Skirmish (07/10/2012)

**Kurokikaze** · 2012-07-10 23:30

Originally Posted by Lucavi

I'm honestly surprised there was so little focus on plot in 1.0, while they had no problems pumping out end-game fights (and fully unique loot for each one). I figured a FF game would have been comprised of 5 parts plot and 5 parts graphics, but this was not the case. I suppose they decided to focus less on the plot for 1.0 once they realized that things were going south and they'd have to redo the game anyway.

Kinda hoping there's more in-your-face plot for 2.0, because, especially compared to XI with its Ark Angels and Raogrimm and all of that, XIV was terribly droll in the plot department.

Thats probably due to the regime change. Fuck plot/storyline back then... people needed content and things needed fixing. Storyline/plot scenarios would've been stupid with the awful combat system from before.

**Elcura** · 2012-07-11 05:42

They said ages ago that they were putting the story on hold in order to deal with...you know, the actual game. I'm not too sad about the lack of story content, but I'm grateful for the rest of the shit being done.

**TacoTaru** · 2012-07-11 09:09

Even as few and far between as the GC storyline has been, it's still been faster than Wings of the Goddess (which, I know, isn't saying much). It's been enough to to hold me over though. Like a bunch of people said in the other thread, I'll be a little sad if we don't see this original story arc come to a close at some point.

**solracht** · 2012-07-11 13:36

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...l=1#post751755

Hi there,

The Development team confirmed to me that the rate to get the rewards in skirmishes is gonna be higher than the rate in other endgame activities (like dungeon and primals).

Weapons are the only rewards from Skirmishes, and are targeted to those players who can't beat Garuda.

**nekura** · 2012-07-11 14:05

Originally Posted by Lucavi

Can I get a cape in any modern MMO, please? I think AOC was most modern MMO to have cloaks or capes that I've visually confirmed. The jury is still out on GW2.

I get sick of how "important NPCs" always get to rock the cloaks and show off the physics in each game, but player characters never get to wear them. Don't try to give me some lore bullshit either, because capes and cloaks are some of the cheapest and most readily available attire for peasants or the lower class. Its a freakin' fabric wrap, for God's sake.

Cloaks are an advertised feature of the new Rift expansion!

**Lucavi** · 2012-07-11 14:37

Orly? PM me a screenshot of the visuals, lol. Even WoW's shitty-rendering flappa-flappa cloak/cape was better than nothing.

**Niiro** · 2012-07-11 14:41

MNK AF body is cloak-ish assuming you have physics enabled.

**Lucavi** · 2012-07-11 14:43

I saw that, and I liked it. There's also that little half-cloak they put on some Pld body in XI that made me grin a bit.

I know its entirely unfair to compare the two, but I was watching a shit ton of UMVC3 at EVO this weekend and goddamn, if SE could do something that resembled the physics on Vergil's trench, I'd resub in an instant just to roll around in combat with it on. I love me some true physix.

Vuitton · 2012-07-11 18:46

Originally Posted by solracht

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...l=1#post751755

Hi there,

The Development team confirmed to me that the rate to get the rewards in skirmishes is gonna be higher than the rate in other endgame activities (like dungeon and primals).

Weapons are the only rewards from Skirmishes, and are targeted to those players who can't beat Garuda.

So Skirmish will be easier than Garuda. Good to know.

**Fievel** · 2012-07-11 23:48

Am I the only one who was hoping we'd get seals from it seeing as its a grand company event? I figured we wouldn't, but the hope was there.

Now I'm sad.

**Churchill** · 2012-07-12 00:46

did they specifically say no seals? i did caravan for like 6 hours today and gave up hoping that the last few thousand would come from this

**Fievel** · 2012-07-12 00:57

Weapons are the only rewards from Skirmishes, and are targeted to those players who can't beat Garuda.

That's the part of Sol's post that made me think no seals, I may be wrong.

**Odin'sLaw** · 2012-07-12 10:08

well maybe it will be like ifrit and you can trade in your whitrple weapons for seals

edit been bugging me for the past few days what these weapons remind me of, they look like the crystal weapons in the 2nd monster hunter games

**Churchill** · 2012-07-12 10:57

I already said it but two of them are directly imported from XI

Vuitton · 2012-07-12 11:46

Originally Posted by Churchill

I already said it but two of them are directly imported from XI

Which two? It can't be the H2H you mentioned?

http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__...erethragna.png v http://static.finalfantasyxiv.com/to.../b6/5264_1.jpg

**Churchill** · 2012-07-12 11:51

Those two are nothing alike

**Aratharn** · 2012-07-12 12:17

So which two then?

**Churchill** · 2012-07-12 12:27

sorry last post was heavily inundated with sarcasm

LD · 2012-07-12 13:29

Besides having two horns and being bone-like, they aren't direct copies. Even if they were, that would bother me less than the fact that those are some seriously huge and obvious poly's on the FFXIV models.

**Churchill** · 2012-07-12 13:41

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...l=1#post752671

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