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

[Spira]

I'm a bit bothered by the "If your inventory is full, the item is lost"-thing. This, and the fact that you can only invite people in the same area is not something that should exist in a 2010 MMO.

that depends entirely on how big an area actually is

[Crysten]

Has the alpha test gone live yet?

At this point in time I'm sure the entireity of BG will know before the testers do.

[Katlan]

I rly hope beta ppl don't get to keep their names for launch, thats an extremely unfair system. basically saying that if RNG picks you then awesome, if not ur SoL.. only thing would be if its exclusive to a single server.. but then ppl won't want to roll on that server lol

[Aodh]

I rly hope beta ppl don't get to keep their names for launch, thats an extremely unfair system

Considering they're planning to open the beta up a lot more before launch, and what are the odds that someone else will have the same first and last name... Don't think it's really that unfair.

[Khamsin]

I rly hope beta ppl don't get to keep their names for launch, thats an extremely unfair system. basically saying that if RNG picks you then awesome, if not ur SoL.. only thing would be if its exclusive to a single server.. but then ppl won't want to roll on that server lol

Just how common of a name do you plan on choosing? Was your name hotly contested in FFXI? I doubt it will be much of a problem.

Also consider, assuming the beta tests are all on a single server (or at most, one per region), this means beta names should be mostly unique. Once the game goes live, there'll be 30 some odd servers for those beta participants to spread out over. If your name was coincidentally taken by an existing beta account whose longstanding name was transferred to the live servers, there'll be 29 other servers without that name.

[[Cookies]]

The chances of you and someone else wanting the same first AND last name are slim unless it's something silly like Hello Kitty.

[Lucavi]

Cloud Strife, baby.

Me? I'm going for something different. Bruiser Khang. Nobody's gonna remember him, and I can make my big ass galka puglist named after him.

[Katlan]

The chances of you and someone else wanting the same first AND last name are slim unless it's something silly like Hello Kitty.

DAMMIT

[Vacht]

Man, this surname thing is gonna bring in some pretty bad names.

Sephiorth McSipethroth

I really hope no one can choose 'The' as their first name. I guess one of us could choose to be "The Rectum"

[Lucavi]

Awesome sig, Vacht. I'll have to try that with my cat. Crazy reflexes and eye-tracking are crazy.

[Vacht]

Awesome sig, Vacht. I'll have to try that with my cat. Crazy reflexes and eye-tracking are crazy.

Haha, thanks. And yeah, it makes me laugh everytime i see it

[Shuichi]

Haha, thanks. And yeah, it makes me laugh everytime i see it

Agreed. As an owner of two cats that sig is quite entertaining.

[Lazytowner]

Man, this surname thing is gonna bring in some pretty bad names.

Or amazing ones. ---> Booty Brown.



I called it first back off. >

[Dantrag]

11 had nothing wrong with the loot system. You wanted to roll, you rolled. You wanted one person to control the loot, you had them set quartermaster.

More items will be Rare/EX in FF14 though, unfortunately, to prevent RMT.

If i remember correctly you couldn't control who got what with quartermaster. That's a huge no no now a days. I'd rather have the loot master hand out the items or have something similar to WAR where the class you're on at the moment can roll.

[Thunderblaze]

If i remember correctly you couldn't control who got what with quartermaster. That's a huge no no now a days. I'd rather have the loot master hand out the items or have something similar to WAR where the class you're on at the moment can roll.

Oh really? Been a long time. You're correct, my bad.

Edit: That is a retarded loot system. lol

Edit2: I'd be more worried about the ignore system, if it has a low limit like WoW, would be depressing. I have an addon that is pretty much required...have over 1000 people on ignore on my server.

[vrumpt]

Oh really? Been a long time. You're correct, my bad.

Edit: That is a retarded loot system. lol

i actually had to look up how quartermaster worked in ffxi its been so long. i agree, god damn this game is old.

heres hoping theres different kinds of loot systems in FFXIV. if there aren't now i'm sure by the time beta rolls around there will be the demand for them.

[Thunderblaze]

i actually had to look up how quartermaster worked in ffxi its been so long. i agree, god damn this game is old.

heres hoping theres different kinds of loot systems in FFXIV. if there aren't now i'm sure by the time beta rolls around there will be the demand for them.

I'm sure there will be, if anything, to prevent mass QQ to Squeenix about loot issues.

[Azurewrath]

It seems just like FFXI's loot system.

It says "The items will be randomly distributed to players lists"

It's probably a bad translation, it probably means "Players list" as in "the players inventory"

Your inventory is a list

Your list
ya

[Thunderblaze]

It seems just like FFXI's loot system.

It says "The items will be randomly distributed to players lists"

It's probably a bad translation, it probably means "Players list" as in "the players inventory"

Your inventory is a list

Your list
ya

Nah, they said each player will have a loot list that loot will be distributed to BEFORE it goes to inventory. Players can trade EX items to other loot lists before it goes to inventory.

[vrumpt]

Nah, they said each player will have a loot list that loot will be distributed to BEFORE it goes to inventory. Players can trade EX items to other loot lists before it goes to inventory.

that seems more complicated than it needs to be.

then again, its essentially the same as trading BoPs in wow after you get them, though i doubt those items will linger for 2 hours in lists.