I don't know yet, exactly! I've just seen stuff around here talking about how the required classes and equippable abilities changed.
Also, it looks like some of them are incomplete by virtue of the fact that ACN isn't in yet.
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I don't know yet, exactly! I've just seen stuff around here talking about how the required classes and equippable abilities changed.
Also, it looks like some of them are incomplete by virtue of the fact that ACN isn't in yet.
I actually wonder about buying PS4 if you bought the PS3 version. Guess it depends on if you have to use a code with PSN that has you download a client or pass or whatever, as I'd THINK/HOPE they would track that as proof of ownership and let you download the PS4 version when it hits. Basically working like PS3/Vita cross-buy.
Or at least buy it at a discount, IE $10 for the PS4 client.
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Guys I figured it out, Pug's second job will be Dancer! 
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Damn it I was in the car talking about this same thing, and here I was thinking I was the first to say it here LOL
also they can add the Fighter class still. That could be two handed sword based and turn into dark knight and whatever
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Damn it I was in the car talking about this same thing, and here I was thinking I was the first to say it here LOL
also they can add the Fighter class still. That could be two handed sword based and turn into dark knight and whatever
A discount is possible. They did it with DQ10.
Razgriz-Specter
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Was asking for the full game incase I have the same problem then, or want to switch styles or something.
I know characters will be wiped though will we be able to reuse the names?
DarknessTear
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It's frustrating being a fan of a series and you can't afford paying a monthly fee to play one of the entries in the series. I'm not sure what I'll do about it. I can sell a few games to afford the PS3 version but aside from that, I might only be able to afford one other month. ;_;
Even so, why not use that month to take the most out of the game? I have zero intentions of having a consistent subscription; I'll only be paying for what I'll be playing. Maybe they'll get me back with expansions, but updates every other week isn't enough.
Yeah i'd say just make the most out of what you'll have. Free month + one other month. One thing I liked about XI back in the day, it kept me from asking my parents about new games lol. Then once I got back into XI as an adult, it kept me from buying new games for awhile.
A good MMO can be a pretty nice money saver
Crook? Omlet? Whichever one of you made this screen, I really like the way you rearranged the HUD elements to get them out of the way.
On the PS3 those hotbars really take up a ton of space, and we can't remove unneeded info so we're stuck moving it to the edges of the screen. I didn't know you could make hotbars vertical!
On the PS3 those hotbars really take up a ton of space, and we can't remove unneeded info so we're stuck moving it to the edges of the screen. I didn't know you could make hotbars vertical!
I'm tempted to play with keyboard/mouse even though I'd rather play with a controller just because I don't like some aspects of the hotbars.
My main thing is that I'd like to have some hotbars that are universal (so they don't change with classes) and will never come up during battle.
...I'm actually going to suggest this now.
My main thing is that I'd like to have some hotbars that are universal (so they don't change with classes) and will never come up during battle.
...I'm actually going to suggest this now.
At least there's precedent, though with Sony's current cross buy push I'm guessing it's either a minor upgrade fee or for free, so I'm not too worried about fully rebuying.
... And at worst there's PC until someone clearances those PS4 copies for $10 or whatever.
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Keyboard is nice though, you have access to 1,2,3,4,5,Q,E,R,Z,X,C,F all in super to easy reach range for skills, then you can make Alt-whatever versions of all of them. Tons of skills at lighting speed inputs
Though the controller is fast too you lose out on the smoother targeting of a mouse/kb combomajor_killjoy
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I really like playing on the Razer Naga mouse (I bought it a couple of months ago for WoW pvp) and it has been working out great.
So here's my proposal for improvements to the Cross Hotbar.
Most of these would be good for KB/Mouse people, too.
Most of these would be good for KB/Mouse people, too.
Unknown Soldier
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I bet you have an Nvidia card. It's probably a GTX 670, or it's overclocked. There are numerous reports of this happening, if you look at the system log you'll see errors where the graphics driver recovered from a serious error. What's happening is, the GPU is crashing, the driver resets, and the game keeps on going but after the reset the GPU is set to the low-power 3D clock to prevent another crash, which is why your framerate is now a smoking crater. Also, if you're like me and use your HDMI output and your sound routes through the graphics card, suddenly sound isn't working anymore.
If you are OCed, you'll need to back the OC down a little. My GTX 680 was giving me the same problem as you until I backed my GPU core OC down a notch, then the problem went away. Some people with stock-clocked GTX 670s are also reporting this problem, and lowering the clock below stock resolves it. I'm not sure if this is a real problem with GTX 670s having their stock clocks set too high for what the cores can handle, or something isolated to FFXIV.
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Teletraan1
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Wow that is strange. I have a 670 that is factory OCd and I have not had a bit of trouble with this game. I was pretty much locked at 60FPS unless I was in a busy town with a bunch of other players around but that seemed CPU related cause i don't think my 670 ever got above 60% utilization. I am on 320.18. /knocks on wood
I guess some people still arent used to so much adult language (even though alot has fallen out of use) in a main series FF.
What "adult language" are we talking about?
I think the closest thing I've seen is the guy in the GLD quest talking about "a woman keeping his bed warm that must be attended to" or whatever.
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People are complaining about the use of Whore, Gods Damit, diry talk to the dancer girls, among other things. Personally I think it adds flavor as let's be real. Not everyone talks like they have had their mouths washed out with soap. Specially in the environment the game is in.
Basically I guess stuff you hear in a pg-13 movie is adult now.
Teletraan1
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There is a scene in the main story line where a merchant is berating a woman calling her a whore. I didn't find it offensive though. If they don't like it they can go to 7th hells.
DarknessTear
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This is so strange. I cannot get into the FF14 ARR forum with my usual account. It acts as if I don't have an account but if I go to the main page it shows that I'm logged in.
We should make these people watch Game of Thrones, Clockwork Orange-style.
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I would go as far to say they should take a history lesson on how people acted from the early 1900's and down
Razgriz-Specter
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I only started a party one time from level 1-15 because I needed help and it turned out to be solo only...
You'll be able to solo to the cap easily, but will need to do party content to complete the story.
They're adding a cross-server content finder to help you team up with people easily for dungeons and other instanced content, so it should be nothing like XI's insane focus to needing a party to do every single thing.
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Eh, I've had cards before which couldn't handle stock clocks or factory OC. It's not THAT uncommon, every time a new card is released the forums get flooded with people complaining of defective cards which crash when they start a game.
I had an xFX GTX 260 Black Edition which worked for a few months and then died. Apparently this was a big issue with the BE cards, because the cards had a design problem which couldn't sustain the OC safely and lots of people had the things dying after a few months. I had to RMA mine and I was honestly afraid to use it too much because xFX couldn't promise me replacement cards wouldn't keep dying on me. xFX later got out of the Nvidia card business, ha.
I also had a launch eVGA GTX 470 which couldn't handle it's stock clocks. I had the card for 3 days and had to send it back to Newegg for a replacement once I determined that underclocking it caused it to not crash on Windows bootup. It was the first and only time I ever bought an Nvidia card at launch, never again.
I am having similar problem with 660ti no OC. I didnt have this problem with phase 2 but all of sudden in phase 3 it crashes like that regularly.
Sooo, FFXI vet (altough I was a noob too at the time), and just got into the beta on PS3.
Mind sharing some not too technical starting guide on the game? Had some good times with it last week, but I still have the feeling I'm not quite "getting" the game some times. Made a Lancer catguy hoping to develop into a dragoon. Are races tied to specific jobs/classes? Didn't seem to get much choice. Maybe a Beta thing? Also: is there gonna be more character customization in the final version? Kinda disapponted with that.
Finally, wouldn't mind some opinion on the FFXI/FFXIV differences. First thing I noticed there seems to be no grind (maybe unlocks going further?) and difficulty seems to be much more "gentle" at the start. I remember getting hammered even by low level mobs out of the city in FFXI, while here I can manage mobs 4-5 levels above (big Ent trees) with a little prudence.
Mind sharing some not too technical starting guide on the game? Had some good times with it last week, but I still have the feeling I'm not quite "getting" the game some times. Made a Lancer catguy hoping to develop into a dragoon. Are races tied to specific jobs/classes? Didn't seem to get much choice. Maybe a Beta thing? Also: is there gonna be more character customization in the final version? Kinda disapponted with that.
Finally, wouldn't mind some opinion on the FFXI/FFXIV differences. First thing I noticed there seems to be no grind (maybe unlocks going further?) and difficulty seems to be much more "gentle" at the start. I remember getting hammered even by low level mobs out of the city in FFXI, while here I can manage mobs 4-5 levels above (big Ent trees) with a little prudence.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c79VBzwKTO8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgDBa_eLlW0
Would be awesome if there was new versions of these in the game!
Unknown Soldier
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The way it references the Hobbiton theme from The Lord of the Rings is pretty amazing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoMlwVumS2Q
I hate asking this, but I am trying to help a friend.
He registered his beta code on his secondary SE account, it defaulted to it when he logged in but its not the same one he was using for his main in 1.0 so now he can't play with his 1.0 character with all of us on the Legacy server.
He tried to contact support but no go so far.
Does anybody have an extra PC beta code they are not planning to use or maybe know of a solution to fix his problem?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
He registered his beta code on his secondary SE account, it defaulted to it when he logged in but its not the same one he was using for his main in 1.0 so now he can't play with his 1.0 character with all of us on the Legacy server.
He tried to contact support but no go so far.
Does anybody have an extra PC beta code they are not planning to use or maybe know of a solution to fix his problem?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Tenno Morikaze
You can change classes after having completed your starter class level 10 quest. You need to go sign up to each guild to unlock the remaining classes.
When the game is released, you'll be able to unlock Jobs at level 30. By equipping a Soul Crystal, a class can become its (or one of its) corresponding job(s).
MRD→WAR
GLA→PLD
LNC→DRG
PUG→MNK
ARC→BRD
CNJ→WHM
ACN→SMN or SCH
THM→BLM
I suggest you read the Instruction manual on the Beta forums. This game has a lot of tool tips and in-game tutorials, you should be able to get it without much trouble as a beginner.
Zomba13
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Well i'm sure Paladin cant have changed much, unless now they'll require 3 classes instead of two?
Anyway, male miqotes seem to have a Zidane kinda thing going on (minus the ears).
Pretty much what I tried to make mine look like.
theSlacker
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It looks like Kain's armor from FF4, so... really, DRK just looks like FF4's DRG.
Err...in that it has a mask that sorta covers the face like Kain's armor, but really looks more like DRK stuff still. Tell me it dosn't look more like a mixture of:
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as opposed to:
This actually is already in the game in the hotbar menu options. However, in phase 3 it is greyed out so it's not fully implemented yet.
That was me, yeah. It was like the first thing I did. I don't have a screenshot to show, but I later moved hotbar #1 on top of hotbar #2 over to the side and moved my buff/debuff bar (which you can't see in that screenshot but it is on top of hotbar #2) under my HP/MP bar so things are grouped a little better.
How does down leveling work?
Are you essentially that level until you are done helping somebody? Or do you get any benefits for actually being really high?
Do you have to unequip everything? Or do you still get to use nice equipment at a low level. I think that would be kinda fair imo.
And what benefits do you get in terms of XP?
Also, can you still do that trick to level up where a high lvl friend can kill enemies you attack for crazy XP?
Edit: are there still XP chains?
Are you essentially that level until you are done helping somebody? Or do you get any benefits for actually being really high?
Do you have to unequip everything? Or do you still get to use nice equipment at a low level. I think that would be kinda fair imo.
And what benefits do you get in terms of XP?
Also, can you still do that trick to level up where a high lvl friend can kill enemies you attack for crazy XP?
Edit: are there still XP chains?
Mognet
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a lot of your skills become unavailable after down leveling. if you're going to do a lv15 dungeon, and have a lot of your higher level skills equipped on your action bar, they will become unavailable to use until you've completed that dungeon. your hp and mp will be reduced to the appropriate amount for a level 15 too.
the armour wont change after being down leveled. although, i'm not sure how the stat benefits are vs high level armour and lower level armour after being down leveled.
i can't answer your exp question as i was using a lv50 class and couldn't receive any more exp.
i have no idea, sorry!
there are still exp chains, probably the best way to level in the game while in a party.
bumpkin
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Well that sucked. I completely missed the window to play this past weekend. I had free time Friday night and Saturday a few times, but was planning to sit down and play it on Sunday afternoon; too bad I didn't realize that Sunday afternoon isn't Japan's Sunday afternoon. 
Now I have to wait until Friday to play. *sigh*
Now I have to wait until Friday to play. *sigh*
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