Comments from the Devs

[Waraji]

HERP DERP someone answered at same time.

[Charismatic]

Yo, I just started up a Free Company. I wonder if I completely wasted my time.
What can you even do with these in beta... oh well, I'll find out next week.

Time for bed!

[Lucavi]

Ah... that may have been the most satisfying beta test I've done for a MMO yet, though it may have to do with a combination of the original beta being so shitty and a crippling wave of nostalgia due to all the FF song remixes.

Seriously? FF2's battle theme redone? I swear to god, if I hear FFIV's boss music, I'm buying 10 copies of this game.

[Izzy]

Ah... that may have been the most satisfying beta test I've done for a MMO yet, though it may have to do with a combination of the original beta being so shitty and a crippling wave of nostalgia due to all the FF song remixes.

Seriously? FF2's battle theme redone? I swear to god, if I hear FFIV's boss music, I'm buying 10 copies of this game.

Did you get to the part where they play the Bastok Metalworks theme while you learn how to make materia?

[Niiro]

I don't much care for the overall tone of the story as it's presented in ARR.

I'm way too used to NPCs treating me like like shit, for a good while at least. It just feels hollow to spend a day doing some quests and suddenly I'm a hero of the city. Shit like that didn't happen until you'd killed Darnus before. Admiral Icebitch showering me with praise for peeling a banana just kind of takes all the weight out of things. It's also makes for less interesting and amusing dialogue and characters.

I want to be spoken to like a subordinate, a grunt, etc. so that when my character actually does accomplish something maybe she won't insult me while sending me off to my next assignment. The way things are portrayed now it all just feels so patronizing and the overall mood is just too....saccharine.

Every other NPC you spoke to in 1.0 threatened your life at some point, now it's just the bad guys. Things done changed.

[arus2001]

I'm sure the community will do enough of telling each other how much they suck, so don't worry.

[Izzy]

I'm way too used to NPCs treating me like like shit, for a good while at least.

Yeah, that threw me off too. It's definitely a different tone. More of a, "Let's all work together and save Eorzea!" vibe.

[Izzy]

Also, holy shit there's so many random comments from NPCs about raping bitches. "Kill everyone except the women!" "Maybe you can repay me in another way." etc.

It seems to be FFXIV's go to topic for making you hate an NPC. Not that I really give a shit, but some feminist is gonna complain sooner or later.

[Gokulo]

Yeah, that threw me off too. It's definitely a different tone. More of a, "Let's all work together and save Eorzea!" vibe.

Well, I think that's understandable. After the Calamity people would rather look for hope and someone to put their trust into, instead of bickering all the time

New Lodestone delayed until tomorrow.

[Charismatic]

Well, I think that's understandable. After the Calamity people would rather look for hope and someone to put their trust into, instead of bickering all the time

New Lodestone delayed until tomorrow.

Not only just after the Calamity itself but also after losing their previous heroes and having already united 5 years prior, yadda yadda.
There's plenty of reasons they'd probably be acting differently.

[Karinastar]

I think part of it, and this is just a feeling I get from watching the CSes, is that they'll probably be essentially re-using the same scenes(maybe with an edit here and there) for returning 1.0 characters. Because of that, they shifted the tone since half of the players' characters viewing the scenes will actually be seasoned heroes. I think that's also why you jump into things so fast, receive an important mission, actually beat up some bad guys, and are regarded as powerful. For new players, it's just a quick hook that will probably keep the majority more interested in the plot, while old players will feel less like their character that took down Primals, Darnus, etc has suddenly been demoted to a useless grunt.

Personally, I would have had the storyline be completely different for new characters and 1.0 characters for the first act, but I can see why they'd want to do it this way. Of course, I could be completely wrong on all of this.

[Alkimi]

I'm just wondering how it will be different for old characters. The storyline goes on a lot about the adventurers from 5 years ago who were never seen again but it won't really work next weekend when you can say "Huh? They're everywhere, what are you on about?"

[Gokulo]

I'm just wondering how it will be different for old characters. The storyline goes on a lot about the adventurers from 5 years ago who were never seen again but it won't really work next weekend when you can say "Huh? They're everywhere, what are you on about?"

I think they're already pointing out to what will happen. Everyone is talking about how they can't remember their faces or names. I'm pretty sure it will be the same for us and with this we will be on the same rank as new players.

[Alkar]

Yoshida actually said that there will be slight differences in dialogue and NPCs will eventually recognize you. Old players also do not start in town and have a different intro altogether.

[Karinastar]

I think they're already pointing out to what will happen. Everyone is talking about how they can't remember their faces or names. I'm pretty sure it will be the same for us and with this we will be on the same rank as new players.

Yeah, I'm almost certain that's how they're going to handle it. Maybe they'll add a line with the NPCs disbelieving our characters when we tell them we're the heroes or something like that. But for the most part, things are probably gonna play out the same. I just hope they have a really well thought out plot reason for it... I mean it's obviously so they don't have to make multiple versions of every scene or a different plot for 1.0 characters, and is kind of lazy writing, but if the reasons are relevant to the plot and engaging it'll be fine.

[Gulkeeva]

PC with controller set up is master race for sure.

I dunno if I could play with controller, I had... like 2 bars of abilities for THM and was mashing it all like mad for the most part.

Randomly, anyone notice, that using the CNJ's MND <-> INT Swap ability made THM cures do less instead of more? O_o

I'd cure about 90-100's with INT as the higher stat, 80's when I had MND higher (on THM)


Also... playing Phase3, makes me more or less really want to just start over fresh, on a server thats starting fresh, not all messed up with boters mass fortunes and all Lv50 messed up 1.0 people server ;/

[Patriarch]

Excuse me in advance for being terrible here, but where can I find the DL link for beta atm?

Haven't been on since late 2011, would like to try this out.

[Mooshywooshy]

That was a really fun beta run! I've never crafted so much in my life! The crafting system is so (at least internally) rewarding I dont wanna stop. The feeling of being able to ensure you get an HQ is awesome! Controller is really nice for gathering

[xopher]

Excuse me in advance for being terrible here, but where can I find the DL link for beta atm?

Haven't been on since late 2011, would like to try this out.

Beta is over for this weekend.

[Raldo]

Randomly, anyone notice, that using the CNJ's MND <-> INT Swap ability made THM cures do less instead of more? O_o

I'd cure about 90-100's with INT as the higher stat, 80's when I had MND higher (on THM)

You mean the one that also cuts your healing done by 20%? Did you read the whole thing?