FFXIV Closed Alpha/Beta Discussion (Cancelled for this week)

[Ashton]

Why cant I find the post Seph made of the 12 gods?? I was here when it was posted oO

Did he delete it? Damn it, now I really want to read their descriptions lol.

Look for an empty post of his on the last page or so and quote it, the URL should be in there.

[Rikus]

lots of this.

Everquest was released in 1999, FFXI in 2002. I don't even want to know when FFXI went into development, but i know when it did there was fuck all to look at for comparison. The game is terribly old, and despite all of that, SE still continued to try and adapt it to changing times.

WoW came out, along with a plethora of other MMOs over the years. In all of these the need for people to play for shorter periods of time became a necessity, and in the end SE tried to adapt FFXIs very old foundations to the changing times. In the end, we get things like Treasure Caskets and FoV. We also gain access to fight our favorite HNMs and NMs in instances like Nyzul Isle. New HNMs in WotG answer our calls (kinda) to help prevent botting. And end game progression in a ZNM model appears.

Point is, SE listens to our pleas, although not as much as say somebody like Blizzard, and from the opinions here its obvious that listening TOO MUCH is possible. Keep track of these Abyssea expansions; i would bet that this is SEs opportunity to make a "clean slate" so to speak for endgame content in FFXI.

With FFXIV, its all new built from the ground up in mondern times. Yeah its scary because a lot of the issues with FFXI took a long time to fix (and still aren't) but i'm gonna be a fanboy and say there is a good reason for it.

Only really have 1 concern right now with FFXIV: customer service

O.o so you left for WoW eh, I wondered what happened to you lol

[vrumpt]

Why cant I find the post Seph made of the 12 gods?? I was here when it was posted oO

Did he delete it? Damn it, now I really want to read their descriptions lol.

Spoiler: show

right click >> save as

[vrumpt]

O.o so you left for WoW eh, I wondered what happened to you lol

zomg hi Rikus!

[Lunarhawk]

Man I want some more tests to go by already
I really want impressions on pugilist and marauder when they get to around level 10-20

[Cairthenn]

You can't post images here as per the NDA.

Well you can, but they get deleted pretty quickly. I guess you'd say you have to be punctual to get all the pertinent information.

But don't quote me on that.

[Jerseyprophet]

For those who played, how many kills until you saw a level up? Same as levels 1-5, south gustaberg type of kills? Or only a few like the first levels of wow? Kills vs. Exp Required to level is my question.



Watching Pooky play was like watching a porn, when youre sitting in prison and know in only a few months youre going home to an eager, waiting playboy playmate. Maybe it just made it worse ><

Ive never sat in front of my latop, unwinding from a long day and enjoying a level 1 grind on rats so eagerly in my gaming career. I wanted him to click on inventory. He brought up the menu, but never did. I wonder if its just a list like XI or a window that shows icons.

[Biggie]

Watching Pooky play was like watching a porn, when youre sitting in prison and know in only a few months youre going home to an eager, waiting playboy playmate. Maybe it just made it worse ><

Ive never sat in front of my latop, unwinding from a long day and enjoying a level 1 grind on rats so eagerly in my gaming career. I wanted him to click on inventory. He brought up the menu, but never did. I wonder if its just a list like XI or a window that shows icons.

So true..

[sruon]

I'm amazed at the amount of FFXI bitching / speculation over an alpha game.

[Ashton]

I'm amazed at the amount of FFXI bitching / speculation over an alpha game.

That's what people do when they're interested in something and have little info.

[Corrderio]

I'm amazed at the amount of FFXI bitching / speculation over an alpha game.

Well it was an inevitability at least there wasn't as much bitching at leaked info as I was expecting, or I didn't go to the right sources.

Either way, I couldn't get on the alpha last night sadly. I was hoping my framerate would have been decent at the character creation menus, but it wasn't.

Meh, just an alpha anyway, nothing to cry over. Hopefully they have a graphic settings option in the very soon future so I can play it.

[Jerseyprophet]

Im sure its been asked, but forgive, its hard to keep up on everything as info changes daily. Will BlueGartr be making a triumphant return to FF14? I know the players will, obviously, but will you guys officially make it a linkshell again?


I hope you do. Its more fun with you guys in it. This is the best feeling, on the verge of a whole new online story. I still have a signed ice staff by Worldx and remember camping the Emporer against a slightly well known Goldsmith- thats how "old" I feel. Im looking foward to a new adventure...but with the same connection to the game as XI gave.

[Azurewrath]

You can't post images here as per the NDA.

Well you can, but they get deleted pretty quickly. I guess you'd say you have to be punctual to get all the pertinent information.

But don't quote me on that.

Man, if I didnt know better, I'd think you spend all night thinking of these perfect Sherlock Holmes hints.

[Vacht]

I'm amazed at the amount of FFXI bitching / speculation over an alpha game.

After the numerous differences revealed in XIV versus XI, im surprised people would still reference XI. I mean its like saying we couldve known what to expect for FF9 reflecting on FF8, however, we know SE always makes the games different mechanically. I mean its good to talk about, because it can contribute to the alpha, but i bet the alpha testers are talking up a storm. Outside of the test... not so important. I kinda quit reading the boards and only read the news or interviews.

[Purrrfect]

Dunno if this bad joojoo or not, but a summary I "found"...

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_F5LA_nG7oQM/S7..._4/deities.jpg

[Kachi]

So if anyone with decent software would like to compile a "tree" for the deities, I've spared you the trouble of organizing their relationships and elements. It may shed some unsuspected light in elemental relationships or battle regiments... who knows. Could probably glean astral/umbral alliances but I didn't bother. Could also be an epic waste of time.

Family 1:
Althyk M (earth) -siblings- Nymeia F (water)
[the descriptions actually say that both are the elder sibling, so I would expect them to fix that eventually]

Althyk M (earth) is father to:
Azeyma F (fire) the elder sister and
Menphina F (ice) the younger sister

Azeyma F (fire) married(?) to Thaliak M (water). Children are:
Llymlaen F (water) the elder sister and
Nophica F (earth) the younger sister
[Llymlaen and Nophica could be half sisters based on what is known, I'm just assuming they're not... Llymlaen is Thaliak's daughter, and Nophica is Azeyma's dauther, and Nophica and Llymlaen are sisters]

Family 2:
Rhalgr M (lightning) father to:
Byregot M (lightning) the elder brother and
Halone F (ice) the younger sister

Family 3:
Just the sibling brothers Oschon and Nald'thal.
Nald'thal M (fire) is the fusion of two deities, Nald and Thal
Oschon M (wind)

Non-family relationships:
Nymeia F (water) is master to Rhalgr M (lightning), servant
Thaliak M (water) is teacher to Byregot M(lightning), pupil
Halone F (ice) is rivals with Nophica F (earth)
Oschon M (wind) and Menphina F (ice) are lovers
Oschon M (wind) is close to Halone F (ice)

It's also possible that the family relationships aren't intended to be interpreted that way, and phrases like "mother to" simply mean "dominant to."

[Vacht]

Point distribution is going to be so awesome.

[Jerseyprophet]

Point distribution is going to be so awesome.

Agreed, and going to help players abilities stand out beyond pretty gear.

[Purrrfect]

Lol Kachi, I was just getting ready to make a tree.

edit: nvm i see what you meant

[Kachi]

Well I hope that will help you rather than me having wasted my time XD