Final Fantasy XIV @ gamescom 2009 (Updated)

[Rautha]

"Verbannen" in FFXI is "Banish". "Dispel" is "Entzaubern". And "Shadow Bind" is "Schattenfessel".

So going by series precedent one should never assume the same thing will be translated the same way again (Schattenbinder is a possibility for Shadow Bind).

translating Verbannen with Banish is so retarded. this is Ginglish. one reason I never switched to german language -.- but you are right.

but ok. banish is light elemental spell. that goes along with the announcements.


Mkihnt:
like someone said before. the JP players mostly don't want integrated voice chat. so... vent, skype or TS is our friend. i'm ok with that. well... didnt think of ps3 users (i will be one of them... during the first time). hmm..maybe will have to TS over pc and play on plasma ><

[Null]

The voice chat doesn't matter to much for me as there are still other ways to use it.

[Apricoth]

Check out the latest on FFXIV Core: Translated Video interview with Tanaka Hiromichi It is a little hard to see the game as he demonstrates some things but at least you have his verbal explanation on things. Translated and posted up today!

[Kurokikaze]

I don't remember being able to unsheathe my weapon whenever I wanted in FFXI... Must be a mistake. >.>;

Thanks for the info. :D

[Dein]

So, according to what Bercus posted earlier in this thread we'll get some more info on XIV that we haven't seen yet. I was hoping there'd be more info today but maybe what they have in store for tomorrow will be big.

[Rautha]

he means the /hurray take-out emote i think


btw. with hours passing... i somehow can't live with the idea of spamming hotkeys for normal hits. abilities yes, but standard attacks.. hmm :-/
we'll see

great video nevertheless. eventhough he himself doesn't play dynamicly. he's more into explaining, showing and running away from mobs lol

[Maguspk]

I really enjoy the look of the start and stop animations. I just hope that we're able to stop where we want to and not have it run us off a cliff or other drop off.

No need to worry about that, from the videos, you cannot walk off cliffs just like in FFXI, you need to walk around any sort of elevation, you are restricted to the paths they allow you to take.

[Omniyoji]

So, according to what Bercus posted earlier in this thread we'll get some more info on XIV that we haven't seen yet. I was hoping there'd be more info today but maybe what they have in store for tomorrow will be big.

Yeah, the stuff's on SAT.

btw. with hours passing... i somehow can't live with the idea of spamming hotkeys for normal hits. abilities yes, but standard attacks.. hmm :-/
we'll see

Yeah, I hope this doesn't become more of a spam attack button and using shield is lol cause it decreases your DoT kind of thing... but I have high hopes for SE >_>;;;

[Kurokikaze]

Yeah, the stuff's on SAT.

Yeah, I hope this doesn't become more of a spam attack button and using shield is lol cause it decreases your DoT kind of thing... but I have high hopes for SE >_>;;;

Yeah we should be getting a final wave of new info starting around 4-5AM EST tonight.

As for shield comment. I have high hopes that SE will make it something engaging and worthwhile. I'm looking forward to seeing some more dynamic gameplay showing off proper execution of Left/Right handed moves and combinations. The fact that they are separate, as simple as it may sound, adds a whole new level/dimension of gameplay to it. ;o

[happydude]

I don't remember being able to unsheathe my weapon whenever I wanted in FFXI... Must be a mistake. >.>;

Thanks for the info. :D

wish they would actually add in sheathes like tenzen's

[100percentile]

wish they would actually add in sheathes like tenzen's

Fucking every MMO is missing this seemingly simple feature. What is so hard about including sheathes for weapons? We have near photo-realistic games nowadays yet we still can't have sheathes for weapons.

[Dein]

Fucking every MMO is missing this seemingly simple feature. What is so hard about including sheathes for weapons? We have near photo-realistic games nowadays yet we still can't have sheathes for weapons.

Well it's probably a combination of two things. Sheathes are extra models with textures they'd have to load (meaning more memory for weapons) and if they made it to where sheathes changed to reflect the weapon they're meant to hold then that'll just be even more memory they'd have to reserve for the weapon models. Also, the bigger culprit probably is them just being lazy since it'd be a hassle to set up a sheath for each individual weapon model they'd want one for.

[Uzor]

Might be because it'd be too hard to make a weapon fit inside another model properly without making it look weird? Otherwise it might take too much space if they need to make a separate animation for each weapon to be sheathed properly without looking strange.

Dunno, there's probably some problem with it, otherwise it would be more common.

edit: beateded ; ;

[fussel]

SE saying it will be more about strategy is great. Someone pointed out that the FFXIV keeps track of what direction you are striking the enemy from. That alone opens the game up to many interesting strategies that you simply would not have been possible with FFXI.

Wut? Hi2u Spike Flail and Sneak Attack. Or what about Mortal Ray? Not that FF11 would use it much, just saying..

Also, I hope we won't see crap like in Aion, getting an attack buff while running forward or defense buff while running backward - I don't want to move all the time, but my position at specific times of the battle being important.

[Vuitton]

Wut? Hi2u Spike Flail and Sneak Attack.

Think it was more about attacking specific parts of the body, like the right arm, left leg, body, head, ect.

[Ender]

does anyone know what time the final ff14 conference is?

[Omniyoji]

Look up a few posts.............................................

[aznmajiktaru]

I think what they mean with the attack is that in 14 you'll be able to sheath/unsheath your weapon anywhere, regardless if you're in town or not. So what they mean is you can't just unsheath your weapon to initiate auto attack, you'll have to manually click auto attack in order for it to start. You can see in the video with the gladiator that after he finished up the guild quest of killing puks a port spawned near them and they still had their weapons out even after teleporting out to what looks to be a noncombat area.

[Cantih]

btw. with hours passing... i somehow can't live with the idea of spamming hotkeys for normal hits. abilities yes, but standard attacks.. hmm :-/
we'll see

Should FFXIV lack it, I predict that the first 3rd party tool for the game will be...
Restoring the FFXI auto-attack

[Maguspk]

Should FFXIV lack it, I predict that the first 3rd party tool for the game will be...
Restoring the FFXI auto-attack

lol

As far as the directions go, they were in FFXI too, but not evident in the logs. You could see it when Wyrms would attack with their back legs and shit. My memory is fuzzy because it's been forever, but I'm almost positive they did this. It's not entirely new but the extent to which it will be used in FFXIV will probably be much more extensive than it was in XI.