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

[Hempen_Kecks]

Can you name any locations in the Old World, on Othard, Ilsabard, or Meracydia that we haven't heard of yet?

[Hempen_Kecks]

I'm hoping to see Zemus or other Lunarians with the current Ascian storyline involving the Moon. Anything that can be addressed about that?

[Hempen_Kecks]

With the appearance of Krile, multiple references to the Isle of Val, the Students of Baldesion, and the many bosses with names lifted from the Demons of the Rift, will we see more of them, Moore, or Exdeath himself?

[Hempen_Kecks]

Will Hyne/Hein, given his appearances in FFIII and FFVIII and visual similarity to Amon, make an appearance, perhaps as another Allagan scientist?

[Hempen_Kecks]

Given the recent release of text from the Gerun Oracles in both Japanese and English, can you speak to who the 2 children of the Planet and 2 children of the Moon not yet represented are? The Ascians' names having been taken from the Scions of Light from XII, there are few suggestions as to whom they might be.

[Hempen_Kecks]

Are you hiring?

[Izmeaih]

A few questions:

1) Can you please include an option to see timers on our actual hotbars? I like seeing the second tick down on the tooltips, but wish they were on our actual bars.
2) Any chance we could see primal armors in the future? I would love to wear a garuda robe (high feathered collar, long feather train, perhaps a small whirl around the bottom of the robe), or shiva armor.
3) Regarding the Spear card for Astrologian. I feel that I often waste the effect of it. Would it be possible to make it also useful for buffs currently on cooldown? I feel like I have to be psychic to use it!

[ZhaneX]

So, the localization of FFXIV contains loads, and loads, and loads, and LOADS of popular culture references. Star Trek, Star Wars, Space Balls, Monty Python, Mad Max, Skyrim, Metal Gear, Sherlock Holmes, Game of Thrones, and many, many more, to name just a few!

So my question is, how are these numerous references selected and applied? Does the original Japanese contain similar references? Are the references made the same internationally, or is it like the gag at the start of Captain America: The Winter Soldier, with the references tooled to suit particular locales?

[Renoiria]

VOICE ACTORS: So, recall that Heavensward had a completely different set of voice actors from ARR. What is the reasoning behind completely changing the cast? There are a lot of players who prefer the original VAs.

[Vartio]

This question's for Koji Fox.

I'm quite curious about the changes in lore since 1.0, videos of Ifrit acting vastly different (warning us of "what we could summon") and even removed videos/cutscene of Titan healing and reviving not only slain Kobolds, but humans as well (this was supposedly the scenario we joined the Company of Heroes in their fight vs Titan, but due to the Earthquakes in Japan it was never added to the game). Will we possibly get to a point where the lore team will explain the changes in the Primals behaviors?