Final Fantasy XIV @ gamescom 2009 (Updated)

[Omniyoji]

For the final question, the interviewer hints that a number of players may be looking for language-specific servers and looks for Sundi's reaction to such a request. However, Sundi believes that seeing as Final Fantasy XI made it this far without segregated servers, adding such a feature in Final Fantasy XIV would feel like a step backwards. They would rather work at making mixed servers a success instead of abandoning them altogether.

How could anyone want segregation? I just don't get it... because of FFXI I've meant awesome people from around the world.

Also thought this pic was funny:

http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s...yz/bitness.jpg

[Vuitton]

How could anyone want segregation? I just don't get it... because of FFXI I've meant awesome people from around the world.

Also thought this pic was funny:

http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s...yz/bitness.jpg

Japanese are very much about "in" and "out" groups, and foreigners are considered an "out group". Couple this with the horrible first impressions we made due to NA version being released a full year after the JP release, and the western cultural trait of being very direct (directness is rude in Japan, the more ambiguous you are the more polite you are), its easy to see why some Japanese players want to have segregated servers.

I am very glad that SE is keen on integrated severs and would rather work on fixing issues with them rather than scrapping them. I really enjoy meeting and playing with people from other countries and I feel its really something that helps define what FF Online is.

[Maguspk]

Sundi's interview was actually nice to read.

I especially liked how he specifically said they aren't going for official forums and instead are allowing the premiere sites to act in their stead. I think the same kind of logic here (language is a barrier) is the logic people use when considering seperating the servers based on language. If everybody on my server spoke my native language it'd make life a ton easier. Having to work around the language barrier is sometimes annoying if it could be avoided that'd be convenient. The argument that 'but but i meet cool people' is a little weird, because you are meeting people who speak the same language as you who may be in another part of the world, this would happen even with Language-specific servers. Very rarely are you building meaningful relationships with the 'Nice to meet you!' auto-translate functionality. Don't take that the wrong way either, I had Chinese and Japanese friends who played FFXI and I still talk to some of them but I won't lie, communication is strained at times.

Also, LOL@the Aug 2009 kids. It's like everytime I read a terrible post I just look to the left and see the join date and laugh. The hate for the august 2009 kids in general reminds me of the community on the MLG Forums where, if you have a join date around when Halo 3 came out, you're an '07 kid or '08 kid who only joined because of the newer installation of the series. Just like these kids joining BG only due to the release of FFXIV information. Similarly, both groups seem to carry a lot of bad posters and players, but that shouldn't keep us from recognizing there are a few bearable ones.

[Kurokikaze]

Wow I must say.. Sundi's interview was actually a good read. Amazing ya? And I completely agree with what he said about segregated servers being a step backwards. One of the most redeeming features about FFXI is that you can play with people no matter where they are or what console they're on. They need to work on making that an even better experience instead of cutting it out altogether.

[Jaybar]

Almighty Sundi:

One adjustment Sundi wishes to implement is making it easier for players to call upon a GM. Also, beyond simply improving the GM system, there will be active collaboration between the Special Task Force, management team and community team in order to create a better experience for all players.

Dear God I hope the community team is the team that commutes with the players. I think Sundi does want more interaction with the players judging by his final statement:

First we address how to satisfy Final Fantasy fans.

Hopefully this means the FFXIV team will be taking more consideration from the players. Or maybe I can be a cynic and think this is all fluff to get more people to play.

[MKlades]

They really don't need jumping, but I do hope they have realistic looking falling this time, and less blatant invisible walls. I don't think anyone would complain if they handled "jumping" like Zelda, where you mantle up on platforms and can jump if you run off the edge of something.

And swimming.

And we better still have wyrms with spike flail ffs.

I registered here a long time ago but never posted. Now I forgot my password and don't have access to the email account associated with the account :(

[Kurokikaze]

Yo omg STOP bringing up that fuckin subject already. Holy shit.

[Jaybar]

It wasn't even THAT bad. Hell, he compared it to fucking ZELDA instead of WoW. That was a much more rational post than some of the other shit that's been posted. The whole premise of the post was "realistic actions" in movement.

Note the falling, the leaping from ledges. To add to the post I wouldn't mind grappling ledges.

You know what, FUCK THOSE FUCKING MOUNTAINS IN ATTOWA. I WANT TO CLIMB THEM.

And just so people don't get confused, my post is about climbing mountains.

[Mistress Stowastiq]

Second interview from Famitsu, this time they talked with Sage Sundi

Gamescom - Famitsu Interviews Sage Sundi

Enjoy

Thank you again Elmer.
I really like Sundi's closing statement about the fans.

[Silenka]

SSDD imo.

They talk, but that's all they do. They talk, and we wind up with shit like we have in FFXI right now. It's nice to be hopeful for a game that should be a clean slate, except it won't be a clean slate at all, because the same exact teams of the same exact people will be moving onto it. The problem is the GMs don't care about the players and neither does the policy. Another problem is that there is quite obviously little communication between departments at SE and this causes things to be overlooked and rifts to develop where progress in cleaning up/updating the game is severely impeded. If these things and these people don't change for 14, Sundi can blow all the smoke he wants, it'll still be SSDD.

[Cantih]

I think the best halfway measure would be, let players choose their server as you can now in FFXI. Anyone can access any server.

Make the majority of them (50-70%) "International", but add in severs that are badged with a flag (JP, NA, EU). You can still join a server that doesn't match your flag, for those that can speak the language, or maybe a group of friends that wants to just go of by themselves.

[Trocian]

And I completely agree with what he said about segregated servers being a step backwards.

For me personally, I'd like nothing more than having servers separated by region(not language, because face it, if you're a german/french/whatever gamer, you can speak english.).

That's mainly because I live in Europe, though. FFXI never had a big EU community, and especially not on my server. If I wanted any kind of endgame, I was forced to either stay up till 3 in the morning, or change server. And because of all the friends I made, I stayed, and thus was never able to advance gear-wise.

Having a server where basically everyone would be playing at the same time as me would be awesome.

[Mistress Stowastiq]

How could anyone want segregation? I just don't get it... because of FFXI I've meant awesome people from around the world.

Also thought this pic was funny:

http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s...yz/bitness.jpg

Tanaka has a fucking hardcore guise -very intense eyes. Sundi always looks pre-smirk, as if he is about to roll his eyes in an annoyed way and say something sarcastic.

on topic:

I thought it was hilarious how in the interview, the devs all loled at the question of whether characters in the gamescom trials were buffed or not.
It was kind of spooky in a way, having me anticipate the mean and intimidating panda puks or albino bat chickens in starter areas.
^
As for international servers, I agree with Omniyoji. I like it and it may be difficult or frustrating if the other person is in a hurry but I like my experiences with players of different languages. I will never forget my first encounter with a Japanese player and how good it felt to understand one another after persistently tinkering with the auto translate. I have EU friends on my friend's list that I also enjoy talking to in /tell. There is always some one on from my friend's list, regardless of my odd gaming schedule.

It is a unique experience and I am uncertain if people would choose international servers if there was a choice of segregated ones. If it was implemented, I would prefer a choice instead of segregated or nothing. I suppose from being put in a situation like international servers, we are more prone to adapt and learn to make the best of it.

[loyaltrekie]

I would have like it if his statement was something much better; something akin to "We will be taking the policies and procedures from FFXI and adapting and changing them to what we have learned over the years and what players have suggested" rather then "Were keeping almost everything and the same staff, the staff that doesn't listen to players; the GM's that don't know anything but "working as intended / I'll tell the dev team"; the RMTpwner that "pwns" legitimate players; etc etc.

FFXI had a lot of "community" related issues, I hate to see they are using the exact same things over. Honestly, the entire community team for SE needs a make over in grand form.

As for the whole server debacle as someone stated above, I think limited regional servers would be great in addition to the international ones. While I enjoyed XI, the hostilities between JP and NA players was so huge that outside of the random newer players/ a few of the elder player there really wasn't that much interaction between the two.(I'm looking at you "JP only" players.) I'm sure there are a ton of people that would love international servers without a doubt, but the amount of people who would prefer regional servers/don't play during "international times" is much larger. If they are forcing international servers on us again, they had better do a much better job with communication tools though, that's for sure.

[Omniyoji]

I believe I didn't see this mentioned but in the ranger vid (getting attacked by 3 dildos) half of it cuts off to a different user (gcuser190 > gcuser130) the ziel (target) is a dying Nusshornchen. The target's very small and the player is mostly blocking the view. Anyone know what it might be?

EDIT*

LMAO @ another Lawlfail running around like an idiot XD

[Agito]

Also, LOL@the Aug 2009 kids. It's like everytime I read a terrible post I just look to the left and see the join date and laugh. The hate for the august 2009 kids in general reminds me of the community on the MLG Forums where, if you have a join date around when Halo 3 came out, you're an '07 kid or '08 kid who only joined because of the newer installation of the series. Just like these kids joining BG only due to the release of FFXIV information. Similarly, both groups seem to carry a lot of bad posters and players, but that shouldn't keep us from recognizing there are a few bearable ones.

I've been playing FFXI ever since it's been released in the USA, I pretty much have everything i could ever dream of having in that particular game. I'm extremely skilled and an extremely good player and most likely a better player than most of the people on this forum. I'm not much of a forum person but i thought i'd give it a try by coming to Bluegartr. Am i a "bad poster"? Probably but that definately doesn't make me a bad player! Does joining a forum when FFXIV information is coming out mean that particular person never played FFXI? Absolutely not! I'm the type that usually doesn't post anything in a forum unless it's a Linkshell forum, then i'd post strategies and stuff like that in it. I think i'll go back to just being a hidden observer of the information about FFXIV that is coming out so i don't have to be judged by stupid people.

[Leashedragon]

I believe I didn't see this mentioned but in the ranger vid (getting attacked by 3 dildos) half of it cuts off to a different user (gcuser190 > gcuser130) the ziel (target) is a dying Nusshornchen. The target's very small and the player is mostly blocking the view. Anyone know what it might be?

Hmm. It almost looks like a more rodent-ized Rarab. The ears are much shorter and pointy. It has a rather long tail for it's body, similar to Rarabs. The nose is very short and pointy. Looks like it's sitting somewhat hunched over with the tail laying along the ground then going up in the air, waving as it breaths. Best I could make of it.

[Amras]

I believe I didn't see this mentioned but in the ranger vid (getting attacked by 3 dildos) half of it cuts off to a different user (gcuser190 > gcuser130) the ziel (target) is a dying Nusshornchen. The target's very small and the player is mostly blocking the view. Anyone know what it might be?

EDIT*

LMAO @ another Lawlfail running around like an idiot XD

German here, Nusshörnchen means squirrel.

[Omniyoji]

German here, Nusshörnchen means squirrel.

Oh my... the return of the cute FF squirrel Thanks Amras

http://shatterheart.net/games/finalf...stiary/mu2.jpghttp://shatterheart.net/games/finalf...estiary/mu.jpghttp://shrines.rpgclassics.com/psx/f...friendlymu.jpg

[Mistress Stowastiq]

I've been playing FFXI ever since it's been released in the USA, I pretty much have everything i could ever dream of having in that particular game. I'm extremely skilled and an extremely good player and most likely a better player than most of the people on this forum. I'm not much of a forum person but i thought i'd give it a try by coming to Bluegartr. Am i a "bad poster"? Probably but that definately doesn't make me a bad player! Does joining a forum when FFXIV information is coming out mean that particular person never played FFXI? Absolutely not! I'm the type that usually doesn't post anything in a forum unless it's a Linkshell forum, then i'd post strategies and stuff like that in it. I think i'll go back to just being a hidden observer of the information about FFXIV that is coming out so i don't have to be judged by stupid people.

Placing your gaming skill at a level above the majority of the posters here and calling people stupid is likely to get you more refute here than your joining date ever could. Complaining about being judged while judging others who judged you is kind of ironic.

Back on topic of mobs, anyone recognize a similar mob group in ffxi (like arcana, plantoid etc.) to the white, flightless, bat-winged mobs that were attacking the sword user and lala?