- Yoshi-P's birthday is May 1st
- When does Phase 3 start? > That's still a secret
- Will players be able to use guns? > We're considering it
- Will we be able to listen to the works of Naoshi Mizuta? (FFXI composer, wiki link) > Perhaps 2 or 3 at launch
- Can we have huge shields? > It won't be at launch but we're planning on implementing them post-launch
- Yoshi-P is younger than Yousuke Saitou (Producer of DQ10, JP wiki link)
- Weather Reports? > Difficult to implement by launch
- Will we get to see/meet the new SE President in the new Live Letter? > Probably sometime after the next one
- Will content/dungeons have TA? > Probably in the form of Free Company/Lodestone Rankings
- Minfilia (wiki) will reappear, complete with a new sexy original costume, will be an important character
- Are Primal Songs different? > It'll still have the same 'image' as the old ones, the new Primals will of course have new songs
- If we equip Materias to weapons will we be able to increase its item level? (Stan's notes: I'm assuming the question here is asking if it can be comparable to stuff attainable in dungeons) > No. Materia is intended to fill in the blanks in-between levels/content
- Monks can keep on chaining combos to increase DPS. However, constant chaining will come with its sets of risks
- We're thinking of basing the names of the servers on FF monsters. Probably not enough if we base them on items
- We will be adding different buddies/companions other than Chocobos eventually. Magitek Armor will be one of them
- Datacenters/servers will not be separated by language, but by region
- New BGM (can listen here in niconico, about 20:13 in). Tentative Title: Decisive Battle
- We will be redistributing the special heat-resistant swimsuits again. We're considering redistributing the reindeer costume too
- Do you respect Yoshi-P as a superior? > Morbol: Yes, I do
- There will be no PK
- We'll be implementing Level Sync in Phase 3. No need to change gears for it too, as stats will auto-adjust accordingly. But will be weaker compared to the optimal gears at the correct level
- Fat Chocobo will be implemented in a future patch
- Whatever happened to Battle Regimen? > It became the Limit Break system
- Any plans for an official Guidebook? > We will release a Starter Book
- Any other references to older Final Fantasies you have planned? > Some through songs, others in stuff we've already mentioned
- Collector's Edition people will receive in-game items such as the FF1 armor (below). Can receive even if you bought the 1.0 Collector's Edition. Will be others too
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- Will there be 'talking' Bosses, like Nael? > Yes
- Will we get to change the walls/floors in housing? > Can change various things indoors
- How well does the touch panel feature of Win8 work with ARR? > Can perform just as well as I've shown in the last Live Letter
- When will we get to use the apps for Smartphones? > Beta Test Phase 4 or at launch
- How's Hiroshi Minagawa doing? (person in charge of ARR UI, wiki link) > Great! He completely revamped the UI for Phase 3. The stuff you see now will no longer be there
- Yoshi-P respects Minagawa so much he's one of the reasons Yoshi-P joined the industry
- So when does Phase 3 start already? > Let's hope Hiroyuki (co-founder of Niconico, will later interview Yoshi-P) can pry the answers off me
- Plans on the Hair Salon? > In a patch after launch. Can change hairstyles and hair color
- When will we get to see our next walkthough videos? > Late next month. Probably will release them at the same time we release our new PV
- What games do you play lately? > ARR of course!
- Any meaning to the birth dates you set during character creation? > We'll probably do something with it later
- Other than FF, what other (Japanese) games do you like? > Dragon Quest
- Also a core player of Monster Hunter. Probably put in 4-digit hours into playing it
- Which FF character is your favorite? > Cloud. Like the emo-aspect
- Will we get to see an opening movie like FF11? > Yes. Can watch in Beta Phase 3. It's also the only voice acting you'll see (for now)
- There will be two basic retainers. Can share them between characters in the same server (Stan's notes: I'm assuming here it means that you can share them between characters in the same server and also under the same account)
- Can we apply specific requests to the content finder? > Not in the beginning
- Undecided if we'll implement/release Cutter's Cry in Beta Phase 4
- Will wipe Characters in Beta Phase 3
- Don't really like Kyabetsu Tarou... (a type of snack in Japan, picture link)
- Will you implement gear like the Zodiac Subligars in FF11? > Since Subligars are popular, we'll consider it
- Will we be able to read up on detailed lore and such as requested in the forums? > We definitely want to implement something like that
- Yoshi-P's recommend job is Black Mage. Is actually one of his favorites.
- Can probably get a glimpse of Arcanist in E3
- Yoshi-P is a Nuker
- Yoshi-P's favorite Karaage-kun flavor is Cheese (type of snack in Japan, picture link)
- Will you actually get to take a vacation on New Years next year? > Depends on the (progression) of the patches, but I've got a feeling I'll be working on a big patch
- Will there be other social tools other than the Item Box in Free Companies? > Yes. We will eventually introduce them through videos
- Any plans on adding Polo Shirts? > We'll think about it
- Will we have all options available in Character Creation in Beta Phase 3? > Yes. Although we still might add a few more things at launch
- Limit Break will be added in Phase 3. Level 3 Limit Breaks will probably (for now) remain unaccessable
- Can we change/add colors to armor in Phase 3? > Yes
- Are there any new members in the main scenario staff? > Please wait until we release the official staff roll. If you're a core fan of Square Enix, perhaps you'll recognize some of them
- Any interesting episodes you can tell us about the foreign (EN/FR/DE) playerbase? > Quite a number of them are against regional servers, and there are also a lot of people who play as Lalafel
- ARR will NOT release in October. We will release the game in a time when the weather is still hot. We can probably talk about a release date next month.
- What happened to Shiva? > Can't talk just yet. First, Ramuh
