FFXIV 2.0 Random Speculation/Question Thread XII: End Of An Era - ASK YOUR QUESTIONS HERE!

[Stromgarde]

I keep hearing about inflation being a problem, but I'm not seeing it. Christmas inflation of 2005 in XI was a hell of a lot worse and that still righted itself shortly after the root causes got their legs taken out from under them. Here in 2.0 we have A) the root cause of crazy inflation removed (guildleves giving way too much money) as well as B) a ready made highly appealing money sink (player housing) set for launch.

[Kachiko]

Think about how many players will be stuck doing the low level content on a non-legacy server. The amount of help you can get on a Legacy server will be insurmountable, from quests to crafting materials. Though the only downside might be the over-inflation of prices on items.

Maybe for the first few days, but they'll blow through that content and be on the the real work of lvl 50 content. During this Beta Weekend, noticeably more people were looking for dungeons on Non-Legacy servers then the Legacy server I was on. A robust Free Company will definitely help, but it's likely to be a lowbie ghost town much faster then a non-legacy server.

I keep hearing about inflation being a problem, but I'm not seeing it. Christmas inflation of 2005 in XI was a hell of a lot worse and that still righted itself shortly after the root causes got their legs taken out from under them. Here in 2.0 we have A) the root cause of crazy inflation removed (guildleves giving way too much money) as well as B) a ready made highly appealing money sink (player housing) set for launch.

Basically, Legacy server is just like the 2005 inflation after it was fixed; they gil is already in the system and the economy will have a significant basing in this pool of gil. We don't know how much housing will come into play, and for a while, it's only going to be Free Company. That gil sink will also be there for non-Legacy servers too, so all things are equal as far as an affect on the economy. Legacy servers will still have that much more gil in circulation.

[Churchill]

Yeah, the inflation and whatnot is going to be crazy.

All the gear that was worth a shit is worthless, all the materia that was worth a shit is worthless, player housing will be taking huge chunks out of players wallets.

idk bro, gonna be insaneeeee. Better to start on a new server so you can avoid the crazy economies.

Or you know, so you don't have to look at people with better gear and feel bad.

[Eldelphia]

Can anyone link me to some information about Free Companies? I.e. how you set them up and any conditions on doing so? I did search a bit but couldn't find anything. Apologies if I've missed something obvious.

[Ratatapa]

Did they ever said how Head start on PS3 will work?, aka will you just play threw the beta client till you receive the game?

[Nitsuki]

Very curious about something. And off topic and wrong thread i know, but...

I have psn+ and my gf is gonna play ff14 on ps3, the ps3 is pretty much low on hdd space cuz of psn+ games. For those who know, can i just simply delete any psn+ game (mostly the ones not available in the library anymore) to make space and then download it later?

[Ratatapa]

Yes yu can redownload psn games no problems

And yes wrong topic semi

[Heslon]

question about ps3 update:
im downloading the beta atm ~2gb/5gb
but i might have to turn the ps3 off soon, will the ps3 save the 2gb and remember where to start again when i download the rest tomorrow, or will it delete everything and start again with 0/5gb? >_<

[Edelweiss]

where/how can i get Carbonized Matter 1?

Lv.16+ Botanist or Miner from Lv.20 gathering points. Check the Gathering Log to confirm location and if its for your main hand tool or off-hand tool (Hatchet/Scythe for BTN).

[Ratatapa]

question about ps3 update:
im downloading the beta atm ~2gb/5gb
but i might have to turn the ps3 off soon, will the ps3 save the 2gb and remember where to start again when i download the rest tomorrow, or will it delete everything and start again with 0/5gb? >_<

Should

[Niiro]

Yeah, the inflation and whatnot is going to be crazy.

All the gear that was worth a shit is worthless, all the materia that was worth a shit is worthless, player housing will be taking huge chunks out of players wallets.

idk bro, gonna be insaneeeee. Better to start on a new server so you can avoid the crazy economies.

Or you know, so you don't have to look at people with better gear and feel bad.

All the materia is directly exchangeable for new materia of the same grade and all gear with old materia can be traded in for a currency to buy new materia and all sorts of other goodies (among them, DL gear).

Also people seem to forget that 90% of all gil in the economy was removed outright.

That worthless status resist materia is now a savage might/savage aim/whatever you want once you visit the NPC.

[Jamison]

Also people seem to forget that 90% of all gil in the economy was removed outright.

To be fair though it was a redenomination, not a simple removal of gil. Everything stays proportional.

[fren.]

This has probably been asked and answered numerous times in this thread, but shit is too big to follow. Should I even bother getting this if I only have a handful of hours every night to play? FFXI soaked up all of my free time and that was when I actually had most of the day free.

[Scythiroth]

This game is a lot more solo friendly than FF11. You should be able to get most things done alone/with limited playtime depending on how well the Duty Finder works.

[Cichy]

To be fair though it was a redenomination, not a simple removal of gil. Everything stays proportional.

that's false, judging from the amount of money we get from quests etc they pretty much took 90% of our gil

[fren.]

Thanks. I had way too much free time during FFXI and still couldn't get shit done. Pulling in 70 hours a week at work now and that was probably the deciding factor.

[miokomioko]

This has probably been asked and answered numerous times in this thread, but shit is too big to follow. Should I even bother getting this if I only have a handful of hours every night to play? FFXI soaked up all of my free time and that was when I actually had most of the day free.

This game is 9000 times more playable than XI for someone who doesn't have all the time in the world. You will be able to hop on, get significant exp progress just by doing quests, and actually get an opportunity to run instances without a dedicated linkshell with very little commitment.

It just makes me wonder what % of my XI playtime was spent standing around waiting for a respawn, NM-window, ??? repop, etc. I can't imagine that kind of crap going down in XIV.

[Grey Jorildyn]

makes you wonder how much exp you never gained from all those dynamis/limbus/etc. runs too...

[Maksudyst]

How do I get my 1.0 char for P3? I saw the option to load my 1.0 character while in the character creation, but decided to just make another thinking it's just the appearance. Do I get my af and all that stuff?

[Evane]

Yes you do get all of your items and levels.