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[nvrndr]

ok so i have a question about getting my chocobo and grand company stuff. so i got up to the point where i had to choose which grand company, i chose maelstrom and then i went to limsa lominsa and did the story quest, it sent me back to that place in uldah, then i finished that and am back in limsa lominsa doing FATEs to get seals.

basically i want to know, is all i have to do is get 1000 seals and exchange them for the storm chocobo issuance? that it?

 

[Razgriz-Specter]

missing

are the worst offenders, I have seen more Kirito & Asunas than Final Fantasy ripoff names combined.

 

[omlet]

Pinks have random stats, coloured me surprised, would have never noticed it if I didn't keep casting Need on all tank gear.

Heh, noticed this back in phase 2.

Edit: uuuuugggggggggghhhhhh why did you have to remind me of SAO.

 

[WolvenOne]

No.

Only things that carry over from one class to another are cross-class skills, nothing else at all.

Figured that was the likely answer. What about the ability to re-roll those bonus attribute points? I'd hate to have to start a new character, just because I learned around lvl 50 that my tactic nerfed my character.

 

[Fayte19]

Just got an invite, trying to download/update the client now (ps3). Finished all the account registration, linking, etc and got a message that said the client would update itself. Now i see a blank screen with only a cursor, shouldn't I see a progress bar of some sort?

 

[WolvenOne]

missing

are the worst offenders, I have seen more Kirito & Asunas than Final Fantasy ripoff names combined.

Yes, I've noticed quite a few of those. Quite a few overt anime fans in the Beta so far. I'm hopeful that some of these will disappear by the time the retail release rolls around. Some of these guys just HAVE to be dirt poor highschool/college age peeps, with no money for a sub.

I mean, statistically speaking, at least a few have to be that way.

Or, barring that, some will get tired of those names, and pick something else for the retail release.

 

[Akainu]

Swygskyf? Did someone smash their hand on a keyboard to come up with that name?

 

[morikaze]

No.

Only things that carry over from one class to another are cross-class skills, nothing else at all.

So there will be the obvious better class/job combos as in FFXI right? The two jobs i'm really interested in are Monk and Dragoon, but I feel like their skills will not mix the best... I really hope they do. If I had to choose one over the other it would probably be Monk and i'm guessing the best mix would probably be Warrior like in FFXI but i'm hoping that's wrong.

 

[Manu]

Swygskyf? Did someone smash their hand on a keyboard to come up with that name?

Well, there's an actual character named Merlwyb Bloefhiswyn in the game, so it's kinda hard to top it.

 

[Zomba13]

Swygskyf? Did someone smash their hand on a keyboard to come up with that name?

What about Ahldskyf?
Or hell, 90% of all FFXIV NPCs. And then you have the ones that have names that look like they could be something but then have no clue how to pronounce it.

At least most Story Characters have understandable names.

 

[Razgriz-Specter]

Yes, I've noticed quite a few of those. Quite a few overt anime fans in the Beta so far. I'm hopeful that some of these will disappear by the time the retail release rolls around. Some of these guys just HAVE to be dirt poor highschool/college age peeps, with no money for a sub.

I mean, statistically speaking, at least a few have to be that way.

Or, barring that, some will get tired of those names, and pick something else for the retail release.

I can't really talk about ripoff names though, my characters last name is Razgriz(a legend from Ace Combat 5) afterall.

 

[Akainu]

Since it was near the end of the last page.

If you are a tank do you get experience for any monster attacking you that a ally kills?

 

[WolvenOne]

I can't really talk about ripoff names though, my characters last name is Razgriz(a legend from Ace Combat 5) afterall.

Yes, but at least that isn't a glaringly obvious reference to a highly popular character. I mean, I've seen way too many Asuna's, Goku's, Akane's, etc.

Heck, technically my character's named after a literary figure, Faust Fortwood being named after the Germanic legend a scholar, whom sold his soul to the devil for knowledge. The difference being, that I didn't choose the name to intentionally invoke modern or even ancient media. I just wanted an alliterative fantasy name that abbreviated down to F F, and that fit the bill.

 

[Razgriz-Specter]

Since it was near the end of the last page.

If you are a tank do you get experience for any monster attacking you that a ally kills?

Im a Tank but never noticed, if nobody knows I will check when I get on.

Yes, but at least that isn't a glaringly obvious reference to a highly popular character. I mean, I've seen way too many Asuna's, Goku's, Akane's, etc.

Heck, technically my character's named after a literary figure, Faust Fortwood being named after the Germanic legend a scholar, whom sold his soul to the devil for knowledge. The difference being, that I didn't choose the name to intentionally invoke modern or even ancient media. I just wanted an alliterative fantasy name that abbreviated down to F F, and that fit the bill.

Yeah, there will still be people like that but maybe for the full game some people will be more serious about it.
im glad I haven't seen many actually offensive names, something like Alldem-boobies is the worst I came across.

 

[Akainu]

I named my characters Jojo Lion, Grey Fox and Kyo Clan'clan.

 

[dakkumauji]

I named my character Haichi (a play on the name of the Japanese God of Archery, Hachiman) Kyudo (Japanese archery).

As you can see, I wanted archery related names. I was going to use Apollo somewhere but that seemed too generic for me for some reason.

 

[WolvenOne]

Im a Tank but never noticed, if nobody knows I will check when I get on.



Yeah, there will still be people like that but maybe for the full game some people will be more serious about it.
im glad I haven't seen many actually offensive names, something like Alldem-boobies is the worst I came across.

At least a few will, I hope. It isn't TOO bad now, but I do occasionally cringe a little. You know, since I tend to figure that people should actually try to play their roles a little, instead of just goofing off and invoking popular media.

 

[omlet]

What about Ahldskyf?
Or hell, 90% of all FFXIV NPCs. And then you have the ones that have names that look like they could be something but then have no clue how to pronounce it.

At least most Story Characters have understandable names.

Ahldskyf means "Old Ship"...don't even need to look that one up to tell you that.

Swygskyf? Did someone smash their hand on a keyboard to come up with that name?

Actually, someone read the naming conventions to come up with that name. It means "Silent Ship"....I did have to look that one up.

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/forums/491

Most NPC names follow the same naming conventions. I'm not a naming-conventions nazi but I hate seeing meme names, Starks, Asunas, and Sephiroths just as much as the rest of you and wish more players did use the naming conventions (or at least came up with names that sound unique enough even if they don't fit conventions--that's perfectly fine too).

And before anyone says "how was I supposed to know since they're not mentioned at character creation?" SE has said they will be mentioned during character creation, possibly as early as phase 4. And if a random name generator is ever added for PCs it will likely use the same naming rules.

 

[WolvenOne]

I named my character Haichi (a play on the name of the Japanese God of Archery, Hachiman) Kyudo (Japanese archery).

As you can see, I wanted archery related names. I was going to use Apollo somewhere but that seemed too generic for me for some reason.

That's not bad, I cannot recall any popular anime characters with that name at least. It doesn't entirely fit the western fantasy setting entirely, but there's a little room for fudging in this sort of thing.

Besides, its important to you, and that goes a long way.

 

[WolvenOne]

Ahldskyf means "Old Ship"...don't even need to look that one up to tell you that.



Actually, someone read the naming conventions to come up with that name. It means "Silent Ship"....I did have to look that one up.

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/forums/491

Most NPC names follow the same naming conventions. I'm not a naming-conventions nazi but I hate seeing meme names, Starks, Asunas, and Sephiroths just as much as the rest of you and wish more players did use the naming conventions (or at least came up with names that sound unique enough even if they don't fit conventions--that's perfectly fine too).

And before anyone says "how was I supposed to know since they're not mentioned at character creation?" SE has said they will be mentioned during character creation, possibly as early as phase 4. And if a random name generator is ever added for PCs it will likely use the same naming rules.

Hmm, I might replace the Fortwood in Faust Fortwood, with something that fits the Miqo'te naming scheme. Assuming I can find something that starts with an F, and I can pronounce it.

 

[Endless-Bravado]

Swygskyf? Did someone smash their hand on a keyboard to come up with that name?

What about Ahldskyf?
Or hell, 90% of all FFXIV NPCs. And then you have the ones that have names that look like they could be something but then have no clue how to pronounce it.

At least most Story Characters have understandable names.

Those are just typical Roegadyn names. Here's a link explaining their naming conventions and dictionary.

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/61152-Roegadyn-Naming-Conventions

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/61147-Roegadyn-Dictionary

In case anyone is interested. The more you know. :3

Fake edit - beaten by omlet

 

[devious.one]

Here goes a bigger summary of a recent interview with Yoshi. Only seen bits and pieces posted so far (Got it from Bluegartr):

After reading through the original JP blog that posted that screenshot in which Yoshi-P was answering questions when he showed up on the Ifrit server, I can indeed confirm that he said Phase 4 is one week. As a further confirmation, before he gave the one week date he also said that Phase 4 is 'relatively short'.

A summary of other stuff he said:

- They're trying to get Arcanist ready for Phase 4
- Please wait a little more for the details on how Arcanist works (perhaps revealed in the upcoming Niconico Live Event?)
- Event Bosses implemented in Phase 4
- SLI support implemented in Phase 4
- Male Miqotes (and other races?) will have unique motions when entering baths
- When leveling a second class, you will have bonus exp
- Addressed a bug where the cursor goes funny in some instances
- Adjustments to how (slow/fast) a Gatherer levels
- Adjustments (maybe) to the ease of making HQs from NQ materials in crafting
- An in-game event will be implemented right away after Launch (Bomb Event?)
- The dev team has designed endgame events to outright kill players
- (The Labyrinth of) Bahamut is so long, it pretty much requires players to 'save progress' as they proceed through the dungeon
- No plans to implement a 'your server only' option for the Duty Finder as for now


As per why he came to that decision for the last point, Yoshi-P made a long post about the Duty Finder in which he explains why, so wait till the offical translated response for that.

 

[Unknown Soldier]

I spelled my knockoff name wrong unintentionally. It will be corrected for launch, I promise!

 

[MogCakes]

Figured that was the likely answer. What about the ability to re-roll those bonus attribute points? I'd hate to have to start a new character, just because I learned around lvl 50 that my tactic nerfed my character.

Attribute points don't seem to have a HUGE impact on your character's abilities in each class, they're more of a boost to your main class's stats. You could distribute them evenly if you want.

 

[MogCakes]

Here goes a bigger summary of a recent interview with Yoshi. Only seen bits and pieces posted so far (Got it from Bluegartr):

So endgame events can basically OHKO players?

EDIT: oops, double posted :/

 

[nvrndr]

yay i finally have my chocobo!

now how do i get him to be a lean mean yellow fighting machine?

 

[Chie Satonaka]

I have a japanese name because I think it's pretty.

So there.

Throughout beta I've seen some real winners.

Kawaii Uguu

Dump'on Mi'chest

Deez Nutz

Ecchi Neko

I'm pretty sure I saw one relating to catgirl boobs at some point, but I forgot exactly what it was.

 

[dakkumauji]

Here goes a bigger summary of a recent interview with Yoshi. Only seen bits and pieces posted so far (Got it from Bluegartr):

Baths you say?

Hopefully that bonus exp applies to all your additional classes and not just your second one.

Hopefully they aren't going to make gathering even slower. :/

 

[Ravidrath]

- They're trying to get Arcanist ready for Phase 4

Woo!

 

[Khrno]

I called my phase 3 miqo'te Kona Chan in honor to Izumi Konata.

Also my real character name (and gaf's) is based on an anime, and for the first time since creating the character/name for FFXI in 2003, 3 weeks ago, someone I didn't know from my legacy server, recognized where I got my name from, I was quite surprised by that to be honest.

 

[WolvenOne]

Baths you say?

Hopefully that bonus exp applies to all your additional classes and not just your second one.

Hopefully they aren't going to make gathering even slower. :/

I take it, you don't get bonuses for level up each additional job then?

 

[MogCakes]

I just hope enemies will attack the summon and not the Arcanist.

 

[Aureon]

Representing miss-slepped knockoff name, lol.
It just kind of stuck

 

[Khrno]

I take it, you don't get bonuses for level up each additional job then?

What bonuses are you talking about? You get rested experience globally, and bonus attribute points while levelling up on every class.

This thing about a bonus for second classes (or more) is something new.

 

[Xux]

can u go to limsa without boat?
arcanist in phase 4 is great news
but I wanna start in uldha

You get an airship pass during the level 15 story quests.

So I got in and...it's really...good?

Colour me shocked. I liked it so much that I've decided I'll stop once I hit 15 and I'm picking it up in August.

Haha, I wondered what you really thought about it after seeing you guys joke about the booth in those E3 videos.

Another newbie question here, being new to MMOs I was wondering if different NA servers are better suited for different regions? I started on Ultros and didn't have many issues with lag, but last weekend I made another character on Gilgamesh and I've been experiencing a lot of it this week.

So do all NA/EU servers perform the same for their respective regions or does it depend on your location as well? In other words, will I be better off in certain servers compared to others when it comes to lag and performance in general? My connection is pretty good and when selecting my character it always says "Excellent" but the lag has been really bad ever since I started playing on Gilgamesh.

All of the servers are in one of two spots; the JP servers are somewhere in Japan and the NA/EU servers are in Montreal. I guess Gilgamesh had a population spike or some other issue.

So there will be the obvious better class/job combos as in FFXI right? The two jobs i'm really interested in are Monk and Dragoon, but I feel like their skills will not mix the best... I really hope they do. If I had to choose one over the other it would probably be Monk and i'm guessing the best mix would probably be Warrior like in FFXI but i'm hoping that's wrong.

Yeah, Monk pulls from Gladiator and Lancer so you'll probably use mostly Lancer abilities for the extra damage/debuffs. Same with Dragoon using Archer stuff over Marauder.

I just hope enemies will attack the summon and not the Arcanist.

Yeah, there's going to be a tanking form for Carbuncle and Titan will tank as well.

 

[MogCakes]

Yeah, there's going to be a tanking form for Carbuncle and Titan will tank as well.

Sweet. Limsa Lominsa shall be my home city.

 

[Xux]

I think I'll be joining the Limsa team when I make a return, as a marauder main and the prettying up it's had I think it's time to settle by the sea side.

Again thanks everyone for the posts/comments/pics of the beta so far, I've been holding off playing these phases so that I don't wear myself out repeating it all again for phase 4.

Edit; Question > Does anyone know the class or armour that the Roegadyn was wearing in the most recent trailer that was released? It's got wings on the back and looks awesome. Sorry I can't find the trailer...

This one? It's the Summoner Artifact Armor. You'll get it through the Summoner Job quests around level 45 if it's the same process as the 1.0 quests.

 

[Tendo]

Wow. Super impressed with this game. I just pre ordered the collectors edition for PC. I look forward to playing with you all when it launches! I'll probably go gladiator as that is what I'm having the most fun with so far.

The music... Oh man the MUSIC. Loving the soundtrack so far.

 

[george01]

Yeah Hopefully that bonus exp applies to all your additional classes and not just your second one.

 

[clockworkinyou]

Is there anyone who started in Gridania and paid attention to the early quests? (it's possible it was already brought up in the thread)-

There was one part in the dialogue with an NPC where it felt like an homage to MGS... an NPC did the 'SnaaaaaaaaaaaAAaaake!'

Does anyone remember what quest it was?! I found myself saying it out loud in my best Otacon voice when I read it : |

 

[SoraanTribal]

yay i finally have my chocobo!

now how do i get him to be a lean mean yellow fighting machine?

Go to the NPC standing outside your Grand Company building (his name should be something like ____ Minstrel) and he can get your chocobo ready for combat.

 

[belvedere]

Apologies if it's been asked but are there separate registration codes for the PC and PS3 clients, or can I use the registration code and redeem it for one platform or the other?

 

[Chie Satonaka]

Is there anyone who started in Gridania and paid attention to the early quests? (it's possible it was already brought up in the thread)-

There was one part in the dialogue with an NPC where it felt like an homage to MGS... an NPC did the 'SnaaaaaaaaaaaAAaaake!'

Does anyone remember what quest it was?! I found myself saying it out loud in my best Otacon voice when I read it : |

Goddamn it! I had forgotten all about this, but yeah, I remember what you're talking about. This was alll the way at the beginning of Phase 3, so I don't remember the quest.

I love all the little in-jokes and references. I did a leve a couple of days ago that was a Fugees reference.

 

[morikaze]

Go to the NPC standing outside your Grand Company building (his name should be something like ____ Minstrel) and he can get your chocobo ready for combat.

How does Chocobo combat work? Do you fight while mounted?

 

[Zomba13]

This one? It's the Summoner Artifact Armor. You'll get it through the Summoner Job quests around level 45 if it's the same process as the 1.0 quests.

SMN AF looks sooo much better than in FFXI. Can't wait to get that shit.

 

[SoraanTribal]

Not sure if this has been posted yet, but Yoshi-P commented on the Lightning stuff:

http://forum.square-enix.com/ARR-Te...t-FF-Series-Collaboration?p=972944#post972944

Just a little snippet from the full post:

The story that answers these questions is already being created and it will also be related to the Lightning saga. This is not just a Lightning clone showing up in Eorzea; it is the one and only Lightning. We are also creating a lot of character dialogue for Lightning as well as special cut scenes. We've established a proper story, and I hope you're excited to see it.

Guys, don't worry. It isn't just a Lightning clone... It's the REAL Lightning! Please be excited.

How does Chocobo combat work? Do you fight while mounted?

Nah, your chocobo fights beside you like this.

 

[Zomba13]

Is there anyone who started in Gridania and paid attention to the early quests? (it's possible it was already brought up in the thread)-

There was one part in the dialogue with an NPC where it felt like an homage to MGS... an NPC did the 'SnaaaaaaaaaaaAAaaake!'

Does anyone remember what quest it was?! I found myself saying it out loud in my best Otacon voice when I read it : |

I can't remember the quest but yeah, I thought that too. Would make sense given how referential some of the quest names are.

 

[MrTeachwell]

This one? It's the Summoner Artifact Armor. You'll get it through the Summoner Job quests around level 45 if it's the same process as the 1.0 quests.

Thanky you, that's it... that horn though. In the trailer I only saw it from behind, I wonder how my Roegadyn will look with a horn. At least it would match my horny chocobo barding.

 

[Lee Chaolan]

Did anyone else get a random extra beta code in their email? I got another "Welcome to FFXIV Beta" email today and it has the same 12 character PSN code as my last one, but a different product registration code this time.

Weird.

 

[Chie Satonaka]

Eh. I guess the Lightning stuff could be kinda cool. It's not the worst thing ever. Whatever.

I really hope we get other companions besides the chocobo.