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Final Fantasy XIV |OT| ARR: Alpha Closed. Beta mid-Feb
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Unknown Soldier
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A patch?!
If I were a betting man who knows Squenix, the only thing this patch does is break Windower XIV. Everything else remains the same. Come on, Squenix! Surprise me for once. Leave Windower XIV alone and start fixing shit! :lol
An interesting editorial on Zam.com:
http://ffxiv.zam.com/story.html?story=23586
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Okay, so Windower XIV still works. Maintenance is still in progress so we'll see in a few hours what's changed with this patch.
If I were a betting man who knows Squenix, the only thing this patch does is break Windower XIV. Everything else remains the same. Come on, Squenix! Surprise me for once. Leave Windower XIV alone and start fixing shit! :lol
An interesting editorial on Zam.com:
http://ffxiv.zam.com/story.html?story=23586
edit:
Okay, so Windower XIV still works. Maintenance is still in progress so we'll see in a few hours what's changed with this patch.
ChronoKnight
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Awntawn said:
Well I was going to go to bed (4 in the AM) but if there is a patch...
So maybe someone can help me out. I just started trying to craft, I have the goldsmith hammer, can go into the crafting menu, have the fire shards and copper nuggets to make some copper ingots, but it wont let me add the 8 fire shard to the crafting area, the 5 copper added just fine. Anyone have any advice on what I may be doing wrong?
Put the 5 coppers in the crafting area and go on, the fire shards will be automatically selected after you choose the recipe.
On the same subject, if it's the first time you try this ability, don't do it with your own materials. There's a good chance you'll waste them. Do a crafting leave instead.
On the same subject, if it's the first time you try this ability, don't do it with your own materials. There's a good chance you'll waste them. Do a crafting leave instead.
ChronoKnight
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danmaku said:
What if I have no recipe and just looked it up online?
Do I need to acquire it in game?ChronoKnight
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danmaku said:
Thanks a bunch, I appreciate the help!
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Kyoufu said:
The patch was only a few megabytes. If the patch was 13GB, then maybe yeah, Miracle Confirmed, but it was 13MB. :lol
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Ronok said:At last!!!
I hate those doors to the Ul'dah Adventurers Guild. I found it hilarious that one night where we both tried to go through the same door and for some reason it let me in but you were stuck outside. :lol
edit: Servers are up!
I think there are some pathing issues with the mobs in this game. I've been soloing with archer and the fact that I want to back up and shoot makes me see all kinds of weird behavior. Sometimes mobs will half try to run away and just stop about 10 "yalms" away letting me shoot them in the back for free crits, the really annoying thing though is that often they will suddenly regen huge chunks of health for no apparent reason. It makes easy fights drag on a lot longer than they should which is doubly annoying when you have to worry about your ammo.
I've been enjoying the crafting system so far compared to ffxi, it's a lot easier to acquire materials yourself for your crafting and the output for items from raw materials seems a lot greater on average. The lack of an auction house or searchable bazaar system forces you to level every craft which is a bummer though.
I have a pretty high tolerance for BS so I think I will stick around for a few months and see how the first few patches go.
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Regarding doors in Ul'dah: After I finished crafting at the alchemist guild I was going to go talk to my mule and the door wouldn't open. I left auto-run on and browsed recipes online and when I came back the door still wasn't open. wtf so I logged back in and the door STILL wouldn't open. There weren't even that many people there!
:lol
I've been enjoying the crafting system so far compared to ffxi, it's a lot easier to acquire materials yourself for your crafting and the output for items from raw materials seems a lot greater on average. The lack of an auction house or searchable bazaar system forces you to level every craft which is a bummer though.
I have a pretty high tolerance for BS so I think I will stick around for a few months and see how the first few patches go.
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Regarding doors in Ul'dah: After I finished crafting at the alchemist guild I was going to go talk to my mule and the door wouldn't open. I left auto-run on and browsed recipes online and when I came back the door still wasn't open. wtf so I logged back in and the door STILL wouldn't open. There weren't even that many people there!
Then I realized I was trying to go through the wrong door
FieryBalrog
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Awntawn said:
Or you know, one could level through 5 man dungeons, or PvP battlegrounds, or do quests that are quite a bit more involved than that.
I'm Debt Rocwell on Bodhum. I was hoping to hook up with some of my old shellmates from ffxi but so far I've been playing solo basically. I wanted to start a character on lindblum but they closed registration when I was making my character. If they're open again I'll probably start a new character there tomorrow, but it will kinda sting to start over my highest lvl is 11 BTN but I also have 10 ARC and 10 CRP (Those are the right abbreviations right?) and a bunch of other jobs around lvl 5-7. The only things I haven't lvled yet are GLD, CNJ, THM, FSH and Cook.
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Yay
Surely (for now) the gulf is only going to widen the more you party with her? I mean to say, as you are so many ranks ahead (and increasing) you're hitting mobs harder and much more often, so gaining a larger percentage of SP distribution every time. Undoubtedly it should (be/have been) fixed but until then don't party?Kyoufu said:
I noticed this, seem to get a lot less when the mob dies quick rather than purposely dragging out the battle and using weapon skills and abilities to gain more SP :smileS said:
mileS said:
We just killed a bunch of Island Crabs and I got 200ish, she got 15-30. Not fixed.
Canti said:
I'm only one rank above her. She does more damage than me, she heals, and pulls hate a lot. This is retarded, I don't even want to level anymore.
When you fight something that takes more than a minute to kill and only get 15 SP for it, you know something is wrong.....
Kyoufu said:
no my point is I thought the bug was basically an issue of certain people in the party not getting ANY sp at all for fights.
example, 4 dudes kill a crab
dude1and2 get xp and some SP, dude3and4 get xp but no SP at all
4 dudes fight another crab except this time its another random 2 people that don't get any SP for the kill.
My example sucks i'm super tired but hopefully you get my point.
Jinko said:
That's what I worry. I logged in real quick before I left for work to see after I made my post. Still lagged. Ugh.
Well I might be reinstalling Age of Conan tonight to give that another play. I'm curious to see what they've added to the game and if it's worth getting the latest expansion pack. Might wait as I plan on starting a new character. I never had a problem with the game when it launched. In fact I really enjoyed it. Seeing the city of the one guild I was apart of start to grow was a great thing to see. An actual fortress to a degree with walls, towers, etc starting to form with a great view of the country side.
I think I stopped playing in favor of another game that came out and I had to decide which one I wanted to focus on at the time. Might have been Warhammer I think. It wasn't because I found something wrong with the game I believe or was even bored with it. Finding groups might have been an issue for some of the dungeons but then again there was plenty of solo quest to do.
Though I still Star Trek Online sitting next to my tower as well. So might flip a coin between the two as I did enjoy that when it came out. Both of these games have had their issues I'll agree but the degree of polish both had right from the start blows away FFXIV I feel.
Patch is a step forward in the right direction but still not perfect. Still, issues have been addressed that we needed so I cant complain. Im thrilled that we can talk during crafting/gathering now. That was HUGE for me since I spent most of my time doing just that.
They also said that theres an update next week for the market wards. Heres hoping that it brings more than just that.
They also said that theres an update next week for the market wards. Heres hoping that it brings more than just that.
Rentahamster
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Torquill
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Regarding leveling rates, at NA release FFXI was quite a bit faster to 50 than other games out at the time (not saying much since we're essentially saying it was faster than EQ).
Even pre ToAU I got from 1-50 on a new chars first job within a month. That includes Rank 5, leveled subjob and sig fame in the three starting cities.
Even pre ToAU I got from 1-50 on a new chars first job within a month. That includes Rank 5, leveled subjob and sig fame in the three starting cities.
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