Translations (JP to English)

[NefarioCall]

What is still unclear to me is from what point in time the "Nentan'i" refers to and the method by which we see this.

1) Yoshi took over FFXIV in January and if memory serves correctly, the Area redesign`project was introduced by about March.

2) The beast man strongholds in this patch will be open world areas. By the looks of it, they will be transposed onto existing parts of the main areas. Is the area redesign one big all at once patch or will it be done in parts. in the 2nd case, we would be seeing the beginnings of this in patch 1.19. `The first stage of redesigns`.

[Akira_Tenshi]

Thanks Rane, interesting stuff, a little worrying but interesting.

[Aenarion]

Regarding the timing of the map changes, I think one of the most enlightening pieces of information I've read about it was in a post that Yoshida made in June of this year. In it, he referred to the area redesign as a 年単位の作業 (nentan'i no sagyou). "Sagyou" usually translates to "work" or "operation", but most native English speakers would probably use the word "project" in this case. "Nentan'i", however, causes trouble, because there's no real English equivalent that I can think of. I believe Rein translated it as "long term", which is probably about as good a translation as you can get.

roughly translated, that means year-unit, as in the project is something that progress on a yearly basis.

[Rane]

What is still unclear to me is from what point in time the "Nentan'i" refers to and the method by which we see this.

1) Yoshi took over FFXIV in January and if memory serves correctly, the Area redesign`project was introduced by about March.

2) The beast man strongholds in this patch will be open world areas. By the looks of it, they will be transposed onto existing parts of the main areas. Is the area redesign one big all at once patch or will it be done in parts. in the 2nd case, we would be seeing the beginnings of this in patch 1.19. `The first stage of redesigns`.

Well, the post I quoted does indicate that they had already finished some basic tasks related to the redesign (such as the planning) as of June. However, the wording of the post gave the impression that players should expect to wait a year plus for everything to get done. Certainly that's not guaranteed, but that's how the post sounds in Japanese.

You make a good point about releasing the redesign in "stages". Who knows how it will be handled? Maybe we will get the first parts of the redesign soon. The "nentan'i" seems to refer to the expected finish date. Personally, I fell like the beastman strongholds don't seem to fit into the idea of the fundamental redesign that Yoshida has spoken of. Based on the videos, they seem to be adding new objects to preexisting environments. That's not bad: I'm excited to see the new strongholds. But what I HOPE to see out of the final redesign is the addition of new environments alongside fundamental alterations to the current environments beyond simply adding objects.

[NefarioCall]

But what I HOPE to see out of the final redesign is the addition of new environments alongside fundamental alterations to the current environments beyond simply adding objects.

I would fully expect this ... and nothing less in fact. I do get the impression though, that the areas where these strongholds fall will not see changes to the landscape. They are it seems designed fundamentally to work with the existing landscapes.

One poster pointed out in reference to a Yoshi quote where he mentions a goal of three unique themes per starting area. The poster went on to say that a beastman stronghold area would make a good ONE theme of the three.

[Teknoman]

I hope the patch isnt delayed. If anything, hopefully its just a definite day for this week.

[Ark_mage2]

Woah, woah, did Yoshi-P just delete his post? It isn't coming up in the Dec tracker anymore.

[IStolzI]

I don't think it's a delay granted I dont speak japanese, I ran some of the other posts through google translate to get a context and it looks like the OP ws saying SE should release the patch on the 30th even if there are some bugs they can fix later. Then it turned into be patient which turned into I've already wait a year.

It looks like Yoshi's post was explaining that they're working hard, get no sleep, be patient etc. Also the delay wouldn't be for small bugs, but major ones. Also that the dev team generally doesnt want to release patches until they're completely ready. I don't think he was saying that there actually is a delay, just that he can give a solid answer tomorrow.

I could be wrong.

[Picoman]

Woah, woah, did Yoshi-P just delete his post? It isn't coming up in the Dec tracker anymore.

Where? What? When? Why?

P.S. What's he talking about?

[Ark_mage2]

Where? What? When? Why?

P.S. What's he talking about?

He made a post 15 or so hours ago that people Google translated and interpreted as saying that there would probably be a delay past the 30th. But it is gone now. Maybe he got in trouble for saying something he shouldn't?