Translations (JP to English)

[Reinheart]

"I really want to know what the big wigs are thinking for making us release the game in this state."

And the same big wigs, regardless of what Yoshida thinks they should do, might just repeat the same mistake once again. it's not up to him. Yet guess who is going to take the blame?

I know the reason why the release was pushed because of the big hats, but the reason I'm asking what the old devs were thinking is because before FFXIV official release, the guys had interview with Koumoto and previous battle planner and they mentioned they had tons of quests ready but in actual there was NONE, and if what YoshiP is correct about zero quests when he was handed over the position that means the old dev team was full on lying at the interview, maybe they were told to say it by the big hats but that interview is one of the reason why lots of JP players bought even after knowing the beta's since them all (including me) thought there was going to be update before the official one that includes all the stuff they said was going to be in the game... then finding out they had to fix the bugs first... then December came when it got switched to the new team.

[Rentahamster]

like everyone in the old dev were just working on what they wanted to make and didn't talk to anyone else in the team about it, ending up with one big mess...

Yep. Square Enix development this generation has been woefully inefficient and marred with bad management and lack of inter-department communication.

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/3...ntasy_XIII.php

With the changes that were being considered, because of the lack of a clear communication line, the development team was not receiving clear instructions. This resulted in conflicts within the team on whether it was worth forcing certain changes into an already tight schedule.

Even at a late stage of development, we did not agree on key elements of the game, which stemmed from the lack of a cohesive vision, the lack of finalized specs, and the remaining problems with communication between departments.

Which leads to:

http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/201...leted_content/

Apparently, the FFXIII design team created a number of areas that ended up not going into the final product. How much? Enough to create an additional game, according to Kamikokuryou.

There's no way a properly managed dev team wastes that many resources on creating useless content.

What I've seen from YoshiP so far, however, is promising. I think he realized the extent of the clusterfark he inherited and is doing his best to overcome. I feel that he will have the management skills necessary to make things better. Acknowledging past faults and actually admitting them honestly (even though they weren't his own faults), is very refreshing to see from a developer and makes me like YoshiP even more.

I really hope he succeeds.

I know the reason why the release was pushed because of the big hats, but the reason I'm asking what the old devs were thinking is because before FFXIV official release, the guys had interview with Koumoto and previous battle planner and they mentioned they had tons of quests ready but in actual there was NONE, and if what YoshiP is correct about zero quests when he was handed over the position that means the old dev team was full on lying at the interview, maybe they were told to say it by the big hats but that interview is one of the reason why lots of JP players bought even after knowing the beta's since them all (including me) thought there was going to be update before the official one that includes all the stuff they said was going to be in the game... then finding out they had to fix the bugs first... then December came when it got switched to the new team.

Seriously. I knew the game would be bad when I bought the retail version, but I really wasn't expecting that the retail release was going to be basically unchanged from beta. That was one of the biggest shocks to me. I honestly believed them when they said they had all this good stuff, and based on my past love for Square games, I took them at their word.

[Mug]

Well he said that he didn't want people to have to wait in line, so I'm not so sure.

[InuraBera]

Thanks for the translations again Reiheart. Might just be your translation, but I felt a bit of scathing from Yoshida there, in regards to having had the game handed to him with zero quests. Could just be me though. Also very interesting to note his mention of what he would expect at launch generally - I guess that come the future, and possible expansions, it will take a more standard MMO approach to content. Not that it isn't clear from the current goals they have.

In regards to Star Wars Galaxies, I'll admit, having been a player at that time, I was somewhat miffed at what happened (as in, it entirely ruined everything the game stood for to me) however I don't feel that the changes to Final Fantasy XIV are anywhere near the same boat - particularly because they are putting this forward as "Final Fantasy XIV - Take 2" and how it should have been initially, instead of trying to grab a slice of the 'WoW pie'.

No matter the outcome, he has a goal and a purpose for what he wants Final Fantasy XIV to be and that is definitely better than having a lot of interesting ideas half baked, as was the unfortunate status at launch. I really like the fact that he is posting and responding 'out of hours' etc Lets hope his vision turns out as they hope it will - I'm more than ready to put down WoW and its clone army for good.

[AtlasThomas]

awesome post, but man i wish we had dates. even if they are very far out.

[Ashthra]

I don't want to know what the old dev team was thinking, I want to know if the old dev team was thinking.

[viion]

Why is this on page 3 of general! Psh!

keep up the amazing would, little request, when you update with new translations could you put a marker, maybe a red * or bold it so we know whats new since your last "Edit:" time? I would greatly like that =)

[Reinheart]

Why is this on page 3 of general! Psh!

keep up the amazing would, little request, when you update with new translations could you put a marker, maybe a red * or bold it so we know whats new since your last "Edit:" time? I would greatly like that =)

good idea, I think I can do that from next translations so you can see what's new.

[Reinheart]

testplayer suggested adding a feature to get message when item in bazaar from retainers are sold and got short rep response.

Original Thread Link: http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/15214

こんにちは。
Hello,

ご意見いただいた件や、そもそもリテイナーに出品していたアイテムの何が売れたか分からない状況について開発チームに確認したところ、サーバー改修にあわせ検討を行っていくとのことでした。
I have brought the information to the devs regarding your suggestion about the message feature and others asking to find out which item from retainer sold, with server improvements they will look into this as well.

毎度同じコメントで申し訳ないのですが、お待ちいただければと思います。フィードバックありがとうございました！
I'm sorry it's always the same comment, but if you could please wait. thank you for the feedback.

[Rentahamster]

It's kinda weird how they handle the info, as if the JPN and the EN reps are consulting the devs separately or something.

Bay gave us confirmation of this last week.

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...s-what-we-sold