Thread: Everything to know about 4.0 from the Fan Fest

I get that people want different things to look at but why push for new races? Since they don't want to alter how armor looks on various models, they don't really have too many options when adding more races tbh. I'd personally want more distinction between the sub-types of races, like separate emotes and outfit looks.

Originally Posted by cylia

Palace of the dead boss looks like the fiend of earth from FFIV right ? Scarmiglione ? In FFIV he was fighting with an army of zombies on the ordeal mont where Cecil learns to be paladin

It's Nybeth Obdilord (Tactics Ogre. Floor 100 boss of Palace of the Dead). So many hints were given during the Live Letter that pretty much confirm it's him (specifically the music. Notice of Death and Blasphemous Experiment played during the Live Letter and are specifically Nybeth's theme. Fog of Phantom, also a Tactics Ogre theme, played during the 3.4 trailer).

Really, 35mil? That sound like such a insane amount

Originally Posted by Rinuko

Really, 35mil? That sound like such a insane amount

it's actually not that much and probably includes marketing budget. FF XV currently shows how you can sink insane amounts of money without the game gaining one bit from it. like, getting the priciest voice actors, just because you can.

of course, the meta is "triple the content!!!", which is exactly what pr wants you to hear out of it. i can promise you, it won't be like that.

Originally Posted by Kaurie

I addressed the cute aspect of the statement, and then I expanded on it with attractive. I do understand they are not the same thing.

If you do, then you're being deliberately obtuse about this particular argument. Why should we get nothing but cutesy races added because "Japan doesnt like them"? Last I checked, non-Japanese players make up a pretty large chunk of FFXIV's playerbase.

Originally Posted by Rinuko

Really, 35mil? That sound like such a insane amount

It probably covers the entire fiscal year so that is all the money for wages/servers/ads/maintenance of the game including content patches until the next fiscal year. The trailer will probably cost a couple million already.

Originally Posted by Naunet

If you do, then you're being deliberately obtuse about this particular argument. Why should we get nothing but cutesy races added because "Japan doesnt like them"? Last I checked, non-Japanese players make up a pretty large chunk of FFXIV's playerbase.

I am not being obtuse, I was responding specifically to the argument made vs furry cat people. Cute is often regarded as attractive, and they were advocating for an unattractive race. While I understand that "cute" and "attractive" are not identical terms, in the context of the argument it was relevant.

The ONLY new race that has been added to FFXIV wasn't "cute". Male Au Ra looked feral and cool, and while female Au Ra could look cute with their petite frames, they can also look disturbing and monster-esque. It all depends on how you make them.

Besides, it's normal that the ONLY new race they've added so far would be more similar to the aesthetic of the races most people play. And by most people I mean both Japanese and Western players, who are equally as guilty of Roes and Highlanders being a minority. There's no mystery and no unfairness here.

Originally Posted by Clover_Blake

they can also look disturbing and monster-esque. It all depends on how you make them.

Besides, it's normal that the ONLY new race they've added so far would be more similar to the aesthetic of the races most people play.

They really can't. Not the females. The features are tailor made for "cute".

According to the OP, SE has stated that any new races will be ONLY cute because that's what Japan wants. They didn't mention what non-Japanese players want at all. I think that's silly.