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

[sruon]

does anyone know whats the most powerfull class out there so far? like tested them out, im guessing it will all change in release or beta w/e, Archer looks powerfull, havnt been following much of the threads since they said ps3 gonna be 6months delaid lol and is conjurer spells powerfull or are then like stone1 fire1 and crap weak

Archer and Pugilist profits a LOT from the new battle system for melees.

Conjurer was and still is brokenly good, combine a WHM and a BLM in FFXI and that gives you Conjurer.

[Alderaan]

I really wish they'd introduce the friends list to promote more people partying together. There's like no XP loss when you party, and it would help spread people out and give more back for their buck when group-killing mobs instead of soloing everything around.

Edit: Oh yeah, trying to run away from a mob is horrible. So clunky. You wind up hitting the active button one time too many and your toon comes to a COMPLETE stop while you put your weapon away, then pull it back out, then put it away, and you're dead.

Trying to take off the lock is a bitch as well when trying to run away from behind. They have to clean that stuff up before launch, and CERTAINLY before end-game, or we're going to have another boring set of bosses to look forward to. Freedom of movement is kinda clunky as it is right now, especially when you're losing speed by staying active, but having to come to a complete stop when disengaging.

Oh god, i'm screaming inside while i read this.

You should not have to stop movement to pull out or put away your weapon.

Someone please scream this over and over on the beta forums, i beg you.

[Jinfire]

So I was watching Kurokikaze's video and I think I made up my mind, Ima go with Lalafell. I was debating it for a while but those 2 tarus he grouped with, I liked it. Im 90% sure one was conj other was pug and the conj never casted any spells. So if someone is a conj and has pics / vids of spell casting, preferably with a taru. Please share.

Also anything else relating to male taru pics / vids are welcome

[Emirii]

Beta was fun, obviously some problems with it though that weren't in the alpha. Like the lag was a tad worst than it was. I fell through the bridge and I took a swim in the water for a while...

But other than that, It was pretty fun making characters and stuff.

[Ghostsix.Midgard]

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Yeah I was never an advocate of manthras but I might have to in 14.

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[Ratatapa]

3 questions sorry if they were asked already.

1) When there is a party is there a treasure pool

2) can you activate more then 1 Guildleave at a time.

3) I know this is just a beta but how fast does level up seems to be compared to ffxi

Thanks

[Ghostsix.Midgard]

3 questions sorry if they were asked already.

1) When there is a party is there a treasure pool

2) can you activate more then 1 Guildleave at a time.

3) I know this is just a beta but how fast does level up seems to be compared to ffxi

Thanks

1. yes but it works differently than XI. Items are randomly assigned to a players "Loot pool" , from there you can send it to someone else, or let it drop to your Item list after a time. I didn't see a method to "cast lots".
2. Flag yes, activate no.
3. Too early for me to tell, Alpha was fast as hell and didn't feel as "Grindy" because you are constantly learning new skills to play with. I only got an hour in last night.

[Podginator]

3 questions sorry if they were asked already.

1) When there is a party is there a treasure pool

2) can you activate more then 1 Guildleave at a time.

3) I know this is just a beta but how fast does level up seems to be compared to ffxi

Thanks

1) There is not treasure pool, but the log tells you if something went into someone's "Loot list" - They can give it to others whilst it is in the loot list.

2) Not that I am aware

3) In a party the leveling was quite slow. Physical levels were fast, but skill points were not. Didn't get many skill ups in guildleaves either. Solo was faster for leveling up weapons. I'd say that physical levels raise faster now, but because I partied for most of the beta I can't be sure.

[Dro Smoke]

For the people that played how much more work do you think they have before they can begin phase 2?

[Gokulo]

For the people that played how much more work do you think they have before they can begin phase 2?

I don't think that's something someone beside S-E can even guess on.

[Dro Smoke]

that's why its called the speculation thread

[Zubis]

So was nobody able to locate Behest npcs? All I could find were guards that said 'alls well blah blah'

I finished a Behest. Found a Yellowjacket in Camp Bearded Rock and after accepting to help him out he gave me about 2 minutes to get ready and set up a party if I so desired. I was a bit out of it and didn't read all of what he said but it wasn't that much information as to what he needed help with.

Once it started it looked pretty much like a regular Guild Leve and he sent me out to kill two Mooles and they were shown on the minimap just like a regular Leve target as well. Upon killing the two I was sent to kill a Spriggan as well and after that was finished the Yellowjacket spawned and gave me my reward and asked if I wanted him to bring me back to the camp. Not very exciting and nothing that was really different from Leves.

After I returned to the camp he was gone and I didn't see him anymore for the rest of the test. My girlfriend who was on another server wanted to try it out as well but she couldn't find anyone at the camp. Not really sure what to make out of it but it seems as if he's on a set spawn timer and if someone else has done it you'll have to wait.

[Rocl]

trying to figure out synthesis recipes by trial and error is gay

[mr.bryce]

they didnt dare translate it to wolf rat hahaha

say ghostsix i was wondering what graphic card do you have ? i m planning to buy a new one for the game i d like to consult the charts to compare with your 20fps ingame.

[Murureru]

Is there some sort of console you can open up to send commands, I see an FPS graph on some screenshots but it doesn't look like fraps, unless its been updated since I've used it.

[Gokulo]

So I was watching Kurokikaze's video and I think I made up my mind, Ima go with Lalafell. I was debating it for a while but those 2 tarus he grouped with, I liked it. Im 90% sure one was conj other was pug and the conj never casted any spells.

Pugilist and Gladiator actually.

[vrumpt]

trying to figure out synthesis recipes by trial and error is gay

not really cool, that was one of the bigger turn offs for me in XI. Really hope they end up putting an in-game recipe list in somewhere down the road.

Hell even just for more of the basic stuff even, they can still be like, "But this list isn't near completion! there are still many yet undiscovered powerful items that have yet to be created!".

[Ghostsix.Midgard]

they didnt dare translate it to wolf rat hahaha

say ghostsix i was wondering what graphic card do you have ? i m planning to buy a new one for the game i d like to consult the charts to compare with your 20fps ingame.

HD 5770
i7 860
4gb DDR3 ram
win7 x64

I'm Guessing Ambient Occ. is what was raping my fps, alpha I was usually capped unless in town.

Updated drivers just now, gonna turn off AO next time and see what happens.

[Rocl]

not really cool, that was one of the bigger turn offs for me in XI. Really hope they end up putting an in-game recipe list in somewhere down the road.

Hell even just for more of the basic stuff even, they can still be like, "But this list isn't near completion! there are still many yet undiscovered powerful items that have yet to be created!".

I would've killed for anything, jeez. All I managed to discover was:

2 x moko grass
2 x lightning shard

3 hempen yarn? thread (i think it was yarn)

3 x hempen thread
3 x earth shard

1 hempen cloth (something like this, i didn't write this one down)

4 x moko grass
2 x lightning shard
2 x earth shard

1 hempen bowstring

and I could only get materials to make the 3 pieces of thread from logging/guildleves

i had to buy the grass too, but logging was fun idk if anyone posted about it so i'm not going to repeat

[Jojimbo]

I had HD 5770 x2 (CF was working, although second card wasn't getting used as much), i7 920 @3.8 and I was getting a lot of stuttering in town.

I don't think it was as bad when out in the field fighting mobs, or at least I didn't notice it. (1x AA, 1920x1080 fullscreen, DoF on, AO on for first couple hours, shadows on a mix of low/lowest/standard, turning them on/off seemed to have minimal affect on fps).



Has anyone done a leve where the mob runs away yet? If so do the extra's still spawn where it'll run to if you kill it before it reaches there.