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

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Been playing for about 2 hrs so far. It's not bad. Really don't like the map at all though. Also, I'm about 3/4 to lvl 4 and have done every quest I've come across now cannot find any news ones. All are above my lvl. Anyone else experienced this?

Have you been doing story quests and class quests? Havent run into this problem.
 
This seems to have come a long way since FF4.0 and the first beta I participated in for ARR. Graphics are immensely better and the quality of gameplay is definitely more interesting.

Now, who is better at spellcasting; Conjurer or Thaumaturge?
 
Been playing for about 2 hrs so far. It's not bad. Really don't like the map at all though. Also, I'm about 3/4 to lvl 4 and have done every quest I've come across now cannot find any news ones. All are above my lvl. Anyone else experienced this?

Just go kill some stuff. If you kill a mob your level or higher you will get chains, keep chaining them until time runs out. I have leveled my other classes from 1-4 in like 10 min doing this when starting out.
 
is there a way to keep tell to a specific person on the message?

I need to keep typing the person's name or right click the name and send tell

I just want the chat to continue to be focused on tell to that specific person, is this possible?
 
Been playing for about 2 hrs so far. It's not bad. Really don't like the map at all though. Also, I'm about 3/4 to lvl 4 and have done every quest I've come across now cannot find any news ones. All are above my lvl. Anyone else experienced this?

Run around all the parts of whatever town you are in, and also around the areas outside of it, the sanctuary/mini-towns along the roads have NPCs with more quests. I am level 8 and have not run out of quests yet.
 
This seems to have come a long way since FF4.0 and the first beta I participated in for ARR. Graphics are immensely better and the quality of gameplay is definitely more interesting.

Now, who is better at spellcasting; Conjurer or Thaumaturge?
con is a healer
 
So earlier today I got to do the two dungeons as a tank, tam tara and the copperbell mines. Man they were fun, much better then the first dungeon last week. I had no idea what to expect and was kept on my toes trying to hold hate on all the adds. This game has come a long way since 1.0.

My only problem is that no one really talked in the both the server shouted, and the duty finder party I was in. The duty finder party especially felt like it was just all business no fun. So for now using the duty finder definitely feels like a last resort, joining a good free company and making on server friends or playing with real friends is the way to go.
 
So earlier today I got to do the two dungeons as a tank, tam tara and the copperbell mines. Man they were fun, much better then the first dungeon last week. I had no idea what to expect and was kept on my toes trying to hold hate on all the adds. This game has come a long way since 1.0.

My only problem is that no one really talked in the both the server shouted, and the duty finder party I was in. The duty finder party especially felt like it was just all business no fun. So for now using the duty finder definitely feels like a last resort, joining a good free company and making on server friends or playing with real friends is the way to go.
The only time I used the Duty Finder we all got along great and the party gave me tanking tips because it was my first time tanking in an MMO :o
 
I'm really surprised after playing a few hours now. I've previously played the very first alpha for ARR and its changed quite a lot since then but I also played in the original beta and launch, and while some of the mechanics have been brought over everything seems to be completely new.

I'm playing a Conjurer and really liking the combat, its borrowed a number of mechanics from WoW but also kept the "Final Fantasy" feel to it. Quests are pretty good, which is one thing that stuck out like a sore thumb in the original launch. I did have to utilise a macro that repeatedly clicked left mouse button to skip a lot of the dialog so having some form of skip would be nice.

Graphics look intense, even better than the original release which is some kind of feat I guess. I'll be interested to see how this all translates into release and if it piques my interest with the dungeons and raids I might pony up the $11 or whatever it was for one character slot.
 
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SweetFX's FXAA is working with this game. I toggled it on and off by editing the settings file and its definitely working. Not my favorite solution but its better than nothing.

^ turn up your shadow resolution if you can.

Mind if I ask how you got yours working (file location, EXE used, etc)? I'm a total noob to Sweet FX and couldn't figure it out. I tried putting all the EXE files in and it doesn't make a lick of difference.
 
I'm guessing there will be a wipe? I'm pretty much sold on this game, but I really hate replaying the same content over and over in MMOs, so I'm thinking I might just leave it as is and wait for retail if there's going to be a wipe.
 
I'm guessing there will be a wipe? I'm pretty much sold on this game, but I really hate replaying the same content over and over in MMOs, so I'm thinking I might just leave it as is and wait for retail if there's going to be a wipe.

Phase 4 characters will not be wiped. We are still in Phase 3.
 
is it possible to do duty finder with a friend already in a party?

like me and a member is already in a party, and looking for two more people. Can just one person do duty finder and it will automatically match for both of us?
 
I just hit Lvl. 15 with my Conjurer and I'm a bit confused as to what should be my main focus going forward to Lvl. 30.

I did my guild quest and did some questing with a friend tonight. But I'm not sure what to do next. Could anyone with a better understanding if the class help?
 
Been waiting for almost an hour and no e-mail.

I got mine earlier today in less than 5 minutes, but it was when the link was up for the first time.

However, now that I'm in the game, I feel like I have to take a Motrin just to get rid of my headache from trying to figure out this damn map. Oh man this is frustrating.
 
This sucks:

Thank you for participating in the FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn Beta Test.
This is to notify the end date and time for the 4th Beta Test, Test Phase 3 that has started on July 5th.
Thanks to everyone who participated in the test, we have confirmed the stability in the Duty Finder, and will be ending the 4th Beta Test on July 7th, 2013 at 2:00 a.m. (PDT) / July 7th, 2013 at 9:00 a.m. (GMT).

We thank you for your participation for the ongoing testing.
 
I assume people are reading it as the end of Phase 3 and I don't see any reason why you would get that information from that statement.
 
Every beta test so far has been starting on friday and ending on sunday so it's not really new. Or am I reading the message wrong?

The schedule said the fourth test would last longer and they didn't reveal the end date when they originally posted the schedule like they have done in every test so far so everyone assumed this test would be longer. It also means we have at least one more test of phase 3.
 
Every beta test so far has been starting on friday and ending on sunday so it's not really new. Or am I reading the message wrong?

People were hopeful that this test would go on longer, since initially it didn't have an end time like the others.


The schedule said the fourth test would last longer and they didn't reveal the end date when they originally posted the schedule like they have done in every test so far so everyone assumed this test would be longer. It also means we have at least one more test of phase 3.

Well, we were supposed to get the Duty Finder last week, which obviously didn't happen. So they could just be a week behind on the beta stuff, and it'll be the fifth test that lasts longer.

...Or it won't because there was never supposed to be a "fifth test."
 
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