# 7th Producer Letter Live - Translation (Not Live this time)
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# ~ Thanks for recording/streaming ~
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# Source:
http://www.twitch.tv/cactuarcatacus/...ast_broadcasts
# Full Video link =
http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%...ure%3Dyoutu.be
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# Note: some parts are reworded from actual.
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# Part 1
# 7:42 - testing before actual live
f; hello everyone, 7th producer letter li... FFXIV 7th producer letter live broadcast
f; wanted to test the sound/audio
f; please let us know if there is any issue or comments on it please mention on twitter
f; and our staff will look into it.
f; thanks
f; also starting this time, the setup of the broadcast changed and we are streaming in 1080p
f; but if you watch with 1080p there is issue where the streaming can’t catch up
f; yoshida-san is here, thanks for coming
y; test broadcast
y; why you laughing
f; sounded like something i heard in the past
y; well when we’re young we do different stuff so yeah, oh continue with the test
f; it’s okay
y; I’m just a invisible soul here
f; as long as the video and audio is working fine it’s good,
f; so we just need to talk whatever for now.
f; we were able to get different types of background
y; yes
y; can you see it? we got ps3 controller
f; this time we got many stuff we want to show
y; there is many stuff we want to show you so not sure how much questions we can answer
y; also this time we might have lots of new viewers so we want to show some of the basic information as well
y; also this time there is some delay, YouTube changed the backend so it’s about 1 minute
f; previously it was about 5-10 second delay, but this time after testing it’s about 45sec-50seconds
y; not sure how well or bad this will turn out till we actually do it today
y; yesterday we had broadcast errors where it stopped in middle of the broadcast, that wasn’t
y; staged or anything, we were continuing with the broadcast for a minute and then from outside
f; many were looking from outside
y; people were signing it stopped, and we were like what? stop bugging us, and then we found out
y; it wasn’t broadcasting.
f; if people can just make some noise (on twitter) we’ll know so
y; even if we make changes those changes won’t be reflected for a minute so that stuff is there.
y; it’s much easier once live broadcast starts
y; molbol sucks at reading script, once he starts, he’s reading straight out (no feelings)
f; saying that Yoshida-san, you don’t have much NG (mistakes)
y; I’m sorry everyone about yesterday, it was...
y; ah heard someone coughing warning us not to talk about it
f; for those that watched the test would probably which guy is coughing
y; yes, dev team calls him Annie, or Koike
y; was told want him come out next time holding ramen or something
f; looks alright
f; we’re making adjustments
y; looks alright right?
y; when it stopped it was hard, it started off like a funeral with heads lined up on screen
f; if the sound is alright...
y; in about a minute we’ll finish the checking so once
y; we check the comments on that we’ll finish the final test broadcast
f; so once this finishes go to the bathroom, or you have enough time to take a bath
y; should be alright
y; I’m nervous
y; there is lots of stuff to show today
f; for those that missed yesterdays broadcast we announced this
# shows Before Meteor sound track info releasing 2013 Aug 14, Blue-ray
y; if there is Before Meteor, there is After Meteor also right?
f; they just ignored us
y; it’s blueray not dvd
y; 104 tracks
y; don’t remember requesting that much
f; we’ll... almost said because of Yoshida-san
f; we got the okay, so we’ll end the broadcast now, and in about 40 minutes we’ll start the live broadcast
f; we’ll see you then, bye
# test broadcast ends 17:42
# part 1 of video just continues
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# part 2 of video
# 1:44 black screen but audio starts, little bit inaudible in the beginning
f; We have Kitase san here
f; thanks for coming
k; thanks for having me, lighting + 13’s producer Kitasehere
f; since it’s the 7th, wanted to talk a bit about i (FFVII)t, we got the windows download version on 5/16 released
k; yes
f; how do you feel about that
k; There are probably people that already downloaded it but
# audio goes out
# end of part 2
# part 3
# can’t tell what was talked in between the blank parts from where Kitase-san starts talking
# probably asking what race did you play in XIV
k; orthodox but Hyur
f; so you wanted to play Miqo’te but played Hyur
f; played as Hyur
f; i see, normally we don’t have much chance to talk but what type
# video/audio stops
k; also umm i like simulation type
# video/audio stops
# video goes black and stops 0:38
# video goes back to where it originally got cut off then stops again
# goes black screen, no video/audio
# 1:17
k; couldn’t play Miqo’te so although bit orthodox, went with Hyur
# wth google docs changed so we can’t chat no more?? don’t see chat box... and i see random animals joining in... nyan cat....
f; I see, normally we don’t have much chance to talk but normally what type of games do you play?
k; hmm
# audio/video stops
# part 3 ends...
# part 4
# video starts off with showing image of... E3 banner at E3 location
k; E3 banner around the E3 area
f; I see, like a poster
k; showing Lighting Returns
f; oh so if you go Los Angeles now you’ll see this
k; yes, this isn’t fake mock up image
f; i see
k; if you go to Los Angeles it’s already out so probably getting hyped there
f; we also announced XIV ARR will be at E3
k; yes we would like to get both hyped
f; so it’s pretty busy now getting ready for E3 right?
k; yes, the actual E3 preparation is already done, but as for the dev team they are relieved and just waiting
k; as for myself I’m going to go there, so it’s like me going to work but as for the dev team they are ready, now it’s just checking how it will appeal to the world
f; is it busy while you’re over there for E3?
k; there are media interviews, I’m sure that’s same for XIV Yoshida-san, we have to tell them
k; deliver the message so the game is interesting and for them to deliver that message to the world.
f; I hear footsteps
y; wait, wait, why is it already started?
k; hello
y; eh Kitase-san
k; It’s Producer Letter Live
f; yes
y; what about me?
f; well anyways Yoshida-san, otsukare-sama (thx for coming)
y; good evening
f; please come more towards the middle
y; yes
f; that’s good
y; I’m nervous
k; yeah
y; no I mean, being next to Kitase-san makes me nervous
k; ah
y; 7 was a big impact for me, I’m sure that’s same for everyone around the world
y; so I’m bit tense (nervous)
k; when it was 7 was were you
y; me, how old was I... was around when I just entered the industry, was thinking what the hell are others supposed to do with this type of game being released
y; I’m sure others in same industry said similar right?
k; I see, like the director Tabata from type zero mentioned that, at that time he in different
y; yeah at that time I was shocked
k; at that time I was working full on so yeah
y; yes, and that’s how it is right now with 14, I’m sure it’s same for Lightning
f; alright, then from producers point of view what do you think of XIV ARR?
k; in the past I got into online game development at home, but right now you guys are all into XIV ARR
k; but at one point you guys were working on both previous and ARR, honestly would die doing that
k; really think that was amazing, for me it was FPS game so didn’t really get into the operations but it’s still an MMO
k; to be able to continue the MMO service while working on new is unbelievable
y; it was really hard
k; otsukaresama desu (something like - good work with that one)
y; thank you, being able to hear that along make me feel it was worth doing
y; we’re currently working hard as well but want to continue working this way
k; I played the beta and not sure how to say it, it’s (the game) really is polite and the quality is really high
k; was envious, and being able to that much in that short time showed how much power the dev team put in
y; Well that’s same for 13, 13-2 and lightning
k; Yeah but those were done in steps on top of the first one so speed was alright
k; but again, to be able to develop while operating is just... operation is already like working on 2 games, and while doing that you’re doing another, so i think that was amazing.
y; thank you, i don’t want to ever do that again
k; well once it starts you have to
y; yeah but being able to just concentrate on one is really good
f; this time since it’s the 7th, you were the director for FF7, although little bit different in XIV we have stuff such as materia, and limit break, or like Cait Sith minion.
k; When I first heard minion, I didn’t know what it was so had to google
f; How do you feel about having stuff you worked on in the past being in other series?
k; For the system wise lots of users ask if you’re not going to do it again, but like working on 13, the world is different so it’s hard to get it in
k; although i know there are requests from the fans we couldn’t do it, but being able to get it in online game in a more upgraded format makes me happy.
k; it makes both the development and the fans happy so I think it’s a good thing
y; well I basically started as a FF fan myself so, I just wanted what the fans (himself included) directly and asked for permission
k; at first I was like is that okay? Since it was something already done in the past but I got the message that as a fan, fans wanted it so I said it should be alright
f; we talked for a bit but, both of you are going to be going to E3, can you please leave a comment regarding that
y; basically, my worst enemy is flying, so my E3 is flying and actually landing on ground and make sure I don’t pass out
k; there isn’t much times where two numbering titles being together at same time two Japanese titles appealing. We want to work together to get this going well
y; we want to try something fun together
f; thank you
f; Okay with that I want to end the guest corner
k; thank you
f; I was nervous
y; yeah you’ll get nervous, you go back to your fan feeling
y; looks like the video is stopping here and there
y; like is it broadcasting? but it’s actually stopped and stuff
y; not sure if it’s because of the change to the system
y; we haven’t changed anything on our end but, we would like to continue broadcasting
f; from here on out we want to go like the usual letter live, today we got lots going
y; yes,
f; not sure if it’s because Kitase-san was here but talked more than originally planned
y; tension is pretty high
f; yes
f; before we go into it, first lets announce the sale date
y; yes, it was finally decided for 2013 August 27th FFXIV ARR, Windows PC version, and PS3 worldwide simultaneous sale
y; we got lots more stuff to do
f; today we prepared something like this
# shows CE box
# video skips
y; this is it, can you see it?
f; i think they can see it
y; illustration by Amano-san (Yoshitaka Amano) and this side will be gold and on the back art by Yoshida Akihiko, it’s like this
y; oh and the box will be about 2cm thinner in the actual.
f; this is sample
y; and when you open, what is this? Still being checked (kanshuchu - under supervision)
f; yes it’s being checked
y; this is the rumored art book
f; yes the art book
y; and for Japan there is a soft jacket like this (this is for Japan............. /tabletoss)
f; looks like Japan gets the one where you can take off
y; depending on region we have matched to those market prices so the amount of cost we can use is different so for Japan it’s like this
# video/audio stops - black screen
# start over from the art book
y; this is the rumored art book
f; yes the art book
y; and for Japan there is a soft jacket like this
f; looks like Japan gets the one where you can take off
y; depending on region we have matched to those market prices so the amount of cost we can use is different so for Japan it’s like this
# video skips again
f; might be curious about what’s inside the book
y; I see
y; there is one more bonus disk right?
f; yes
y; we don’t have the sample, but there is a bonus disk explaining what the 7th umbral era is about
y; as for the contents of the art book
y; we have many stuff that was worked on while making XIV ARR from the art team and Yoshida Akihiko, like this one.
y; art for all classes
y; or this was already released, like this shows the final and the setups
y; other than that is like sceneries (background)
y; and enemies, like this
f; it’s about 80 pages
y; yes about 80 pages
f; collectors edition is taking in orders
y; yes, there are actual local stores that’s going to start, once it gets in June convenience stores should also start so please check it out
f; going back, today we would like to once again show the live demo screen
f; this time for first half we will do it with PC version, and for second half we will show the PS3 versoin as well
y; Yes this will be our first time showing the PS3 version
y; please hold on
f; We’ll have Yoshida-san prepare, let us know when it’s ok
y; hold on a sec
f; we’re going to be looking at the game screen doing the broadcast so if you have any questions you want to ask, please ask via twitter with XIV’s hash tag
y; it takes some time to change the weather
y; want it to be sunny day, lets go into game screen
f; alright want to go into questions while looking at game screen
y; earlier we talked about collectors edition, this is in game item
f; one of the in game bonus items
f; it’s Coeurl mount
y; it’s cloudy
f; yes it’s cloudy
f; this is nice
y; alright lets go
f; alright first question, the one that received the most, phase 3 when is it?
y; yeah that’s right, let me answer at the end
y; some might say again!?
f; you’re going to pull this one huh
y; yes, would like to answer this as last question
f; we’ll announce it then
y; would like to do it then, but, did we send out selection e-mails already?
f; not yet
y; client download didn’t start yet too either, what month is it tomorrow?
f; it’s May
y; it’s still May, alright in the end we would like to announce this one
f; okay please stay tuned till the end
f; one more question related to beta test
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCCKY...ature=youtu.be - thx DoctorMog for the link
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f; will the beta test phase 3 run through weekdays as well and not only weekends?
f; people are curious
y; In the beginning it will be just like now, weekend beta, since we got PS3 players as well want to cause (server) stress so it will be again Fri/Sat/Sun.
y; So please take care of your regular tasks such as work, school on weekdays and enjoy the weekend betas.
y; towards the end of beta we’ll do the durability test so we’ll will make sure to keep the servers up and running 24hrs continuously so we would like to play a lot then.
f; ok next question, we got lots of this one as well, regarding keyword housing.
y; Want it to get sunny (in-game)
f; if the housing zone is full will it instantly create a new instance automatically or will it be increased manually depending on the timing? How is it going to be?
y; We want to make sure the server is utilized fully so we want to check if the servers are full, and add patches to the server source code. So it’s not where just because the server is x amount full it will create a new instance.
y; we want to check them carefully and operate
f; i see
y; looks like it’s starting to get sunny (in-game)
f; looks like it’s getting brighter
y; when talking about housing, there is Mr. Housing
y; wonder what’s he doing recently
f; not sure
y; since we’re talking about housing
f; we got housing corner this time too?
y; can you switch screens?
y; ok going to move
f; what do you have for us today?
y; alright go ahead
f; please switch
y; interior, in previous letter live we shown the outside so this time this is the inside
y; this is S size
y; there is something like a safe box
y; you can place ornaments like this and furnitures
f; that carpet like stuff in the center
y; ah yes that too
f; it’s pretty big
y; yes, this ok? lets just go like this
y; this is M size
f; huge, suddenly it’s huge
y; first off this is the basement
f; ah has basement, this is big
y; like this, it’s open space so say for basement you can place crafting/work desk and use it as crafting room or something like that.
f; i see
y; so that was basement
y; once you go up, this is 2nd floor
f; this is suddenly huge
# shows cute gobbue carpet
f; is this carpet also?
y; it’s cute isn’t it? it’s really detailed, it’s x button.
y; I asked why are they X’s (eye’s)
y; they answered because it gets stepped on, well it’s a carpet so can’t help that one (laugh)
y; so it’s 3 floor structure
y; and the one everyone is waiting for
f; if we got S and M next is
y; L size
f; it’s huge
y; it’s something like this
f; this is huge
y; say to this pillar you place objects and make that section for bath
y; or like what we showed in previous live, place something here (shows center area going up the stairs)
y; you can place it here
f; when you stand with your character you can tell it’s big
y; you can place dragon, ifrit, stuff you defeated
y; 2nd floor is like this
y; since there is opening you can make this like free companies cafeteria area
y; the other side is closed off like this, so you can use this place as where you plan out plans for the free company
y; it’s setup so you can do different types of role play
y; players can freely make that, and of course if there is basement for M there is basement for L
y; might say is this the gym, but yeah you can use it in many ways
f; i see, so you can make rooms here or just use it as one big room
y; i don’t think in current MMO there isn’t any housing with this quality
f; i don’t think so
y; once XIV launches and with early patch we’ll release this so please look forward to it.
f; thank you
y; alright can you go off screen for a bit
f; there was one more question related to housing
f; can you have counters for like having stores?
y; yes it’s possible, we’ll add more objects so by placing something like that you’ll have that type of feel by flagging the house as public where anyone can enter, you can operate it as if it was a store
f; that will heat up some people for interior
y; then place a retainer for the housing and have it take care of the store for you
y; alright switch ba, nvm it’s already up
y; this was shown in walk through
y; it was talked about for a bit, called High Bridge
f; ok want to go into next question while watching this
f; from twitter regarding housing, are there going to be any balconies available?
y; it will depend on the housing type
f; so depending on the type it will have or not
y; yes
f; i see, thank you
y; here there will be someone that will be executed or not in the scenario
f; i see
y; it’s pretty scary here
f; yes it is,
f; ok want to go to next question
f; this one is pretty big
f; the release date was announced but say for example if a critical bug was found during beta test phase 3 or 4 and if the fix wasn’t possible by release then
# video cut off and skips, they had to change youtube channel
f; lets wipe that and start off again
y; We created a new channel
f; we’re going to need some more time, this is one big trouble
y; this isn’t good
y; we’re the user side so, we have no clue what the issue is
f; let us look at the situation just a bit longer
y; we haven’t had any issues like this until now
f; and on the 7th we got a big one
y; this time we have much more viewers, amount we haven’t seen before
f; we’re going to check the situation some more but we’ll start off from where it got cut off earlier
f; so please don’t worry
y; we’ll make sure we won’t skip, I apologize
y; we started at late time so the ending time might get longer, we want to go through everything we were planning to do so please give us a sec
y; not knowing if this is broadcasting and trying to fill in is...
f; yeah not sure if this stuff is actually being broadcasted
y; and even if it shows up in pieces that would be confusing, not sure
f; guessing people can see, looks like people can see, but see some saying it’s choppy
f; some saying the video stops here and there.
y; I see
f; earlier when the video stopped saw everyone posting it stopped, but right now i see messages
f; saying they can see or it’s choppy.
f; let us see the situation just a little more
y; even if we talk something interesting for those that’s not able to watch won’t get to hear it so
# screen switches out for a sec and comes back
y; we’re back
y; first we dropped the quality to 720 and created a new page on youtube and see how it goes
y; ustream also having trouble due to the login rush
f; again please note we have dropped the quality to 720 and broadcasting, please let us watch to see if this is working for a bit
f; please let us know if you can or can’t view via twitter with XIV hashtag
y; we can’t reproduce this during the test broadcast so this is pretty hard
f; looks like... can see, can see, looks alright
y; it’s good?
y; it’s good? I see
f; want to check it out some more, or is it ok?
y; got back to 8000 viewers, let us see how it goes with around 12,000 viewers
f; getting wall of text saying it’s fine
y; this was a surprise
f; yes it was a surprise
f; looks like it’s working
y; it’s about to hit 10,000
y; 10,000 viewers, viewers are increasing by thousands
y; again I apologize for this being really late at night
y; my heart hurts
f; and not being able to do anything about it also
y; sorry for the wait
y; alright, lets go back to showing the live demo and back to the question
f; the release date was announced but say for example if a critical bug was found during beta test phase 3 or 4 and if the fix wasn’t possible by release then what are your plans? the video got cut off in middle of that question
y; critical bug, and can’t be fixed, we can’t sell it like that, so we’ll probably delay the sale but in my past courier we had situations where we did delay the sale due to critical bugs
y; if the quality of the product isn’t ready then we’ll do something like that
y; and this time I’m in charge of everything including the quality, in order to put in reflect everyone’s feedback and be able to do the large-scale PR we decided on this release date
y; the announcement timing was also decided by me, if after this if there is really a major problem or when the servers goes up and goes down in few hours
y; I am responsible so, I’ll deeply apologize then and make sure it’s released so if you’re worried you should be.
y; with any product this is the same, say for washing machine if it started spinning and the drum suddenly spins out, you can’t release that, so i believe this goes with anything.
y; we are pushing this through so please continue to support us
f; ok next question, regarding importing data from previous XIV, will the linkshells and friend list be imported?
y; one more time
f; importing data from previous XIV, will the linkshells and friend list be imported?
y; basically for linkshell it will be imported but this time we got two data centers, as well as legacy world is going to be separated so we talked before about having players go through world transfers again
y; but say if the leader moved then it will be where the linkshell is disbanded
f; i see
y; as for the friend list, for those that participated in alpha/beta would know that the method is different for example, if i request a friend request to Molbol, and Molbol doesn’t want me and rejects me I can’t add him.
y; once he says OK and accepts thats when it gets added to the friend list
y; in previous XIV it was like bookmark, you were able to add them without any approval
y; so at the timing of importing it will send out a mass request to those in the list and start from there
f; I see, I see
y; So if you could just hit accept button it will complete and add to friend list.
y; Also there is one thing, at time or launch, you can remake your character so if you change your name there may be a possibility where people may go “Who is this?”
y; so for that part we would like you to use the ARR Lodestone for communicating this info, or communicate with them during beta test phase
f; thanks
f; turned to night time
y; cloudy again
f; ok next question, can you show us the content finder?
y; i see, hold on there is something dangerous (can’t show us yet) so can you switch screen once
f; thanks
y; let me move also
f; there is lots of stuff you’re not supposed to see, give us few more seconds
y; just wait a bit more
f; Yoshida-san is preparing
f; not yet
y; not yet
y; is it alright? is it alright? looks alright
f; ok can you please explain
y; might say “Why are you there” under here there are lots of content names shows what’s available in beta 3
f; so can’t see
y; yeah so we’re cutting it off from screen
y; so explaining, it’s a finder and this character is Lv35 Marauder and my role is tank and pressing this box for join party that’s undergoing
y; say I just logged in and Molbol and them, community reps were going through dungeon and say Molbol fell asleep
y; the other guys need one person to fill in the spot so they can do that while going through the dungeon, you can fill in that request with people that has this flag to join.
y; say I don’t mind joining in half way, I just want to go into dungeon asap, by checking this box it could be right before the boss battle, or it could be 1 min after entering, if they want to get in from the middle they just need to tick this box.
y; but say you don’t mind whatever dungeon but you want to start from the beginning then take off the check.
y; and there are these tabs (dungeon, guild order, hunter: hunting battle (might be different name))
y; oh crap, so there is tab, dungeon, and guild order and there is something else (skips the 3rd tab)
y; so everything you can play with party can be done through this finder
f; i see key icon
y; at first you can’t go but say you hit lv15 Sastasha will show up (one of the dungeons) and at first it’s locked
f; ah okay
y; there is a quest which asks you to go to Sastasha so once you take on that quest and get to Sastasha it becomes unlocked
f; i see and after that they can use finder afterwards
y; for each dungeon there is a quest
y; so by taking on those quest, and most will ask you to go there so then you go there, and once you finally see that place, you will be able to join
y; and here (right side) it shows that you’re requesting on the finder, that information will be displayed
y; after that you just wait any way you want, and you’ll be in the dungeon
y; if there is a specific dungeon you want to go in, you can request that
y; right now say I’m 35 but I don’t mind going in any dungeon, this time we got level sync
y; say Tamtara is Lv16 dungeon, if you go in with lv35 you would think you won’t get exp or you’re too strong so we have a system that adjusts that to optimal level, we call that level sync
y; so if you go Tamtara your level will be synced to lv16, you wouldn’t need to change gear and stats will be adjusted to lv16.
y; say I’m lv50 already and Molbol started recently, it’s your first time and want me to come, I can say okay and join in, and won’t be where you won’t get any exp loss. It has been checked say once you come out it’s back to lv35 (i think he wanted to say 35 in the first part, not 50) and I would still get exp, so if you check on “ALL” you will get in the first matched location.
y; also random matching has better reward, so instead of being picky, having random matching would have reward which is somewhat better.
y; finder is like that
y; and here is language options here, since the data centers going to be separated probably won’t have much but it’s there
f; this is content finder
y; wonder if that explains it enough
f; okay next question, earlier when you explained about the friend list you used the keyword ARR Lodestone, when will this be available?
y; during phase 3 we may test it once, or in between 3 and 4
y; it’s really close
y; dev team is doing in-office test, after we tell them to write a journal (blog post) or make a free company and try to cause stress on the free company page, we’re doing all those
y; If I’m playing in a free company with a certain name I get invited from others to join theirs or get asked to join their linkshell and stuff so it’s almost ready.
y; so it’s going through the final check and we’re sending in our comments to the Lodestone team right now so it’s not far
f; thank you
y; please switch screen for a bit
f; okay next question, this was asked a lot on the English forums, would there be a content where you need to jump a lot to complete
y; in general no, there are those that may not be used to it, however depending on battle content when the ground breaks through and stuff, instead of walking back it might be faster using jump.
y; Well once you go to end content and stuff if you drop, there is no coming back, you’re dead so just watch over others in party die, it’s that hard on some
y; other than that for seasonal event if you jump and touch something, stuff like that might be implemented.
y; for battle content there may be that you can enjoy being on the edge of clearing or not, but for fun event it’s something we can do so we might prepare some.
y; is it the blind?
f; it’s rain
f; many stuff going on today
f; wonder if it’s still being broadcasted, oh it is
f; ok going to next question, earlier you showed us the content finder but can you assign multiple jobs on it?
y; no you can’t, you will have to choose one role. If you do everyone is going to have multiple and we won’t know what to base for matching, therefore we would like you to be clear on what role you would like to go as.
f; ok thanks
f; okay next question, regarding retainer, say you have 3 characters on same world, would it be 6 retainers or just two?
y; the content of the bag will be empty but it will be shared with same retainer
y; the way you use it won’t change
f; i see
f; ok next, can you please tell us the server names at launch and which ones are for legacy and not?
y; The previous XIV worlds were based on item names, but we’ll continue to use those, so for those previous players they will familiar names.
y; and at the end of the world name it will have Legacy in parentheses, so it’s easy to distinguish
y; starting phase 3 there will be a lot more servers, project manager M want’s to mention this through the blog post. So I can’t say it from my mouth.
f; so we’re waiting on M
y; yes waiting on M
f; not sure if that’s going to be soon
y; i think it’s alright being soon
f; alright then soon, it will be mentioned in the blog so please look out for it.
f; okay next question, regarding crafting, aside from regular recipe, will there be special recipes you obtain through quests and achievements?
y; at the timing of launch there won’t be any, first we want players to get 50, since we’re going to have new players and later on
y; for high recipe and those we have plans so I think we’ll do it
y; so we would like people to play one battle class, but just to obtain one recipe i don’t want them to feel they have to play the battle content they don’t like over and over so that won’t be there at the timing of launch.
f; okay next, you have any plans to show the new fire resistant gear (swim suit)
y; good question
y; fire resistant gear right?
f; yes
y; new design
f; it’s something like this
y; maybe it’s better to go away from game screen?
f; it’s already out
f; so that was the new design for fire resistant gear.
y; i still got some more
f; oh
y; this is for male
y; we’ll have it this year as well
y; fire resistant gear
f; fire resistant gear
f; thank you, ok going to next, just a little is fine, that’s scary when they say that
f; can you show us a scene fighting with magitek armor, or chocobo buddy?
y; i see
f; buddy
y; buddy, like why is that chocobo following
f; could this be
y; thought someone was going to ask this so i had it out, was prepared
f; so is this buddy?
y; yes, this is buddy
f; can you explain a little?
y; yes, hold on a sec, first can you go home once (put’s buddy away)
f; disappeared
y; first this is chocobo whistle, you can ride it
f; as all know this is chocobo
y; ok getting on, and next there is Gysahl Greens, by using this item (showed Chocobo joined party)
y; it will come over asking for food
y; now that I called it out,
f; oh it started attacking, does this start automatically?
y; yes, it’s auto
y; might die, it’s strong
f; yes it is
y; Chocobo died
y; I might die as well
f; you ran away
f; Yoshida-san ran away
y; dev team is all worried (surprised, etc...)
f; this is something the battle team...
y; it was an accident
f; umm...
y; yes, yes, nothing happened
f; earlier looked like it was weakening
y; probably it ran out of food
f; what happens then?
y; it will go back home
f; i see
y; that was scary, it was strong
y; when it comes around here, just having 3 level difference makes a difference
f; is it going to be ok now?
f; can you explain
f; you’re all serious
y; well it died earlier so
y; okay, there is tab named buddy
y; and for example you place the equip change which will show buddies equipment screen
y; and this one is to send it back home, and this to make it follow
y; and there is one called free fight, when you click this it will fight the monster you fight freely
y; it will choose the actions by itself and use it freely
y; and from here there are stances, this one is attacker stance, defender stance, healer stance, if you use the attacker stance it will use attacking skills the chocobo has to fight, defender stance tells it to be careful of itself (he uses Dragon quest terms to explain) uses defending buffs and stuff to fight,
y; healer stance will cast choco cure or choco regen to you to help
y; also chocobo’s level will be same as your level, so it’s not where you level it up but by obtaining points by fighting together with chocobo, and obtaining attacker, defender, healer skills.
y; points will get consumed so you would have to decide how to grow your chocobo
y; but you can switch to any stance any time so if you need cure quickly then you can switch to healer stance.
y; that’s the base of buddy
y; at phase 3 it will fight with you
y; if I show the equip screen it’s going be spoiler so we have that locked where you can’t use that command, but you can have it fight with you starting phase 3 and try it out.
y; please take care of them, and it’s something to be tested, so we have debug NPC wandering minstrel ver 2 to unlock this feature, so please try it out.
f; this will be available at beginning of phase 3?
y; yes it will be available from the beginning so first aim for getting chocobo, and unlocking the feature.
f; thank you
y; that was crazy, didn’t think was going to die
y; I’m shocked, was going to use potion and stuff but this character was prepared just for today and I didn’t make macro’s for it...
f; today we got lots of stuff happening
y; that was shocking
f; to all, his emotion right now, he’s really in a shock
y; as a gamer, that’s not possible (unbelievable)
f; for a while people within the dev team are going to make fun of you
y; yeah they are going to say what was that?
f; well, we had lots of stuff happening, like it stopping in the middle, but we would like to take finish the first half of the broadcast, although it’s short we would like to take this time for break.
f; in the 2nd half we’ll finally see the PS3 version
y; okay we’ll see you in a bit
# noooooo no break on this vid!!
goes straight into 2nd half (which is good w), not sure if there was any leaks/new stuff shown during break time.
# 1:05:41
f; since we had so many things happening, forgot to mention what was done during the break...
f; the usual memories from the trips series...
y; today is really bad
f; we showed images from nico-cho
f; for the 2nd half starting from where we left off on the first half, question related to buddy
y; first off I want to make some corrections
y; the scene where i ran away, my eyes are bad and I can’t see
y; thats one, the other is where I talked about Tamtara where I said it will level sync to lv 16, that dungeon is for lv 16, 17, and 18, so when it level syncs it will be synced to lv18. Really specific (detailed) stuff
f; it will be synced to the highest level for that dungeon
y; yes
y; what else... lastly, some may say I’m just making excuses but that cool looking gear, that was selected for me but actually that was lv15 gear, was told not to fight Lv30+ mobs so, it wasn’t my skills at fault
y; ok ok it’s my fault, i’m being quiet recently
f; ok buddy related question
f; earlier you used gysahl greens but it showed a number next to it, is it consumable item?
y; yes it is, please purchase it and feed it.
f; another buddy related question, can you have buddy and arcanists carbuncle out at the same time?
y; yes you can call them both out at the same time.
f; thank you, we’re moving smoothly
y; hopefully it doesn’t suddenly go crazy... yes, it’s fine
f; alright we’re in the 2nd half but we want to finally show the playstation 3 version
f; can we switch screen
y; yes
y; for those playing beta, they already seen this screen
f; it’s the character select screen but...
y; first off lets go into character creation
y; right now we’re undergoing the last bug fix and we change the character data to the most updated one so if it stops just think of it as another accident
f; it’s only a test so that’s fine
y; well it’s something like this
y; what do you all think? I hope it looks alright on your screens, bit worried about that since it’s being broadcasted
f; yes there might be that it may look different through broadcast, but it’s beautiful
y; yes, and i’ll go through the selection
f; oh yeah, character make screen changing from phase 3
y; yes many things have changed, it’s slider based
y; you can also change the map
y; and if you go in order you will go through the options from top to bottom but once you cancel you can freely start, customize from anywhere
f; number of colors also
y; ah
f; the new colors
y; yes, 192 colors
f; what do you all think, hoping you all are satisfied.
y; and this time you can change from noon to night as well
f; we had many request for this in phase 1 and 2
y; there are 3 region available
f; oh yeah this was also increased
y; yes
y; also this time while character making, you can open up the option screen
f; yes we had that request as well
y; and you will be able to change the settings through here, and for PC version you will be able to go through graphic options as well in here
y; like change the quality, and you can decide what type of quality you want to play in.
y; and for PS3 this one is really important, which is the gamma adjustment
y; depending on your TV’s backlight we have something called deferred lighting and that really affects the lighting, and everyones setting environment is different so we would like everyone to
y; change the settings while you go through the character make since you get the opening right after this so we want everyone to watch it in the best quality possible.
f; pattern increased too right?
y; yes it increased.
f; is the hair moving as well
y; yes it’s moving, ah i went back
y; Ul’dah (changed background) do we have questions related to barber?
f; I think we did, here it is, what type of new hairstyles are available, can you please show us?
y; we have like these ones and we’ve been saying we’ll add barber, there are patches we already call it 2.1 or 2.2 but we are currently planning to release barber in patch 2.1
y; as for the hairstyles, all those available in phase 3 are the ones you can choose at launch but we’ll add more
f; I see
y; and since we’re going to have barber implemented, this is new hairstyle, like this one or, like this one, or like these, and
f; you still have more?
y; got lots more, like these one, and these ones, or these
y; so we’ll everyone can freely change their hairstyle so we’re planning to add more in the future
y; so at start timing just simply choose one and once barber is implemented you’ll have more choices so please try out different ones
f; i see, alright can you show us some more
y; hair color, changing the time, you can change like this
y; and if you put in highlights
f; oh i see, this color pallet gives strong impact
y; yeah it’s like we really put everything
y; other than that the eyes, like the eye color, it’s hard to see with this hairstyle
y; and this time you can do the odd eye,
f; yes
y; so you can change individual eyes
y; so that’s there
f; you can play around with it a lot
y; also how about face paint
f; oh yeah
y; like this, and you can also reverse (mirror effect)
y; there are a lot
y; something like this, and reverse
y; and the paint color
y; you can choose light or dark
y; we received players feedback and did the best we can
f; pc version will be the same right?
y; yes it is.
y; oh and from feedback, about voice, we got request they wanted to listen different situation voices so like you can choose type one and this
f; so from 5 styles (emote)
f; if you try to be careful it’s going to take a while
y; I’m a bit worried
f; right now it’s fine
y; alright going back to my characte, going to setup so please switch back camera
f; so while you doing that lets go to next question, at the time of official start, are the rumors true about Scholar being released?
y; Scholar?
f; Scholar
y; the one battle team is mad about?
f; yes the one the battle team is mad about
# both looks back to the poster
y; it’s this person right here
f; this one
y; scholar will be released
f; is this true?
y; yes it will be in there, at the service start timing, Scholar will be the 8th job
y; oh crap almost said it, I’m told not to say anything more about it
y; really we were going to announce it for first time in this broadcast but there were many things and somehow
f; somehow
y; somehow, from here we’ll have video along with other information at the timing of E3, you’ll know what type of job, or what it will use and stuff
f; lets leave it at that
y; alright
f; I’m really nervous
f; Please look forward to E3
y; yes
f; so for Scholar it’s something like that
y; alright switch the screen
f; it’s PS3
y; not sure how it looks on viewers side
f; curious, but it’s moving really smoothly
f; you can zoom out far
y; yes
y; what the
y; who the hell is this
f; that’s pretty rude, who the hell is this
y; I couldn’t see the name clearly
y; ah I can’t say the name
f; yes it’s that person
y; not sure why he’s here
y; he’s really sun tanned
f; lets not get too involved with it
y; it’s dangerous, it’s something like this, like what we showed in the walkthrough
f; at the timing of the first walkthrough we had people saying it’s pretty choppy
y; even from this distance you can see the characters
f; are you going to finalize, or i mean are you still going to make adjustments?
y; yes, yes
f; at beta 3’s timing it’s moving pretty smoothly
y; can you tell the LOD? probably can’t tell without comparison
y; look high modeling
y; I really think the team did a good job
y; of course depending on FPS it might have different view, but to be able to do this in a MMORPG with many characters i really think they did a good job
f; okay would like to continue on with the questions
f; can you please explain the armoury chest with the live demo?
y; armoury chest
f; can you do it with the PS3 version?
y; yes I can
y; alright lets get that out
y; this is PS3’s main command, when you press start this will open
y; and it’s here
f; ah it says armoury chest on it
y; this is armoury chest
y; in FFXIV there is a system called armoury, with one character you can change roll, like classes and jobs, that’s how the game is and so with one character you’ll need a lot of gear
y; and you’ll easily fill up your inventory, also during alpha we had a feature called gear set
y; which worked like a macro where you set it and it switches gear instantly but from feedbacks people wanted to make more use for it so we first we were working on a idea called armoury board
y; but as I worked with Minagawa, it was really hard on the memory and programmers really worked hard on this so we have 25 slots per parts
y; you can hold all of these
f; you can put in a lot
y; yes, and soul crystal, soul crystal to become job, there are 8 slots
f; i see
y; so for XIV once you obtain a gear instead of going to inventory, it will go into the armory chest
f; ah i see
y; so from here you can open the sub command to repair or trash or add to hotbar, there are different options available
y; so the gear set can be made up any combination of these items in the armoury chest
f; so if you have one of the item you can place in multiple gear sets
y; yes, and we have some space left for upgrade so it won’t just end with this number, there is possibility of increasing jobs/classes, so at start we’ll go with 25
f; for many, i think that’s enough for now
y; we received feedbacks and we tried our best, it’s thanks to the feedbacks
f; thank you, alright going to the next question
y; there was someone dangerous
f; any new info on musketeer?
y; no
f; nothing
y; I have been saying we need to do it but nothing yet, sorry
f; ok next, it’s job related, do you have any plans of adding healer class other than white mage?
y; healer
y; there may be methods to heal, not going to say anything else
f; alright thank you, ok next question, we have lots on twitter
f; for monk, want to see where you’re actually fighting
f; people are pushing for it
y; hmm, can I say this? Since we had lots of trouble today, at the timing when this broadcast ends
f; oh yeah, oh yeah
y; I have some present prepared, so please look at that and that should explain it.
f; ok want to go into next question, regarding materia system, can it be done (attachede no matter what class?
y; no, it will be the same class that can repair it, so that part hasn’t changed from previous XIV
f; okay next question, in future, will it be possible to equip different types of weapon with one class/job?
y; mmm, not going to say it’s not possible in future but that’s a problem of priority order so like, would it be better to be able to have same weapons with different classes, for us actually the cost is cheaper that way but instead i think it would be better to have new jobs, would think that would make people more happy.
y; so I won’t deny it and doesn’t mean we don’t have those type of ideas but when asked in future, it’s hard to answer, it may be possible but as my priority i want to add class/jobs since i think that would make players happy
f; thank you, okay next question
y; going to battle so can you please switch screen for a sec
y; want to make sure it looks right
f; okay for the question, do you have any plans on releasing weapons that deals multiple hit attack? (FFXI - Kraken Club...)
y; what does that mean?
f; multiple hit attack, means hit a lot
y; weapon?
f; yes
y; not ability or skill?
f; ah ok, it’s one attack but hits multiple times
y; there are multiple hit weapon skills so, this one is hard
y; sorry I’m thinking about the balancing, so I’m thinking what’s the difference from hitting once
f; i see
y; if it’s just looks, there is effect that looks similar, mmm, multiple hit weapon?
f; yes, like for example Hayabusa no ken (Dragon quest weapon reference)
y; but that means looking from battle system, it’s going to cause an issue, it will definitely need a cool down
y; however with ability we got something that changes cast time to 0 and stuff so, you can do something like that with skill combinations, so it’s not where we have it available through weapons
y; i think that’s good enough for answer
f; Yoshida-san will answer questions like this seriously, so please be careful
y; ok change the time to night
f; looks beautiful, can see something like a lighthouse far away
f; okay want to continue with questions, can you explain when the vanity system is going to be placed?
y; currently we have that planned for patch 2.2, the system is already made so we just need to figure out what item to use and how to get it in as content.
y; however for example, you can’t put on armor plates with black mage, not being able to tell the role from the gear isn’t good
f; ok thank you , next question, dyeing, can you only dye the main color or can you dye the accent color as well?
y; the parts you can dye are setup so it depends on the gear
f; so depending on the gear it’s setup where you can dye
y; yes, so we want everyone to try different stuff
y; F.A.T.E. started
f; it’s alright
f; going to continue with the questions
y; ok please go ahead
y; oh crap AE (AOE)
f; that’s why I told you
f; okay going to ask again
f; how does Dragoon stand out as an physical attacker, also can you explain the difference between like Warrior and Paladin with the same role? What kind of specifics do they have?
y; Starting with Dragoon, Dragoons are simple close range DPS, class that deals damage at close range but from side and behind, ah crap used English terms again (he said in English, side/behind instead of JP)
y; (he fixes that) By attacking the mob from behind and side you will have bonus on damage at same time while getting those damage bonus you’ll also get buffs.
y; by being able to keep those bonuses going the damage will keep on increasing
y; also talking about Dragoons, their main speciality is jump so this time they will jump greatly
y; there are many types of jumps, so you can jump to get close then use skill to stun, or start from the behind and this time, from the feedbacks we received the global cool down is now different for ability, so you can use ability and power up and continue on from there.
y; dragoon is really basic, monk is also a damage dealer, if you look at this cross hot bar you can see, there are 3 greyed out abilities, there are different styles
y; once you use a weapon skill by choosing the style you can do different skills and then change to another stance so it’s pretty busy job.
y; but as you keep on going through stances you will get heist so the cool down will become shorter so you have to keep on using combos, so it’s pretty technical.
y; talking like this might sound hard, sounds like hardcore, but if you look here
y; at lv15 there isn’t much to go through, so while you level up you get stuff that goes in between first and second.
y; from the feedbacks we received we talked about instead of just spamming buttons how to make people think, so for example we changed the order you learn the new skills and the effects were modified carefully so
y; (looking back at screen where NPC fighting peist) I think the NPC’s are getting pushed, but I don’t want to go in there
f; you’re alright
y; it’s scary, but look even when there are mobs and stuff going on like this (moving character around showing it’s running smooth)
y; looks like this is going to last forever so lets move
f; so even if there are same role, depending on class/job they have different specialities
y; yes
f; okay going next
y; if I get agro I’m going to run
f; can you cast heist as an spell? Or are there other ways to increase speed of abilities and spells?
y; earlier I mentioned there are special requirements for using weapon skills, you’ll get proc/buff on yourself so there are ones where you get heist effect from that also depending on gear there are those that shorten the global cool down
y; so you can increase that through gear and black mage has cast speed and ability where you can cast spell ignoring the timer, there are many ways.
y; But making it where you always have to play with that speed, would make it hard so we haven’t done that
f; ok thank you, want to continue on, can you explain about the elemental weakness, if it’s coming back, and can you explain again why it was removed?
y; I made a long post on the beta forums about this one explaining this.
y; like say you’re fighting Ifrit which is fire based primal so if you make it where it’s weak to ice it will create a situation where you won’t want those class/jobs specialized in fire based skills to not come, or if you think about content finder
y; we have that made so you can simply join/match, and say you wanted to go to Ifrit, I don’t want people to think when they get someone specialized in fire based attacks like they pulled the wrong person in.
y; I really didn’t want to do that this time, so this time the elemental effect will increase your own defence against that element so, it will lessen the damage from that element, so if they bring items that will lessen damage from Ifrit any role can play.
y; Where is the question from?
f; lots of questions regarding this one from NA
y; Matt in community team, please try your best to explain this one
f; Matt also has Molbol icon (Matt = Bay... for those of you that don’t know)
y; oh yeah, so Molbol brothers,
f; English version Molbol, this isn’t really important
y; Matt is really nice guy, I really like him
f; we’ll see him at E3
y; yes
f; so before that want to get this translated
f; okay going into next question, regarding F.A.T.E., for large monster battle would it be where you fight different parts of the mob?
y; this time, not sure if I mentioned this already or not, Behemoth, we got something like that or not, we are working on it
y; Also for F.A.T.E. it’s made where you can join in freely so we don’t plan on doing that on regular/usual F.A.T.E.s, it’s for really high level when players get used to F.A.T.E. we want to to have that type of new play style available
y; it’s like HNM type of F.A.T.E.
y; NPC’s also use weapon skills
f; okay next question, heard there was a limit on the number of NEED you can use in instanced dungeons but even if you were not able to get the item, would it consume the count?
y; this is hard to answer, forgot what it was, can dev answer this? (both checking the monitor)
y; something isn’t right today with me
f; they are moving around, it’s first time we threw the ball at them, they are confirming now
y; they are checking, please give us a sec
f; that’s unusual
y; today really isn’t my day
f; too many things happened
y; yes, it’s like I’m in panic mode
y; like this (showing 2 NPC sitting) - one npc on right saying, what are you planning to fish? the other one saying “y...you” who did this? thought it was funny.
y; whoever thought of this, it’s nice
y; see they are talking to each other but she’s looking at me
f; (laugh) that’s true
f; okay lets go to the next question, free company, say if the free company leader quits without saying anything, are there any backup plans for those type of situation?
y; we’ll contact via mail but the right will go to the sub-leader also so it’s been all worked out so you don’t have to worry.
f; next question, individual race, gender, are there any plans on changing the emotion and running?
y; running is already different, but when thinking of additional class/jobs if we separate everything, there won’t be enough to fit in memory, so we need to scale off the speed and quality for that one.
y; So instead this time we have expression emotions from phase 3, which just changes the face expression
y; crying face, ahh
f; oh yeah, that’s little bit funny
y; like mix this with sit
f; looks sad
y; like with Roegadyn if you do this by the shore you can take funny screenshots, so you can role play using this.
y; it doesn’t mean we don’t want to do individual race motions, where to do, and where it’s easiest to update.
f; we got the answer regarding the NEED question, there are no limits to the count but there may be possibility of some type of restriction against obtaining the reward.
y; yes, and the reason why I didn’t answer was if what I instruction i told may not be 100% implemented since it’s still being talked about, so wanted to see what the dev team has as of now.
y; if I say it, the dev team tries to support what I say to keep my promise, so I didn’t want to say something different.
y; so yeah, you don’t want a situation where someone keeps on doing NEED for everything and takes it, so we are going to put in some type of restriction but as for now there are no restrictions if you couldn’t get it. (didn’t win the NEED)
f; I see
y; this is where everyone needs to manage how they control so we have it implemented to check that, so once we have a final decision we’ll let you know.
f; okay next question, limit break, what types of limit breaks are there? can you explain the details on the range, or requirement to use?
y; what types are there, requirement to use,
f; attack range
y; this time in phase 3, imported characters have high levels so we got something called ground target and for example, you cast a spell, it will have a anchor where you want to cast that spell on and it will drop in that range.
y; there are those types, as well as those that deals great damage on a single target
y; so even for attack type limit break, it would be good to use the range ones where there are lots of trash mobs around, and if there is a boss with near defeat HP you can tell “Dragoon, finish it off” and use it like that for single target.
y; as for what types of limit breaks, we’ll have that in E3’s video, so please look forward to it
y; I’m okay to say this right?
y; okay they nodded
f; asking after you said it...
y; if they said no, it’s too late
f; you said everything
y; it’s in the trailer, Lv3 also
y; what else, requirement to use?
f; that’s enough
f; another related question, when the gauge is full, is there any hint for strategy on who should use, will those be displayed?
y; no, it’s part of strategy so we want everyone to decide, (switches talk) I moved character to a good spot, but didn’t switch to live demo screen
f; stuff like that happens..
y;sad
y; and what?
f; hint about limit break
y; depending on the type of content and number of party the limit break level is different, it’s not where you use it many times
y; if we tell the players where to use them, they will just do that and clear, so say like a defensive type limit break, healer is out of MP and everyone is about to die, you can use it and try to avoid deadly damages. So at that time if Paladin uses it, people would be like that limit break is great!
y; also there will be situations where they will be like don’t use it now, not now!
y; we would like everyone to enjoy it, but asking if you need to use it to clear it’s not that much
y; near end content there may be but would be fun for players to discuss about it.
f; dev team is also talking between each other when to use what and gets really heated up
y; when they tell me Yoshida-san use it now, it ticks me off
y; please try it out in phase 3
f; nearing the end of broadcast
f; okay next question, heading towards closing the broadcast, are you planning to do live broadcast after launch?
y; mmmm after todays
f; if you says todays it hurts
y; if it’s something we’re doing, I’m also technical so I can show the trouble and explain how to work with it, but when it’s like it’s with others (Youtube), we’re like what do we do... and it’s hard
y; honestly we’re really enjoy doing this, from this we’ll get new feedbacks on what they want to see next and stuff, so we want to continue, at least get it to 14
f; so we’re half way then
y; i want to do it
f; not sure if people remember, but on the first broadcast I said it was the whole broadcast
y; should of said it was part 1, 2, 3 to push it
y; but we would like to continue doing this
y; it’s here, this is my favorite time (showing sunrise in-game)
f; was wondering to take this one out, but we received lots regarding this question so I picked it up, and this is for Japanese audience, and I apologize for foreign players but are you Takenoko-no sato or Kinoko no yama (they are both Japanese snacks, looks similar but different... slightly takenoko-no sato is like cookie with chocolate topping, while kinoko no yama is like mini cookie stick (like pockey) but with head of a mushroom made of chocolate)
f; I understand your feeling, of why the hell you chose this
y; what’s going to happen when they translate this...
f; that is a problem
y; I don’t understand why everyone wants to know this
f; it’s either takenoko or kinoko
y; really people using time for something like this is...
f; this is really important to answer
y; wasn’t there one more, Kikori no kirikabu... (another snack...)
f; that’s question about if it’s Meiji or Bourbon (brand) , it’s different (I don’t even want to research this... and I like Kinoko no yama better... I’ll just leave it as that... now YoshiP’s answer...)
y; I was going to answer Kikori... so I have to decide on one huh
f; if you don’t people are going to think you like both
y; why the hell am I pushed to answer this
f; there was lots asking this
y; my family was poor
f; what kind of story are you going to start
y; it related to kinoko or takenoko, they both taste good, from decision I’m more kinoko (yes) but that’s has a umbrella (mushroom head part) so you were able to enjoy the flavor twice
y; first you eat just the chocolate, then after you were able to taste the snack
f; so that part is to take off
y; doesn’t everyone do that?
f; first off, I’m takenoko side
y; so that means we’re enemies
f; sadly, that what it means
f; well at least you were able to answer the question
y; so what, by answering this the plan is to make enemies?
y; if you ask which
f; so Yoshida-san is kinoko’s side
y; yes
f; okay so that’s it for the questions
y; you’re ending with that!?
f; no, we had one we kept for the last
f; it’s time everyone, thanks for waiting, would like to read out the question
f; when’s the start date for beta test phase 3
y; June 1st and 2nd, this building we’re in is going under maintenance with no power
f; Many are saying the letter live is Thursday today when it’s normally on Friday, so that must mean!
y; The reason why it was Thursday this time was because the entire building is going out of power and if we delay even more it will collide with launch of XIV, so we did it first
y; and we’re handling huge amount of data here, so we have to do this maintenance every year so for the 1st and 2nd
y; so people may of thought the invitation emails were going to be sent out and beta clients were going to be available for download
y; it hurts, but we’re not going to have power...
y; most of us didn’t have day off on weekends but really we can’t even work, since there is no power, Soken is doing guts (happy) pose, but in order for us to push through to launch, we would like to take these two days off
y; however it’s bad, the data center has been transferred and mail server is also moved
f; well the data center moved so yeah
y; so they told me i can do my mail check from home, without any meetings and have more than enough time to do it so I’ll be doing that over the weekend since they are telling me no one is going to bug me...
f; well that’s true
y; so I’m sorry but we can’t do it on 6/1, so it’s the 7th or the 14th, and to be straight out it’s going to be the 14th
y; if there are no critical bugs, we are going to start the beta test on the 14th, we were really challenging to see if it’s going to be the 7th but there is one thing I really wanted to check so I have told the dev team we’re going with 14th
y; we have c-san go through full on operation check as well, people may say Yoshida you’re in E3 at that time
f; they are right
y; yeah I won’t be back then, so people may say it’s impossible when the person in charge is not available and doing it on the 14th, but this time since we have the data centers separated and it being global title, the head quarters are worldwide.
y; so on the 3rd day of E3 will be 14th so I’ll connect remotely on IRC and support the japan team without sleeping, and once it’s going smoothly on the login, and login rush is calmed down
y; recent airlines have internet access, and I can’t sleep anyways on a plane, so I’ll challenge that and come back enjoy the phase 3. So 2 more weeks
f; yes 2 more weeks
y; There are lots of conference and meetings with medias, so starting from around the 10th people would probably get hyped about new info’s coming out, at same time we’ll have E3 trailer
y; so we would like people to wait for that and enjoy those and look forward to beta test right ater that
y; again I apologize but the beta test will be on the 14th.
y; today we had you all look at PC version and PS3 version, we applied lots of stuff mentioned on feedbacks on phase 3 so we would like everyone who tried alpha, phase 1,2, to check it out.
y; we have a config system, probably number 1 in the world with this much settings
y; there are lots, there were requests about the hotbar, where they don’t want to keep on holding down
y; i believe we put in a lot
y; also for those trying out for first time on PC and PS3, this is different from demo version, so in situation where you’re with lots of players, if have requests like you can’t see players, or where it’s slow, please tell us those situations.
y; for PS3 we need to control the priority order, so please leave those type of feedbacks.
f; please wait for 6/14
f; alright we finished today's broadcast
y; thank you for sticking with this long, and I apologize again for the error in middle
y; also we got present that shows the job actions
y; yes but it’s not all the job actions, we put in those that looks cool so just remember that.
f; right now it’s on 720p but later one we’ll post the 1080p version right after on youtube
y; alright
y; thank you for watching the 7th producer letter live
f; okay please check out the video
# job skill/ability trailer
# end.... 1:30AM... LOL took longer than quick 2 hour live translation....orz
# sorry for grammar and parts that may be hard to understand, post them on forums and I’ll try to go back and fix them up, going back through this entire stuff is gonna be too much lol.
# check out the actual Q/A stuff posted on the forums also to get clear info on some of the questions asked.
# lol... 30 pages long... lets see official forum lets me post this entire stuff LOL
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