NinjaJesus
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Look at it this way; At least a tornado hasn't hit the beta servers yet.
lol, I just wish they'd do it already while I'm up so I can grab a spot on Tonberry and go to sleep.
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Final Fantasy XIV |OT2| ARR: Phase 4 August.
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lol, I just wish they'd do it already while I'm up so I can grab a spot on Tonberry and go to sleep.
Black Door
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The game has a very pretty title screen...can't wait to actually play beyond that lol
Yeah, the servers are packed. I'm very impressed with the engine tho.
Ok,World is always full(its freakin 8 in the morning,really?)but I managed to finally squeeze in,I take about 5 minutes to make my character,looks nice and all,I press confirm at the end and I get the World is full again...will my guy be there at least once I squeeze in again?...nice start.
EDIT: and he is not...when you get in at the character creation screen,you should not get the message that the world is full again...well thats one for the beta forums lol...
EDIT: and he is not...when you get in at the character creation screen,you should not get the message that the world is full again...well thats one for the beta forums lol...
we.are.the.armada
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My only bummer with the UI, as a Taru, is that when I zoom in all the way, it doesn't go into any kind of portrait view. This would be nice since I'm a Taru and I'll rarely get to see all of my armor/features.
The UI config screen is a must have for any game that comes out after this one. In fact, it is so brilliant that I had to stop the game and contemplate my entire life before looking at the screen again.
This, so much! On high everything 1080p, I'm hovering around 60fps when the same PC struggled for half of that in FFXIV Launch. PC friendly movement that we see in other games is nice.
The UI config screen is a must have for any game that comes out after this one. In fact, it is so brilliant that I had to stop the game and contemplate my entire life before looking at the screen again.
This, so much! On high everything 1080p, I'm hovering around 60fps when the same PC struggled for half of that in FFXIV Launch. PC friendly movement that we see in other games is nice.
notworksafe
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Woke up early to give this a shot, but everything is full/broken. Oh well, it's beta.
I was running 1080p Max borderless window, and the performance was still acceptable even with like 30+ players on screen. Very very impressive considering my craptastic hardware.
we.are.the.armada
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Black Door
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Got into character creation, spent 10 mins making a character..."servers full, please wait." Gotta love betas
I'm afraid to log out now. I've been playing since it came up with no issues.
notworksafe
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FWIW, the character creator is pretty cool and in-depth. Very interested to see the things that are locked away.
ROBOKITTYZILLA
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TERA is completely F2P now and uses a really good nonrestrictive model similar to GW2. The cash shop is primarily cosmetics and convenience boosters. I updated the OT with all the new information:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=471756
There doesn't seem to be many GAF members left on the GAF PVE guild side and the guild isn't very open to casual players and non-level 60s. They recently shifted the guild to a more hardcore focus. If you decide to give the game a shot, check out the GAF PVP guild at http://tera-believe.guildlaunch.com. The site is fairly new so not everyone is registered yet but we have picked up a lot of new members lately (GAF and non-GAF) and Mumble has been pretty active. I would say that about 60-70% of our current active players are actually GAF.
If you're not really into PVP you can always level on different channels but there is no guarantee you aren't going to get into any fights. If asked, we will save our lower level members or revenge kill for them.
Open world PVP and high level ganking isn't nearly as active as it used to be now that Battlegrounds exists. Just roll on Mount Tyrannas. Besides, even the GAF PVE guild on Tempest Reach will be involved in PVP often because they always run for Vanarch via Guild Vs Guild combat and there is a new update coming that will introduce Consul politics utilizing faction based PVP and that is what they are currently aiming for.
P.S. No offense to NeOak but I have played with some of the GAF PVE members in Battlegrounds (there is cross-server matching) and found some of them (non GAF) to be douchebags.
Is there a separate one that the old/current FFXIV guild uses or do we just use the public GAF Mumble server?
Nooooo... maybe we should pick an alternate? It sounds like everything is getting full so not sure what I'm going to do since I'm not going to be able to play this for another 8 hours or so. Stupid work.
that sounds awful. i hope other FATE events aren't like this.
Ignore it for now. Most FATE events aren't tuned for the amount of players there are at the moment. I don't think they were meant to be rushed by half the damn server.
we.are.the.armada
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DrForester
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spamming the start button eventually get you in, or am I better coming back later?
DrForester
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Into Character creator
Into Character creator
Get ready to be thrown out!
No. The servers are overloaded, just keep trying.
Indeed. I tried to make a character before coming in to work but kept getting that error. There is a post on the beta forums explaining it. The answer really is basically keep trying every few minutes.
I did get to see the creator before I left home, but I did not have time left to actually make a character. Hopefully I will be able to get on this afternoon.
DrForester
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What server is everyone on?
Edit: Can't enter Tonberry. I don't supose I can wait until it light up again, can I?
Edit Edit: Apparently you have to go all the way back to the start page and then back into character creator to get the servers to refresh. But you can spam though a quick character and select your server, then go back and make your character it seem.
Edit: Can't enter Tonberry. I don't supose I can wait until it light up again, can I?
Edit Edit: Apparently you have to go all the way back to the start page and then back into character creator to get the servers to refresh. But you can spam though a quick character and select your server, then go back and make your character it seem.
DrForester
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Tonberry lit up and then failed to get me in. :9
i got to try one out with a smaller group of people and it was still very boring. still hopeful, but i prefer NMs so much more from what i've seen so far. they do make the worlds seem lively, though. that's cool, just not a whole lot of fun.
we.are.the.armada
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Will the game let you solo a FATE event? I'm not entirely sure what a FATE event is
FATE events are public quests. They're basically the same as Guild Wars 2's event system.
we.are.the.armada
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Hmmm, I never played GW2 so I'm not sure of this. It triggers when you are in the proximity of the event/mob?
They trigger randomly in the world. Any players nearby can join in for XP and Gil. All of them in a zone are marked on the map!
I played alpha then only checked out beta when I saw invite email, but I never looked much into what was going to be tested with each one. I thought when they allowed all races, it would have opened up all classes too, or at least ones different from the beta...
Is there a road map for when content will be allowed throughout the beta, or are they leaving the rest of the content for like open beta?
Is there a road map for when content will be allowed throughout the beta, or are they leaving the rest of the content for like open beta?
djplaeskool
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Almost completely forgot that I could download the beta before it went live.
Got that started before leaving for work.
Unfortunately, now I have to wait another 8 hours before I can play...
Got that started before leaving for work.
Unfortunately, now I have to wait another 8 hours before I can play...
Ah right, I remember glancing over this before. Though it seems to only talk about races and genders, and not class availability. Though it does mention when other towns open. Guess I will try out each phase and see if I can contribute anything to bug reports.
ROBOKITTYZILLA
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Same boat since I'm stuck at work for another 5-6 hours. Maybe it's for the best since they are still sorting through some issues right now.
In FFXIV: ARR, starting city is based on the class that you choose. Classes are restricted due to Gridania being the only area open for testing during phase 1. One exception is Gladiator which will be available through a special NPC due to the availability of higher level dungeons that require more class specific roles to be utilized. In future phases as the other areas are opened, I imagine the classes for those areas (some or all) will be made available as well.
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