You are here: - Really! Would we know it was your character if we saw it?
Tanaka: We were logging in as "Azagba Tanaka", so you would probably have a clue. We can see chat logs and such from the developer side, but it's difficult to get a full picture of what players are doing from that alone. Therefore, we want to login as a representative and get an unfiltered look at exactly what the situation is like in-game(Final Fantasy XIV).
- The Producer has to do it himself, right? Have there been any particular opinions from the ffxiv gil players that have left an impression?
Komoto: The alpha version is still focusing on basic controls and movement, so there have been comments that the response time is slow, or such and such command needs fixing. We expected some control issues and let people know on the tester site to tell us, for example, if they were difficult to understand without a tutorial. As we expected, many people confirmed that they are tough to grasp. This is something we feel needs to be addressed before release.
Tanaka: We are diligently investigating any issues that get a lot of feedback. One interesting thing to note is the difference in the amount of feedback posted to the Japan, North America and Europe tester forums. Japan has about 5000 posts. Europe and North America have a whole digit more with 19,000 and 25,000, respectively. The amount of testers in each region is the same, but we are seeing 5 NA posts for every single JP post, which really highlights the cultural differences of the regions. Also, North American posters tend to write many more suggestions. It's like, "Listen to your ideas!"
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