These are my notes taken during the broadcast. (in chronological order)

Fishing will be available in Beta 4

Good evening, #8 producer live
We have got alot to show, and sorry about the wait. We had alot to do… anyways, let's start.

We have received lots of questions
show them some more fishing
check out the cross bar on the right had side, as you can see not many actions at all for fishing
pretty much, casting >> communicating with nature >> reeling the fish up. Done.
What is important is the bait. There is truly ALOT of bait to choose from.
There is a fishing record book which shows where fishing spots are. Marked red.
Depending on the body of water = lake, river, ocean etc, you will have to think about what bait / lure etc to use.
While there is alot of information provided in game for FF14, when it comes to fishing, we'd like for the players to kind of figure it out for themselves. (be a surprise / adventure).
There will also be a 'record' of the largest fishes that you have caught and the stamp there will show that ranking.
As fishing progresses; catch an fish, use it as bait, catch an HQ fish, use it as bait, catch a better fish, so on so forth. There will also be factors such as night time and weather that will come into play. Fishing in the desert and from clouds etc as well. The idea is that you will pretty much be able to fish anywhere. It is more of a thing you do briefly while waiting for things to transpire (e.g. waiting on a friend to get back from afk etc)
As such it isn't really so much an economically focused class.
If you don't get the equipment for fishing, you likely won't be fishing anything up at all.
They have also implemented a number of anti-macro systems to combat RMT and cheaters (but of course will not mention the details as that would lead to the systems being countered)

Next we have questions;
Q: When is Open Beta / Early access?
A: As this is the main dish we will start with it.
Open beta is the 17-19 of August. Anyone can join. Those that have registered Beta 3 accounts will be able to play from the 16th.
Early access is the 24-26 of August. >> 27th is official service start. They are NOT planning on taking the servers down for maintenance between early access and official service. So technically, official service starts from the 24th (for those with early access anyways).
The special items like moguri cap etc will be sent out on the 27th and they will attempt to do it in such a way that the servers do not need to come down.
Anyways, the REAL DEAL is from the 24th.
You can think of the open beta as being pretty much 100% exactly what is available on release.

Q: What is the level cap for Open Beta / are their any restrictions in place?
A: The level cap is level 20. Think of it as a kind of trial-version of the game. As for the contents. All contents up to level 20 will be available (and these will be exactly the same as in the official release) so basically, don't worry.

Everything is the same as the official release, just only available up to level 20 contents.

Q: Open beta, will everything be carried over to early access?
A: Unless something really bad happens, yes, most definitely.

Q: Will screenshot functionality for the PS3 be in game from open beta?
A: Yes.

Q: What will be being tested in the open beta.
A: Mainly 2 subjects. One is a stress test on housing. Particularly graphic wise. Because we want this aspect of the game to be as customisable as possible, it will naturally place alot of weight on hardware. So please, everyone check out the Limsa / Lanoshia housing zone. We will fill the area with tons of stuff and gather the data behind the scenes.
The second subect is PVP. First coming will be the Colloseam. Wolves Jail. Players from the 3 countries grand companies will be pitted against one another. What we want you to do is basically… have a simple fist fight :P
Behind the scenes we will be collecting data about distances that abilities connect and how different players packets / loss / lag etc.
The PVP exclusive abilities are not implemented. Nor are the points / equipments etc, none is in game. We are just taking data at this point. All these things will be introduced in version 2.1. Oh and Wolves Jail is level 30 only so you legacy players, please test it.

Q: Will Arcanist be in the open beta / show us video of Arcanist etc fighting!
A: Arcanist WILL be in the game from open beta. Showed Video. cabuncle summon.
What is Arcanist role in CF = DPS (it can to an extent heal / use own HP to heal pet)
There is a pet exclusive hotbar >> ground target for pet
Pet modes:
peace > the pet will do nothing no matter what
free fight > automatic AI
semi order > if you want the pet to use specific skills manually (semi order may not 100% activate a skill)
If you leave on free fight it should be sufficient enough.
The Arcanist themself is not very strong (designed that the master and pet together equal 1 character) > uses alot of debuf > bio biora miasma / keeping the debuffs running in rotation is the idea.
bane spreads debuffs from a single target AoE as such the more enemies the more efficient the damage.
e-teru flow > etc anyways blah blah the skills of arcanist they continue in detail on…

switched over to summoner >> physical bonus is the same between summoner and gakusha
According to certain conditions the pet you can summon changes. ifrit / garuuda egi are DPS | titan egi is tank
Again uses lots of debuff skills >> bio biora miasma >> miasma burst (rotation yadayada)

Q: Will new egi be introduced?
A: When we do it will likely be when the level cap is increased (with the current 3 the basis, the balance and rotation is pretty much fully established)

Next is Scholar shown >> Summoner is DPS / Scholar is Healer.
There are two types of pet for scholar, one that directly heals and another that buffs.
The cast times for bringing them out is long so that the pets cannot be recycled quickly. ie for balance reason
Explaining the skills > yada yada > Showed an AoE damage reduction skill.
Mentioned that in an 8man party having 1 White Mage and 1 Scholar is very well balanced.

Q: In future, will the other classes get split job options like ARC > SMN/SCH??
A: We have a plan in place yes all the way to <into the future>.
Once the scenario progresses, yes we have a lot of things planned.
In any case just wait. At the moment, 29? classes is already plenty. (avoided the question pretty much)

Q: Payment methods. Currently credit card and crysta. Will there be any other?
A: Yes. Here is an orthodox game time card > lots of design etc
They will be available EVEN OVERSEAS.

Q: Will / when will world transfer service be avaible?
A: We understand there are likely many situations where it is needed so, YES we will provide such a service.
FEE BASED. Can move 8 characters to a single world. It will be available about 2~3 weeks after official service starts.

Q: When will the Smart Phone Application be released?
A: Yoshi P pulls out an iPad. Showing on screen LIBRA EORZEA.
You will be able to see your character information etc by logging in with your smart-device.
Can see all the information like a database exactly the same as the information in the game.
(so effectively you do not need external sites etc. That is, A TOTAL DATABASE.)
"To tell the truth, IT COST UP ALOT OF MONEY." (Everyone started sweating in the chat log UHOH 有料フラグｋｔｋｒ) NO WORRIES, IT IS FREE! The release date? Well seeing as it contains alot of spoilers, in about 1 week after official service starts for iOS version and then android / other 3ish. At most with the Month from start.

Q: Beta3 test feedback > in regards to repair > talking about a post Yoshi made about how repair is supposed to work and the way it actually was in game being opposite.
A: "SORRY. Correct, we got it wrong."
Also, when party totally wipes the amount of durability damage has been reduced. Also, we added a 'retry' function now so that you can consecutively try the battle again without in/out/in the instances yada yada. Basically we reduced durability damage so less stress for players.

Q: Same server, same account > can transfer things? (not sure I caught this one correctly)
A: NO. vs RMT / cheater measure (while we do want to get rid of things that get in the way of players doing stuff, we have to take care regarding this topic…)

Q: Beauty parlour? Will we be able to change appearance look?
A: Yes, hair (and facial hair), hair colour, eye colour, scars, face paint, face paint colour changing will be available in patch 2.1 so you don't have to worry too much about messing up initially on these features. Maybe even a tanning salon? :P

Q: The new heat resistant equipment when? (Yoshi P: just between you and me, it's a swimsuit lol) / Seasonal events. In summer the Guren festival will likely be held about 1 week from official start. The way it works is that it will progress daily and in order to continue through with the quest you will need the heat resistance gear.

-Break before the 2nd part
Showing eorzea 2013 collection (the PC) / 2013S collection (the mobs)
-2nd part

Yoshi P: I made a miss. The arcanist > scholar / summoner physical bonus is shared (note: I already correct up above). After 50 depending on the equipment you specialise in, your role will change though (e.g. INT vs MND). Also the physical bonus is resettable so no need to worry too much.
(In regards to worries of SCH > WHM) WHM is burst heal and SCH not anywhere as near. Each class have their uniqueness that we do not wish them to lose so have taken care regarding this.
One last thing, forgot to mention about the ground targetting for summons; the AI will use different skills depending on the distance. It is pretty much up to the player skill of the pet user how they want to do it.

(Empty seat >> guest >> Kanue Senna VC >> uwaaaaaa…. (the seiyuu)
uwaaaaaaaa.. tension is too high––…. uwaaaa…. also player respresentive… that voice… oh god make it stop)
(LOL Yoshi P and his distance from her >> totally wierded out… anyways…)

Q: What bosses are in the crystal tower and traps and stuff etc tell us info.
A: blah blah blah gimmicks not saying anything concrete. / talking about end game balance etc
Crystal tower 24 people alliance required to clear. They have lowered the difficulty so that everyone can enjoy.
Talking about end game contents more, wasn't paying attention (Conclusion; the gues is noisy.)
Basically in order to get the players used to the content, we have lowered the difficulty.
We want to make partying up not such a 'scary' / daunting experience for new to MMO players.

Moogle is in 2.1 patch (not a primal) yada yada yada Lore / background settings.
As the patches progress the content will get easier and easier (e.g. player buffs etc)
The idea is so everyone can complete the content eventually.

White Mage video > ON A UNICORN! FRIENDSHIP IS MAGIC…
This mount is in the game from the start. The riding style is different by race. e.g. Miqote will ride it in a vigorous manner whereas Elezen sit on it elegantly etc.

Q: Will there be a restriction on looting NEED?
A: Upon launch, No. All content balancing has finished except for the bahamut dungeon.
There will be no restriction of loot options at the start of FF14 regardless of class. i.e. NEED everything that you don't already have.

Q by VA: The stat differences based on race. Are they static or do they extrapolate with level?
A: Static. It will be a tiny fraction of your stats by level 50

Q by VA: Item transfer (again?) >> Relic ex rare etc give to other character?
A: NO. Work for it with the character that it is intended for. (In short, Yoshi P said in a nice way, 'we do not want BADS at end game that don't know how to do their job')

Minions will be found in a variety of ways, e.g. dungeon drop etc and spread out across the content.
In open beta housing test will be done, yes >> starts showing some images of in house items and furniture. (the girl starts piping up again with the ear rape)

Q: FC >> can set tower?
A: FC point > rank up > arterial foil? (some kind of totem by the looks of it) > put it in your housing and all the users will get buff (e.g. a passive bonus or switch on active buff for things like +exp yada yada)

Showing more images and more.
Anyways let's move on. >> pvp >> lets show something. > OR NOT (technical difficulties)

Q by VA: dark light equipment: whitemage? (something about some high level equip)
A: Yes. But considering the item level is very high, we want it to have impact when a player first views it, so we will not show it here.

Q by VA: excalibur system? What's going on with it?
A: The current contents are sufficient enough at the moment so at this point in time = at the start of official service… not yet. All's well, there is plenty of content in the game right now

Q: Marriage system
A: Will attempt try and get it in the game asap. That's what the in game cathedral is for afterall.

Q: When changing Grand Company the equipment for the previous GC cannot be used, any changes?
A: No, it just locks / freezes (So in case you want to go back to the original GC, it is easy. We do not want players to regret losing equipment by converting it into other things etc)

PVP equipment. Weapons. images showing by yoshi P

Q: Will instance dungeon have hard mode?
A: YES. of course.

Q: Will there by the Wrath of Morboro Primal? (this is a joke)
A: Morboro is not a primal but… there is a fate called something similar, so go have a look for that lol

Q: Please show us Uldaha / Gridania housing areas.
A: It takes alot of preparation to get the housing zone ready for viewing. we can probably show you the next producer live.

Q: Any treasure map plans?
A: We do have in the works projects using the open world to play around and are preparing things like 'treasure hunt' etc, so look forward to these contents.

Q: Will the area your FC housing is located HAVE to be that of the GC that your FC belongs to?
A: No, you can choose whichever housing area you like.

Still having technical having technical difficulties. Wolves Jail not working?

Q: Will housing area be opened in the snow place… kuruzasu?
A: lol… (joke: behemoth sometimes comes to attack :P)
We want to focus the resources on the main 3 areas for now, if there is demand for other areas later then we will take it into consideration.

Q: Will all job quests be possible to clear solo?
A: YES (as long as you have the player skill required) there are of course stuff like fates as well so yeah.

Q: Minion, can you place them inside housing for talking with / or placing as furniture?
A: hmmm … … … Okay, I will pass it along to the development team.

Q: Something about reward bonuses patch 2.1 and new dungeons (wasn't paying attention)
A: Doing it bit by bit… it's not just about clearing the contents, there are a number of paths provided to get to the same result.

Q: Can we reset physical bonus? and how easily?
A: That a bit of a tough one. It will not be ~that~ easy. i.e. Not something you can just do every day depending on your mood. Basically, we recommend playing with some discretion.

Q: Player add ons? and when?
A: We've just started making the system that will handle this front. Looking at about half a year from official service starts.

PVP finally ready

Q: Something regarding updates.
A: Forget the old ff14 style (it will be better basically)

PVP vid working.
Wolves Jail > Ranking Board > hardcore fantasy elements > Lore: the arena carved out of one of the meteors that feel end of 1.0
Speak with the NPC and it unlocks pvp content just like dungeons.
Will be able to join in the same fashion through the Contents Finder 4v4 8v8 (so you don't have to go there every time to wolves jail to start pvp)

We've talked about alot today, there truly is alot of contents right from the start, etc
We will be happy if you enjoy playing all the.
Anyways it is nearly time to end so we will wrap up with some more questions.

Q: Welcome back campaign?
A: Yes. Dates: Until 2013 September 9th is free for those that played FF14 1.0

Q: Possible to change the race of a character that you have already made?
A: VETERAN REWARD = For the number of days you sign up you will receive rewards for being loyal.
(30 days reward) wind up cursor (minion) & phial of fantasia = character remake coupon
We think that 30 days is good length of time for you to judge whether you like the race in question compared with the equipment and what not you have come across in the game and other players you have seen.
(60 days reward) cascadier uniform voucher BLACK SWIMWEAR = heat resistant equipment/ black chocobo
(90 days reward) beady/tiny eye reward minion / voidal resonator mount (one eye thing)
Every time a patch is added more rewards will be added.
The moment you pay you get the in game items (because we receive the money from you right away after all.)
This is not 課金 a charge for special items, but rather our way of saying, 'thanks for continuing to play'.

yada yada yada
Battle important, items important < the supply / demand etc (whacking around the bush a bit)
Basically Yoshi P doesn't want to mention anything about this next topic in case it works as a spoiler and effects the economy negatively.

VA girl high tension ….
yada yada yada blah blah blah

Oops, was about to end up… but we have an announcement > around the launch dates there will be events around the world.
August 21-25 germany (cologne) = stage / battle challenge vs titan : if you win > get tshirts / signature event
August 27 Japan - Toukyou - Shibuya- Hikarie Hall B > mini producer live / demo play corner (the applications for this one have already exceeded 10x the number of available invitations as of this morning
(Yoshi P going on about how he isn't an idol again, "I'm no Idol." "Handshaking event? No way." <- only Japan event has no Signature event)
August 30 - September 1 america seattle > stage event > battle challenge (same as germany) / signature event

Talking about YOSHI P SUPER BUSY SCHEDULE.
Yoshi P "WHEN WILL I GET TO DO MY LEVELING. NO START DASH FOR ME?. EEEEEHHHHHHHHHH"
The audience: "Go to sleep dude."
Yoshi P "I'm going to get left behind by the players…"
The audience: "Yoshi P tears of QQ so delicious."

To finish up > salutations > yadayadayada
Yoshi P goes on to say that he doesn't look at / review the questions before hand because that makes the answer lose reality. As such, he is answering on the fly / impromptue. (an it shows because moments later he ends up chasing his tail and not knowing what he was trying to say)
yada yada yada showing CE box while VA girl talking "thanks for inviting me" yada yada yada >> salutations

Random facts; In the beta3 over 500,000 people played at least for an hour.
There were also many that logged over 300 hours of play time.

yadayadayada
Yoroshiku Onegaishimasu.
Thanks everyone
See you later! /wave