Live Letter XIII Q&A Discussion

[Tiggy]

No, my post said:


Basically, unless it's an instanced location we probably won't see it until post expansion, since the other topic about open world had people stating it's impossible for SE to new ones unless it's instanced We still have awhile to go till 3.0 so it could be sooner, but 3.0 is most likely considering yoshi said the theme is the war of the magi.

So basically nothing the actual developers said at all, and seems to be entirely conjecture from the community. Got it.

Also, "unless, according to the "developers other MMOs who play this game" is such a broken statement. I assume you're trying to say according to developers who make other MMO's who also play this game. If that is indeed what you meant then those "developers" have opinions no different than any other community member and don't have any real answers for us.

[ValkyrieL]

In patch 2.0 and 2.1, the equipment from the Binding Coil of Bahamut and the equipment you could obtain with Allagan tomestones of mythology were exactly the same, and I think this detracted from players’ motivation. This time around we've prepared something a little different, so they won't necessarily be equal. As I mentioned earlier, we’ve prepared three main ways to increase your item level, and regardless of which route you take you’ll be able to achieve the same item level in the end.

3 ways to increase item levels with end result been able to achieve same item level....mmmkkk.

[Tiggy]

In patch 2.0 and 2.1, the equipment from the Binding Coil of Bahamut and the equipment you could obtain with Allagan tomestones of mythology were exactly the same, and I think this detracted from players’ motivation. This time around we've prepared something a little different, so they won't necessarily be equal. As I mentioned earlier, we’ve prepared three main ways to increase your item level, and regardless of which route you take you’ll be able to achieve the same item level in the end.

3 ways to increase item levels with end result been able to achieve same item level....mmmkkk.

Yeah that doesn't seem very accurate to me. To upgrade all the weathered gear you need drops from the coil, and to get the High Allagan you need drops from the coil. There is only one real path for i110 armor.

[Hyrist]

Yeah that doesn't seem very accurate to me. To upgrade all the weathered gear you need drops from the coil, and to get the High Allagan you need drops from the coil. There is only one real path for i110 armor.

Which is what is upsetting people. To be promised 3 paths, which, honestly, from the letter, sounded like an expansion on the 2 paths we had in 2.2, and wind up with ultimately a single path was a bit of a shock. Hopefully the developers will realize this difference in reception and provide us with alternate endgame routes to ilvl110 before it becomes outdated, or, at the very least, keep the desire for genuinely separate paths to reaching max gear level in mind moving forward.

[Alice_89th]

Really, the cost of just using simultaneous translation during the live letter broadcast can't be that high. Quit cheaping out!!

To be fair, they are posting translations the Q&A when the video is running. And no matter how fast you translate, that will never be completely in sync simply because it takes time to translate, type, and post.

I also understand that they post an "official" translation later. And with that I mean a translation where the wording etc has been looked at carefully (if you want to translate fast you simply have less time to think about the best translation possible). That said, it would be nice if said translation came a bit quicker, say within a week or so.

[Gwaeron]

yoshi said the theme is the war of the magi.

No, Yoshi said no such thing. He said a "millennia-old conflict".

[Munba]

I would have added Sea before Sky for a normal progression (you can see it in almost every FF unlike FF5). I think 'sky' generally is always the ultimate goal in an 'adventure'.

[DoubleT]

I would have added Sea before Sky for a normal progression (you can see it in almost every FF unlike FF5). I think 'sky' generally is always the ultimate goal in an 'adventure'.

sky came out in xi before sea

[Munba]

sky came out in xi before sea

Well yes but that was not exatly the 'sky' i intend (that was only an area in the clouds)

Sky means flying around with content about it imo.

[Megido]

How much extra will we have to pay on our sub for you guys to get a translator that can do what a fan translator does about 14 times as fast?