New interview from Famitsu Connect-On Magazine Aug.2011

[danny52844]

i love how everyone believes that archer will get bard with no evidence. For those of you lets say over the age of 16 (i'm 21) if you remember the first Big Brother U.S.A. "expect the unexpected" thats xiv right now lol.

HEY! u got to make ur sig animated :O

[Vackashken]

Archanist could turn into bard.

[Isaaru]

wait... were they saying the evil armor will be artifact for one of the combined class jobs or was that current finalized jobs?
I R CONFUSED.

[Kristina_Farron]

wait... were they saying the evil armor will be artifact for one of the combined class jobs or was that current finalized jobs?
I R CONFUSED.

They didn't say which specific Job will get Evil Armor as Artifact.

To we Japanese players it looks definitely for Dark Knights (at least for previous FFXI players).... But which is the corresponding class, and where is the scythe and two-handed sword.... left for questions.

[AlexiaKidd]

They didn't say which specific Job will get Evil Armor as Artifact.

To we Japanese players it looks definitely for Dark Knights (at least for previous FFXI players).... Buy which is the corresponding class, and where is the scythe and two-handed sword.... left for questions.

That is exactly what I want to know.

[CanteJondo]

I think the job system is a fantastic way to go. It seems like the classes will be the broader roles to play in levelling and being more all-rounders so great for those who want to SP solo or in small parties. Then the challenging content has you take on a job rather than class for specialisation - allowing more challenging content tailored to tactics that involve the jobs' roles better!

[InuraBera]

did they planned to solve the issue that Gaijin players feel like we're just a second grade citizen? or looking into hiring more translator and web programmer?

Not sure if you are a European player, but if you are, you would be used to it by now with every MMO owned by an American company. Don't take it personally, it isn't as if they hate you, if anything for being 'second grade citizen' we get far more information and developer contact than I'm used to in my general EU MMO playing.

As to the interview, really good to read, and it gives me hope that the game will be good - not what I bought, but it might still turn out to be enjoyable in the end. With this:

After the overhaul is done, most of issues that make you feel "why can't they do this?" will be addressed.

probably being the most useful piece of information, even though they have stated it many times at least they keep us informed that it really is causing issues rather than just using it as an overarching excuse. Also, I definitely want to be a Bard!

[Shura]

マテリアルクラフトシステムでは、最強装備を目指せる味付けをしている（する予定）最終装備を目指したいのであれば、モンスターが落とす希少なドロップ品よりも、クラフターが作ったアイテムにマテリアルクラフトを実行したほうが、最終的に性能が伸びるようバランスを調整している。

Materia craft are planned to be the route to the most "uber" gears. Which means the planners will let [materia buffed gear] > [NM dropped gear]

Also, a crafter is now a materia-worker? All gear will be dropped from NMs and all crafters will do is upgrade materia slots?

Lame!

Are they trying to ruin the game even more?

Thanks a lot for the translations Kristina, but please allow me to re-translate the quoted information above, as it seems giftforce has misunderstood the system.

In the quoted portion, it says:

"The Materia system will allow you to make the best gear, and for those interested in the best gear; the materia system is balanced in a way where attaching/adding materia to crafted gear will have better results then attaching them to NM dropped gear."

I apologize if my translation is not 100% correct, but it does literally say that Materia enhanced crafted gear will show better results then Materia enhanced NM dropped gear. Kristina also included this information " [materia buffed gear] > [NM dropped gear]" just not a word to word translation. So thank you again Kristina for the translations and the new information.

[giftforce]

Thanks a lot for the translations Kristina, but please allow me to re-translate the quoted information above, as it seems giftforce has misunderstood the system.

In the quoted portion, it says:

"The Materia system will allow you to make the best gear, and for those interested in the best gear; the materia system is balanced in a way where attaching/adding materia to crafted gear will have better results then attaching them to NM dropped gear."

I apologize if my translation is not 100% correct, but it does literally say that Materia enhanced crafted gear will show better results then Materia enhanced NM dropped gear. Kristina also included this information " [materia buffed gear] > [NM dropped gear]" just not a word to word translation. So thank you again Kristina for the translations and the new information.

So all NM-dropped gear is useless?

Why have useless things? Pointless.

[giftforce]

Why make posts if all your gonna do is troll/bitch? Pointless.

well maybe i wouldnt troll/bitch so much if they didnt make it so easy

i was provoked!