Final Fantasy Xiv - Letter from the producer live viii 08/08/2013 p1 - Fishing

Translation Credit to Reinheart The Subligar King Interpretations and Timing: Aque Lia (blame me for mistakes /nods) Foxclon: Yoshida-san, what are you fishing? Yoshida: Hmm? Oh Lalafell next to me Yoshida: I hope I can fish the Lalafell next to me Yoshida: Ooh Foxclon: This is fishing Yoshida: Starting Phase 4 fishing will be implemented and is ready for play Foxclon: Let's start the live letter Yoshida: No time to fish Lalafell :( Foxclone: It's time for the 8th Live Letter From the Producer Yoshida: Thanks for having me Foxclon: This is the last live letter before launch Yoshida: We have a lot to show today Foxclon: Yes Yoshida: Apologies for the delay Yoshida: We were setting up the live Yoshida: stream until last minute. Foxclon: We just showed the opening so you can Foxclon:.. show us more fishing Yoshida: We have been discussing the concept until now Yoshida: There isn't much actions involved Yoshida: Let me move and show you Yoshida: You start with casting the line Yoshida: Wait a little bit and chat while you wait... Yoshida: and then you fish it up! Yoshida: That's about it. The catch screen shows fish size Yoshida: Bait is very important Yoshida: There are many varieties of baits available Yoshida: I am on the PC Version Yoshida: But I have the PS3 menu bar Yoshida: This is the fishing log Yoshida: The red orange markers on the map are fishing spots Yoshida: We have a lot of spots available Yoshida: You can fish at lakes, river, oceans Yoshida: You will need to decide on which bait to use Yoshida: Lure fishing in rivers for example Yoshida: There are unknown fishing spots like this so you will discover them Yoshida: If your bait is wrong it will warn you Yoshida: We will have a lot of built in information on many parts of the game, within the game itself Yoshida: But for fishing we'd like players to also discover on their own Yoshida: This shows all the fishes Yoshida: We have a lot of them available Yoshida: We will add more as we release updates Yoshida: This fishing log shows the best record Yoshida: As you fish something better, the mark will change Yoshida: As for actions, we made it really simple Yoshida: We also made a skill for having live bait Yoshida: where you catch a fish and then use the catch as bait for a bigger fish Yoshida: other than that, we have fish you can only catch at night or in certain weather Yoshida: At higher levels, we have desert and sky fishing where you catch flying fish Yoshida: You can use this system while waiting for friends to come online Yoshida: Like when you're waiting for Content (Duty) Finder Yoshida: Fishing will not affect the economy Yoshida: Later on you might be able to fish up treasure maps etc. but basically just an extra activity Foxclon: Theres another Lalafell over there! Yoshida: No need to fish up that Lalafell Yoshida: Gear is important, if you do not have the right gear you will not be able to catch certain fish Yoshida: For fishing, people set up macros and make fishbots but we have method to catch those Yoshida: We cant say what these are as it may give those botters ideas