PAX West 2017 - Questions for English Localization Lead Michael-Christopher Koji Fox

As Unukalhai is from the 13th, he's much older than he appears.

Can we have some background as to why he's so stunted in his emotional growth?

So what is the relationship between Fyrgeiss and the twins Popokkuli and Seserukka? Is he their father? Step-father? Employee? Sworn nemesis who stole control of Amajina & Sons from their family?

What do you consider the greatest challenge in Localization? What is your biggest regret in the current state of the translation?

In Stormblood, a couple NPCs (Yomogi and Tsuranuki) date Garlemald's War of Succession, Lord Kaien's death, and Yugiri's exodus to Eorzea as occurring one year ago. Have we finally gotten a canon extension of the Simpson's time bubble? Are we finally in the 2nd Year of the Seventh Astral Era?

Many people adored all of the Xaela lore we received in the Azim Steppe! It was very interesting and I loved the Mongolian influence that was sprinkled throughout. Are there any plans to introduce lore from the Xaela tribes we didn't get to see in Stormblood in future content?

Stormblood introduced 2 new primals, one from Hinduism (Lakshmi) and from Shinto (Susanoo). Will there be more new primals based from this 2 mythologies? I'm specially interested if Amaterasu will make an appearance.

Do Sharlayan laws legally permit the casting of voidmagics as it appears they willingly summoned voidsent to guard the Gubal Library in their absence?

Can we get a quick one or two sentence descriptions of the Seeker tribes and the cannon Keeper families like we did for the Xeala here: link?

A localization question: Given the differences in scopes of the languages, has there been anything important, lore or story wise, that you feel does not have a satisfactory direct English equivalent from the original Japanese text? If so how did you go about handling this and deciding what to introduce into the English text in it's place.

I heard it already mentioned in this thread that Susano's summoning was unconventional, but something that i have been wondering is if he a primal or actually a Kami. also is he the first Summon from Bravely Default.

Will we be able to go to Koshu at some point in the future? Especially considering the city of Bukyo, and Daitenzan are so clearly marked. At the very least I would love to know more about that area!

It's been confirmed for a while now that mixed races are definitely canon (Hilda being the most prominent example). Can you elaborate on what physical features people of mixed races typically take on? For example, do the genetics of Elezen ears always win out? Would a half-Hyur, half-Au Ra child have scales? Etc.

Several named NPCs from 1.0 show up in game now as untargetable or generically named NPCs, especially around the class guilds, and while it's a neat throwback to spot them in passing, is there any plans to eventually add some of these NPCs permanently back into the open world?

Why was the choice made to kill off Meffrid? He would have been a very suitable advisor, if not leader for Conrad's resistance cell.

With Ala Mhigo taken, what happens to the Garlean castrums in Eorzea proper (which have a substantial number of Ala Mhigan conscripts)?

What is the lore reasoning behind BLMs and WHMs no longer having one-handed weapons past level 50? Is there also a lore explanation for the disappearance of two-handed stave animations post-calamity?

Will we ever get a "resolution" to the Odin story. The last I recall a Gridanian disappeared with the Sword. Is his tale over with or will we see more? And for that matter, do you plan on incorporating some of the older "main" primals into the story in some way shape or form?

Considering we've been all over Abalathia's Spire, why have we yet to see a single Hellsguard settlement, when the tribe's opening lore blurb and source of their name indicates they are rooted on those mountains?

Aymeric's mentioned he's now co-leading Isghard with the Leader of the House of Commons. Will we ever meet them?

Underwater in the Lochs there is a castle nestled away with rock forming around it. This structure seems to be quite a bit beneath the actual foundations of the buildings currently resting under the surface giving the impression that it has been there for a very long time. What was this structure and are there any plans in the future to make use of it?

Can we slow down the gear progression. It at times seems to be out of control. already as of now there is what 290, 300 , 310 , 320 , 330 , and 340 end game tier gear and we are not even to 4.1. The out of control increases makes content stale cause of over gearing so quickly . Can we have a more parallel gear sets where we can mix match gear for desired stats as well has stop of content being out geared before next patch. And please a fishing tackling box as well as a better spear.

Thank you and all of your staff for their hard work.

Maddox from Lamia

Standard standing request to see the Moogle Courier Questline come back. (Bonus related request to see more of the Doman Adventurers, this really feels like this should be their expansion. Make them a crossover with Hildebrand if you have to?)

We know that the Ishgardian Orthodox Church has undergone reforms since 3.0, but other than the true origins of the Dragonsong War what has changed in its doctrinal teachings?

Assuming they've met before, how would a conversation between Unukalhai and Igeyorhm gone?

That seems quite awkward.

What is the exact cause of the Garleans inability to use magic and how did it come to be a problem in the first place?

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Musosai from the Samurai job quests refers to Eorzea as Heir's Ear. Is there a lore reason for this name or is Musosai just a senile old badger ? There were a few other odd naming mix ups from him but Heir's Ear is repeated on numerous occassions which leads me to think there may be some reason behind it.

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He mispronounces things all the time. Heir's Ear is supposed to be Eorzea which is why it happens so often.

I really loved the whole Azim Steppe questline. It was amazing to work with the Mol and help them triumph in the battle. Will we ever see any Keeper of the Moon tribes or history?

Has anyone ever tamed and ridden a Flying Shark in the Ruby Sea? Would the term for this phenomenon be, "jumping the shark?"

Why does Faust Z have a spoon in his back? Enquiring gobbies want to know! :cool:

We know that the Keeper Miqo'te tribes are mainly nestled among the Shroud, but in regards to the 26 Seeker Tribes, we only know the approximate locations of three of them. U, M and J respectively, could we get a list of approximate locations for each of them?
EG: A: Thanalan, B: La Noscea etc,

In regards to Shinobi clans, we know of at least three so far, the Doman shinobi we assist in the NIN storyline, the Iga from their set ingame + lorebook, and the Kagekakushi clan from the Stormblood NIN questline, from the naming conventions of NIN gear ingame, it's possible to infer the existence of other clans as well, the Fuma and the Koga.

My question is: How are these clans distributed geographically? We obviously know that the Doman Shinobi we assist in the NIN storyline are situated around Doma/Yanxia, and the Kagekakushi ( what remains of them ) are situated in Hingashi, but what of the other three, are the Iga, Koga and Fuma located on mainland Othard within Yanxia/Nanxia wherever else, or are they in Hingashi?

In Kugane Castle, there are several Au Ra NPC's that appear as Xaela ingame, when in several trailers, they were depicted as Raen, is this intentional? It seems rather odd given the Xaela's savage lifestyle and the Hingan's near xenophobic tendencies to outsiders that non-natives such as Xaela would be guarding such an important place, not to mention having Xaela Samurai and Ninja would appear to go outside of established lore, Warrior of Light notwithstanding.

A lot of the 60-70 job quests left players disappointed in not explaining the new abilities that were bestowed to players. EG: Ninja's being able to use Ten Chi Jin with no explaination, and Summoners being able to summon Demi-Bahamut, when the 50-60 SMN questline indicated summoning anything resembling a Bahamut Egi was impossible. Could we get clarification as to whether these techniques would be commonly known among those who practiced the jobs, or whether they're WoL specific?

Where do Samurai draw the aether behind their attacks from, how is it they're able to draw upon Sen and its three different aspects?

In terms of usability, how versatile are a Ninjas Mudras and Ninjutsu? It it a more traditional kind of magic where once the signs have been made, a shinobi can bend the element conjured forth to their will, or are they a much more rigid magical technique where specific combinations of mudra are only able to do one specific thing, eg: Katon can only conjure a giant ball of fire, or could it have other applications depending on what the ninja wanted to do?

Can we get a time line concretely? It takes away a lot of immersion to have no idea how much time is passing throughout the story. For example, it seems at least a couple years have passed, yet the White Mage Stormblood storyline shows Sylvie as a teacher in her own right while still appearing as a child.

We’ve seen Hyur, Roe, Miqo, Elezen & Lala Garlean conscripts. Will we be seeing any Auri conscripts?

Raen believe they were driven from the Azim Steppe. Xaela believe that the 2 tribes stopped their fighting. Why did the Raen leave the Steppe?

There is a rule of no violence rule in Kugane enforced by the Sekiseigumi. But what kind authority do Garleans wield there? Can they enforce arrest of Doman escapees for example? And if they did break the rules, as we see in the MSQ when they attacked the WoL, what kind of consequence would they face from the Sekiseigumi?

What regions do Au Ra player characters approximately come from? In the story, the protagonist is commonly referred to as an outsider no matter where you go. However, as a Xaela, your origins in the steppe are vaguely acknowledged by Lord Hien. Will we ever see more Raen and Raen cultures from other places beyond Sui-No-Sato?