Translations: German > English

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Originally Posted by syntaxlies

for a second i though this said patch was april 20th,lol

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Possible still my guess/hopes for 1.22 is still 4/20-4/30

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Originally Posted by syntaxlies

for a second i though this said patch was april 20th,lol

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Sorry for the confusion, you're not the only one who was a bit confused. Edited my translation for clarity! :eek:

An interesting German speaking GM under the guise of a Raven reporter popped into Ul'dah today and prompted me to check the German side of our forums, I found this:


Originally Posted by Risae
Es wird einen 3. Livebrief geben?

Auf jeden Fall ! Ich kann euch zwar noch kein Datum verraten aber es wäre bestimmt toll, euch im nächsten Live-Brief ein paar Neuigkeiten zu 2.0 zu verraten. Ich hoffe ihr freut euch schon drauf

Now I don't speak any but I see a reply to live letter 3? Can anyone confirm or translate?

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Originally Posted by AkiRouscelia

An interesting German speaking GM under the guise of a Raven reporter popped into Ul'dah today and prompted me to check the German side of our forums, I found this:


Originally Posted by Risae
Es wird einen 3. Livebrief geben?

Auf jeden Fall ! Ich kann euch zwar noch kein Datum verraten aber es wäre bestimmt toll, euch im nächsten Live-Brief ein paar Neuigkeiten zu 2.0 zu verraten. Ich hoffe ihr freut euch schon drauf

Now I don't speak any but I see a reply to live letter 3? Can anyone confirm or translate?

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She's just saying that there will indeed be a Live Letter 3 and that we'll be getting some 2.0 info, both of which we already knew. She wasn't able to give a date though. :(

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Originally Posted by Chrees

An interesting post by Sasu today! The first half is just talking about lost items during the world merger, which has also been covered on the JP and English forums as well.

The second half, however, is new information regarding letting players still transfer to Ragnarok:



Hoffentlich sind meine Übersetzungen genau genug für dich, Catapult. :p

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Klar! Es gibt auch mehr.
Of course. There's also more.

I've been away camping over Easter, so there is stuff to catch up on. Because it was so extensive... I'm going to be lazy with this one and just post a sum-up of it of things that might be relevant to us.

In my personal opinion, Sasu is in a sort of damage-control mode regarding people getting different levels of service in different countries. It's about lodestone-update delays for German and competition access.
- Typos and mistakes shouldn't happen in our translations, but that's the nature of the beast. They do their best.
- Competitions are restricted to certain countries because of mundane law. For example, Quebec is excluded from North American competitions because of their local law. Likewise, all the various European countries have unique rules and conditions for competitions that have to be worked through. That's why there are region restrictions. That being said, they're looking at more options. (And I personally note that the Garuda comp recently up is all regions, possible due to there being in-game rewards only.)
- If you're not living in the required region for a competition, you can still participate, but are not eligible for prize consideration.

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Originally Posted by Sasunaich

Hallo Tonkra,
Hello, Tonkra,

momentan arbeiten wir fleißig an der Neukonfiguration des Systems für 2.0. Wir möchten gerne entweder ein Ingame-Konfigurationsmenü implementieren oder es ermöglichen, Einstellungen außerhalb des Spiels ändern zu können, während das Spiel läuft.
We are currently diligently working on the system-configuration for 2.0. We would like to implement either an in-game configuration menu or make it possible to adjust settings from outside the game while the game is running.

Leider können wir euch momentan noch keine weiteren Details verraten, zum Beispiel welche Einstellungen dies betrifft, aber sobald es neue Informationen gibt, werde ich sie hier posten.
Unfortunately, we currently can't give any further details, for example which settings this will be applicable to, but as soon as we have an update, I'll posit it here.

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Originally Posted by Sasunaich

Hallo GinTama,
Hi GinTama,

ein Symbol, dass anzeigt wenn ein Spieler eine Gruppe sucht soll nach Möglichkeit noch vor Version 2.0 implementiert werden.
A symbol that indicates if a person is looking for a party will be implemented before version 2.0, circumstances pending. (ie: not an outright promise)

Was deine Frage nach der Übersetzungsfunktion innerhalb der Suchfunktion angeht so verstehen wir, dass daraus Probleme entstehen können. Allerdings sind die Entwickler momentan mit anderen Aufgaben beschäftigt und werden daher vorerst keine weiteren Änderungen an der Suchfunktion vornehmen können. Ich hoffe trotzdem, dass ich dir mit meinen Antworten helfen konnte.
With regards to your question about using the Auto-translate function in the search menu, we understand that issues can arise from this. That being said, the devs are currently occupied with other tasks and thus won't be making any further adjustments to the Search function for the time being. I hope I was able to help you with my responses regardless.

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We are currently diligently working on the system-configuration for 2.0. We would like to implement either an in-game configuration menu or make it possible to adjust settings from outside the game while the game is running.

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An in-game menu should be standard imho. Being able to change the settings while the game is running outside the game implies game not crashing on alt-tab. While I'm aware they promised it won't come 2.0, I'm a bit skeptic about it.

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Originally Posted by Soukyuu

An in-game menu should be standard imho. Being able to change the settings while the game is running outside the game implies game not crashing on alt-tab. While I'm aware they promised it won't come 2.0, I'm a bit skeptic about it.

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System limitations on a system not designed for its purpose. Go figure.
HELLO new graphics engine designed for purpose in 2.0! :D

Just so people know, my mundane life has taken a turn for the busy recently. I'll be on weekly at best for the next little while. Hopefully that will ease again in the not too distant future.

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Originally Posted by Sasunaich

Hallo Llew,
Hi Llew,

Alle GMs wissen über den Server-Transfer bescheid. Wenn ihr nach Ragnarok möchtet, ruft einfach einen GM und sagt ihm, dass ihr gerne wechseln möchtet.
All the GMs know about the server-transfer [process]. If you want to move to Ragnarok, simply call a GM and tell him you would like to move.

Wenn ihr einen Fehler bei der Weltenzusammenlegung gemacht habt und ihr eigentlich auf eure "Standardwelt" transferiert werden wolltet, könnt ihr ebenfalls einen GM rufen. Situationsabhängig kann es möglich sein, einen Transfer durchzuführen.
If you made a mistake durring the world-merge and you actually wanted to be transferred to your "standard world", you can also call a GM. Depending on the circumstances, it may be possible to conduct a transfer.

Solltet ihr bereits einen GM kontaktiert haben, behaltet trotzdem ein Auge darauf, ob euch unser GM-Service nochmals kontaktiert hat, zum Beispiel um zusätzliche Informationen zu erhalten. Sollte dies der Fall sein, werdet ihr ein entsprechendes Symbol aufblinken sehen.
If you have already contacted a GM, still keep your eyes open to see if our GM service has re-contacted you, for example to ask for additional information. If this is the case, you'll see a corresponding icon flashing.

Bitte denkt daran, dass es - ähnlich wie bei der ursprünglichen Serverzusammenlegung - Einschränkungen gibt,was und wieviel Charaktere verschoben werden können.
Please remember that - as with the server merge - there are limitations on what and how many characters can be moved.

Wir werden jeden einzelnen Fall gesondert betrachten, die Situation mit euch besprechen und entscheiden, ob wir einen Transfer durchführen können oder nicht.
We will examine each individual case uniquely, discuss the situation with you and make a decision if we can conduct a transfer or not.

Was die Trennung der Gemeinschaft angeht, so hatte jeder Spieler die Möglichkeit, sich über den Servertransfer zu informieren und ausreichend Zeit, entsprechend zu reagieren. Aufgrund eures Feedbacks haben wir damals die Details zur Zusammenlegung überarbeitet und zwei Server zu einer neuen Welt zusammengefügt. Dadurch wurde sichergestellt, dass die Gemeinschaft/Kontaktkreise/Freunde zusammenbleiben können, sofern sie dies den wollen, da man automatisch auf eine gemeinsame Zielwelt transferiert wurde.
With regards to breaking up the community, every player had the opportunity to inform themselves about the server transfers and plenty of time to react appropriately. On the basis on your feedback back then we overhauled the details for the merge and made two servers converge into a new world. By doing so, we ensured that communities/linkshells/friends could stay together, as long as this is what they wanted, by being automatically being transferred to the same world.

Ich entnehme deinem Beitrag, dass du gerne generell die Möglichkeit zum Serverwechsel hättest. Wir werden dies aber aus verschiedenen Gründen in dieser Version nicht einführen.
I do take your contribution, that you would like the general option for server changes, on board. However for various reason we won't be implementing this in the current version.

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Mir ist auch klar, dass man als Com Rep sicher ebenfalls nicht die selben Informationen bekommt wie ein interner SE-Mitarbeiter. Dasselbe gilt sicher auch für GMs.
It's also clear to me that Community Reps also don't get the same information as internal SE employees. The same is definitely also the case for GMs.

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Community Reps und GMs sind genauso wie alle anderen Mitarbeiter von Square Enix „interne“ Mitarbeiter. Es tut mir leid wenn der Eindruck entstanden sein sollte, dass dies nicht der Fall ist.
Community Reps and GMs are, like all other employees at Square Enix, internal employees. (ie: Not contractors or from labour hire firms.) I'm sorry if an impression to the contrary has been made.

Ich hoffe ich konnte dir mit meiner Antwort helfen.
I hope I was able to help you with my answer.

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As usual a few more posts, but nothing we haven't already heard ourselves.

It really is that time of year when I only get on fortnightly... So some of this is after the fact. Pulling out a few key points:

- No new market ward taxes are currently being planned.
- The habit of slow forum avatar and lodestone information updating can be resolved by clearing your browser's cache.
- The Legacy chocobo won't be replacing your current mount, but there is no further info available right now.
- The drop-rates for Inferno totems, Kupo Nut Charms etc will not be changing.

And another week of updates...

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Originally Posted by Sasunaich

Hallo Coris,
Hi Coris,

ich habe mich für dich bei unserem Account-Admin erkundigt. Leider ist es wie Seraphe sagt. Wenn eine Welt geschlossen ist, weil das Populationslimit erreicht wurde, kann man seinen Charakter nicht neu erstellen, auch wenn man ihn dafür vorher löscht.
I've checked in with our account admins. Unfortunately, it's as Seraphe said. When a world is closed due to its population limit being reached, one cannot re-create their character, even if it was deleted just moments before.

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Originally Posted by Sasunaich

Guten Morgen !
Good Morning!

Wie ihr ja wisst, befindet sich Yoshida derzeit auf einer umfangreichen Geschäftsreise, was für ihn natürlich auch einen Tripp nach London in unsere Kommandozentrale bedeutet hat. Ich habe ihm bei dieser Gelegenheit natürlich euer süßes "Yoshi Fan Club"-Bild überreicht, das Akmis1984 hier gepostet hat. Er hat sich wirklich sehr gefreut.
As you know, Yoshida is currently on a far-reaching business trip, which has of course meant a trip to our command centre in London. Of course, I presented him with your cute "Yoshi Fan Club" picture, that Akmis1984 posted here. ((This picture here)) He really liked it.

Natürlich haben mein französischer Kollege Youmukon und ich nicht gezögert, noch ein Foto für euch zu machen:
Naturally, my French colleague Youmukon and I did not hesitate to take another photo for you:

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/a...5&d=1336728049

Youmukon hat ein weiteres Foto im französischen Forum gepostet. Wenn ihr es sehen möchtet, findet ihr es hier.
Youmoukon has posted an additional photo in the French forums. If you want to see it, you'll find it here.

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Originally Posted by Sasunaich

Hallo Lynsah,
Hi Lynsah,

ich habe mich beim Items-Team für dich erkundigt. Wenn es auf deiner Welt niemanden gibt, der dir mit den Zutaten aushelfen kann, wirst du die Schulterteile leider nicht mehr herstellen können. Aber vielleicht findest du ja jemanden, der noch welche im Inventar oder beim Gehilfen hat.
I've checked with the items-team for you. If there is no one on your world who can help you with the ingredients, you won't be able to make the (dated) shoulder-parts any more. But perhaps you'll find someone who still has some in their inventory or with their retainer.

Alle veralteten Gegenstände werden bis 2.0 aus dem Spiel verschwunden sein.
All dated items will be gone from the game until 2.0. (I believe she means recipes rather than the items themselves.)

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Originally Posted by Sasunaich

Guten Morgen Cross,
Good morning, Cross.

Vorerst ist nicht geplant, Ausweichen mit einem Attribut zu verknüpfen. Somit ist momentan das Tragen entsprechender Ausrüstung der einzige Weg, diesen Wert zu steigern.
First of all, it is not planned to link dodging to an attribute. Thus, wearing appropriate gear is currently the only way to increase this trait.

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I saw the picture that Sasu posted and realized that Yoshi-P truly is a Lalafell at heart.

http://i.minus.com/dJMtZhoFPOLT2.png

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Originally Posted by Chrees

I saw the picture that Sasu posted and realized that Yoshi-P truly is a Lalafell at heart.

http://i.minus.com/dJMtZhoFPOLT2.png

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Well, it is his preferred type of character to play as... :)

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Originally Posted by Catapult

All dated items will be gone from the game until 2.0.(I believe she means recipes rather than the items themselves.)

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I don't understand this, why would the recipes be gone until 2.0..? 2.0 is the latest I can imagine them staying, and they aren't gone yet, so was this supposed to say that they'll be gone from/after 2.0 or will they really go for a time before 2.0 and then come back after 2.0..?

It sounds more like All Dated items will be in the game untill 2.0

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Originally Posted by Fear

It sounds more like All Dated items will be in the game untill 2.0

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Probably means all dated recipes will be non-existent by 2.0 since a vast majority are still in use and Yoshi did say they would eventually be removed.

To clarify, there was indeed confusion about this, because Sasu wrote it wrong. She has clarified.

Their plan is indeed to remove dated recipes from the game and have them all gone by the time v2.0 rolls around, after which, anything could happen. To be specific, Sasu said that dated recepies would be gone until 2.0, meaning that anything removed will stay that way and what comes after 2.0 is its own kettle of fish.

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Originally Posted by Sasunaich

Hallöchen,
Howdy,

ich habe Antworten auf eure Fragen zur Kommode und den NPCs, durch die ihr Zugriff auf alle Marktreviere habt, erhalten:
I have answers to your questions regarding the Armoire and the NPCs that allow you access to all the Market wards:

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Warum können nur Gegenstände in der Kommode gelagert werden, wenn ihr Zustand bei 100 % liegt ? Warum verlieren gelagerte Gegenstände die bisher aufgebaute emotionale Bindung ?
Why can an item only be deposited into the Armoire when its condition is at 100%? Why do stored items lose their Spiritbond levels?

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Der Grund dafür liegt in der aktuellen Serverstruktur, die eine andere Lösung derzeit nicht zulässt.
The reason for this lies in the current server structure, that currently doesn't allow a different solution.

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Warum müssen wir verschiedene NPCs ansprechen, wenn wir die Angebote aller Städte sehen wollen ?
Why do we have to speak to different NPCs if we want to see what is on offer in all cities?

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Dies soll die Belastung der Server reduzieren. Außerdem gestaltet es sich aufgrund der Möglichkeit, Gegenstände direkt zu erwerben schwierig, alle drei Handelshäuser zu vereinen.
This is to reduce the stress on the server load. Moreover, being able to obtain items directly has made it difficult to combine the three houses.

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I am NOT confident about my translation of the last sentence there. The structure Sasu has used in her writing is confusing me a little. From what I can gather, she is referring to the fact that the act of purchasing from the item search screen involves a background action that moves your character to the wards, makes the purchase and moves you back again. This involves passing between servers. Now if I'm reading this right, she is saying it's difficult to set it up so that it allows these player movements to go to multiple cities' wards from the one mercantile house.

If I'm reading it wrong, she may actually be saying that the ability to purchase from the item search menu is what is preventing them from combining the market wards under the current server structure, but this doesn't match up well with everything else we've heard about the issue. Or she could be saying something else entirely... >_>

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Originally Posted by Sasunaich

Hallöchen !!
Howdy!!

Ich habe zwei gute Nachrichten für euch ! Ihr werdet die Möglichkeit bekommen, den Status „Ermächtigung“ in den Büros der staatlichen Gesellschaften zu bekommen. Allerdings steht noch kein genauer Zeitpunkt dafür fest.
I've got two bytes of good news for you. You'll receive the ability to obtain the "Sanctioned" status in the headquarters of the Grand Companies. Although no exact implementation time has been fixed as yet.

Außerdem wird es Dungeons an anderen Orten geben. Für Details ist es allerdings auch hier noch zu früh, daher kann ich euch nicht sagen, ob es zum Beispiel ein Ruinen-Dungeon geben wird.
There will also be Dungeons at other locations. It's a little too early for details, though, which is why I can't tell you if there will be a Ruins-based dungeon or not.

Wie immer gilt natürlich, dass wir euch auf dem Laufenden halten. Bitte habt Geduld.
As always, we'll keep you updated with the latest news. Please have patience.

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Meanwhile, the Hidden Artefacts quest continues.
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/a...352627&thumb=1
There is only one question left:
What is Yoshi-P's favourite food?

What Sasu is quoting below is worded slightly differently on the English version of the Lodestone. My translation is thus different accordingly so that a bigger picture can be established.

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Originally Posted by Sasunaich

Hallo !
Hi!

Die Nachricht auf dem Lodestone sagt folgendes:
The message on the Lodestone says the following:

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All denjenigen, die beginnen möchten, FINAL FANTASY XIV zu spielen und gerne Legacy-Status ereichen möchten, sei daher Folgendes gesagt:
All those who wish to begin playing FINAL FANTASY XIV and would like to obtain Legancy-status should be made aware of the following:

Wer bis zum 31. Mai 2012 den FINAL FANTASY XIV-Registrierungscode eingibt sowie nach Ablauf der kostenfreien Spielzeit die Mitgliedschaftsgebühr für 90 Tage im Voraus bezahlt, erfüllt die Voraussetzungen für die Legacy Campaign.
Those who input their FINAL FANTASY XIV-registration code (ie: CD Key or equivilant) by the 31st of May as well as pay the subscription for 90 days in advance after the end of the free trial period will fulfil the pre-requisites for the Legacy Campaign.

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Demnach gilt dies ganz klar für diejenigen, die noch nicht gespielt habe.
Nachdem ihr ja bereits registriert seid und bezahlt, braucht ihr euren Registrierungscode nicht mehr einzugeben. Außerdem habt ihr ja auch keine 30 Tage kostenfreie Spielzeit mehr. Demnach gilt der 31. Mai nicht für euch.
Accordingly, this is is very clearly for those people who have not yet played.
Once you have already registered and paid, you don't have to enter your registration code any more. You also don't have a 30 day free trial period anymore. Thus, the 31st of May is irrelevant to you. (This is in the context of needing to already have an active account to post on the forums, making the concept of having stuff done by the 31st of May irrelevant to us forum-posters.)

Seraphe, wenn du zum Beispiel schon 2 Monate bezahlt hast, dann brauchst du nur noch einen Monat zu zahlen. Und das bis zum Beginn der Beta. Du hast also noch genug Zeit.
Ein neuer Spieler hat natürlich noch gar nichts bezahlt und hat zudem noch 30 Tage kostenlos. Das heißt, erst nach seinen 30 Tagen werden ihm Gebühren in Rechnung gestellt, die er begleichen kann. Um dann noch Legacy-Status erreichen zu können muss er daher sein Spiel bis zum 31. Mai registriert haben.
Seraphe ( <-- Forum username), if you for example have already paid for 2 months, then you only need to pay for one more. And that is by the beginning of the beta. So you have plenty of time.
A new player has, naturaly, not paid anything yet and thus has 30 days of free play. That means only after 30 days will he receive a bill that he can pay. So in order to achieve Legacy status, he has to have his game registered by the 31st of may.

Ich hoffe ich konnte euch mit meiner Antwort helfen. Wenn ihr trotzdem noch Fragen zu euren ganz konkreten Fällen habt, könnt ihr gerne das Support Center kontaktieren und mit meinen Kollegen dort eure Situation besprechen.
I hope I could help you with my answer. If you still have questions regarding your own very specific circumstances, you can certainly contact the support centre and discuss your situation with my colleagues there.

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What is clear is that they are not being at all specific about when the beta will exactly start. There are a couple of possible interpretations on this and other rep's comments if you read between the lines. All that is blatantly clear is:
- People who haven't registered the game to start their free trial period need to do it by May 31st;
- If you fall into this catergory, schedule 90 days up front payment for the moment your 30-day trial ends.
- Otherwise, make sure you've paid for 3 months by the time beta starts, whenever that is.

Quite a bit of topical information today...

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Originally Posted by Sasunaich

Hallöchen,
Howdy,

vielen Dank für den Vorschlag mit den Ermächtigungs-Ringen. Die Entwickler ziehen diese Möglichkeit bereits in Betracht und arbeiten an einer Lösung. Ich werde euch natürlich auf dem Laufenden halten.
Thanks for your suggestion about sanction-rings. (The suggestion was to have a ring or bracelet like the Signet Staff from FFXI.) The Developers are already considering this option and are working on a solution. I will of course keep you posted.

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Originally Posted by Sasunaich

Hallo Felis,
Hi Felis,

wir haben auf dieser Lodestone-Seite einige Präsentationen zur Verfügung gestellt. In der ersten Präsentation ("Übersicht über die Relaunch-Version von FINAL FANTASY XIV") findest du auf der letzten Seite die Information, dass die Beta für September bzw. Oktober geplant ist.
On this Lodestone page we have made a few presentations for you. In the first document ("New FINAL FANTASY XIV Outline") you'll find on the final page that the beta is planned for September or October.

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Which I am interpreting as a very strong hint that everything is on track.

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Originally Posted by Sasunaich

Hallöchen,
Howdy,

die Entwickler beschäftigen sich zur Zeit mit Möglichkeiten, wie sie das Belohnungssystem anpassen können, zum Beispiel durch unterschiedliche Belohnungen für die verschiedenen Positionen im Ranking-System. Leider habe ich dazu aber noch keine weiteren Details vorliegen.
The devs are currently pouring over the possible ways to adjust the reward system [with respect to hamlet defence], for example via differing rewards for the different positions in the ranking-system. Unfortunately I do not have any more information on hand.

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And to round it off...

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Originally Posted by Enary

Kann mir zufällig irgendjemand sagen warum es bei Gridania bei der Karawane immer 10 Taler mehr gibt als in den anderen Stadtstaaten?
Can someone tell me why the Gridanian caravan always rewards 10 seals more than in other city states?

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Hallo Enary,
Hi Enary,

das liegt daran, dass der Weg vom NPC bis zu dem Punkt, an dem das Event beginnt, etwas weiter entfernt liegt. Der NPC gibt darauf auch einen Hinweis:
That's because the distance from the NPC to the point where the event begins is a little further away. The NPC also advises on this accordingly:

Haisie:

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The rendezvous point is far. Take care you do not lose your way. This, too, is to protect against bandits and brigands. Know that your reward will reflect the pains and perils of your duty.

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I really hope they don't go the 1-3 offer unique rewards route, it'll just make the material sink greater then it already is since people want to make the Top 20. People want a higher treshold of eligbility to the "Top" list not an adjustment that will just make things worse.

Thank you, Catapult!

This is actually the first time I can think of that they have specifically said that a beta is coming for the PC version. I know a lot of people assumed that was the case, but their English wording only says that they'll be "distributing the version 2.0 software" in September/October. Distributing software and bringing servers online are two separate things, so I'm really excited to hear this German rep response.

They did mention a PS3 beta in English, and talked about a second "free trial period" for PC users, both of which were supposed to happen in October/November. But this is the first time I've heard official confirmation that a PC beta is set to begin in September/October. So thank you for the translations!

This may not be news to some, since a lot of people assumed this would be happening. But I wasn't so sure, since they hadn't said it explicitly until now.

I'm at least happy with this level of attention to detail.

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Originally Posted by Sasunaich

Hallo Tricia,
Hi Tricia,

die Option, für 180 Tage zu bezahlen, sollte zu diesem Zeitpunkt (1. August) nicht mehr zur Verfügung stehen. Es wird nur noch möglich sein, den Zeitraum bis zum Launch von 2.0 zu bezahlen.
The option to pay for 180 days should at that time (1st August) no longer be available. It will only be possible to pay for the time up until the launch of 2.0.

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I recall that this has been mentioned in the past, but not recently, so this post becomes noteworthy.

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Originally Posted by Sasunaich

Hallo Seraphe,
Hi Seraphe,

ich habe tolle Neuigkeiten für dich. Auch wenn es sein kann, dass wir es nicht für alle Ausrüstungsteile umsetzen können, haben die Entwickler vor, eine Art Abzeichen für Ausrüstungen zu implementieren. Allerdings kann ich dir nicht sagen, wann genau damit zu rechnen ist.
I've got good news for you. Although it may be that we cannot implement it on to all equipment pieces, the developers are planning to introduce a type of signature for equipment. Although I can't tell when you can bank on it happening.

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Originally Posted by Sasunaich

Guten Morgen !
Good morning!

ich dachte ich schneie mal herein und erzähle euch, was im japanischen Forum kürzlich diskutiert wurde. Und zwar ging es darum, ob man - ähnlich wie als Blaumagier in FFXI - die Möglichkeit haben wird, Sprüche und Angriffe von Monstern zu lernen.
I thought I'd poke my head in and tell you what has been recently mentioned in the Japanese forums. And as a matter of fact it was regarding if you - like with the Blue Mage in FFXI - would ahve the ability to learn spells and attacks from monsters.

In FFXIV Version 2.0 werden Sprüche und Fähigkeiten, die momentan nur Gegnern vorbehalten sind, auch weiterhin nur von Gegnern angewendet werden können. Die Implementierung von Blaumagie ist leider momentan nicht geplant.
In FFXIV version 2.0, spells and abilities that are currently reserved for enemies will remain usable only by enemies. The implementation of blue magic is currently not planned.

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A bit sad, but hey, they've said it at least.

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A bit sad, but hey, they've said it at least.

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Ya based on the current design something like BLU is just to difficult to implement. Since abilities are learned naturally you could have things like a basic "BLU" like class which learns slots for different monster type abilities but then their given flexibility just makes them harder to balance since blue magic can pretty much be set to have any ability ranging from support/enfeeble/enhance/healing/DD/tanking etc.

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One concept for BLU is to split it into 3 different "BLU" mage classes:
-one which focuses on learning melee/tank based action
-one which focuses on learning support/heal actions
-one which focuses on learning enfeeble/elemental actions

With the above it would give the option to be able to Balance the concept of mage classes by creating a ilne of mages known as the "Feral" Mages a group of 3 classes which learn through imitation of beast traits. But they all focus on different aspects of the animals behavior, One focuses on the concept of the Hunter, ferocious in behavior striking fast and knowing how to defend themselves, another focuses on the aspect of a pack, those who watch each others back and fight side by side supporting one another and taking care of those who get hurt, and the last group comes from the line of beast which use their own special traits to weaken a foe so that they can use them in a weakened state, like a scorpion's sting to paralyze the target, or a snakes poison to do the same so that they can make waste to them in their own time.

At least then you would have a BLU concept just not in the traditional way but at least in a way in which it could be balanced for the way classes are handled in 2.0.
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Another idea is to take the concept from 2.0 but rather then make it a class turn it into a PVP system in which players can attach up to 20 points worth of BLU skills to them to use in PVP to give them more flexibility. Since all classes do have MP and can earn TP the BLU skills learned can vary from using MP, TP or a variation of both.

It could be setup in a manner in which for PVP you can set up to 5 spells, but you are limited by the 20 point system.
So say you have
Pollen=self cure 2 point
Poison Sting=Single target poison 2 points
Thunderbolt= AOE Thunder + stun 8 points
Spike Flail= Cone +stun 8 points
Headbutt= single target stun 4 points
Cocoon=DEF up 4 points

So basically you could set any of the above up to 5 as long as it doesn't go over the 20 point limit. Then you can have a bit of mystery in a pvp match where a person can't look at a person and say, oh hey that's a WAR he only has access to pug/pld/mrd skillsets so I don't have to worry about him using skills from the other classes. But if you add in the concept of "BLU" spells being used in pvp then during pvp you never know what to expect as to what people may set to those 5 abilities based on their party setup and the strategy they may be using.
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But ya, I think there is a way to work the "traditional" BLU into the game though if people want BLU spells then they'll have to accept it as a PVP only concept which is used to add more variation to the abilities you have access to when fighting against others.

Many thanks for keeping us in the German forum Loop. Always appritiated Cata ^^

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Guten Morgen,
Good morning,

mit Veröffentlichung von 2.0 werden wir nur die fehlenden Geschlechter, also männliche Miqo'te und weibliche Roegadyn, hinzufügen. Es kann sein, dass es zu einem späteren Zeitpunkt neue Rassen gibt, aber entschieden ist noch nichts. Ich werde aber wie immer euer Feedback an die Entwickler weitergeben :)
with the release of 2.0 we will only be adding the missing genders, so the male Miqo'te and female Roegadyn. It may be that there will be new races at some point in the future, but nothing has been decided as yet. But I will, as always, be passing your feedback on to the developers. :)

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It has already been noted to Sasu that she failed to make mention of the female Highlander Hyur.

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Hallo,
Hello,

ich habe neue Infos zum Thema Karawanen-Begleitschutz für euch.
I have new information on the topic of Caravan Escort for you.

Uns wurde vermehrt berichtet, dass einzelne Spieler nach Beginn des Events direkt zum Endpunkt laufen und dort darauf warten, dass sie die Belohnung erhalten.
It has been reported to us that some players will at the beginning of the event run straight to the finish line and wait to receive the reward.

In Version 2.0 werden wir jedoch Anpassungen am Karawanen-Begleitschutz vornehmen und uns gleichzeitig auch mit diesem Problem auseinandersetzen.
However in version 2.0 we will be making adjustments to caravan escort and will be simultaneously addressing this problem.

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This next one is more about a heads-up on forum-policy for people. A person set up a thread to run a competition for which they were offering prizes. It got removed by the admins and Sasu gave this response, which appears to revolve around Duty of Care and the fact that SE is not set up for multi-jurisdictional competitions.

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Guten Morgen Keropin,
Good morning, Keropin.

Es tut mir leid, dass wir deinen Wettbewerbs-Thread entfernen mussten. Leider können wir Veranstaltungen, die von Spielern durchgeführt werden, nicht offiziell unterstützen und die aus dem Wettbewerb resultierende Verantwortung übernehmen. Um Verwirrungen zu vermeiden, möchte ich euch daher bitten, das offizielle Forum nicht als Plattform für Wettbewerbe zu verwenden, in denen ihr Preise vergeben möchtet.
I'm sorry that we had to delete your competition thread. Unfortunately we cannot officially support such players' undertakings with the resulting responsibility from competitions. To avoid confusion I would like to ask that you please do not use the official forums for competitions where you would like to hand out prizes.

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Moving on...

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Ich fänd es nützlich, wenn man in der Freundesliste sehen könnte, ob jemand den Status "Away" hat.
I would find it useful if you could see in the Friend List if someone had the status "Away".

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Hallo Coris,
Hello, Coris.

Das ist bereits geplant, ihr könnt euch also schon darauf freuen.
This is already planned, so you can look forward to it.

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And for those suitably talented and living in the right country (unlike me)...

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Tester für Online-Spiele gesucht!
Testers for online-games wanted!

Zurzeit sucht Square Enix nach deutschsprachigen Online QA-Testern für FINAL FANTASY XI und XIV für unser Büro in London. Falls du Interesse hast, über gute Deutschkenntnisse auf Muttersprachlerniveau sowie gute Englischkenntnisse verfügst und ein Fan der FINAL FANTASY Serie bist, dann klicke auf den folgenden Link:
Square Enix is currently seeking German-speaking online QA-testers for Final Fantasy XI and XIV for our office in London. If you have interest, good knowledge of German at a mother-tongue level as well as good knowledge of English and are a fan of the Final Fantasy series, then please click on the following link:

http://eu.square-enix.com/en/jobs/on...ract-full-time

Bitte folge den Anweisungen auf der offiziellen Square Enix Job-Webseite für deine Bewerbung.
Please follow the instructions on the official Square Enix job-website for your application.

Bitte sende diesen Link auch an Freunde, welche die Voraussetzungen erfüllen und an diesem Job interessiert sein könnten.
Please also send this link to friends who fulfil the prerequisites and who may be interested in this position.

Wir wünschen allen Bewerbern viel Glück!
We wish all applicants the best of luck!

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Sasu really is on a roll at the moment. These next few posts are following up from the post about being able to tell is someone is "Away" from your friends list.

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Ich fänd es nützlich, wenn man in der Freundesliste sehen könnte, ob jemand den Status "Away" hat.
Das Icon könnte ja einfach eine andere Farbe statt grün haben, zum Beispiel rot oder gelb.
I would find it useful if you could see in the Friend List if someone had the status "Away".
The Icon could simply have a different colour instead of green, such as yellow.

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Absolut, gerne auch in der Kontaktkreisliste!
Absolutely. It would be appreciated in the Linkshell list as well.

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Hallo Aeon,
Hello Aeon,

ich habe soeben die tolle Nachricht erhalten, dass dieses Feature für alle Listen, also auch für die Kontaktkreis-Liste, implementiert wird.
I just received the good news that this feature will apply for all lists, including Linkshell lists.

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nice wäre auch level der derzeit angelegten klasse und ort. gleiches gilt fürs Kontaktkreis fenster.
It would also be nice to have their currently equipped level and class and their location. The same for the Linkshell window.

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Hallo Tonkra,
Hello Tonkra,

in den anderen Sprachforen ist die Frage nach einem Feature wie in FFXI aufgetaucht, bei dem zum Beispiel die Position einzelner Spieler angezeigt wird, die nach Eingabe von Such-Kommandos wie „/sea all“ aufgelistet werden. Ich habe soeben die Nachricht erhalten, dass so ein Feature bereits geplant ist. Ob die Position auch in Freundschafts- und Kontaktkreisliste angezeigt wird kann ich dir momentan aber leider nicht sagen.
In the other Languages' forums has arisen a request to have a feature like in FFXI that would, for example, display the location of an individual player, that would come up after entry of seach commands such as "/sea all". I've in fact just received word that such a feature is already planned. If the location will also be shown in your friend list or linkshell list is something I sadly cannot currently say.

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That was a mouth-full, but hey, an equivilant function of /sea all confirmed.

Next up, we re-enter the "timely distribution in all languages" territory.

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Hallo an alle,
Hello to all,

wie ich bereits erklärt habe, machen wir Ankündigungen in allen Sprachen, sobald Informationen feststehen.
Ich verstehe aber, dass ihr Yoshida gerne sehen möchtet und enttäuscht seid, falls ihr es dieses Jahr nicht mehr auf die Japan Expo schafft.
As I have previously explained, we make announcements in all languages as soon as the information is locked in.
However I understand that you would love to see Yoshida and may be disappointed if you can't make it to the Japan Expo any more. ((...As a consequence of the announcement coming relatively last minute.))

Es wird aber höchstwahrscheinlich bald noch eine weitere Gelegenheit geben, Yoshida persönlich zu treffen, und zwar auf der diesjährigen GamesCom. Details hierzu stehen allerdings auch noch nicht fest, werden aber so bald wie möglich auf dem Lodestone veröffentlicht.
But there will very likely be a new opportunity to meet Yoshida personally soon. Specifically at this year's GamesCom. Although the details for this are not yet locked down, they will be announced on the Lodestone as soon as possible.

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I read: Yohi-P and FFXIV at GamesCom in Germany this year.

Back to the User Interface.

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Können wir ab 2.0 die einzelnen UI elemente (Kommandoliste,Mini-map,Chatfenster usw) auch weiterhin frei nach belieben anordnen so wie die größe ändern ??
From 2.0, will we be able to freely change the individual UI elements (Command list, mini-map, chat window etc) as well, such as changing their size?

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Hallo Indrix,
Hi Indrix,

meinen Informationen nach wird sich daran auch in 2.0 nichts ändern :)
From what I know, in this respect things will not be changing, even in 2.0 :)

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nice. /sea all and other functions is absolutely a big plus.

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I read: Yohi-P and FFXIV at GamesCom in Germany this year.[/COLOR]

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Great. And this has to be the year I am NOT able to go there Q_Q

I think I missed this one a while back...

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Guten Morgen,
Good morning,

wir werden Änderungen vornehmen, um euch die Kommunikation zu erleichtern. Zum Beispiel planen wir ein Feature, mit dem ihr Monsternamen in den verschiedenen Sprachen anzeigen lassen könnt.
We will be making adjustments to make communication easier. For example we are planning a feature that will allow you to display monster names in the various languages.

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And a follow-on comment...

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Hallo Yukiko,
Hi Yukiko,

wir werden das Feature nur für Monsternamen implementieren. Aber es gibt trotzdem eine gute Nachricht. Wir arbeiten daran es euch zu ermöglichen, die Sprache eures Client ändern zu können ohne dass ihr dazu ausloggen müsst.
We will only be implementing the feature for Monster names. Although there is still good news. We're working on making it possible to change the language of your client without having to log out.

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Being able to change the language without logging out sounds nice, never do it now but would be nice to be able to switch from JP and English time to time to explain some stuff when looking up info in-game.

So I missed the boat on getting that comment about the race-specific gear being obtainable in some form, but this one is still VERY topical...

*insert standard complaint about the notoriously low drop rates on Ifrit gear here - 180 kills and only Dark Matter, so please adjust the drop rate*

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Guten Morgen,
Good morning,

ich habe Yukikos Vorschlag mit unseren Entwicklern besprochen und sie haben sich dafür sehr bedankt. Momentan steht diese Möglichkeit zwar nicht auf der Tagesordnung aber es ist gut möglich, dass wir uns für 2.0 nochmal mit der Drop-Rate beschäftigen.
I've spoken to the developers about Yukiko's suggestion and they have offered their sincere thanks. At the moment, this possibility is not on the agenda, but it is still plausible that we could engage with the drop rate once more before 2.0.

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/prepares for mass requests

Sooo are weapons going away then? Why can't we get a concrete answer on that? Either the primal weapons are forever, or they're pre-2.0 legacy kid bonuses.

I'd really like to know so I can decide to focus on relic or Garuda.

No already earned weapon is going away.

There has still been no official confirmation about the Prime battles, at least to my knowledge. If you are going to make claims please link a source :)

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Sooo are weapons going away then? Why can't we get a concrete answer on that? Either the primal weapons are forever, or they're pre-2.0 legacy kid bonuses.

I'd really like to know so I can decide to focus on relic or Garuda.

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The only information we have so far is that there will be roaming primal fights introduced.
Absolutely no further commentary so far in any language to the best of my knowledge.

The speculation is that roaming primals will replace the L50 instanced fights.
On the other hand, a version 2.0 screenshot still shows the howling eye as an area in existence. Presumably instanced to fight Garuda.
A Relic Reborn also requires engaging Ifrit and Garuda in instanced fights, so they are presumed to be in the game in some instanced capacity.

I'm going on the assumption that removing the instanced fights would lead one to wonder why they bothered putting all the work into developing them like this in the first place, since almost all content has been developed with version 2.0 in mind. FFXIV has also been earmarked as a "fan-service" game, so removing the instances where you can fight a primal whenever you want would be a little silly (since roaming primals may only be on the map to fight once a week).

Heck, we don't even know if Garuda or Ifrit will BE roaming primals. We know Odin is one, but the rest is up in the air. They could have decided to have 6 instanced and 6 roaming - two for each element or one for each deity.
Of course, now I'm getting into lore territory...

Short version: Welcome to speculation city.

You should see the number of deleted comments in this thread...

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Guten Morgen !
Good morning!

Auch wenn einige Punkte in Bezug auf den Beta-Test noch nicht entschieden sind, möchte ich euch vorab einige Infos geben, damit ihr etwas beruhigter sein könnt.
Even though a number of specifics with regards to the beta-test are not yet decided, I want to give you some info up-front so that you can calm down a little.

Zuerst einmal: es wird eine PC-Beta geben und es tut uns leid, wenn die Roadmap für Verwirrung gesorgt hat.
Firstly: There will be a PC-beta and we apologise if the road-map had caused any confusion. (Some people were asking if the beta was only for PS3.)

Momentan planen wir, mit dem den Beta-Test von FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn im November zu beginnen.
Currently, we are planning to begin the beta test for FINAL FASTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn in November.

Natürlich werden wir unser bestes tun, um den Zeitplan der Roadmap einzuhalten aber wie wir bereits in der Vergangenheit gesagt haben, steht die Qualität des Spiels für uns natürlich an erster Stelle. Um diese Qualität zu gewährleisten kann es sein, dass wir unter Umständen vom derzeitigen Zeitplan abweichen müssen. Momentan braucht ihr euch darum aber keine Sorgen zu machen, denn bisher verläuft alles nach Plan.
Naturally, we will do our best to keep to this timetable in the roadmap, but as we have said in the past, the quality of the game is our highest priority. To ensure this level of quality, it may be that we have to deviate from the timetable occasionally. However currently, there is not need for concern, because everything up to this point has been going to plan.

Ich hoffe, dass ich eure Fragen beantworten konnte und entschuldige mich nochmals dafür, dass unsere Roadmap für Verwirrung gesorgt hat. Wenn ihr noch weitere Fragen habt, werde ich mein bestes tun, um sie euch zu beantworten.
I hope I was able to answer your questions and once again apologise if our roadmap had caused confusion. If you have further questions, I will do my best to answer them.

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tl;dr - PC beta expected in November

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tl;dr - PC beta expected in November

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This Rises my Hopes hear.. if they have to delay 2.0 a bit

to achieve this goal then so be it :p