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Final Fantasy XIV |OT| ARR: Alpha Closed. Beta mid-Feb
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notworksafe
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Wrong. Wada said he wants the game to be subscription + microtransactions.Gravijah said:
http://www.develop-online.net/news/33514/Final-Fantasy-XIV-a-serious-WoW-rival-says-Wada
Luckily it seems he doesn't want it to get too crazy.
Yeah, but it's not the same. Like I said, I'll get it and be quite happy with it once all the kinks are worked out.Teknoman said:
Not defending the lack of an AH in any way, but I've had no problem selling stuff in the Market Ward. I've sold a batch of Ash Canes, a Copper Scepter, a Maple Wand, and some Copper Chokers and Bone Rings. Most sold within a day of putting them up. Some tips:
- Give your retainer a good name. Don't pick something you think is cute or funny. Keep it simple. Mine is Weaponshop.
- I chose a Roegadyn retainer because they stand out in the crowd. Lalafell retainer is a bad idea. Nobody will even see it.
- Put stuff in your bazaar that people would actually want to buy. Whatever loot you get from mobs or harvesting you don't intend to use yourself, sell it to NPCs. I also sell all HQ loot to keep my inventory as lean as possible. Too many retainers are filling the market ward and even hogging the stalls with junk no one would want to buy.
- Give your retainer a good name. Don't pick something you think is cute or funny. Keep it simple. Mine is Weaponshop.
- I chose a Roegadyn retainer because they stand out in the crowd. Lalafell retainer is a bad idea. Nobody will even see it.
- Put stuff in your bazaar that people would actually want to buy. Whatever loot you get from mobs or harvesting you don't intend to use yourself, sell it to NPCs. I also sell all HQ loot to keep my inventory as lean as possible. Too many retainers are filling the market ward and even hogging the stalls with junk no one would want to buy.
notworksafe
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Yeah the term "pay-as-you-use" immediately made me think of both anima purchases and something like a temporary run speed buff.daebo said:
Chasteleth
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Anyone else getting crippling server lag on Lindblum? Speed tests are showing that my connection is fine, and most of the time the ping indicator in-game is green but there still seems to be quite bad latency.
FPS wise the game runs really nicely.
FPS wise the game runs really nicely.
Chasteleth said:
Considering everyone is pretty much at the same level in the game, there are loads of people in the same spot (more than what may show on the screen at times)...and until S-E gets that ironed out, we'll probably have problems like that.
EDIT: If anyone needs a pearl just gimme a tell (Lindblum). Going on now.
Chasteleth
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Teknoman said:
Ah that's what I was thinking, just wanted to make sure that it wasn't some problem at my end.
So heres my theory with battle leves.
Rank 1~
1 star = lvl 1
2 stars = lvl 2
3 stars = lvl 4
4 stars = lvl 6
5 stars = lvl 8
Rank 10~
1 stars = Lvl 10
2 stars = lvl 12
3 stars = lvl 14
4 stars = lvl 16
5 stars = lvl 18
And so on...
It seems to be true of these leves anyway, not sure if thats the case with rank 20 leves.
So if you plan to do leves solo just go for the stars that match your level.
Rank 1~
1 star = lvl 1
2 stars = lvl 2
3 stars = lvl 4
4 stars = lvl 6
5 stars = lvl 8
Rank 10~
1 stars = Lvl 10
2 stars = lvl 12
3 stars = lvl 14
4 stars = lvl 16
5 stars = lvl 18
And so on...
It seems to be true of these leves anyway, not sure if thats the case with rank 20 leves.
So if you plan to do leves solo just go for the stars that match your level.
RurouniZel
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Just bought the CE. MAN this box is huge!! O_O That alone is worth the price of entry for me. Installing now.
How big are the current updates? Where are most gaffers, server-wise?
How big are the current updates? Where are most gaffers, server-wise?
Jinko said:
I soloed all my rank 1 and rank 10's with 3 stars difficulty. Even though I know for the rank 10's I wasn't 14.
Best bet is to also check what the quest wants eliminated. If it's squirrels or weak monsters then do 3 stars. If it's a lot of Dodos or something play it safe with 2 stars.
Anyone got a link to a crafting guide? Someone pointed out to me today that I'm basically doing it wrong by picking rapid synth so much. I didn't pay any attention to the colors of the glow during the crafting, or sparks flying, etc. Apparently if it's red you should pick wait or else your failure rate will be much higher, yellow you can do standard on, rainbow color/white I pick rapid. I'm not sure though if that's right or what sparks or the crazy wind energy colors mean though.
zlatko said:
There still needs to be far more testing on the crafting, but with LIMITED testing I have come up with the following:
Rapid = High progress increase if synth is successful, high durability loss if synth fails, low quality increase no matter what
Bold = Low progress if synth is successful, high durability loss if synth fails, medium/high quality increase if synth is successful, no increase if synth fails
Standard = Medium/high progress increase if synth is successful, medium/high durability loss if synth fails, low/medium quality increase if synth is successful
Normal Crafts:
White = Rapid
Yellow = Standard
Pink = Bold
Flashing = Any
Wait = Use if you want to change color or if the crystal becomes unstable
Craftleves:
White = Rapid
Yellow = Rapid
Pink = Rapid
Flashing = Rapid
Wait = If the crystal becomes unstable
Normal crafts are different than craftleves. I can spam rapid on craftleves and succeed 99% of the time (I've literally only failed on craftleve synth spamming nothing but rapid with the occasional bold at the end). However, on a normal craft, if I spam rapid I will fail at least 50% of the time unless I'm way over the rank required.
At rank 10 you get an ability that resets the color to white. I believe this is so that you have a high success of using rapid because that gives you the biggest progress boost. For example, if you're at 65% progress and only 30 durability, with a pink crystal, Bold won't get you to 100% progress and wait will cost you precious durability. So you use the ability, reset it to white and try rapid since it has the best chance of getting you from 65% to 100%.
You can use wait if the crystal is unstable or if you want to use a desired synth. For example, if you want maximum quality, use wait until the crystal is pink, then use Bold.
Now again, this needs far more testing, and I know Jinko and few others disagree with my findings. So take it with a grain of salt, but this is what has been working for me thus far, and I do way more crafting than THA/CON leveling.
RurouniZel
Asks questions so Ezalc doesn't have to
EDIT: nm, fixed when I ran as administrator.
So what server is everyone on, or is it randomly selected?
So what server is everyone on, or is it randomly selected?
I'm probably going to start level 20 leves today at some point but I'm a bit annoyed by the fact that SE has held everything they've shown to come to some later date. Imps though suck for melee with their AoE TP attack. If anyone has a counter feel free to suggest it.
There aren't any quests released and the mission ones so far are easy. Lag is an issue with almost 3000 people on Figaro, an impressive number for just CE participants. The lag reduces the enjoyment from participating in leves.
On the same token, I notice that it does help you solo those VT and IT Dodo's. In fact, so far I've been soloing a lot of IT's pretty easily with some of them doing no damage whatsoever if you constantly run to their rear. You can get about 300+ H2H on those Dodo's and using the Lancers HP consuming damage boost just about doubles your dmg on weaponskills.
The lack of an AH also means I haven't really been able to sell anything and it's been difficult trying to find parts to synth my own equipment.
I'm enjoying it overall but since this is really just vanilla solo exping, I was really looking forward to the accouterments of the game that was left out of the Open Beta and still being left out.
There aren't any quests released and the mission ones so far are easy. Lag is an issue with almost 3000 people on Figaro, an impressive number for just CE participants. The lag reduces the enjoyment from participating in leves.
On the same token, I notice that it does help you solo those VT and IT Dodo's. In fact, so far I've been soloing a lot of IT's pretty easily with some of them doing no damage whatsoever if you constantly run to their rear. You can get about 300+ H2H on those Dodo's and using the Lancers HP consuming damage boost just about doubles your dmg on weaponskills.
The lack of an AH also means I haven't really been able to sell anything and it's been difficult trying to find parts to synth my own equipment.
I'm enjoying it overall but since this is really just vanilla solo exping, I was really looking forward to the accouterments of the game that was left out of the Open Beta and still being left out.
http://www.enjin.com/tools/ffxiv-signatures
Thought this was pretty cool, not that we can use em here.
We could possibly make a linkshell forum here aswell, it would save having everything discussed in one thread.
Thought this was pretty cool, not that we can use em here.
We could possibly make a linkshell forum here aswell, it would save having everything discussed in one thread.
Corran Horn
May the Schwartz be with you
I dont know if I can ever get use to IJKL camera controls. My hand isnt naturally there while using numpad to move...and I rather not use WASD :lol
Just about to Limsa... on the ferry right now. Getting to the cities was much, much easier than I thougt it would be. The distance between them really wasn't that large.
I'll be logging off within the next hour because the Nebraska game will be starting, but I'll be bugging the crap out of sack holders for an invite to the LS now that I don't need them to come to me.
In game name is Veplerion Vifnir, btw.
I'll be logging off within the next hour because the Nebraska game will be starting, but I'll be bugging the crap out of sack holders for an invite to the LS now that I don't need them to come to me.
In game name is Veplerion Vifnir, btw.
Corran Horn
May the Schwartz be with you
What ever ended up coming from the JP FF13 early order code? Was it beta access or something? I still have mine but wont work on my region :lol :lol Oh well.
Ahhh I wish I hadn't messed up and left the party (had fun). Had a few odd problems playing earlier:careksims said:
Just before that Orgehead wipes us, no player models appearing so I was just following the floating names.
Ridiculous bloom in Limsa that continued for like 20 seconds after I went outside a building.
Pai Pai Master
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_tetsuo_ said:
In the OP...
RurouniZel
Asks questions so Ezalc doesn't have to
Hello everyone, I'm in serious need of help!
I just built a new rig with an AMD Phenom II 3.4 Ghz Quad Core processor and an ATI Radeon HD 5770. It runs the benchmark at 1080P flawlessly.
However, now that I've created my character, when I log online it's jittery as all hell!!
I'm guessing this has to be some sort of latency issue where the connection isn't transferring smoothly enough or something. Can anyone recommend how I adjust my connection settings so that this doesn't happen?
I just built a new rig with an AMD Phenom II 3.4 Ghz Quad Core processor and an ATI Radeon HD 5770. It runs the benchmark at 1080P flawlessly.
However, now that I've created my character, when I log online it's jittery as all hell!!
I'm guessing this has to be some sort of latency issue where the connection isn't transferring smoothly enough or something. Can anyone recommend how I adjust my connection settings so that this doesn't happen?
demosthenes
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Ahhh, I want to party with you guys sometime!
Ok made a forum over at enjin for stars of destiny(lindblum). Take a look and see what ya think.
Still needs to be customised etc.
http://stars-of-destiny.enjin.com/
Still needs to be customised etc.
http://stars-of-destiny.enjin.com/
mcdomination
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Jinko said:
Looks good so far!
-Mos Eisley
Awesome as always PietPiet. As I understand it you have quite a backlog of people so would feel guilty asking you to make me one too. Although, if you're on Lindblum perhaps I could pay a few k gil for the service?Pietepiet said:Sallokin, your pixel avatar is ready:
Again, host these yourself if you can
Here's the full set so far:
QisTopTier
Sallokin
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