Translations (JP to English)

[Reinheart]

looks like a new article

yes it's a new one : http://game.watch.impress.co.jp/docs...20_554086.html

Yeah it's new one, nice interview imo.
I'll try to translate after I get all my morning work out of the way, partner company internet was down so was fixing their network till now and just got back to my desk. Now need to get my morning work crap out of the way lol. I'll setup google doc for it and work on it there again.

[Rannie]

I'm not sure what or how to use blue tooth so I'll just use the standard keyboard. :3

yeah just go to walmart spend about $10 dollars on a usb keyboard and you have one for your pc or if you want you can also just unplug your computer keyboard and use that

[Rahsch]

Hehe the one I'm using now is my roommates so I'm just gonna get my own. ^^

[AkiRouscelia]

I read the game watch impress article before bed last night. A couple of highlights until Rein finishes it up:

The water shaders and indoor lighting systems aren't finished yet. A few more reflective detail shaders need to be applied and they're just working out the appropriate layers to do it right. Indoor lighting system will include a kind of ambient lightning they call "all direction lighting". Yoshida is very critical on all of the lighting being top-tier, no matter where it is.

The rivers and oceans will have separate animations but they are not high-tech wave simulations. (ie: crytek engines and so on) due to scalability. They did this in order to lower the tax on low end systems. Waterfall animation/texture and lighting is already completed.

Oh and that previous interview (can't remember who posted it) when they said something about no Crystal Tower at launch is a misinterpretation. They're aiming for launch. It's a long instanced raid with special featured (undecided as of yet) but aiming for a length of around ~3 hours.

Ishgard being destroyed is incorrect too. That's Ishgard's fortress or something rather, the actual city is fine.

One more since I've got time: Yoshida wants to place the alpha test around Gridania. He thinks it's one of the more pretty zones and has changed the most dramatically. The alpha test is specifically to test the game and not so much a player experience. He expects people to enjoy (in a free play sense) themselves from beta.

[Orophin]

Oh and that previous interview (can't remember who posted it) when they said something about no Crystal Tower at launch is a misinterpretation. They're aiming for launch. It's a long instanced raid with special featured (undecided as of yet) but aiming for a length of around ~3 hours.

One more since I've got time: Yoshida wants to place the alpha test around Gridania. He thinks it's one of the more pretty zones and has changed the most dramatically. The alpha test is specifically to test the game and not so much a player experience. He expects people to enjoy (in a free play sense) themselves from beta.

Underlined part for emphasis: That's the perfect duration of a major endgame area for me. Can't wait to try it out.

I know this won't apply, but I get nightmares about FF14 and Black Shroud when it originally came out. Damn wolves everywhere in Emerald Moss eating up lowbies.

[Dragonheart]

Yeah! 3h Long raids like Wo.. ehm standard MMO ! I'm really happy with this,
i just hope that they're enjoyable for both 8 - 24 men party/ally , and not only 24 men alliance.

[Reinheart]

Sorry guys work been taking forever today by the time I finished morning load was already 2pm... orz
I started working on it but office is closing up early today and I have to leave now. I will try to work on it later after the kids go to sleep.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1...6Z7gY5qM4/edit didn't translate at all so not even worth looking right now. I'll update you once it's close to finish.

[Aion]

Thanks for your hardwork rein, Im going to bump this thread,the necroposting is getting annoying

[Rannie]

We need to get rid of those necro posts soon >.<

[Aion]

We need to get rid of those necro posts soon >.<

I have reported some of the posts, I hope the mods take action immediately. Meanwhile, how's JP side reacts to the gameplay presentation?