Thread: [7.0 to next 10 years saga]Will SQEX change the Derplander into the new race ?

Originally Posted by Enkidoh

He's apparently called 'Hiroshi' by the development team informally, which, to an English speaker with a very very poor understanding of Japanese (i.e. me), sounds like a pun on 'hero', and 'shi' meaning 'white' or 'light'; so, basically, his name is 'Light Warrior'. (Please by all means correct me on that though! I'm so sorry for butchering the Japanese language there!).

I thought it was this, as i read the same elsewhere, but it seems he is named Hiroshi for a different reason :

"Why is he called "Hiroshi"?
Yoshida: To tell the truth, it's not that we gave him the official name "Hiroshi". However, there is a staff member who has been working with us...well he worked on the development for Final Fantasy XIV, although he's currently the director for Final Fantasy XVI. His name is Hiroshi Takai. He's also my great senior and whenever he streams himself playing, people would go "Go! Go! Hiroshi", or "Hiroshi do your best!" and eventually these people identify Hiroshi with the main character, and it stuck. From there we just went "Well, yeah let's just leave it at that". Just to let you know, he's actually nameless, okay?"

Video here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zy4PJiwTktg

Found on reddit here : https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme...hare&context=3

Originally Posted by Enkidoh

He's apparently called 'Hiroshi' by the development team informally, which, to an English speaker with a very very poor understanding of Japanese (i.e. me), sounds like a pun on 'hero', and 'shi' meaning 'white' or 'light'; so, basically, his name is 'Light Warrior'. (Please by all means correct me on that though! I'm so sorry for butchering the Japanese language there!). He's also called 'Meteor' (short for 'Meteor Survivor' on the Waning of the Sixth Sun DVD that came with the Collector's Edition of ARR. And of course, his First counterpart's name is Ardbert, who resembled his ARR/1.0 'End of an Era' appearence physically.

Really though, he's just a stand-in for your character, and so his 'canon' name is whatever you want to call him (and thus, your character's name). This is appropriate as he is also a reference to the early FF games which also had you playing as a party of generics only identified by their Job classes or their fates as the 'Warriors of Light', it's in keeping with the series' roots.

Incidentally the 'Derplander' nickname came about as a joke on the 1.0 forum about how his early trailer renderings in 1.0 had him pull some very silly faces, and the name kind of stuck (although now he's long since passed that and is now variously and fondly nicknamed either 'Darklander' or 'Daddylander' depending on your preferences. ).

Thank you for explaining the history behind the nickname! Was going to ask, since I had no idea where it came from!

Originally Posted by Enkidoh

He's apparently called 'Hiroshi' by the development team informally, which, to an English speaker with a very very poor understanding of Japanese (i.e. me), sounds like a pun on 'hero', and 'shi' meaning 'white' or 'light'; so, basically, his name is 'Light Warrior'. (Please by all means correct me on that though! I'm so sorry for butchering the Japanese language there!). He's also called 'Meteor' (short for 'Meteor Survivor' on the Waning of the Sixth Sun DVD that came with the Collector's Edition of ARR. And of course, his First counterpart's name is Ardbert, who resembled his ARR/1.0 'End of an Era' appearence physically.

Really though, he's just a stand-in for your character, and so his 'canon' name is whatever you want to call him (and thus, your character's name). This is appropriate as he is also a reference to the early FF games which also had you playing as a party of generics only identified by their Job classes or their fates as the 'Warriors of Light', it's in keeping with the series' roots.

Incidentally the 'Derplander' nickname came about as a joke on the 1.0 forum about how his early trailer renderings in 1.0 had him pull some very silly faces, and the name kind of stuck (although now he's long since passed that and is now variously and fondly nicknamed either 'Darklander' or 'Daddylander' depending on your preferences. ).

yeah i knew he was called meteor or "derplander", but wasnt aware of Hiroshi. its a neat bit of trivia, thank you for explaining it c:

Originally Posted by RukoBoshi

I thought it was this, as i read the same elsewhere, but it seems he is named Hiroshi for a different reason :

"Why is he called "Hiroshi"?
Yoshida: To tell the truth, it's not that we gave him the official name "Hiroshi". However, there is a staff member who has been working with us...well he worked on the development for Final Fantasy XIV, although he's currently the director for Final Fantasy XVI. His name is Hiroshi Takai. He's also my great senior and whenever he streams himself playing, people would go "Go! Go! Hiroshi", or "Hiroshi do your best!" and eventually these people identify Hiroshi with the main character, and it stuck. From there we just went "Well, yeah let's just leave it at that". Just to let you know, he's actually nameless, okay?"

Video here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zy4PJiwTktg

Found on reddit here : https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme...hare&context=3

op, i just saw this. this is pretty neat too. im learning a lot today

Actually I would really prefer if they reintroduce Derplander's friends back into the expansion trailers, aka non-Lamitt, non-Nyelbert, non-Branden and non-Renda Rae. It kinda felt odd that for the rest of the trailers about an MMO they just dropped the whole idea of the representation of you being with a party of friends and just had him be the "lone hero". Of course thats basically the case with the WoL in the actual game, since you dont have other WoLs alongside with you to share the burden in the story but still, I really would like to have those 4 guys come back somehow.

Originally Posted by Wingale

Well, our beloved Derplander got a 10-years long of his journey, would be nice if he finally retire and we will get a new face for the role of WoL?

Yeah, from everyone, I think the "WoL" is the only character with zero chances of being benched.

I could see, however, a new title instead of Warrior of Light, and I would love to see them taking a caster, healing or aiming job for a change of pace.

Originally Posted by Atelier-Bagur

Actually I would really prefer if they reintroduce Derplander's friends back into the expansion trailers, aka non-Lamitt, non-Nyelbert, non-Branden and non-Renda Rae. It kinda felt odd that for the rest of the trailers about an MMO they just dropped the whole idea of the representation of you being with a party of friends and just had him be the "lone hero". Of course thats basically the case with the WoL in the actual game, since you dont have other WoLs alongside with you to share the burden in the story but still, I really would like to have those 4 guys come back somehow.

Agreed - it does seem a pity that they were all but forgotten, considering their significance in the 'End of an Era' Cinematic.

No. I love seeing Derplander! I like how he's physically aged overtime with every new expansion and rather see the game conclude as a whole with him. Besides our character, he is the Warrior of Light!

Originally Posted by fulminating

I kind of want to see combat scene from the shb trailer, but with it swapping between zimmer frames and walking sticks now.

Ha! Mental image of the Endwalker cinematic Moon scene toward the end, where the WoL does that dramatic turn from facing the World to facing the camera (before the fast zoom-out) - except instead of a determined stare he drops his sword and does a 'Ow my back' gesture instead!