Unfortunately, he eventually had to move on to other details on upcoming patches. Watching Yoshida explain the problem in a professional way is incredible - see above. He said that development team is working on a fix, and players will have their large 2B butts returned to them in patch 5.18, which is coming on Dec. Yoshida acknowledged that players want butt sliders added to the character customization in the game and considered this equip as a way of delivering that. They were finally able to play in native resolutions, stop crashes, and inject new textures into the game.
FAR became an essential mod for many players. The bigger butt deployed without the right parameters set, so it wasn’t hidden when players sat down, which caused issues. The Fix Automata Resolution mod was created by Kaldaien to amend many of the issues that were troubling players using the PC version of Nier Automata. Yoshida noted that this “nerf” is temporary. Polygon has reached out to Square Enix regarding the accuracy of the translation.
He stated that he recognized that Reddit had been referring to this as a “bottom nerf,” according to a fan translating the livestream. In the latest Final Fantasy 14 livestream with the developers, producer Naoki Yoshida noted that he is aware of the problem. However, when the last patch dropped several weeks ago, players noticed that the 2B butt had flattened to the default size. More importantly, doing this increased your character’s butt size. When players equipped the bottom part of the 2B gearset, it put the character in underwear and thigh-high socks. With the release of the Nier: Automata-themed alliance raids for Final Fantasy 14 came the inclusion of 2B’s outfit to the game.