FFXIV Random Speculation/Question thread II: Let's Speculate the Speculations

[Eklm]

There wont be horse driven carriage.
Roegadyn driven only!!

There is a difference?

[Lonely]

Ugh so many bugs in the alpha, I hope you're reporting them all. Also holy crap lancer attack range is looooong oh and the red dot in the middle of the target is funny.

Spoiler: show

http://i45.tinypic.com/2dgtb87.png

[Hyan]

3 more notes about the famitsu interview:

They are considering allowing player bazaars to run even while players are logged out.
Players can participate in the the fighting arena and gambling halls in Ul’dah.
Items can be inscribed like in FFXI.

Loose google translation gave something like this, so yah take it with grain of salt 'till we get a proper translation.

[vrumpt]

3 more notes about the famitsu interview:

They are considering allowing player bazaars to run even while players are logged out.
Players can participate in the the fighting arena and gambling halls in Ul’dah.
Items can be inscribed like in FFXI.

Loose google translation gave something like this, so yah take it with grain of salt 'till we get a proper translation.

with just these details coming out of alpha 2 i can't wait for whats all in the final package.

[Ghostsix.Midgard]

pc spec,

win7 x64
intel i7-860 2.80 GHZ
Ati Hawk HD 5770
4GB DDR3

[Hyan]

win7 x64
intel i7-860 2.80 GHZ
Ati Hawk HD 5770
4GB DDR3

Processor power seems to have great impact on this game, or I'm doing something wrong.

With my i3-530 and HD 5770 I could get like 25 fps max. Yours seem to be running extremely smoothly instead.

[Metafox]

I think that thing about the carriage could only be a mistranslation. How do you translate "horse-drawn carriage" without "horse?" "Drawn carriage" sounds awkward and "chocobo-drawn carriage" sounds informal.

I hope it'll be something totally awesome like camel or dhalmel and not just a normal boring Horse.

Zebras would do though.

EDIT: If you start in Ul'Dah it better be camel.

Here's some concept art for you:

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http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/3237/chococamel.png

[Katlan]

Also, you look like you run the game fairly well without any lag? Could you post your pc spec, as I'm halfway through finishing my pc and its being built just for this game (All other gaming I do on consoles).

Alpha is capped at like 30 fps... and no matter how good your system, when you are in populated areas ur fps will drop substantially. The servers just aren't optimized yet, and it has nothing to do w/ your computer spec's. When you do combat away from the main hubs it runs at a nice 30fps w/o any hiccups though.

And yes, lag has improved much over the last few weeks

[Kaslo]

Like'n that vid ghost. Lancers' battle animations are seriously cool looking. and the death animations, couldn't ask for more. The game is gonna set a president when its released.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xdN0QQwsP1...erPointing.jpg

[Zeno]

OFFLINE bazaar's!

Wonder if SE will consider Shopfronts for Players?

Ghost, your new avatar has transformed into Ultra Mega Ghost Avatar Pic!! Nice.

[BlackheartX]

OFFLINE bazaar's!

Wonder if SE will consider Shopfronts for Players?

Ghost, your new avatar has transformed into Ultra Mega Ghost Avatar Pic!! Nice.

Which is it Dr.Doom or this guy...
http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets...omplete_01.jpg

[Corrderio]

Stupid question but has anyone else subscribed to the XIV newsletter and hasn't got anything?

[Argh]

Stupid question but has anyone else subscribed to the XIV newsletter and hasn't got anything?

Me either, I use yahoo. I never get those newsletters nor do I see them under spam.

[Corrderio]

I'm starting to wonder if my ISP blacklisted that and other sites I try to get emails from.

[Katlan]

if your wondering because of invites.. easiest way is to just check ur SE account under managed accounts or something like that

[airez510]

does anyone know the email that the square enix newsletter was sent from. i want to add them to contacts so i can get their emails

[Dredoc]

I've never gotten one either. On topic, can't wait for changes in Alpha 2.

[Cayos]

I got a Square Enix newsletter from [email protected] but it's not the XIV specific one.

Just had this info:

http://na.square-enix.com/newsletter...images/003.jpg
COMING 2010 for PC and the PlayStation®3 system | VISIT SITE
ESRB Rating: RATING PENDING. May contain content inappropriate for children. Visit www.esrb.org for rating information.

Come and explore beautiful Limsa Lominsa! You'll find newly-released details and images for this marine metropolis on the official site. Also, get a sneek peak at the entire Eorzean realm by checking out the world map — created for adventurers far and wide by renowned mapmaker, Roddard Ironheart!

[Eklm]

I just realized, the invites for alpha 2 are going to be on a MUCH larger scale then for the original alpha. In an interview Tanaka and Komoto there was a question asked about the next test and here is what was written:

Will you move on to the beta phase once you have fully examined the growth rate?

Tanaka: Currently, the alpha test takes place on a single World. The next step is to increase the number of Worlds, which will multiply the number of testers. That will be the start of what we call Beta-1, or perhaps Alpha-2.

[Nozomi]

if your wondering because of invites.. easiest way is to just check ur SE account under managed accounts or something like that

The confirm service history tab?