At E3, Dev Team: NO English Patch Notes Reading? :(

To: FF NA Team,

So on Lodestone, it's been announced Yoshi P will be doing a Heavensward Patch Notes Reading (Live!) at E3 this year (great). Except... it's in Japanese Only. :(

It's E3, the biggest Videogames Convention in North America, and the big Heavensward Patch Notes unveil and live discussion will have Zero English Language Support? :confused:

Please reconsider or at least have some kind of Secondary Stream where Bayohne, Fern and the rest of the great NA Community Team can *talk* about the Patch Notes as Yoshi P is reading it?

Or else it feels like a disservice to all Non-Japanese Speakers.

Thanks!

"During the show we’ll be hosting a few live streams to help bring the excitement of E3 and Heavensward hype directly to you!

Heavensward (Preliminary) Patch Note Reading
Yoshida and Foxclon will be reading over the preliminary patch notes for Heavensward!

Broadcast start time:
Tuesday, June 16, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. (PDT)
* Presented in Japanese only."

http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...c2624cc520be44

It is kinda weird that, at an American convention, the only language this reading is available in is Japanese.

I definitely agree that someone like Bayohne or Koji should translate this, especially as this is, again, an American convention. It'd be like an english-exclusive panel at TGS. It's just weird.

The hell? /10char

I just think that translating all those notes would be too long, that is why, still disappointed but i kinda understand, reading and waiting for translation for 2-3 hours could be painful

I saw the same this morning and was extremely disappointed.

as if patch notes reading is so much fun to listen to... so far you could always read it by yourself and the small additional info they provided were usually just explaining certain changes

Well if they release the English patch notes before or during the reading, then I won't mind as much.

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Originally Posted by DarkDedede

Well if they release the English patch notes before or during the reading, then I won't mind as much.

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This. Would rather read them myself as there going to be loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo-



--ooooooooooooooong. That way I can re-read stuff I may have missed. But I do agree with OP. Why even bother doing it at E3 if its not in English? They can just do it any other time...

why bother reading it at all? im sure no one is gonna show up to that panel. might as well make it a meet and greet with the fans

Japanese only at a North American gaming convention is going to bring bad press and rants from countless mainstream and independent gaming news websites. Just sit back and watch the smack talk fly. A hard lesson to learn for next year's E3.

If they are handing out pamphlets printed in English detailing everything Mr.YP and Foxclon are going over, that won't be bad.