FFXIV Random Speculation/Question thread III: Where's my beta invite?

[Mife]

You can use both full screen and windowed, unfortunately full screen crashes when you ALT+TAB and I've tested earlier, SLI doesn't work yet.

thanks for quick reply :D

[Celeras]

I heard that aoe attacks only hit mobs on your hate list, is this true? If so, that's very good thinking.

AoEs are broken for me. First thing I did when beta started was what I did in Alpha, Dart multiple mobs, get them to attack me, aoe them down. AoE's only hit my target on several attempts with them clustered really close... tried both 360 radius and LoS, neither worked.

When it was functioning correctly in Alpha, they hit everything. I think it's just borked right now.

[Kaisha]

FFXI-2 that is all or at least all the beta is.

That's the impression I've gotten so far, complete with small ledges you can't jump down or hop up on (can't wait to see what the Ordelles Caves of XIV will be, seriously, gimmy a damn hop button if I can't 'jump'), and animation lock on the engage/disengage (bleh), but at least you can freely keep your engaged stance up so back-2-back killings aren't annoying.

Will keep at it for awhile and report what I find, SE is going to get a good essay on proper interface management for mouse control for certain from me though as I can guarantee reporters are going to bash it as one of the flaws of the MMO in the age of WoW-clones where everything is expected to handle in a particularly intuitive manner.
(re: drag'n'drop functionality)

[Ragnell]

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First list credits to Fredthetaru.(isn't he on BG lol?)

Details:

Metals
(B) = Brass (Still unknown) (High tier weapons)
(Bz)= Bronze (Copper + Tin) (Low tier weapons)
(I) = Iron (Iron) (Middle tier weapons)
(C) = Copper (Copper)

Woods
(M)= Maple
(W) = Walnut
(E) = Elm
(A) = Ash

Namerecipe (X/Y) X = amount made. Y = Stack

High Quality items: Can be done by normal synthesis with a high focus (nuggets for example over 60) or by "Touch Up" after synthesis is 100%.
Take care with "Touch up" since is like if you were still crafting which means you can still BREAK the synthesis and the durability GREATLY varies each try of touch up.

Note: There are materials or items parts with the same name but the base (material made) is different.
In addittion I will try to put them as suposed lvl to be. From lower to higher.

Raw Materials

Copper Nugget (6/12) [HQ = +1] (C)
1 x Fire Crystal
4 x Copper Ore

Copper Ingot (1/12) [HQ = ?] (C)
2 x Fire Crystal
4 x Copper Nugget

Bronze Nuggets (6/12) [HQ = +1] (Bz)
1 x Fire Crystal
3 x Copper Ore
1 x Tin Ore

Bronze Ingot (1/12) [HQ = ?] (Bz)
2 x Fire Crystal
4 x Bronze Nugget

Iron Nuggets (6/12) [HQ = +1] (I)
1 x Fire Crystal
4 x Iron Ore

Iron Ingot (1/12) [HQ = ?] (I)
2 x Fire Crystal
4 x Iron Nugget

Brass Nugget (?/12) [HQ = ?] (B)
1 x Fire Crystal
? x ???

Equipements parts

File Head (1/1) [HQ = ?] (Bz)
2 x Wind Crystal
2 x Bronze Ingot

Pommel (1/1) [HQ = ?] (Bz)
1 x Water Crystal
1 x Bronze Ingot
1 x Bronze Nugget

Cross-Pein Hammer Head (1/1) [HQ = ?] (Bz)
2 x Earth Crystal
2 x Bronze Ingot
1 x Bronze Nugget

Birdsbeak Hammer Head (1/1) [HQ = ?] (Bz)
? x ? Crystal(s)
2 x Bronze Ingot
2 x Bronze Nugget

Spearhead (1/1) [HQ = ?] (Bz)
2 x Lightning Crystal
3 x Bronze Ingot
1 x Bronze Nugget

Spear Clasp (1/1) [HQ = +1) (Bz)
1 x Water Crystal
3 x Bronze Nugget

Spear Butt (1/1) [HQ = ?] (Bz)
1 x Water Crystal
1 x Bronze Ingot
3 x Bronze Nugget

Axe Ferrute (1/1) [HQ = ?] (Bz)
2x Bronzo Nuggets

Spatha Blade (1/1) [HQ = 1] (Bz)
3x Bronze Ingot

Knapping Hammer Head (1/1) [HQ = ?] (Bz)
2 x Earth Crystal
3 x Bronze Ingot
2 x Bronze Nugget

Hammer Butt (1/1) [HQ = ?] (Bz)
1 x Water Crystal
1 x Bronze Ingot

Pickaxe Head (1/1) [HQ = ?] (Bz)
2 x Earth Crystal
2 x Bronze Ingot
3 x Bronze Nugget

War Axe Head (1/1) [HQ = 1] (Bz)
2 x Wind Crystal
3 x Bronze Ingot
3 x Bronze Nugget

Axe Butt (1/1) [HQ = ?] (Bz)
1 x Water Crystal
1 x Bronze Ingot
2 x Bronze Nugget

Spatha Blade (1/1) [HQ = ?] (Bz)
2 x Wind Crystal
3 x Bronze Ingot

Labrys Head (1/1) [HQ = ?] (Bz)
2 x Wind Crystal
4 x Bronze Ingot

Pommel (1/1) [HQ = ?] (I)
1 x Water Crystal
1 x Iron Ingot
1 x Iron Nugget

Axe Ferrute (1/1) [HQ = ?] (I)
2x Iron Nugget

Cross-Pein Hammer Head (1/1) [HQ = ?] (I)
2 x Earth Crystal
2 x Iron Ingot
1 x Iron Nugget

Feather Clasp (1/1) [HQ = ?] (I)
1 x Iron Nugget
1 x Iron Sand

Labrys Head (1/1) [HQ = ?] (I)
4 x Iron Ingot
1 x Iron Sand

Baghnakh Talon (?/?) [HQ = ?] (I)
2 x Iron Ingot
2 x Iron Sand

CrossGuard (?/?) [HQ = +1] (I)
1x Iron Ingot
1x Iron Sand

Baghnakh Frame (1/1) [HQ = +1] (I)
3x Iron Nugget

Axe Butt (1/1) [HQ = ?] (I)
1x Iron Ingot
2x Iron Nugget

Spatha Blade (1/1) [HQ = ?] (I)
3x Iron Ingot

Weapons

Pickaxe (1/1) [HQ = ?]
1 x Pickaxe Head (Bz)
1 x Pickaxe Shaft (M)
1 x Grip Wrapping (Undyed Hempen Cloth)

Bronze Spear (1/1) [HQ = ?]
1 x Spearhead (Bz)
1 x Spear Clasp (Bz)
1 x Spear Shaft (M)
1 x Spear Butt (Bz)

Decorated Bronze Spear (1/1) [HQ = ?]
1 x Bronze Spear
1 x Spear Clasp (B)
1 x Spear Butt (B)

Cross-pein Hammer (1/1) [HQ = ?]
1 x Ice Crystal
1 x Cross-pein Hammer Head (Bze)
1 x Hammer Grip (W)
1 x Grip Wrapping (Undyed Hempen Cloth)

Iron Cross-pein Hammer (1/1) [HQ = ?]
1 x Ice Crystal
1 x Cross-pein Hammer Head (I)
1 x Hammer Grip (E)
1 x Grip Wrapping (Undyed Hempen Cloth)

Birdsbeak Hammer (1/1) [HQ = ?]
1 x Birdsbeak Hammer Head (Bz)
1 x Hammer Grip (A)
1 x Grip Wrapping (Undyed Canvas)

Baghnakhs (1/1) [HQ = ?]
3 x Baghnakh Talon (I)
1 x Baghnakh Frame (I)
1 x Baghnakh Handle (E)

War Axe (1/1) [HQ = ?]
1 x War Axe Head (Bze)
1 x Axe Haft (E)
1 x Axe Ferrule (Bz)
1 x Axe Butt (Bz)
1 x Grip Wrapping (Soot-Black Buffalo Leather)

Labrys (1/1) [HQ = ?]
1 x Labrys Head (Bz)
1 x Axe Haft (A)
1 x Axe Ferrule (Bz)
1 x Axe Butt (Bz)
1 x Grip Wrapping (Red Ochre Buffalo Leather)

Iron Labrys (1/1) [HQ = ?]
1 x Labrys Head (I)
1 x Axe Haft (E)
1 x Axe Ferrule (I)
1 x Axe Butt (I)
1 x Grip Wrapping (Uncolored Buffalo Leather)

They changed some recipes though so I doubt all of them work right now.

Thanks man

[Hyan]

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Hempen yarn x3:

Lightning crystal
2x Moko Grass

Hempen cloth:

(unsure of crystal)
3x Hempen yarn

Hempen fent x3:

Earth crystal
3x Hempen yarn

I've tried mixing the fent with various things, and so far no luck.

UPDATE

Another 2 successful recipies:

Hempen halfgloves:

Earth crystal
Wind crystal
Hempen yarn
Hempen cloth

Hempen socks:

Earth crystal
Hempen yarn
Hempen cloth

Another synthesis that I could complete is:

Cock fletchings:

Wind crystal
3x Cock feathers

SYNTHS DONE AT SKILL LEVEL 5 (either the required skill level, or when I got the materials)

Crow fletchings:

Wind crystal
3x Crow feathers

Cotton yarn x3:

Lightning crystal
2x Cotton boll


So far these are the only recipes I have found to work. However I have found others, I just haven't reached the right skill level (currently 6):

Wildfowl fletchings:

Wind crystal
3x Wildfowl feathers

Cotton cloth:

Earth crystal
3x Cotton yarn

Some Weaver recipes.

[mastamind]

You can use both full screen and windowed, unfortunately full screen crashes when you ALT+TAB and I've tested earlier, SLI doesn't work yet.

About that, for some reason the game on my laptop didnt crash when i alt tabbed in full screen... ff14 just decided to "stay on top"


And i'm dreading the introduction of the auto trans, i can already imagine all of the cock feather/fletching comments.

[Heslon]

when i try to download the update with torrent it says requested download is not authorized for use with this tracker
and the download is really slow, i already opend ports etc i use utorrent 2.0.2
anyone know how to fix that? is the download so slow because its not authorized? and how could i change that? can anyone help me? i have a slow dsl that could download like ~70kb/s but im only getting 10 i allready download 2 days and still at ~30%

[Draylo]

Adjust it...?

It's already at max, still extremely low...

[MidgarZolom]

Well that was fun. Couldn't quite figure out how to turn in those first three battleleves for Bearded skull camp or whatever after I completed them. They just kind of sat in my journal. The dude who gave them to me in the adventurers' guild didn't seem to have any new leves for me except skull valley, which I couldn't find. I couldn't quite figure out why there were numbers next to the factions in the factionleve listing with that guy, yet he didn't seem to have any of those for me either.

As for video performance, my 4670 ran decently in the field, but quite choppy in LL.

Interface is definitely not something I would call friendly.

[Hyan]

Well that was fun. Couldn't quite figure out how to turn in those first three battleleves for Bearded skull camp or whatever after I completed them. They just kind of sat in my journal. The dude who gave them to me in the adventurers' guild didn't seem to have any new leves for me except skull valley, which I couldn't find. I couldn't quite figure out why there were numbers next to the factions in the factionleve listing with that guy, yet he didn't seem to have any of those for me either.

An aetheryte pops where you finished the leve, interact with it to get your reward and teleport back to the main camp.

[GameDragon]

I would have to agree on the interface. Which is somewhat ironic since it's supposedly more simplistic.

[Cureslime]

Oh so buffs on conjurer actually make it possible to level decently? I gave up.

I couldn't figure out how to get to the marketplace. I saw people running down there and I didn't know what they were doing hah. Oh well. Next test should be a bit better because people will have a bunch of armor from level 10 guildleve rewards. Hope they release recipes before then. Or they can add a tier of gear back in that covers levels 5-12ish and leave the recipes a mystery (outside of guildleves giving you hints.) Either way is ok.

[brand]

Well that was fun. Couldn't quite figure out how to turn in those first three battleleves for Bearded skull camp or whatever after I completed them. They just kind of sat in my journal. The dude who gave them to me in the adventurers' guild didn't seem to have any new leves for me except skull valley, which I couldn't find. I couldn't quite figure out why there were numbers next to the factions in the factionleve listing with that guy, yet he didn't seem to have any of those for me either.

As for video performance, my 4670 ran decently in the field, but quite choppy in LL.

Interface is definitely not something I would call friendly.

All of the camps are already premarked on the map. Use the left mouse click to navigate it. Skull Valley is northwest of Bearded Rock, Cedarwood (which is not a camp, but just a node, and it USED to have levequests, which I haven't seen in Beta yet) is directly east of Bearded Rock, and Bloodshore is north of Cedarwood.

Also, as someone noted, you need to interact with the node that pops when you finish, (or from what I have heard, you can go back to the camp Aetheryte and still finish it that way), but it works the same way as how you started the levequest at the camp Aetheryte in that you need to open the Main Menu (Home key) to access it.

As an addendum, I highly suggest to anyone still confused about any part of the UI to actually read through the manual on the dev site. A lot of the questions I saw crop up today were all covered there.

[MidgarZolom]

An aetheryte pops where you finished the leve, interact with it to get your reward and teleport back to the main camp.

Yeah, I did that... I mean I guess I'm confused because the quests stayed in my journal. They had a check mark next to them, but I'm just used to clearing them out, you know? Makes me think I'm still supposed to do something with them.

[MidgarZolom]

All of the camps are already premarked on the map. Use the left mouse click to navigate it. Skull Valley is northwest of Bearded Rock, Cedarwood (which is not a camp, but just a node, and it USED to have levequests, which I haven't seen in Beta yet) is directly east of Bearded Rock, and Bloodshore is north of Cedarwood.


As an addendum, I highly suggest to anyone still confused about any part of the UI to actually read through the manual on the dev site. A lot of the questions I saw crop up today were all covered there.

Oh thanks, I'll have to try that. Which things am I left clicking on though?

I did read through the dev control manual during the break, and it was helpful. I never would have guessed the Home key pulled up the menu.

[brand]

Oh thanks, I'll have to try that. Which things am I left clicking on though?

I did read through the dev control manual during the break, and it was helpful. I never would have guessed the Home key pulled up the menu.

If dev-na is set up like jp, the option just above the link to the manual gives a visual picture of the keyboard layout and its shortcuts as well as a grid box of commands. (Down the list: Home; To Begin; Download; Operation; Simple Manual; Forums)

Left click-drag anywhere on the map to move it around (it automatically starts out centered on your char).

[avelle]

God a bit of a chance to play around today, from a mouse/keyboard standpoint the controls seem even worse than FFXI's, I wasn't aware that was even possible. It seems like it was almost completely designed around the idea that everyone should use a gamepad to play the game. That said, uhh, any recommendations for gamepads? I have wireless PS3/360 controllers but not sure what is needed to get them working for the PC and FF14. Wired 360 controllers have a USB connection at the end right? As it's probably obvious, I have zero experience with this.

[MidgarZolom]

God a bit of a chance to play around today, from a mouse/keyboard standpoint the controls seem even worse than FFXI's, I wasn't aware that was even possible. It seems like it was almost completely designed around the idea that everyone should use a gamepad to play the game. That said, uhh, any recommendations for gamepads? I have wireless PS3/360 controllers but not sure what is needed to get them working for the PC and FF14. Wired 360 controllers have a USB connection at the end right? As it's probably obvious, I have zero experience with this.

If you do a google search you'll probably find something quickly. This was the first result for me: http://www.hardcoreware.net/how-to-p...ndows-7-vista/ when I searched "ps3 controller windows 7"

[bluefan]

That's the impression I've gotten so far, complete with small ledges you can't jump down or hop up on (can't wait to see what the Ordelles Caves of XIV will be, seriously, gimmy a damn hop button if I can't 'jump'), and animation lock on the engage/disengage (bleh), but at least you can freely keep your engaged stance up so back-2-back killings aren't annoying.

Will keep at it for awhile and report what I find, SE is going to get a good essay on proper interface management for mouse control for certain from me though as I can guarantee reporters are going to bash it as one of the flaws of the MMO in the age of WoW-clones where everything is expected to handle in a particularly intuitive manner.
(re: drag'n'drop functionality)

Exactly how I took it myself. I guess the game feeling a lot like XI isn't a bad thing, but I was hoping it would be a lot more responsive, like a modern game. Targeting system is still as awkward as it was in XI, but I suppose it something they had to do to accommodate PS3 users =/

[avelle]

If you do a google search you'll probably find something quickly. This was the first result for me: http://www.hardcoreware.net/how-to-p...ndows-7-vista/ when I searched "ps3 controller windows 7"

Thanks I'll give that a shot. Google failed me a few months ago when I tried for something else but it could have been because the driver I installed didn't work for 64bit. This one seems to cover all the bases.