Final Fantasy XIV site updated.

[Kilhart]

That's how I understood the story:
http://www.tsundereko.com/moghouse/lolff14_02.jpg

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http://www.tsundereko.com/moghouse/lolff14_01.jpg

Fucking win.

[Spira]

and pretty accurate too

[Thiefami]

in some of the earlier interviews didn't they also mention we will see similiar beastmen as in ffxi

[Kurokikaze]

Someone on GAF forums made a MS Paint mockup of what the world map might look like:
http://i26.tinypic.com/2ziq13k.jpg

Seems pretty decent given the information that we have on the game.

[Averrinicus]

in some of the earlier interviews didn't they also mention we will see similiar beastmen as in ffxi

I haven't seen or heard anything about beast men myself, people have been talking about it here and there.

[Averrinicus]

Someone on GAF forums made a MS Paint mockup of what the world map might look like:
http://i26.tinypic.com/2ziq13k.jpg

Seems pretty decent given the information that we have on the game.

for some reason when I thought about it I flipped it.

[Shenrien]

Fuck this makes me horny.. I want to play it noooow.

Jeez man, have a control over your dick, its only graphics and a shit ton of info.

yeah this makes me wana play too but I think 11 will be my last MMO for a while.

[Cutriss]

I signed up for the newsletter before, never received an e-mail. Clicking the "Register Now!" link doesn't do anything, even with NoScript allowing everything. I load the page in IE, and it doesn't even think I have Flash installed. >.>

[Kurokikaze]

Yeah it hasn't been working since late last night. As mentioned before, I too am signed up for the newsletter but did not receive anything.

[Averrinicus]

Yeah it hasn't been working since late last night. As mentioned before, I too am signed up for the newsletter but did not receive anything.

I got the newsletter but it would load no matter what browser I was in. I think they have a little more traffic than they thought as the website was constantly going down. either that or Gmail fails really really badly when it comes to newsletters.

[Gwynplaine]

So let's get this straight.

The game takes place in a world inhabited by 5 races copied from FFXI. The lead up point of the plot where the players step in is predicated by a once great nation being destroyed by an attacking force, which causes the races to unify resulting in an age of adventure. One of the main cities was built by destitute fisherman and is now a shining city on the sea whose bridges span across the terrain. They even kept the same unit of distances from FFXI.

No wonder they were able to crack this sucker out so fast, it seems like essentially FFXI with the particulars remixed. I suppose that could still be a good thing. It's just that the similarities are striking (and maybe a littleuncreative). Perhaps it is superficial and will be very different in the game however.

With that being said, I'm still lukewarm on this whole idea. If I had been shown everything available so far excluding the races and the chocobo shot I would probably never guess this was a Final Fantasy title. The whole thing comes off very generic to me honestly. Most of all the unpalatable religious speech.

I hope there will be more to see of FFXIV that really makes it stand out as a FF game. The "high technology" mentioned would be great. Among all the RPG series that try to mix fantasy with technology, FF probably does it the best. I'm also interested to hear more about the Garlean Empire as I've always been a sucker for those kinds of plots (as opposed to merely Beastmen or some villain with supernatural powers).

[Jaybar]

I got mine at 10:05 central time, so I think it just hates certain people, or maybe it has already selected the few who will be in the beta !!!!

Anyway, site runs much smoother now, in case you haven't gotten to see the rest of the site yet.

[BRP]

No wonder they were able to crack this sucker out so fast

Truly "storyline" is the hardest part of making a videogame. They got their work cut out for them.

If I had been shown everything available so far excluding the races and the chocobo shot I would probably never guess this was a Final Fantasy title.

Yeah, I don't understand why they suddenly started using a new setting for the sequel. It will only confuse people!

[Averrinicus]

So let's get this straight.

The game takes place in a world inhabited by 5 races copied from FFXI. The lead up point of the plot where the players step in is predicated by a once great nation being destroyed by an attacking force, which causes the races to unify resulting in an age of adventure. One of the main cities was built by destitute fisherman and is now a shining city on the sea whose bridges span across the terrain. They even kept the same unit of distances from FFXI.

No wonder they were able to crack this sucker out so fast, it seems like essentially FFXI with the particulars remixed. I suppose that could still be a good thing. It's just that the similarities are striking (and maybe a littleuncreative). Perhaps it is superficial and will be very different in the game however.

With that being said, I'm still lukewarm on this whole idea. If I had been shown everything available so far excluding the races and the chocobo shot I would probably never guess this was a Final Fantasy title. The whole thing comes off very generic to me honestly. Most of all the unpalatable religious speech.

I hope there will be more to see of FFXIV that really makes it stand out as a FF game. The "high technology" mentioned would be great. Among all the RPG series that try to mix fantasy with technology, FF probably does it the best. I'm also interested to hear more about the Garlean Empire as I've always been a sucker for those kinds of plots (as opposed to merely Beastmen or some villain with supernatural powers).

I'm sure there is much more to be announced, or at least I am hoping since the game is a year away from release.

[BRP]

Maybe it's just me but it feels like with the Guildleves, they took names inspired from D&D 4e with names like Saint Moergynn and the Edgeless Blade.

wat

[Rocl]

Yeah, I don't understand why they suddenly started using a new setting for the sequel. It will only confuse people!

Eorzea is actually Paradise

[Vuitton]

I really do hope SE didn't listen to a lot of recent players posting on forums wanting region specific servers or language x only servers. Having it mixed is better IMO.

I thought they confirmed during the initial interviews that the populations would remain mixed. The EU, JP, and NA players will all be on the same servers, just like FFXI.

[Kurokikaze]

Yeah they said this in the very first interview. How did you not have fun playing with people all around the world regardless of console/language? I think that was one of the strong points of the game.

[Averrinicus]

Yeah they said this in the very first interview. How did you not have fun playing with people all around the world regardless of console/language? I think that was one of the strong points of the game.

But didn't they also say that there would be some new kind of seperation for the game so RMT was not as bad?

[Trocian]

Fuck this makes me horny.. I want to play it noooow.

Oh yeah.

And those drawing are awesome.