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

**Takiwaki** · 2010-05-29 19:30

The thing is about the current battle system is that its buggy and very hard to grasp due to the server issues we had. Battle regimens arnt working because of the server issues.

They did in fact say before testing that it is not final and will change but were giving us an opportunity to check it out as is, for feedback, also allowing us to test other aspects of the current build. I do believe that a major change will be happening due to the fact that official feedback in the forums for the battle system has been closed also. As far as everyone that didn't play ff11 not liking the battle system is kinda weird as almost all of the alpha testers are from ff11 players in the first place.

Remember that all official info they released about the battle system was official info on the alpha test and not official info on the final game. None of this information are on the official sites.

Alpha builds are more than always very different from the final game in most cases. I still think they can change the battle system very much and keep the basic idea of how they want battles to be.

I think what we have in the alpha build is the basic underlying or simplified system that was not totally completed and they allowed us the use it anyway to start testing.

I am looking forward to see what they have in store.

**elsoco** · 2010-05-29 19:50

I wouldn't worry too much about the battle system. In the last interview SE stated that they are making a complete different battle system after receiving feedback from the alpha testers. Lets see what they got for us

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**Agito** · 2010-05-29 20:32

I like the current battle system but something different wouldn't be a bad thing as long as it's better in every way. I've studied the current battle system and got a really good grasp on it but now i have to throw all of that out the window. I'm incredibly anxious now to see the new battle system and Beta phase 1 is like an extremely long time away.

**Ryuushin** · 2010-05-29 20:47

Is the ATB gauge changed because of feedback or just lag?

**saracrow** · 2010-05-29 20:50

Has anyone that was invited on Friday been able to log in yet?

**Shibo** · 2010-05-29 22:00

Originally Posted by saracrow

Has anyone that was invited on Friday been able to log in yet?

Yes, online and playing now. Servers are laggy as fuck

**Loaar** · 2010-05-29 23:21

Spoiler: show

All the Rog emotes.

Forgive my crappy editing skills, and if you can't play it you may need the codec from here: (its free)

http://www.divx.com/en/software/divx-plus/codec-pack

Had intended to show a combat one as well but the software I have access to is horrible for editing out the names if your moving.

If anyone wants to provide some details on how to change your viewable name in game I'll do more.

**Cairthenn** · 2010-05-29 23:40

I'll have all level 10 guildleves (I think..), some solo combat, and lots of exploring videos up after I sort through this 100+GB of video.

**Vitglance** · 2010-05-30 00:36

Thanks for the upload Meonline.

But, have folks been reporting cloth dynamics bugs? Because there's some nasty clipping here.

**omegaB** · 2010-05-30 01:13

Originally Posted by Kalisa

Re: the head-scratching over the client download rate....

It's a P2P/torrent style download, thus all the mumbo-jumbo about remote connections and local connections. People were getting ludicrous speeds when it was new and posted for non-testers to download and such--now that it's a) been locked down a little and b) been out long enough to stop being popular, you have far fewer peers to pick from. Try to watch for when the mass of June 2nd invites finally get to log in, then update. Should be quicker. Or just have more patience....

I think it actually has something to do with level or stats, because i noticed that the speed is dif when you fight dif stuff, and when i went back on lancer, (leveling it up) it was really fast, sooo i think its stat or phys level based maybe.

**Cairthenn** · 2010-05-30 01:39

Originally Posted by omegaB

I think it actually has something to do with level or stats, because i noticed that the speed is dif when you fight dif stuff, and when i went back on lancer, (leveling it up) it was really fast, sooo i think its stat or phys level based maybe.

Wow, this is the most off-base post I have ever witnessed.

What you said pretty much equates to:

"God it's raining awfully hard outside isn't it?"

"Sure, I'd be delighted to have lunch."

**Calemero** · 2010-05-30 01:47

I'm pretty sure he just quoted the wrong OP, was probably meant for my video linked. No need to worry though omegaB it was just a bug, has already been confirmed as one.

I have to admit though I did lol @ your post cair

LurkaKitty · 2010-05-30 01:50