Translations (JP to English)

[Misteyes]

I would have transliterated コボルド as "Kobold," but there aren't any Kobolds in FFXIV yet. Do the Cobalt armors already in game use the same word?

[Reinheart]

I would have transliterated コボルド as "Kobold," but there aren't any Kobolds in FFXIV yet. Do the Cobalt armors already in game use the same word?

bah... its Kobold? lol I guess that's right for JP コボルド read it as コボルト and used same spelling as コバルト orz

[carraway]

I would have transliterated コボルド as "Kobold," but there aren't any Kobolds in FFXIV yet. Do the Cobalt armors already in game use the same word?

There are tons of kobolds in FFXIV; check U'ghamoro Mines, as well as scattered kobold camps throughout La Noscea.

[Malakhim]

I've got my train coming to the game. I now don't care about anything else.

[Jinko]

I've got my train coming to the game. I now don't care about anything else.

Please let it be a phantom train :O

Yeah he doesn't seem to be a big fan of the whole WoW/Other MMO style pay-to-change race/gender whenever you want system but we will be getting a 1 time only free race/gender change @ 2.0 for the new engine/story.

If only they new how much money Blizzard make from these kind of things, I wouldn't be surprised to see it come as a paid service later down the road.

[Richard_BG]

If only they new how much money Blizzard make from these kind of things, I wouldn't be surprised to see it come as a paid service later down the road.

They know how much money Blizzard makes off of it but SE aren't money grubbing whores like Blizzard lol They respect the personal connection between the player and character, just the same as they did in XI. I forsee many many customizable changes via barbershop or vanity items but I don't see SE, especially this new Dev team straying too far from their roots. Look what happened last time they wandered from the path...we got Tanaka and a year wasted.

[Xmbei]

They know how much money Blizzard makes off of it but SE aren't money grubbing whores like Blizzard lol They respect the personal connection between the player and character, just the same as they did in XI. I forsee many many customizable changes via barbershop or vanity items but I don't see SE, especially this new Dev team straying too far from their roots. Look what happened last time they wandered from the path...we got Tanaka and a year wasted.

Tanaka and eight years wasted you mean, Tanaka was around and FFXI was his brainchild too, so this isn't the first time Tanaka "strayed too far from their roots"

[Betelgeuzah]

Tanaka and eight years wasted you mean, Tanaka was around and FFXI was his brainchild too, so this isn't the first time Tanaka "strayed too far from their roots"

Oh yeah, lets cancel all of his previous accomplishments only because he completely butchered his latest game.

15 years wasted you mean, Chrono trigger, cross, Xenogears is his brainchild too. All of them are meaningless now with XIV. XI's success is meaningless too.

[Xmbei]

Oh yeah, lets cancel all of his previous accomplishments only because he completely butchered his latest game.

15 years wasted you mean, Chrono trigger, cross, Xenogears is his brainchild too. All of them are meaningless now with XIV. XI's success is meaningless too.

I was pointing out he never listened to his MMO players and was dead set on writing the same overused unoriginal ideas from XI into XIV, that people didn't like. *cough cough* race set up and weak lore reason to leave of the other sexes. *cough cough* He is good at single player games sure. but in an MMO he did his own thing and never cared about his fans until he faceplanted XIV and went... "oh I should really listen to them." FINALLY!
but all of that is over and done with. Tanaka learned his lesson, he is finally implementing things that made XI unappealing to some appealing so as to widen the market. That is all I am saying, not saying he can't make a great world and put it into a single player world experience, but he never understood how to handle fan input to improve his games.

Edit: he was also one of the original creators of FF1, again I like all his past accomplishments thats why I only mentioned FFXI's timeline, because he never listened to his fans, which in an MMO you need to do.

Edit of the Edit: P.S. Happy Oct 21, 2011 everyone!!!! Earth Apocalypse 3.0 per Harold Camping happening currently!!!! People are all waking up worldwide you say?!?!?! Damn you Harold I want my zombies!!!!!

[Jinko]

They know how much money Blizzard makes off of it but SE aren't money grubbing whores like Blizzard lol They respect the personal connection between the player and character, just the same as they did in XI. I forsee many many customizable changes via barbershop or vanity items but I don't see SE, especially this new Dev team straying too far from their roots. Look what happened last time they wandered from the path...we got Tanaka and a year wasted.

SE are a business !! of course they are money grabbing whores, don't be so naive.

Blizzard started off with paid server transfers first, then came the barber shop, then came paid name changes, then came paid race and faction changes.

These things always start with baby steps, I have no problem with it personally though, guess time will tell, its fine for Yoshi to say he doesn't want it, but if Wada wants to make more money Yoshi won't have a choice.