FFXIV Closed Alpha/Beta Discussion (Cancelled for this week)

[Aodh]

Posting this for people wondering, new Alpha manual info. If SE asks feel free to take this down Sono.

There's a sticky that says do not post that.

[sruon]

I'm starting to think they meant 5 persons parties, with up to 15 persons in an alliance.

Didn't they say in an interview they aimed for 5 persons parties?

[Hyan]

I do like how they continue to have that non-serious approach in regards to questions. Its so much different than the SE we know. A refreshing change.

They're still as vague as ever when it comes to certain things, though =P.

I'm starting to think they meant 5 persons parties, with up to 15 persons in an alliance.

Didn't they say in an interview they aimed for 5 persons parties?

I think it means what it says. A >single< party can consist of up to 15 people.

There's no need to divide the parties afaik. There might be a penalty for inviting more than X amount of people, but I don't see why it couldn't be just one party instead of three parties in one alliance.

[Fanfon]

Edit: Didn't read the sticky

Managed to get a nice look anyways, thanks

[vrumpt]

Managed to get a nice look anyways, thanks

EDIT: tyvm!

[Eldan]

Man, I didn't think I could be much more excited for FFXIV but then I read this thread.

/drool

[Cayos]

The updated manual was really interesting, glad I read it for the 5 mins it was up. This is just making me wish that I was in the alpha even more.

[Eldan]

The updated manual was really interesting, glad I read it for the 5 mins it was up. This is just making me wish that I was in the alpha even more.

You aren't alone!

[vrumpt]

The updated manual was really interesting, glad I read it for the 5 mins it was up. This is just making me wish that I was in the alpha even more.

the schedule is a very large reminder of what the alpha really is. i can say yes i'm still disappointed i wasn't chosen, but i'll live.

[Arelian]

Well, I can safely tell my friends that I'll be "unavailable" for four hours on Thursday night!

[Agito]

What's up with the stat points, does Square Enix mean like the Elemental Affinity or something? I hope we can redistribute them in the final version which i think we will be able to do based on the (at this time).

[naninani]

Got my fix.
Thanks.

[Gokulo]

Most of the skill-point based games I know don't let you reset them after distribution or do that for a great price.

[sruon]

inb4 'I spent it all on STR and my accuracy is shit.'

[Nama]

Doubt SE will let players respec skills freely with no downside or limits. If everyone can respec when they need to it will go against the everyone being unique like a snowflake idea they seem to want for players this time around.

[naninani]

Most of the skill-point based games I know don't let you reset them after distribution or do that for a great price.

There's a kind of old Japanese MMO by Hudson called Master of Epic.
It was totally skill point based, and in order to respec, you had be a certain level and go through an epic-huge rebirth quest you could only do once every few months. On completion, you were rewarded with a fair amount of gold, piece of armor of your choosing, and the ability to respec with a bonus 10% extra skill points.

[futan]

What time zone was the time for the test? Saw the times this morning and just thought it was my time zone(EST) but now that I think more about it is was probably in PST. Don't have my token with me so can't log-in now.

[sruon]

PST apparently.

[Alderaan]

Reading the youtube comments of some of the XIV vids is hilarious. I dunno where some of these people get their info from or if they just make it up on the spot. There's one about XIV being 29.99 a month and some other stupid stuff.

[Katlan]

Doubt SE will let players respec skills freely with no downside or limits. If everyone can respec when they need to it will go against the everyone being unique like a snowflake idea they seem to want for players this time around.

Still, this is a game where one toon is meant to be your main w/o relying on alts to lv new classes/jobs. So these attribute points will prolly be specific to the job your lving and/or not make or break some jobs because they don't want you to start a new toon.

What time zone was the time for the test? Saw the times this morning and just thought it was my time zone(EST) but now that I think more about it is was probably in PST. Don't have my token with me so can't log-in now.

PST, looks like it's gonna be test periods for alpha and not a stable client that stays on