Add Voice Acting in Normal and Alliance Raids please

So I was surprised that the last cutscene in the Pandaemonium raid ending was fully voiced and as far as I can remember this is the 2nd time theyve done so throughout the whole game, with the 1st being the last cutscene in Binding Coils in ARR (complete with cgi cutscene, which I sorely miss seeing in this game besides the trailers).


This shouldnt be an issue with SE at this point because they have the funds needed for doing this. Could we please start seeing voice overs for the raid series come 7.0?

There is voice acting in the raids already. I think you are referring to the cutscenes.

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Originally Posted by Jeeqbit

There is voice acting in the raids already. I think you are referring to the cutscenes.

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Yes this is what I meant

Would love if they went back and added full voice acting for all the Main Story and Main Raid series. XIV always feels disjointed with it's voice acting vs. scenes that aren't. Love it when it's there though and always in favor of more.

at this point im surprised they dont just make every cutscene in msq fully voice acted.... especially after being proud several times over the last few years about having so much voice actibg as never before

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Originally Posted by Asari5

at this point im surprised they dont just make every cutscene in msq fully voice acted.... especially after being proud several times over the last few years about having so much voice actibg as never before

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The price of it alone, in 4 languages and it would seriously slow the production.

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Originally Posted by Themarvin

The price of it alone, in 4 languages and it would seriously slow the production.

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The price is the main reason any proposals to have it done will likely get shot down when given to the people who control the money . Unless they go the route of having only Japanese voice acting, with all the text being translated. And if they did that, I can guarantee you there is going to be people who complain about it.

Justifying the cost of the voice acting for 100% of the MSQ would be a hard pitch.

Another issue is trying to get the voice actors scheduled to do the work (that is if they intend to keep the same voice actors). Good voice actors have busy schedules and generally need to be booked well in advance. That would mean also having final dialogue set in stone well in advance. Last minute dialog changes would leave the previously recorded voice acting different.

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Originally Posted by Atelier-Bagur

So I was surprised that the last cutscene in the Pandaemonium raid ending was fully voiced and as far as I can remember this is the 2nd time theyve done so throughout the whole game, with the 1st being the last cutscene in Binding Coils in ARR (complete with cgi cutscene, which I sorely miss seeing in this game besides the trailers).


This shouldnt be an issue with SE at this point because they have the funds needed for doing this. Could we please start seeing voice overs for the raid series come 7.0?

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I think .... this was an exceptionally big.... fan service to the Japanese community ^^; Don't quote me on it though.
The second I heard the voice in the cutscene, I knew immediately "Ah, fan service...."
since the voice actor of Elidibus is a very famous and beloved voice actor and many have missed his voice and crying out for it to come back...
and it did ^^; I even thought after the 11th circle, "Now that he has voiced the boss raid, will they add voiced cutscenes?" Imagine my surprise!

Same with Emet voice actor, but it is already told the voice actor will get new roles!
So I am personally excited. I hope they will give Elidibus voice actor also a new (big) role..
Tho his voice is so.... specific. I wonder if his voice would never be able to get used to something other than Elidibus in FFXIV...

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Originally Posted by Avatre

The price is the main reason any proposals to have it done will likely get shot down when given to the people who control the money . Unless they go the route of having only Japanese voice acting, with all the text being translated. And if they did that, I can guarantee you there is going to be people who complain about it.

Justifying the cost of the voice acting for 100% of the MSQ would be a hard pitch.

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Extremely hard. The amount of actors hired due to the four languages they cater for can range from $200-400 an hour per VA


The upside would be wonderful voice acted experiences for us everywhere . The downside would be , quite possibly, that SQE would look to make much more cash shop only items and probably make the most popular shop category items outrageously expensive to recoup costs because they wouldn't with just subs alone.

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Originally Posted by Themarvin

The price of it alone, in 4 languages and it would seriously slow the production.

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Game Defenders: MSQ IS THE MAIN POINT OF THE GAME! UNSUB IF YOU DONT LIKE

Also the defenders: please understand poor company cant voice act all the MAIN CONTENT cause too much work and money

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Originally Posted by Izar_Chillen

The upside would be wonderful voice acted experiences for us everywhere . The downside would be , quite possibly, that SQE would look to make much more cash shop only items and probably make the most popular shop category items outrageously expensive to recoup costs because they wouldn't with just subs alone.

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Or new subscription tiers

FFXIV Lite: Lower sub fee, but ad-supported experience. No cutscenes are voiced. Less experience and tomestone gain. AoE telegraphs are emblazoned with corporate logos. Pepsi Man in that Alexander raid becomes actual Pepsi Man. Please look forward to moments like "Upon accepting this quest, several commercials will play in sequence. It is suggested you set aside sufficient time to view them."

FFXIV Premium: $40/month sub fee! ALL cutscenes voiced! Monthly free max-level job boost allowance! Your threads are always pinned to the top of the official forums! VIP Duty Finder priority! You can set all players on the FFXIV Lite plan to be muted and invisible! Superior graphics and lighting! Early access to all new MSQ content and raids! Permanent, irrevocable access to Novice Network! All character stats buffed by 15%! Mods officially allowed!

Agreed. All duties from now on should be fully voice-acted as well as more and more cut scenes, especially those related to normal and alliance raids, should be voiced as well.

There's no excuse whatsoever to not make this a reality, and especially not an economic one.

Dungeons and other duties are filled with great text and all of it should be voiced for a greater experience. I recall the defense systems of Alzadaal's Legacy, for instance, going haywire, yet it just doesn't feel the same without a voice attached to it.

Even the MSQ doesn't have full voice acting, it's clearly something they still have to ration out which is unsurprising given the amount of text and the fact the game supports 6 languages (Chinese and Korean versions are also voiced). The amount of VO has increased every expansion. I do appreciate them sparing the effort to do voices for raid bosses and for an important scene outside the MSQ and would certainly like to see more but VO will always be a constraint, I think.

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Originally Posted by Atelier-Bagur

So I was surprised that the last cutscene in the Pandaemonium raid ending was fully voiced and as far as I can remember this is the 2nd time theyve done so throughout the whole game, with the 1st being the last cutscene in Binding Coils in ARR (complete with cgi cutscene, which I sorely miss seeing in this game besides the trailers).


This shouldnt be an issue with SE at this point because they have the funds needed for doing this. Could we please start seeing voice overs for the raid series come 7.0?

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Voice acting is expensive. And since we all know, that SQEX is a smol indie company, i doubt, that they will spend the money for it.


Cheers

You do realize another reason the msq isnt fully voiced is to reflect the various sidequests/changes each person does right? Like in 3.1 with Heavensward Y'shtola mentions who recruited the wol. It was unvoiced because depending on where you start, the person and place changes and to voice that three times would take resources from the other voiced scenes. They already need to voice scenes several times over for the he/she gender and if any short scene is mentioned for other sidequests and also depending what choice you make when the wol "talks".

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Originally Posted by Kazemon15

You do realize another reason the msq isnt fully voiced is to reflect the various sidequests/changes each person does right? Like in 3.1 with Heavensward Y'shtola mentions who recruited the wol. It was unvoiced because depending on where you start, the person and place changes and to voice that three times would take resources from the other voiced scenes. They already need to voice scenes several times over for the he/she gender and if any short scene is mentioned for other sidequests and also depending what choice you make when the wol "talks".

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Then...voice them too? Don't know what is so hard about that. Sure it's more work but seriously i don't think the voice actors would complain about more work. And we don't have that many branching paths that are influenced by our past decisions, lol. They are really really rare. So it's not like every scene has thousand different options like you want to paint it here. They are maybe a couple not even a dozen. And i think SE is big enough to be able to deal with that.

SWtoR managed to voice literally EVERYTHING, so SE could step up and make at least all their main content voiced. Nobody is asking for every little quest to be fully voiced but at least a bit more effort would be appreciated.

And honestly the often underpaid and disregarded and outright ignored voiceactors kinda deserve more work and attention.

Im just saiyan, they seem to be confident enough in their budget for this game. And im sure theyre probably using that for 7.0 and the graphical updates but hopefully they start implementing more VAs in optional content more

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(that is if they intend to keep the same voice actors)

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They cant.

At least two have died.

Stephen Critchlow - Count De Fortemps

Sian Blake ( and both her her children, may her killer burn in Hell forever ) - Yugiri

VA=more dev time and more $, for each VA'd segment they have to do 6 languages. Sure they could throw money at it, but its still a business, put in as little as you can for as much as you can make, so to them would adding more VA actually bring in more players?... Unlikely enough to cover costs...

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Originally Posted by Hanayumi

VA=more dev time and more $, for each VA'd segment they have to do 6 languages. Sure they could throw money at it, but its still a business, put in as little as you can for as much as you can make, so to them would adding more VA actually bring in more players?... Unlikely enough to cover costs...

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The lack of VA is a common complaint amongst players, especially new players.
Would it cover costs? I won't pretend to know, but some MMOs do manage to have the entirety of their NPC voiced so it's not a complete impossibility either.

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Originally Posted by Kazhar

The lack of VA is a common complaint amongst players, especially new players.
Would it cover costs? I won't pretend to know, but some MMOs do manage to have the entirety of their NPC voiced so it's not a complete impossibility either.

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Yes some mmos do but usually in just 2-3 languages...

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Originally Posted by VelKallor

They cant.

At least two have died.

Stephen Critchlow - Count De Fortemps

Sian Blake ( and both her her children, may her killer burn in Hell forever ) - Yugiri

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Matoya、Honoroit, JP Lousouix, also died :(

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Originally Posted by Hanayumi

Yes some mmos do but usually in just 2-3 languages...

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ESO is 6 languages.