Comments from the Devs

[Purrrfect]

Maybe there is a lost Asuran in there somewhere... possibly from that PA article.

[Khrno]

Current Plans for World Transfers

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...orld-Transfers

We wanted to briefly discuss the current plans for selecting new worlds and world transfers for A Realm Reborn. Once the global data centers are set up for A Realm Reborn, we are planning the following for world transfers.

• In the event that you don't complete the transfer procedure, you will be transferred to a pre-determined world.
• In the event you complete the transfer procedure, you can select from a list of worlds you can move to and will be transferred to the world of your choice.

In order to eliminate any concerns about being transferred to a world you didn’t want to move to or being separated from your friends, we will be keeping the transfer procedure open for a long period of time as well as making various announcements to ensure that everyone is aware and can go where they like.

For Beta Test phase 3, fundamentally we are planning to allow anyone who possesses a Square Enix Account to participate in testing, so it will be possible to make contact with your friends from within the game.

We will be preparing thorough details regarding this whole process so that there is no confusion, and will be announcing them at a later date.

The Square Enix Account part -"anyone who possesses a Square Enix Account to participate"- could possibly be a typo and they might have meant anyone with a FFXIV account, if not that would pretty much be an Open Beta.

[Lucavi]

Still, that's a good confirmation for everyone who at least had a faint whiff of interest in the game pre-2.0.

[Hatedregret]

Since you can choose to keep your progress from phase 4 on, are they going to allow that for fresh servers too or just ones that allow lvl 50s?

[Xanthe]

Current Plans for World Transfers
The Square Enix Account part -"anyone who possesses a Square Enix Account to participate"- could possibly be a typo and they might have meant anyone with a FFXIV account, if not that would pretty much be an Open Beta.

Confirmed typo. Anyone who has a FFXIV account, active at the end of 1.0 or not, can participate in phase 3.

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...orld-Transfers

[Kachiko]

FFS, SE has too many freakin login's for their various sites; it's all the same ID/Password so this should all be freaking linked... Found my way to the account management site and it shows this: Sep. 3, 2010 FINAL FANTASY XIV Registered. It hasn't been active since the original CE time ran out, but the above sounds like I'm at least golden for Beta P3, right?

[Kelenae]

FFS, SE has too many freakin login's for their various sites; it's all the same ID/Password so this should all be freaking linked... Found my way to the account management site and it shows this: Sep. 3, 2010 FINAL FANTASY XIV Registered. It hasn't been active since the original CE time ran out, but the above sounds like I'm at least golden for Beta P3, right?

Yup, you are all set and good to go.

[Kachiko]

Yup, you are all set and good to go.

Awesome, thanks. F14 Lodestone says I don't have a character, so I don't think I'll need to worry about the server transfer thing, or have a 1.0 character to test, but I'll keep an eye on it. P3 should give me enough time to test the game, on this rig, and upgrade it, if need be, before retail.

[Eagleheart]

Did you guys know that the optimal amount of time for hitting max level in an MMO is two years?

(o.O ) It's got to be true. I read it on the OF.

(>o.O)> You whiny casual folks wanting to hit level cap in a couple of months (or less) just do not properly appreciate the genre.

Content should be something that takes you years to finish, by the way. (<o.o) Like Salvage. I have learned in my perusal of the forums this morning that Salvage was the single greatest piece of game design in all of MMO history. It took me by surprise, and made me think hard about myself, and the decisions I have made.

On my Ventrilo server, for example, Salvage has heretofore been a forbidden word, a word of death, pain, and misery, punishable by explosive outbursts and nigh-endless strings of expletives regarding Skirmish and Citadel Chel, to say nothing of the retarded rats in Arrapago, from yours truly. But now, right this very moment, I am turning over a new leaf.

[xopher]

not gonna lie, it took me six years to hit 75 in XI.

I was extremely casual during that time. Afterward I took 3 jobs to 75 in like 6 months.

Probably didn't help that my first job was THF >.>

[Stanislaw]

Content should be something that takes you years to finish, by the way. (<o.o) Like Salvage. I have learned in my perusal of the forums this morning that Salvage was the single greatest piece of game design in all of MMO history. It took me by surprise, and made me think hard about myself, and the decisions I have made.

On my Ventrilo server, for example, Salvage has heretofore been a forbidden word, a word of death, pain, and misery, punishable by explosive outbursts and nigh-endless strings of expletives regarding Skirmish and Citadel Chel, to say nothing of the retarded rats in Arrapago, from yours truly. But now, right this very moment, I am turning over a new leaf.

Yanno, when it was first implemented, I thought Salvage was a great thing because it 'only' took me three to four months to get the items that I really wanted out of it, whereas the RDM Hat that I really wanted from Dynamis took me four years. Dear god.

Mythics? Whazzat? *covers ears*

[Eagleheart]

not gonna lie, it took me six years to hit 75 in XI.

I was extremely casual during that time. Afterward I took 3 jobs to 75 in like 6 months.

Probably didn't help that my first job was THF >.>

Aye it took me two years because I was waiting for folks in static parties.

Yanno, when it was first implemented, I thought Salvage was a great thing because it 'only' took me three to four months to get the items that I really wanted out of it, whereas the RDM Hat that I really wanted from Dynamis took me four years. Dear god.

( o.O) Please understand that it's nothing personal as I try desperately to telepathically call down a meteorite upon your head.

[Stanislaw]

( o.O) Please understand that it's nothing personal as I try desperately to telepathically call down a meteorite upon your head.

If it makes you feel any better, I never went for the body-piece since I was broke beyond all repair to even try affording one. So I settled for the Usukane hands/legs/feet.

lolPUP

Could've also gone for the Morgans, but yeah, too much competition and no money. I struggled after the Dynamis RDM Hat for so long because as long as I participated in LS events, it was (relatively) free-of-charge.

[Seravi Edalborez]

Content should be something that takes you years to finish, by the way. (<o.o) Like Salvage.

I know this post is in jest, but this struck upon what I think some people are trying to say but aren't really saying. We don't want content that takes forever to finish. We want content that stays relevant. Not XIV's train of Darkhold-Primals-AV/CC-etc where one tended to make the previous iterations obsolete or undesirable. This also kind of tackles the issue of longevity (finishing the content in a week and bitching for more for the following months) but that's probably not worth bitching about.

Granted I didn't get the chance to get AV/CC loot or anything that came after so I could just be crying foul at the first half of that "content" train.

[Falisa]

Fucking salvage. I went 4/5 Marduks pretty quickly but that god damn Dekka. What a prude, never put out my damn marduk shoes.

I will admit though, I probably enjoyed salvage the most out of all the FFXI endgame events. HATED Dynamis until we tried low manning it with 10 BLM, 1 RDM, 1 THF and 2 COR. Now that was entertainment.

[Seravi Edalborez]

Anyone else ever have "that one time" in Dynamis where some guy falls asleep outside of a party (or with party lead and no BLMs) when something amazing drops with less than 5 minutes left?

50 DKP minus.

[jwang]

Well hopefully with the new raiding system people won't be up so long that they fall asleep at the keyboard.

[Stanislaw]

Blog update.

http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/blog

That's Why We Play
March 01, 2013

Hello everybody.
6’2” Fernehalwes here.

Have you ever secretly dreamed of being a Lalafell? Sure you have. Who wouldn’t want to possess a head 1/3 the size of their body, the ability to conceal themselves in empty ale kegs, and the power to melt hearts from a thousand paces?

Well, recently there were a few designers on the FINAL FANTASY XIV development team who decided to make that dream a reality by creating life-size replicas of the new Lalafell race-specific equipment! (For those of you who don’t know, RSE is the gear each player starts off with in A Realm Reborn.)

And here’s how they did it...

First, the designs had to be finalized. These were handled by our art team (when they weren’t off gallivanting about Paris, Milan, or New York).

http://rss.finalfantasyxiv.com/jp/bl...20130301_1.jpg

Next, confidential-looking documents and scraps of fabric were strewn all over a table and frantically pointed at so everyone seemed busy when the producer walked by.

http://rss.finalfantasyxiv.com/jp/bl...20130301_2.jpg

Finally, several sleepless nights and thousands of dulled thimbles later, a prototype was complete!

http://rss.finalfantasyxiv.com/jp/bl...20130301_3.jpg

The hardest part, though, was finding someone small enough to fit into the frippery...

Bingo!

http://rss.finalfantasyxiv.com/jp/bl...20130301_4.jpg

Just look at the subtle stone-washed fading of those taper-cut jeans. Marvel at the way the charcoal t-shirt caresses the gut, accentuating the model’s love handles. And the sassy white soles on those black canvas shoes? An exclamation point bringing the whole outfit togeth—

Oh, the OTHER guy. I knew that.

And while we’re on the topic of cosplay, FINAL FANTASY XIV fans in Great Britain, Germany, and France should check out the official Realm Reborn Cosplay Competition for a chance to win some keychains or stickers(*) or something. And fear not, rest-of-the-world! We’re planning exciting contests for all of you as well, so stay tuned!

Alrighty, then. That wraps up this installment of the Developers’ Blog. For the next installment, I’ll be bringing you revealing photos of Project Manager M’s night on the town in the sexy Miqo’te RSExduwefhd8475fyfnh54ifyu54ndhf458gf7y45gfbgnefeg fuerfgere...

Or maybe not...

Fernehalwes

(*) keychains or stickers = OMFG a trip to Square Enix headquarters in Japan!!!!!11!!

zomg, an on-topic post.

[Seravi Edalborez]

Have you ever secretly dreamed of being a Lalafell? Sure you have. Who wouldn’t want to possess a head 1/3 the size of their body, the ability to conceal themselves in empty ale kegs, and the power to melt hearts from a thousand paces?

The best.

[Eagleheart]

I know this post is in jest, but this struck upon what I think some people are trying to say but aren't really saying. We don't want content that takes forever to finish. We want content that stays relevant. Not XIV's train of Darkhold-Primals-AV/CC-etc where one tended to make the previous iterations obsolete or undesirable. This also kind of tackles the issue of longevity (finishing the content in a week and bitching for more for the following months) but that's probably not worth bitching about.

Granted I didn't get the chance to get AV/CC loot or anything that came after so I could just be crying foul at the first half of that "content" train.

See, that position I can understand, and even agree with a bit. ( O.o) I myself would not mind trying out a more tiered progression system, kinda like how it goes in Tera, but I am open to all the possibilities.

I just don't think that most of the folks on the beta forums are this reasonable, though. I don't think they actually understand what reason means. x_x