Comments from the Devs

[Kurokikaze]

I've already decided I'm not touching beta again til phase 3

Pretty much this. I got a new character to Lv9 just to get the feel of the controller. No further testing is needed.

[Alkar]

Meh, I'll have my level 50 character in Phase 3 anyway. Which probably won't mean much considering there won't be content for me to clear except for lower level dungeons when synced. I wonder if we get to test jobs or not... I'm assuming no. We'll likely have to redo all the job quests as well at launch.

[Xanthe]

Pretty much this. I got a new character to Lv9 just to get the feel of the controller. No further testing is needed.

Without breaking NDA, some DoW/M/H/L mechanics did change from P1 to P2 (for the better). I'd suggest checking things out again if you get the chance.

[Spider-Dan]

I can't reassign gamepad, so I can't play gamepad, so P2 kinda pointless. I think we all know P3 is when Srs Bidness will occur.

I actually look forward to burning myself out on Gridania because damned if I'm going to set foot in that dump come retail. I don't care how much of the scenery they change, it's still a landfill.

[Vuitton]

I can't reassign gamepad, so I can't play gamepad, so P2 kinda pointless. I think we all know P3 is when Srs Bidness will occur.

I actually look forward to burning myself out on Gridania because damned if I'm going to set foot in that dump come retail. I don't care how much of the scenery they change, it's still a landfill.

http://media.tumblr.com/d46c8db0cac6...QWm1qz4rgp.gif

[Charismatic]

SD's actually right on that one man. Put the reaction images away.

[Takiwaki]

beach side property yes please.

[Izzy]

I love Gridania Q_Q.

Fuck that Ul'dah boring OH LOOK IT'S A BRICK ALLEYWAY shit.

[Spira]

i really want to start off in Ul'dah, so i might take some random class like Thaumaturge up a bit before moving to Gridania for Conjurer.
seeing as i'll likely be playing from Beta -> retail, Arcanist won't be available yet (supposedly) so i won't need to start off in Limsa lol.

least sick of Ul'dah since it wasn't featured in a alpha/beta

[xopher]

I love Gridania Q_Q.

Fuck that Ul'dah boring OH LOOK IT'S A BRICK ALLEYWAY shit.

Oh look its treeeeeeeeeeeeeees.

[Wulfgang]

At least it's not like XI where if you chose the wrong city, you end up not getting access to half the OP warps because your city sucks. #BastokProblems

Definitely sticking with Ul'dah

[Waraji]

Too bad there weren't any achievements in XI, cuz man we'da had us good old circle jerk cuz of OP warps.

[xopher]

Too bad there weren't any achievements in XI, cuz man we'da had us good old circle jerk cuz of OP warps.

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/g.../achievements/

[Kononeko]

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/g.../achievements/

If you just log on to your ffxi account on an Xbox can you get all of thoughts achievement. Or do they need to be triggered on the xbox?

[Spira]

Colibris look pretty :D (and exactly the same as they do in FFXI)

[miokomioko]

At least they look like they're somewhat feathered now.

[Hatedregret]

Wings remind me way too much of XI's Flytrap. Just add a beak and cut half the bottom off.

[xopher]

If you just log on to your ffxi account on an Xbox can you get all of thoughts achievement. Or do they need to be triggered on the xbox?

You go talk to a bard and hit "unlock achievements".

[Cutriss]

If you just log on to your ffxi account on an Xbox can you get all of thoughts achievement. Or do they need to be triggered on the xbox?

No, you must speak to one of the title changers while logged in on the 360.

http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/wiki/Xbox_360_Achievements

Edit: DAMNIT CHRIS

[Spira]

actually, upon firing up the model viewer and comparing, i'm convinced they're using the same model skeleton (or whatever its called, im not an animator) and simply put in some HQ but otherwise identical textures on it.

comparison shot
http://images.wikia.com/finalfantasy...%28FFXI%29.png