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[eudaemonic]

Not only do I expect issues during Early Access but I also anticipate a rough launch [at least for the first couple days].

It likely won't affect me as well as it might others, since I probably won't have my PC CE until a week after launch, but I'm really hoping that the above doesn't come to pass. I know how insufferable Open Beta/Phase 4 was, so if that process repeats itself [which it likely will]...

Let us hope that does not happen.

I'm honestly expecting the worst. I'll enjoy the 5.4 Warcraft patch in the meantime. :/

 

[Item Box]

"Mad snake? Mad SNAAAAAAAKE!".

That shit pushed me over the edge to switch to JP voices.

I think I recall the 1.0 voices to be much better, which is a damn shame

 

[Abominuz]

Is it maybe possible you could provide some links OP, to information sites or wiki's ?

 

[rockx4]

Holy shit that is one beautiful OP. Amazing work.

 

[gillty]

 

[Xavien]

Great OP.

I hope the launch goes better than pre-order codes and phase 4... but i doubt it

 

[theSlacker]

This just might be the best OT I've ever seen. Nicely done!

I'm relieved to see that my PC Collector's Edition shipped via Digital River today. Unfortunately, I live in Canada and didn't opt for the expensive [$30+!] shipping, so I probably won't receive it for a few weeks.

Regardless, I am excited!

*cue Final Fantasy Victory Fanfare music*

Every time I begin to wish I got the physical collectors edition, I remember Digital River. Good luck with receiving it.

 

[Mechakira]

Holy fuck that might be the best OP I've ever seen.

 

[ROBOKITTYZILLA]

Zooming out turned OP from some sort of wrapping massacre into the greatest OT of all time.

Speaking of massacre, don't load this up on your mobile phone.

 

[Goodacre0081]

this is the best OT i have ever seen on gaf. nice work and see you all on saturday!

 

[Yondy604]

This is the best OT in the history of gaf. Then again, I am new

 

[jiggle]

is it safe for me to enter my ps3 early access code yet?
i think i saw something about it not being able to tell the dif between pc/ps3 version?

 

[Feep]

What a fucking OT.

Can't wait.

 

[kierwynn]

Great OT!

I'm so ready for early access. I have some articles I need to read before I start grad school Monday, but I'm just so anxious for this that it's hard to focus. Really need to try to get that done in the next few days.

 

[theSlacker]

Oh, meant to ask this a bit ago. Did they ever state the specifics of what that first 30-day Veteran rewards can alter about your character? I assume it can alter appearance at base level, but mayhaps gender as well. What I'm wondering is if it'll let players change their names if it can indeed alter that and even things like race or even name as well.

Just to be sure, veteran time won't be processed till things like the 'Welcome Back' program and free month time blocks are up, correct? Figuring out when that'd be due to slightly messing up my 1.0 character when I went to change the appearance and such. Believe I saw the potion or at least some time of service being mentioned in this past Live Letter, but wasn't sure to what extent for either.

From the item description that I say, it mentions gender, but not name.

 

[SoopaMan2K]

OT broke my Hypemeter. Is it Saturday yet?

 

[Frostinferno]

Godlike OT.

I really need to read through all that before the weekend.

 

[kiryogi]

:golfclap:

 

[Animekatt]

I said WOW! What a lovely OP for a lovely game. Thanks a lot for the hard work ebil, Riposte, and Jijidasu.

#teamgridania

 

[Earthpainting]

Yeah, the thread just isn't going to look good for anybody using lower resolutions or without maximized browsers, because we have code to automatically scale down images that are too wide.

I have images turned off during weekdays, so it's the worst type of OP for me. I'm sure it'll be very nice and all when turned on, but this ensures I won't be able to see it until the weekend. CTRL+F'in for any information like a release date is out of the question now as well. At least it's an improvement over one of the last Beta threads, which had the thread title full of weird characters that prevented me from even searching for it by name. I guess I'll be waiting for the text-friendly version for now.

 

[Goodacre0081]

SE needs to take notes from GAF on how to present and relay info.

 

[Alucrid]

This two week break coming up couldn't have been at a better time. Can't....wait....

edit: FYI white mage link seems to be broken

 

[ebil]

Is it maybe possible you could provide some links OP, to information sites or wiki's ?

A whole post is coming later with a lot more information. In the meanwhile, I suggest you try clicking the many links in the OP. Everything ig not up yet as the Official Forums and Lodestone are in a limbo right now (and I just don't have all the links yet), but you might stumble upon interesting information and wikis.

edit: FYI white mage link seems to be broken

Should be fixed. Some links gave me trouble and I'll make some adjustments after I get some sleep.

 

[Sou]

Great OP. Good job

 

[chrono01]

Every time I begin to wish I got the physical collectors edition, I remember Digital River. Good luck with receiving it.

Thanks for the good luck!

I'd be lying if I said I wasn't worried. While I'm glad to see that it shipped prior to release, I'm a bit concerned that I don't have tracking since it's one of the cheaper shipping methods. I just hope it arrives safely and undamaged.

 

[Emitan]

I have images turned off during weekdays, so it's the worst type of OP for me. I'm sure it'll be very nice and all when turned on, but this ensures I won't be able to see it until the weekend. CTRL+F'in for any information like a release date is out of the question now as well. At least it's an improvement over one of the last Beta threads, which had the thread title full of weird characters that prevented me from even searching for it by name. I guess I'll be waiting for the text-friendly version for now.

When they were asking for feedback on the OT when it was being made I made sure to ask for a text only version. It's coming soon.

 

[androidcandy]

Great job on the OT! I am so excited for this Saturday; I finally get to level a character that won't be wiped. My first order of business will be to get my freakin Chocobo, and then Choco and I will defeat Cancer.

 

[Spongebob]

Impressive OP, somehow my PC survived it.

 

[Aeriscloud]

There's too much on the screen @ @.

 

[Unknown Soldier]

Speaking of massacre, don't load this up on your mobile phone.

Yeah. Wow. The OT is completely unreadable on my phone. The MobileGAF webapp completely mangles it. Welp.

 

[Kokonoe]

Great OP, worked perfectly for me.

 

[QisTopTier]

Dat OP so pretty

 

[Ferr986]

Great OP! Cant wait!

 

[Guess Who]

ITT, what happens when designers think everyone has a 1080p display and runs their browser maximized.

 

[Item Box]

SE needs to take notes from GAF on how to present and relay info.

GAF > SE > GAF

 

[PropheV]

Impressive

 

[Khrno]

Very nice OP, good job guys.

 

[Jomjom]

Wow this is one of the most amazing OPs I have ever seen.

 

[Arc07]

Amazing |OT|. So good. Can't wait.

 

[Paprikka]

Beautiful OP, can't wait to start playing again. And after seeing people starting to get shipping notices for the CE I'm getting cautiously optimistic I'll get mine without problems.

Just need to get this pre-order code mess to get sorted out and everything will be golden.

 

[Unknown Soldier]

So anyways guys, both Nvidia and AMD have released beta drivers on the eve of ARR.

Nvidia released ForceWare version 326.80 Beta, it got me almost 1000 points for free on the benchmark with identical settings so they definitely have been optimizing the drivers leading up to ARR's relese. The previous drivers have had a lot of complaints regarding stability in the beta clients, hopefully Nvidia has been cleaning that up before release.

AMD released Catalyst 13.9 Beta2, which is the first driver for ARR under the Gaming Evolved banner. Among other things, this driver adds official CrossFire support for ARR and improves performance and stability.

 

[Faithless]

I spent all weekend refreshing to get on Ultros. I hope it opens up for early access so I can see you all there!

 

[Firehead]

So anyways guys, both Nvidia and AMD have released beta drivers on the eve of ARR.

Nvidia released ForceWare version 326.80 Beta, it got me almost 1000 points for free on the benchmark with identical settings so they definitely have been optimizing the drivers leading up to ARR's relese. The previous drivers have had a lot of complaints regarding stability in the beta clients, hopefully Nvidia has been cleaning that up before release.

AMD released Catalyst 13.9 Beta2, which is the first driver for ARR under the Gaming Evolved banner. Among other things, this driver adds official CrossFire support for ARR and improves performance and stability.

Excellent, was curious if the new update might have some optimisations for ARR. Good to hear.

 

[rodan]

Great OP!

Really looking forward to this, although I will miss early access. My character is on a Japanese server due to beta 4 shananagans, so will have to reroll again, looking forward to being able to keep my progress.

 

[dc89]

I played 1.0 for a very brief period of time, maybe I will come back to this. I'm pretty tempted to hold off until the PS4 version though, I've just got too many games to play when I factor in everything I need to finish, GTA and PS4 coming in November.

 

[daveo42]

Nice post OP. This just gets me even more excited for Saturday morning! Can't wait!

 

[Mature]

Wow! Incredible job by Riposte, Jijidasu and ebil. Amazing OT for an amazing game. Love the title, too!

 

[Shamdeo]

Hot damn, that's a great OT.

Saturday can't come soon enough.

 

[ReaperXL7]

Really dug the Beta despite 3102, im just really debating on picking it up off of psn, or just holding out for the PS4 version of the game. The fact that I now already have a built up character waiting for me is making me lean into just buying it now.

 

[Teknoman]

So ready to get back into Eorzea.