Live Letter XVI Discussion Thread

Didn't see a thread already yet.

Live letter is on now. Youtube Link

Anyone got a live translation link?

Seconded for a translation link....

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Originally Posted by Magnesium02

Didn't see a thread already yet.

Live letter is on now. Youtube Link

Anyone got a live translation link?

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<--gives Rogue a ball of yarn :3

I don't, in fact I forgot there was a live letter this morning.

It starting right now, Translation link please!

I think we're running short on live translators, unfortunately.

Don't think anyone has stepped up to the plate post Reinheart.

So yeah, our fate is in the hands of Bayohne's thread.

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Originally Posted by Magnesium02

Didn't see a thread already yet.

Live letter is on now. Youtube Link

Anyone got a live translation link?

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Thank you for making another Live Letter Discussion Thread Rogue! /happy \(^_^ )/ /hug

It’s a shame that Rein can’t do the live translations anymore. /cry (T_T )

Honestly, the lack of official live translation is starting to grind my gears a little. I'm sure at least 50% of the player base is English speaking- why not just task one of their localisation team to do a live translation? Similar to what Reinhart used to do...

Or hell, Reinhart got hired- why not just give him a small bonus on top of his salary and let him do what he already did? Have one other on hand to help ensure nothing is "lost in translation" (since it would be official they don't want any misinformation supplied to the English player base), and all is well!

Damn Yoshi P, give us back Reinheart. Ever since you abducted him, we getting less excited for live letters.

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Originally Posted by Alexia89

Honestly, the lack of official live translation is starting to grind my gears a little. I'm sure at least 50% of the player base is English speaking- why not just task one of their localisation team to do a live translation? Similar to what Reinhart used to do...

Or hell, Reinhart got hired- why not just give him a small bonus on top of his salary and let him do what he already did? Have one other on hand to help ensure nothing is "lost in translation" (since it would be official they don't want any misinformation supplied to the English player base), and all is well!

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They're usually pretty good about translating the questions and answers (not the actual chit chatting though) on a forum post as the live letter goes on... I'm assuming we'll see a mod post about it soon.

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Originally Posted by Welsper59

They're usually pretty good about translating the questions and answers (not the actual chit chatting though) on a forum post as the live letter goes on... I'm assuming we'll see a mod post about it soon.

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I doubt it.

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Originally Posted by TheUltimate3

I doubt it.

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Found it...

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...VI-Q-A-Updates

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Originally Posted by Welsper59

They're usually pretty good about translating the questions and answers (not the actual chit chatting though) on a forum post as the live letter goes on... I'm assuming we'll see a mod post about it soon.

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I'm aware of that, but there is still a lot that goes right under the radar until we get an unofficial site post a summary.

Translation of the Q&A portion is all great and good- but it isn't the full story.

It's a darn shame SE won't give us live letters in all supported languages. I understand they are a Japanese company and I don't even mind having the live letters in a convenient JP time. But to leave all but one of the supported languages in the dark is a real slap in the face to the rest of the (just as loyal) player base. Sad :(

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Originally Posted by Alexia89

Honestly, the lack of official live translation is starting to grind my gears a little. I'm sure at least 50% of the player base is English speaking

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To be fair though, a lot of English based companies hardly accommodate to their foreign players when they do streams so this isn't really anything new in the industry. There's almost always a translation of the important stuff (Q&A) during/after the stream.

20 minutes in and nothing yet. Without a translation this is meaningless. Yoshi needs to start flashing some pics of stuff so we can start speculating with nothing to go by but a quick glimpse of a piece of paper Yoshi held up. That's always fun.

Kinda sucks they all having fun and laughing and joking and we have absolutely no clue whats going on.

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Originally Posted by Ulathskullsplitter

20 minutes in and nothing yet.

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Originally Posted by jojober

It's a darn shame SE won't give us live letters in all supported languages. I understand they are a Japanese company and I don't even mind having the live letters in a convenient JP time. But to leave all but one of the supported languages in the dark is a real slap in the face to the rest of the (just as loyal) player base. Sad :(

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http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...VI-Q-A-Updates

No one is left in the dark. Besides, even in Japanese he doesn't say much or explain anything - He's almost always only saying "here's..."something" that' we're working on", never any true specifics. Remember the armors he shown us before and even with translations there was still speculation?

Well the first bit seems to be talking about frontlines.

Oh and I am not in the positino right now to take any screencaps. So if Yoshi starts holiding up papers with concept arts, can someone snap those?

Live Letter posted on eu lodestone, in english, during gmt afternoon etc. I understand they're Japanese company, but this is the last live letter for me. The hype before one, only to realize i won't understand a damned thing, I'm done with it.

Q5: Will you ever add elite marks that are higher than rank S?

A5: We’re thinking about adding elite marks moving forward, but if they exceed rank S that means they will become something like the level of Odin or a Behemoth class monster. We’re also working on things for the expansion, so we’d like to explore a variety of things.

Looks like we in Hunt territory now.

EDIT: Aaaaand right back to Frontlines :P

I am grateful for the thread with updated questions, but I still think it's a giant middle finger to non Japanese speaking paying customers. You don't have to agree, but I am quite obviously not alone in this feeling. It's not like they are a tiny company without the resources to manage equal community connection.

Seems kind of funny this talk about favoring the Japanese playerbase here, then one of the questions was about expanding frontlines, and the response was the Japanese players are playing it the most so they are working on expanding it.

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Originally Posted by Mcshiggs

Seems kind of funny this talk about favoring the Japanese playerbase here, then one of the questions was about expanding frontlines, and the response was the Japanese players are playing it the most so they are working on expanding it.

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Hey, if it's being used, it's being used.

Q10: Please make it so equipment drops more than crafting materials in instanced dungeons.

A10: Since the demand for glamours is ever-increasing, I’ll be talking to the lead for this and be making adjustments.

PRAISE HYDAELYN.

Q13: Is it possible to lower the cost of the equipment that we can purchase with Allied Seals?

A13: Instead of lowering the cost, we are currently looking into increasing the awards for completing the daily mark bills.

EDIT: Further; while I weep that they aren't necessarily changing the price, Daily rewards won't suck. So...

http://www.troll.me/images/preacher/oh-lawd-jesus.jpg

Q18: Currently, the elite marks die instantly even after the recent adjustment. Are there any plans to make further adjustments?

A18: We are currently looking into ways of addressing this issue without simply increasing the HP of the marks.

Then this happened. Not sure what they can try but hey, good for them.

And if it wasn't obvious, yes I am focusing primarily on Hunts when responding to this post, because I can and I expected far more Hunt related questions to be asked.

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Originally Posted by TheUltimate3

Q18: Currently, the elite marks die instantly even after the recent adjustment. Are there any plans to make further adjustments?

A18: We are currently looking into ways of addressing this issue without simply increasing the HP of the marks.

Then this happened. Not sure what they can try but hey, good for them.

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Have the mob run away at high speed if too many people engage it?

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Originally Posted by Kallera

Have the mob run away at high speed if too many people engage it?

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That would be hilarious lol

Is there a mechanic for a monster getting stronger the more people are there? I don't mean more HP but lets say if a million people target it and attack, all of a sudden its autoattack cleaves and it murders half the people there. Something OP like that?

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Originally Posted by Kallera

Have the mob run away at high speed if too many people engage it?

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No, they should call for re-enforcement if there is too many people are there attacking it. Like a bunch of S-Rank spawn if too many attacking A Ranks.

Q21: The rewards for Mark Bills and Elite Mark Bills feels a bit low. Do you have any plans to adjust this?

A21: We are currently looking into increasing the amount for Mark Bills. We're concerned that if we increase the rewards for elite marks it would cause even more people to focus on them, so to start out we are going to prioritize adjustments to daily marks.

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Originally Posted by Zaiken

No, they should call for re-enforcement if there is too many people are there attacking it. Like a bunch of S-Rank spawn if too many attacking A Ranks.

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That might just invite more abuse unless those S-rank come buffed with abilities that can take a mob of players down. As I've seen, even S-rank mobs seem unable to take out a pt.

most would be glad if they could remake the video with translation text some weeks after, but i have no clue why they have stopped doing that?
I hate the Q&A and like to play the whole video with subtitels! Special because most of the jokes are missed out in the Q&A section...
It must not be live translation, but at least a video translation and not just a "summary"...

Q22: Are there any plans to add mechanics to the elite marks similar to those that bosses use?

A22: We are able to maintain balance in dungeons because of the specific battlefield you fight the boss in. If we do the same for elite marks, it might end up even killing the players that do not want to participate in the fight

Any fool that wanders into a mob of players fighting a vicious monster without intending to fight it, deserves a death. We're not even talking lost exp here for this Darwin award level foolishness.

GG SE. Toothless hunts remain in the hands of the Teamspeak brigade.

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Originally Posted by Kallera

That might just invite more abuse unless those S-rank come buffed with abilities that can take a mob of players down. As I've seen, even S-rank mobs seem unable to take out a pt.

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Then they need to look into S-Rank Mob more then. Seam like they are just a zerge fest and add no challenge to the fight or what so ever. They need to add in more Mechanic to the fight, and NM either have instant kill or they use a skill that does a lot of damaged. If you look at FFXI or other open world boss in other game, they are nothing like this and a push over as they are right now in FFXIV.

Q25: Will the story for the Crystal Tower end in the next Crystal Tower update?

A25: First, the story for the Coil of Bahamut will end in patch 2.4. Next, the story for the Crystal Tower will come to an end in patch 2.5. We are also planning to make the Forbidden Land, Eureka, but because it might have a different feel compared to the Crystal Tower, we are thinking of possibly introducing it after waiting a while.

So Patch 2.4 I think it like this...

* 2nd Coil of Bahamut got an Echo Buff and no more weekly lockout.

* The last Binding Coil of Bahamut Introduce with item level 115 - 120 with a Weekly Lockout. Probably Turn 10 - Turn 15 where you Battle Bahamut itself.

* In Patch 2.5 The next Crystal Tower will drop item level 110.

* After that we will get a new Raids like Forbidden Land, Eureka as End Game Raiding.

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Originally Posted by Kallera

Q22: Are there any plans to add mechanics to the elite marks similar to those that bosses use?

A22: We are able to maintain balance in dungeons because of the specific battlefield you fight the boss in. If we do the same for elite marks, it might end up even killing the players that do not want to participate in the fight

Any fool that wanders into a mob of players fighting a vicious monster without intending to fight it, deserves a death. We're not even talking lost exp here for this Darwin award level foolishness.

GG SE. Toothless hunts remain in the hands of the Teamspeak brigade.

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See, he wants the world "dangerous" but doesn't want people to die..? I mean, that's the whole purpose of tough rampaging monsters.

That's like saying Godzilla will fight mecha godzilla but nothing in the surrounding area will be destroyed and no one will die if they get caught in the crossfire. It just does not compute.

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Originally Posted by Zaiken

Then they need to look into S-Rank Mob more then. Seam like they are just a zerge fest and add no challenge to the fight or what so ever. They need to add in more Mechanic to the fight, and NM either have instant kill or they use a skill that does a lot of damaged. If you look at FFXI or other open world boss in other game, they are nothing like this and a push over as they are right now in FFXIV.

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^ Many times have I wandered too close to someone fighting something in the overworld only to get tossed off my chocobo dead. The Voidwatch system is somewhat similar but you need a status to interact with people/enemy though.

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Originally Posted by jojober

I am grateful for the thread with updated questions, but I still think it's a giant middle finger to non Japanese speaking paying customers. You don't have to agree, but I am quite obviously not alone in this feeling. It's not like they are a tiny company without the resources to manage equal community connection.

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Problem is, if they do an English live translation, they'd also have to do French and German. If they do that, we'll get complaints about why there's a Japanese, English, French and German translation, but not an [insert any other language here] version ..

Most purchased NPC item after 2.3 : Chocobo stable ^^
Grade 5 Dark Matter is on place 3

Any screencaps?