Comments from the Devs

[Raldo]

lol, it's great to watch all this up here on my chair of I-don't-give-a-fuck-about-current-FFXIV-endgame.

They really need more content for everyone to do, 'cause this is just sad.

[Niiro]

I never thought I'd be pissed to get a totem but I just got my 10th.

Mother fucker.

[miokomioko]

Y'all have no right to complain about Ifrit dorps... >

I went 0/110+ or so before I even saw my very first weapon drop (lolcane). I was finally done with Ifrit after almost 200 wins, but only because I had enough totems donated to me by generous people to purchase the last 3 I needed.

[Hellfury]

Ngh, not exactly the news I wanted to find no :/
Though, if they'd just ban that Rokien dude from the official forums, I could still forgive!

[Patriarch]

lmao there is outrage happening on the original forums. I don't think Yoshi-P is stupid enough to stay the course with this Ifrit shenanigans.

Saw this posted and started laughing in the middle of a quite helpdesk:

I was so very close to posting that as well lol. Did bring a good laugh

[Draylo]

He must be taking some tips from Tanaka.

[TacoTaru]

Not much exciting happening with the Dev Tracker stuff, but I'll post it anyway.

Idle animations:

There are some great suggestions for idle animations in here and I made sure to forward them to the dev. team. They said they will be looking into more movements while players are idle!

I would love for my Miqo'te to play with her tail or bounce up and down while idle.

Inventory Tabs for Materia:

We have discussed in the past the possibility of separating things like materia, or equipment, into tabs but it would only be for ease of sorting and not to add additional storage slots.

We'll continue to pass along your comments and suggestions, so keep 'em coming.

Questions about already melded gear/Guild mark purchasing of new Materia:

Hello everyone!

We just wanted to pop in and confirm two things, since there were a few questions on them.
Any already melded materia, including double melded materia, that have adjustments to their values (Touch of Rage, Touch of Serenity) will be updated after patch 1.22. Your materia won’t be “dated” and retain the old values or anything.

There was also someone wondering if the new types of materia would be available to be purchased via the Guild Mark exchange, but no, there aren’t any plans to have them added to that list.

Please continue to pass along your feedback!

[Kurokikaze]

2.0 INFO! Color me interested

 Originally Posted by Naoki_Yoshida  
プロデューサ/ディレクタの吉田です。
Producer/Director Yoshida here,

皆さん新生FFXIVへのコメントありがとうございます。
Thanks for everyone's comment regarding 2.0

できれば「具体的かつ素材的なポロリ」ができるまでは、もう少し黙っていようと思っていたのですが、
少しだけフォーラムにて先行で触れさせて頂きます（次回レターにもリンクとコメントを載せます）。
Really wanted to keep quiet regarding some information until some general material gets leaked but going to touch a bit little bit in the forums (Going to add a link and comment in the next letter as well) 

確かにこれまでのフォーラムへの開発やCommunity Repからの回答には、
「新生では」「新生以降」「新生のタイミングで」など、多数の新生に関わるものがあります。
Until now the community reps replied saying "In 2.0", or "post 2.0", or "at time of 2.0" there are many things related to 2.0

そのどれもが、ご返答の前に必ず吉田の確認と承認を取り、
All of them being answered/commented have been checked by me and given approval before mentioned

・新生サーバや新生クライアントに既に実装されているもの
- Those already implemented in 2.0's server or client
・仕様が完成して実装作業中のもの
- Those already have features setup and being developed for release
・実装予定で仕様が完成しているもの
- Those features that is already planned for release
・新生以降のパッチによるアップデート項目に入っているもの
- Those features already in the update category for post 2.0 patches

のいずれかの場合、「実装されます」や「対応されます」と返答をさせて頂いています。
We have replied to these as "Will be implemented" or "Will be addressed"

今年のE3が行われる6/5に合わせて、新生プロモサイトの作業も真っ最中。
新映像も追い込み中ですし、今最も吉田の周囲で「新生と第七霊災」が入り乱れています。
今月下旬にはキャンペーンの告知もありますので、そちらにもご注目ください。
To meat this years E3 on 6/5 we are currently working on 2.0's promotional website as well. We are also following up with new video and around me there are lots of stuff related to "2.0 and 7th umbral era " We also have some campaign announcement end of this month so please look forward to that as well.

E3以降情報公開が随時行われていきますが、
当然ながら現在のFFXIVをご存じないお客様も多数いらっしゃいます。
ですので、心機一転ゼロからのプロモーション展開になりますので、
その辺りもご承知おきくださいませ（サプライズもできるだけ用意していきますよ！）。
After E3 there will be updated information's but there for the promotion presentation it will be from start since there are those unfamiliar with FFXIV, so please understand that (will put in as much surprises inside!) 

まだまだお話ししていない仕様も沢山あります。
There are a lot of features we haven't talked yet as well such as:

新生キャラメイクでは「女性のバスト○○○が変更できる」とか、
In 2.0 Character make you can change females bust _____ or
「ミコッテの○○の長さが変えられる」とか、
You can change Mi'qote's ___ length or
「初期装備は種族毎の専用服になる」とか、
The starting gear will be specific to each race or
「レターと宅配はお馴染の○○○○が運んでくれる」とか、
Letter and Delivery will be delivered by someone we all know )________ or
「新生ベンチマークも作り直している」とか、
We are remaking 2.0's benchmark or
「新生初期2D MAPは全てブラインドされていて、旅をして解放される」とか、
In 2.0 the base 2D map is all blind and you have to travel to unlock
「メインシナリオに新キャラクタや新蛮神が登場する」とか……
In main scenario there will be new characters or new primal .....

これ以上はモルボルや加藤くんの心臓が止まりそうなので控えますが、
（もしくは吉田が抹殺されるか）
いずれしっかりとゲーム上の動画としてお見せしていきますので、
まずは、第七霊災の脅威と格闘しつつ、お待ち頂ければと思います。
If I say any more it probably will stop Molbol or Katou's heart so will stop (Or I will get assassinated) We will show the movie with actual game so for now please wait while fighting against the threat from 7th Umbral Era.

とりあえず、パッチ1.22でダラガブは更にエライことになってます
Anyhow in patch 1.22 Dalmund will get even worse

Shits getting super serious. I approve of everything in the list. :D

[rezn0r]

don't know why, but i've always been a fan of the 'fog of war' style maps. that's cool to me.

[Raldo]

don't know why, but i've always been a fan of the 'fog of war' style maps. that's cool to me.

I like them because it gives you reason to explore. Hopefully with the map revamp they'll put unique little places off the beaten path, so even if they serve no purpose, you'll get to see them if you're the type to fill out your map to completion.

As someone posted on the OF, it even fits in with the lore too. The current areas are well traversed and known (though I still think it's stupid that we have the maps for dungeons), but once Dalamud strikes, everything will be new to everyone, so there won't be any maps to reference.

[miokomioko]

don't know why, but i've always been a fan of the 'fog of war' style maps. that's cool to me.

Agreed. Reward me for my unnecessary exploring of every stupid corner of every zone, please. :3

[Kurokikaze]

Definitely. Plus, with the world being destroyed by Meteor our "old" maps will become useless, we'll need to create new ones. So in a sense it ties into the storyline. lol

Needs to reward a small bit of exp for each portion of the map unlocked. Add achievements for getting each and all maps. Don't take my word for it - look at almost every other game. lol

[TacoTaru]

That's exactly the type of info I wanted to hear. Can't wait for info flood at E3.

[Eagleheart]

Yoshi P! We believe!

I got really depressed the other day when the E3 video for XIV was being discussed. Really glad to see Yoshi P allaying gears about that. D: I'm also very happy about the fill-in maps, I LOVE that!

EXP reward for filling maps in would be cool, too. o.o Never played a game that did that, personally.

[Niiro]

I actually prefer already-complete maps, getting maps in XI was a chore and ultimately pointless since you could just look up the map online and go off of that.

Having maps that need filling in is just adding another step to checking your location (alt+tab).

I guess is would be cool if some maps were that way or if certain portions of new maps needed filling in (areas off the main paths) but I don't really think having to fill out maps adds terribly much to the game. It's either going to be too easy to fill out just zipping around on a choco for an hour or it's going to be a pain in the ass because R70 mobs will be peppered about and there's no sneak/invis.

The aether/node exploration achievements are enough for me tbh, you can add hidden tidbits in the zone and still have them as exploration rewards, just don't label them on the map.

[Alkar]

Nice info. Now, about those primals.....

[Corrderio]

Eh, still not much new stuff. I remember him mentioning the map thing a long time back.

Curious how annoying it will be to hit 100% on maps considering how large they will be and having HL mobs around.

[Vuitton]

Eh, still not much new stuff. I remember him mentioning the map thing a long time back.

Curious how annoying it will be to hit 100% on maps considering how large they will be and having HL mobs around.

Might be similar to wow where the map is seperated into areas and wandering into an area of a map reveals the entire area instead of the 10ft of it you've walked into. Ex: Entering a camp, hamlet, aetherial node, ect. unveils everything on the map in relation to that area.

[Lucavi]

Nobody talked about Miquote tit-sliders?

Bring on 2.0.

[Lordender]

Nobody talked about Miquote tit-sliders?

Bring on 2.0.

Incomming Gulkeeva, like a fucking bat signal.