At E3, Dev Team: NO English Patch Notes Reading? :(

[Kukajoo]

while it makes me sad i have faith in the multilingual translators of the ffxiv community to bring as all the juicy details~

[DracotheDragon]

while it makes me sad i have faith in the multilingual translators of the ffxiv community to bring as all the juicy details~

there would be no need for them to :3 with the timing of the other patch notes, they tend to come out WITH or just after the patch note reading :3 though they may explain a few things a bit more then the patch notes would of.

[Brill_]

Honestly, listening to someone read patch notes does not sound all that exciting.

[Musashidon]

Honestly, listening to someone read patch notes does not sound all that exciting.

idk listening to people talk about christmas is boring but 2-3 days before christmas it is entertaining to hear when all you want is christmas.

course that is just how i personally feel. xD

[Seniade]

quoted from E3's website " E3 - Electronic Entertainment Expo. The annual video game conference and show at the Los Angeles Convention Centre. "

Not sure where you saw that. From the E3 site: https://www.e3expo.com/show-info/2541/about-e3/
About E3
E3 is the world's premier trade show for computer, video and mobile games and related products.

As far as those saying it is available to the public: https://www.e3expo.com/attendee/2549/attendee-faq/
Is the show open to the public?
No, E3 is not open to the general public. E3 is a trade event and only professionals from the interactive entertainment industry will be allowed to attend.

[Dijana]

Not sure where you saw that. From the E3 site: https://www.e3expo.com/show-info/2541/about-e3/
About E3
E3 is the world's premier trade show for computer, video and mobile games and related products.

As far as those saying it is available to the public: https://www.e3expo.com/attendee/2549/attendee-faq/
Is the show open to the public?
No, E3 is not open to the general public. E3 is a trade event and only professionals from the interactive entertainment industry will be allowed to attend.

This year they are actually allowing the public in...or some of it. Im not sure, being that Im in australia so it doesnt matter to me much so I havent followed it, but I was reading recently this year is different

[DarkstarIV]

It should be mentioned that since the live reading is at 7 PM PDT, that is an hour after E3 ends that day. So really, its not part of the conference (or exhibit), just something they do for the Japanese community for every major patch.

https://www.e3expo.com/show-info/2543/show-hours/

[Kiara]

Its patch notes, what do you people want? They need to go through it all with an english translator at their side, taking 3x as long while everything is translated and given breaks in between? We're going to get the patch notes on the lodestone at the same time or right after. There's your translation right there, just open it in another window and read along while Yoshi and Foxclon are speaking, just like most live letters.

Don't get me wrong. Of course we know that SE will release the Text Patch Notes on the website. But questions / points remain:

1. If it's "JUST" "Reading Patch Notes" (so "no biggie"), then WHY DO IT AT ALL? For ANY language?

Japanese Players AND English Players can just read the patch notes on Lodestone.

2. It's because we hope and expect Yoshi P to DISCUSS some of the various key aspects of the Patch Notes in more detail, or share some interesting anecdote, or MORE information not stated in the plain text.

3. In this day and age of technology, there are COUNTLESS examples of multiple streams / multiple audio channels, where you can still have Yoshi P chatting about the Patch Notes, but you can have Bayohne, Camate and the gang talking separately on ANOTHER Audio Stream in the background about what Yoshi P is talking about. It's not rocket science. Yoshi P doesn't even have to wait for them to translate and continue if they don't want to, so it's not slowing things down.

4. And because this is 3.0 Heavensward Launch, at E3, the biggest Videogames Convention in North America. You'd think they'd have some type of English support for something like this.

5. Lastly, Live Letters are definitely far LESS detailed than full Patch Notes. And what's wrong with asking SE for more communication with ALL their players, regardless of if they speak Japanese or not?

Thanks.