Translations: German > English

[Catapult]

Catch-up time again. It is, you know, VG release season...

Hallöchen !
Hi!

Leider sind die Devs zur Zeit sehr beschäftigt, deswegen kann ich euch vorerst nur Infos zum Element Wasser geben.
Sadly, the devs are really busy at the moment, which is why I can only give you information on the water element at this point.

Das Element "Wasser" wurde nicht komplett aus dem Spiel entfernt, es wird weiterhin Monster geben, die euch mit wasserbasierten magischen Sprüchen attackieren werden.
The element "water"has not been completely removed from the game. There will continue to be monsters that will attack you with water-based spells.

So in other words, we don't get to use water-based attacks, but mobs do.

And that is it - I kid you not. Well, until Gildrein and Triary spammed the dev tracker...

[Catapult]

We have had:
- Sasu translating the comment about job-specific gear not being able to be dyed because of image matters.
- The brief update that says more monsters will be implemented up to v2.0, including some in v1.21.
- The moogle weapons preview gone up.
- This tidbit from left field:

Ich habe mit den Devs gesprochen und sie lassen euch ausrichten, dass sie daran arbeiten, die Anzahl an Monstern, die nur während der Nacht aktiv sind, zu erhöhen. Gleichzeitig arbeiten sie auch an anderen Anpassungen, um euch die Nächte schmackhafter zu machen.
I've spoken with the devs and they wish to report that they are working on increasing the number of monsters that are only active at night. Simultaneously, they are also working on other modifications to make the night more delicious (read: interesting) for you.

And lastly, this sequence of responses to an idea about the possibility of rare materia dropping from bosses etc.

Hallo Nero,
Hello Nero,

Ausrüstung muss für eine recht lange Zeit getragen werden, so dass eine persönliche Beziehung (emotionale Bindung) zu den Gegenständen entsteht. Erst dadurch kann Materia gewonnen werden. Wenn man Materia durch Dungeons oder das Besiegen von Bossen erhalten könnte, würde das gegen die Idee arbeiten, die hinter dem Materia-System steht. Aus diesem Grund ist eine Umsetzung deiner oder ähnlicher Ideen zur Zeit nicht geplant. Das Entwicklerteam bedankt sich jedoch trotzdem sehr für deine Anregung
Armor must be worn for a lengthy amount of time, so that a personal attachment (spiritbond) can be established with the object. Only then can materia be won from it. If one could obtain materia through dungeons or defeating bosses, it would work against the concept that underpins the materia-system. For this reason, an implementation of your idea or similar is not currently planned. However, the development team thanks you regardless for your interest.

naja~ die agumentation hinkt ein bischen~
dann duerfte man materia auch nicht (ver)kaufen koennen~
I dunno. The argument is a little flawed.
You shouldn't be able to buy/sell materia either then.

und weiss ich wie viel aeonen ifrit breits seine lieblings-kampf-roemerlatschen traegt und aufgrund dieses extremen, meherer menschenleben erfassenden zeitraums, sich materia auskristalisiert?!
And given however many aeons Ifrit has already been wearing his favorite roman sandals for battle and on the basis of this extreme, multi-lifetime encompassing dimension, materia could crystallize out? (not 100% sure on that section - grammar sucked)

Da frag ich mich aber, ob du wirklich Latschen haben willst, die bereits Äonen lang von einem muffeligen Stinkemonster getragen wurden...Vermutlich sind da sogar Löcher reingebrannt...!
But then I wonder if you really want to have sandals that have been worn for aeons by a stuffy, stinky monster... they probably even have holes burnt in...!

nah~ nur die materia~ nicht gleich die ollen latschen O_o!
und fals sie noch nach kaesefuss richen~ frag ich leviatan mal ganz lieb, ob er da was fuer mich machen kann
Nah, just the materia. Not going straight for the burnt-up sandals. And in case they smell of tinea. I'll ask Leviathan nicely if he can do something for me there.

aber prinzipiell waere es einfach nur schoen, wenn es wieder einen grund gaebe, sich den schweren dungeon und seinen bossen zu stellen. also mehr als die herrausforderung an sich. wenn dabei nichts rausspringt, ist es immer so schwer mitstreiter zu finden~
But on pinciple it would simply be nice if there was again a reason to put oneself against the difficult dungeon and it's boss. So more than the challenge in and of itself. If nothing comes out of it, it's always so hard to find party-members.

Ich habe mich nochmal mit den Devs in Verbindung gesetzt und ich hoffe, ihr freut euch zu hören, dass sie sich nochmal mit dem Thema auseinandersetzen wollen. Auch wenn ich euch nicht versprechen kann, dass eure Ideen implementiert werden, kann ich euch immerhin verraten, dass eure Ideen und Vorschläge auf jeden Fall in die Überlegungen mit einbezogen werden !
I've gone into contact with the devs again and I hope you'll be happy to hear that they want to go over this topic again. Even though I can't promise that your ideas will be implemented, I can still advise that your ideas and suggestions will definitely be included in the considerations!

[Catapult]

In Bezug auf die Überarbeitung der Klassen bereiten sie zur Zeit die benötigten Aktionen vor was bedeutet, dass es vorerst keine wasserbasierten Angriffssprüche geben wird. Anpassungen an der Spielbalance können jedoch jederzeit vorgenommen werden und es ist möglich, dass diese Sprüche dann wieder hinzugefügt werden.
In the process of overhauling the classes, they are currently preparing the relevant actions, which means that there won't be a water-based attack for now. However adjustments to the game's balance can be made at any time and it is possible that these spells would then be reintroduced.

Macht euch bitte nicht so viele Sorgen. Probiert aus, wie sich 1.20 spielt und gebt uns Feedback.
Please don't worry too much. Try out how 1.20 plays and give us feedback.

There was a small follow-up post to this that essentially said the same thing.

And now to billing.

Es wird andere Zahlungsmethoden geben, für die ihr euch nicht anmelden müsst, aber eine Kreditkarte braucht.
There will be other payment methods, for which you must not register but require a credit card.

Überweisungen können meinen Informationen nach nur über Click&Buy oder PlaySpan (Crysta) getätigt werden.
According to my information, bank transfers are only possible through Click&Buy or PlaySpan (Crysta).

Tut mir leid, Atoli. "Direktes" Paypal ist zur Zeit nicht geplant.
I'm sorry, Atoli. "Direct" Paypal is currently not planned.

[Catapult]

Ignoring the "3rd players poll is coming" topic since it's only got reassurances that no one's opinion is being left by the wayside.

We also had a translation of what is and isn't being counted fresh with achievements. No, I didn't find any discrepancies from the English version.

Unrelated and I think Anonymoose, together with any other lore-oriented individuals such as myself, is going to love this one...

Die sprechen ja dir ganze zeit von der 7. Katastrophe was ist denn mit den ersten 6 konnte da jemand in der story, quests was rauslesen wurde mal was davon erwähnt ?
They're always talking about the 7th Catastrophe (read: Umbral Era - I'll use this term henceforth since it's commonly used for the same description in English as "Catastrophe" is in German.), but what is with the first six? Could anyone read anything out of the story/quests? Was anything about them mentioned?

Ich habe mich wissensdurstig an das "World Environment Design"-Team gewandt und eine recht ausführliche Antwort auf deine Frage erhalten:
Thirsty for knowledge, I turned to the "World Environment Design" team and obtained a rather comprehensive answer:

Vielen Dank für eure Fragen.
Thank you for your questions.

Was ist in den vorherigen Katastrophen passiert ?
Je länger diese Katastrophen zurückliegen, desto weniger Hinweise haben wir, die uns verraten könnten, was genau passiert ist. Diejenigen, die jetzt in Eorzea leben, können nur darüber spekulieren und sich ein Bild von der Vergangenheit basierend auf Mythen und Lore machen.
Aber da die noch recht junge 6. Katastrophe (die allerdings auch schon rund 1.500 Jahre her ist) ein äußerst bedeutendes historisches Ereignis war, gibt es darüber noch immer viele Aufzeichnungen, die uns nachvollziehen lassen, was damals passiert ist.
What happened in the earlier Umbral Eras?
The further back in history the era is, the less clues we have that can tell us as to what exactly happened. Those who live in Eorzea now can only speculate and construct a picture of the past based on myths and lore.
But because the still rather recent 6th Umbral Era (although it was already about 1,500 years ago) was such a highly significant event in history, there are still many records on the topic that allow us to reconstruct what happened.

Theologen und Historiker haben viele Quellen studiert und daraus abgeleitet, was in der ersten bis sechsten Katastrophe vorgefallen ist.
1. Die Windkatastrophe. Dies war das Ende der göttlichen und gleichzeitig der Beginn der menschlichen Ära.
2. Die Blitz-Katastrophe
3. Die Feuer-Katastrophe
4. Die Erd-Katastrophe
5. Die Eis-Katastrophe
6. Die Wasser-Katastrophe. Aufgrund einer starken Überflutung wurden viele Teile Eorzeas überschwämmt und beschädigt.
Theologists and Historians have studied many sources and from them concluded what struck in the first through sixth Umbral eras.
1. The Umbral Era of Wind. This was the end of the divine's era and simultaneously the beginning of men's era. (NB: German uses the term "Menschen" to describe humankind without any connotations of gender or race - so this does not mean specifically an era of Hyur. The closest comparable term in English for the mythological context in "men" although "humanity" would be more accurate. I suspect the English localisation team would choose to phrase it differently.)
2. The Umbral Era of Lightning.
3. The Umbral Era of Fire.
4. The Umbral Era of Earth.
5. The Umbral Era of Ice.
6. The Umbral Era of Water. Severe flooding caused the submersion and damage of many parts of Eorzea.

Da alle sechs Katastrophen auf den sechs Elementen basieren, haben die Menschen geglaubt, dass es keine weitere geben wird. Aufgrund der Entdeckung der 7. Prophezeiung Mezayas fangen sie nun jedoch an, an eine bevorstehende 7. Katastrophe zu glauben.
Because all six Umbral eras are based on the six elements, the people have believed that there will be no more. But since the discovery of the 7th Verse of Mezaya's prophesy, they are instead beginning to believe in an impending 7th Umbral Era.

We now have an order of disasters. Please excuse me while I do some cross-referencing...
*runs off excited*

[Estellios]

Wow that's really interesting. The flooding thing in particular is pretty exciting. Yoshi-P said that when they introduce swimming it would be in an expansion-type deal with underwater ruins and if so much of the world is submerged there could be a lot of stuff down there =)

[Catapult]

Well, this was in the past some 1,500 years ago, so it's not like the same thing is guaranteed to happen again.

On the other hand, there is this thing called the echo...


Also, that sequence of eras matches the elemental cycle in all but one respect - the Eorzean clock/calendar starts with ice rather than wind.
And, as revealed by Ferne a while back to add to the picture:

FUN FACT: It is believed by some that the first six hells are each aspected to one of the six elements, and that the seventh hell, where the lord of the underworld resides, represents eternal oblivion.

I'll leave it at that.

[Catapult]

This is about that NPC who would discuss recipes with you to slowly develop up an archive, which Sasu has discussed before.

Guten Morgen Enary,
Good Morning Enary,

ich habe Infos von den Devs erhalten. Leider haben sie die Möglichkeit, Rezepte im Spiel anzusehen, auf V2.0 verschoben. Sie bitten euch, bis dahin externe Quellen wie zum Beispiel den Lodestone zu benutzen.
I've got some information from the devs. Sadly, they've moved the option of seeing recipes in-game back to version 2.0. They ask that until then, you use external sources such as the lodestone.

Kinda sucks, but such as life. At least the lodestone has a bit more detail now...

[Reinheart]

thx for the translation
they sure need a method to check recipe in game when PS3 comes out for 2.0

[Catapult]

This time, Sasu is asking a question about inventory management. People may want to start a topic on this matter to hand to our own reps accordingly.

Ich habe mit den Devs gesprochen und sie fragten mich ob es in Ordnung für euch wäre, wenn ihr mehr Kategorien/Reiter/Tabs (wie auch immer ihr es nennen möchtet) bekommt, um alles übersichtlicher zu gestalten, sich diese Kategorien aber den gesamten Umfang des Inventars teilen würden (Momentan die 200 Slots) ?
I've spoken with the devs and they have asked me if would be ok by you guys to get more catagories/sections/tabs (whatever you want to call it), in order to make things have a better overview? Although all of these categories would cover the full inventory space (currently 200 slots).

So to clarify, since that was a mouth full, have a tab for gear, a tab for materia, a tab for ingredients etc, but where their content is still limited by an overall 200 items restriction shared between the tabs.

Initial response from the German forum-users has been very positive.

Edit: just made that topic myself.

[Catapult]

That item-tabs thread got some German commentary, with a notable desire to ensure that tabs would not have inventory limites for each tab (ie: 100 max materials + 50 max gear + 25 max weapons + 25 max other = 200 max slots = bad restriction) and then this response.

Guten Morgen ihr lieben,
Good morning darlings,

ich hab die Devs nochmals darum gebeten, die Aufteilung flexibel zu belassen.
I have again requested of the devs to allow the inventory splits to remain flexible.

@ LicontAshontear

Thank you very much However, I am sure my NA colleagues are working hard as well
(read: You don't need to come to the German forums just to leave your comments on this, because Bay and Rukki do their jobs well. It's generally frowned on when people break the structure of the forums and speak in English on the German forums, but Sasu is letting you get away with it this time, because if it was anyone's fault, it was Catapult's for not warning you in his translation thread.)

Not wanting to single you out Licont, because it's not just you and I don't expect you to know better, but from time to time people who can't speak German try contributing in the German forums and it really doesn't look good, especially in a German culture that has a very high appreciation for good structure. I'll make a note on the top post to give people the heads-up about this issue.


This next one is about Linkshell tools and the ability to remove inactive members, especially with the pay-2-play exodus.

Hallöchen,
Hi,

ich weiß, dass euch das Thema sehr wichtig ist aber Priorität hat momentan die Anpassung/Überarbeitung der Server.
I know that this topic is very important to you guys, but right now our priority is the optimisation/overhaul of the servers.