The Unofficial "Why is this still a thing" Thread

[Tint]

If even the Devs decided to not voice act this cutscene, that's just because it isn't worth the investiment, so not wirth my time then = skip.

that's not entirely correct. money may play a role... but they answered to a question regarding voice acting in a live letter back in 2014. that was about hildibrand quests, but i guess it's mostly true for other cut scenes as well:

they are working on the scenes until short before the patch releases and simply don't have the time to voice act them (in all the different languages).

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...ce#post2018791 (the word "voice" is highlighted, just scroll down and you will find it)

[Tridus]

that's not entirely correct. money may play a role... but they answered to a question regarding voice acting in a live letter back in 2014. that was about hildibrand quests, but i guess it's mostly true for other cut scenes as well:

they are working on the scenes until short before the patch releases and simply don't have the time to voice act them (in all the different languages).

Yep. They also said recently that for voice acted stuff, the scripts and voice acting are done months in advance of release. It's not something you can do at the last minute unless every voice actor in every language is in house and always available (which just isn't how things work with professional voice actors).