Final Fantasy XIV @ gamescom 2009 (Updated)

[QotsaM]

(TN: I’m not sure if this means you can the shield in your right hand too. Just that he is currently holding it in his left hand.)

Please God make this happen. Let us create fuckin left-handed characters pleeeeeeeeeeeeeease.

[Antithesis]

- focus on pve just like ffxi, pvp might be added in a sport-like manner in future (so, just like ballista?)

RAGE!!!!!!!!

[ringthree]

Famitsu put up an interview on their website. I made a write-up and added it to the JP media thread.
Gamescom - Famitsu Interviews Hiromichi Tanaka

Magazines didn't have anything new this week, but next week should have some cool stuff from the show.

Very interesting. It sounds like SE is trying to leap-frog Blizzard here. There has been a lot of talk by the Blues about trying to make the game less "button-pushy" and more "reactive button-pushy". This sounds like what SE are at least partially aiming for here. Also, it sounds like it has flavors from the FFXII combat system also.

[ringthree]

RAGE!!!!!!!!

This is the perfect evidence as to why I am glad there is no real PvP. Nerd rage ruins games.

[Antithesis]

This is the perfect evidence as to why I am glad there is no real PvP. Nerd rage ruins games.

Ringthree, as much as I love the PvE nature of Final Fantasy XI, I would like a half-way decent PvP system to be implemented that actually entices people to play it (Ballista is still fun in all of its broken glory.) Chances are, if they don't implement a PvP system at the same time the game is released, it might just end up being another haphazard version of Ballista.

[LD]

Please God make this happen. Let us create fuckin left-handed characters pleeeeeeeeeeeeeease.

You're thinking too small.



Dual-Shields.

[Kawfee]

This is the perfect evidence as to why I am glad there is no real PvP. Nerd rage ruins games.

Agreed.

[eunhye]

is jumping confirmed? sorry if this issue was noted.

[Kurokikaze]

You're thinking too small.



Dual-Shields.

The ultimate tank! lawls :D

If you're able to put macros on the hotkeys then this will be good and bad.

Good: You can put an entire rotation on 1 hotkey.
Bad: Game will focus solely around spamming that one cookie cutter macro/hotkey.

Edit for post above this one: They said no jumping.

[QotsaM]

Dual-Shields.

With epic shield bashes like on the 300 movie, /win.

[Gwynplaine]

Dear god. Those new pictures of class outfits are so bland and ugly. The whole burlap-sack medieval look is a huge turnoff for me. I really hope that is the 14 equivalent of low level crummy looking lizard or raptor gear that ultimately won't matter much.

(referring to these)
http://news.dengeki.com/elem/000/000...cs1w1_290x.jpg
http://news.dengeki.com/elem/000/000...cs1w1_290x.jpg
http://news.dengeki.com/elem/000/000...cs1w1_290x.jpg

Also since there's no pet "class" yet that picture of the living doll/mammet/automoton thing is probably just an enemy, so don't spray your automaton oil all over your keyboards yet kids.

[Ryuushin]

is jumping confirmed? sorry if this issue was noted.

Interview is posted by Elmer and a few others that I edited into the first post but no considerations to add jumping.

[100percentile]

is jumping confirmed? sorry if this issue was noted.

No. And it's never going to be.

[xopher]

Why do people even want jumping? It's not like it'll help you get around faster. S-E designs games intending for you to take time to get from one place to another. If you have jumping, they'll just add ledges you can't jump over.

[Chantal]

~~In the end will you have an amazing amount of skills lined up in the Action Command?

Tanaka: You have up to 10 abilities that you can set in the Action Command. It means you will customize which 10 skills you will use in the set.



~~It’s something like matching the action command to your own play style, right?

Tanaka: That’s right.

Wait, so we are limited by the abilities we put in the skill bar?

[Darkrift]

Why do people even want jumping? It's not like it'll help you get around faster. S-E designs games intending for you to take time to get from one place to another. If you have jumping, they'll just add ledges you can't jump over.

I want jumping because as a taru sometimes I get hung up trying to go up stairs. I would love to be able to hope over an obstruction. Think about all the stuff that you have to go around. Like in Maze of Shakrami and the bones all over the place. Implament jump!

[Kawfee]

Wait, so we are limited by the abilities we put in the skill bar?

That's what it sounds like, although they also mentioned there will be macros, but they are not implemented yet.

I want jumping because as a taru sometimes I get hung up trying to go up stairs. I would love to be able to hope over an obstruction. Think about all the stuff that you have to go around. Like in Maze of Shakrami and the bones all over the place. Implament jump!

You realize they put that shit there BECAUSE THEY WANT YOU TO HAVE TO GO AROUND. Adding jumping defeats their game design.
Would it be more convenient? Yeah obviously, but FF is not about convenience (/sarcasm).

[Chantal]

That's what it sounds like.

/nerdrage

God that bugged me so much in guild wars ><

[Seph]

As much as we want it, I highly doubt there will be integrated voice chat. From what I have seen JP players are HIGHLY against it.

It's not up to SE really at least on the console version, Xbox360 already have voice chat with any game through the console OS, and sony said Voice chat is coming for their OS too, for pc you can just use any software for chatting.

[Chantal]

It's not up to SE really at least on the console version, Xbox360 already have voice chat with any game through the console OS, and sony said Voice chat is coming for their OS too, for pc you can just use any software for chatting.

Hint hint, he said integrated.

People have been using other programs for voice chat since windower came out for FFXI <.< and probably before that, too.