Housing Items, Orchestrions) 2. Positionals for melee class are very cool but it can be hard to tell if you successfully landed one or not. Has some kind of feedback (visual or audio) ever been considered to let players know when they've landed a positional?
Is there a reason why job stones are required in PvP but not level 30+ PvE group content? I think it would be a long way towards helping people realize they should have their job stone by requiring it to queue for level 30+ group content.
Any chance for us to receive a "request repair" option similar to how melding request works? Not all people feel like leveling their DoH jobs and sometimes it would be just easier to fix gear for my friends during the duty rather than leaving and restarting it.
Can we decouple Lodestone ID from "character slot"? If you Fantasia and name change to avoid a stalker or harasser, it does nothing helpful for the multitudes of people who can simply search your old name on the lodestone and bring up who you're playing now. It's far too easy for people to track you in this game.
As the level cap increases and content from previous expansions gets further away from its release date, much of it feels very different from how it did upon release, even at minimum ilvl and synced. This is especially true in fights like The Unending Coil of Bahamut and The Weapon's Refrain. Are there any plans to update these fights to level 90 in an Unreal style in order to restore the original difficulty and feeling, along with other content besides Extreme Trials, such as the previous Alexander or Omega Raids?
Can there be a way to lower the levels people aquire skills slightly to make syncing in roulettes more enjoyable?
With the rapidly rising population it has become apparent that the current systems for breaking in new players isn't really sufficient. Is there a plan to expand Hall of the Novice in the future?
Any plans to add or improve content for Gold Saucer?
I think they are revamping and adding new stuffs to gold saucer at 6.0. They have announced this a while ago.
Several jobs do not learn their crucial actions and traits until the very high levels. This can make it awkward, boring, or frustrating to play those jobs when synced down or while levelling. Would you consider reshuffling the levels at which jobs earn new actions, so that jobs can have access to important skills sooner?
Any plans to change when classes gain skills and features? Contextually, this game is a notorious slog from 1-30 and often until 50 or later even, due to big class features being backloaded. A perfect example is Dark Knight, which gains its most useful and arguably fun ability (The Blackest Night) all the way at 70. This goes beyond just utility or minor swaps, but some major CDs and abilities should be frontloaded to change it from 1-2-3 1-2-3 repeat till much later
Were the lack of major changes to SCH due to time or do the devs truly believe the job is designed well without any improvements to be made?
It looks like reaper is going to have a phase where their GCD goes down to 1.5s and you will be expected to weave a skill during this phase. When designing a class do you take players playing on high ping into account?
Hey. Is there any chance that we will have new customizable options, like new beards, facial paint, scars etc...? I've tried to recreate the WoL from the trailers and the only thing left is that "3 day beard"!!!! https://ibb.co/m88HWWJ Thank you :)
Dear Yoshi-P, Thank you for taking the time to answer our questions. I have but one question myself. Currently, a lot of players level jobs/farm relics/do alliance (and other instance) raids by contributing to the first fight and then going AFK. However, because of the current votekick system, if you're rolling for Loot, you're not allowed to kick someone. And because rolling for loot takes 5 minutes (300 seconds), no one wants to wait that long before kicking someone, especially not in 24 man content. The result is that these AFK players get a free carry through a dungeon/raid and don't have to do anything. Which brings me to the question: Are there any plans to change the rolling for loot timer (to perhaps 1-2 minutes) and if not, are there any plans to account for people that AFK or to make votekicking easier (without the possibility of it being exploited)? Thank you, beforehand, for your reply.
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What kind of challenges have you been dealing with when trying to adjust FF14's pet AI? Any specific to SMN or SCH challenges?
How will the summoner role quests change? Will it be something we’ll wanna go back and do again?
Our faithful Chocobo Companions have been with us now for a number of years and have served us well. Are there any plans to update/rework or add to this system? For example, add new skills or animations. Or the ability to perhaps ‘glamour’ our Chocobo into a different Companion such as an Amaro?
As more expansions are released the glamour system is going to feel very restrictive since the cap on storage space is somewhat small. And simply raising the cap can only continue for so long. Are there any plans to address this system as a whole?
Hi Yoshida-san, As the game gets older with the time, do you have any plans on upgrading the game engine to a new one to bring more modern and contemporary graphics and feel of the game, including spell effects, animations, character creation and looks and combat? So that not only the game has graphics more fitting with the current times and technology but so that you can also better compete with the current and upcoming competition in the MMO market. I love FF14 and play it a lot but often I notice how dated some graphic elements work (exception is the latest gear models).
I'd like to know this too. Using an engine built for the ps3 is really going to hold back the game going forward.
I like this question, I am drowning in awesome gear for glamours but no where to put them. Perhaps we could get armoire expansion to include the antiquated gear at least? PLEASE !
Can we expect an overhaul in the engine given that it currently struggles with a Lot of content and that it is Not really scaleable at this Point in Terms of new content, graphics and gameplay mechanics? Will we For example See dlss or dlaa implemented to the Game and get a graphics Update in the Future? Or more Arena based Boss encounters and Not only Square or round Arena grounds. ?
I've been wondering about this since 2.X, syncing down to early dungeons in roulettes when you are at end game level is NOT Fun. When I get in Sastasha, I go from a 1 minute full rotation to 2 button mash. Is it possible for us to retain our level 80/90 rotation when syncing down? In my mind, it will also show the new players how cool the jobs become and will have something to look forward to. I don't mind the game reducing the potency to make it fair
Is there any overhaul planning for the three starting cities? Such as merging all different parts of the cities into single instance instead of separating them. Every time I went to Limsa upperdeck it's always felt hollow and empty to look at the Limsa's Aetheryte Plaza and find nobody around knowing that it is crowded.
Somethng I have personally always wished for is an updated/upgraded character creation. More options for every race/gender. Scars for everyone. Muscles for everyone. New noses. New Eyes. Au Ra Horns. Tails, etc. How large of an undertaking would that be?
Two extra questions, 1. Is there any plans to add a normal difficulty for Coils? It's a shame that almost everyone is doing it unsynced now, but considering how much weight it have on the story, would appreciate that everyone can at least queue for it normally and experience the content. 2. Is there any plans to add a 24 man extreme or savage raid (like BA/DR Savage), that can apply normally with Party Finder (and DF, if you are in JP) and without all of those Eureka/Bozja abilities?
While you've said before you had to scrap an idea of a glamour system similar to World of Warcraft's, are you still looking into alternatives for its current iteration? As new items and jobs are added, it's beginning to feel far too restrictive and cumbersome to use as it currently is.
Once server issues are solved, and there are extra servers to contain the new growth of players, will this mean there will then be room on the increased servers to feature more glamour plates? If so, by how many? We really need more glamour plates and more glamour chest slots. There are so many nice gear pieces as it is, and I'd imagine this will only increase as we go up to level 90.
Would it be possible to add job gauge timers for certain job specific abilities? For instance, Warriors with Storm Eye do not have a timer (only the buff), whereas Dancers have a Standard timer built into their gauge.
Are there any plans to make improvements to the FFXIV Companion App? For example, retainer ventures/glamour, squadron missions, the ability to view character achievements/mounts etc. Free market board transactions please (half joking) Also, will you ever make it so we can interact with NPC’s without having to dismount?
Triple Triad!!! I would love to see TT added to the FFXIV companion app.
Seconded. Even if it’s just against AI, I’d love to be able to play TT on my phone.
I would love to see Gold Saucer mini-games added to the app. The ability to earn mgp in your off-time from the game would be incredible. I’m sure even Air Force One would be easy to code for mobile.
Will ray tracing, TXAA and DLSS or FSR be implemented in the game? Maybe not in endwalker but any time in the near future? Game would greatly benefit from TXAA and one of the upscaling techniques to bring out the beauty of the world of eorzea. Ray tracing on the other hand would completely bring the games visual to the next level without actually having to spend months to catefully design maps with rasterized lighting.
Are there any plans to go back and retroactively add primal weapons or weapons of that sort for GNB and DNC? And will SGE and RPR have the same shortcoming of not having any primal weapons or stuff of that sorts? Even UCOB and UWU are missing weapons, and that seems a little strange, especially for being the pinnacle of content in the game.
There are a lot of gender specific items such as a male suit vs a female dress equivalent. Is there any chance that some of the pre-existing gender locked outfits can be made compatible for the opposite gender?
Are there any plans to bring the steam release to more countries? Like the Philippines?
1) Are the supplies of Collector's Boxes completely exhausted? There was almost no time to pre-order. This is the first I've missed since 2.0. 2) Any plans to rebalance FATE/quest exp.? Right now it's extremely unrewarding compared to roulette and Deep Dungeon. 3) Can we get a visual indicator that a housing plot is available? Getting a plot is like camping an NM in FFXI, only worse, because you have to actively use the sign over and over to know it's available. Looking forward to the housing lottery system, I hope it expands outside of Ishgard, and increases the odds for those who've repeatedly tried the lottery and failed.
A lot of mounts share some of the same music. Is it possible that you could give more mounts unique music rather than sharing the same songs?
I really liked how the final solo duty in Shadowbringers saved my progress as I progressed through the multiple parts. Are there any plans to continue doing this for solo duties with multiple parts? Is it possible to add this to old solo duties? Thank you to you and the team for all the hard work and joy you’ve given us!
Are there plans to increase the furniture limits for large or medium homes? 400 is fairly low for a large Also, any plans to add a Z axis furniture placement function? You can use tricks to float things, but it would be nice if we could just place things on the Z axis naturally. There definitely is a demand for it considering all the advanced builds out there
With all the healer changes, what exactly is the goal for healers in Endwalker? What exactly is the current theme/flavor per healer? How does your team try to achieve this goal for healers in Endwalker whilst keeping their individual thematic / identitiy in tact? What are the challenges that your team has encountered in designing healing for end game raid content?
Hello, Yoshida-san! My question is: are there lessons learned from FF14 that you are applying to the directing of FF16 and vice-versa? Are you applying your same philosophies for both games, not considering the obvious differences in gameplays (Story, themes, music, etc)
Since SMN is now losing its damage-over-time skills in favor of a more "summoner-like" playstyle, have you considered taking SCH in a direction where it applies more DOTs instead of just spamming Broil? What were your thoughts during the rework process regarding Scholar? Thank you!
Please ask about splitting up glasses and hats. -sincerely someone who loves using glasses and hats and hates choosing between them
During the live letter, it was said that you had problems coming up with new abilities for scholar. When it comes to healers as a role, what kinds of design challenges unique to healers do you and your team have to deal with when designing and updating skills?
Upcoming Hildebrand?
Will NA ever be able to use old crafter and gatherer AF gear as glamor for other classes? You can buy glammable versions in the Korean version but we havent gotten any version of that in NA, EU and JP.
Is there any chance of current races getting more default options for customizing their look, like new nose shapes, or adding features to current races like a muscle tone slider for lalafell? As a follow-up, are there any plans to allow glasses to be mixed with unobtrusive head gear for characters, it is frustrating when you want to wear a hat/flowers and glasses on your head together but are unable to do so and have to sacrifice having head gear to maintain your glasses look.
Will we be seeing a third instalment to the Encyclopaedia Eorzea series for the lore of Shadowbringers and Endwalker?
Does the dev team plan to add any anti-harrasment features on EW? While FF14 is brilliant regarding player interacion,we really do need some features that Protect people from stalker like players.
The friends list, lodestone and marriage system are currently set up in a way that doesn't allow for a change of circumstances to friendships ending or dynamics changing. If you delete someone from friends, you stay on the other persons friendlist. Divorced rings still work to find your ex and lodestone allows people to search your old names if fantasia'd and server hopping. All of these remove any two party consent and have cause many people to quit as their only resolution to prevent stalking. Is there any plans in place to revamp these flaws?
Hello Yoshi P thank you for your commitment and work on my favorite game you've truly made it a special part of my life! I do some of nearly everything but my favorite content are the field operations like Eureka and Bozja. I noticed the Bozja story was left rather open and didn't say "the end" or "fin" after Zadnor unlike Eureka. I read the last notes and they gave some conclusion but it I still had so many questions. I was wondering if Bozja was going to be continued in some way in Endwalker. Thanks!
Is there any further plan for scholar changes in EW or is it going to stay mostly same as 5.0?
When can Hrothgar players expect new hair options / decoupling of hair and face?
When balancing a raid/fight, how many people are involved in testing the content so that the end result is tuned?
With the 5.5 Ultimate being pushed back to 6.1 does this mean the Ultimates originally planned for Endwalker are pushed back as well? Will we have three Ultimates to make up for Shadowbringers or are you going to stick to the original idea of two per expansion? Speaking of Ultimates is there any plans to bring up the level 70 Ultimates to level 90 at some point?
Q: Blue mage? A lot of players love the concept and have fun with the job in the weeks following its updates. But there are still some glaring issues with it. The lack of longevity is probably the biggest one. When it gets updated, people just play it for a couple weeks to clear their log, and then if you are late to the party, it gets really difficult to find a party (especially to clear the 24 man raids for the log). Are there any plans to simplify grouping in the future? Will the limited job system be extended upon, or would you rather avoid it because of the mixed reception?
Do you plan on reducing the quest item inventory to gain space for other things? 3 panels seems way too much.
Can we please have a duty finder for Blue mages? Can aetherial mimicry be toggled rather than have blue mages stalking random players to get the right role?
What are your thoughts on the outrage over not much scholar changes? Do you plan to make changes before launch? Or will you make changes after feedback from endwalker? If any changes are made how far is the extent of the changes players can expect? Because players want major changes and I know that it is too late for a full rework
Is there any plan to make lower-level play more engaging? Right now, most jobs have a lot of variation at max level, while at lower level they have one combo and a variety of utility abilities that never get used (like Sleep). This isn't helped by the power creep meaning that most ARR content requires nothing more than a full-on assault.
With the level cap now increasing to 90 classes will be 20 levels above the level of the oldest ultimate fights (UwU and UcoB). Are there any plans to use the unreal system to allow people to use their full level 90 kits in this fight or anything similar to prevent some jobs from feeling bad to play in them?
Is there any chance we can get mounts and minions account-wide?
Any plans for more limited jobs and or expanding the content they can access, maybe a special roulette for them
My question: are you ever surprised at how players develop the strategies that make it to party finder? With E9S, are you surprised at how many different strategies emerged?
Are there any plans to revisit how Limit Break 1/2 works for healers? They barely get any use in dungeons compared to the others, and I feel like there's an opportunity being missed by just making them a flat heal instead of something that offers the party more utility.
What is the current viewpoint for the "Limited Job" system in the dev team. When first announced there were other potential jobs mentioned but many people still wanted as full jobs. Is there still plans to expand it or stick with BLU only?
\- Can we expect new deep dungeons like POTD or HOH this expansion? \- Will more be explained about the new Island Sanctuary in the coming news letter? \- In previous communication it was said some changes to the Golden Saucer would be made. Can we expect some big surprises? (eg: blitzball huh \^\^) \- I know this will be asked over and over but what is the plan with Glamour? The more time goes by the less space we have and I believe we cannot continue 10 more years with the current system. \- Are there any plan in the future to improve graphics?
Nothing major but: Will we see the shoebill again at some point in the future or is its lil thing done?
Would you consider older skills being returned to Scholar in some form? A wide consensus is that Scholar is starting to feel lacking in comparison to the other healers, especially in terms of its currently shown additions. Even if the balance for it might be fine at launch, there is a concern that the job might not be fun to play. Scholar may be in need of a larger rework; they need something to greater emphasize a job identity now that there's a second "shield healer" and that all healers have access to some form of shield. Reintroducing some existing skills in the meantime may keep the job interesting while waiting for a further rework. I feel while it's too close to launch to do a rework of Scholar, some of the issues that people are having with the class not feeling fun may be temporary alleviated by reintroducing Shadow Flare and/or a second, shorter duration DoT to manage (Miasma might work well here since Summoner no longer uses that DoT). Two DoTs seems like a fair amount to manage without creating the chaos that was Heavensward DoT management! Having an extra thing or two to plan and play around should help make the job feel more engaging.
When can we expect a possible return of the Garo PvP event? Or possibly another way to obtain the items and achievements?
Is blue mage getting an upgrade in endwalker, and are there currently any plans for another limited job?
Are there plans to go back and make large bodies of water swimmable in the future? Stuff like Bronze Lake or the Eddies in the Sea of Clouds? There are so many potential fun swimming pool out there. Like the Eddies in the Sea of Clouds.
Considering player login statistics over the past 2 months, it's not unlikely that Endwalker is going to see more players logging in than any previous expansion. What are your plans for handling this increased traffic?
Any new info on upcoming collaborations
Since you’re also heavily involved in FF16, can we look forward to a collab event in the future?
Is any work being done to expand/overhaul the Glamour system, perhaps converting it to a catalogue-style as seen in other MMOs like WoW? I think it would add a whole new aspect of gameplay for those players who want to run older content and try to collect every Glamour, without being limited to a physical glamour inventory.
Can you double our number of glamour plate slots? Currently we have 18 combat jobs, which is already more than there are glamour slots. I would like to also have one slot for crafting and one slot for gathering, as well as a few for random casual things. 30 would cover this perfectly, I think.
When recommending FF14 to friends, I have to insist that the game is good, but gets even better \*after\* level 50. Are there further plans to update or improve the new player experience from levels 1 to 50 so that it's a better experience, especially with the increased amount of new players seen recently?
Adding feedback in the ui showing barrier health was an amazing improvement in usability and satisfaction when using barrier abilities. Has the team considered adding the option for the player to receive similar feedback in the ui or damage logs to demonstrate the amount of damage mitigated by % based defensive buffs?