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

[Ghostsix.Midgard]

You may want to start blurring out the name of the player if you're going to be throwing it out publicly.

If you don't know how to blur out stuff, I can do it for you.

That's not the real account name, text swaps etc.

[Loaar]

Do you think that is only 1/5th of the world? I know in Alpha they restricted access to a lot of areas.

SE said that the alpha would be "roughly equivalent to 20% of the total game area planned for the initial commercial release"

[viperlasson]

Looks like the font is upside down o.O

wtf lol

[Foof]

I tried looking through a few screenshots, but haven't quite found what I'm looking for. Is the 14 chat system just like 11? I was kind of hoping it'd have a channel chat system like WoW (global lfg, guild class channels, etc).

[Eisen]

I tried looking through a few screenshots, but haven't quite found what I'm looking for. Is the 14 chat system just like 11? I was kind of hoping it'd have a channel chat system like WoW (global lfg, guild class channels, etc).

In a way that would be nice but in a way I really don't want a Region Chat type thing. Aion was RUINED by the gold spammers due to Regional Chat. I mean it scrolled so fast that it literally made you dizzy.

[Jinko]

i see your point on everything except games your pc can run that your ps3 cant. what games might this be? i don't want to sound like a fanboy (although i looooooove my ps3), but i know a lot about the ps3 and so-so about pc's, so maybe there is a few games that cant be played on ps3, but aside from crysis, i seriously doubt it. look at uncharted 2 and GoW. easily the best looking games on the market (not to mention all the technical muscle they flex). i'd imagine your pc would need to be worth over a grand (wether built from the ground up, or bought that way) in upgrades to run those two games as smoothly.

i don't want to seem like im changing the thread topic, or ranting on about ps3 vs. pc. but its important to discuss this. and hey its a better topic then the fuckin "jump" topic lol.

PS3
1 x Core + 7 smaller (asymetric) cores
Nvidia RSX GPU (7800 series)
256 mb Memory + 256 mbs video memory

PC
4-6 symertrical cores
ATI 5900 series / Nvidia 400 series
2-6 GB's of main + 512 mb - 2 gbs of video memory

They aren't even comparable, even at the low end a PC is still many times more capable than a PS3, sure you are right it will cost more than a PS3 but that's the thing, you get what you pay for.

PS3 is a nice compromise and it does the job but its not guna compete with the average gaming PC these days.

Last I'm saying on the matter, sorry for the OT :D

The font reminds me of Old English and Saxon.

[rufus9]

It's not always about specs. The PS3 will run the game perfectly fine as SE will optimize the PS3 version of the game to run on the PS3.

PS3
1 x Core + 7 smaller (asymetric) cores
Nvidia RSX GPU (7800 series)
256 mb Memory + 256 mbs video memory

PC
4-6 symertrical cores
ATI 5900 series / Nvidia 400 series
2-6 GB's of main + 512 mb - 2 gbs of video memory

They aren't even comparable, even at the low end a PC is still many times more capable than a PS3, sure you are right it will cost more than a PS3 but that's the thing, you get what you pay for.

PS3 is a nice compromise and it does the job but its not guna compete with the average gaming PC these days.

Last I'm saying on the matter, sorry for the OT :D

[levish]

i see your point on everything except games your pc can run that your ps3 cant. what games might this be? i don't want to sound like a fanboy (although i looooooove my ps3), but i know a lot about the ps3 and so-so about pc's, so maybe there is a few games that cant be played on ps3, but aside from crysis, i seriously doubt it. look at uncharted 2 and GoW. easily the best looking games on the market (not to mention all the technical muscle they flex). i'd imagine your pc would need to be worth over a grand (wether built from the ground up, or bought that way) in upgrades to run those two games as smoothly.

i don't want to seem like im changing the thread topic, or ranting on about ps3 vs. pc. but its important to discuss this. and hey its a better topic then the fuckin "jump" topic lol.

Think of it this way, the PS3 has a fairly potent CPU, its GPU however compared to what is available currently amid the cream of the crop is weaksauce and that is where a large part of the graphics quality comes from.

I forget exactly but I believe the PS3 gpu is something to the effect of a NVidia 7800-8600GT 256MB in horsepower (probably a bit less).

Decent (as in way better than anything integrated graphics wise) but not even comparable to a 5870 or a 480GTX (not even in the same league).

[millionsknives]

please tell me somebody on the alpha forums has made a thread about the map font. That shit is just inacceptable, needs to be changed to readable font

Ummm... you realise that the font isn't english right? That its in language of Eorzea? Someone has done a translation for the letters into english if you take the time to look for it.

Its not unreadable because of the font, its in another language.

Even so, the maps should be in clear English. Having our maps written in Erozean script wont emerse us in the game any more then if they were in English, in fact it'll do the opposite as we'll be think how annoying it is.

I don't want to have someone ask me where I am, then I go to my map and have to decipher another language to tell them -_-

[Boom]

http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/7...0413203256.jpg

Step One, cut a hole in the box..

[Jinko]

It's not always about specs. The PS3 will run the game perfectly fine as SE will optimize the PS3 version of the game to run on the PS3.

Yup you're right, but the game is still being developed on the PC first and being ported to the PS3 version of crystal tools, i'm sure they will do a good job and is part the reason why the PC alpha has been locked at 30 fps and 720p.

[Spira]

Even so, the maps should be in clear English. Having our maps written in Erozean script wont emerse us in the game any more then if they were in English, in fact it'll do the opposite as we'll be think how annoying it is.

I don't want to have someone ask me where I am, then I go to my map and have to decipher another language to tell them -_-

Thats just the flavor text drawn into the map.

In-game, there are markers for aetheryte camps, aether gates, towns and such.. in normal fully legible english

[Lazytowner]

Page 118: Thread stops getting interesting.


Reading these discussions about graphics or system requirements is like watching an episode of Friends. "Maybe this will go in a different direction this time? -- nope, same shit. *turns off tv*"

*closes tab*

[millionsknives]

Thats just the flavor text drawn into the map.

In-game, there are markers for aetheryte camps, aether gates, towns and such. in normal fully legible english

Thats good to know

[Ghostsix.Midgard]

the grey areas are huge. these arent explorable are they ?

nope

Maybe someone already asked but, did you had to recreate your char and get a new name for this alpha phase 2?

nope, SE stated a few characters were deleted due to some server issue.
I deleted my char (takes 30 secs) and remade with the same name also.

Surprised nobody bitched about that entire region appearing to be a bunch of tunnels with very little landscape.

I ran around for a few hours [!] with no mobs around and still haven't seen any tunnels.

we found a Dock and a few lighthouses though.. and a few crossable bridges =D

[joxerthemighty]

while i have no doubts that PS3 will run the game, i expect that "mmo slowdown" will occur much sooner with more people on the screen when compared to a PC. lucky for PS3 users that they are going for instanced quest areas this time around.

[Jehr]

i see your point on everything except games your pc can run that your ps3 cant. what games might this be? i don't want to sound like a fanboy (although i looooooove my ps3), but i know a lot about the ps3 and so-so about pc's, so maybe there is a few games that cant be played on ps3, but aside from crysis, i seriously doubt it. look at uncharted 2 and GoW. easily the best looking games on the market (not to mention all the technical muscle they flex). i'd imagine your pc would need to be worth over a grand (wether built from the ground up, or bought that way) in upgrades to run those two games as smoothly.

i don't want to seem like im changing the thread topic, or ranting on about ps3 vs. pc. but its important to discuss this. and hey its a better topic then the fuckin "jump" topic lol.

God of War 3 has pre rendered backgrounds like the early Resident Evils had. That cuts down dramatically on hardware strain because the PS3 is only having to render what you see, which is one camera angle.. That's completely different from a game where you can spin around and see everything in the world. Uncharted 2 is the same way, though to a lesser extent.. Alot of the game has preset camera angles.

[Katlan]

while i have no doubts that PS3 will run the game, i expect that "mmo slowdown" will occur much sooner with more people on the screen when compared to a PC. lucky for PS3 users that they are going for instanced quest areas this time around.

Or, you know, they can do what they did w/ XI and only allow "X" number of ppl to load at once.. unless your specifically targeting somebody.

[millay]

When I played FFXI I would play on both my ps2 and my PC. I never had any jumpy lag from people or effects on my ps2 but I did on my PC. I never really thought the graphics were THAT different either so to me I'd much rather play on a ps3 since I don't have to upgrade it.

[Tonka]

Step One, cut a hole in the box..

That guy showed up in another screenshot taken by a different tester I know. Perdy funny.