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[Blackthorn]

Attributes are specific to each class. Your bonus points can be applied differently to each class.

Oh brilliant! What a great system.

 

[Sblargh]

So instances still borked?

They worked fine all morning. The problem is that the entire game is borked now.

 

[Glorious Ownage]

Really, whats the trick? I think I'm 12 after like 6 hours. I came in blind, no beta/info prior for me.

Hunting logs and fates for battle classes

 

[Dog food is delicious]

Really, whats the trick? I think I'm 12 after like 6 hours. I came in blind, no beta/info prior for me.

I'm being a little facetious, but not by much. Get every quest you see, do the class quests and do the Hunting Log once it's unlocked.

 

[Vashetti]

Are we supposed to rotate between all three after lvl 15?

Yup you're gonna be travelling all over the place

 

[Boss Man]

They worked fine all morning. The problem is that the entire game is borked now.

For NA/EU, lol

 

[Pie and Beans]

I don't even...

I guess I obviously expect it from an MMO (although not one where they can clearly see in real fucking time how many Early Access Codes go out and thus have an idea of server load), but when this sort of shit starts creeping in to every single time I want to sit down and game, that feels like the destruction of a hobby and going to be something that needs a big minus bullet point in all game reviews.

 

[SoraanTribal]

So instances still borked?

Instances, zoning, login - the usual.

 

[Jinko]

Oh geez, what a nice reply.

Doesn't change that it's still dumb design.

Well once you get to 15 you get an airship pass, there is no party content prior to this anyway, so why do you need to play with friends ?

You can still form a party and chat with each other whilst you do you own thing.

 

[Kokonoe]

Well once you get to 15 you get an airship pass, there is no party content prior to this anyway, so why do you need to play with friends ?

You can still form a party and chat with each other whilst you do you own thing.

It's an MMORPG....

 

[LowParry]

Great. 90000'ed. Though I'm hearing instances are working. Be nice to see for myself.

 

[Alucrid]

So i'm messing around on a JP server. Controller controls are surprisingly great

 

[Hubb]

That's time out of our days where we have to get on each others schedules, combined with the time wasted trying to get to each others nations and all of that. How about just let me pick whatever job I want, whenever I want, like FFXI or PSO2?

I see where you are coming from, but getting to level 10 is pretty easy. If it is a real problem just have your friends pick the same classes/starting city. the story quests between 1-10 make the whole thing pretty much a solo tutorial experience.

Level 10-15 and beyond is where grouping becomes a positive.

 

[Jinko]

It's an MMORPG....

Yes an MMO that has no party content before lvl 15 !

Why am I repeating myself ?

 

[qq more]

You can still form a party and chat with each other whilst you do you own thing.

I know, I'll deal with it. I just find it silly and unnecessary. It's not really a game breaker, I just find it annoying is all.

 

[T.O.P]

Well awesome was hoping to get some gaming time before getting back to work tomorrow, fuck

 

[raven777]

is the server blown up or i am just the one who can't get in?

 

[Boss Man]

Yes an MMO that has no party content before lvl 15 !

Why am I repeating myself ?

Did they announce free server transfers?

 

[MagicWithEarvin]

So instances still borked?

everything's been bork lasered

 

[Einbroch]

10102.

Over and over.

 

[BlazingDarkness]

It's an MMORPG....

Spend an evening questing solo, but form a party so you can chat together. If you're not in the same zone you don't share experience, so you can go at your own pace.
Once you get the airship you can party together, won't take long

 

[Moon_frogger]

I see nothing so far that indicates this isn't like every other high profile mmo launch. Especially when reading forum comments

 

[EDarkness]

I'm being a little facetious, but not by much. Get every quest you see, do the class quests and do the Hunting Log once it's unlocked.

The thing is, story quests pad out your first class. I decided to switch to Lancer and the problem I had was that there weren't enough quests, so I had to pad it out the best I could with Leves and the Hunting Log. I wonder how it's gonna be on your third or fourth time around with different classes. Grinding it out with Leves and such is gonna make that grind boring as hell. I'm thinking about saving some regular quests so that I'll at least have a few quests to do once I come back to archer.

 

[Shouta]

Oh wow, I think even the JP servers are borked. I logged in to see that their list was unavailable, lol.

 

[Boss Man]

Well once you get to 15 you get an airship pass, there is no party content prior to this anyway, so why do you need to play with friends ?

You can still form a party and chat with each other whilst you do you own thing.

Doesn't it actually disband your party when you try to go into an instance by yourself? Or did they fix that?

 

[Vashetti]

I'm still in, I refuse to log out

 

[Tevren]

Great. 90000'ed. Though I'm hearing instances are working. Be nice to see for myself.

Instances worked fine for me earlier this morning. Di a few class quests that were built up, and tanked a Copper Bell Mines run. All finished smoothly.

About 10 minutes after the CPM run, I loaded another duty. Enterred fine, completed it, and as soon as the post fight dialogue ended, Error 90000'd. Then the 90k > 10102 > 90k loop resumed.

People that were still logged in seem to be fine, provided they aren't attempting duties.

 

[FinKL]

Beginning quests + story quests + eat food + get rested exp + hunting logs + FATEs = easy leveling

Thanks for the heads up! Didn't know about food/hunting logs. Thankfully, I found a sanctuary as I was about to log off how convenient

I thought I read someone say, skip side quests for your alternate class, does that still hold? Or are quests separate per job?

qq more

Really? A tutorial from level 1-15 before you can even meet up with you're friends seems kind of extreme to me. Let alone at least dumping 6 hours into it and still not hitting 15.

 

[mr2t]

You also can't be in a party for some quests.

 

[Moaradin]

Wow, the game kicked me out. Got the connection error and now I can't log back in =/

 

[Hubb]

is the server blown up or i am just the one who can't get in?

I can't get in.

 

[C.Dark.DN]

I'm still in, I refuse to log out

I shouldn't have logged out!

 

[Kokonoe]

Yes an MMO that has no party content before lvl 15 !

Why am I repeating myself ?

Does it matter? I can still play with my friends and quests together all in sync just fine like I did with FFXI. Why is the system in place in this game inferior to it's predecessor? It's already enough trying to get on each others schedules to begin with, but tell me what is logically better about not being able to pick your home nation and not being able to swap until a certain level and wasting time leveling up something someone is not even going to utilize just so they can play in the same area?

Where is the benefit to all of this? I don't see any.

 

[Jewologist]

Every single time that I'm about to sit down and play, maintenance starts within the next thirty minutes. I've had a total of an hour and a half to play since EA began.

I'm starting to become impatient.

 

[akaoni]

So I pull up beside this person fishing, throw out my line beside them.

They retract their line, walk about 30m and cast their line again.

Not awkward at all.

 

[Hubb]

Why is the system in place in this game inferior to it's predecessor?

Because of the story. The story quests are what limit you, love it or hate it, that is the reason.

 

[LostInNoise]

http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/news/detail/0866044f2e3a7ee9ef711f12ca9dd8be6e23cd65

[Affected Worlds]
North American/European Data Center Worlds
- Moogle
- Odin
- Shiva
- Cerberus
- Faerie
- Coeurl
- Exodus
- Diabolos
- Adamantoise
- Ultros
- Midgardsormr
- Malboro
- Goblin
- Cactuar
- Gilgamesh
- Leviathan
- Behemoth
- Balmung
- Ragnarok
- Sargatanas
- Excalibur

 

[Glorious Ownage]

Several Worlds Login Difficulties (Aug. 25)
We are currently experiencing technical difficulties wherein players are unable to log into the North American/European data center Worlds on FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn. The issue is being addressed, and new updates will follow as additional information becomes available.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

[Date & Time]
From Aug. 25, 2013 6:39 a.m. (PDT)

[Details]
Unable to log into several Worlds.

[Affected Worlds]
North American/European Data Center Worlds
- Moogle
- Odin
- Shiva
- Cerberus
- Faerie
- Coeurl
- Exodus
- Diabolos
- Adamantoise
- Ultros
- Midgardsormr
- Malboro
- Goblin
- Cactuar
- Gilgamesh
- Leviathan
- Behemoth
- Balmung
- Ragnarok
- Sargatanas
- Excalibur
- Hyperion

 

[hertog]

This is my first MMO, and I just got to lvl 10.

Explain the multi player part to me So far all the other players have just been in my way, killing monsters before I'm able to to clear hunting missions.

 

[Spiritreaver]

Wow, people are having issues this morning? I've been in since the last maintenance ended and have had 0 issues doing anything. Duty works fine, quests work fine.

Guess I'm lucky.

 

[Jinko]

Oh wow, I think even the JP servers are borked. I logged in to see that their list was unavailable, lol.

Yea I tried to make a character on JP server and got 10102 error, I imagine a lot of EA/US players are filtering over to the JP servers and taking it down with them lol.

Does it matter? I can still play with my friends and quests together all in sync just fine like I did with FFXI. Why is the system in place in this game inferior to it's predecessor? It's already enough trying to get on each others schedules to begin with, but tell me what is logically better about not being able to pick your home nation and not being able to swap until a certain level and wasting time leveling up something someone is not even going to utilize just so they can play in the same area?

Where is the benefit to all of this? I don't see any.

I'm not really defending their decision, just saying deal with it.

Doesn't it actually disband your party when you try to go into an instance by yourself? Or did they fix that?

Not sure, I don't think you can enter dungeons on your own, and it would open the duty finder anyway.

 

[Sblargh]

So I pull up beside this person fishing, throw out my line beside them.

They retract their line, walk about 30m and cast their line again.

Not awkward at all.

Hahahahaha

 

[Boss Man]

Does it matter? I can still play with my friends and quests together all in sync just fine like I did with FFXI. Why is the system in place in this game inferior to it's predecessor? It's already enough trying to get on each others schedules to begin with, but tell me what is logically better about not being able to pick your home nation and not being able to swap until a certain level and wasting time leveling up something someone is not even going to utilize just so they can play in the same area?

Where is the benefit to all of this? I don't see any.

So no one has to worry about playing with groups that early. Sure, they didn't have to, but now they don't have to worry about the option. This is why they don't want to add NMs, open dungeons, etc. apparently. Reducing stress and anxiety.

 

[Kenai]

That's time out of our days where we have to get on each others schedules, combined with the time wasted trying to get to each others nations and all of that. How about just let me pick whatever job I want, whenever I want, like FFXI or PSO2?

FFXI separated you by starting city just like FFXIV does. All you really had to do was make sure your job and/or starting city were the same. Every city has at least a few choices available

I know it's not quite as smooth as FFXI in that regard, but unlike 11 there is a lot of class specific storyline before higher levels. I've already got to do 2 class storyline things by level 13 where in 11 I needed to hit level 40.

Yea I tried to make a character on JP server and got 10102 error, I imagine a lot of EA/US players are filtering over to the JP servers and taking it down with them lol.

Misery really loves company lol.

And while I am not whining/complaining as much as some, I do think the instancing thing is very much a problem and will kill a lot of the game's goodwill if it persists through the official launch. It needs to be fixed before then.

 

[Arcticfox]

My main issue with game design is that you need to level and complete several instanced dungeons just to get access to the bank/retainers.

While the instances were down I thought I would level my gathering and crafting skills. Since I do not have access to retainers yet, I constantly have to sell items I would have preferred to keep for future use just to free up inventory slots.

 

[QisTopTier]

Every single time that I'm about to sit down and play, maintenance starts within the next thirty minutes. I've had a total of an hour and a half to play since EA began.

I'm starting to become impatient.

Obviously your urge to play is tied to the game messing up.

Do us all a favor and uninstall the game so we can play!

Spoiler

lol I can't wait for official launch

 

[Massive Duck. C.M.]

The design encourages solo play from about 1-10 so players can understand the basics of their chosen class, which I feel is important because once you start partying with people you don't know and who are therefore less accepting or tolerant of not being proficient, it pays off. I still play with friends at lower levels, but it's really loose stuff like finishing hunting log entries or gathering/crafting.

The home city being linked to job can be inconvenient for playing with friends, but you can walk to the cities if you want to, and leveling and progressing through the main missions to the point where you can take the airship goes pretty quickly.

 

[Isaccard]

Wow, people are having issues this morning? I've been in since the last maintenance ended and have had 0 issues doing anything. Duty works fine, quests work fine.

Guess I'm lucky.

Same here.

Must be because we lift

 

[ROBOKITTYZILLA]

So I pull up beside this person fishing, throw out my line beside them.

They retract their line, walk about 30m and cast their line again.

Not awkward at all.

lol

 

[EDarkness]

The design encourages solo play from about 1-10 so players can understand the basics of their chosen class, which I feel is important because once you start partying with people you don't know and who are therefore less accepting or tolerant of not being proficient, it pays off. I still play with friends at lower levels, but it's really loose stuff like finishing hunting log entries or gathering/crafting.

The home city being linked to job can be inconvenient for playing with friends, but you can walk to the cities if you want to, and leveling and progressing through the main missions to the point where you can take the airship goes pretty quickly.

Wait...how much grouping is required post 20? I hope this isn't another FFXI situation....