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

[Vacht]

Can anyone confirm the minimum number of letters allowed in the first name and the last name? Is it 3 minimum for each?

[Cairthenn]

Got actual mob names instead of just categories. Compiling and uploading in a while.

[bluefan]

Got actual mob names instead of just categories. Compiling and uploading in a while.

Kick ass.

[Ashton]

Got actual mob names instead of just categories. Compiling and uploading in a while.

8)

[Ashton]

Can anyone confirm the minimum number of letters allowed in the first name and the last name? Is it 3 minimum for each?

Some japanese names are 2 letters, so it's probably that.

[Lunarhawk]

Someone should be adding all this info to one of the wikis imo

[Ica]

Can anyone confirm the minimum number of letters allowed in the first name and the last name? Is it 3 minimum for each?

it's three, minimum.

[Tineey]

Regarding the tabbing system discussed earlier.

It seems like the tabbing system is back from pooky's video.

Maybe shift tab to reverse tab to the left to easily select mobs in a crowd. Hmm did shift tab work in ffxi, never found out lol

I was mostly a mage player in ffxi, so I did not really play with the switch target mechanic.

I really didn't like the tab mechanic, usually had to f1 myself, move the camera to place the mob I want to target in the center, but slightly off to the right, tab once to select.

[Lunarhawk]

how about you just double click a mob to switch target to that
right
right?

[Kurokikaze]

idk, but there was something distinctly different between WoW endgame and say, FFXI endgame. not talking so much of the mechanics(those would obviously be different), but the way players in end-game would behave. i just hope ffxiv end-game does'nt produce a bunch of elitists who.... ah what the hell, thats like hoping diamonds pour out of my dick the next time i pee.

The thing you were looking for is: WoW puts much more emphasis on player equipment as opposed to skill in order to excel at something. When you were told that you needed X gear to do well in Y raid - you really needed it. FFXI's end-game gear just made shit easier but you didn't need the gear as much as you did in WoW, not even close.

Quick Ex:

FFXI: I tanked Nidhogg fine with AF1. Did better when I actually put on better gear.
WoWBC: Take a Karazhan geared Prot Pally into Mount Hyjal. Watch what happens.
WoWLK: Take a fresh 80 Prot Warrior into ToTGC lol.

[King Zuca]

skimmed through a lot of this thread, and saw this mentioned but not sure if it was elaborated on; i saw in pookies video there was both skill points, and skill proficiency. seems like the skill points raise your rank in that particular class, but what does proficiency do? is there both class levels AND class skill ranks? im just a bit confused on it after watching the vids.

[King Zuca]

The thing you were looking for is: WoW puts much more emphasis on player equipment as opposed to skill in order to excel at something. When you were told that you needed X gear to do well in Y raid - you really needed it. FFXI's end-game gear just made shit easier but you didn't need the gear as much as you did in WoW, not even close.

Quick Ex:

FFXI: I tanked Nidhogg fine with AF1. Did better when I actually put on better gear.
WoWBC: Take a Karazhan geared Prot Pally into Mount Hyjal. Watch what happens.
WoWLK: Take a fresh 80 Prot Warrior into ToTGC lol.

took the words right out of my mouth. thats kind of what ultimately drew me away from WoW. not a warcraft hater, but i hope FFXIV retains more of the skill based challenge its predecessor excelled at while trying to make the game more casual. WoW was just too easy imho.

[Caestus]

Just to add some info, my computer could NOT run the alpha with the following specs:
Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit (6.1, Build 7600) (7600.win7_rtm.090713-1255)
English (Regional Setting: English)
System Model: MacBookPro4,1
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T8300 @ 2.40GHz (2 CPUs), ~2.4GHz
Memory: 4096MB RAM
Card name: NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT

I'll have to wait until I order my new PC to test, I suppose.

My MacBook Pro is:

Model Name: MacBook Pro
Model Identifier: MacBookPro5,5
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.53 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 3 MB
Memory: 4 GB

and

NVIDIA GeForce 9400M:

Chipset Model: NVIDIA GeForce 9400M
Type: GPU
Bus: PCI
VRAM (Total): 256 MB
Vendor: NVIDIA (0x10de)
Device ID: 0x0863
Revision ID: 0x00b1
ROM Revision: 3427
Displays:

I do have Windows 7 Pro on it.

I think I would be ok... but maybe not...


However my Desktop is:

Core i7 920 clocked to 3.2 GHZ
6 GB DDR3 OCZ Ram at 1700 MHZ
Geforce 275 GTX 896 MB of RAM

My Desktop is fine and I hope my Laptop is... so I can play at work lmao...

[Eldan]

The thing you were looking for is: WoW puts much more emphasis on player equipment as opposed to skill in order to excel at something. When you were told that you needed X gear to do well in Y raid - you really needed it. FFXI's end-game gear just made shit easier but you didn't need the gear as much as you did in WoW, not even close.

Quick Ex:

FFXI: I tanked Nidhogg fine with AF1. Did better when I actually put on better gear.
WoWBC: Take a Karazhan geared Prot Pally into Mount Hyjal. Watch what happens.
WoWLK: Take a fresh 80 Prot Warrior into ToTGC lol.

When it was still kinda a big deal I did sarth 3d in heroic blues and epics. I was carried like a motherfucker though.

That being said, I agree with your point entirely :D

[Insanecyclone]

Not sure if this has been asked but do we know what the level cap is? I think 20 is for the Alpha but the full game?

[Lunarhawk]

I believe they said at launch the level cap will be 50

[Eldan]

Not sure if this has been asked but do we know what the level cap is? I think 20 is for the Alpha but the full game?

Nobody knows~~~~~ OoOOooOOo *spooky*

[LD]

Yeah, 50 sounds like something they'd say.

Not gunna worry about it, it's just a number. The time it takes the get there and what we can do at that point are a lot more important.

[Lazytowner]

Quick Ex:

FFXI: I tanked Nidhogg fine with AF1. Did better when I actually put on better gear.
WoWBC: Take a Karazhan geared Prot Pally into Mount Hyjal. Watch what happens.
WoWLK: Take a fresh 80 Prot Warrior into ToTGC lol.

Omfg, playing Prot Warrior in WoW made me give up that damn game. Such a terrible wall new players hit when they get to cap. If I'm required to have a group of moderately geared players basically hold my hand through instances until I get gear well enough for me to even -consider- tanking in anything that matters, that bothers me.

[Seanr]

I really didn't like the tab mechanic, usually had to f1 myself, move the camera to place the mob I want to target in the center, but slightly off to the right, tab once to select.

why not just press F8? >_>