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Final Fantasy XIV Alpha Discussion
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So i finally hit the cap on THM >_> , learned Siphon MP which drained 27-28mp from any/every mob, costs 10mp and has a recast of 60 secs, last level also gave me 143 (iirc) attribute points, which i put them all in INT (didnt affect Siphon in any way or form). Here i took some pics of lvl20 gear i got.
I'm probably done with this untill next phase, unless i feel like trying gladiator.
I'm probably done with this untill next phase, unless i feel like trying gladiator.
Pinko Marx
Banned
Bitchin gear.
I have been selected as a Beta Test participant! But, I am in trouble in 2 ways:
1) I don't remember which of my Square Enix IDs that is connected to this e-mail address, but I hope this will be easy to sort out.
2) I don't have a computer ready to run it well yet. I'm planning to buy one, but I'm still torn between a desktop and a laptop! This will be added incentive towards making a decision soon, though.
1) I don't remember which of my Square Enix IDs that is connected to this e-mail address, but I hope this will be easy to sort out.
2) I don't have a computer ready to run it well yet. I'm planning to buy one, but I'm still torn between a desktop and a laptop! This will be added incentive towards making a decision soon, though.
So I know nothing about online Final Fantasy games. Will I just be able to pick it up by playing the game, or is there a recommended bit of reading to prepare myself?
I've played CoH/WoW in the past and they're setup so that you start multiple characters if you want to do different things. This is job based isn't it, so in theory I can create a single character and just train him up as necessary?
EDIT: I really should have read the OP...
I've played CoH/WoW in the past and they're setup so that you start multiple characters if you want to do different things. This is job based isn't it, so in theory I can create a single character and just train him up as necessary?
EDIT: I really should have read the OP...
Corran Horn
May the Schwartz be with you
Cant log into the beta tester site but can log into the Square account management system. Beta services still doesn't appear under my member status section. That is normal for these invites on the last few days?
Corran Horn
May the Schwartz be with you
ThanksLaneDS said:
Glad being banned in FFXI didn't affect my FFXIV Beta application :lol
In case anyone missed it, they extended the 9th Alpha test again for tomorrow. Check the main page for your time slot.
Not sure how I feel about the game yet, I have a lot of complaints that I probably can't mention here. So far FFXI is still more fun. I hope a lot of my issues are sorted out in the beta release.
Not sure how I feel about the game yet, I have a lot of complaints that I probably can't mention here. So far FFXI is still more fun. I hope a lot of my issues are sorted out in the beta release.
notworksafe
Member
Yeah there's no lack of info or opinions here already. And I didn't get banned from testing...in fact I got a second account in the Alpha! :lol
Corran Horn
May the Schwartz be with you
dont worry, you are already deadAnomarad said:
notworksafe
Member
Doubtful, or Kandinsky and I would have been banned many times over.Anomarad said:
notworksafe
Member
You people are insane. No one cares enough about you to be watching.
notworksafe
Member
No, I did it for the videos I posted. But you are just being silly to avoid posting your opinions. No one has yet gotten banned for posting videos or pictures of their character, opinions, news from the site, or the actual client itself. Square is supposedly watching certain places (mostly just official fansites that they already know about) but this isn't one of them.Cowie said:
notworksafe
Member
Some of them. They only seem to be paying attention to sites already on their radar, and GAF isn't one of them (at least not the online section). I bet that's why they asked if you ran a fansite in the application, though.
Corran Horn
May the Schwartz be with you
Just don't livestream the game and your fine :lol
I have lots of complaints. However, none of them are really valid, as it's a clearly unfinished alpha, so it wouldn't really be fair to say things like "the combat is boring!" when it's (I think/hope) just a skeleton system in place for the time being. Or complaining about unoptimized performance or graphics, because again... it's not finished.
Beta 1 should be a much better barometer for the quality of the game I'm expecting. As it is now, there's some very impressive stuff (the size of the city and starting zone, for example, and the lack of zoning for the most part). Character customization is impressive even if an unfinished state and I like how even tiny details like your character's eye color will be noticed in cutscenes at the very least. The quest system seems interesting (but again, not implemented? I was soloing four star rank 1 quests which are designed for a lot more people) and it strikes a nice balance between FFXI (everything is super vague) and WoW (everything is dumbed down) so far.
But then again, I expect most/all of that to change, likely for the better, so any complaints I have now are just too early to really level against it.
The one thing I really hope is not final: total customization over stat points. Some customization is good, but giving players the ability to pour all their points into one or two stats and ignore all else is likely going to be problematic for tons of reasons. I'm thinking it's temporary though.
Beta 1 should be a much better barometer for the quality of the game I'm expecting. As it is now, there's some very impressive stuff (the size of the city and starting zone, for example, and the lack of zoning for the most part). Character customization is impressive even if an unfinished state and I like how even tiny details like your character's eye color will be noticed in cutscenes at the very least. The quest system seems interesting (but again, not implemented? I was soloing four star rank 1 quests which are designed for a lot more people) and it strikes a nice balance between FFXI (everything is super vague) and WoW (everything is dumbed down) so far.
But then again, I expect most/all of that to change, likely for the better, so any complaints I have now are just too early to really level against it.
The one thing I really hope is not final: total customization over stat points. Some customization is good, but giving players the ability to pour all their points into one or two stats and ignore all else is likely going to be problematic for tons of reasons. I'm thinking it's temporary though.
Alright since everyone was so bent on hearing my complaints , here's some that are off the top of my head from playing yesterday:
The collision detection is worse than FFXI. Getting randomly stuck on corners, walking under the ground, random ledges that feel like you should be able to walk there.
Walking off small cliffs is just like FFXI (walk off in hyper-mode), which by now... I mean come on it's 2010 and it looks awful.
The combat is feels unresponsive The whole readying to attack thing is pointless, I already waited for the bar to fill up, if they want a longer duration then let the bars take longer to fill and put them on a global cooldown or something, when I press the button I want it NOW. In FFXI when it said readying to attack at least the animation started playing right away.
Currently it's difficult to walk in combat, my character would just stop walking at random points. So I engage and the plagued rat or whatever runs off and I'm trying to catch back up but I keep... stopping randomly. This phenomena occurs once again if you leave combat mode through the menu next to the action bar, it leaves you in a combat like state till you press ESC making it impossible to go anywhere. I think this is a bug though.
Can't figure out why they didn't think to implement shift+arrow keys for the camera during battle. There is nothing more frustrating than it telling me I'm not in range and i can't even see what I'm fighting.
I'm not sure if its my computer but the map takes a while to show up, and navigates slowly.
There is like no smart targeting atm, I'm trying to target an NPC and instead I'm cycling through myself, 10 other people in the room who are behind my character, some not even on my screen all when I'm facing the NPC I want to talk to.
I'm not giving up on the game, I want it to be as great as FFXI was. In fact I'll be playing more today. I just hope there's a huge overhaul in the beta state.
, here's some that are off the top of my head from playing yesterday:The collision detection is worse than FFXI. Getting randomly stuck on corners, walking under the ground, random ledges that feel like you should be able to walk there.
Walking off small cliffs is just like FFXI (walk off in hyper-mode), which by now... I mean come on it's 2010 and it looks awful.
The combat is feels unresponsive The whole readying to attack thing is pointless, I already waited for the bar to fill up, if they want a longer duration then let the bars take longer to fill and put them on a global cooldown or something, when I press the button I want it NOW. In FFXI when it said readying to attack at least the animation started playing right away.
Currently it's difficult to walk in combat, my character would just stop walking at random points. So I engage and the plagued rat or whatever runs off and I'm trying to catch back up but I keep... stopping randomly. This phenomena occurs once again if you leave combat mode through the menu next to the action bar, it leaves you in a combat like state till you press ESC making it impossible to go anywhere. I think this is a bug though.
Can't figure out why they didn't think to implement shift+arrow keys for the camera during battle. There is nothing more frustrating than it telling me I'm not in range and i can't even see what I'm fighting.
I'm not sure if its my computer but the map takes a while to show up, and navigates slowly.
There is like no smart targeting atm, I'm trying to target an NPC and instead I'm cycling through myself, 10 other people in the room who are behind my character, some not even on my screen all when I'm facing the NPC I want to talk to.
I'm not giving up on the game, I want it to be as great as FFXI was. In fact I'll be playing more today. I just hope there's a huge overhaul in the beta state.
notworksafe
Member
True these tests are not final but that shouldn't stop people from pointing out obvious faults in the game.
Sadly I don't see the very slow combat and awful kb/m controls changing, which really bums me out because I think they are really going to hold this back as a modern PC MMO
Sadly I don't see the very slow combat and awful kb/m controls changing, which really bums me out because I think they are really going to hold this back as a modern PC MMO
Personally I think your in the wrong mindset if your posting gameplay or any other long lasting impressions of the game in its current form.
http://www.ffxivcore.com/topic/6297-dengeki-alphabeta-interview/?
HappyBivouac
Member
I think at least half of those issues can be attributed to lag (they've said so much themselves anyway) which they're slowly ironing out..
And yeah they've been talking about some huge adjustments. We'll see what happens.
Posting impressions at this stage is still constructive, as long as they don't spread around the net saying "OMG FFXIV SUCKS"
And yeah they've been talking about some huge adjustments. We'll see what happens.
Posting impressions at this stage is still constructive, as long as they don't spread around the net saying "OMG FFXIV SUCKS"
HappyBivouac said:
I have too much faith in SE to do that.
And yes, I am aware that the beta will have significant changes, I listed those combat complaints and ways I could see it being improved in the beta battle system. So unless they change the battle system to this:
Then I think it could still apply.
Is that first zone worth exploring today? I'm not going to try leveling up my not-taru seeing as how samey the combat is, but if there are cool sights to be seen, I'm going to at least run as far as his stumpy legs can take him.
Might try synthesis to see what that is all about as well.
Might try synthesis to see what that is all about as well.
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