FFXIV Random Speculation/Question thread IV: I got beta inv but my 5 year old PC can't run it

[mintyice]

I'm an idiot. I didn't know the server came back up yesterday. I was sitting around yesterday night bored as shit when little did I know I could have been playing more.

[Destinye]

Out of curiosity, how do you move windows? I can't find it out anywhere. Regular click-drag doesn't work.

Minimap for example you just..grab it and drag it to where you want.

[avelle]

Also not sure why people dont like using the keyboard, it's mostly fine, just takes a second to get used to ijkl. Theres no need to use a mouse in this game if youre using keyboard, so im not real sure why people are syaing they hate using the mouse when they dont have to at all.

The ijkl controls for moving the camera are asstastic, if you got used to it I envy you. It got to the point where I used the mouse to pan the camera around and it works but it's hard to describe. It's pretty much every bit as terrible as trying to use mouse to move the camera in FFXI. I'm going to go buy a cable and try to use my 360 controller next beta. As it stands there's almost no reason to try to suffer through the keyboard controls at this point since there's no shortcuts.

Also, is there a command to start typing in chat? The only thing I found was "/" and then you have to delete the god damn "/" from the chatline before you start typing. Just typing or hitting enter doesn't work. I will also say this, for a next gen MMO the UI/Controls are nowhere near as intuitive as you would expect. I was really hoping for an updated FFXI with a control scheme similar to WoW or basically any other recent MMO released. Controllers are great but it would be great if they didn't completely forget about players that like mouse/keyboard too.

[Draylo]

Is there any way to change the camera angle keys? I want it to be like FFXI with the left,right,up,down arrows not what it is currently (JUN, somewhere near those keys..).

[avelle]

Is there any way to change the camera angle keys? I want it to be like FFXI with the left,right,up,down arrows not what it is currently (JUN, somewhere near those keys..).

Currently there's no way to change keybindings as far as I can tell.

[mintyice]

The camera controls were completely fucked and backwards from FFXI.

[Cayos]

Also, is there a command to start typing in chat? The only thing I found was "/" and then you have to delete the god damn "/" from the chatline before you start typing.

Hitting space bar works I think.

Hilarious, Ald >.>

[Destinye]

Also, is there a command to start typing in chat?

Dunno, I just hit spacebar which brought up the input blank.

[SephYuyX]

Also, is there a command to start typing in chat? The only thing I found was "/" and then you have to delete the god damn "/" from the chatline before you start typing. Just typing or hitting enter doesn't work. I will also say this, for a next gen MMO the UI/Controls are nowhere near as intuitive as you would expect. I was really hoping for an updated FFXI with a control scheme similar to WoW or basically any other recent MMO released. Controllers are great but it would be great if they didn't completely forget about players that like mouse/keyboard too.

It works the same as XI
Pressing space will act like /s, and typing /sh, /s and /p works too.

[avelle]

Oh, thanks guys.

[SephYuyX]

The camera controls were completely fucked and backwards from FFXI.

Change in Config.

[Alderaan]

Hitting spacebar works I think.

That should be used for something else! >.>

I had to.

[Gulkeeva]

Camera didn't seem that bad to me, when I figured how to use "lock target" camera mode thing, which was pretty awesome.

Btw... dex and str don't seem to affect damage/accuracy/crit much? just the physical seemed too do it...?

I got like physical lvl 11 and punching dig mole/rat moles or whatever near the starting area crystal for like 50 x2

[Destinye]

Camera didn't seem that bad to me, when I figured how to use "lock target" camera mode thing, which was pretty awesome.

Btw... dex and str don't seem to affect damage/accuracy/crit much? just the physical seemed too do it...?

I got like physical lvl 11 and punching dig mole/rat moles or whatever near the starting area crystal for like 50 x2

Yeah, the stats aren't doing much yet till they balance it.

[YukonWildAss]

What does it look like when someone is fighting monsters for their own guildleve? Can you see the guildleve monsters but just not attack them?

[Zeh]

Yeah. Kind of annoying when you can't tell if it's a guildleve monster though, but it's nice to not have to worry about someone else stealing your mob(s).

[Zubis]

What does it look like when someone is fighting monsters for their own guildleve? Can you see the guildleve monsters but just not attack them?

You can see them like a normal monster but when you try to attack them it'll tell you that you can't. I don't remember the exact message but I think it's something about it's not your duty to attack it.

[mastamind]

What does it look like when someone is fighting monsters for their own guildleve? Can you see the guildleve monsters but just not attack them?

The guildleve mobs wont spawn until the person with the guildleve gets near the area. If someone else tries to attack the guildleve mob it will say something about you not being on that guildleve.

But for some reason no mobs have their name color change when engaged by someone else.

[Headspace]

Well I got beta inv but my 3 year old PC can't run it

[YukonWildAss]

Thanks for the responses guys. I'm assuming multiple people can do a guild leve at the same time right? Have you seen instances where there are dozens of monsters running about and you can't attack any of them?

Another question: Do you still see the issue that was prevalent in FFXI where you're running half a centimeter behind a monster but since its moving away from you you still can't hit it until it stops or turns? (Or you unlock your target and run through them).