If you are going to do a Live Letter

[Greyhawk]

Then provide translation. This live letter was an atrocity for a lot of people, and while they provided a little bit of english on the screen, we missed a lot.

This was really just... silly and disappointing.

[Enla]

There's usually an English re-stream, not sure if there is one this time around as I was too tired to find it.

[Saintly]

Why would they bother to do that?
They are known to treat NA/EU as 2nd rate customers.

[rance-sama]

Get a friend who is Japanese/knows Japanese.
Yee.

[OMG]

The FFXIV reddit discord has a live translation channel, go check it out!

[Zanarkand-Ronso]

They announced it was gonna be Japanese Audio Only.
Stand By for Official Translation

[worldofneil]

They announced it was gonna be Japanese Audio Only.

Yes, but WHY is it still Japanese only. After 6 years, and having more non JP subscribers, are we still not important enough?

[Enla]

Yes, but WHY is it still Japanese only. After 6 years, and having more non JP subscribers, are we still not important enough?

It's happening at the Tokyo Gameshow, which is primarily for Japanese audiences. That's the reason why Koji isn't there with them translating each thing they say.

That said I am surprised there isn't a re-stream in with someone translating in English, I get it's late but that would have been a fair compromise.

[Valic]

I'm more concerned at how they've been talking for almost an hour straight with no visuals or anything.

[Canadane]

I'm more concerned at how they've been talking for almost an hour straight with no visuals or anything.

Did you miss the first half hour, filled with visuals and slides (in English?)

The Japanese wasn't extra complicated or anything I could loosely follow along, but the English slides do help.
But now think about the other two main client supported languages. They get nothing.