New interview from JP 4gamer site

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Originally Posted by Elexia

So basically it wouldn't be like the XI Airship in other words. And for a very long time we can expect nothing like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzBhu...eature=related

to happen.

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Well, everyone would love a mission/fight like that. Hope they introduce it soon.

Given the context of "no map" it reads as it won't be a "zone" type of deal in it's initial implementation, which FFXI's airships was a semi-instanced map. More than likely given how the ferry in XIV currently is pretty badly designed they probably decided against it at the start and will flesh it out more down the line.

Kind of like how in FFIX you take the transport around Lindblum and it's nothing more than a quick transport without seeing said transition. It's just when you translate it the context is hard to fully to hard and in the letter it'll likely be more explained.

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Originally Posted by Elexia

Given the context of "no map" it reads as it won't be a "zone" type of deal in it's initial implementation, which FFXI's airships was a semi-instanced map. More than likely given how the ferry in XIV currently is pretty badly designed they probably decided against it at the start and will flesh it out more down the line.

Kind of like how in FFIX you take the transport around Lindblum and it's nothing more than a quick transport without seeing said transition. It's just when you translate it the context is hard to fully to hard and in the letter it'll likely be more explained.

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最後に3国の飛空挺移動（実MAP上を飛行するシステムではないです）はMAP大改修前になんとかします！
パッチ1.19に間に合うよう、頑張りますので、今しばらくお待ちください！

My japanese is crap but I feel like what that is saying is that the Airship will not fly over the "actual map". In other words, it will not be part of the map that players play in. Meaning it will be its own instance.

It will probably be exactly like FFXI and/or the boat to Limsa.

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Originally Posted by giftforce

最後に3国の飛空挺移動（実MAP上を飛行するシステムではないです）はMAP大改修前になんとかします！
パッチ1.19に間に合うよう、頑張りますので、今しばらくお待ちください！

My japanese is crap but I feel like what that is saying is that the Airship will not fly over the "actual map". In other words, it will not be part of the map that players play in. Meaning it will be its own instance.

It will probably be exactly like FFXI and/or the boat to Limsa.

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Exactly as I was thinking :D

And also play something like this " at least for me :P" and I will be happy sitting on the Airship as I fly to Limsa! :D

http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61L3H_xZaGs

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Originally Posted by giftforce

最後に3国の飛空挺移動（実MAP上を飛行するシステムではないです）はMAP大改修前になんとかします！
パッチ1.19に間に合うよう、頑張りますので、今しばらくお待ちください！

My japanese is crap but I feel like what that is saying is that the Airship will not fly over the "actual map". In other words, it will not be part of the map that players play in. Meaning it will be its own instance.

It will probably be exactly like FFXI and/or the boat to Limsa.

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Which is exactly what XI's airship does, as while it's a part of it's own map, it's also a part of the map where it's route goes through, e.g if you're enroute to Jeuno from bastok you can see it fly pass Rolanberry Fields if you're standing near Jeuno and if you're enroute from Sandy you can see it flying past Batallia and so on. Given the fact the world is "seamless" it more than likely won't be in that design. So it still won't be exactly the same, since even though it's a small thing, it's just more world atmosphere that won't be present in initial implementation.

Which is why I said it will likely be more explained, but the general context seems that it will be "lifeless" at the start like the ferry is or like how IX's aircab's were.

I like how they said a main character from other FF's will be appearing soon and everyones like, it will be cid!, no no no, it will be Bahamut!!!. LOl they already said an Ifrit fight is otw. My money is on them refering to Ifrit.

Also, someone said earlier that we dont need a mailbox system. /slap Clearly you never playerd xi or maybe you just dont have friends in the game that live in other cities. Because I would freaking LOVE to have a mailbox system in this game so that I could send mats to friends that need them without them being online or in the same zone as me. Saying we dont need one because of RMT activity is lame.

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Originally Posted by Leonesaurus

From what I've seen, read, and played... Cid (the engineer/pilot/mechanic/ so on, so on, so on...) seems like he'd be an engineer for the Garlond Ironworks or something. Doesn't necessarily imply he's a bad guy, even though he's been one in a past FF title, since other innocent Garlond Ironworkers have fled from Garlemald in the popular sidequests in each main city. However, it is possible, he flees from there too and comes to one of the major cities in an update or what not?

I don't think he'd be in Ishgard, since all the Ishgardians are Elezeen, as far as I know. But who knows for sure?

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Not that I am doubting you or anything, but could you tell me where it says that all the Ishgardians are Elezen? I'd be interested in learning more on Ishgard. Is it in one of the later missions? I guess I will eventually see it then if it is.

But in that case, Im still sticking with Cid being the character. The mention of airships coming, and a mention of a familiar character is all too coincidental to me!

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Originally Posted by Cyan

Not that I am doubting you or anything, but could you tell me where it says that all the Ishgardians are Elezen? I'd be interested in learning more on Ishgard. Is it in one of the later missions? I guess I will eventually see it then if it is.

But in that case, Im still sticking with Cid being the character. The mention of airships coming, and a mention of a familiar character is all to coincidental to me!

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I'm not sure I consider Summons as "Characters", weather its Bahamut Ifirt or Cid. I can careless.. I will be happy =)

This made me LOL.

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Originally Posted by Naoki_Yoshida

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Originally Posted by Accelerator

レター今週！！？
スパ４やってる場合じゃねェなオイ！！！
ポエ吉さンサイッコー！！！！
Letter this week!!?
It's not time for (me) playing Spa4 (Super Street Fighter 4)!!!!
Poekichi (YoshiP) You're great!!!!

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全然関係ないし他社さんで恐縮ですが、吉田もスパ4やってます。
アケエディションはDLして一回やって封印中（;-; ）

スレ汚しでごめんなさい＾＾；
I'm sorry this has nothing to do with this topic and is revolving another company (gaming) but I'm playing Spa4 also.
I DL'ed the Arcade Edition, played once and haven't touched yet (;-: )

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Go translate the other important stuff!?... hold on... working on it... w

EDIT: Changed Ake to Arcade - thx for the help on that one :)

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Originally Posted by Starlord

I'm not sure I consider Summons as "Characters", weather its Bahamut Ifirt or Cid. I can careless.. I will be happy =)

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Depends, I think mainly FFIV, FFVI and FFXI you could consider them characters as they were more than one hit wonders in those games.

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Originally Posted by Reinheart

This made me LOL.



Go translate the other important stuff!?... hold on... working on it... w

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What does Poekichi mean? I've seen that many times when reading some the Japanese lodestone blogs. Also I think Ake is an abbreviation of Arcade.

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Originally Posted by Reinheart

This made me LOL.



Go translate the other important stuff!?... hold on... working on it... w

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Probably means Arcade Edition.

Secret character in 1.18 is Chun-Li confirmed!

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Originally Posted by Elexia

Given the context of "no map" it reads as it won't be a "zone" type of deal in it's initial implementation, which FFXI's airships was a semi-instanced map. More than likely given how the ferry in XIV currently is pretty badly designed they probably decided against it at the start and will flesh it out more down the line.

Kind of like how in FFIX you take the transport around Lindblum and it's nothing more than a quick transport without seeing said transition. It's just when you translate it the context is hard to fully to hard and in the letter it'll likely be more explained.

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Oh how I wish they'd do this. Riding and waiting on a boat/airship is beyond boring.

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Originally Posted by Reinheart

This made me LOL.



Go translate the other important stuff!?... hold on... working on it... w

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"Super Street Fighter 4 Arcade Edition". The newest DLC for SSF4.

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Originally Posted by Naoki_Yoshida

こんばんは。プロデューサ/ディレクタの吉田です。
Good Evening, Producer/Director Yoshida here.

引き続き活発なディスカッションありがとうございます。
飛空艇についてはご期待も色々あると思いますが、まずは移動問題解消を優先し、
実装コストを考えて、専用MAPがあって長時間の空の旅をお楽しみ頂く…というような仕様にはなりません。
突発的に発生するイベントなりが存在しないと、あまり面白くはないだろうと思っているからです。
いずれ拡張はしていきますが、まずは移動対応を優先、とお考えください（演出はつけます＾＾；）。
Thanks for continuing the discussion on this topic.
Regarding the airship, I understand everyone has different expectations but for now want to resolve the traveling issue first and looking at cost, it wont be where it has it's own map and long time to enjoy the adventure in the skies.
I think it would be more interesting if it had events that suddenly happens and stuff.
Please think of this as something to make traveling easier for now; in time we will add more/upgrade to this (Will add effect/animation^^; ).

アニマの問題についても、3国間飛空艇+マウントシステムとバランスを考えて調整が必要です。
今単純に緩和してしまうと、将来的な移動バランスを崩壊させかねないと思っています。
（単純緩和だと当たり前の移動手段が揃ったときに制限がかけにくくなります。
不便へと戻すパッチはMMOではご法度ですし）問題であるとは強く認識しています。
マウントの情報が出せるまでは、今しばらくかかりますが、もう少々お待ちください。
Regarding the anima issue, it will require adjustments to and balancing to the mount system and the 3 country air ships. (making quick changes will make it harder to add restrictions later time, not good thing to do in a MMO) I understand this is a big issue.
It will be some more time but please wait a bit more regarding mount information.

数人の方が触れている「リーヴバランス」についてですが、1.18から改修が始まります。
今後のコンテンツバランスも含め、かなりの長文になるので、
今週リリースするプロデューサーレターでご報告の予定です！
The issue some are talking about "Leve Balance" repair work will start from 1.18.
I'm planning to release a producer letter this week which will be talking about future content balance (long description/text) !

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there you go, saw YoshiP's post but was outside shopping and was responding from my phone. Can't do translations through phone, wife gonna be like WTF YOU DOING!?!?! lol

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"I think it would be more interesting if it had events that suddenly happens and stuff.

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I hope this means something like PIRATES like in FFXI but on the airship... :)
What was that mob that you engage in the sky in FF6 Deathgaze? dunno English name... would be fun if it was stuff like that too lol.

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Originally Posted by Sonic_the_Hedgehog

What does Poekichi mean? I've seen that many times when reading some the Japanese lodestone blogs. Also I think Ake is an abbreviation of Arcade.

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Poekichi is just a nickname, same as YoshiP - just a name people gave to Yoshida Producer.

Ah thx for the Ake one, I think you guys are right. Makes sense... Haven't played SF4 yet orz... only played up to 3, haven't touched fighting games since I got married orz.

Letter this week...
Do want, nao.

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Originally Posted by Reinheart

Poekichi is just a nickname, same as YoshiP - just a name people gave to Yoshida Producer.

Ah thx for the Ake one, I think you guys are right. Makes sense... Haven't played SF4 yet orz... only played up to 3, haven't touched fighting games since I got married orz.

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Ah ok, thanks a lot.

producer letter! yay

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Originally Posted by Reinheart

there you go, saw YoshiP's post but was outside shopping and was responding from my phone.
Can't do translations through phone, wife gonna be like WTF YOU DOING!?!?! lol

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LOL, thanks Reinheart! Tell your wife that you are a hero in our community. ;)

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引き続き活発なディスカッションありがとうございます。
飛空艇についてはご期待も色々あると思いますが、まずは移動問題解消を優先し、
実装コストを考えて、専用MAPがあって長時間の空の旅をお楽しみ頂く…というような仕様にはなりません。
突発的に発生するイベントなりが存在しないと、あまり面白くはないだろうと思っているからです。
いずれ拡張はしていきますが、まずは移動対応を優先、とお考えください（演出はつけます＾＾；）。
Thanks for continuing the discussion on this topic.
Regarding the airship, I understand everyone has different expectations but for now want to resolve the traveling issue first and looking at cost, it wont be where it has it's own map and long time to enjoy the adventure in the skies.
I think it would be more interesting if it had events that suddenly happens and stuff.
Please think of this as something to make traveling easier for now; in time we will add more/upgrade to this (Will add effect/animation^^; ).

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So that finally clears up that bit of speculation. Sounds like the airship will be more of a fade in/out type of thing, or they stick the world map up on the screen with a starting/ending X and connect the dots between the two. It's to alleviate travel issues, and more will be added later. Sounds good to me. Get the basics in place and make it usable, for now.

I know this is off topic... but I'm in a FFX mood.....

Best Prelude for the FF series... just sayin.. ( my Opinion...)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FhS5eRD6iM

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Originally Posted by _C-a-e-r-i-t-h_

Probably means Arcade Edition.

Secret character in 1.18 is Chun-Li confirmed!

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How long 'til nerf?

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Originally Posted by Starlord

I know this is off topic... but I'm in a FFX mood.....

Best Prelude for the FF series... just sayin.. ( my Opinion...)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FhS5eRD6iM

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Off Topic: I think in terms of classical FF preludes is concerned, XIV's has them all beat ;p
FFX is still one of the greatest FF's though.

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Originally Posted by Holland

Off Topic: I think in terms of classical FF preludes is concerned, XIV's has them all beat ;p
FFX is still one of the greatest FF's though.

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I think all the Prelude are unique in there own way but still sounds like the same old prelude we been hearing throughout the years. I remember FFX when it first Launch I played it like 10 times.... Like seriously no lie... haha and now I wanna play it 10 more times now but my Disc broke for some odd reason... so I'm going out tomorrow to buy it again along with FFXII :D.

Either way FFX will always be my Favorite.. 2....3... "Teach us how to Blitz!!!" :D

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Originally Posted by Elexia

He knows they're the foundation, he's just one of the people who firmly believes just because it's FFXIV, an RPG and Yoshida, Battle System is no longer a major part of an MMORPG and yoshida is wasting his time "doing nothing" instead of catering to his needs. I mean, if my RPG was titled "Battle Arena" and I spent 99% of my time battling, I'm pretty damn sure the foundation of that game would be the battle system. If my game is called Street Fighter and I spent most if not all of my time fighting, I'm pretty sure the fighting system is the game's foundation.

If my game is called Dance Dance Revolution, pretty damn sure the rhythm mechanic is the foundation of the game. If I'm playing an MMORPG where you have to progress through killing and leveling...I'm damn sure the battle system is a big part of the foundation and no one plays MMOs just to read/hear dialog, they play to fight and get loot, even the most jaded cynical soandso can't argue this.



Auction house un-needed. Mog House they already mentioned they have something in the works soon, mailbox is honestly unneeded, most MMOs that have one people barely utilize and it's largely used by RMT anyway. Unless you mean a delivery box, i.e retainers sell something and you get the money or item, yeah they already mentioned that would be happening. They also mentioned by 1.19 they hope to get Airships functioning.

Do you even read? Or just skim then complain?

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take it for however you want to take it. Im not even arguing about it, it just occured to me the other day, when my friend was playing, he was played beta said it was too unfinished even to play free and stopped, he recently gave it a chance, and hes having a little fun early, but as he continues to level finds all the problems most people find.
any number of members higher than 4 makes battle so easy it becomes unfulfilling
leves and the anima system make you feel like you should only play once in awhile,
blah blah
but basically he was like i like the battle, but still the game feels like any other f2p mmo, except some of them have even more engaging and entertaining battle systems, but the problem with them, and ffxiv is thats it. all it is, is leveling, and fighting. thats empty. I realized the battle system isnt what makes a great rpg, or mmo, i didnt like ffxi battle system much, it was by an large less entertaining than an offline rpg battle system, less entertaining by far than aion battle, and even RO battle was overall more entertaining, but i played it longer, and the game was entertaining over all.

Its not the battle, its everything else, you adapt and get used to whatever battle system is there if the game is good in other ways. Its not catering to my needs, I just realized battle aint really the selling point of rpgs.

youd be right battle is the core element of a fighting game, racing is the core element of a racing game. the best rpgs arent great for the battle, was ff6 battle great? have people been playing dice rolling rpgs for 20 years because dice rolling is awesome? does even the best FF battle system compare to street fighter alpha? devil may cry 4? Man if i could jack devil may cry 4 battle for a sword user, SF2 for pugilist and copy and paste them in to ffxiv that would be awesome, but that still wouldnt make it a sucessful RPG.

They got korean online games with battle systems that blow ffxi, ffxiv out of the water, but thats not what you really get from an rpg, thats not what these other f2p mmos are missing, many have excellent leveling systems, and engaging battle.
there is a reason why UO, and EQ are still being played, and its not because of the best battle systems out there. There is a reason why ff still sells huge numbers on a portable, with a battle system from 1989.

In honor of YoshiP being a Street Fighter 4 fan (like me), I propose a Producer Dream Battle. Ono vs Yoshida.

http://i.imgur.com/Nsmk6.jpg

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Originally Posted by Physic

take it for however you want to take it. Im not even arguing about it, it just occured to me the other day, when my friend was playing, he was played beta said it was too unfinished even to play free and stopped, he recently gave it a chance, and hes having a little fun early, but as he continues to level finds all the problems most people find.
any number of members higher than 4 makes battle so easy it becomes unfulfilling
leves and the anima system make you feel like you should only play once in awhile,
blah blah
but basically he was like i like the battle, but still the game feels like any other f2p mmo, except some of them have even more engaging and entertaining battle systems, but the problem with them, and ffxiv is thats it. all it is, is leveling, and fighting. thats empty. I realized the battle system isnt what makes a great rpg, or mmo, i didnt like ffxi battle system much, it was by an large less entertaining than an offline rpg battle system, less entertaining by far than aion battle, and even RO battle was overall more entertaining, but i played it longer, and the game was entertaining over all.

Its not the battle, its everything else, you adapt and get used to whatever battle system is there if the game is good in other ways. Its not catering to my needs, I just realized battle aint really the selling point of rpgs.

youd be right battle is the core element of a fighting game, racing is the core element of a racing game. the best rpgs arent great for the battle, was ff6 battle great? have people been playing dice rolling rpgs for 20 years because dice rolling is awesome? does even the best FF battle system compare to street fighter alpha? devil may cry 4? Man if i could jack devil may cry 4 battle for a sword user, SF2 for pugilist and copy and paste them in to ffxiv that would be awesome, but that still wouldnt make it a sucessful RPG.

They got korean online games with battle systems that blow ffxi, ffxiv out of the water, but thats not what you really get from an rpg, thats not what these other f2p mmos are missing, many have excellent leveling systems, and engaging battle.
there is a reason why UO, and EQ are still being played, and its not because of the best battle systems out there. There is a reason why ff still sells huge numbers on a portable, with a battle system from 1989.

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Well, the battle system is not the only foundation, and everyone can agree the game is lacking on content. It is something the development team is aware off, and have already indicated they still decided to fix the battle system first before adding the content that will revolve around the new battle system.

By the time FFVI was released, the slight alteration to the atb system it had, was indeed something extraordinary. No battle system is without its flaws, but when is this flawed, like XIV is, where the hate is crazy, the stats have close to no effect, and every other complaint there is for it, after asking the playerbase at the time what we wanted, there was no other way for them to respond differently than a full change.

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Originally Posted by Reinheart

What was that mob that you engage in the sky in FF6 Deathgaze? dunno English name... would be fun if it was stuff like that too lol.
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Yeah, Doom Gaze :D It would be nice to have something like that, randomly in the sky.

And thanks to you and Renta for the translations, as always.

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Originally Posted by Rentahamster

In honor of YoshiP being a Street Fighter 4 fan (like me), I propose a Producer Dream Battle. Ono vs Yoshida.

http://i.imgur.com/Nsmk6.jpg

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Lol nice. :D

So airship would be a quick A --> B ? i don't know that i like that i enjoy FFXI where you enjoy the skys. you can do more into that few 15min like few mobs happen to jump on and you fight them and so on.

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Originally Posted by Rentahamster

In honor of YoshiP being a Street Fighter 4 fan (like me), I propose a Producer Dream Battle. Ono vs Yoshida.

http://i.imgur.com/Nsmk6.jpg

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Heh, nice.

Makes me wish it were Melty Blood. Then I could say I'd take on them, as I get my ass kicked in SF4 way too much to be any challenge.

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Originally Posted by Munba

Lol nice. :D

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Heh heh.

BTW, Ono's super move is, "Summon Daigo Umehara"

YoshiP's super move is, "Shin-kuu Middle of the Night Forum Posting Attack" (since he wrote all that stuff at like 12am JPN time)

Thank you much for the information! It was great hearing more about future plans for FFXIV!

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...9C%88%E5%8F%B7

damn more info on 1.18 & 1.19 from jp game mag connect-on... dont have the mag myself so can only translate what that thread OP posted. will do later. use google translate for now sry.

posted from phone

..GASP.
I think this means they are finally ready to start pumping out the patch, considering all the news.
Let the hype/disappointment begin. (Mine will be all hype, but I guess it doesnt take much to please me. . .)

materia craft coming in 1.19 wooot

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So airship would be a quick A --> B ? i don't know that i like that i enjoy FFXI where you enjoy the skys. you can do more into that few 15min like few mobs happen to jump on and you fight them and so on.

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Just for now. Don't worry, Yoshi-P said he wants to 'upgrade' to that kind of setup later. But it was better to get the transportation in place now instead of making people wait just because the long ride wasn't ready.

Our anima will thank us. :D

1.18 going to have single target and aoe target spells like cure and curega

I butchered it in google, but I thought I might highlight the interesting/translated parts for people until Reinheart does it justice.


Japanese - detected to English translation

Developer Interview [May Connect on 8]
Came out in the poem "Moon 7" keyword is not assumed that there was extensive renovation in July, no. Happened, what had at Zure込N scheduled in June at the impact of the earthquake.
Producer Letter "to" Summer time part of the concrete is roughly scheduled for the end of September.
Large volume of patch 1.18, only letters producer, so that can not be explained Foro point of the system changes to be implemented will be announced separately at a rate of one a week until the patch.
For UI, you have to do a redesign of the foundation of the system which also includes the communication server and the client feel they have a lot of players if all photos were this is, "Why not?" Is to allow the recovery of a place called come.
Craft materials to implement the system in patch 1.19. If this is also a large patch for the whole recipe 入Re替Eshi production, will review the status of the production itself.
In addition to auto attack patch 1.18, all the algorithms hostile to change. Such as the hostility of FF11 "volatile type" instead of "plus type" enemy of the system becomes. Specifically, the end battle from the enemy occupying the monsters we would be stacked.
With the goal to smooth the switching unit in the range of magic patch 1.18, adjusted to Cure if, for example to add Kearuga.Meters can see the degree of hostility in the 1.18 patch? Display and so on.
Ifrit Battle savage (tentative) is being implemented in patch 1.19.
For raid dungeon, there are several routes clear. The time required to capture, changes or drop out, change the type of compensation by the selected route.
Including a Chocobo-mounted system study stage, but still, if you are ready for implementation on the basis of the system solve the problem.
Published with illustrations "with Evil", such as artists become a fact-specific job position.
The achievement system?
Achieved a record left by the adventure elements of The Loadstone "History" is a further development, the achievement "rewards (reward)" is also available. In particular, due to the number of titles that can subdue monsters Morae, and what you can earn rewards and items to achieve a number on further punitive.
Mr. Yoshida, the Rep in the Forum is "to be canned from the Ask'm a 'say that.
When busy, "we are considering," I might tend to next, "humanity" and to give, "has her care as the impression I Motarenai mechanically processed.
An interesting event season "summer" has been scheduled.
Prospects for an MMO that FFXIV
FFXIV not want to fight global 取Ri入Rerubeku so many players, the future is removed from the spindle of the game will rank up. Rank itself is not going to lose, so that training will continue to grow into crispy. Going into practice the concept of Lost is not according to this policy.
One of the elements of the development of tutorials for beginners, up to about rank 10 to rank 18, has been considering a new dungeon for the adventurer.
Resuscitation of what release of the PS3 "Last time" I believe that.
There are those ready to change and Garatsu unimaginable for there about.
While reading and doing editing work. Interpretation is arbitrary because, for details please read buy Konekutoo No. 8 Mon

cyan the thread op is updating his thread more as hes reading it right now