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

[Dalareid]

Yeah we understand the Yoshi doesn't speak English at all but what most are saying is true, doesn't make sense since it's E3 not Tokyo Game Show. Wouldn't it be better if they just show an English presentation and Yoshida does the reading in Japanese? I mean I'm sure Yoshi does understand English, then I wouldn't mind him speaking completely Japanese but being able to read the presentation in English.

[Mugiawara]

Comes to an American Conventions as a Foreigner.
Don't got no English Translator...
Why even come?

[Vespar]

I'm all for reading the patch notes in japanese, provided they release the English translation at the same time so I can follow along....

[Anarnee]

Comes to an American Conventions as a Foreigner.
Don't got no English Translator...
Why even come?

Because they will be doing the live letter... Which will be in English and Japanese...

[kyuven]

Comes to an American Conventions as a Foreigner.
Don't got no English Translator...
Why even come?

They have a translator, they're just not going to be doing it for the life READING.
the letter to the producer is going to be live-translated, the patch notes will not. This is probably because it'll take forever to get through even without a translator.
To give you an idea, go back and find the 2.4 and 2.5 patch notes and read them out loud and time yourself. Then double that. Oh, and no fast reading allowed. You have to speak clearly for each one.

[Morzy]

What your asking is both understandable but also very unrealistic. Yes it is E3 and it is based in NA BUT we're talking about Square-Enix here and they serve, first and formost, the Japanese community. Having a translator reading the patch notes that are probably ridiculously long would be very unrealistic as it would take a couple hours with a translator.

I agree it's a bit ironic to be speaking Japanese in a (virtually) english convention.. but that's all I can agree to.

I'm just gonna read em myself at my own pace. Think of E3 as a rough copy of the patch notes.

[niwaar]

To: FF NA Team,

So on Lodestone, it's been announced Yoshi P will be doing a Heavensward Patch Notes Reading (Live!) at E3 this year (great). Except... it's in Japanese Only.

It's E3, the biggest Videogames Convention in North America, and the big Heavensward Patch Notes unveil and live discussion will have Zero English Language Support?

Please reconsider or at least have some kind of Secondary Stream where Bayohne, Fern and the rest of the great NA Community Team can *talk* about the Patch Notes as Yoshi P is reading it?

Or else it feels like a disservice to all Non-Japanese Speakers.

Thanks!

"During the show we’ll be hosting a few live streams to help bring the excitement of E3 and Heavensward hype directly to you!

Heavensward (Preliminary) Patch Note Reading
Yoshida and Foxclon will be reading over the preliminary patch notes for Heavensward!

Broadcast start time:
Tuesday, June 16, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. (PDT)
* Presented in Japanese only."

http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...c2624cc520be44

As long as the publish the preliminary patch notes in english so we can easily follow along what does it matter? They are literally reading the patch notes, translating them with a translator would just be overkill. Take note that there is an english only stream the following day and the live letter is in both languages on Thursday. Its the best we have had yet, and I hope they continue to try and support both languages with the Live Letters like they have done recently. Hell, the last Live Letter was in both languages, was in France and not in French. So the argument that they are in America at an English event so it should be in English is invalid.

[Kanti]

It's not as if they're going to E3 to do the patch notes reading. They could do that at their office. They're going to E3 to do a last push promotion before Heavensward is released. Think of the patch notes reading as an extra mini all Japanese live letter (like so many before this one) with follow up translations on the forums as per usual.

[Averax]

Luckily, there are a lot of dedicated fan translators on reddit that we can rely on to get the information before they put it up on here.

It's not my preferred information source, but it's better than nothing.

[Omegakiyohime]

It's not as if they're going to E3 to do the patch notes reading. They could do that at their office. They're going to E3 to do a last push promotion before Heavensward is released. Think of the patch notes reading as an extra mini all Japanese live letter (like so many before this one) with follow up translations on the forums as per usual.

The patch note reading also takes place after the floors close for the day so they are more than like doing if from the hotel and not actually at the conference.