creid
Member
Weren't they supposed to? Or did they change their minds?
-
Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.
Final Fantasy XIV |OT2| ARR: Phase 4 August.
- Thread starter Jijidasu
- Start date
- Status
theSlacker
Member
Yes and yes. They mentioned the change in how they were doing things a few days ago.
Anyway, got chocobo whistle and explored the world again. Did get to see some of the around lv 30 fates when getting it so that was fun. Now back to waiting for next phase.
djplaeskool
Member
This cross hotbar gamepad control scheme is godlike.
This is the first MMO to really make me feel like I need to upgrade my GPU. Running with a 560ti right now, and my computer is having trouble running this on high settings. Inside the Adventurer's Guild and I'm barely breaking 50 fps.
Pretty game though.
EDIT: Just got to the point where I can see other players, and my FPS tanked to 28-30 in the guild house. Switching to medium settings only raised my FPS by about 2-3. Really hoping this is just because it's beta, and that the engine will become more optimized towards release.
Pretty game though.
EDIT: Just got to the point where I can see other players, and my FPS tanked to 28-30 in the guild house. Switching to medium settings only raised my FPS by about 2-3. Really hoping this is just because it's beta, and that the engine will become more optimized towards release.
how do you check fps in this game?
and did you try out the ff14 arr benchmark they released a while ago?
I have the same card as you and it works pretty well...there is a lot of people in the same starting area though since they sent new invites...this might be your problem,it's just server lag...also how many RAM do you have...since I upgraded from 4 to 8,that helped a lot...
Mine is always plugged in on my PC and it saw it right away...you also have to go into the options and switch to it for better options...
The first time I tried it, no button worked.
The fifth time I tried it, buttons worked, but, well...
L-stick button = A
R-stick button = B
Back button = X
Start button = Y
B = RT
A = LT
RB = RB, strangely
LB = LB
X = Sit ;_;/focus on target (whatever button that is)
Y = 1st person (R-stick button?)
d-pad left = L-stick left
d-pad right = L-stick right
r-stick up = L-stick up (walking only)
r-stick down = L-stick down (walking only)
r-stick left = L-stick up (running only)
r-stick right = L-stick down (running only)
Nothing else seems to do anything.
Characters were wiped, weren't they? So what level does the GC track start at now?
I believe they decided not to wipe them.
Nope, same characters from phase 1. They will be wiped at the end of phase 2. Beta roadmap did not indicate a wipe or not at the end of phase 1 so there was some uncertainty until now. Maybe they felt like not enough people were testing the (beta) level cap stuff? At least in my case I never even got anything over 20 because I kept remaking characters because of servers being full/congested and also just to mess with character creator.
I think I'm going to be too busy to get on beta this weekend, but no wipe == even though I don't care about gamepads I actually feel motivated to do some testing this phase whereas I wouldn't have if there had been a wipe...
Munba
Member
I'm still lv25, dunno if there is a specific level when the GC track plays (it plays when i enter in the GC building). Maybe when minstrel allows you to partecipate in GC?
I dont understand...for me Y is the jump button,X brings out the map,stuff like that...LT + A brings up the hotbar where you can assign your skills by dragging the one you want in there and so on... Back brings up the hand cursor and start puts the hand cursor on the icons in the bottom right,that you move with the D-PAD or Left analog...etc etc
Yeah. I am using my 360 controller and everything was setup very nicely automatically. I hope to mess around more in it this evening.
I'm kind of disappointed with the beta =(. The map redesign is great. The Black Shroud is beautiful and full of interesting landmarks. And the user interface is a major improvement. But otherwise it still plays like FFXIV 1.0. The quests are basically just non-repeatable guildleves. The repetitiveness of it might be tolerable if the combat was challenging and the story was interesting, but the battles are just mindlessly spamming the same two skills over and over, very few of the quests feature any story progression at all (yes, some cutscenes aren't implemented yet, but few of the quests have so much as a placeholder for a missing cutscene). Raids and endgame might be good, but I don't think I have the time or patience to sink countless hours into a game before it starts to become enjoyable.
I tried Guild Wars 2 when that launched and it bored me pretty quickly as well. I enjoyed FFXI years ago, but maybe this genre just isn't for me anymore.
I tried Guild Wars 2 when that launched and it bored me pretty quickly as well. I enjoyed FFXI years ago, but maybe this genre just isn't for me anymore.
Your firewall or peerblock off or set to allow the IPs? The game crashed when those IPs were blocked, I guess they didn't set up an error message yet.
Sadly, due to studying and since this game is weekend-only I will not be able to play that much...
I enjoyed the hour or two I played though.
LowParry
Member
I've learned the best way to play an MMO is to not beta test. At all. Even in open beta. Just go in fresh. Though in the case of FFXIV, I want to beta test this because I want the game to be successful.
Your firewall or peerblock off or set to allow the IPs? The game crashed when those IPs were blocked, I guess they didn't set up an error message yet.
Sadly, due to studying and since this game is weekend-only I will not be able to play that much...
No it's an actual crash. Something to do with what it's trying to load. I get a bunch of dll errors. (It lists almost every dll associated with the game) I reported it in p1 still nothing has changed. I have all the latest drivers and everything.
It's funny that this beta won't load for me but 1.0 ran fine.
Ah damn :/
I tried using my PS3 controller with the Scarlet Crush drivers. The game doesn't recognize it, even though my laptop does. It was plugged in before I started the game. I've used Motioninjoy before, but deleted that since it had a lot of ads. I was really looking forward to trying this out with a controller.
Run motioninjoy with the offline files, no more ads.
http://forums.motioninjoy.com/viewtopic.php?f=66&t=3551
Thanks for that. I did get the scarlet crush drivers to work though. Now to map my abilities.
I finally got home and managed to make a character on Tonberry. My character name is Mordio Fel for the time being. Hopefully I manage to run into a couple of you guys.
360 controller works good so far, but it's still a bit awkward after using a mouse and keyboard for so long... might switch back.
360 controller works good so far, but it's still a bit awkward after using a mouse and keyboard for so long... might switch back.
NameGenerated
Who paid you to grab Dr. Pavel?
So I'm level 12. This game has been super repetitive, standard MMO-fare. I still only have 2 attacks as a conjurer. Does it open up a bit more? Like all 6 of my quests are just "kill x things". Really not feeling it.
try and join a fate event?
and i think there's gonna be a dungeon once you're level 15, you will need a party for that
is there a friend list in this beta? wanna add you guys since ls/guild system isn't implemented yet
my nick is Qvoth Solsoul, add me up guys, lancer level 12-13 currently
and i think there's gonna be a dungeon once you're level 15, you will need a party for that
is there a friend list in this beta? wanna add you guys since ls/guild system isn't implemented yet
my nick is Qvoth Solsoul, add me up guys, lancer level 12-13 currently
Robobandit
Member
conjurer role is primarily healer. You really only get more powerful versions of your current spells in terms of elemental attacks. You'll get a knockback ability (fluid aura) from one of your class quests within 3 levels or so.
LowParry
Member
Pretty early level standard with any MMO. Just gotta get them levels up.
NameGenerated
Who paid you to grab Dr. Pavel?
I understand that, but I guess once I got levequests available and they're all just kill a bunch of things I've already killed, it really soured me. I'll keep playing until the end of the phase, but when they wipe chars, I have no desire for the next phase.
LowParry
Member
Well, there will be a pretty huge different between this phase and phase 3. I think you should take it easy with this phase since it's more for gamepad testing and see what phase 3 will offer for you.
staticneuron
Member
The beta is not going to be representative of final product. Imo, it seems as if the beta is intentionally focused so you can try a wide variety of things and give feedback. I doubt content will be one of those issues. Btw, you can make it very far without doing any levequests. Looking at numbers vs time, they are probably the worst way to get your level up in the beta.
I think the hype is just too big, or you're expecting too much
Yes I know it is still beta, but I think arr won't differ too much from what we have now
Compared to 1.0 (went I left), the game's a lot more fun, with all the unexpected fate events and such
Might even be good enough for me to sub ff14 again, but I'll have to think about it 1st
Edit: if you're bored, try starting your crafting and gathering classes
I remember they were fun back in 1.0
Not sure how much is changed though, haven't started them in this beta yet
Yes I know it is still beta, but I think arr won't differ too much from what we have now
Compared to 1.0 (went I left), the game's a lot more fun, with all the unexpected fate events and such
Might even be good enough for me to sub ff14 again, but I'll have to think about it 1st
Edit: if you're bored, try starting your crafting and gathering classes
I remember they were fun back in 1.0
Not sure how much is changed though, haven't started them in this beta yet
Did a Tam-Tara Deepcroft run last night, which was a lot more fun than the other content in the beta. Didn't win (we made it to the final boss with one minute left), but did get an Aetherial Brass Gladius and Aetherial Bronze Celata for Gladiator =).
One concern I have, with them pushing quest grinding as the basis for leveling, how is that going to work with the Armoury System and switching classes? Sure, you can move to a new city to level a second or third class, but at some point, you are going to run out of quests and be stuck grinding leves and FATEs to level multiple classes.
One concern I have, with them pushing quest grinding as the basis for leveling, how is that going to work with the Armoury System and switching classes? Sure, you can move to a new city to level a second or third class, but at some point, you are going to run out of quests and be stuck grinding leves and FATEs to level multiple classes.
The only MMO I know of that doesn't have the standard "Go there" "Kill that" Get this" quests is Runescape.
That's a concern I have/had, too.
But between the Hunting Log, FATE, Guildhest, Guildleves and dungeons, there will be quite a few ways of levelling up your classes beyond the first three, I guess. What's important is them correctly balancing the XP rewards of each system (right now, battlecraft leves are severely lacking and some FATEs give ridiculous xp/hour since they're so easy to camp) so that levelling doesn't become a huge chore.
That's certainly something they will keep an eye on, and it can easily be adjusted even after release, though.
They plan for us to use FATE and dungeons to level up I think, which is going to be repetitive but no more than the grind parties in 1.0.
Spiritreaver
Member
Sorry if it has been asked, but is there any way to scale the UI? Playing at a high res and things are tiny...
- Status