Comments from the Devs

[Iremire]

while leveling my archer, a lot of NPCs kept saying that archer wasnt as stronger as other clases. At high level, is arc that weak? Is it usefull or it gets discriminated ?

As far as 1.0 goes the Dmg isn't like other Dps classes, but the amount of things you have to do while keeping up damage makes the class a lot more interesting (Garuda fight). I think it will be like most Ranged DPS class steady dps with some spike damage.

My bad if this has been asked a lot already, but when is level sync gonna be added for party play?

Also, does PSN+'s voice chat work for this game?

Level Sync is forced when you do Instances / dungeons / fates when you're in a party. Can't level sync in open world parties unless its a FATE battle.

Because you shouldn't be able to stay in the stance and still heal properly imo. The stance has one purpose only: better damage. If you want to heal simply switch it off.

I use cleric stance when im solo or doing fights that don't require me to do big cures. Running through trash mobs. Just turn it off when I need to focus on curing and not throwing out nukes.

Anyone have a list of all class/job actions/ws/traits? Trying to get xivdb to work, but something seems wonky.

Someone on Reddit posted this not sure if it's what you were looking for.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/...YTVdCSkE#gid=0

[Charismatic]

I've already told you why I think it's a good change but you're simply ignoring it because you want to complain. I'm not going to repeat myself over and over again.

All you've said is that its because you have to activate and deactivate it, woo.
You already should have been doing that anyway? So its good because nothing changed... I didn't ignore what you said, its just its so unreasonable to think that's even a "reason why it is good" that I was giving you a chance to type something else.

[Izzy]

Sometimes you need a cure right now. The added time of deactivation, while small, could potentially mean the difference between a wipe and a near wipe.
It could be argued that you shouldn't have Cleric Stance on in any such situation but who knows what's to come?

The stance is off the GCD when you remove the buff. Deactivating it literally does not cost you any extra time. I was swapping it on/off when I really needed a cure for the entire beta.

[Iremire]

The stance is off the GCD when you remove the buff. Deactivating it literally does not cost you any extra time. I was swapping it on/off when I really needed a cure for the entire beta.

It's literally just hitting the button then hitting cure. So unless you're slow about hitting the Stance button off theres no delay between stance off and cure.

[Izzy]

It's literally just hitting the button then hitting cure. So unless you're slow about hitting the Stance button off theres no delay between stance off and cure.

Yep. That's what I was saying. I didn't really pay attention to if the GCD activates when you put it on, but I know for a fact that taking it off costs you nothing.

[Meko]

Do the PS3 beta codes have to register to the same PC account?

[Grey Jorildyn]

You register code to your Square Enix account. You can have both a PC and PS3 FFXIV service registered to the same one, but you don't have to do that if you don't want access to your PC account's characters for some odd reason.

[Saxon]

Yep. That's what I was saying. I didn't really pay attention to if the GCD activates when you put it on, but I know for a fact that taking it off costs you nothing.

I don't know about CNJ, but as a MRD abilities off the GCD wouldn't go off until I was finished doing the animation of my other abilities which was pretty annoying.

[shidobu]

few questions

1. Did they ever plan on putting adding Linkshell icons back in the game? Same shields or custom icons
2. Did anybody else have problems finding party members in large ass groups? Like their names should be a different color than blue? Maybe green/yellow/pink ?
3. Status effects buffs/debuffs hard to see? the icons are sooo small i wanted them to be like 50% bigger than what they actually were. Was there a way to re-size them and i just didn't know?

and what the shit at me having access to beta forums. Can't post feedback?

[Raldo]

I don't know about CNJ, but as a MRD abilities off the GCD wouldn't go off until I was finished doing the animation of my other abilities which was pretty annoying.

Luckily for mages, the GCD is entirely encompassed by their spellcasting timer, so that's not an issue. Mages know they can't do anything, because they're still casting their last spell (unless it was Aero).

That said, I'm preeeeety sure that as a MRD, I was able to hit the Stun WS while waiting for the GCD to still wear off.

[Iremire]

few questions

1. Did they ever plan on putting adding Linkshell icons back in the game? Same shields or custom icons
2. Did anybody else have problems finding party members in large ass groups? Like their names should be a different color than blue? Maybe green/yellow/pink ?
3. Status effects buffs/debuffs hard to see? the icons are sooo small i wanted them to be like 50% bigger than what they actually were. Was there a way to re-size them and i just didn't know?

and what the shit at me having access to beta forums. Can't post feedback?

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2. Yeah I asked about this in past Phases in the forums not sure if they plan to address it or not.
3. No way to resize ui shit aside from Chat window.
4. You can only leave feed back during beta.

Luckily for mages, the GCD is entirely encompassed by their spellcasting timer, so that's not an issue. Mages know they can't do anything, because they're still casting their last spell (unless it was Aero).

That said, I'm preeeeety sure that as a MRD, I was able to hit the Stun WS while waiting for the GCD to still wear off.

Yeah the Stun move is an Ability so it isn't linked to the weapon skills. I also feel like the entire time I played Mrd I could hit the stun and it went off when i needed it to. Regardless of being in another weaponskill animation

[shidobu]

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2. Yeah I asked about this in past Phases in the forums not sure if they plan to address it or not.
3. No way to resize ui shit aside from Chat window.
4. You can only leave feed back during beta.

Godlike. Thx @ image

[Gulkeeva]

few questions
2. Did anybody else have problems finding party members in large ass groups? Like their names should be a different color than blue? Maybe green/yellow/pink ?
3. Status effects buffs/debuffs hard to see? the icons are sooo small i wanted them to be like 50% bigger than what they actually were. Was there a way to re-size them and i just didn't know?

2. No I didn't have much issue seeing my own party members, if I actually needed to target them i would just click their name on the left side.
3. I didn't have too much issue noticing the ones I had at 2560x1440... (probably little smaller than the size of 1/4th of a penny on the screen).

[NEmINIS]

Not sure if there's a comprehensive list or where this site came from but: http://xivdb.com/?search/!filters/1/...FfSU5HQU1FXzEi

ofc it doesn't differentiate between traits or skills though, which is lame currently

filters on left? (=

Anyone have a list of all class/job actions/ws/traits? Trying to get xivdb to work, but something seems wonky.

like?

[NEmINIS]

meop.....(double)

[Thiefami]

also if you're keyboard/mouse arrow keys up and down by default are designated to scrolling party members, so it was pretty slick even as a non-clicker

[Raldo]

Surely the F-keys are even easier?

[shidobu]

2. No I didn't have much issue seeing my own party members, if I actually needed to target them i would just click their name on the left side.
3. I didn't have too much issue noticing the ones I had at 2560x1440... (probably little smaller than the size of 1/4th of a penny on the screen).

targeting wasnt really the issue. Cuz yea i just clicked names. But i mean out and about in the city or fates. I would look at the radar "oh they are over in this direction, go to look for them on the screen. In a sea of bodies it would take me 5-6 seconds to find them"

[Saxon]

Luckily for mages, the GCD is entirely encompassed by their spellcasting timer, so that's not an issue. Mages know they can't do anything, because they're still casting their last spell (unless it was Aero).

That said, I'm preeeeety sure that as a MRD, I was able to hit the Stun WS while waiting for the GCD to still wear off.

Yeah, I could hit abilities when the GCD was still ticking, but I couldn't use my defensive CD whilst I was still doing the animation for Maim, that sort of thing. Coincidentally, I could use an ability in the middle of my Stun animation just not the other way around.

[Alkar]

All you've said is that its because you have to activate and deactivate it, woo.
You already should have been doing that anyway? So its good because nothing changed... I didn't ignore what you said, its just its so unreasonable to think that's even a "reason why it is good" that I was giving you a chance to type something else.

No, I said that it gives the ability a more strategic use than simply "let me activate this thing and forget about it because I can still heal properly". Like I said, you aren't even reading what others are writing here and you're just going on with your rant.