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

[blythe]

Makes no sense to make one race stand out from the others just because they are larger, Tanaka has already said that they don't want the stat difference to be a barrier for players anymore.

This kind of bugs tbh...

I liked that in XI, yes you could level any job, but if you were a taru you would excel more in mage classes than dd. I'm ok with there being less of a difference but not eliminating it to the point where race is irrelevant. It just makes more sense aesthetically.

[Jinko]

This kind of bugs tbh...

I liked that in XI, yes you could level any job, but if you were a taru you would excel more in mage classes than dd. I'm ok with there being less of a difference but not eliminating it to the point where race is irrelevant. It just makes more sense aesthetically.

No because they have replaced that with stat allocation, which makes much more sense, why should someones choice of character reflect how they play the game. ?

That makes no sense, it comes back to fantasy vs realism, and realism doesn't really apply to this kind of game IMO.

[Hyan]

No thanks, you seem to like climbing hills with rollerskates.

Makes no sense to make one race stand out from the others just because they are larger, Tanaka has already said that they don't want the stat difference to be a barrier for players anymore.

You would have a point there if they were simply larger than other races, but they are also twice as awesome.

It makes all the sense to give them an unfair advantage based on that factor alone.

[blythe]

No because they have replaced that with stat allocation, which makes much more sense, why should someones choice of character reflect how they play the game. ?

That makes no sense, it comes back to fantasy vs realism, and realism doesn't really apply to this kind of game IMO.

Well now that I think about it in XI the different race's strengths were clearly outlined in the lore....i.e. Taru excelled in magic, Galka's pure strength etc. But we haven't seen any of that in the descriptions this time around so that's fair.

I guess the issue is I'll still see Lala and equate it to Taru, and be bugged by why they don't have more MP..etc

[omegaB]

they said earlier that there would in fact be racial differences, but maybe they changed thier minds, because in a system where you allot your stats yourself, dunno how you can make stats matter, other than hp/mp which now go by level. Also the specific tribes were supposed to excel at different things, but yeah, now i wonder how they will pull that off.

I guess they could give some race/clan specific skills, or temporary buffs.

As a side note, i notice a lot of people mistaking ffxi lore with ffxiv lore, rodagaen arent galka, they never said they reincarnate, they never said they suck at magic, in fact early they said that one of the galka clans was supposed to be mostly mystics. lalafel may thoeretically not be the magic masters this time, the only thing they have said that has a slight magic leaning is they are supposed to be intelligient, however supposedly hyur are the most educated, sooooo who knows

[Lucavi]

I'll admit, it seems strange to have a midlander as strong as a highlander, or a Rougey.

[Zeh]

So, don't know if this has been asked or not, but what do you think endgame will be? The type where one expansion makes your shit obsolete, as in wow? Or ffxi where your byakko haidate from 04 still work well?

[plue]

I hope it's the latter. Having to always replace equipment would be a genuine pain in the asshole.

[Hyan]

We're not allowed to make such comparisons over here..!

[Jinko]

I hope its the first, lateral progression is so boring in my opinion, it's almost like you aren't progressing at all in some cases.

I don't want it be like WoW were you loot a piece of gear and 1-2 weeks later you are replacing it, but I do think there is a middle ground.

Hopefully this time SE won't stick at maximum cap for so long, judging from 11 I woudln't be surprised if they plan to aim for 99 over the next 4-5 years perhaps adding 5 lvls every major patch.

[mintyice]

yeah levels 80-95 will become fairly irrelevant in terms of gears once everyone is 99.

[Darkdreamer]

Is there gear swapping like XI? Having to carry around a assload of situational gear was a huge pain in the ass. I don't want to carry my idle set, my tp set, ws set, fast cast set, my enmity set, my OMG I came across the 1 mob in the game that requires me to have this utterly useless necklace, rings, and earrings set.

[BlackheartX]

Is there gear swapping like XI? Having to carry around a assload of situational gear was a huge pain in the ass. I don't want to carry my idle set, my tp set, ws set, fast cast set, my enmity set, my OMG I came across the 1 mob in the game that requires me to have this utterly useless necklace, rings, and earrings set.

Their is no gear swapping in combat this time around.

[Gokulo]

Yet, you might still carry a lot of stuff with you simply to be able to switch between classes quickly D:

[Lucavi]

We're not allowed to make such comparisons over here..!

You're learning! "They" have eyes and ears everywhere...

Edit: And yeah, you'll be carrying around a load of stuff. Just in the alpha, I carried around 4 sets of gear for Gladiator and Lancer, from 1-20, with a few misc. guildelve rewards for other jobs. I hit 80 slots constantly, though some of that was due to the fact that there was no sort function at the time.


Oh, that reminds me. One thing that NEEDS to change is the retarded way they distribute drops. I'm not talking about who gets what. I'm talking about that wierd loot pool that hangs around even when you're soloing, instead of just instantly dropping things into your inventory. You have to wait like 10 minutes after each kill before you actually physically "get" the items you've earned for your kills, unless you manually go into the loot section and pull the items out into your inventory.

Just simplify it and have you instantly get the goods the second you kill the mob, or at least like 10 seconds after. Sometimes I wound up logging out before all of the goods were distributed, because I completely forgot that I didn't get them because it took so long to actually get them.

[BlackheartX]

Yet, you might still carry a lot of stuff with you simply to be able to switch between classes quickly D:

Good point lol. Something old and something new.

[Ratatapa]

Do you have a delay when you switch classes

Ex i switch to Conjurer, do i need to wait a timer before changing to pugelist or i can change anytime without delay?

[Gokulo]

Do you have a delay when you switch classes

Ex i switch to Conjurer, do i need to wait a timer before changing to pugelist or i can change anytime without delay?

Well, right no there's no delay. You just need to switch weapons and that's it.

[Hyan]

Oh, that reminds me. One thing that NEEDS to change is the retarded way they distribute drops. I'm not talking about who gets what. I'm talking about that wierd loot pool that hangs around even when you're soloing, instead of just instantly dropping things into your inventory. You have to wait like 10 minutes after each kill before you actually physically "get" the items you've earned for your kills, unless you manually go into the loot section and pull the items out into your inventory.

lol I was wondering where all my crystals went for a good while when I got to play. Idk what's it supposed to do anyway haha

[qpoiuwer]

Oh, that reminds me. One thing that NEEDS to change is the retarded way they distribute drops. I'm not talking about who gets what. I'm talking about that wierd loot pool that hangs around even when you're soloing, instead of just instantly dropping things into your inventory. You have to wait like 10 minutes after each kill before you actually physically "get" the items you've earned for your kills, unless you manually go into the loot section and pull the items out into your inventory.

So that explains why randomly 10 minutes after mining something it would say "you obtained copper ore"