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(06-20-2013, 02:13 AM)PeriasGift Wrote: I'm posting this before I go to bed so if what I says doesn't make sense blame sleepiness. And also my lack of general knowledge. I apologize if any of these were posted already!

1. What sort of magic is there in the world? I know there's white magic, black magic, etc but what about things like the dragoon's ability to jump super high or all those cool particle effects when a monk is bashing someone's face in?
   
2. How does someone learn magic? Is it something they're born with and then study, or can anyone become adept in an area of magic so long as they put in enough time and effort?
   
3. How much do particle effects distract from the game? I come from GW2 where there were particle effects all over the place, but it was helpful when you wanted to combo abilities. I could imagine it being a bit distracting if there was no ability to combo and all the particle effects were essentially lookit my super-mega sword slash! and the like.
   
4. What sorts of things in the game, either minor or major, facilitate RP? I've heard that there are a decent amount of emotes and I've seen that character creation is decently extensive, and from what I've seen from screenshots there are a lot of nice places. 
   
5. Are there numerous different outfits/weapon skins? Can you dye armor/weapons?Can you transfer stats from a higher level item to a lower level one to keep the appearance without sacrificing effectiveness, or vice versa?
   
6. Are there plans for microtranactions or some sort of cash shop in the game?
   
7. How fast is the day/night cycle (provided there is one) and is there dynamic weather in the game?
   
8. Is there any voicing in the game, either in cutscenes, NPCs in cities, NPCs giving quests, or other places?
   
9. How easy is it to switch classes, how many can you advance in, and what does selecting a job do to effect the ease (or lack thereof) of the aforementioned?
   
10. Are there any gender roles in society? (particularly Hyur society)
    
11. How many different languages are there and how easy would they be to learn?
    
12. Would the average moogle get pissed if my character hugged it tightly? (So fluffy...)
    

Thanks for reading through all of these. I'm stopping at twelve but I have more, trust me.

I'll answer the ones I am able

3. There will be combinations, FF games tend to be super flashy with the particles so it depends on personal tastes. Personally I love them but you may not as much. There is a way to reduce the effects in your options menu.

4. Beautiful locales, lots of hideaway places like inns in remote places. Also there are crafting classes ala SWG which are classes that are strictly about gathering or crafting. Respectfully they are called Disciples of the Hand (crafters) and Disciples of the Land (gatherers). Want to play Joe the blacksmith, well now you can literally. Want to play Sifa the cook? Yep that too. Or Ed the carpenter? Yep. Even better they will have roles in helping those who have houses (building roves, arranging flowerbeds, building furniture). Better yet if you have a house you can deem it -public- and run it as your very own shop and have your retainer help run it. Housing areas are supposedly open, they are set up like neighborhoods with three different locations one in each city. There are three different housing sizes including one large enough to hold Free Companies (think of these as guilds with objectives.) Free Companies can ally themselves with the Grand Companies of the game (NPC superguilds one in each city with their own respective stories) Free Companies also can formally ally with each other.

One last thing, you can even raise Chocobo's.

5. There is a dye system. You get a dye quest at level 15.

7. The day and night cycle lasts two hours. There will be things that only happen at night as well as nighttime only monsters. There is dynamic weather, it rains even in the actual cities. Rain affects the Fishing class (yes there is a fishing class- Disciple of the Land).

8. Main storyline quest is voiced

9. One character can be every class and job. The switches are literally just switching weapons/armor in the armory system. Each class and job has specific weapons and armor it uses.

I suggest reading all you can on the official game website. I also suggest watching all the subbed versions of the "Letter from the Producer" videos on Youtube. There are seven of them and a lot is shown and spoken about and they are quite detailed. You'd also be surprised how much the lead producer Yoshi P talks about roleplaying in these videos.