New System Involving Materia

[Fervid]

I sure hope this isn't true, since my observations lead me to believe that next to nobody cares about PvP.

Well.. I think most people are only taking what they want out of that sentence and in doing so are setting themselves up to be let down. I guess we'll find out soon enough. For the record, I hope I'm wrong.

[TheCurls]

Well.. I think most people are only taking what they want out of that sentence and in doing so are setting themselves up to be let down. I guess we'll find out soon enough. For the record, I hope I'm wrong.

The actual quote is: "Patch 2.25 will focus on additions and adjustments to the Wolves' Den, as well as a new system involving materia."

The "as well as..." does not mean the materia system refers to the wolves' den. It is referring to Patch 2.25's focus. If it was about the wolves' den, the sentence would have read "Patch 2.25 will focus on additions, ajustments, as well as introducing a new system involving materia to the Wolves' Den."

Edit- Hooray for English degrees. They're useful sometimes.

[Astralos]

The actual quote is: "Patch 2.25 will focus on additions and adjustments to the Wolves' Den, as well as a new system involving materia."

The "as well as..." does not mean the materia system refers to the wolves' den. It is referring to Patch 2.25's focus. If it was about the wolves' den, the sentence would have read "Patch 2.25 will focus on additions, ajustments, as well as introducing a new system involving materia to the Wolves' Den."

Edit- Hooray for English degrees. They're useful sometimes.

I agree with your interpretation. If it were a new system involving materia just for PvP, then the sentence is redundant. A new system involving materia for PvP would count as an addition to the Wolves' Den.

Of course, it could also be possible that SE bungled something up in the translation...it wouldn't be the first time.

[Ooshima]

The actual quote is: "Patch 2.25 will focus on additions and adjustments to the Wolves' Den, as well as a new system involving materia."

The "as well as..." does not mean the materia system refers to the wolves' den. It is referring to Patch 2.25's focus. If it was about the wolves' den, the sentence would have read "Patch 2.25 will focus on additions, ajustments, as well as introducing a new system involving materia to the Wolves' Den."

Edit- Hooray for English degrees. They're useful sometimes.

I agree with your interpretation. If it were a new system involving materia just for PvP, then the sentence is redundant. A new system involving materia for PvP would count as an addition to the Wolves' Den.

Of course, it could also be possible that SE bungled something up in the translation...it wouldn't be the first time.

The EN translation on that part is correct.

The JP live letter says:

まずパッチ2.25では、お待たせしているPvPコンテンツ"ウルヴズジェイル"のアップデートや、
マテリア関連のシステムアップデートが行われます。

The particle "や" (ya) means "and" in English, and here it is used to separate "content update to PVP Wolf's Jail (that's what the Japanese call it) and System updates related to Materia. So it would mean: Content updates to Wolf's Den and updates to the Materia system.