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Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn |OT| World Full. Try again later. Please Understand
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It certainly borrows things from WoW and GW2. Biggest difference to me, is the quality of storyline for even less important quests (some even have cutscenes, but no voice outside main story).
The dynamic quests from GW2 are in it with FATEs.
It also looks so fucking gorgeous and the soundtrack is amazing even outside of MMOs.
Can't say much for high level stuff though, but impressions from about 30 hours of play is a lot more positive than I had with GW2, and I played 300 hours of that.
Arent they expanding server capacity as well?
TheContact
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All these server issues aside, at least there's a ton of players playing. It's awesome go out in in an MMO and just see a ton of people everywhere and also not having them interfere with your questing/leveling. Even in WoW with high pop servers, some zones are a ghost town, and most of them just have people scattered about
WarMacheen
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unless they expand it 3 fold there will be just as many problems as there are today.
Why, because there will be just as many AFK'er holding spots because of 1017. If they don't boot people off of the servers, the capacity will fill just as it is now.
Aion proved this, they followed the same resolution until finally making people that were AFK log out.
If people know that logging out will make it difficult to log back in, they just won't log out.
WoW has been out for almost ten years. This game only just came out. Give it a year or so, and you'll start seeing more ghost towns in this game.
One of the great things is how so long as you inflicted significant damage on an enemy you get full credit in regards to quests and I think hunting logs. So it's totally fine to jump in and attack a target someone already selected and vice versa as at worst you're just giving them some free help. Then there's the fates where the lion's share of the EXP will be anyway.
Seriously, what is Yoshi's reasoning for not bothering to implement an AFK kick into this game? There is literally not one good reason for not booting people from the game who aren't actually playing, so I fail to see how Yoshi thought this was a good design decision in any way shape or form.
Nice, these are really useful!
I used to hardcore raid as a healer, so I may sound a bit conceited I guess. I'm up to 42 (I can't even play right now because of having two service accounts, otherwise I'd be higher) and no encounter has really been that hard as a Scholar. When there's a spike of damage to anyone, there's usually no follow up at all so it's easy to heal them back up to full. Honestly, you can pretty much ignore anyone but the tank and your fairy just heals them.
Pretty much the only way they can die is if they get oneshot or if there's random environmental damage. Other than that it's pretty much just not spamming your Scholar's heal needlessly since cure works well enough in most situations and costs 2x less. I haven't done the higher stuff or even Stone Vigil yet, but so far it's basically been "If you're not getting hit constantly by whatever mechanic the fight has, you'll be fine".
It is still hard to get a group going for the story quest that involve an instance. Last night it was like a 30-45 minute wait each time. Tanks were at a premium.
WarMacheen
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Because FF11 didn't make people log out, but this isn't FF11 and this is the launch of an MMO, not kicking people that are AFK is plain stupid game design.
If you want to make it so people can always stay logged in, do it a month or so after it comes out.
It definitely works for me. I set mine to 30fps, because I like how it feels better.
60fps makes me a bit dizzy in this game, I think because of all the quick camera movements.
DrForester
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Adding new servers is going to do nothing except help new players. Those of us already on a server are screwed until server transfers are allowed.
BattleMonkey
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The game is fairly solid put together MMO that looks great with tons of FF style. But different? Hardly. If your after something totally different or new, you will be disappointed. Pretty much all in it has been done before but its put together in a nice package.
The main story is iinteresting, while the mmo filler stuff is awful, game is crammed with more fetch/deliver side quests than any other mmo in a while.
Fates are cool, they play quick and happen all over fairly often, though they are nowhere near as complex or dynamic as events you find GW2. Most are just predetermined spawns of enemies you kill, not much variety.
Game doesn't break any ground, but its slick in presentation and visually seems more like a traditional single player jrpg. Its got tons of charm. If you are sick of typical mmo trappings, you might be disappointed though.
SoraanTribal
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I have a level 50 WHM and 46 SCH right now. SCH excels in a lot in damage mitigation and does fine single target healing. But where it lacks is AOE heals. Like, tonight on Garuda, it was a struggle to keep everyone up and in high health because Succor kind of sucks. But with Faerie + Succor + single target heals and shields, it's manageable. WHM has it easier in terms of raw healing power, however... Their MP regen sucks compared to Scholar. I very rarely have to worry about mana as a SCH whereas I'm constantly mindly of my mana as a WHM.
Hope that helped.
WarMacheen
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Exactly, adding new servers isn't going to do shit for people already on a server.
I'm curious, do you use mouseover to heal? I haven't gotten to try it yet and wonder if it works well enough.
Torquill
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Bear in mind "adding servers" doesn't just mean adding worlds. The core problem at the moment seems to be the Duty Finder and Instance servers. These are not world specific. By adding more horse power behind those they csn handle greater load without causing DF failure and Instance related disconnects. Once thats done they can remove the artificially low login login restrictions.
I'm not Scholar, but I can give you my opinion too: Amdapor Keep, hardest 4-man. SCHs have a harder time to keep up with their lower potency cures, the buffs and defensive mitigation is cool, but they have to be on top of healing even more than a WHM. Same run, a WHM can help doing more dps since their heals are better.
Basically when only one healer is around, a WHM will be the best choice, really hard to question that, but when having two healers, a WHM+SCH combo is the best.
Or well, we could have just partied with more experienced WHMs today (3 of our LS were running AK but we didn't have a healer with us, so we always had to get one from the DF), an given them time, an experienced SCH might be just as good.
kaiju
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For those of you receiving the "unable to load NA/EU server lists" error, make sure you are fully exiting out of the game to the login screen that shows the FFXIV news updates.
I sat there for 20 minutes retrying from the FFXIV start menu until I fully logged out, and then the server lists loaded fine and I was able to get into my server instantly. I know right? AMAZING.
I sat there for 20 minutes retrying from the FFXIV start menu until I fully logged out, and then the server lists loaded fine and I was able to get into my server instantly. I know right? AMAZING.
major_killjoy
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Eorzea Reborn
Their section on FATE leveling proved to be very useful. Between work, gym and server errors I didn't get a lot of up-time with the game but I managed to level 3 characters to 22, 23 and 7 with this guide.
Dimensional Death
I really like their hunting log layout over xivdb's only because I can glance at subsequent hunts at the same time.
FFXIV Guild
These guys have the best breakdown of classes and jobs (i.e. point allocation, abilities list, crafting/gathering recommendations). Their dungeon guide is also really good. : )
FATE Farming Guide
This guide seems to be more in-tune with where the high-frequency FATE spawns are located. Whereas Eorzea Reborn's FATE guide is a general overview.
If FF11 had been the only MMO he's ever played, then I'd be willing to forgive him for his ignorance. But Yoshida is a self-professed hardcore veteran MMO player who has played many different MMOs. His level of MMO experience should have taught him that an AFK kick is a standard feature of any game in this genre. He has no excuse for this blunder.
Torquill
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Yea. The client caches the failure.
SoraanTribal
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Yes, I mouseover with all my main heals and Leeches (cleanse). So it's very fast and efficient.
Indeed. If I could use my pet while casting my own spells... well, that'd be nice. xD
Why, SE, why...
I just got this really awesome body piece in a dungeon to last me until I get AF body. I was so excited when it dropped and I won it, and then... I put it on...
Oh come on, really? I look like a prostitute! Er, one who graduated anyways...
Really nice stats:
;_;
Vanity gear slot yespls.
I want that on my cat girl...
I find the same annoyance as SMN, since sometimes I'd like to order some specific things but have to do it on its own time.
A SCH/WHM that doesn't dps, is doing a half assed job.
http://www.bluegartr.com/threads/117575-Minion-List minion list
http://www.bluegartr.com/threads/117761-Unlocking-dungeons unlocking dungeons
http://eorzeareborn.com/levemete/ camps for leves
http://home.comcast.net/~nakomaru/ffmaps/ fate leveling map, click on the map to zoom
http://www.bluegartr.com/threads/117778-DoL-DoH-Levequest-Locations DoH & DoL leves locations
http://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comments/1iuss0/a_summary_of_crafting_professions_or_what_good_is/ summary of what each DoH creates and which is suitable for which class
This is my first MMO ever and I finally feel the pain of all those people who were pissed at any MMO, Diablo 3, and Sim City launches. I would simply sit back and wait for the servers to get stable, but my subscription days are counting down. I tried early morning, afternoon, and just now to try to play, but I couldn't log in even once.
I'm going to sit this one out until I hear confirmation that the servers are stable enough so I don't have to continuously jab at the start button to see if I can get in. SE should really compensate us with an extra month for all of the frustration.
I'm going to sit this one out until I hear confirmation that the servers are stable enough so I don't have to continuously jab at the start button to see if I can get in. SE should really compensate us with an extra month for all of the frustration.
DrForester
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Got a link of requirements and quests to get the other summons?
plutoknight
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Not to mention, I'd be willing to bet they'll let (at least non-legacy) people transfer to low-pop servers for free. Maybe not immediately, but a little further down the line.
But, we'll see.
BattleMonkey
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It will help a bit, but what is needed most is afk kick and a real working queue system.
Looks like they're carrying on the FFXI tradition.
louis0nfire
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I don't have a legacy account/character, but I have an unused 1.0 key. Can I do anything with this that will get me anything?
DrForester
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Square did have some creepy armor for the Taru in FFXI. Doesn't help at all that Taru in FFXIV have those vacant, soulless eyes...
chickdigger802
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shit... i need a lot of points of some sort to get a chocobo. whats the quickest way to get these points?
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Adding servers is not the same as adding Worlds.
Adding servers in the MMO context generally means adding physical servers to both existing and new Worlds.
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