Ask Questions for Letter from the Producer LIVE Part XXVII! (Localization Koji Fox)

[EorzeaHero69]

About the hunts, recently ever since 3.1 came out, hunting has become more active again. However, so many people tend to pull very early without waiting for others to show up, which can be very frustrating to other players that want to upgrade their gear/accessories and complete their Anima Weapons (due to long loading times depending on their internet connections), and unfortunately adding more HP on A and S rank hunts alone isn't enough, in my opinion. Could you add a feature that prevents them from pulling so early or at least Level/Item Level sync each A and S rank hunts for each region?

[Fevelle]

Q.2 Would it be possible to add in full music tracks for Bard songs that only they could hear (as nobody wants to hear a party of Bard's songs in overlap), sort of like how the pony mounts play the primal's theme?

The songs could be toggled in settings for people that wouldn't want to be forced into it, but I think it would be fun for a Bard to be able to HEAR the Foe's Requiem, Mage's Balled, etc.. they play. FYI, I feel that Foe's would have strong tones much like late phase Ravana.

It just feels like a little something special that could add a difference between Bard and Machinist too.

This would be awesome!

[Fianath]

Throughout the Shroud, we have references to a language unique to the Padjali, eg Toto-Rak, Tam-tara, Issom-Har, etc. As Padjal arise exclusively from Hyuran families and are raised as such until they are confirmed to be Padjal, how did the Padjali language originate? Is it derived from the elementals themselves, or was it passed down from the Amdapori or pre-Amdapori civilizations?

[Edenborne]

We've seen in the lore given for the Xaela tribes that aside from worship of the Dawn Father and Dusk Mother the Au Ra claim to be descended from, that there are also other deities worshiped.

Two examples are shown in the race naming conventions post for Au Ra, the Xaela tribes Oronir, who worship a sun goddess different from Eorzea's Azeyma named Azim, and the Kagon who worship Nhima, a moon goddess different from Eorzea's Menphina.

Are these simply the same deities known by different names by different peoples or different deities being worshiped altogether? And are there any prejudices or conflicts that arise from this?

[Edenborne]

When the expansion was introduced with the Au Ra it seems as though no one in cities really reacted to their new inclusion of arriving on carts and ships. Have the AuRa always been around which people knew about or is there another reason for this? Why now have they decided come and help and be a warrior of light.

While I do want to see this question answered, in the opening scene, it seems that whichever of the three peddler brothers is talking to you assumes you're not a native of Eorzea. That could be why there isn't a change in reaction or dialogue, because it's already assumed you're not from Eorzea originally.

Personally I wish they would give you an option or question in that scene for you to decide whether or not you do come from Eorzea (like when they ask you if you've been to whichever starting city you chose before).

[Chiramu]

In 3.2 the Vath will have their daily quests to complete. I wonder, what sort of creatures do the Vath use as their mounts or pack mules? Or do the Vath construct sort-of mechanical mounts to tow them and their wares around?
We haven't seen any creature or item that looks like it would be used by the Vath as a mount, I was wondering what they used ^^.

[Knahli]

I'll put these two romantic-themed questions down to Valentione's day being less than a month away!


Miqo'te Seekers
Assuming they were reared in a tribal environment, how would miqo'te typically revere one another? With regard attraction, would the females be great admirers of strength and possibly determine a male's worth by their prowess as a hunter culturally? Or would they perhaps be more family orientated and have a more "modern" approach to whom they are attracted while treating everyone, including Tias, with the same level of respect?

In addition, would females be considered more important in the tribal "hierarchy" for being more numerous, or perhaps the males for being less?


Au Ra
Considering the diverse position, shape and size of some Auri horns, would they typically have a different manner of showing one another affection in place of how we treat kissing? Such as meeting foreheads and/or locking horns?


MSQ Spoilers 2.55-3.0:
I suppose I'll also add that, during the wrap-up of the Ul'dahn affairs in the 3.0 storyline, the conclusion seemed to have implied that Raubahn's sole role in the whole scheme was merely to serve as Lolorito's tool to get rid of Teledji Adeledji, though prior to this it was suggested that Lolorito's plan after manipulating the conspiracy to his own gain was to remove both Teledji and Raubahn in one fell swoop - but he just sees him reinstated to his former role in the end. On it's own it felt like something was missing, though Lolorito has proven himself to be exceptionally cunning behind the scenes and there remains the possibility that there is more to it than we are as of yet aware. Can we expect to see more developments surrounding the Ul'dahn troubles and Lolorito's involvement or has that been more or less wrapped up with 3.0?

[EorzeaHero69]

Of all the Heavensward themes, which one is your favorite so far?

[Rahela]

Is there a reason why the second tier of Alexander has the same name as Cid's father?

[bass9020]

Greetings, everyone!

Thanks for the large amount of questions we've received so far. I'm sure Koji is looking forward to them and is probably already thinking about answers to some of these!

As a reminder, this thread is only for questions related to the game localization (lore, quest-related text, naming of NPC/gear/monsters, etc.) and Koji himself! We won't be picking up questions from here that aren't related to the topic. I appreciate your cooperation!

People really need to read the front dev page. Stop cluttering this thread with non lore related questions.