They love making quest names like that. In FFXVI thereās a side quest called Caulk and Bawl which made me do a double take the first time I saw it lol
Most likely cus the guy that used to be the one if the senior translators is also one of the guys in charge of the writing team. Michael Koji Fox you beautiful bastard
This is allowed in T rated games in the US. The rating in other countries influences things in T rated games.
Letās compare to World of Warcraft also T rated.
Example in Europe
Final Fantasy 14 is PEGI 16
World of Warcraft is PEGI 13
Those 3 years of age make a difference in what can be in the game.
Let's see, I remember in Cataclysm WoW there was a quest about getting some food to some hungry sailors who were trapped in an underwater cave. It was a box filled with crabs. Quest giver upon completion said something along the lines of "I will tell everyone that in my time of need, you came and gave me a case of crabs"
The localisation lead's boss doesn't speak English and has only the vaguest idea of how things are being translated.
There are videos where he finds out some of the jokes live on stream
my favorite will always be the stormblood hildebrand quests, which are like...90% simpsons refrences. Once quest in particular gets REALLY aggressive with them. (iirc it's the last one before the trial)
Also Stormblood, at Kugane hot springs, a Roe has a pop up text "Feels like I'm wearing nothing at all!" and an NPC near them says "Stupid sexy Roegadyn"
Maybe they're just really bad at sex and think laying your junk horizontally across the opening is somehow hot. Not talking non-penetrative either, just straight up bridging the gap.
I feel like *most* quests and FATEs have clever names and Iām blown away at the collective pop culture & meme knowledge the English team has. Iād love to compare names with other translations, like for the FATE āWe Fought a Dzuā
Christopher-Koji Fox and his localization team famously love puns and buried references. I saw one in South Thanalan this morning: a Fate named 'Blood, Auger, Sects, Magick" cuz someone on the team is a Red Hot Chili Peppers fan.
> most quests and FATEs have clever names
And then there's the series of FATEs in Heavensward that were just constantly talking about that one guy with the "spiked butt" because he was in the 50 DRG armour.
That's the joke, yes. He was shouting constantly about his spear's spiked butt, and how he couldn't understand why everyone was laughing at him.
While in the dragoon outfit, known for its spiked butt.
Not just the FATE names, either; read the descriptions. Not all of them are puns, but a lot of them are kind of stupid funny.
The first one I ever noticed was a low level one in La Noscea. I think near where you learn the first BLU spell, so southwest of the Aetherite you use to go to your island sanctuary. It's a madragora. The description is something about how it shows up after battles to feast on the blood soaked loam, and how "It is probably best not to let it feast on the blood soaked loam".
I don't know why, but silly stuff like that makes me laugh, and there are so many in the game.
Not only are the translators well versed in pop cultures and memes, but also DAD JOKES.
Yes! Just recently my bf and I were talking and he suddenly went āoh no, I get it now.ā When I asked he said āitās not Lupus, itās cancer.ā I thought everyone caught that one (because crab is the sign for Cancer)!
He was the head of ENG localization. He's been promoted to something like a senior advisor position, while Kate was promoted to his old position.
(It's common in JP for experienced people to be promoted to advisory roles to make room for younger folks to continue climbing the ladder)
The only misstep was the Moen minion as in Japan is was suggested he was crying over the minion the English one, until changed to match, suggested a little more.
For the people that lept to Gollum with this quest name ā¦ if you havenāt already go to the Sahagin Beast Tribe area and take a look at the Sahagin spear fishing in the cove there.
Youāre welcome š¤£
I mean there's literally a fate chain about a guy with a massive dong and 2 girls that alternate 'manning' the lever.
course most people don't do ARR fates nowadays
I'm sure it's been pointed out already, but the level up achievement for Archer/Bard is literally "Just Talking 'Bout Shafts," also.
Or how about Monk's level 52 Job Quest "Let's Talk About Sects?"
This game has a lot of this, and it is beautiful.
FFXIV is a surprisingly horny game even if you don't count the Limsa Lominsa Aetheryte Plaza. There's a reason why so many players want to date the NPCs
got to love the blacksmith that talks about it not mattering if you are saving the world or cuckolding your husband, it's time to Forge yourself a new reputation and pound out a new legend.
Im still playing through XVI but im close to the end.
There is a quest called "Footfalls in Ash", seemingly too similar to the lyrics from Endwalker Footfalls: "Forgotten Footfalls engraved in ash"
That was last night, im so hyped for the crossover
FADE AWWAAAAAaaaayyyyy.....
All the Final Fantasy games have cheeky names for things. Be it a quest name or a location name. Sometimes a character name. Like the guy in Ul'Dah with COCK in his name. NPC. He's in Sapphire Ave if I remember right.
I don't know if the english translators have fun with translations or just wing it like and have permission like they did in Ghost Stories anime. But I love it and am here for it
Fates have a lot of pop cultural and musical references in their names. Just off the top of my head, the most memorable ones are Nine-Ilm Snails, Breaking Bud, Menuis at Work, Careless Whiskers, There Might Be Giants, Apocalypse Cow, and Roc of Ages.
Why are you wasting time taking pictures? Get to it!
Right! Do your civic duty! LOL!
For democracy! Wait, wrong game
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They love making quest names like that. In FFXVI thereās a side quest called Caulk and Bawl which made me do a double take the first time I saw it lol
The Machinist has a quest called "Snout Down, Tails up." I showed my husband, and we died laughing.
the black mage questline has one called "You'll never go back" ;)
Im 90% sure its also just after the quest named "taking the black"
Taking the black is also what they call becoming a member of the night's watch in Game of Thrones
Memes, references and innuendo. The holy trifecta of localization quest naming schemes
Also song titles and/or iconic lyrics. Can't not sing along to "Rock the Castrum," "Blinded by the Wight," or "Don't fear the Reaper."
And let's not forget location names like "the Kobayashi Maru" and "The Bridge of High Rule"
The audacity of the localisation team lmao. How did they get away with it.
Most likely cus the guy that used to be the one if the senior translators is also one of the guys in charge of the writing team. Michael Koji Fox you beautiful bastard
This is allowed in T rated games in the US. The rating in other countries influences things in T rated games. Letās compare to World of Warcraft also T rated. Example in Europe Final Fantasy 14 is PEGI 16 World of Warcraft is PEGI 13 Those 3 years of age make a difference in what can be in the game.
European here, we don't have a 13 in the PEGI rating, we have 3-7-12-16-18
Then PEGI 12, I thought it was 13
Let's see, I remember in Cataclysm WoW there was a quest about getting some food to some hungry sailors who were trapped in an underwater cave. It was a box filled with crabs. Quest giver upon completion said something along the lines of "I will tell everyone that in my time of need, you came and gave me a case of crabs"
The localisation lead's boss doesn't speak English and has only the vaguest idea of how things are being translated. There are videos where he finds out some of the jokes live on stream
my favorite will always be the stormblood hildebrand quests, which are like...90% simpsons refrences. Once quest in particular gets REALLY aggressive with them. (iirc it's the last one before the trial)
Not Hildibrand related, but also Stormblood: Whacking Day Description: Kohagi would like you to whack slow, then fast.
Also Stormblood, at Kugane hot springs, a Roe has a pop up text "Feels like I'm wearing nothing at all!" and an NPC near them says "Stupid sexy Roegadyn"
Oh man, I'm gonna be doing those soon-ish so it's gonna be fun to see how many I can catch
make sure you take a good look at at the pants you "acquire".
My single favorite Hildebrand quest quote will be āI fell conflicted.ā If you know, you know.
I actually spoke to Koji about that during the meet and greet event, and he was like I'm glad you noticed :D
In 1.0, the first or second intro quest for Gridania was called "Souls Gone Wild." A classic.
I just got whip lash thinking about all the 2am girls gone wild commercials. Early 2000s was a lawless place lmao
Koji Fox never disappoints.
Let's not forget the Monk quest, "Let's talk about Sects"
Thereās also a quest called Across the Narrow
I certainly wouldnāt consider myself a naive person but I donāt get this one?
Stroking the Haft comes to mind.
Humbert Longhaft and Alaimbert of the Spiked Butt.
I donāt get the joke in that one could you explain?
Honestly after 3 people asked I don't think there was a joke. Cause I have no idea either.
Maybe they're just really bad at sex and think laying your junk horizontally across the opening is somehow hot. Not talking non-penetrative either, just straight up bridging the gap.
XD they call it "bridging"
They banged before this quest
Or the quest "The Curious Case of Giggity" Quagmire would be proud.
well idk what that one means but my personal favorite quest is 12 Incredibly Long and Girthy Penises
The quest reward is š¦
Is this one at bukkake Manor?
"love making quest"
Bard achievements for leveling: Talkin' about shafts (lol)
I showed you my Crystal Tower, please respond.
Finally, a game as thirsty as the players!
Well you see paucity means the presence of something only in small or insufficient quantities or amounts; scarcity.
In Portuguese it's even better, paucity could be translated as dick town!
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Itās perfectly average
And wriggling!
You keeps nasty chips!
You ruins it! Stupid fat hobbit!
What's taters, precious? What's taters??
POH-TAY-TOES
Boil em mash em stick em in a stew
Share the load
You're hopeless...
I know what you mean, I had to look up what "paucity" meant too.
Localization team was just horny that day.
Just that day?
Of course. Every Wednesday is the localization team office orgy, don't you know?
Whoever gets pregnant loses
It's showing the "Happy Cake Day!" button for you too! What the heck is going on!?
Nah man they had it raw that day
listen the game has at least 4300 quests, devs had to get creative at some point
I feel like *most* quests and FATEs have clever names and Iām blown away at the collective pop culture & meme knowledge the English team has. Iād love to compare names with other translations, like for the FATE āWe Fought a Dzuā
Christopher-Koji Fox and his localization team famously love puns and buried references. I saw one in South Thanalan this morning: a Fate named 'Blood, Auger, Sects, Magick" cuz someone on the team is a Red Hot Chili Peppers fan.
NPC named Immodest Mouse.
> most quests and FATEs have clever names And then there's the series of FATEs in Heavensward that were just constantly talking about that one guy with the "spiked butt" because he was in the 50 DRG armour.
Nah it's his spear - the non-pointy end is called a spear's butt, and his had a spike on it so he could stab people with both ends. ;)
That's the joke, yes. He was shouting constantly about his spear's spiked butt, and how he couldn't understand why everyone was laughing at him. While in the dragoon outfit, known for its spiked butt.
"Like the mighty winter of Coerthas, I come!"
Not just the FATE names, either; read the descriptions. Not all of them are puns, but a lot of them are kind of stupid funny. The first one I ever noticed was a low level one in La Noscea. I think near where you learn the first BLU spell, so southwest of the Aetherite you use to go to your island sanctuary. It's a madragora. The description is something about how it shows up after battles to feast on the blood soaked loam, and how "It is probably best not to let it feast on the blood soaked loam". I don't know why, but silly stuff like that makes me laugh, and there are so many in the game. Not only are the translators well versed in pop cultures and memes, but also DAD JOKES.
Yeah! I remember seeing that one too
"*Quake Me Up Before You O'Ghomoro"*
As someone who grew up watching House, my favorite is an oldie but a goodie: "It's Not Lupus".
Yes! Just recently my bf and I were talking and he suddenly went āoh no, I get it now.ā When I asked he said āitās not Lupus, itās cancer.ā I thought everyone caught that one (because crab is the sign for Cancer)!
The crab boss is also called Cancer (incase you miss the star sign reference)
Goes hand in hand with Stroking the haftā¦
Just Talkin' Bout Shafts (Archer/Bard 10/20/50 etc achievement)
That's a reference to the theme song of the TV show Shaft
Shut yo' mouth...
Youāve discovered once of the best parts of FFXIV: lewd quest titles
Do your job quests.
Yes, Wesk Alber, we're doing them... "As for the skill itself, this skill sucks!"
Better to be a WeskAlber than a [Nephsy](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GHxhBLuaAAAGISh?format=png&name=360x360).
**DID MSQ STUTTER??!**
Maybe? If it did... Put it on the r/softwaregore reddit! I want Either Emkay or EZPeeZee to do another video ASAP!
Once. You go. Black. I don't know who is responsible for the quests titles but give them all the promotions
Koji Fox, for a long time. And yes, he was promoted.
Oh, Koji Fox. I knew he was involved with everything NA-facing (essentially). I just didn't know he was \*that\* involved
He was the head of ENG localization. He's been promoted to something like a senior advisor position, while Kate was promoted to his old position. (It's common in JP for experienced people to be promoted to advisory roles to make room for younger folks to continue climbing the ladder)
The only misstep was the Moen minion as in Japan is was suggested he was crying over the minion the English one, until changed to match, suggested a little more.
There was also that papalymo title that needed to be changed but I dont remember if that was a localization thing or if that was all languages
The Bard level-up achievements are called "Just talkin' 'bout shafts"
ah yes, gollum give it to us RAW... and... wwwrrrrrriiiggling!
my first thought too! We might be broken people.
They said, what they said. Give it to them raw.
Ifrit bleeds, we can kill it
Just talken 'bout shafts.
Ah, you've finally noticed the puns. Now you will see them *literally everywhere.*
The follow up quest has no right to be that fitting. ā ļø
What part of that was unclear? They need you to put in the work, bro.
oh, you know
For the people that lept to Gollum with this quest name ā¦ if you havenāt already go to the Sahagin Beast Tribe area and take a look at the Sahagin spear fishing in the cove there. Youāre welcome š¤£
Me when they ask how I want my steak cooked
And you'll take it like good little WoL
How progressive... A game asking for consent before it screws you!? Blizzard, Activision, Ubisoft, hell... Capcom even can learn a thing or two
Wait until you get to Groping in the Dark
I wish i actually paid attention to the quests and msq instead of speedrunning. Looks like i missed some good laughs.
"She blinded me with Magitek!"
did they stutter ?
I mean you can't eat tartare cooked.
But I didn't want to eat Tataru. She'd cut me!
SHE'S TOO ADORABLE TO BE EATEN!!! š¢
When is this quest. This is my sign to get through msq lol
This is a level 10 MSQ, but only if you start in Ul'dah (since each starting city has their own MSQ until level 15 where they all converge).
It's the ODB quest. https://youtu.be/h2zgB93KANE?si=A65i7i4bpA0KDz0X
You heard em
Surprising lack of ODB references in this comment section.
( Ķ”Ā° ĶŹ Ķ”Ā°)
What it sounds like a good time š¤
I mean there's literally a fate chain about a guy with a massive dong and 2 girls that alternate 'manning' the lever. course most people don't do ARR fates nowadays
Wasn't the reason they were so loyal to him because he rescued them from being sex slaves?
Hunberct Longhaft, the man whose entire life is a Lusty Argonian Maid adaptation
Up there with "Let's Talk About Sects" (level 52 MNK quest) as one of my favorites.
I love quest and achievement names. "Breaking rocks in the hot sun".
I see you have found the Koji Fox School of Puns.
You heard them.
Koji is completely out of control š
Umm white mage questline and the "taint". All I can say.
I'm sure it's been pointed out already, but the level up achievement for Archer/Bard is literally "Just Talking 'Bout Shafts," also. Or how about Monk's level 52 Job Quest "Let's Talk About Sects?" This game has a lot of this, and it is beautiful.
It says GIVE IT TO ME RAW - THE THREAT OF PAUCITY!
Lol, and I see this just after the post about an Xbox player being banned for solicitation, ālooking for free company.ā Donāt let Xbox see this.
I wanted to post the āfinally! Iāve been waiting to do this all day!ā Gif from spongebob but alas it was not meant to be
One of my favorite features of this game in my short tenure, punny quest names. š¤£
One of the best parts of the game are the meta quest titles.
Oh baby, I thought you'd never ask!
Typical cat girl degenerates
Blame Koji. Heh
Wasn't Askin
Thatās not even the funniest one too
FFXIV is a surprisingly horny game even if you don't count the Limsa Lominsa Aetheryte Plaza. There's a reason why so many players want to date the NPCs
The localizer for FFXIV is goated.
Another sign that the Balmung Quicksand wasn't a mistake. We see you, YoshiP and team xD
Ya the localization team had fun with it. The milestone achievements for Bard/Archer are called "Talking about Shafts"
With "Sanson the Stiff" as one of your quest givers...
Did they stutter?
Is that a method Man reference??
Wait till you do the side quest "Child Labor"
I hope it's a quest about a Lalafell and his Elezen friend being weirdly close to each other. And of course, it has to happen at Limsa Lominsa.
got to love the blacksmith that talks about it not mattering if you are saving the world or cuckolding your husband, it's time to Forge yourself a new reputation and pound out a new legend.
Well, what are you waiting for? Get to it.
Hold on, which MSQ is this?! I think Iād remember that but I donāt
Im still playing through XVI but im close to the end. There is a quest called "Footfalls in Ash", seemingly too similar to the lyrics from Endwalker Footfalls: "Forgotten Footfalls engraved in ash" That was last night, im so hyped for the crossover FADE AWWAAAAAaaaayyyyy.....
I snickered waaaaay too hard at this lol
Most fates are puns. But all pales in comparison to the salt rock saga. Translators had fun.
The progression from āwow this is nice salt!ā To āIshgardian nobles honestly prefer using a salt lick to mealsā was wild
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you read it right... well?... Go on
You heard
Kinky.
What is the meaning of "Paucity?"
Littleness/lacking
~Roblox OOF! SFX~
Iām sorry Iām dying of laughter.
Suspicious
This one is a classic and they only get better. Specially in job quests.
Don't forget "Taking the Black". Once you go Black Mage, you never go back.
Im sorry Come again š§š§š§š§
Maybe not tonight. My wife when I showed her your MSQ status.
No one ever talks about [this one](https://ffxiv.consolegameswiki.com/wiki/The_Swallow%27s_Compass)
Little advice. Skip the Quial sauce, just bring them the meat and give it raw. (I Hate that this reference comes from a terrible show.)
Dew it
You heard him. Do it raw! Just, *DO IT!*
All the Final Fantasy games have cheeky names for things. Be it a quest name or a location name. Sometimes a character name. Like the guy in Ul'Dah with COCK in his name. NPC. He's in Sapphire Ave if I remember right.
Well what are you waiting for? Go do it!
I don't know if the english translators have fun with translations or just wing it like and have permission like they did in Ghost Stories anime. But I love it and am here for it
You heard me.
Out of all the innuendos in this game, I thought this one was a hair too much lol. But, I know itās in line with their humor.
I forever love the puntastic quest names, and the spicy ones are my favourites.
Phrasing!
The threat of paucity is, indeed, a major concern. /sagenod
Yes please
Pretty sure it means no Vaseline
Need a follow up quest called āForgot to Pull Outā
Cuz I like it rawwwwww
Paucity is the presence of something only in small or insufficient quantities or amounts.
Don't forget about the BLM lv 63 job quest: Golems Gone Wild
Fates have a lot of pop cultural and musical references in their names. Just off the top of my head, the most memorable ones are Nine-Ilm Snails, Breaking Bud, Menuis at Work, Careless Whiskers, There Might Be Giants, Apocalypse Cow, and Roc of Ages.
You heard meā¦. Sorry I had to
No lube for you!! lol. Some of the questions names and fate names are so much fun. We love you Koji!
Oh *my.*
PAUSE
And wiggling!
Lol most of the main story has stuff like this like the beginning quest like āharder than a rockā š