Producer's live letter

[Spellbinder]

Just to make sure I'm understanding the complaints. Q&A summaries such as the one below are considered bare minimum, unsatisfactory, and a slap in the face to the English speaking community?

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...804-09-2014%29

[Yurimi]

Just to make sure I'm understanding the complaints. Q&A summaries such as the one below are considered bare minimum, unsatisfactory, and a slap in the face to the English speaking community?

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...804-09-2014%29

are you referring to the live letter that was shown march 21st that was releasing information in regards to patch 2.2, you know the patch that came out march 26th... and our live letter full translation came out 2 weeks AFTER that patch on april 9th.. yeah I do find that a bit.. lacking

[Spellbinder]

are you referring to the live letter that was shown march 21st that was releasing information in regards to patch 2.2, you know the patch that came out march 26th... and our live letter full translation came out 2 weeks AFTER that patch on april 9th.. yeah I do find that a bit.. lacking

Well, I'd like to think that the community team, as well as the localization team, is constantly working on various tasks and assignments in addition to the live letters.

I sincerely doubt those letters are scripted, and it takes time to transcribe a 150 minute video, select the portions deemed most valuable, have them translated into three languages (English, French, and German), and then have them proof-read to ensure there are as few mistakes as possible. (Because god knows everyone and their uncle will sift through any information given with a fine tooth comb.)

It takes time to get things done, and while two weeks is a bit long, I think its reasonable considering all they have to prioritize. If anything, assuming they're aware of the time required, I'd say the scheduling of the live letter with consideration for time required to translate is lacking.

[Yurimi]

Well, I'd like to think that the community team, as well as the localization team, is constantly working on various tasks and assignments in addition to the live letters.

I sincerely doubt those letters are scripted, and it takes time to transcribe a 150 minute video, select the portions deemed most valuable, have them translated into three languages (English, French, and German), and then have them proof-read to ensure there are as few mistakes as possible. (Because god knows everyone and their uncle will sift through any information given with a fine tooth comb.)

It takes time to get things done, and while two weeks is a bit long, I think its reasonable considering all they have to prioritize. If anything, assuming they're aware of the time required, I'd say the scheduling of the live letter with consideration for time required to translate is lacking.

was actually 3 weeks to translate, t was 2 weeks AFTER the PATCH that the live letter was mostly based around =P

and while I agree that people will nitpick anything and everything we did have a member of the community (Reinheart) who did a live translation, while I understand that the entire exchange my be not 100% scripted it is guidelined and mayhaps a live translation isnt possible but certainly in a week a subbed version (not a scroll down read whats going to happen scroll up watch video but an actual subbed video) could be possible while the information is still relevent