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[zlatko]

You need to inspect Aetherite crystals to be able to teleport to them. After you do that to the one in the Aetherite plaza in Ul'dah you should be able to select it for teleport.

I inspected both the one in the city and the one outside where I was questing. Now that the two are linked I can teleport from outside back in and vice versa ?

 

[Jinko]

If your update is crashing at 0% then use Utorrent.

Meh now im getting:-

 

[Jbird34]

A poster on another site said Cornelia server there was a message about server being taken down for emergency maintenance, maybe they forgot to announce it on Lindblum?

 

[Astery]

So I was messing around in the create new character screen, then alt-tab out to check out MSN and it says direct X something something, restart FF14. Restart and Error 1015.

WTF is this shit?

 

[DrForester]

Any place to direct download the newest patch they put up earlier this morning?

How do you use them once you download?


My downloader still wont go past 47.3%

 

[BentMyWookiee]

Added myself to the list. But I won't be on until later in the day

Ul'dah
Falastini - Rusty Subligar
CcrooK - Dark Elf
Nakazato- Isamu Nakazato
Balya - Balya Malkan
bardia - Cyrus Ziad
zlatko- Outlaw Star
Zomba13 - Zomba Thirteen
Canti - Canti Socanto
Gopsje - Geops Pluisje
Kuraine - Cobbi Kuraine
Clever Pun - Blue Owl
BentMyWookiee - Spoony Bard

Gridania
*Jinko - Jinko Jinko
Soroc - Soroc Dahydro
Pietepiet - Poeffe Caixa
Salaadin - Salaadin Voivode
Jiggle - Harry Bolls
Vivin - Taru Taru
Munba - Munba Lunru
Rengoku - Rengoku Renge
careksims - Kessah Shrykewolf
ToastyBanana - Doobedytoo Mcjibbajabba

 

[Jbird34]

lol all servers offline except for login and lobby

http://www.ffxiv-status.com/

Any place to direct download the newest patch they put up earlier this morning?

How do you use them once you download?


My downloader still wont go past 47.3%

your solutions is only 2 pages back...

 

[nataku]

Hmm. Version check failed? What the hell?

"11014 Version check failed.2:20447,0"

Anyone else get this when trying to update?

 

[Shouta]

I'm definitely not doing Gridania at retail. That layout makes me want to straggle something. It's goddamn Windurst all over again. Limsa or Ul'dah if I do play retail. My char is Lenneth Valkyrie on Lindblum though the thought of playing on Besaid has crossed my mind. Figaro and Mysidia are at 2 Chocos for server pop already. :lol

I'm still not sure why when you first hit targetting, you pick yourself. It should default to the closest critter instead =/

 

[jiggle]

yeah i'm not too crazy about gridania either
so dark and the layout sucks
and the leve mobs are like miles away from camp
really thought i'd love it cuz it's so leafy

gonna give ul'dha a try next

 

[zlatko]

I'm definitely not doing Gridania at retail. That layout makes me want to straggle something. It's goddamn Windurst all over again. Limsa or Ul'dah if I do play retail. My char is Lenneth Valkyrie on Lindblum though the thought of playing on Besaid has crossed my mind. Figaro and Mysidia are at 2 Chocos for server pop already. :lol

I'm still not sure why when you first hit targetting, you pick yourself. It should default to the closest critter instead =/

I said the same thing somewhere either in this or the other ffxiv thread. I hate how hitting tab also will not pick the damn enemy closest/hitting you.

I started out in Ul'dah and the town layout probably isn't any better than Gridania. I was a bit confused on where to go and the town has upper and lower levels it seems. The outside habitat is very pretty looking though. I think I'm going to start on Limsa unless someone has nightmare stories about it they would like to share.

 

[Kandinsky]

I'm pretty sure my PC wont be able to even handle Windurst 2.0 D:

 

[Salaadin]

I said the same thing somewhere either in this or the other ffxiv thread. I hate how hitting tab also will not pick the damn enemy closest/hitting you.

I started out in Ul'dah and the town layout probably isn't any better than Gridania. I was a bit confused on where to go and the town has upper and lower levels it seems. The outside habitat is very pretty looking though. I think I'm going to start on Limsa unless someone has nightmare stories about it they would like to share.

Limsa is pretty basic and cool. I didnt find it hard to navigate at all. Everyone is just so sick of it though.

 

[Jinko]

Gridania is awesome if you love Windurst though, which I did.

I'm guna need to get a new graphics card though, Gridania is killing it lol

 

[Teknoman]

Yeah, that quest was extremely annoying, I can't believe SE put that in there, they don't give you any clue as to which emote to use, its just trial and error.

Its not like the limsa lominsa quest where they pretty much spell it out with italics?

 

[ithorien]

I said the same thing somewhere either in this or the other ffxiv thread. I hate how hitting tab also will not pick the damn enemy closest/hitting you.

I started out in Ul'dah and the town layout probably isn't any better than Gridania. I was a bit confused on where to go and the town has upper and lower levels it seems. The outside habitat is very pretty looking though. I think I'm going to start on Limsa unless someone has nightmare stories about it they would like to share.

Limsa has two levels. It is pretty widespread, takes a while to run from place to place. Just from looking at the maps it seems that Ul'dah actually has the best layout.

 

[Jinko]

Its not like the limsa lominsa quest where they pretty much spell it out with italics?

Nope they say "and then you do this" and they don't even do the emote lol.

Is everyone else getting this version check timeout or is it just me ?

 

[Shouta]

So where do we pick up linkshells in the towns anyway?

Also still the lack of context pop-up menu is blargh. I don't want to go to the full menu every time.

 

[Jbird34]

Is everyone else getting this version check timeout or is it just me ?

Everyone, servers are down

 

[ithorien]

Nope they say "and then you do this" and they don't even do the emote lol.

Is everyone else getting this version check timeout or is it just me ?

Pretty sure everyone. I was stuck on 47.3% at home, at work I can't even start.

 

[Munba]

Mantenance on all the servers right now.

 

[LaneDS]

So what are the noticeable changes, to those that have had some time with it? Server issues aside, any notable improvements or things that are worse?

 

[Velion]

Ul'dah
Falastini - Rusty Subligar
CcrooK - Dark Elf
Nakazato- Isamu Nakazato
Balya - Balya Malkan
bardia - Cyrus Ziad
zlatko- Outlaw Star
Zomba13 - Zomba Thirteen
Canti - Canti Socanto
Gopsje - Geops Pluisje
Kuraine - Cobbi Kuraine
Clever Pun - Blue Owl
BentMyWookiee - Spoony Bard
Velion - Erya Verani

Gridania
*Jinko - Jinko Jinko
Soroc - Soroc Dahydro
Pietepiet - Poeffe Caixa
Salaadin - Salaadin Voivode
Jiggle - Harry Bolls
Vivin - Taru Taru
Munba - Munba Lunru
Rengoku - Rengoku Renge
careksims - Kessah Shrykewolf
ToastyBanana - Doobedytoo Mcjibbajabba

Added myself to list

 

[DrDogg]

So... looking at the time stamps on posts, the game started working as soon as I went to bed, then starts crashing again as soon as I wake up.

*hate*

 

[Jinko]

So what are the noticeable changes, to those that have had some time with it? Server issues aside, any notable improvements or things that are worse?

When you select guildleves and get the "you have no more leves available" it doesn't kick you back out, it just goes back to the previous menu.

Targeting is much faster after killing a mob now.

Linkshell members have green orbs next to their name if they are online, in white if in the same area.

Can use CTRL+R whilst in chatmode to reply to the last person, same as FF11 keep pressing to toggle through names of past /tells.

Gaurdians Favour now pops up when you accept a leve.

Menu's and inventory is much much more responsive NPC shops are still laggy though. (haven't messed about with my retainer yet)

Mini map was full of white PC dots but wasn't getting any noticable lag, seems their servers aren't doing too bad.

 

[LaneDS]

The UI lag being much better is quite comforting. The rest don't sound like major changes but improvements are improvements, so thumbs up.

 

[Kandinsky]

How's crafting? still the same useless 87 sub menus and horrible lag?

 

[FrankNitty]

Yeah the UI lag is soooo much better. Didn't really get a chance to play last night after I finally got in, only watched the cutscenes for one of the new cities. Are macros fixed? I know in Phase 3 when I used macros it only equiped the last 4-5 macros. Would be nice if they worked now

 

[Londa]

Since the servers are down, everyone should show off all their screenshots.

 

[Lonestar]

Letting the Home PC redownload the Beta files from the site. I apparently had downloaded a slightly older version, so the installer kept trying to download new patch files. Should hopefully be down before I get home.

My Choice of name, if possible, would be Lone Starr.

 

[ithorien]

UI lag is significantly improved, if not almost fixed.

Selling lag is still awful though.

Framerates on my machine still suffer a bit, still dip to 14s in spots. Mouse is still laggy.

Leves obviously still break when you crash/DC.

Not sure why the big center chatbox pops up during chat with NPCs for quests that aren't cuts.

 

[Xabora]

Since the servers are down, everyone should show off all their screenshots.

Whats the SS Key in FFXIV?

 

[falastini]

Whats the SS Key in FFXIV?

Print Screen while holding Scroll Lock

 

[DrForester]

Any word if there are plans to introduce mog houses (or something similar)

Going to redo my character when servers come back. Mage jobs are too much of a pain.

 

[Jinko]

Selling lag is still awful though.

Damn I was worried about this, but I think SE said they are doing some kind of feedback on NPC's so the lag which is causing the lag, hopefully it won't be in the launch game.

Any word if there are plans to introduce mog houses (or something similar)

There will no doubt be similar later down the road, can't see it being added before or at launch though.

Moogles are native to Gridania, so maybe we'll have to go catch one

 

[falastini]

Any word if there are plans to introduce mog houses (or something similar)

Going to redo my character when servers come back. Mage jobs are too much of a pain.

You can just grab a different weapon. If the opening mission is anything like Limsa's, it will get you enough coin to buy one.

 

[Jinko]

Found this on BG, Helmet is pricey, Kindinsky will be pleased to see that armour is class specific.

 

[Londa]

Any word if there are plans to introduce mog houses (or something similar)

Going to redo my character when servers come back. Mage jobs are too much of a pain.

FFXIV Core will have a interview with SE about guild housing and player housing. They have ask users on their site to give them questions to ask SE. This interview will take place some times around Sept 3-7. I can look for the offical announcement if you like.

 

[Khrno]

Moogles are native to Gridania, so maybe we'll have to go catch one

Catch? A little fluffy flying ball? After they saved your life? Well, fuck you.

 

[Jinko]

Catch? A little fluffy flying ball? After they saved your life? Well, fuck you.

And it was awesome too, although I don't like their design much they seem a bit on the fat side.

 

[Kandinsky]

Come on guys, try Crafting and post your impressions please DDDD:

 

[Londa]

And it was awesome too, although I don't like their design much they seem a bit on the fat side.

Moogles have always been fat. I always want to hug them. They reminds me of Crystal Chronical moogles.

edit:
Those moogles are cuter than I expected. Look at their tiny legs :lol
Its also funny how Khron's character looks so heavy but the moogles are able to make him float.

 

[Nolimit_SS]

Bah, took me hour to copy directory with patches to new one and servers went offline during that time Q__Q

Hopefully everything will be fixed.

Anyhow, what's this about Ul'dah and Gridania, are they servers or cities or what? Character creation was strange, some stuff didn't work, I didn't get the moon stuff or which city to get in at the end, will try them all I guess.
But in game was even stranger, no help to what's what, how to play, how to access stuff etc hmm. I guess I'll read guide on dev website while waiting.

 

[Canti]

Come on guys, try Crafting and post your impressions please DDDD:

http://www.ffxiv-status.com/

>:

 

[Khrno]

Moogles have always been fat. I always want to hug them. They reminds me of Crystal Chronical moogles.

edit:
Those moogles are cuter than I expected. Look at their tiny legs :lol
Its also funny how Khron's character looks so heavy but the moogles are able to make him float.

The moogles just scream: "Buy my plushie! BUY MY PLUSHIEEEE!!!"


And yeah, that's what I've been reduced to, all for 18 STR. Hate the face too.

Anyhow, what's this about Ul'dah and Gridania, are they servers or cities or what?

They are the starting cities, together with Limsa Lominsa, you get to choose that as the final step during character creation right before entering the game. Server is chosen right before that.

 

[Kintaro]

Wow. SE is so full of fail that it can't even send an email properly. Nor can they send an email to a new email address properly.

 

[CAW]

From the beta test forums. No ETA.

We are currently experiencing technical difficulties where users are unable to log into the game due to server issue.

To conduct an investigation and address this matter, we will be performing emergency maintenance starting at the following time. However the maintenance completion time is undetermined at the moment. New updates will follow as additional information becomes available.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may be causing.

[Date & Time]
From Sep. 2, 2010 at 7:00 (PDT)

[Affected Services]
FINAL FANTASY XIV Open Beta Test

Patch server is up though: http://www.ffxiv-status.com/

 

[Canti]

Nice pics Khrno! Couple I took earlier before everything went down (I'm yet to do my first leve, crashed twice during two of them then the server went down :lol )

 

[Jinko]

Patch server is up.

And yeah, that's what I've been reduced to, all for 18 STR. Hate the face too.

You do realise it will make no difference in the long run as you distribte your points anyway.

3-4 points in STR won't break a character.

 

[DrDogg]

I can get past the "checking version" screen, but now it gives me the server error when the game starts. At least now it only kicks me back to the "Start/Quit" screen instead of closing the game. Much easier to spam now...