{"id":852,"date":"2021-07-13T08:42:46","date_gmt":"2021-07-12T23:42:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=852"},"modified":"2022-05-13T18:09:40","modified_gmt":"2022-05-13T09:09:40","slug":"20210525-852","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20210525-852\/","title":{"rendered":"FFXIV NPC Mikoto now 5 years younger after patch 5.55 thanks to picky writer Yasumi Matsuno"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Publication date of the <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/articles\/newsjp\/20210525-162567\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">original Japanese article<\/a>: 2021-05-25 22:08 (JST)<br>Translated by. Braden Noyes<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>On May 25, 2021, Square Enix released patch 5.55 for their MMORPG <em><strong>Final Fantasy XIV<\/strong><\/em> (<em>FFXIV<\/em>), which includes a number of new content updates. Maintenance for the new patch was scheduled for May 25 between 12:00 PM and 7:00 PM, but was extended until 8:15 PM due to optimization delays in their database servers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Interestingly, some users noticed that a few extra lines of text were added to the patch notes at around 6:00 PM as maintenance was still underway. These additions were in regard to \u201cresolved issues\u201d found in the ages of certain NPCs.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"672\" height=\"159\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/20210525-162567-001_EN.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-856\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/20210525-162567-001_EN.png 672w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/20210525-162567-001_EN-600x142.png 600w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/20210525-162567-001_EN-380x90.png 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/20210525-162567-001_EN-150x35.png 150w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/20210525-162567-001_EN-300x71.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 672px) 100vw, 672px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>One of the NPCs in question is a character who appears in the \u201cSave the Queen\u201d storyline named Mikoto Jinba. In the game, there is an item known as the Field Record. Using this item, players can find details regarding the many characters who appear in the Save the Queen story such as their age, birthplace, and personality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mikoto\u2019s entry had been previously implemented in the game, but this latest patch changes her listed age from 29 to 24. At first glance, one might assume this change was merely to fix a typo made when writing the original entry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, Yasumi Matsuno, one of the writers who worked on both the Save the Queen storyline as well as the entries found in the Field Notes, took to Twitter to explain this change. It would seem this amendment was actually the result of him being extra picky about the details of the story.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"zxx\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8mugqNpQWO\">pic.twitter.com\/8mugqNpQWO<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u677e\u91ce\u6cf0\u5df1\ud83d\udc08\u200d\u2b1b (@YasumiMatsuno) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YasumiMatsuno\/status\/1397144190547501059?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 25, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption><font size=\"2\"><strong>First Tweet:<br><\/strong>Whoopsie! I made a mistake! Hehe ?\u30df<br>(Explanation to come.)<br><br><strong>Second Tweet:<\/strong><br>\u25bcRegarding Mikoto Jinba\u2019s age correction.<br>I had originally written Mikoto\u2019s character with the age of 24 in mind. My intention was for her to be younger than her classmate Moenbryda despite them being in the same year at the academy, Mikoto having excelled in her studies and being accepted at a young age.<\/font><br><font size=\"2\"><br>When writing her entry in the Field Record for version 5.45, I decided to double-check the Encycolpaedia Eorzea and realized that it lists her age as 29. In the end, I went with this to make sure it matched. However, as the author, I still felt this older age didn\u2019t quite match up with her behavior and speech patterns.<\/font><br><font size=\"2\"><br>When the mistake in Menenius\u2019s age was noticed (this one was actually just a typo) and was set to be fixed in patch 5.55, I decided to ask the development team if we could also change Mikoto\u2019s age at the same time. The great one known as Banri Oda gave his consent, and thus the change was made.<br>I have a feeling the players never once felt there was anything wrong with her original age.<\/font><br><font size=\"2\"><br>This change was purely the result of my extreme pickiness as an author and I hope you will accept my humblest of apologies.<\/font><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Mikoto first appeared in the alliance raid series \u201cReturn to Ivalice\u201d from patch 4.x. She also has an entry in the officially published Encyclopaedia Eorzea, which identifies her as being 29 years of age. Matsuno based Mikoto\u2019s entry in the Field Records off this, however he explains that he felt her age did not align with her behavior and speech patterns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Matsuno goes on to say that since they were already planning to correct the legitimate error of Menenius sas Lanatus\u2019s age in the latest patch, he decided to approach lead story designer Banri Oda about making an additional change to Mikoto\u2019s. As a result, the change was implemented.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is not the first time the age on an NPC has been changed in <em>FFXIV<\/em>. Similar to Menenius\u2019s age change in the most recent update, patch 5.3 saw Milisandia, an NPC who appears in the Sorrow of Werlyt questline, go from a 30-year-old to a 20-year-old. Judging from the character\u2019s siblings and her speech patterns, this was also most likely a typo. Even with a precedent of fixes to characters\u2019 ages due to typos, however, changes made at the request of a picky scenario writer are still rather rare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s also worth noting that Matsuno was involved in the writing for Return to Ivalice. This means it\u2019s likely he himself was the one who decided on the character being 29 years old to begin with. However, as those who have written stories of their own can probably attest, the longer you spend writing a character, the more that character begins to develop a will of their own. They often start to gradually deviate from how the writer originally imagined them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This occurs even more frequently as you continue adding to a story later. Relationships between characters become more intertwined, leading to more and more inconsistencies with the character\u2019s initial background story. The original author of this article works as a manga artist under a different pen name, and expressed how strongly she can sympathize with Matsuno. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When an author ends up in a situation such as this, they have one of two choices: either write the story in a way that incorporates the character\u2019s original backstory or throw that out and go in a different direction. This time, Matsuno seems to have gone with the latter choice, and by including this revision, the development team is respecting that choice. The fact that this change was made also demonstrates the significant level of trust between Matsuno and the development staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So in the end, <em><em>FFXIV<\/em>\u2019s<\/em> recent patch rejuvenated the NPC Mikoto and took five years off her age. However, this change has sparked discussions on various social media networks and split players into two groups. Those who like the new 24-year-old Mikoto are calling the change a \u201cbuff,\u201d while those who would prefer that she remain 29 years old are calling it a \u201cnerf.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The original author of this article seems to prefer her age before the change, explaining that Mikoto gave off an \u201colder sister\u201d vibe. Now that she is younger than the author, though, she\u2019s having a hard time adjusting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><br><br>\u00a9 2010 \u2013 2021 SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD. 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