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

[Sagacious Sundi]

Beast tribe/primal speculation: (This is the speculation thread, right?)

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In the data files, there are 7 sets of beastcoin-like thingies. Also, there are 5 beast tribe flag things with the national flags, guild logos, and such, each of which matches up with one of the beastcoins/currencies. My personal theory is that they will also each align to an element (with a seventh non-elemental or maybe astral/umbral one), possibly as following:

EDIT: Format is
Currency - Element - Beast tribe (If I can think of one) - Primal (If I can think of one)
Triangular coin - Not sure about element - Maybe that giant dragon? (Bahamut?)
Pendulum-ish coin - Fire - Those Mamool/Ifrit guys (Seen summoning/worshiping/somethinging that Ifrit-esque guy) - Said Ifrit guy
Wooden (I think) coin - Wind or umbral (The insignia looks like a cyclone)
Rock coin - Earth - (Someone said Titan was mentioned or in the dats a while back)
Leaf coin - Lightning - (The insignia looks like a lightning bolt, is in a purple background in the flag section, and I also thought of Ramuh being in a tree)
Shell coin - Water - Sahagin (I think Spira said they were mentioned in-game) - That giant serpent (Leviathan?)
Coin that makes me think of FFXI Troll armor - Ice? Astral? (Very elaborate insignia and design; maybe it's the Garlean Empire's currency)

Dunno, makes sense to me.

[Hyan]

Also, there are 5 beast tribe flag things with the national flags, guild logos, and such

Hrmm, beastmen cities/villages?

Invading them would be cool, like an opposite Besieged.

Makes me wonder if there'll be no Conquest/Campaign/Besieged type system at all, or if they just haven't introduced it yet.

[Kalisa]

I really hope they're going to do more with beastman flags than plain logos on plain white (or purple, or grey) backgrounds. >.<

[Dizzy]

The selection sounds are really annoying. If the sound is worth keeping on I hope they change that otherwise I'm hitting the mute for combat.

[Lazytowner]

The selection sounds are really annoying. If the sound is worth keeping on I hope they change that otherwise I'm hitting the mute for combat.

Defnitely. When someone's mashing the Confirm button I just click off my speakers. That better not be a concrete design choice, it MUST be changed before I play the beta with my ears bleeding.

[luciferu]

Hrmm, beastmen cities/villages?

Invading them would be cool, like an opposite Besieged.

Makes me wonder if there'll be no Conquest/Campaign/Besieged type system at all, or if they just haven't introduced it yet.

Hope we can rape their beastwomen and eat their beastkids like IRL wars.

[Corrderio]

Did anyone get to test food out and see what they do yet? I know I asked in last thread but can't recall seeing an answer.

[Kalisa]

Did anyone get to test food out and see what they do yet? I know I asked in last thread but can't recall seeing an answer.

Since we can't be Culinarians yet, I doubt it honestly... If (big if) FFXIV follows FFXI patterns, there won't be much stat-enhancing food on vendors.

[Corrderio]

I could have sworn someone said that there was an NPC selling Kabobs or something.

[Purrrfect]

I saw someone say they found a vendor selling kabobs. No idea who though.

[vrumpt]

I could have sworn someone said that there was an NPC selling Kabobs or something.

I saw someone say they found a vendor selling kabobs. No idea who though.

srsly? 1hr 40 min between posts.

[Reiryuu]

One of the Famitsu screen shots showed someone at a food vendor.

[Satyr]

I got a chance to look at a food vendor gimmy a sec I will post there was 3 items and I SS all 3 ^^

[Purrrfect]

srsly? 1hr 40 min between posts.

srsly

I was supporting corrd's mentioning. Sorry I didn't quote him, I can see that was obviously too much of a stretch for you put it together.

[Satyr]

http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/3...endorll001.jpg
I was happy to see meat kabobs so cheap
FFXI newbs start out a crafting is always culinarian (at least latley) so theres a lot of cheap food on FFXI ah which probvably has some effect on why they made food cheap to start out.

http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/131...endorll002.jpg

last one
http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/1...endorll003.jpg
*snicker*

[Lazytowner]

There's a Cock Feather, but no Cock Meat?

I fail to understand the logic here.

[Loaar]

The shops are not all "guild specific" in hawkers alley. They sell things from a variety of professions. Its likely the meats are foods and the feather is an alchemy ingredient.

[Jinko]

Too bad they don't shw the stats on the food information, assuming there are any, seems SE didn't learn anything about people not wanting to tab out to look stuff up every 2 mins.

[Lucavi]

So are we back to not listing what the item does via the description?

Can anyone confirm?

[Loaar]

You dont see the stats when you mouse over them, but things like armour you could see the stats for if you clicked on them. It would bring up the item window with item information (including stats) and ask you to confirm your choice.

Will need to be confirmed, but I dont see why it couldn't work the same way.