I might be interested in doing it / helping.
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Final Fantasy XIV |OT| ARR: Alpha Closed. Beta mid-Feb
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I might be interested in doing it / helping.
Munba
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You could help Riposte for the OT
Also if you guys need some stuff or help, let me know.
IonicSnake
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Looks like we can log in to the forums again.
notworksafe
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I'm down to help with an OT as well.
...Except why would you want to?
Beat me to it...
IonicSnake
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I've learned to ignore the trolls.
And I usually check the devtracker and see if something interesting have been posted.I've learned to ignore the trolls.
Well, then I'll allow your descent into madness as long as you share the important things with us here in the comparably sane world of NeoGAF.
IonicSnake
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I've learned to ignore the trolls.
Yeah, but you don't need to log in to read the devtracker. I visit OF for that, too, but there's no need to log in and open the way for the temptation to counter-troll to get the better of you. I intentionally leave my SE authenticator at home so I can't log in while I'm at work.
IonicSnake
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I like to leave a thank you to the devs when they give us something good or if I would like to ask a question. Some members on the forums aren't exactly the brightest bunch but there's no reason not to engage in the good stuff there because of them.
darkblade77
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Wow. I am jealous.
Small updates today from the Official Forums on the JP rep side.
1) They are working on optimization for SLI usage but due to inefficiencies in the current build the option will be disabled in beta. They will also look into optimizing/utilization of Dual Graphics mode for AMD APU+GPU setups.
2) Responding to the issue with the current opening movie not being too friendly for players who were not involved in the seventh Umbral Era storyline, they are planning to add an edited version of the opening movie that is better suited for new players. The one posted is just the original/uncut version designed for legacy/returning players.
3)I think posting the translation by Reinheart is better for this one, it talks about linkshell/free company functions for leaders/members.
So for those worried about the issues we had with linkshells in 1.0, they won't be an issue. Leaders will be able to kick people who are not playing so you won't need to constantly reform a shell/free company.
1) They are working on optimization for SLI usage but due to inefficiencies in the current build the option will be disabled in beta. They will also look into optimizing/utilization of Dual Graphics mode for AMD APU+GPU setups.
2) Responding to the issue with the current opening movie not being too friendly for players who were not involved in the seventh Umbral Era storyline, they are planning to add an edited version of the opening movie that is better suited for new players. The one posted is just the original/uncut version designed for legacy/returning players.
3)I think posting the translation by Reinheart is better for this one, it talks about linkshell/free company functions for leaders/members.
So for those worried about the issues we had with linkshells in 1.0, they won't be an issue. Leaders will be able to kick people who are not playing so you won't need to constantly reform a shell/free company.
notworksafe
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Wow man that's awesome! So jealous!
Xux
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A majority of the story from the three City-State missions happens 10-ish years in the past.
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/57049-CG-Midlander?p=936498&viewfull=1#post936498
Here's the hints the story gives:
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/57049-CG-Midlander?p=910450&viewfull=1#post910450
It's also believed that Khrimm grows up to be the Hermit of the Wood:
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/57049-CG-Midlander?p=910532&viewfull=1#post910532
Xux
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Most of it. Any scene with Niellefresne, Ascilia, or Corguevais is in an Echo. The present day story is F'lhaminn trying to find a way to resurrect Niellefresne after he got killed in the final scene. Also, any non-7th Umbral Era scene outside of Futures Perfect that involves one of the Circle of Knowing members is in an Echo, too; the final cutscenes all involve Echoes within Echoes.
All three stories have parts in the present and past and characters whose names change. LL's has the most obvious one where Stahlmann, the former Commodore, is known as Rostnstahl in the present.
If you wanna watch all of them, look at this guy's channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/KamuiSouZou/videos?view=1&flow=grid
Protip: every time you hear a "whoosh" sound, you've transitioned in or out of an Echo.
IonicSnake
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Some LS/Free Company info.
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/57277-Linkshell-Management-in-2.0?p=936842#post936842
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/57277-Linkshell-Management-in-2.0?p=936842#post936842
Duh, that explains why Niellefresne has been dead for a while in the GSM storyline (I started Ul'dah's first arc when the game went out and never got to finish it before re-rolling in Gridania). A lot of the storyline makes so much more sense with this knowledge. Mind blown, thanks!
Man, it's been almost a year since I powered through most of the story quests. I didn't catch any of these connections about characters being grown up versions of people from echos at the time and I hardly recognize these names at this point (F'lhaminn is the panties mithra? Minfillia is the shirtless hume who you talk to in her office in Uldah during story missions? Niellefresne is the dark haired elf? WHy do these story NPCs not wear clothes?) so making sense of this news is a little difficult. That combined with doing class quests at varying intervals made keeping track of how things tied together tricky. I guess I need to watch all these CS again.
Fucking time travel.
Quadaess Suikun
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I had read the "Minfilia=Ascilia & the first quests were an echo" theory, and, while very interesting, i dind't want to give them too much relevance being only that, theories.
But now that it is official, I'm looking for arriving home and watching again all those first cutscenes. So cool!
I thought the theory had a lot of points, one of them the Goldsmith quest, about F'lhamin talking of Nielle's death as something that happened long ago, when you could potentially see his death and that cutscene the same week.
However, what about Thancred? He is the only non-child hyur who is relevant in the Ul'dah story (not sure about the other 2 cities), but he has exactly the same looks in the present. Was he there in the past because of the echo, just like us?
But now that it is official, I'm looking for arriving home and watching again all those first cutscenes. So cool!
I thought the theory had a lot of points, one of them the Goldsmith quest, about F'lhamin talking of Nielle's death as something that happened long ago, when you could potentially see his death and that cutscene the same week.
However, what about Thancred? He is the only non-child hyur who is relevant in the Ul'dah story (not sure about the other 2 cities), but he has exactly the same looks in the present. Was he there in the past because of the echo, just like us?
Quadaess Suikun
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Ascilia: the girl in U'ldah storyline. Her father dies and she is left alone in the world.
Minfilia: The leader of the Path of the Twelve. The one who explains us that we posses the Echo.
Isn't she the blond chick who just wears her undies top who's in that office-type instance in Uldah that you go to often for the main quests? I wish I was at home so I could youtube...
I'm reading a post on OF that is a sort of summary of story quest(s), and I vaguely remember most of what it's talking about, but still having trouble with putting some faces to names.
Edit: Looks like I was right, thanks Quadaess
Quadaess Suikun
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And, as a trivia, while she was totally absent in the Seventh Umbral Era storyline, she will back in A Realm Reborn, with new clothes to make her a unique NPC, given her main part in the story.
Did you read this one yet? http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/57049-CG-Midlander?p=906298&viewfull=1#post906298
Nope, not yet. It certainly looks like a nice thread to read. Thanks!
It's a long thread but there is some great info and speculah in there.
Xux
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No, that's the doctor's son. Niellefresne's the Elezen with the short blond hair that gets stabbed in the back in the last cutscene.
No, they (Thancred, Y'shtola, Yda, and Papalymo) were there ten years in past to see what the City-States were doing to prepare against the Empire's attack following or leading up to the battle between the Agrias and Midgardsormr. ...It is pretty weird that they don't look any different in the ARR intro which is fifteen-ish years after.
They're part of the memories you're seeing until the last custscene in each city where they see the memory of another person in the memory you're in when you see that memory.
IonicSnake
Banned
Some night time pictures from the blog.
These are from the beta version.
The different moon phases
http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/blog
These are from the beta version.
The different moon phases
http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/blog
Quadaess Suikun
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That sky feels so empty without Dalamud in it...
joking apart, nice screens!
Oh, I forgot about Yda too, silly me. Lalafell teenagers and old men look the same (Nenekko and her mother, for example), and we don't know how much takes a Mi'qote to grow old. So I can't discuss about Papalymo or Y'shtola being young forever. But definitely, Yda and Thancred did'nt age. maybe S-E is too lazy to do both "18yo" and "28~33yo" models for them, but I think we will find in ARR some surprises about the Circle of Knowledge
joking apart, nice screens!
Oh, I forgot about Yda too, silly me. Lalafell teenagers and old men look the same (Nenekko and her mother, for example), and we don't know how much takes a Mi'qote to grow old. So I can't discuss about Papalymo or Y'shtola being young forever. But definitely, Yda and Thancred did'nt age. maybe S-E is too lazy to do both "18yo" and "28~33yo" models for them, but I think we will find in ARR some surprises about the Circle of Knowledge
Some night time pictures from the blog.
These are from the beta version.
The different moon phases
http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/blog
Wow that looks amazing, never seen an MMO do proper night settings before.
Although JP devs why do you insist on small images in the HD era /sigh
creid
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Really strange that they'd do this. Assumedly your character knows when he/she is experiencing an echo, so it's kind of weird to have a plot twist that your character already knows about. I guess this was going to be revealed in missions released after the original game, but they never got around to it for obvious reasons.
Robobandit
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wow those look great..
Is it me or is that a paladin in the first screenshot? <.<
Is it me or is that a paladin in the first screenshot? <.<
It's a Paladin. I'll never forget how ugly the relic shield sits on my Hyur's back.
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