Comments from the Devs

[Burningthought]

I'm starting to wish I didn't pay for six months earlier in the month because when my CUL is 50 I won't be logging in again until merge day. I've been without a linkshell for a month now and it's no good joining one until after the merge because I want to be with EU players if possible. The process is taking too long.

Too bad you're not on kashuan, because like 4 out of 5 endgame shells on there are EU. It blows donkey dick because I have to group up with retards and pick up groups.

[Kaylia]

I don't think there will be too many clashes in the first place with this first name/last name system. The only names at risk are the retarded one based on something popular or simple expressions.

And even if there is conflict, changing one of your two names isn't that bad. It's not like most players have a strong attachment to their last name.


But since they have to set a priorities list regardless, I would do:
#1: Active characters (logged once since it became p2p) that are lv 5 or above get to keep their name, everyone else can be overwritten by a transfert.
#2: If two active characters are in conflict, whoever changed server lose their name. If the player isn't happy, he can pick another of the 5 servers.


Square is probably going to go for something simple tho, like whoever was already on the host server is keeping the name, and the transferred character will lose it.

[Niiro]

Moral of the story; stop stealing names wholesale from other games/anime & shit and come up with something that's at the very least semi-original.

Outside of those ^ situations I don't see many name conflict issues coming up considering the whole 2 names thing.

[Sephiroth]

Too bad you're not on kashuan, because like 4 out of 5 endgame shells on there are EU. It blows donkey dick because I have to group up with retards and pick up groups.

Wow really? I always thought Lindblum was the most EU populated server. I'll keep that in mind when the time comes.

I'm expecting Wutai to disappear, it's one of the least populated servers based on the figures people have posted. We only have two NA end-game linkshells (0 EU), one is closed to recruitment and the other I withdrew my application from after learning of server merges.


As for how I would prioritise names. I would factor in the possibility some dick will try to steal people's names. So I don't think automatically giving a person priority on all their mules is a good idea.

Priority should go to characters that are currently subscribed that were created before the merger announcement (mid December).

Next priority should go to all other characters currently subscribed.

Then all inactive characters that have logged in during the past six months.

Then everyone else can have first come first served. If you've not played in six months then you can't really complain about your name being freed up.

Retainer name conflicts are going to be fun. I was kinda unoriginal with mine, even named one Sephiroth. Hey it's better than "buymystuffcheap" or similar that seem to fill the wards. I can't imagine SE will even bother giving priority to retainer names, they'll probably just reset them and make it a first come first serve at the retainer NPC.

[Raldo]

Can retainers not share names? I guess I never thought about it. I don't see any harm in having them share names.

Mine are named Krabbypatty and Easycheese.

[Manako]

you can type into lodestone your firstname/lastname to determine if anyone shares your name. I find it unlikely that it will be large problem for most people, and if it is an issue you would think people would be quicker to quote people with duplicate names.

[TacoTaru]

Retainers are big worry. While my names aren't creative at all, I'm quite attached to my retainers .

[Rocl]

if someone else has Rocl and Roclshop as retainers i'mma be pissed

[Ambrosia]

Yeah I was kind of surprised that they said retainer names are going to follow the same rules as character names. I don't care about my retainers since I am not attached to them but can't Square Enix use a similar method as Blizzard games? If I am not mistaken in Battle.net and/or Diablo 3 aren't you allowed to have the same name based on your Real ID (or some similar method since SE doesn't have Real ID)?


I can understand them using a set rule for character names. But when it comes to retainer names (to make it easier for the customers and the company) wouldn't it be easier to just have an "invisible" number attached to the retainer to separate them. Like you have Neko01 and Neko77 to separate them stored in the server profile, but then the players actually only see Neko for both players? Or is this simply impossibru? The biggest problem with actual character names is if you used some really popular name or in some cases Anime names (first and last)... I mean if you did you should of seen this coming at some point.

[TacoTaru]

More Reinheart translations. The JP community reps seem much more active than the NA ones ~_~

More Macro Info:

Originally Posted by Triairy
Good evening,

Originally Posted by KanaTan
Not only for actions but wasn't there requests for equipment or macro's to be saved by class also?

With 2.0 just like actions the base will be reprogrammed so the macro's will also be saved per class and for macro's to be used with other classes will have another section for it where any class can use.

Also the dev team also acknowledges that their isn't enough macro slots so they will look into increasing.

Something about emote positioning when performing them. I never noticed this before so I'm not entirely sure wtf it's going on about:

Originally Posted by Triairy
Good evening,

Originally Posted by hinatabokko
Here's a picture before patch 1.20 (before 1.20 if you use a motion if you have someone targeted you would face that target but after 1.20 it wont.)
http://static2.finalfantasyxiv.com/a...PgHbfU-47A.png

This is sit motion while looking at nearby NPC; before we were able to do stuff like this.

With current emote system you can't do this any more

It's good to add new emotes but looking at someone to do an emote is basic things and it also gives the character more expression so I would like to have it put back to what it was prior to 1.20.

When targeting a character and using a emote there were times where the graphic didn't display correctly therefore in 1.20 it was changed to where even you target something and use emote it wont face that target. (This change wasn't noted in the patch notes.)

With 2.0 we are planning to make it where it will face the target, until then we can't fix this so we will look into this one to see if there are other methods to reimplement this.

Thanks for the feedback

I'll spoiler this one since it's more lore and I don't know how much people give a shit about that in this particular thread:

Spoiler: show

Hello,

For Conjurer's action Sacred Prism and Shroud of Saints (JP uses megami no ____ megami meaning goddess) which goddess are they talking about??
For this question we received the following comment from the world setting team so here it is.

Thanks for the questions,

For which "Goddess" the two Conjurer abilities "Goddess's Compassion" and Goddess's Protection" (In JP names Megami No ______) the answer is Nophica

For more detailed reason it's going to bit long but would like to show for those interested


For spell type of conjurer evolved from Gridania (and previous Gelmora?) Either city had Nophica as their guardian and took very good care of them. For that reason these abilities uses word that points to Nophica (goddess)

Regarding talking to the spirits, the people living in the forest made connection with the spirits and in the process of building Gridania they spread the thinking of how spirits are beings that separated from Nophica; some NPC's talk about this as well.

There are scenes related spirits also uses Nophica's name and for that reason for people of Gridania Nophica and the spirits are something they can't just take apart?

Translation to other languages the "Megami no ___" (Goddess's _____) is bit too long for ability name so it hasn't been used.

Not related to main topic of the thread but since it's good opportunity here's some info on Nophica's well.

There are differences in the twelve depending on the region but basically have multi god religion (?) You normally would protect/keep in mind of the guardian related to your city but it doesn't mean they don't believe in other gods. (Some region looks down on other gods)

For a dry region such as Thalanan there was a land that had water and for that reason the people thought that the goddess of harvest Nophica built a well for us so we can grow crops! so that's the reason behind the naming for that region.

There was a goddess

There's some additional talk in the thread about people noticing the wells around Nophica Wells not having water after patches much like the Meteor becoming bigger in the sky. Not sure if it's bullshit or not though.

Additional Sit positions (lol):

Originally Posted by Foxclon
Hello

Originally Posted by YukiAri
Want to sit like how you sit on top of Gobbue

Originally Posted by lalatora
Agreed
In that case, want new one for Hyur Female (since it's not new)

Thanks for the suggestions! I brought this up to the dev team they will look/check the cost and adjustments to see if they can implement in a way such as /sit2

If you have any other requests please let us know.

Fireworks as recipes:

Originally Posted by Triairy
Good evening,

Asked the dev team for including fireworks; not like the event's fireworks (the one you put on the on the ground) but the ones where PC can use by holding by hand.

For hand held fireworkd they have agreed to add. However to make the firework last 20-30 seconds will have some difficulty due to display so those will be adjusted later. Also asked can you also add the recipe so it can be crafted? they answered OK on this as well.

It's hard to get it implemented right away but they will work on it to make it for the summer. It will be some time till the summer but please look forward to it!

Macro and lore stuff was really the only good out of it, but I figured I'd post up the rest anyway.

[Seravi Edalborez]

^ - On "emote while targetting", used to be that if you changed target during an emote your head/upper body would turn that direction while doing the emote as normal. Had some amusing effects like Lalafell /lookout looking swoon-ish at a certain direction (see: my avatar), or /doze while you're facing another way.
I will say if they ever take out the current "bug" of pulling out your weapon while emoting, I'll be sad.

[Draylo]

The "we will look at this at 2.0" seems strikingly similar to "ps2 limitations". Hope they follow through.

[Rocl]

at the core they're different though,
i mean it's a bullshit answer yeah but 'ps2 limitation' implies "LOL NOPE CAN'T DO IT" while at least 'wait for 2.0 dawg' implies "yyyyyeah maybe"

[Kaylia]

The "we will look at this at 2.0" seems strikingly similar to "ps2 limitations". Hope they follow through.

Not really. PS2 limitation is an excuse for shit we will never see. 2.0 is promises we will see in exactly 9 months.

It's easy enough to understand why they don't want to waste time fixing code that will be scrapped in a few months. They aren't trying to dodge the issue.

[Jamison]

At this point, in all honesty, I'd expect them to be in hunker-down mode for 2.0. Apart from the content they are releasing for the current version, I don't expect much more than bug fixes to go along with it. We've hit the point where the work needed to make structural changes to the client isn't worth the investment given how soon that code will be deprecated (if not applicable to 2.0)


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[TacoTaru]

I just saw on the Dev Tracker feed on the JP forums that we're getting a 1.20c. Hasn't been announced on the NA side yet, so excuse the Google translation (although it's clear enough).

Good evening.

Originally Posted by Kanatan
However, When will be implemented or 1.20c?

1.20c patch, we are expected to announce next week.
Currently working for verification, the date as soon as they are more "information" will be charged. I hope you and wait.

*Edit*
After a little more snooping in the thread, it appears to be related to Hasty Hand (at least I think that's what "Hey Stimulus Hand" is) and some of the other crafting abilities listed in the 1.20b update notes. I guess the notes said they were fixed or addressed and they actually have not been, thus we're getting a 1.20c.

[Raldo]

Weird. The 1.20b was so barren that I can't imagine what they'd add in 1.20c that can't wait until 1.21. Maybe they're just doing it so they can say "We update every two weeks".

[miokomioko]

Yay, more provisioning/supply resets~ :D

[TacoTaru]

Reinheart posted something off 2ch that was came out of the most March issue of Connect On!

Connect On March Edition
http://ebten.jp/eb/p/connect_on201203/index.htm

Thinking of Thief coming from archer class.
For dark knight coming from Gladiator class, have to complete Paladin to obtain the quest, maybe it's good where once you become dark knight you can't go back to Paladin.

For Arcanist planning to include at start of 2.0
It's more of the sorcerer class that uses magic and WS to debuf and range and a technical pet class.
(poster comment: Looks like they just stuck the stuff taken away/missing after 1.20 in this one)

Musketeer is planned for after that and also thinking of dual gun

1.21 is delayed
Job equipment will be released but the weapon will not, weapon quest is harder to obtain.
Since everyone is saying AF, AF so decided the name will be artifact.
In 2.0 there will be a lot more dungeons, ID level style dungeon (I don't get this one), adding level sync, and checks to see ex/rare flags.
Other than that is post 1.23 beta planned. (doesn't talk about it just says that.)

As far as accuracy/authenticity of it:

Info from 2ch forums so don't know how accurate the info is; it only mentions this and nothing else at the moment so don't ask me for more info since I don't have the magazine article with me I can't do anything about it.

Guess we'll see soon enough.

[Charismatic]

Since everyone is saying AF, AF so decided the name will be artifact.

Haha, there's someone in my LS that's going to be mad about this. He's one of those guys who hates every little thing that ties this game to XI.
Haters man, gotta love 'em.


But I'm a little disappointed that Arcanist and Musketeer aren't coming til 2.0. Limsa is a little odd with only one usable class guild there (though I guess it doesn't make a difference now that guild marks serve no purpose, etc). Can't be helped though.
And I'm kinda wondering about the weapons there... I wonder how 'hard' they will be to get. If they are too hard to get and aren't better than moogle/ifrit stuff, I don't really see the point. And if they ARE better than moogle/ifrit (mostly ifrit) stuff then incoming shitstorm.