Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn - Beta Phase 3 Impression: Phase 4 August
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Try holding L1 then pulling back on one of the sticks. i think..
Pretty well.
I wasn't too convinced on what i had youtubed before, but just starting the game with Main Theme, and then the 'city' themes has me sold on this game.
I'm sold and i didn't even play yet.
Grinchy
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I feel like I tried that but I will try again. Thanks.
Ultros, see the post a few pages back.
Lavalamp1138
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Is there a way to input that manually? I'm asked to select a world and Ultros isn't on that list. Does that mean it's full?
Edit: Nevermind, I didn't realize you could scroll down the list.
Pugilist (PUG), aside from being a blast, is a kind of monk/thief fusion. Right now it's a bit heavy on monk stuff, but if you're looking for leather armor and a damage bonus from the rear it's gonna be your pick.
Yeah I just read that. But I'm located in Europe, shouldn't I choose a EU server?
Pretty much. I'm not interested in starting fresh on a server full of established folks. I'd rather play with people who are also new to the game. Level sync and "people get only 1/10 of their gil!" or whatever aren't enough to level that kind of playing field. Playing catchup is never fun.
Riposte
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I never really understood the idea of "catching up" though. It isn't a race or anything. There is a level cap and people are going to continue leveling other classes after they hit it.
EDIT: Dragoon (and Lancer) works kind of like a Thief, with directional based attacks. They are basically the "sneak attack" class it seems.
Thanks! I'm in the Ultros server if anyone wants to party up.
I only played a little, so I can't really say anything relevant, but the game looks charming, though I don't like how much at the start is you watching a cutscene.
A thing I don't like is how slow it is to rotate the camera with the mouse. I could only find a slider for keyboard/controller speed but neither did anything for me (obviously, I'd say).
A thing I don't like is how slow it is to rotate the camera with the mouse. I could only find a slider for keyboard/controller speed but neither did anything for me (obviously, I'd say).
Sigh. A GAF divided.
No no, you were the one that got itlol
In case anyone else is still interested, I may have another one to give away later today.
If I could take you up on that offer for a PC code, that would be awesome. I signed up for the beta but I have a feeling I won't get a code, bah.
I like starting MMOs from launch with everyone else being new because then you don't have elitist people who get upset that people who just started playing don't know how to play, and people don't have in their minds the "right" ways to do things yet that they expect everyone else to follow. There's much more freedom of experimentation in an MMORPG in its early days. It's just way better that way.
As for catching up, I'm primarily talking about the economy here. I just can't imagine how an economy driven by players who have a lot of gil and established crafts, etc. is going to be at all friendly for newbie players. I've gone through stuff like that numerous times in other MMORPGs. It comes with the territory when you're playing an established game, but I'm not going to create that environment for myself with this game when there's other options.
It's extremely friendly to newbies, because we have said time and time again that we would help and ve very supportive. As its been said before we have tons of testimonies to back these claims. We have an amazing community established with the 1.x GAF players. Not to mention getting to play with dega on top of all that. Well that maybe a negative.
Dreamwriter
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I second this question - does the new game have cutscenes for most of the quests, like FFXI did? Because that's what I hate about most modern MMO's, the fact that you get the story by reading a wall of text rather than seeing a cutscene.
Shrug. My first contact with the group wasn't particularly great, either. And it didn't really sound like they wanted GAF people anyway.
ROBOKITTYZILLA
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Main scenario quests up to level 20 have been implemented. Try them out and see! There should be cutscenes for the story and they will all be fully voiced but not during beta. Most sidequests have smaller scale cutscenes but they're not voiced.
Relaxed Muscle
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Yes main quests have cutscenes.
LowParry
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I think you'll be fine because I'm sure there will be a lot of new players to play along with. I'm willing to bet the new players will outnumber the 1.0 crowd. And the fact that they are around to help us out with crafted items or whatever really. Me being a new player and joining in is nothing really new with the past few MMOs I've played.
I played this right before the servers went down for ARR.
lvl 50 drg, war
How have things changed? Read about global cool down and that made me angry. I hear they got rid of attack placement too, so now you just find the ability w/ the best DPS and just smash the key until it dies?
Also, did they fix the AH? That was the stupidest thing ever. I never even got to use it... what were they thinking?
Have they put better/cooler armor in? More stuff like Drg AF please. Most of the stuff looked generic as hell to me.
Is Drg even viable? Or will I have to have a war/whm/blm to get invites? Because that's the way it was. I hate games where I can't play the class I want because of how the game is balanced.
lvl 50 drg, war
How have things changed? Read about global cool down and that made me angry. I hear they got rid of attack placement too, so now you just find the ability w/ the best DPS and just smash the key until it dies?
Also, did they fix the AH? That was the stupidest thing ever. I never even got to use it... what were they thinking?
Have they put better/cooler armor in? More stuff like Drg AF please. Most of the stuff looked generic as hell to me.
Is Drg even viable? Or will I have to have a war/whm/blm to get invites? Because that's the way it was. I hate games where I can't play the class I want because of how the game is balanced.
Yeah it was kinda the same for me, it felt weird haha
old servers will probably settle even slower into patterns than the new servers will. it's going to be fun to watch. i really can't say it enough, everything just looks so radically different. this is not the same game and it is very confusing to play it now, i don't know how long it'll take for me to break my old routine and settle into an new one. the old players don't even have deep wallets of gear. at the end of 1.0, everyone was mainly just using AF which was quickly quested gear.
i still understand the need to play on a new server. i don't even care enough to play on the gaf server.
SolidusDave
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Same here. Brought back memories of PlayOnline... god damn SE, just make it a streamlined process.
So Ultros is where I have to go to if I want to play with GAF?
How are the beta restrictions, can I delete characters and start another one on a different server later on? Can I have multiple on different servers?
Riposte
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Can someone give me a high quality rip of the hand/cursor? Don't want to dig in the files to see if there is a image file for it hanging around there.
EDIT: I'd like if we could get as much of GAF on one server as possible. Won't pressure anyone into it though. I'm not convinced this game can generate an in-game community like FFXI did, so every little bit helps.
EDIT: I'd like if we could get as much of GAF on one server as possible. Won't pressure anyone into it though. I'm not convinced this game can generate an in-game community like FFXI did, so every little bit helps.
When did you join the LS in 1.x? Doesn't sound like the group we had when I was still around. Sorry you feel that way but I don't think you would have the same problems with the new Legacy LS being made for launch/phase 4.
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Dreamwriter
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But what about lesser quests? FFXI often had cutscenes even for little "kill 5 of these" quests. And any quest where you were trying to earn something real (cool armor, chocobo, character class) had a story with cutscene, even if it wasn't related to the main story.
ROBOKITTYZILLA
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This is pretty much how I feel about it. I have an existing Legacy character with a lot of time invested but I still want to start over and I really don't want to do that on a Legacy server. There are more reasons than the above but it's more or less the same.
Glad you're going to be joining us.
SkoomaSuckinSwit
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Cool, I sorted things out, downloading the PS3 version.
Can someone direct me to the GAF FFXIV clueless wanderer noob linkshell?
Can someone direct me to the GAF FFXIV clueless wanderer noob linkshell?
AlphaDragoon
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Was ready to drop this game, but playing Pugilist on Phase 3 has made the combat like ten times more bearable. You actually have moves that mean something and make you not want to spam the strongest one/best combo repeatedly. Second Wind got the massive nerf bat, but Featherfoot is still good unlike the buffs in Phase 2 which did next to nothing. The new Pugilist stance system thing is great, and they look like badass martial artists like they always should have been, instead of garbage "historical Roman boxing".
GCD still sucks, but it doesn't suck as much now that AA happens no matter what so you don't feel like it's pointless.
GCD still sucks, but it doesn't suck as much now that AA happens no matter what so you don't feel like it's pointless.
Lavalamp1138
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So when it comes to weapons and armor in this game, is it primarily acquired through loot, markets, or crafting (if there's a system for that)?
chickdigger802
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I recall ff11 being quite the grind. Is ff14 2.0 approachable for folks with a day job?
SoraanTribal
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Finally got my PS3 controller working on the PC version - not sure what I did differently, lol. But I think I'm gonna go back to using the mouse/keyboard combo for a bit. For some reason, the controller option on ARR is rather awkward to me. I keep pressing the wrong buttons to open stuff, lol. I'll try that again later.
Game looks and runs pretty well.
Game looks and runs pretty well.
QisTopTier
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Psh, I just slammed myself into it and had them deal with me
They are easy to get along with for the most part.AlphaDragoon
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1.23 was approachable in terms of leveling, and from what I've seen 2.0 is no different.
EDIT: DIE IN A FIRE AMBIENT NOISE ON THE FIELD.
They need music playing at all times, for reals.RaySpencer
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Yeah, its much more fun playing with a bunch of people that are also learning everything, rather than playing with people that can 'help out'.
Id much rather start on even ground with everyone, than try to work my up the ranks so to speak.
ROBOKITTYZILLA
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1.23 was approachable in terms of leveling, and from what I've seen 2.0 is no different.
EDIT: DIE IN A FIRE AMBIENT NOISE ON THE FIELD.
Maybe they should add an option for consistent music. I love that it cuts in and out. Hearing it constantly would drive me crazy after a while. That and a lack of variety is why I end up playing music from iTunes in most MMOs I play.
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