Important Announcement from the Devs!!

[Atomisk]

I was being sarcastic about world segregation option Alerith. Sorry.

Personally a bit sad about allowing people to segregate themselves to specific servers. Japanese population on Global servers will be sparse at best I bet.

[Bayohne]

Another Yoshida post addressed a question about being unable to move to language-specific servers as they might be locked for existing players.

Does this mean that the current servers will become global servers? I’m assuming that the language servers will be considered new worlds, so players in the current server will have to wait a while to join the language servers. I believe that players will want to join the language servers with their friends as soon as they are implemented, so could you please keep that in mind.

Yes, we have already considered this scenario. We will not be treating the language servers as new worlds, so there is no need to worry.

[Alhanelem]

Please no language specific servers.

I also don't understand what he's trying to say in the quote above. Not treating the language servers as new worlds? I'm confused. They shouldn't exist in the first place, but what exactly does this mean?

[neorei]

also how about xbox? no support for that?

[Alhanelem]

Xbox support was never planned and hopefully never will be. One console is problematic enough.

[Fensfield]

also how about xbox? no support for that?

Xbox support was never planned and hopefully never will be. One console is problematic enough.

Actually, it was.

Microsoft wouldn't play cross-platform ball, as ever. XBox live has very restrictive policies with regard to patching and subscriptions, especially cross platform, largely with regard to the XBox version's patches having to go through Microsoft QA, their getting a cut of the subs as well as their Live subscription fees, and insistence the other versions get nothing the XBL version doesn't. Square-Enix simply couldn't persuade them to allow them to cross-platform, and weren't willing to maintain separate servers for an XBL version.

Exactly the same story as with CCP's Dust 514, and the same reasons as why the 360 version of Phantasy Star Universe didn't share servers with the PC/PS2 version. Microsoft generally only ever make exceptions to that policy when they want a developer in their pocket, or want to break another company's monopoly on a profitable franchise - IE: Squaresoft at the time of Final Fantasy XI.

Technically, Square-Enix' stance has never changed from the 'Development of the XBox 360 version of Final Fantasy XIV is paused, as we are having difficulty securing an agreement with Microsoft with which we feel comfortable' comment they gave shortly after the game was announced.

Here, old news piece:
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/cl...-blocked-ffxiv

[Anapingofness]

I dislike the official translation even more.

All it says to me is "We've decided to throw out 90% of what is to be an FF game and instead opted to copy WoW. Oh, and by the way you're paying for all of these things before they're implemented. What? The flop that was FFXIV a year ago? Don't worry about it! You can trust us. This will be awesome!!"

....
lamesauce SE...

[neorei]

did you know is a direct scam of EQ? or most MMO players forgot about that?

[Fensfield]

Another Yoshida post addressed a question about being unable to move to language-specific servers as they might be locked for existing players.

Yes, we have already considered this scenario. We will not be treating the language servers as new worlds, so there is no need to worry.

.. Please clarify again? ^^;

What does this mean? They're going to make the current servers the language specific ones and players will be forced to either play on servers different from their own language or move to one of the others? Surely that's a bit..

I'm really having a hard time understanding what Naoki Yoshida is saying there. I there really no way to make it any clearer?

[Alerith]

I dislike the official translation even more.

All it says to me is "We've decided to throw out 90% of what is to be an FF game and instead opted to copy WoW. Oh, and by the way you're paying for all of these things before they're implemented. What? The flop that was FFXIV a year ago? Don't worry about it! You can trust us. This will be awesome!!"

....
lamesauce SE...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztVMib1T4T4