You should be able to use the time cards since they are all the same service.
-
Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.
- Status
You should be able to use the time cards since they are all the same service.
You guys never play FFXII? The armor of the bad guys is copied from the judges in that game. Still crossing my fingers for an FFXII HD.....
Yeah definitely screamed FFXII to me. Which is good cos those Judge designs are awesome.
There's some other similarities as well. You'll see if you can beat the story in the full game.
So I got my beta character up to Sastasha. I don't really feel like dealing with the DF right now, so actually I think I'm going to start another character and start the game over in Ul'Dah, that way I'll have been through each city's opening story (the two I didn't do on my main in the beta) - I knew this beta was good for something.
Afterwards I'll go back to my existing character from PC launch when the beta is over.
I wish I could get remote play working from outside my home network so I could play when I'm away from home, but oh well.
Afterwards I'll go back to my existing character from PC launch when the beta is over.
I wish I could get remote play working from outside my home network so I could play when I'm away from home, but oh well.
The general Judges look is the same for all games of the "Ivalice Alliance".
What I meant was that whole scene, with the ship landing, the Honor guard, even the music, made think of
Start wars
Everyone needs healers
Use this app to look for the best armor for your level.
http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/pr/special/libraeorzea/
Edit: or this https://xivdb.com/
AgentOtaku
Member
As long as they fix the text size to accomodate the vita's smaller screen. It's unreadable as of now.... like seriously, that's not an exaggeration
family_guy
Member
I never made it past the square enix account registration. What a terrible interface.
yesssss
thank you based yoshi-p
this is the game that finally made me "get" twitch
super relaxing to stream a game while i do other stuff
WeAreStarStuff
Member
Currently a level 8 and really enjoying it, but I'll be damned if I still haven't figured out how to use the maps correctly. I want to keep playing, and yet I know it's all for naught.
The great thing about MMO's is that if they end up being something you can stick with over a longer length of time, you basically experience the story as its written.
You can look back at the game world and realize that your character has effectively "lived" in it. Things have changed, places changed, characters and events took place that influenced the setting. Its part of why its so exciting at times to get into a good MMO at the start, because you're going to experience a lot of things as the game grows and story progresses.
TheOctodad
Member
Pretty sure I"m jumping in with this game. I'm loving it.
Only thing that makes me mad is how long the wait will be for beta phase 2.
Only thing that makes me mad is how long the wait will be for beta phase 2.
so far newegg for $25.
I got my CE from PSN during the holidays for $15. Don't hurt me.
This! I have not played an MMO since Galaxies, but this has me hooked. I am strongly considering the CE at this point.
lazybones18
Banned
Just finished Tam-Tara. The party I was in was more efficient than the party during Satasha. We only died once before the dungeon boss. Then the dungeon boss wailed on us a couple of times. That fucker kept going after our healer. We was close once with only one party member left standing but he was taken out. Unlike Satasha, I paid attention to the Limit Break meter and made sure to use it once it was ready. And thankfully, we were all in one piece when the boss finally went down. I could have went back in since there was another person looking for people to do the dungeon once I left but after such an accomplishment, I think my Lancer could use the rest.
With Tam-Tara out of the way, I can go back to leveling up as a Conjurer
With Tam-Tara out of the way, I can go back to leveling up as a Conjurer
Just did Tam Tara and Copperbell Mine.
Tam Tara was incredible. Well except our turd DPS thaumaturge that kept on going ahead and getting all the aggro trying to get all the loot.
Guy died twice because i chose not to heal him telling him to stay with our party but he wouldbt listen.
Finally he died a third time brcause i chose not to heal him and he got pissed off and chose to leave us.
Suffice to say, myself (healer), our tank and one other DPS lancer were able to complete the dungeon including the boss fight with just three of us fighting.
Tam Tara was incredible. Well except our turd DPS thaumaturge that kept on going ahead and getting all the aggro trying to get all the loot.
Guy died twice because i chose not to heal him telling him to stay with our party but he wouldbt listen.
Finally he died a third time brcause i chose not to heal him and he got pissed off and chose to leave us.
Suffice to say, myself (healer), our tank and one other DPS lancer were able to complete the dungeon including the boss fight with just three of us fighting.
molnizzle
Member
Just did the first dungeon as GLA. Was pretty stressful as it was my first time tanking in any MMO, and on a controller to boot. I guess I did okay though because the other guys all gave me commendation at the end.
Stressful though. Targeting leaves a lot to be desired on a controller. I know that you can set up filters for the d-pad, but who uses the d-pad? I want to just tap X and cycle through targets as if I was pressing "tab" on a keyboard. I kept targeting my other party members though, which is maddening when I'm trying to shift target to get aggro off the healer.
Stressful though. Targeting leaves a lot to be desired on a controller. I know that you can set up filters for the d-pad, but who uses the d-pad? I want to just tap X and cycle through targets as if I was pressing "tab" on a keyboard. I kept targeting my other party members though, which is maddening when I'm trying to shift target to get aggro off the healer.
IMHO using solely a controller, DCUO got targeting completely right. Funny thing is when I first started DCUO, I wanted FFXIV's targeting verbatim. Now having put decent time into both... yeah, DCUO got it completely right, and I hope FFXIV changes to that down the road in some fashion.
Though ultimately the best way to play FFXIV is with mouse and keyboard.
As a controller tip, if you want to QUICKLY change targets that are not very close to each other, I've found it faster to just hit O to deselect your current target, aim toward your desired target which will hopefully get you either the right target or one right next to it, and if you didn't get the one you wanted then hopefully it's just a tap or two of the d-pad either way.
Though ultimately the best way to play FFXIV is with mouse and keyboard.
As a controller tip, if you want to QUICKLY change targets that are not very close to each other, I've found it faster to just hit O to deselect your current target, aim toward your desired target which will hopefully get you either the right target or one right next to it, and if you didn't get the one you wanted then hopefully it's just a tap or two of the d-pad either way.
Hurt? nah man that's awesome. My fault for not jumping on that deal anyways. But between my friends impressions, and my short time with the beta on the PC. I am definitely jumping into this MMO. I might end up getting it for the PC and PS4. The remote play allure is too strong in this one for me to resist....
healing is..... healing.
if you mean boring as in you won't be doing anything.. no way in hell.
if you mean boring by "reacting to a number of situations in really only a few varieties of ways", then yeah, it's boring. Healing in most games comes down to top off heal, group heal, "oh shit he's dead. oh wait no he's not" heal, or alternate heal (bubble, penance/dmg heal, etc)
healers often have a fair amount of utility.. but your bread and butter will land usually on about 3-5 abilities throughout the majority of the fight.
and this is coming from someone who has healed:
EQ
COH
WOW
DCUO
SWG
SWTOR
and so far lightly in this game.
if you mean boring as in you won't be doing anything.. no way in hell.
if you mean boring by "reacting to a number of situations in really only a few varieties of ways", then yeah, it's boring. Healing in most games comes down to top off heal, group heal, "oh shit he's dead. oh wait no he's not" heal, or alternate heal (bubble, penance/dmg heal, etc)
healers often have a fair amount of utility.. but your bread and butter will land usually on about 3-5 abilities throughout the majority of the fight.
and this is coming from someone who has healed:
EQ
COH
WOW
DCUO
SWG
SWTOR
and so far lightly in this game.
seemed stressful as fuck in some of the fights
i always felt 1 commendation was not enough to give some of the really good healers i was matched it
Xux
Member
...that was a pretty round about route to Waking Sands.
Grinchy
Banned
In the early stages of the game, it is pretty easy and almost boring job. In the endgame, it is probably the single most stressful role in the party. Many of the harder fights in the game require the healers to getting their heals off with tricky timing, while dodging large numbers of AoEs alongside the DPS.
Yeah if you're gonna heal on PS4 you absolutely need to go KB+M
Got this on steam last week for $15 bucks and wow i love it. I tried out the ps4 to look around and it also looks nice. Im playing a paladin and strictly controller and i fucking love it. I love how "heavy" my character feels. I recommend holding down R2 or L2 plus tapping R1/L1 to cycle between enemies.
On paper everything about it is terrible but man the execution is superb lol.
On paper everything about it is terrible but man the execution is superb lol.
Hold R2 (to activate the crossbar) and hit R1 and L1 to cycle through targets. It's just like tab targeting and easier in dungeons than in the field I'd imagine with less mobs in the immediate vicinity. I also thought you could use the D-pad up and down to cycle through the current mobs in your enmity list, but I might be wrong on that. If so that's useful as a tank once you've grabbed everything, then switch to the bumper targeting to pick up new adds.
Zantetsuken88
Member
what's the best ps4 compatible kb & m setup? i'm def being a healer in the full game.
Did you have a stroke mid-sentence here, or am I missing something?
Haha. Stupid phone keyboard and I didn't notice. I was saying using the bumper targeting is probably easier in the dungeons than in the field due to the generally smaller amount of jobs in the immediate vicinity while in a dungeon.
molnizzle
Member
Excellent, didn't know about R2+L1 targeting. I'll definitely give that a whirl.
Grinchy
Banned
I finally have some time to sit here and use the Duty Finder to play with some people. I really like the missions so far and I love being a tank. I'm still getting it down...the last time I played a tank in an MMO was a paladin in EQOA lol. So it has been a while. I was awesome at it in that game but always played a mage in everything else since.
Huh? My brother can heal up through Siren and Titan HM just fine with a PS3 controller. Of all the three roles, healer has the easiest time with the controller, since you can just use the d=pad to target party members. As a healer, you don't need to pick out random targets from a large mass unless you are healing a FATE, and those are mostly done in large parties anyways.
Now tanking has some need for rapid targeting of enemies in a chaotic situation, so it benefits from a KB+M control scheme, but I can't think of any advantage KB+M has over controller for healer.
wsoxfan1214
Banned
So I just finished the initial quest for the AG and the first for the Thaumaturge's Guild.
...where do I go from here? I'm so lost.
I've never played a FF game of any sort, FWIW.
Thanks in advance for any help.
...where do I go from here? I'm so lost.
I've never played a FF game of any sort, FWIW.
Thanks in advance for any help.
- Status