FFXIV Chinese Version Coming Soon

[Betelgeuzah]

So we wont be getting a class system on this patch then ?

I think they are talking about both since they are very closely related. I could be wrong though. Regardless, since they've been working on the overhauls for the past 4 months and we have yet to see any of them in action, they should logically come in quite fast succession, if not all at the same time, for the next 6 months. While it took them time to get started, the ball is rolling.

Hmm this is very true. Not so sure if FFXIV would do so well in that sense.

I think this will only benefit us in the long run. If the specs are too high for internet cafés, they have more pressure to improve the game engine. Although I don't think their plan was to have a huge community right from the get-go, but slowly and steadily let the playerbase grow, just like with XI.

[AlexiaKidd]

The Chinese version will be running on there own servers so they will not be playing on ours, so I was lead to believe anyway.

[bird]

So we wont be getting a class system on this patch then ?

Hi! I want to stress that there is no specific talk of the new patch anywhere in this interview. The questions were designed to introduce the game to a new market. Therefore, yoshi gave an overview of the general direction ffxiv is heading.

To answer your question, i skimmed through the interview again and it doesn't seem like the class/job/armoury system was mentioned at all. I found another paragraph tho about the battle system:

since we have operated ffxi for over 8 years, we are planning to further develop the battle system (i assume we're talking about 14 here). by combining it with the current mmo standards, we are to create a new system to correct the current battle system, emphasizing the importance of positioning and the concept of skillchaining / comboing / chain abilities (this is in response to the interviewer's reference to vagrant story), and finally it will evolve into something essentially different from the current battle system. in fact, we we have completed the design stage of the new battle system, and are preparing to enter the implementation/production stage.*

(i'm sorry but the chinese language doesn't emphasize tenses. i tried my best to streamline the sentences into a cohesive paragraph. the original translation from japanese to chinese, whether or not intentional, was a pretty long run on sentence, and fragmented.)

Hope this helps! (See...not all chinese are rmt's ;P)

[AlexiaKidd]

So the battle system may be an FFXI and FFXIV hybrid, sounds like FFXIII then really as they mentioned combo's as well. I hope it is as that was what I originally imagined the battle system to be like in FFXIV but who knows. Can't wait to hear the official word on it.

[Ilean]

Could anyone provide non-machine translations for:

10: like Blizzard's World of Warcraft, an open interface to the player UI, equal to let players also joined the ranks of game development, making the user experience on the World of Warcraft users have more choices in the future also FF14 do it? Or if you have other ideas?

13: PVP is the Chinese players are more concerned about a topic, then the content of PVP in the proportion of the future in the game there?

It may be a lot of people last September, after serving the international version of the impact of open and read a lot of negative evaluation, on the Final Fantasy 14 is still uneasy. However, the international edition is a very fast speed patch update, and soon after the raid, and large-scale battle system changes will bring greater innovation. So it is not the ultimate fantasy for the past 14, but for the next Final Fantasy 14, please continue to pay attention to trends in the international version. To the world look forward to Final Fantasy players, whether it is development or operation, will be united to move forward, I hope we can continue to support and look forward to!

[Nuru]

10: like Blizzard's World of Warcraft, an open interface to the player UI, equal to let players also joined the ranks of game development, making the user experience on the World of Warcraft users have more choices in the future also FF14 do it? Or if you have other ideas?

Seems like they are asking about a mod-friendly UI.

13: PVP is the Chinese players are more concerned about a topic, then the content of PVP in the proportion of the future in the game there?

To me, this sounds like asking if there will be Pvp, since the Chinese players are more concerned for this type of content. If so, how will it be implemented and to what proportion to the game? (Meaning, how much of this game will be PvP content.)

It may be a lot of people last September, after serving the international version of the impact of open and read a lot of negative evaluation, on the Final Fantasy 14 is still uneasy. However, the international edition is a very fast speed patch update, and soon after the raid, and large-scale battle system changes will bring greater innovation. So it is not the ultimate fantasy for the past 14, but for the next Final Fantasy 14, please continue to pay attention to trends in the international version. To the world look forward to Final Fantasy players, whether it is development or operation, will be united to move forward, I hope we can continue to support and look forward to!

There may have been a lot of people that gave negative evaluation since the release in September, and yet it still isn't going too well. However, the updates are coming fast, and after the raid and battle system updates, it will bring greater innovation. So its not the Final Fantasy XIV of the past, but it is the Final Fantasy XIV of the future that we all can look forward to, whether it is in development or operation. We hope you continue to support Final Fantasy XIV development, and please look forwards to the future of FFXIV.

This is just how i see it.

[Ilean]

Could anyone provide non-machine translations for:

Errr... sorry, for the first 2 quotes I meant translation for their respective answers... ^^U

[Kaboushi]

what is rmt?

[Xmbei]

what is rmt?

Real Money Trader, Gil sellers

[Nuru]

10: like Blizzard's World of Warcraft, an open interface to the player UI, equal to let players also joined the ranks of game development, making the user experience on the World of Warcraft users have more choices in the future also FF14 do it? Or if you have other ideas?

Yoshida: other aspects of preparation is complete, plug into the concept. We will re-design the script production methods, as far as possible for gamers to find a better choice.

Yoshida is planning to redesign some of the scripts for the UI Customization. This can mean we are going to get skins or add-ons to choose from, not exactly being able to make our own. Its not too clear to me but this seems logical.

13: PVP is the Chinese players are more concerned about a topic, then the content of PVP in the proportion of the future in the game there?

Yoshida: There are plans to make to love the battlefield / arena and PvP players, to have the game to challenge the contents of the destination. So, not to require all 14 players are the ultimate fantasy for PVP, but as World of Warcraft, as can clearly find their own want to play the content. I am also a person quite like PVP, so please look forward to it.

There are plans to add PvP in the future, as Yoshida is a fan of PvP himself. PvP content will most likely be on the Battlefield/Arena (not sure if he means the Colosseum.)