Fun for me, I did it for 6 years in wow
I didn't play a pet class in WoW because my elementals in EQ were better >.>. No game has gotten pet classes right since EQ.
Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn - Beta Phase 3 Impression: Phase 4 August
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I didn't play a pet class in WoW because my elementals in EQ were better >.>. No game has gotten pet classes right since EQ.
We're not going to be a 'guild' like on Ultros, just because for EU players you have things to consider like preferred language and that can make things rather complicated, especially because there are some people, even on GAF, who are not confident with their English skills on a day-to-day basis.
So we'll make a LS that will be welcoming to GAF players (Legacy or new) who want to play on a 'EU-Timezone' server. There are plenty of Free Companies and LS to join where people speak English, Spanish, German, French, Italian, Swedish etc. and we just can't take that freedom away from GAF players.
Yeah, I can totally get behind that reasoning. When I said 'misleading' I was talking in a general, FAQ sense. Just don't make newcomers think they somehow can't create new characters on Legacy Servers because that's just going to stir up more confusion and ultimately, drama. The whole server situation is complicated enough.
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Warlock pets were way better than Mage pets what are you smoking.They had way way more utility to them.
EQ2 summoner was good as well
Meh, they didn't do nearly as much damage though and couldn't really take as much of a beating as a high level mage pet. In EQ the pet was a much bigger portion of your damage and survivability than it was in WoW or any other MMO. Really made summoning it significant.
Unknown Soldier
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The listing is meant to be as simple as possible to avoid these problems. I've added a note that you can make a character on any server.
QisTopTier
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Yeah having the pet do most of the work is a no no, the pets should be there to compliment the player not carry the player
Thanks. I really wasn't confrontational, and I'm sure you had good intentions. It's nice enough of you to have created the Steam group.
LowParry
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It makes sense if it does but I think we'll get our date on the 8th.
That's because we all think it will start this weekend.
It'll just make for a funnier disappointment when Yoshida says in the live letter that the beta won't start until the 16th.
Unknown Soldier
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Sorry, I'm not trying to sound mad. I hope the current listing looks fair to everyone here.
Unknown Soldier
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It follows the naming guidelines!
My favorite so far is Uhihi Uhi.
I also got Gasasa Gasa. Don't stand downwind from him.
I dunno about guidelines, but the Sea Wolf surnames are like the parents rolled over and died as they spat it out.
theSlacker
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You got Dream Team (Bros.). For some reason these passed few days I've been more hyped for that than Dragon's Crown.
Real way to pass the time until friday
I picked up tales instead of that. Needed to be something that could keep my interest.
Riposte
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I'm not so sure. I don't think it is taking account turning nouns into adjectives or verbs, for example.
I've said this before, but the random generator isn't very good because it isn't considering how the names sound.
EDIT: Gasasa Gasa would be exclusively a female taru name.
Riposte
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I'm actually curious if any female tarus in the game have three letter syllables in their games (such as "chu"). Or one letter syllables for that matter. Been looking this over...
http://ffxiv.zam.com/en/moblist.htm...ggro=0&race=Lalafell&role=&element=&order_by=
The former Gladiator receptionist Lulutsu (Lutsu) does.
Seemingly the only one in the game (1.x)?
http://ffxiv.zam.com/en/moblist.htm...ggro=0&race=Lalafell&role=&element=&order_by=
The former Gladiator receptionist Lulutsu (Lutsu) does.
Seemingly the only one in the game (1.x)?
devious.one
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I typically ignore naming conventions for this type of stuff, but I think I'll probably loosely follow one this time around.
I wanted to get Tales, but then I remembered how much of Graces f I played and thought "Nah, not worth it." I blame my stubbornness to beat it on Chaos difficulty is what drove me away.
BananasWithGuns
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Yeah, it's one of the more off putting things about Sea Wolves. The names just feel far too limiting, especially for females. Having to following specific rules and then trying to find something that sounds even halfway decent within those rules is tough.
If you were curious though they have a full dictionary of words with translations. It's...interesting, to say the least.
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/61147?p=979158#post979158
Then why have a pet at all if it's only there for just a little benefit? That's why pet classes are no longer fun for me. I want a pet that destroys things, not something that makes me slightly more effective. Otherwise why play a pet class?
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A pet doing up to 1/3rd of your damage is not slightly more effective. WoW pets also had effects that kicked in from them doing things that proced stuff.
It's more a companion feeling complementing what you do than sit back and having it do everything for you.
To provide utility like a pocket tank, interrupts, crowd control, self-heals or self-buffs, etc.
Pets that are just fire and forget dps pets are the most boring kind.
It pretty much is just slight when you can roll a class that can do almost everything a pet class can do without babysitting a pet.
I don't understand the aversion developers and a lot of players have to focusing a pet class more on the player supporting the summon rather than the summon supporting the player. It worked so well for the Mage class in EQ1. Some of my most fun moments on my mage were frantically keeping my pet alive while doing damage to the mob I was fighting, or just letting it go nuts and kill everything when I was farming.
My problem is by "changing things up" it sounds to me like they're just going to copy what WoW and every other MMO post EQ did.
WoW has a pretty effective pet system now. In vanilla it was garbage, but now you can spec Beast Mastery as a Hunter for a massive pet that murders everything (Beastial Wrath + T-rex!), or pets that tank more effectively, etc.
Even Warlocks let you spec Demonology for different bonuses to your pets. Warlock pets were all situational; crowd control, tanking, DPS, etc.
You still want player interaction though, otherwise it gets boring. Just walk near something, push a button, and watch a pet demolish an NPC gets tiring.
So rather than having the majority of the classes's spells do just straight up damage to the monster, why not have a bunch of spells that empower the pet in various ways such as heals or powerful short duration buffs, along with multiple pets to choose from? With all that along with maybe a limited selection of nukes, you'd be pressing just as many buttons as any other class.
Also BM hunter pets are still kind of lame outside of long cooldowns. And summoning elementals is cooler than taming creatures anyway =p.
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Lalafell naming conventions are pretty funny. I think I may go with it.
Oooh, we're going to have a Falafel in our guild named Bobobo Bobo???
TheContact
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Ah damn I missed it
Unknown Soldier
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It occurred to me that there should be a Korean Falafel named Kekeke Keke.
Who are you in the Steam Group? Chat with me, we'll figure it out.
Who are you in the Steam Group? Chat with me, we'll figure it out.
Durandal (JP) hasn't closed recruitment, the only thing is we're not going to have a full blown group going with benefits. It's open to whoever (the LS) but if you want to join the FC we are in you need to be able to speak Japanese and apply to them (I'm not the leader).
There are still a few people joining us, and like I've said all along you don't need to speak Japanese to join the LS.
There are still a few people joining us, and like I've said all along you don't need to speak Japanese to join the LS.
Unknown Soldier
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Please check the listing in the Steam group and make sure you think it is fair. Thanks.
Oooh, we're going to have a Falafel in our guild named Bobobo Bobo???
Technically this is an invalid pattern for naming conventions! /thatguy
Riposte
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Were you feigning excitement lol?
Think it is worth mentioning that installing a SSD to your PS3 improves performance? Is it a big improvement? I remember YoshiP mentioning it.
Dog food is delicious
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Right one for sure!
I don't know. It is a difficult choice. I would go with the left on though. Looks more content.
devious.one
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Left one, love those bangs.
GAF, help me break out of this loop.
I keep making characters, I don't know which one I want to stick with. I finally got it down to four.
I keep making characters, I don't know which one I want to stick with. I finally got it down to four.
The first or third ones. Fourth one just looks silly for some reason.
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