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[BLCKATK]

Whoa nelly, check out these new AF sets!

http://m.imgur.com/a/GAkCa

YES! Most of these look great. A bit disappointed about the BRD one (mainly cause I was hoping the AF+1 would be the armor that Yoshi-P's character wears) but no matter. All the gear they have added looks so great!

The Halloween event is going to a lot of fun this year too..

 

[Lé Blade Runner]

YES! Most of these look great. A bit disappointed about the BRD one (mainly cause I was hoping the AF+1 would be the armor that Yoshi-P's character wears) but no matter. All the gear they have added looks so great!

The Halloween event is going to a lot of fun this year too..

They really do look good. Like I have said already, the art-design in this game is phenomenal.

 

[Moaradin]

I played during 1.x

I'm confused how this works. I played the game after the subscriptions got disabled, so I don't think I will be eligible for legacy since I wasn't able to subscribe to the game back then, but will I have to buy the game again? My account says FF14 was registered Aug 02, 2011.

So confusing.

 

[Skyfireblaze]

Catboy person pride!

Also very nice! I'm hovering over the buy now button for the Amazon Standard Edition but... 22€ for early access... I... must not... give in...

I played during 1.x

I'm confused how this works. I played the game after the subscriptions got disabled, so I don't think I will be eligible for legacy since I wasn't able to subscribe to the game back then, but will I have to buy the game again?

So confusing.

You don't have to buy anything and will get two weeks of free play time, afterwards you only have to pay the subs

 

[Relaxed Muscle]

FFXIV Tweet:

c:

Based Yoshida.

 

[Salaadin]

I played during 1.x

I'm confused how this works. I played the game after the subscriptions got disabled, so I don't think I will be eligible for legacy since I wasn't able to subscribe to the game back then, but will I have to buy the game again? My account says FF14 was registered Aug 02, 2011.

So confusing.

If you own 1.0, you get the ARR upgrade for free.

 

[2San]

Looking at the Scholar class it seems to have pretty beastly buffs. How does he compare to a White Mage?

Can other classes equip the Fey Glow skill?

 

[iAmMaximus]

I'm still not sure if I want this. I played a little bit of the beta and it just felt like a typical MMORPG formula. Granted, I only played for a few levels so I didn't experience a lot of other things. Does the game open up in unique ways later on?

 

[gribbles]

Looking at the Scholar class it seems to have pretty beastly buffs. How does he compare to a White Mage?

Can other classes equip the Fey Glow skill?

White Mage is specialized for heavy tank damage, while Scholar is more suited for group healing.

 

[BLCKATK]

Oh god that new dungeon video...

I NEED IT.

I NEED THIS GAME RIGHT NOW...

Each one those looked so good!

 

[Kintaro]

Meow.

 

[Relaxed Muscle]

Looking at the Scholar class it seems to have pretty beastly buffs. How does he compare to a White Mage?

We don't know yet. Looking at the abilities it does has less healing potency in it's skills, but most of the has damage mitigation. More than a WHM substitute seems a healer that complements well with one.

Of course this is just speculation.

 

[Outdoor Miner]

Really wish early access was launching tomorrow. :/

 

[2San]

White Mage is specialized for heavy tank damage, while Scholar is more suited for group healing.

For raids and groups, does one have a preference over the other? What is the party limit anyhow?

We don't know yet. Looking at the abilities it does has less healing potency in it's skills, but most of the has damage mitigation. More than a WHM substitute seems a healer that complements well with one.

Of course this is just speculation.

Ah ok, I can't imagine having both classes in a group.

edit: Ah I see the party size is depended on content.

Still if you look at a 8 or 24 man party, does that mean the entire 8/24 man party gets the buffs?

30% skill or spell speed buff is insane.

 

[Baleoce]

Making a last minute decision to switch from Galkadyn to Tarufell on my Legacy character. I want to bring my FFXI character in HD. Thank god for the Phial of Fantasia xD

 

[orion434]

I emailed them about this. Go back to the store along with your original receipt, and as long as you are a Powerup Rewards member, they will reprint the receipt with the early access code (which apparently won't work anyway until SE fixes it).

You guys are the best! I'm a power-up reward member and it's the PS3 Collector's Edition. After reading about the Early Access I checked the receipt and I didn't see any code. If Square-Enix fixes it I'd love to play this weekend

 

[Lollipop Dave]

Meow.

Trunks..have you been playing with Bulmas makeup again.

 

[gribbles]

For raids and groups, does one have a preference over the other? What is the party limit anyhow?

Ah ok, I can't imagine having both classes in a group.

I think it'll largely be situational. Some dungeons/raids might have lots of adds where Scholar would excel, others might have bosses which hit particularly hard, so White Mage would shine in those circumstances.

But overall, it won't really matter, because since both Jobs have access to all abilities from both CNJ and (presumably) ACN, you should have no problems healing regardless of which Job you choose.

 

[Epcott]

Pre-ordered!

But I think I pre-ordered too late, I didn't receive a code.

I'm going to need the Gaf legacy vets to take me under their wing, nurture me, train me, let me suckle from your chain-mailed teat and mold me into something awesome. I beg of you!

 

[Meia]

For raids and groups, does one have a preference over the other? What is the party limit anyhow?

Ah ok, I can't imagine having both classes in a group.

edit: Ah I see the party size is depended on content.

Still if you look at a 8 or 24 man party, does that mean the entire 8/24 man party gets the buffs?

It's why I'm personally shooting for both, so I can swap based on the needs of a group. Then again, it's why I played a priest in WoW for as long as I did having both Holy and Discipline specs for the last 5 years or so. DPS spec on a healer, wuzzat?!

 

[SoopaMan2K]

Dat WHM AF+1 set!

 

[thefil]

Early access starts Saturday, the day I after I leave for a week.

Oh well, at least the home cities should have quieted down a bit.

 

[chickdigger802]

early access days count toward your 30 days right?

Also how nice is SE about launch fuckups, which i think will happen? Surely they will at least give back some sub days right?

 

[dwix]

FFXIV Tweet:

c:

Excellent!

 

[Dog food is delicious]

early access days count toward your 30 days right?

Also how nice is SE about launch fuckups, which i think will happen? Surely they will at least give back some sub days right?

I highly doubt that.

 

[Animekatt]

Idk why I looked at that dungeon video... It's making the wait even more painful. I can't even play Xillia right now because it's hard for me to concentrate on it lol.

 

[Kokonoe]

Meow.

 

[2San]

It's why I'm personally shooting for both, so I can swap based on the needs of a group. Then again, it's why I played a priest in WoW for as long as I did having both Holy and Discipline specs for the last 5 years or so. DPS spec on a healer, wuzzat?!

I was initially going Paladin, but the scholar 30% spell speed buff has me intrigued, since I'm doing the everything with a Black Mage buddy. Sadly going both a WM and Scholar isn't an option since I'm only playing when my buddy is online and we want to stay the same level.

But overall, it won't really matter, because since both Jobs have access to all abilities from both CNJ and (presumably) ACN, you should have no problems healing regardless of which Job you choose.

Aren't the cross class spell limited to specific spells?

 

[SoopaMan2K]

Idk why I looked at that dungeon video... It's making the wait even more painful. I can't even play Xillia right now because it's hard for me to concentrate on it lol.

I know how you feel. I had quit the moment P4 went up and now, I can't go back.

 

[Jrpgfanatic]

So the 30, 60, and 90 day subscription rewards will be attainable by anyone after having subscribed for that long correct? Only the special Chocobo mount is legacy only?

 

[Skyfireblaze]

Pre-ordered!

But I think I pre-ordered too late, I didn't receive a code.

Wait so if I would pre-order now on Amazon I wouldn't get anything anyway?

 

[Salaadin]

So the 30, 60, and 90 day subscription rewards will be attainable by anyone after having subscribed for that long correct? Only the special Chocobo mount is legacy only?

Yeah, the sub rewards are for anyone.
Legacy Chocobo is for Legacy players only.

 

[Animekatt]

So the 30, 60, and 90 day subscription rewards will be attainable by anyone after having subscribed for that long correct? Only the special Chocobo mount is legacy only?

Correct.

 

[Dog food is delicious]

So... that dotted box around a skill means it's part of a combo? Did not know that.

 

[Baleoce]

I finally managed to impregnate the square-enix pre-order servers with my redemption seed. It's appearing as registered now

I find it disconcerting that I don't have to use my security token to log onto my account on that particular site though..

 

[chickdigger802]

FFXIV Tweet:

c:

so will our 3102 error as well

have they addressed that yet?

Kinda scared to redeem my early access... don't wanna waste sub times realizing i can't play my toon.

 

[ebil]

Reposting avatars now. I'm going to link this post in the second part of the OT to not make the first page even heavier with images than it already is.
My apologies for the image spam.

Grand Companies Sigils

City-States flags (by we.are.the.armada)

Minions (by Munba)

Grand Companies Leaders

Gaius van Baelsar / Nael van Darnus

Circle of Knowing

Other NPCs

Chocobo

Mandragoras

Ifrit / Garuda / Titan / Leviathan / Ramuh / Shiva

Good King Moogle Mog / Odin / Bahamut

Other Primal/Enemy/Pet

Classes and Jobs Art

Other Player Characters

 

[Robobandit]

so will our 3102 error as well

have they addressed that yet?

Kinda scared to redeem my early access... don't wanna waste sub times realizing i can't play my toon.

It has been addressed by Yoshi-P here -

http://t.co/2nRTEprkNN

 

[kirby2096]

So the 30, 60, and 90 day subscription rewards will be attainable by anyone after having subscribed for that long correct? Only the special Chocobo mount is legacy only?

You will get the Veteran Rewards as soon as your payment transaction goes through, there will be no need to wait for a certain amount of days subscribed to elapse before you're eligible for them.

 

[omlet]

So... that dotted box around a skill means it's part of a combo? Did not know that.

Not always. Sometimes it means "you can use this skill now that you normally can't." Such as skills that have conditional activation based on dodge or block or a proc, etc.

 

[Askherserenity]

Is it weird that I really don't care for the combat at all (global cooldown?) but I am still super excited to play this soon. Here's hoping combat gets a bit more interesting past lvl 20.

 

[BLCKATK]

Is it weird that I really don't care for the combat at all (global cooldown?) but I am still super excited to play this soon. Here's hoping combat gets a bit more interesting past lvl 20.

Not weird at all, I can relate to getting bored of the under level 20 combat it happened to me too. I'm sure that once all of our abilities come into play the battles will be much more intense. Especially once the battles get longer and melee's have to start managing TP.

 

[Brandson]

I played the initial release of this game for a while, getting a number of jobs to level 20. Assuming I want to try ARR, is it worth continuing with my existing character on my legacy server, with presumably a limited number of players, or should I start again on a new server? This all may be moot if I can't find my OTP token though.

Does SE have an iOS/Android app to use for one-time passwords yet like Blizzard?

 

[ebil]

I played the initial release of this game for a while, getting a number of jobs to level 20. Assuming I want to try ARR, is it worth continuing with my existing character on my legacy server, with presumably a limited number of players, or should I start again on a new server? This all may be moot if I can't find my OTP token though.

Does SE have an iOS/Android app to use for one-time passwords yet like Blizzard?

Yes, it's even linked in the OP: http://www.square-enix.com/na/account/otp/.

 

[Salaadin]

I wasnt crazy about the combat until I started the story missions. They werent terribly difficult or anything but there were some flairs of "not mindless" in there that I liked. I hear the dungeons have this same feeling and I assume it only gets better the higher you go.

 

[SoopaMan2K]

Mo' Kitties!

 

[SoraanTribal]

Really happy to hear they have fixed the 90000 errors!

So... is the Preorder registration website fixed yet btw? I have yet to enter my code because of all the problems people were having yesterday.

 

[Recall]

The OT looks like this for I on my laptop...

 

[Khatoz]

Is it weird that I really don't care for the combat at all (global cooldown?) but I am still super excited to play this soon. Here's hoping combat gets a bit more interesting past lvl 20.

It gets better, as you not only get more skills from your base class, but also other skills from the other classes.

At level 35 GLA was fun playing with level 15 MRD/PUG abilities and trying to maximize attacks/survivability with the different buffs.

 

[qq more]

Still waiting on my e-mail from SE about the early access code. Hope I wasn't too late. Ah well...