Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn - Beta Phase 3 Impression: Phase 4 August

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How am I supposed to evade ranged attacks? I try kiting them (I'm an archer) and they all just hit me anyways. I guess I'm just used to GW2's combat so I'm a bit confused.
This isn't GW2, everything is still based on stats so theres no manual dodging except for things like AoE attacks.
 
Looks like I'm in an old Linkshell. Can anyone on Sargatanas invite Zoe Xuxu to the new GAF casual-ish LS, please?
 
Take note, other MMO developers. Class quests that actually teach you how to play the game.

Really impressed with the level 10 Gladiator quest. Didn't expect it to teach about avoiding AoE mechanics as well as tanking and CD usage.
 
I explored as much of everything as I could around one city at least, Limsa. I explored until I couldn't find anything to look at anymore. There was a lot of stuff to look at. Lots of pretty stuff. There's still lots of locked walls blocking off the high level content which isn't really surprising. The high level content just looks like beastman camps. It still makes me sad that they have all of these absolutely gorgeous set pieces and nothing really going on in them. Maybe stuff will happen with them, but they're probably just quest hubs or quest conclusion spots which would explain the funky map design. Nothing really surprising. Level 50 combat was a bit more stale then I imagined it. Abilities are all really boring on at least two jobs (WAR and BRD). I felt like too many abilities overlapped with each other. I didn't care to linger and fight things nor test out any of my other jobs. Could still interact good in a party setting, who knows.
 
Take note, other MMO developers. Class quests that actually teach you how to play the game.

Really impressed with the level 10 Gladiator quest. Didn't expect it to teach about avoiding AoE mechanics as well as tanking and CD usage.

it's pretty fun. i actually died a couple of times at level 10.
 
I tried to aim for Antje Traue for my female hellsguard. Not quite there (its the cheekbones unfortunately), but good enough.
 
Wow, another patch already. They're really using this beta time for furious patching.

Also, there will probably be some stuns and interrupts eh?

Yup. MRD learns Brutal Swing which stuns pretty early on, like level 6 or something. It's fun to interrupt FATE bosses when they are charging AoEs.
 
so that EU tag on servers is just a lie? why would they do that?

Based on my current knowledge, they had planned for there to be an EU datacentre initially but that's no longer the case. I guess the EU tag helps language specific groups to form in one location, like Spanish/French/German and all the rest. On the other hand it does sort of leave English speaking EU players in a bit of hole because of the options; you can roll non-EU and play with other English speakers across the pond with no latency variation but timezones OR you roll on EU with all the different languages.

Normally it would be simple choice because you know what everyone else will pick in your situation, but here it's uncertain because you don't know what everyone else will be picking. Choices create division!
 
So annyoing :( I had a beta invite but I was out of the country. God knows what happend to it.
Oh well I guess there will be open beta soon enough.
 
Jeebus effing cripes. This thing seems built to annoy me. I need to enable cookies and javascript on a system-wide scale just so that they can display their perpetually crashing website in a friggen MMO client? Gaaaah.

Oh well, at least I managed to beat the login prompt into submission. Downloading the PS3 client now. Would have been nice to do that beforehand, but whatevs. FINALLY!

Finally Final Fantasy. Fantastic.

OK, I'll stop now.

Why am I still so excited?
 
well played about 30 min before work. Started leveling Marauder, so I can get bloodbath for my pugilist. Think I'll do some mining and try out some crafts this weekend too.
 
Does anyone know where to go to upgrade an old 1.0 account to the new Limited Edition one? Been looking in the account section for ages :/
 
I haven't had any real issues with it. Navigated myself to Gridania from Ul'dah pretty easily, and all the quests and venders are marked. :S

I mentioned before, but I think the most common problem with it is when you're trying to get to a point that's in another area and unless you now how to traverse from zone to zone, there's nothing obvious on the compass indicating where to go. That said, I eventually figured it out ~

About to log in. Lv 18 Lancer but might play Conjurer for a couple of levels to get Cure.
 
I may pull up my old 1.0 character just to see what I have and the current cnj/thm level. Anyone know if you still start off with the lvl 1 class quests in your city or do they have you just straight to a lvl apropriate class quest?

I'd be more apt to playing through with my legacy character if I can switch starting server and be able to access all of the class quests.
 
Tip for others: Don't toss away/sell gear. I'm running around naked sadly because I tried to be a packrat without realizing the game had a separate backpack for equipment. :S
 
I mentioned before, but I think the most common problem with it is when you're trying to get to a point that's in another area and unless you now how to traverse from zone to zone, there's nothing obvious on the compass indicating where to go. That said, I eventually figured it out ~

About to log in. Lv 18 Lancer but might play Conjurer for a couple of levels to get Cure.

Yeah I had some issues with it when I first started playing but after a few hours it became second nature. They could definitely make it more intuitive for new players though.
 
Goobbue!!!

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Thankfully we can see where we are going on the goobbue now :)

Is the Gladiator's Guild not in Ul'dah?

It's "The Colosseum" opposite the thaumaturge guild.
 
So annyoing :( I had a beta invite but I was out of the country. God knows what happend to it.
Oh well I guess there will be open beta soon enough.

I had the same problem. I went to SE support for help and they gave me NA codes because they sent me EU codes. I signed up from a Kotaku link and it automatically sent me to the EU sign up. You could message them but you probably won't get a reply until tuesday because they don't help on Saturday and Sunday.
 
So, the class you choose determines your nation? I suppose there's story related reasons for that, but still... :/
 
Geez, getting to level 10 takes a while. I blame the constant having to run around and through like 2-3 areas to get to a quest for that.
 
So is the reason I'm not seeing my character from 1.0 cause I never paid for the subscription? I bought the game and cancelled in like Jan of 2012. Is that just locked out for the Beta or is it gone forever? Could someone help me understand?
 
So, the class you choose determines your nation? I suppose there's story related reasons for that, but still... :/

Yeah, that kinda got to me too. I wanted to start off as a BLM, but me and a buddy would have started off in two different nations, so I decided to just go with Lancer for now. I hope they change that later on.
 
So, the class you choose determines your nation? I suppose there's story related reasons for that, but still... :/

Yeah. Each City seems to appear to have three guilds for the combat classes. Which is rather annoying. I wanted to start in Limsa Lominsa, but I had to start in Ul'dah and go to Gridaina. :\

Geez, getting to level 10 takes a while. I blame the constant having to run around and through like 2-3 areas to get to a quest for that.

I think making Sprint always active in sanctuaries (Cities and the like) would improve this significantly. On the field it has a penalty for a reason, but there's no need for it in cities.
 
Got a few levels in Conjurer, so I guess now if I'm in a bind I can try to quickly switch gear sets to conjurer from lancer and cast cure? Doesn't sound that convenient but shrug.
 
Got a few levels in Conjurer, so I guess now if I'm in a bind I can try to quickly switch gear sets to conjurer from lancer and cast cure? Doesn't sound that convenient but shrug.

No need, once you get to a certain level as Lancer, (I think 5 allows you 1 additional ability) you can just equip Cure to your Lancer.
 
The GAF Free Company is setup on Ultros! Send a /tell to the following officers for an invite:

Bubble Gum
Strawberry Shortcake
Xarielle Randgris
Capell Percipere


Will start inviting people from the LS as they appear online.
 
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