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

[Fevelle]

On the level 50 WHM quest, "Heart of the Forest", A-Towa-Cant uses a portion of the Warrior of Light powers to come back to the living world and help us in the battle. He was long deceased and his body was not around, so what happened was far from a simple "Raise". Does that mean that the so powerful White Mages from old eras, or even A-Towa-Cant himself, with the help of the Elementals, could bring people back from the dead, not as zombies, but as normal living people? Lorewise, what are the limits of the White Magic?

[ExKage]

What are the differences from being a chosen of Hydaelyn, a Warrior of Light, and having echo? Not all people are chosen by Hydaelyn and certainly fewer are Warriors of Light but many do have the echo.

[EorzeaHero69]

When will we heading back to the Odin story?

[Fleurette]

According to quests in the Black Shroud, as well as leve descriptions, there's still a lot of animosity towards outsiders in Gridania, especially through the Wood Wailers and some of the conjurers at Stillglade Fane (like the ones that couldn't help the Ala Mhigans due to previous conflicts with the Elementals via the Autumn War). There are others, though, who seem a bit more open-minded than their counterparts, namely NPCs associated with the Order of the Twin Adder, who have been encouraged by Kan-E to accept and learn from outsiders rather than resent them.

We know the Wood Wailers have been around far longer than the newly-established Order of the Twin Adder, and I have to wonder--has there been any internal conflict between Kan-E's plans for Gridania and the more conservative members of the Wood Wailers/Stillglade Fane? Why do they continue to cling to old ideas five years after their "supreme commander" told them otherwise? Were they at all upset when Kan-E returned and took the helm of Gridanian government, and might these two opposing factions potentially create conflict similar to what recently happened in Ul'dah?

[Fleurette]

Additionally, we've heard from you that Kan-E is in her late twenties despite looking like being in her late teens; how old are Merlwyb and Raubahn in comparison?

(and as always thanks a bunch for your work!) :D

[Iromi]

Where is the thread to ask game related questions?

[Lukha]

While we've received an apology for the mistakes made in Haurchefant's early localization and other areas, and a pledge that such errors will not be made in the future, the incorrect translations remain in the game. When can we expect this to be corrected?

I realize we probably can't expect the already-existing voice acting to be changed, and there are some people who like the blander English version of Haurchefant, but this would be a great time to introduce an alternate text option that is actually accurate to the Japanese voice track.

[MizYin]

We have precedent for reviving dead characters, with lore regarding an emperor from Allagan times revived, a character from 1.0 not being as dead as expected, and in the WHM content. We had some well-liked characters die and while their deaths had great emotional impact, the fact that this is a fantasy game makes me wonder if these characters could show up again in some way? Ghosts, primals, zombies, actual resurrections? Say a group of heretics summoned Shiva again, would she recognize us? Would there be any Ysayle in there? The religious characters have a differing view of the afterlife from what we were told by the Scions in 2.X, will we get any confirmation on it? Halone's halls versus returning to the aether? While I love the lore about the physical world, I'm still curious about the metaphysics, ESPECIALLY since there are contradictory views in-game and the repercussions are something we get to see...with Primals being summoned all the time, people who know the WoL well, all that

[Knahli]

Leading off a little from one of the previous posters, I find that the localisation team do a wonderful job and the quality of writing - with attentions to both regional and archaic especially - to be absolutely superb.

However.

It seems that a lot of the original dialogue gets swept under the rug only to be replaced with very unnecessary changes. Do you not feel it is unfair to the design and intended personalities behind the characters to misconstrue them in a way that their dialogue can or will be interpreted differently to the original dialogue? In the case of Haurchefant in the final cutscene of the Vault, the English translation seemed represent a much less personal dialogue with the player character. It sounded more like he was addressing the Warrior of Light as the Warrior of Light whereas a friend of mine informed me that the Japanese dialogue sounded a lot more like he was addressing the Warrior of Light of as an actual person whom they truly felt close to. The alterations were subtle, but subtleties can mean the world in situations such as those.

Similarly, following Alphinaud and the WoL's departure from Ul'dah during the formation of the Crystal Braves where Nanamo and Raubahn discuss the situation of Teledji Adeledji, Nanamo throws herself into Raubahn's arms, inconsolable in her utter frustration with how powerless she feels. In the Japanese dialogue, I noticed that Raubahn simply echoes her name back to her as she cries into his chest as though he, equal in his sense of powerlessness, does not have the words to soothe her mind when her reaction tears him off-guard. In the English dialogue however, I believe he says something more like "Have faith, Your Grace. The fight is not over yet". The dialogue isn't exactly inaccurate perhaps as those words carry a sense of resistance one would attribute with Raubahn, but I still think that even a subtlety like that has an effect on how a scene is received and where the focus is directed; but above all else, why would a change like that be deemed necessary at all in such a simplistic case? Regardless of whether or not it has a different effect to the average individual, the practice alone carries the danger of doing so, as has been noted in cases by other posters.

[Raro]

Any new information on egi-glamour? Release date?...etc. I have now been waiting for some info since the announcement of no new egi's. Love the Summon job but ifrit-egi, Garuda-egi and Titan-egi are boring to look at now.