Final Fantasy XIV @ gamescom 2009 (Updated)

[Ker]

At this point, looking at the gameplay videos and how characters move, I speculate that there will be no swimming (and gladly no pointless jumping ).
I don't like the Teletubby-style of the new Tarus though. Their bodys look like a pear on two sticks, proportions seem to be odd. Head and legs too small, hips way too fat. I can't really shake of that from-cute-to-creepy feeling. Gonna play around a lot with character customization when this comes out, but i already don't see me picking Taru again.

I have to agree All other races motion and emotion looks far better than Taru ;/

[Nitsuki]

Man, I really love how lively the humes look and act now, it's making me reconsider who i want to be.

tarus finally have knees o.o

[Elvis]

Bercusbitchfest: I like the style of F 11 more >.<
http://i32.tinypic.com/2nb7cpv.png looks N64 Mario colorish.
Alpha I know, I know. I am excited and scpetic though.

it looks lush imo! i think the lighting effect is why its so colorful looking atm in that pic. plus, given how detailed the terrain/etc. is i think it will offset any potential cartoony-ness

[Rautha]

Squirrel chasing eh. lol. So far it seems we're having more 'normal' enemies.

hehe yeah.
no more crabs (so far... ..)

this is one of the 3 available Guildleve quests at gamescom
one is with squirrels, the other one with the cockatrice and the 3rd with puks.

[100percentile]

hehe yeah.
no more crabs (so far... ..)

Don't jinx it

[Rautha]

Don't jinx it

dude, i'd LOVE to see blue~ish crabs at the a special mission as some kind of ironic inside joke ^^

[100percentile]

As long as they're not regular mobs...

[Minions]

I FOUND SUNDI!!

Spoiler: show

http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/698/wutetv.jpg

Game looks good, battle system seems very odd to me, draw distance is somewhat distracting tbh, hopefully they are not just off rendered backgrounds, and are actually walkable territory.

[Cantih]

The white guy next to Sundi, FREAKSMETHEFUCKOUT.
It's even worse in the picture where he's looking RIGHT in the camera.

[xopher]

someone playing needs to run to the edge of the zone and see how far they can explore.

[Rautha]

someone playing needs to run to the edge of the zone and see how far they can explore.

i asked someone i know to do so, when he is playing

[xopher]

i asked someone i know to do so, when he is playing

if he does it, i will reward you with 1000000 internets.

[Kurokikaze]

Oh... My... God... Wish I didnt pass out lol. Just woke up in front of my monitor and refreshed this page to see it on page 15 haha. And what a nice surprise to wake up to...

So lemme get this straight:
- Questing is kind of like WoW. (You killed Dodo: 1/6)
- Looks like stats are gonna be a lot higher than in FFXI. (Those nub characters were hitting for about 400ish?) Or maybe they just made everyone stupid strong for Gamescom so no one manages to die. lol
- Again 300 HP and mobs hitting for 1-3. Probably because of the point before.
- "Swordplay is now 7000+" In the words of Sundi... "Wut??"
- Clipping plane is beast after closely examining those screens.
- The UI looks like something that might be spit out if WoW and FFXI had sex.
- SUNDI IS BACK!? Who else is scared?
- You get Weapon Skill levels?
- Weapon skills are back lol @ RLB.
- The game looks visually amazing.
- Combat seemed really slow... But those are nub stages, not much to do but target -> attack -> use specials when possible -> ??? -> profit!

I'm probably forgetting something but thats all I could come up with at the moment. I'm completely shocked that SE not only allowed people to PLAY the game but they had a German localized version of it. That alone shows that they've learned something from what they did with FFXI. In before FFXI was a 7-8 year beta test.

[Zyuu]

We've upgraded our server several times today. It should be stable now (in response to the person who said to use YouTube instead). Watch for a write-up, interview with the Japanese producer and more from us soon.

[xopher]

Oh... My... God... Wish I didnt pass out lol. Just woke up in front of my monitor and refreshed this page to see it on page 15 haha. And what a nice surprise to wake up to...

So lemme get this straight:
- Questing is kind of like WoW. (You killed Dodo: 1/6)
- Looks like stats are gonna be a lot higher than in FFXI. (Those nub characters were hitting for about 400ish?) Or maybe they just made everyone stupid strong for Gamescom so no one manages to die. lol
- Again 300 HP and mobs hitting for 1-3. Probably because of the point before.
- "Swordplay is now 7000+" In the words of Sundi... "Wut??"
- Clipping plane is beast after closely examining those screens.
- The UI looks like something that might be spit out if WoW and FFXI had sex.
- SUNDI IS BACK!? Who else is scared?
- You get Weapon Skill levels?
- Weapon skills are back lol @ RLB.
- The game looks visually amazing.
- Combat seemed really slow... But those are nub stages, not much to do but target -> attack -> use specials when possible -> ??? -> profit!

I'm probably forgetting something but thats all I could come up with at the moment. I'm completely shocked that SE not only allowed people to PLAY the game but they had a German localized version of it. That alone shows that they've learned something from what they did with FFXI. In before FFXI was a 7-8 year beta test.

I'm still going to say the massive numbers are telling of this being an alpha and that your characters are super buffed for the alpha. Probably level 100s killing level 1 mobs.

[Zyuu]

Yes, I played the alpha for 15 minutes and I can tell we were overpowered and had gear way superior for the mobs we killed.

[Elvis]

'FFXI was a beta test'

/nod, so true lol

[Kurokikaze]

But even so the mobs still took quite a beating if they were indeed unaltered level 1 mobs. The DoW was doing about 300-450 a swing and it still took 3 hits to kill it. lol

Thanks a lot for the info by the way.

[Elvis]

Yes, I played the alpha for 15 minutes and I can tell we were overpowered and had gear way superior for the mobs we killed.

did you get a good vibe from the game? i think most people here who are drooling at the pics/videos are

[Lovian]

<3 Zyuu thanks for the info, is there any pictures of the character screen or how to change jobs yet? or of the lalafell casting spells?