Please, add more voice lines to the game in all duties and more

[DrWho2010]

yes and there's all the money in the world for this. remember this would have to be done 4 TIMES OVER, for all the languages supported.

[caffe_macchiato]

Voiced content is expensive to make, and make development scheduling far less flexible.
Making "everything" voiced would mean less money spent on other things.

While it would be nice to have a lot more content voiced, it is highly unrealistic to expect it.

This. Square Enix isn’t a large company like Blizzard. We can’t expect World of Warcraft levels of budget and commitment from them. Final Fantasy XIV is a much smaller game from a much smaller company.

[Naple]

far too expensive and time consuming.

and helllz no to AI. you're taking away money from a voice actor who needs the paycheck.

They can use AI to fill in the mundane filler dialogue, hire the voice actor for the unique bits. AI is good, but not that good to fully replace a human VA yet.

[Jojoya]

They can use AI to fill in the mundane filler dialogue, hire the voice actor for the unique bits. AI is good, but not that good to fully replace a human VA yet.

It's not that simple. There are already lawsuits trickling through courts about use of AI to replicate the voice work of professional voice actors without the consent of those voice actors. For now, it's very much a legal grey area.

As you say, AI is not that good to truly replace a human VA yet. I don't think large companies like SE are going to want risk their relationships with the major voice acting studios and guilds, especially considering the serious respect accorded to voice actors in JP.

[MistakeNot]

This. Square Enix isn’t a large company like Blizzard. We can’t expect World of Warcraft levels of budget and commitment from them. Final Fantasy XIV is a much smaller game from a much smaller company.

Size of the company is quite irrelevant. The only important question is if the extra development costs would be followed by a corresponding increase in paying players. Square Enix has almost certainly done that analysis already, and reached the conclusion that it isn't worth it.