New interview from Famitsu Connect-On Magazine Aug.2011

[Evangela]

did they planned to solve the issue that non-japanese players feel like we're just a second grade citizen? or looking into hiring more translator and web programmer?

[giftforce]

Wow, this is actually a great interview for once. They actually communicated some future plans.

It's pleasing in the sense that they tried to explain some overall goals (like where they are coming from), but it's still a bad interview because some of the features they intend to implement are problems rather than solutions.

[Elexia]

It's pleasing in the sense that they tried to explain some overall goals (like where they are coming from), but it's still a bad interview because some of the features they intend to implement are problems rather than solutions.

Not really.

Unless a simplistic system like "Leveling CON will allow you to unlock WHM job mode" is a problem, then I don't know what to say about this generation of MMO gamers.

[Rentahamster]

Greetings folks, I come from Japan Forum.
I see you guys talking two different interviews in 4Gamer thread and decide to provide my translation about the whole abstracton.

助かりました～
ありがとう＾＾

[Kiara]

Hi Kristina,

Thanks for taking time out to translate the Connect! On Interview.

Definitely some exciting times for us in FF 14! Patch 1.18 and 1.19 have the potential to be amazing. Can't wait!

[Evangela]

I think FF13 was boring but 14 even worse. It's lack of battle animation/effect, epic gears, special weapons, character uniqueness and voice over, these are worse reasons why FF14 is boring compare head 2 head to 13

[Kristina_Farron]

did they planned to solve the issue that non japanese players feel like we're just a second grade citizen? or looking into hiring more translator and web programmer?

Don't be affected by those "noisy minority" on the JP forum.
Now I am here speaking English with you, just like Rentahamster and Reinheart speaking Japanese on JP side.
A well educated people won't lost himself into race hate.

Many JP players are just forgot their English ability they learned in the High School because they don't need to use it in their rest of life...

[PrettyPrincess]

Why did it return...

[giftforce]

Not really.

Unless a simplistic system like "Leveling CON will allow you to unlock WHM job mode" is a problem, then I don't know what to say about this generation of MMO gamers.

Why level CON?

It's a pointless system that makes the armoury system redundant. If they are going to ruin the armory system they might as well just discard it. They are trying to implement two incompatible systems (one which encourages freedom and the other which discourages it). You can't have both.

There are a myriad of threads (mostly made by Cairdeas) that suggest ways for both systems to coexist, but making WHM replace CON is not one of them.

If WHM, RDM, and RAINBOW COLOURED MAGE replace CON, then it serves to suggest that CON is pointless. The armory system is pointless now.

[Elexia]

Don't be affected by those "noisy minority" on the JP forum.
Now I am here speaking English with you, just like Rentahamster and Reinheart speaking Japanese on JP side.
A well educated people won't lost himself into race hate.

Many JP players are just forgot their English ability they learned in the High School because they don't need to use it in their rest of life...

Yeah..I was forced by my parents to retain my english lol.

Why level CON?

It's a pointless system that makes the armoury system redundant. If they are going to ruin the armory system they might as well just discard it. They are trying to implement two incompatible systems (one which encourages freedom and the other which discourages it). You can't have both.

There are a myriad of threads (mostly made by Cairdeas) that suggest ways for both systems to coexist, but making WHM replace CON is not one of them.

If WHM, RDM, and RAINBOW COLOURED MAGE replace CON, then it serves to suggest that CON is pointless. The armory system is pointless now.

Many people already agree the armory system is pointless because it lead to bland, tasteless classes because even with the ability to crossclass skills, it really didn't lead to anything amazing. It's why MMOs, even with customization still have very defined and unique classes excluding blatantly obvious faction opposition similarities, e.g both sides have "light/dark" races of the same base stat nature.

Nothing is being replaced, even in the small bit of info we have they stated numerous times nothing was replaced, but the jobs are more for party setups.