FFXIV 2.0 Screenshots from E3

[Churchill]

I haven't seen a shout in english nor has anyone spoken to me or sent a tell and I've had my flag up the entire time I've been logged in (2days).

Granted, I know about 0% when it comes to playing this game (or so it seems to me) but it seems pretty lame to have to solo when I know it could be going a lot faster in a group (as the game is designed to XP in groups)

[Ratatapa]

Drakes in Gridania will aggro you no matter what.

False just walk i did it myself

Choco walk is the same as running so you need to walk without the Choco

[Xanthe]

Is there a list of what aggros to what out there? It'd make my life a whole lot easier.

[Raldo]

Hah, that would be nice! Hopefully Mooglebox's new bestiary thing will fill it out in time.

[Eagleheart]

A friend and I spent several afternoons picking up all the Aetherytes in the world. South Bloodshore and the Isles of Umbra had a very high body count.

Considering there were only two of us, that's saying something.

Then we found out you can sneak past most of the mobs that gave us trouble across the world. >__________> And then Hallowed Ground came out.

[Aratharn]

I had some free time one sunday afternoon and decided to finish up the exploration achievements.

Was running through an area noticing how empty it was when my HP suddenly hit 0 and a herd of efts appeared out of no where all around me.

So I went mining instead.

[Charismatic]

There actually is a guide full of the enemies that aggro near each of the nodes and how.
It's on the OF somewhere but I'm not going to look for it.

I committed enough of it to memory already and yes, you can walk directly past the drakes no problem. Boars, Gnats and Malboro will all aggro no matter what... all very annoying. Wolves too but those are not common enough to really be an issue in the shroud.


EDIT: This might help.

http://xivpads.com/?-Guides&Wanderer...etherial_Gates

[Xanthe]

So basically 'X' and walk slowly past (most) everything and you won't aggro? Nifty.

[Ratatapa]

Everything that are sound aggro can be walked by with X without choco yes

Only thing that is true sound + true sigh iirc are the boars and they don't even range attack so

[Charismatic]

Everything that are sound aggro can be walked by with X without choco yes

Only thing that is true sound + true sigh iirc are the boars and they don't even range attack so

What actually makes the boars shitty is the OTHER enemies near them. Like... say you aggro a boar and there's a drake near it, obviously can't just walk past the drake now because you have a boar on your ass.
That's really all that makes it a pain.

Snakemolt was absolutely the worst for that shit.

[Alkar]

False just walk i did it myself

Choco walk is the same as running so you need to walk without the Choco

Hmm no, I got aggroed while walking.

[Fuji]

I haven't seen a shout in english nor has anyone spoken to me or sent a tell and I've had my flag up the entire time I've been logged in (2days).

Granted, I know about 0% when it comes to playing this game (or so it seems to me) but it seems pretty lame to have to solo when I know it could be going a lot faster in a group (as the game is designed to XP in groups)

You play this game now? Come to Sargatanas and I'll hook you up, Figgot.

[Hiruke]

Hmm no, I got aggroed while walking.

- Have you forced yourself into "walk mode" (1 on numpad, or something), so there's no possibility of running?

- Are you NOT in active mode? (even in "walk mode", being in active mode will disable "walk mode" temporarily and let you run until you are no longer in active mode)

- Are you entering "walk mode" well before you get into agro range?

Gridania is actually where I learned about how drakes agro sound, so I find it difficult (impossible) to believe you can't walk past them without agro.

If you are absolutely sure that the monster you are walking past is a drake, and you aren't running around it even for a millisecond, I'd be interested in the location (coordinates) of this anomaly.

[Psion]

I'm pretty sure when i did my node run, we tried walking past the drakes, and they ate me.

As far as i can tell, they are sight + sound aggro, so you can walk behind them, but if you get in front of them then its chomp chomp time regardless.

And yes, i was walking on foot, in passive mode, well before i entered aggro range.

[Charismatic]

They don't aggro sight at all. Sound, you can stand right next to a drake and walk 360 degrees around him and never get aggroed.

[Alkar]

- Have you forced yourself into "walk mode" (1 on numpad, or something), so there's no possibility of running?

- Are you NOT in active mode? (even in "walk mode", being in active mode will disable "walk mode" temporarily and let you run until you are no longer in active mode)

- Are you entering "walk mode" well before you get into agro range?

Gridania is actually where I learned about how drakes agro sound, so I find it difficult (impossible) to believe you can't walk past them without agro.

If you are absolutely sure that the monster you are walking past is a drake, and you aren't running around it even for a millisecond, I'd be interested in the location (coordinates) of this anomaly.

I'm not stupid, I know how walking works. The same thing actually happened to me in Thanalan while walking past ants and got aggroed by one of them.
The difference with drakes is that I've actually tried more than once and got aggroed all the time. I think the very first time was near the high level areas of Nine Ivies, trying to walk past efts and a drake and got killed by the drake.

[Vuitton]

Maybe you aggroed something else and it chained all mobs nearby, of which the drake killed you? Just saying its weird having multiple people saying they've walked safely around them versus what you're saying.

[Alkar]

Maybe you aggroed something else and it chained all mobs nearby, of which the drake killed you? Just saying its weird having multiple people saying they've walked safely around them versus what you're saying.

Mobs don't link if you're solo.

[Hiruke]

I'm not suggesting you're stupid; otherwise, I would just say so, and not bother saying anything else. That wouldn't be a very productive conversation though, right?

However, that drakes agro sound, and that you can walk all around them with no consequence, is an absolute fact. I've purposefully researched this at great length, along with every other agro monster, in every region.

You are likely experiencing some kind of bug. I have sometimes been agro'd by monsters when I shouldn't have. Or at least, that appeared to be the case. When I went back to the monster to verify what I saw, the monster behaved normally (I've had this occur with antlings in particular, as a matter of fact). I haven't had it happen often enough to speculate as to the cause, however (though I "feel" it may have something to do with the substandard server structure).

[Croy]

Maybe you aggroed something else and it chained all mobs nearby, of which the drake killed you? Just saying its weird having multiple people saying they've walked safely around them versus what you're saying.

Maybe not all the drakes behave the same way I don't know but I have yet to to 'personally' get aggro by a drake while walking, even had swiftsong up and I literally walked in front, walked around, danced left and right trying to get aggro and couldn't while walking, this was for the drakes near Lichenweed and most my friends that did the Aether runs said the drakes never aggro them either when they just walked in front of them, it was the raptors, boars, and Gnats that needed a bit more patience. Maybe try doing it naked? I was on Bard with leather/weaver gear maybe the chain stuff that clinks while walking might cause aggro. I don't know, all I know is I never, ever got aggro by a drake while walking, this is personal anecdote.