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Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn |OT| World Full. Try again later. Please Understand
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It's because men have no sense of direction
I don't like how the aetherites are name. The other cities are easy because they plainly state "Weaver's guild" and the like. Limsa just has crazy names.
I've finally got the hang of it after running all around it leveling my MRD so I can unlock DRG, but it's still probably the hardest of the three mostly cause of the different levels, weird aetherite names, and odd (imo) exits to the various zones. Gridania is pretty simple, Ul'dah is right in the middle, and Limsa would be the hardest to navigate imo.
Baleoce
Member
Agreed, I don't think it's that difficult. I love that area in general. Costa del Sol is such a fun area. Also, that Aleport music xD I can't stop whistling it.
I just found out that you get to play free until September 9th (or something) if you previously owned the original XIV, which sadly, I did (launch day player, horrible game). So I downloaded this again (I played a beta weekend). It was pretty nice I got to change my characters race, appearance and name etc for free, but obviously I can't log in. Never been a big player, as said I got the game on launch but to be blunt it was absolutely shit so I never got past the initial 30 days. I'll give this a shot though and will probably end up picking a month sub up. I'll try and play tonight and hopefully get to login.
I'm fine with Limsa too, but I started there in 1.0. It's gotten a lot better since then.
Barakov
Member
I felt that way at the beginning, but after I got my bearings it was pretty easy to get around.
will it ask me to log in to square enix account too?
how does it know where to link the game too?
This is my goal, but more along the lines of getting to 50 by tomorrow afternoon. Now if I can just log in when I get off of work this afternoon.
For me it's not being able to remember what levels the Adventure's guild and elevator to the airship are because both levels have the same circular rooms all over the place. I really think Gridania is by far the easiest to get around, but I like the feel of Ul'dah more.
SnakeLinkSonic
Member
Pft, I love Limsa. I don't know what those people are talking about.
Once again, never forget. Never ever.
I had a weird bug while in an instanced dungeon. A copy of my party appeared, targetable and all. Using my f keys to target a party member would target the doppelgängers. The tank was a mile away fighting a mob while I healed his motionless doppelganger in the next room. Weird stuff.
Spiritreaver
Member
Wooohooo!!! I did it!
I only played 1.0 for a couple of days, but I started in Gridania and had to navigate that crap. What a stupid game.
Homunculus
Banned
I've played through numerous MMORPG launches and I don't think I've ever seen this many people just crawl over each other just to play. It's not that the servers are small and don't hold very many people; there are literally people EVERYWHERE. Usually, when you travel farther you travel from the starting areas, you'll notice that there are fewer and fewer people progressing through the game.
Not here.
I haven't been to any hunting area or city that was absent of other players. Hell, I'm finding it hard to meet quest requirements because I'm having to share a hunting spot with at least 10 other people. Couple this knowledge with the fact that there are TONS of people who can't play due to the restrictive logins? I managed to log in last night after two days of trying, and I'm already having withdrawals. I know I'm totally fanboying out here, but it's been a long time since I've played a Final Fantasy game that felt like a Final Fantasy game.
Not here.
I haven't been to any hunting area or city that was absent of other players. Hell, I'm finding it hard to meet quest requirements because I'm having to share a hunting spot with at least 10 other people. Couple this knowledge with the fact that there are TONS of people who can't play due to the restrictive logins? I managed to log in last night after two days of trying, and I'm already having withdrawals. I know I'm totally fanboying out here, but it's been a long time since I've played a Final Fantasy game that felt like a Final Fantasy game.
The only real problem that I have with the cities is how broken up they are now into different zones. I had a lot less difficulty finding things when they were all essentially a single map (level differences aside). In that regard, I think that 2.0 Gridania is the best, but it's mostly just a matter of getting used to the others.
levelhest (or something). Save all your levehests for gathering.
Crafting is not slow, it only costs too much.
letterboxart
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Was the mapmaker drunk, or did he just not believe in straight lines?
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Deleted member 47027
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Limsa is easy and dope.
It was the same guy that did the level design for FF13 and he got tired of all the jokes.
Congrats. You really blew through 30-50, every time I logged in you were like a few more levels higher, lol.
Edit: I have an unused PC digital copy purchased from Amazon if anyone is looking for one, just PM me.
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Deleted member 47027
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Goddamn Wufei what server you on? Fit-GAF needs more representation!
I was so tempted to log in this morning and leave it running. But I was the better man... not the smarter.. but maybe better.
For gathering use Leves, leves leves. Crafting you can just craft items and shoot for as high as a HQ % as possible. If you wanna do leves only turn in HQ items as the quest will give you TONS of xp and gil.
Crafting doesn't cost money if you gather along side it. Also if you do leves and turn in HQ items you'll make tons of money.
For gathering use Leves, leves leves. Crafting you can just craft items and shoot for as high as a HQ % as possible. If you wanna do leves only turn in HQ items as the quest will give you TONS of xp and gil.
Crafting doesn't cost money if you gather along side it. Also if you do leves and turn in HQ items you'll make tons of money.
piratethingy
Self professed bad raider
What's the current situation? I've never played, but I need to scratch the MMO itch. Am I allowed to buy the game yet? Once I can finally get in, is everyone going to be way past me?
Edvardelis
Member
The problem is the instance server outright fails if capacity gets too high. That not only means no dungeons but no story quests either.
Retail versions are fine afaik, you should be able to get online eventually.
So I should probably just wait a couple weeks?
Are you guys able to get any play time in? I guess it's kind of a moot point. I don't think there is a place to buy this digitally right now anyways.
I bought the game at best buy, installed patched. I had to make a character on Jp server, but 0 errors or trouble since then. I'll just transfer in a few weeks. Also lots of English speakers on the Jp server lol
same!
Good tips!
Spiritreaver
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Haha yeah, a few too many all nighters for my own good!
Someone told me that you need to actually do them on PS3, which is... insane.
Anyone able to confirm?
Haha yeah, a few too many all nighters for my own good!
lol...well, that's no good for muscle recovery!
So what will you work on now?
The last I heard was that you had to finish the final one that would award the on the PS3, but even that got debated pretty heavily in the LS it came up in.
fuck sake this is ridiculous. I called literally as soon as their call center was opened, been on hold for 40 minutes now. I realize they're getting a lot of calls, but just how little agents do they freaking have? Reading up on the issue, some people have said they waited 5+ hours. Chat is no better. Some people have mentioned getting a no agent error 3-4 times in a row, each time having to requeue and waiting another 2-4 hours per wait.
If we're smart people should be booted if they aren't registered on the guild forum.
Black Door
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Haha yeah, a few too many all nighters for my own good!
Did you run fates all weekend? 30-50 was excruciating in 1.0 unless you had a dynamite party and tons of free time
NeOak
Member
And here I thought EnMasse's support for NA TERA was mediocre atm.
(They had top tier phone and chat support for about 6 months, then scaled down)
Judging from the thread responses, the FFXI North American launch went flawlessly (it had a lot of problems too) by comparison to the FFXIV:ARR release.
I guess more folks like myself who are legacy players, who also were not invited into the beta after registering months ago, are coming out of the wood work to try and see what is different in addition to a swarm of new players who did get into the beta and liked the game. I'm guessing most will either break down and buy it again (mistake) or just give up entirely given the state of the game and limited time offers involved.
I guess more folks like myself who are legacy players, who also were not invited into the beta after registering months ago, are coming out of the wood work to try and see what is different in addition to a swarm of new players who did get into the beta and liked the game. I'm guessing most will either break down and buy it again (mistake) or just give up entirely given the state of the game and limited time offers involved.
Meowtor
Gold Member
Just registered over there
As the main one is full, who can I talk to about getting into an overflow LS?
Massive Duck. C.M.
Banned
Judging by this thread alone, what do you think the volume of calls they're getting is?
Actually, thinking about it, wasn't the original FFXI JP release utterly catastrophic? Any FFXI historians remember?
Haint
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Filters don't seem to work with controllers unfortunately, probably need to post the bug on the official forums and contact a GM so they're aware of it.
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