FFXIV 2.0 Screenshots from E3

[Grey Jorildyn]

DRG is made a paper with or without Power Surge tbh. Going out and farming anything AoE-style is like a struggle, even with Life Surge and Mogfork. Pull like 5-6 mobs on you and things get hairy. Do the same on WAR though and it's really not a big deal between SW and Rampage+SC.

[Alkar]

DRG is made a paper with or without Power Surge tbh. Going out and farming anything AoE-style is like a struggle, even with Life Surge and Mogfork. Pull like 5-6 mobs on you and things get hairy. Do the same on WAR though and it's really not a big deal between SW and Rampage+SC.

The same applies to any class that is not Warrior though. Even Paladin has issues AoE farming mainly because it doesn't have any AoE attack other than a weak shield attack.

[TacoTaru]

This system ran this game fine 10 months ago. Now I can't get passed the opening tutorial without the display drivers crapping out. I've reinstalled the video drivers and directX. I've turned the settings so low that the character names are unrecognizable. Resolution is the lowest setting. Turned the fan up manually. Nothing works. I've no clue what's wrong. Hell, I ran Diablo 3 on it a month ago.

I'm sure you've already done this, but you may want to try Googling "Final Fantasy XIV AMD Display Driver" there are some older threads (2010~ish) that pop up, but I'm not entirely sure it's relevant to your problem. Either way, when I was having some problems on an update once, I had to dig into some pretty ancient threads to fix my problem.

[xopher]

This system ran this game fine 10 months ago. Now I can't get passed the opening tutorial without the display drivers crapping out. I've reinstalled the video drivers and directX. I've turned the settings so low that the character names are unrecognizable. Resolution is the lowest setting. Turned the fan up manually. Nothing works. I've no clue what's wrong. Hell, I ran Diablo 3 on it a month ago.

If it's a laptop, open it up and check the exhaust ports. Could be blocked by dust/hair/feathers*/etc** .

*One of my clients' wife used a feather duster to clean up around the computer and it got sucked up into the PC and blocked the exhaust port, piling up dust and overheating the machine.

**One client spilled a coke in their machine and it got sucked up into the heatsink trapping dust, also overheating this machine.

[Rocl]

Another interview being translated by Reinheart: (4gamer interview btw)

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1...T40/edit?pli=1

Interesting things I've come across: bestiary in-game; "heroic" mode for dungeons; content finder can fill one spot or seven; also looks like to cross-servers to do content you have to do it on your home server first?

[xopher]

shit like that gets me so hyped.

gonna be unimaginably pissed if this shit falls on its face right out of the gate.

[Kurokikaze]

Another interview being translated by Reinheart: (4gamer interview btw)

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1...T40/edit?pli=1

Interesting things I've come across: bestiary in-game; "heroic" mode for dungeons; content finder can fill one spot or seven; also looks like to cross-servers to do content you have to do it on your home server first?

I can deal with that.

Also what Xopher said. I am fuckin hyped.

[Spira]

sounds good. 4gamer interviews are where its at lol.

i'm subbed again but still dont play cos pre 2.0 still runs terribly on my laptop (or i just dont wanna stress it out for nothing).. but i'm like at the edge of my seat waiting for a new screenshot or some new info.

2.0 sounds really good..

[TacoTaru]

I hope the super skill battle regimes required multiple members for a good payoff. Would be neat to see skill chains that can only be performed with specific job set ups (DRG WAR MNK, DRG DRG DRG, BRD BRD PLD, one of each class, etc) similar to Chrono Triggers cross techs. That came out a little to OF-ish.

[Croy]

sounds good. 4gamer interviews are where its at lol.

i'm subbed again but still dont play cos pre 2.0 still runs terribly on my laptop (or i just dont wanna stress it out for nothing).. but i'm like at the edge of my seat waiting for a new screenshot or some new info.

2.0 sounds really good..

The one thing I like about this interview is how candid he was about hating a lot of stuff in V 1.0, especially since it came across as someone that actually played other MMO's. It helped that the people at 4gamer also seemed to show more willingness to call v1.0 crap and made specifics.

Also I am really, really glad he is going to focus so heavily on new player experiences as to me this is the one sore spot that makes it really hard for me to recommend the game to anyone right now. There is so many systems in the game that it can overwhelm someone and with all the new stuff being added in 2.0 its just going to get worse. I saw people on other forums start to drop the game again already not because they didn't enjoy what they came across but they had a hard time figuring out what they were even supposed to do in the game. They didn't know basic stuff like how to gather, or how to craft. What attributes did, where did they need to go get new content for their level range, how and where did they need to go to do group content etc. It was left to people like me and other ls members to help them along and it got tiring after a while. The more players feel attuned to the world and how it plays, the more they will do and the more they will enjoy it. Once you introduce them to most the content at that point its up to them to try and master it, but when you have to go online or ask someone to learn just the most basic functions in the game there is something wrong.

[Grey Jorildyn]

I've been stating that for awhile too. The tutorial they added a few months back isn't good enough. It covers controls and that's it. There aren't any in-game manuals and the world is very learn-by-doing at this point. It isn't good enough for a mass public release until they teach players the fundamentals aspects of their system as they play it.

Here's hoping that happens in 2.0.

[TacoTaru]

In the interview he mentions doing quests and being solo up until around level 20 and there's heavy mention on the new player experience, so I believe he's probably aware that it isn't satisfactory. These interviews are making me hate the current game and want 2.0 even more ; ;

Should have read a little further and I would have confirmed he was aware of it:

I am fully aware of the current versions weakness.
In patch 1.19 we improved it. This is embarrassing but when I first played the opening when I first saw the message “Leaving the instance” I thought to myself “Is this debug version?” it was hard... for new players they won't even know what instances are in the first place.......

…... since it’s confusing if you try to close the window then you get a message saying “the information isn’t saved on the server but is that ok?” you’re going to say “hell no it’s not ok”
When I first took over FFXIV’s work and played, that was my first feeling.

For that one I think it’s really critical part, for FFXIV which can be played from PlayStation3 we put in lots of directions, we made sure you can play while learning the system. There will be tutorials and by trying out the content in front of you you can learn new stuff and say “Oh you can do these kind of stuff too” at same time be rewarded and by the time you know it you’re pretty much prepared in gear and feel that it’s not as bad as you thought for an MMORPG. We are making it this way.

[Jamison]

...similar to Chrono Triggers cross techs.

...similar to Chrono Triggers cross techs.

...similar to Chrono Triggers cross techs.

I've been wanting this in a game for ages!

[solracht]

This is embarrassing but when I first played the opening when I first saw the message “Leaving the instance” I thought to myself “Is this debug version?”

Fucking lol

[Grey Jorildyn]

I think someone on TS said the same thing that first day of beta. A lot of the system messages are totally immersion breaking and so is the instance system in general. Stuff line those dotted red rings or the giant yellow blobs you can't walk outside of. At least be consistent.

Seems like all that is gonna be cleaned up though so fucking sweet on them for that. Feeling the hype big time. Want more screenshots!

[miokomioko]

I get a boner for bestiaries.

[Rocl]

goobbue mounts are also immersion breaking

[Kurokikaze]

Fucking lol

Theres orange juice all over my desk from reading that. LOL

http://mclean.alltheragefaces.com/im...y-spitting.png

This man knows whats up.

[Lucavi]

I've been wanting this in a game for ages!

Give me X-Slash and I'm willing to throw my money at the game. I'm already interested in playing 2.0 alongside GW2 as my two casual MMOs, so keep the good news coming.

[Corrderio]

Another interview being translated by Reinheart: (4gamer interview btw)

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1...T40/edit?pli=1

Interesting things I've come across: bestiary in-game; "heroic" mode for dungeons; content finder can fill one spot or seven; also looks like to cross-servers to do content you have to do it on your home server first?

Well that's a major turnoff for me.